From 24ba37bee125e620b00feb15e3443ed997aa7d91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amoghhosamane <amoghvarsh9614@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:42:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: sync profile visibility across sessions and browser
 refreshes

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                |  2 ++
 lib/src/services/solid_profile_service.dart | 29 +++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93c2a3d2..8a0df133 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The package is available from
 
 ## 1.1 Consolidate Android Login
 
++ Sync profile visibility state across sessions and browser refreshes #301 [1.0.12 20260626 amogh]
++ Fix unhandled keyring lock exceptions in login and auto-login #350 [1.0.12 20260626 amogh]
 + REGISTER popup. Change PASSWD from profile [1.0.11 20260623 tonypioneer]
 + Add account and change password dialogs (CSS v7+) [1.0.10 20260617 anushkavidanage]
 + Support writing large files to external pod [1.0.9 20260618 tonypioneer]
diff --git a/lib/src/services/solid_profile_service.dart b/lib/src/services/solid_profile_service.dart
index c634f654..9744b26e 100644
--- a/lib/src/services/solid_profile_service.dart
+++ b/lib/src/services/solid_profile_service.dart
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ class SolidProfileService {
 
   // Load.
 
-  /// Loads profile data from the POD into [solidProfileNotifier].
-
   Future<void> loadProfile() async {
     if (!await isUserLoggedIn()) return;
 
@@ -139,6 +137,14 @@ class SolidProfileService {
 
     try {
       await ensureProfileFolder();
+
+      // Check the actual encryption status on the POD to sync multi-session state
+      final detectedPrivacy = await _detectPrivacyFromPod();
+      if (detectedPrivacy != null) {
+        solidProfileNotifier.setPrivacy(detectedPrivacy);
+        await _persistPrivacyPreference(detectedPrivacy);
+      }
+
       await Future.wait([_loadAvatar(), _loadDisplayName()]);
     } catch (e) {
       debugPrint('SolidProfileService.loadProfile: $e');
@@ -321,6 +327,25 @@ class SolidProfileService {
     }
   }
 
+  Future<SolidProfilePrivacy?> _detectPrivacyFromPod() async {
+    try {
+      final displayNameUrl = await _displayNameUrl();
+      if (await checkResourceStatus(displayNameUrl) == ResourceStatus.exist) {
+        final encrypted = await isFileEncrypted(displayNameUrl, pathType: PathType.absoluteUrl);
+        return encrypted ? SolidProfilePrivacy.private : SolidProfilePrivacy.public;
+      }
+
+      final avatarUrl = await _avatarUrl();
+      if (await checkResourceStatus(avatarUrl) == ResourceStatus.exist) {
+        final encrypted = await isFileEncrypted(avatarUrl, pathType: PathType.absoluteUrl);
+        return encrypted ? SolidProfilePrivacy.private : SolidProfilePrivacy.public;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      debugPrint('SolidProfileService._detectPrivacyFromPod: $e');
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   // Build the linked-data turtle for the display name. The user's WebID is
   // used as the subject so the triple is meaningful when read independently
   // by other agents and queries. We emit both `foaf:name` (the most widely