fix(macos): stabilize onboarding discovery

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/GeneralSettings.swift

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct GeneralSettings: View {
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 18) {
                 if !self.state.onboardingSeen {
                     Button {
-                        OnboardingController.shared.show()
+                        DebugActions.restartOnboarding()
                     } label: {
                         Text("Complete onboarding to finish setup")
                             .font(.callout.weight(.semibold))

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/OnboardingView+Layout.swift

@@ -173,6 +173,24 @@ extension OnboardingView {
                 .shadow(color: .black.opacity(0.06), radius: 8, y: 3))
     }
 
+    func onboardingGlassCard(
+        spacing: CGFloat = 12,
+        padding: CGFloat = 16,
+        @ViewBuilder _ content: () -> some View) -> some View
+    {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: spacing) {
+            content()
+        }
+        .padding(padding)
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+        .background(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16, style: .continuous)
+                .fill(.ultraThinMaterial)
+                .overlay(
+                    RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16, style: .continuous)
+                        .strokeBorder(Color.white.opacity(0.10), lineWidth: 1)))
+    }
+
     func featureRow(title: String, subtitle: String, systemImage: String) -> some View {
         HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 12) {
             Image(systemName: systemImage)

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/OnboardingView+Pages.swift

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ extension OnboardingView {
                 .frame(maxWidth: 520)
                 .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
 
-            self.onboardingCard(padding: 8) {
+            self.onboardingGlassCard(padding: 8) {
                 ClawdbotChatView(viewModel: self.onboardingChatModel, style: .onboarding)
                     .frame(maxHeight: .infinity)
             }

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/PermissionManager.swift

@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ import Speech
 import UserNotifications
 
 enum PermissionManager {
-    static func isLocationAuthorized(status: CLAuthorizationStatus, requireAlways _: Bool) -> Bool {
+    static func isLocationAuthorized(status: CLAuthorizationStatus, requireAlways: Bool) -> Bool {
-        status == .authorizedAlways
+        if requireAlways { return status == .authorizedAlways }
+        switch status {
+        case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
+            return true
+        case .authorized: // deprecated, but still shows up on some macOS versions
+            return true
+        default:
+            return false
+        }
     }
 
     static func ensure(_ caps: [Capability], interactive: Bool) async -> [Capability: Bool] {
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ enum PermissionManager {
         }
         let status = CLLocationManager().authorizationStatus
         switch status {
-        case .authorizedAlways:
+        case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse, .authorized:
             return true
         case .notDetermined:
             guard interactive else { return false }

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/PermissionsSettings.swift

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct PermissionsSettings: View {
                 .padding(.horizontal, 2)
                 .padding(.vertical, 6)
 
-            Button("Show onboarding") { self.showOnboarding() }
+            Button("Restart onboarding") { self.showOnboarding() }
                 .buttonStyle(.bordered)
             Spacer()
         }

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/SettingsRootView.swift

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct SettingsRootView: View {
                 PermissionsSettings(
                     status: self.permissionMonitor.status,
                     refresh: self.refreshPerms,
-                    showOnboarding: { OnboardingController.shared.show() })
+                    showOnboarding: { DebugActions.restartOnboarding() })
                     .tabItem { Label("Permissions", systemImage: "lock.shield") }
                     .tag(SettingsTab.permissions)
 

apps/macos/Sources/ClawdbotDiscovery/GatewayDiscoveryModel.swift

@@ -166,26 +166,22 @@ public final class GatewayDiscoveryModel {
     }
 
     private func recomputeGateways() {
-        var next = self.gatewaysByDomain.values
+        let primary = self.sortedDeduped(gateways: self.gatewaysByDomain.values.flatMap(\.self))
-            .flatMap(\.self)
+        let primaryFiltered = self.filterLocalGateways ? primary.filter { !$0.isLocal } : primary
-            .sorted { $0.displayName.localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare($1.displayName) == .orderedAscending }
+        if !primaryFiltered.isEmpty {
-        if self.gatewaysByDomain[ClawdbotBonjour.wideAreaBridgeServiceDomain]?.isEmpty ?? true,
+            self.gateways = primaryFiltered
-           !self.wideAreaFallbackGateways.isEmpty
+            return
-        {
-            next.append(contentsOf: self.wideAreaFallbackGateways)
         }
-        var seen = Set<String>()
+
-        let deduped = next.filter { gateway in
+        // Bonjour can return only "local" results for the wide-area domain (or no results at all),
-            if seen.contains(gateway.stableID) { return false }
+        // which makes onboarding look empty even though Tailscale DNS-SD can already see bridges.
-            seen.insert(gateway.stableID)
+        guard !self.wideAreaFallbackGateways.isEmpty else {
-            return true
+            self.gateways = primaryFiltered
+            return
         }
-        let sorted = deduped.sorted {
+
-            $0.displayName.localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare($1.displayName) == .orderedAscending
+        let combined = self.sortedDeduped(gateways: primary + self.wideAreaFallbackGateways)
-        }
+        self.gateways = self.filterLocalGateways ? combined.filter { !$0.isLocal } : combined
-        self.gateways = self.filterLocalGateways
-            ? sorted.filter { !$0.isLocal }
-            : sorted
     }
 
     private func updateGateways(for domain: String) {
@@ -240,7 +236,7 @@ public final class GatewayDiscoveryModel {
         .sorted { $0.displayName.localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare($1.displayName) == .orderedAscending }
 
         if domain == ClawdbotBonjour.wideAreaBridgeServiceDomain,
-           !(self.gatewaysByDomain[domain]?.isEmpty ?? true)
+           self.hasUsableWideAreaResults
         {
             self.wideAreaFallbackGateways = []
         }
@@ -256,7 +252,7 @@ public final class GatewayDiscoveryModel {
             let startedAt = Date()
             while !Task.isCancelled, Date().timeIntervalSince(startedAt) < 35.0 {
                 let hasResults = await MainActor.run {
-                    !(self.gatewaysByDomain[domain]?.isEmpty ?? true)
+                    self.hasUsableWideAreaResults
                 }
                 if hasResults { return }
 
@@ -279,6 +275,25 @@ public final class GatewayDiscoveryModel {
         }
     }
 
+    private var hasUsableWideAreaResults: Bool {
+        let domain = ClawdbotBonjour.wideAreaBridgeServiceDomain
+        guard let gateways = self.gatewaysByDomain[domain], !gateways.isEmpty else { return false }
+        if !self.filterLocalGateways { return true }
+        return gateways.contains(where: { !$0.isLocal })
+    }
+
+    private func sortedDeduped(gateways: [DiscoveredGateway]) -> [DiscoveredGateway] {
+        var seen = Set<String>()
+        let deduped = gateways.filter { gateway in
+            if seen.contains(gateway.stableID) { return false }
+            seen.insert(gateway.stableID)
+            return true
+        }
+        return deduped.sorted {
+            $0.displayName.localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare($1.displayName) == .orderedAscending
+        }
+    }
+
     private nonisolated static var isRunningTests: Bool {
         // Keep discovery background work from running forever during SwiftPM test runs.
         if Bundle.allBundles.contains(where: { $0.bundleURL.pathExtension == "xctest" }) { return true }