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001: The pane closes on every navigation
The pane closes on every navigation
| Id | 001 |
| Status | done |
| Kind | Bug |
| Priority | high |
| Created | 2026-10-12T15:20:00Z |
| Source | the owner's first run of v0.12.0 on an iPad, 12 October 2026: three screenshots and a note kept in the pane, relayed in chat |
| Release | v0.12.1 |
| Effort | small |
| File | admin/engineering/issues/done/001-pane-stays-open.md |
What happens
The reader opens the pane, reads, follows a link, and the pane is gone. Every page starts closed. The owner's note: "we lose the right hand side of the vault every time I navigate and it should be there so once I click I should continue to see it."
Scenario
Given the pane is open on the This page tab
When I follow a link to another page of the site
Then the pane is open on that page, on the same tab
And it shows that page's own record and notes
Given the pane is open
When I press Close and follow a link
Then the pane is closed on the next page
Mock-up
No new element. The state "open, on tab X" lives for the tab's life in session storage and is read on arrival, after every declaration the pane needs; Close clears it. #vault, #notes and #reading in the address still win.
Outcome
Shipped in v0.12.1. Open stays open from page to page, on the same tab; Close closes it for good. Checked by test_notes.mjs: a note kept, a navigation, the pane open on the same tab showing the next page's record.
Screenshots

For an agent
Issue 001 on newsroom.sgit.ai: The pane closes on every navigation. Status done, kind bug, priority high, release v0.12.1. Source file admin/engineering/issues/done/001-pane-stays-open.md.