Run #3925 (Build All & Release on master) failed solely on
auto-start-focus-on-play.spec.ts:53 — every other test passed and the
merged commit (local-backup) is unrelated to focus mode, so this is a
flake, not a regression.
The test enabled `autoStartFocusOnPlay` in Settings and then did a hard
`page.goto('/')` reload before pressing play. A full reload re-bootstraps
the app and re-reads the config from IndexedDB, which races the debounced
persistence of the toggle we just flipped: if the write hasn't flushed,
the reloaded app boots with the setting OFF, `syncTrackingStartToSession$`
early-returns, and the focus indicator never spawns — a flake no expect
timeout can fix.
Switch to a same-document hash navigation (`/#/tag/TODAY/tasks`, the
pattern already used by `navigateToMiscSettings`). This preserves the
in-memory NgRx config the toggle updated synchronously, so the test
exercises the auto-start behavior without depending on persistence timing.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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