gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/client/src/api/index.ts b/client/src/api/index.ts
index 6f9ce9d021..361c02a8e0 100644
--- a/client/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/index.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ export function isRegisteredUser(user: AnyUser | UserModel): user is RegisteredU
 }
 
 export function isAnonymousUser(user: AnyUser | UserModel): user is AnonymousUser {
+    console.debug("CHECKING IS ANONYMOUS USER ", user);
     return user !== null && !isRegisteredUser(user);
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Landing/WorkflowLanding.vue b/client/src/components/Landing/WorkflowLanding.vue
index 2677d0a09b..503b9620b2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Landing/WorkflowLanding.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Landing/WorkflowLanding.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { BAlert } from "bootstrap-vue";
-import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
-import { ref, watch } from "vue";
-import { useRouter } from "vue-router/composables";
+import { onMounted, ref } from "vue";
 
 import { GalaxyApi } from "@/api";
-import { useActivityStore } from "@/stores/activityStore";
-import { useUserStore } from "@/stores/userStore";
 import { errorMessageAsString } from "@/utils/simple-error";
 
 import LoadingSpan from "@/components/LoadingSpan.vue";
@@ -27,56 +23,42 @@ const workflowId = ref<string | null>(null);
 const errorMessage = ref<string | null>(null);
 const requestState = ref<Record<string, never> | null>(null);
 const instance = ref<boolean>(false);
-const userStore = useUserStore();
-const router = useRouter();
 
-userStore.loadUser(false);
-const { isAnonymous, currentUser } = storeToRefs(userStore);
+onMounted(async () => {
+    let claim;
+    let claimError;
 
-const activityStore = useActivityStore("default");
+    if (props.public) {
+        const { data, error } = await GalaxyApi().GET("/api/workflow_landings/{uuid}", {
+            params: {
+                path: { uuid: props.uuid },
+            },
+        });
+        claim = data;
+        claimError = error;
+    } else {
+        const { data, error } = await GalaxyApi().POST("/api/workflow_landings/{uuid}/claim", {
+            params: {
+                path: { uuid: props.uuid },
+            },
+            body: {
+                client_secret: props.secret,
+            },
+        });
+        claim = data;
+        claimError = error;
+    }
 
-watch(
-    currentUser,
-    async () => {
-        if (isAnonymous.value) {
-            router.push(
-                `/login/start?redirect=/workflow_landings/${props.uuid}?public=${props.public}&client_secret=${props.secret}`
-            );
-        } else if (currentUser.value) {
-            let claim;
-            let claimError;
-            activityStore.closeSideBar();
-            if (props.public) {
-                const { data, error } = await GalaxyApi().GET("/api/workflow_landings/{uuid}", {
-                    params: {
-                        path: { uuid: props.uuid },
-                    },
-                });
-                claim = data;
-                claimError = error;
-            } else {
-                const { data, error } = await GalaxyApi().POST("/api/workflow_landings/{uuid}/claim", {
-                    params: {
-                        path: { uuid: props.uuid },
-                    },
-                    body: {
-                        client_secret: props.secret,
-                    },
-                });
-                claim = data;
-                claimError = error;
-            }
-            if (claim) {
-                workflowId.value = claim.workflow_id;
-                instance.value = claim.workflow_target_type === "workflow";
-                requestState.value = claim.request_state;
-            } else {
-                errorMessage.value = errorMessageAsString(claimError);
-            }
-        }
-    },
-    { immediate: true }
-);
+    if (claim) {
+        workflowId.value = claim.workflow_id;
+        instance.value = claim.workflow_target_type === "workflow";
+        requestState.value = claim.request_state;
+    } else {
+        errorMessage.value = errorMessageAsString(claimError);
+    }
+    const activityStore = useActivityStore("default");
+    activityStore.closeSideBar();
+});
 </script>
 
 <template>
diff --git a/client/src/composables/hashedUserId.ts b/client/src/composables/hashedUserId.ts
index a7f651a3c6..a40529ee86 100644
--- a/client/src/composables/hashedUserId.ts
+++ b/client/src/composables/hashedUserId.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export function useHashedUserId(user?: Ref<AnyUser>) {
     );
 
     async function hashUserId(id: string) {
+        console.debug("Hashing user id", id);
         if (unhashedId !== id) {
             unhashedId = id;
             currentHash.value = null;
diff --git a/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts b/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
index d81dfda55e..2b1270f34d 100644
--- a/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
+++ b/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,86 @@
+// userLocalStorage.ts
 import { watchImmediate } from "@vueuse/core";
-import { type Ref, ref } from "vue";
+import { type Ref, ref, watch } from "vue";
 
 import { type AnyUser } from "@/api";
 
 import { useHashedUserId } from "./hashedUserId";
 import { syncRefToLocalStorage } from "./persistentRef";
 
+interface PendingChange {
+    key: string;
+    value: any; // Use any here
+    type: "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "object";
+}
+
+const pendingChanges: PendingChange[] = [];
+
 /**
  * Local storage composable specific to current user.
  * @param key
  * @param initialValue
  */
-export function useUserLocalStorage<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, user?: Ref<AnyUser>) {
+export function useUserLocalStorage<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, user?: Ref<AnyUser>): Ref<T> {
+    //return Ref<T>
     const { hashedUserId } = useHashedUserId(user);
-
-    const refToSync = ref(initialValue);
+    const refToSync = ref(initialValue) as Ref<T>;
     let hasSynced = false;
 
+    // Function to apply pending changes
+    const applyPendingChanges = (userId: string) => {
+        const changesToApply = pendingChanges.filter((change) => change.key === key);
+        if (changesToApply.length > 0) {
+            console.debug(`Applying ${changesToApply.length} pending changes for key "${key}"`);
+            changesToApply.forEach((change) => {
+                // No try-catch is needed when applying to memory (it's needed when parsing)
+                // No type checking or casting is needed here!
+                refToSync.value = change.value;
+
+                //remove item from pending changes
+                const index = pendingChanges.indexOf(change);
+                if (index > -1) {
+                    pendingChanges.splice(index, 1);
+                }
+            });
+
+            //  Sync to local storage after applying in-memory changes.
+            syncRefToLocalStorage(`${key}-${userId}`, refToSync);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Watch for changes to refToSync and store them if hashedUserId is not yet available.
+    watch(
+        refToSync,
+        (newValue) => {
+            if (!hashedUserId.value) {
+                console.debug(`Queueing change for key "${key}" until user ID is available.`);
+                // Check if a change for this key already exists, and update it, or add a new change
+
+                const existingChangeIndex = pendingChanges.findIndex((change) => change.key === key);
+                const type = typeof newValue as "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "object";
+                if (existingChangeIndex > -1) {
+                    pendingChanges[existingChangeIndex] = { key, value: newValue, type };
+                } else {
+                    pendingChanges.push({ key, value: newValue, type });
+                }
+            } else if (!hasSynced) {
+                //This case handles calls to setItem that might happen *after* hashedUserId is set,
+                // but *before* this particular watchImmediate has run.
+                syncRefToLocalStorage(`${key}-${hashedUserId.value}`, refToSync);
+            }
+        },
+        { deep: true }
+    );
+
     watchImmediate(
         () => hashedUserId.value,
         () => {
             if (hashedUserId.value && !hasSynced) {
+                applyPendingChanges(hashedUserId.value); // Apply pending changes first
                 syncRefToLocalStorage(`${key}-${hashedUserId.value}`, refToSync);
                 hasSynced = true;
+            } else {
+                console.debug("NO USER -- SKIPPING", key, hashedUserId.value);
             }
         }
     );
diff --git a/client/src/entry/analysis/router.js b/client/src/entry/analysis/router.js
index 7358e84708..f5ca031300 100644
--- a/client/src/entry/analysis/router.js
+++ b/client/src/entry/analysis/router.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import AdminRoutes from "entry/analysis/routes/admin-routes";
 import LibraryRoutes from "entry/analysis/routes/library-routes";
 import StorageDashboardRoutes from "entry/analysis/routes/storageDashboardRoutes";
 import { getAppRoot } from "onload/loadConfig";
+import { useActivityStore } from "stores/activityStore";
+import { useUserStore } from "stores/userStore";
 import Vue from "vue";
 import VueRouter from "vue-router";
 
diff --git a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
index f7fad52718..b91904aa5c 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineScopedStore("activityStore", (scope) => {
     }
 
     function closeSideBar() {
+        console.debug("CLOSE SIDEBAR");
         toggledSideBar.value = "closed";
+        console.debug("AFTER CLOSE SIDEBAR", isSideBarOpen.value);
+        sync();
     }
 
     function overrideDefaultActivities(activities: Activity[]) {
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineScopedStore("activityStore", (scope) => {
      * to the user stored activities which are persisted in local cache.
      */
     const sync = useDebounceFn(() => {
+        console.trace("sync");
         // create a map of built-in activities
         const activitiesMap: Record<string, Activity> = {};
 
@@ -133,8 +137,8 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineScopedStore("activityStore", (scope) => {
         });
 
         activities.value = newActivities;
-
         // if toggled side-bar does not exist, choose the first option
+        console.debug("IN SYNC< SIDEBAR OPEN IS", isSideBarOpen.value, "value is ", toggledSideBar.value);
         if (isSideBarOpen.value) {
             const allSideBars = activities.value.flatMap((activity) => {
                 if (activity.panel) {
@@ -193,7 +197,8 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineScopedStore("activityStore", (scope) => {
 
     watchImmediate(
         () => hashedUserId.value,
-        () => {
+        (newValue, oldValue) => {
+            console.debug("Sync from watchImmediate", oldValue, newValue);
             sync();
         }
     );
diff --git a/client/src/stores/userStore.ts b/client/src/stores/userStore.ts
index 4e3499e800..f7f385afd7 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/userStore.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/userStore.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const useUserStore = defineStore("userStore", () => {
         currentUser.value = user;
     }
 
-    function loadUser(includeHistories = true) {
+    function loadUser(includeHistories = true): Promise<void> {
         if (!loadPromise) {
             loadPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
                 (async () => {