Remove desktop multi-server UI; target servers from the native menu - #628
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Multi-machine support replaced the desktop app's multi-server workflow, so the in-app surfaces are gone: the ServerRail sidebar switcher, Settings > Servers, server tiles, the bbDesktop.servers preload API and IPC, the multi-entry server registry (servers.json), per-window active-server state, the per-server renderer view cache (#618 rescoping reverted), server status/attention polling, and the autoConnectToLocalServer setting. Server targeting now lives entirely in Window > Server: "This Mac", the bb Connect account servers (synced main-process-side via the local server's connect plugin, authenticated with the existing Connect session handshake), and an optional custom URL entered through a native "Set Server URL..." dialog. The target is global, persisted to server-target.json, and the local runtime always starts, with popout/system config/updates pinned to it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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bbDesktop.serverspreload API/IPC, the multi-entryservers.jsonregistry, per-window active-server state, the per-server renderer view cache (reverts the Cache desktop server renderers #618 rescoping of browser views/IPC/reload shortcuts), status/attention polling, and theautoConnectToLocalServersettingserver-target.json; the local runtime always starts, with popout/system-config sync/auto-update pinned to itTest plan
pnpm exec turbo run typecheck(whole workspace, 45/45)pnpm exec turbo run test --filter=@bb/app --force(1379 tests)pnpm exec turbo run typecheck test --filter=@bb/desktop --force(196 tests, incl. new server-target and reworked connect-sync coverage)pnpm run package && pnpm run smoke:packagedinapps/desktop(packaged app boots, preload bridge answers)Risk
servers.jsonentries are not migrated; previously added manual/connect servers reset to "This Mac" and can be re-picked from the menumenu-will-show); the list also refreshes on runtime start and every 10 minutes🤖 Generated with Claude Code