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feat: keep Clipbin recording in the tray

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Add native Linux SNI and Windows notification-area trays, single-instance reopening, background startup and login entries. Preserve recording and discovery after close, with clean Quit and reachable no-tray fallbacks.

Track capture-source audio delivery independently of silent output tracks and warn without stopping video. Give clip metadata its own row and shape labels at final bounds to avoid GPUI 0.2.2 truncation cache and text-run bugs.

Validated with strict workspace checks, 57 tests, Windows core/OBS/probe cross-clippy, all ten capture scenarios, tray/session/clips/playback rigs and narrow/wide screenshots. Document runtime validation gaps.
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## Current state
The recording foundation is being validated (see [docs/validation.md](docs/validation.md)). `clipbin-obs` records official OBS capture sources through one hardware encoder into keyframe-aligned segments and reports honest status; `clipbin-probe` exercises it. It passes the Linux headless rig and the hardware sign-off on CachyOS/Hyprland/RX 9070 XT; all Windows validation is still to do.
The recording foundation is being validated (see [docs/validation.md](docs/validation.md)). `clipbin-obs` records official OBS capture sources through one hardware encoder into keyframe-aligned segments and reports honest status; `clipbin-probe` exercises it. It passes the Linux headless rig and the hardware sign-off on CachyOS/Hyprland/RX 9070 XT; Windows runtime validation is still to do.
The desktop app detects Steam games, owns the recorder on a background thread, persists settings and sessions, and loads recorded sessions from disk. Linux detects Steam’s `reaper` processes and watches their pidfds; Windows reads Steam’s registry state and watches native process handles (cross-checked, not run). Game exit finalises a session; closing the window keeps the current session recording until the game exits, then exits the app. Ctrl+Q or Quit stops the output cleanly.
The desktop app detects Steam games, owns the recorder on a background thread, persists settings and sessions, and loads recorded sessions from disk. Linux detects Steam’s `reaper` processes and watches their pidfds; Windows reads Steam’s registry state and watches native process handles (cross-checked, not run). Game exit finalises a session; closing the window leaves recording, game detection, hotkeys and cleanup running in the tray. Open Clipbin from the tray or launch it again to reopen the same process and restore its last screen. Tray Quit, the app-menu Quit action or Ctrl+Q finalises the current session and exits. Without an available tray, closing quits cleanly so the process stays reachable.
The desktop interface follows the web Clipbin's look (zinc dark theme, purple accent, Geist Mono): a session library, a session timeline with bookmarks and a clip selection, clips, and settings. It shows sessions from disk; `CLIPBIN_SAMPLE_LIBRARY=1` fills it with example sessions for interface work. Playback and frame seeking work across completed segments, including active sessions and missing footage, with combined audio, mute/volume, Space/K to play/pause and J/L or arrows to step frames. Sessions and clips use cached frame thumbnails. Exports copy the recorded codec to MP4 in a background job, save local clip metadata, and support opening/deleting clips. Ctrl+Shift+F9 clips the last configured interval; Ctrl+Shift+F10 protects a bookmark. Both also have sidebar buttons. Wayland uses the GlobalShortcuts portal (first-use approval, portal rebinding); X11 uses native key grabs and Windows uses RegisterHotKey. Settings offer independent alternate function keys. Storage cleanup keeps unprotected footage within the budget. Autostart and a tray are not implemented yet; after closing the only window, reopening it without a tray is a follow-up.
The desktop interface follows the web Clipbin's look (zinc dark theme, purple accent, Geist Mono): a session library, a session timeline with bookmarks and a clip selection, clips, and settings. It shows sessions from disk; `CLIPBIN_SAMPLE_LIBRARY=1` fills it with example sessions for interface work. Playback and frame seeking work across completed segments, including active sessions and missing footage, with combined audio, mute/volume, Space/K to play/pause and J/L or arrows to step frames. Sessions and clips use cached frame thumbnails. Exports copy the recorded codec to MP4 in a background job, save local clip metadata, and support opening/deleting clips. Ctrl+Shift+F9 clips the last configured interval; Ctrl+Shift+F10 protects a bookmark. Both also have sidebar buttons. Wayland uses the GlobalShortcuts portal (first-use approval, portal rebinding); X11 uses native key grabs and Windows uses RegisterHotKey. Settings offer independent alternate function keys. Storage cleanup keeps unprotected footage within the budget. The tray shows idle, recording, failed and degraded audio states and offers clip/bookmark actions. Start on login writes an XDG autostart entry on Linux or an HKCU Run value on Windows. `--background` starts with only a tray; without a tray it opens the window. Audio capture delivery loss produces an “audio capture lost” warning while video continues.
Windows is a first-class target. Every change must keep the Windows code paths building (`cargo clippy --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc`) and list what still needs validating on Windows.
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The desktop app needs a working Wayland or X11 session on Linux, or a Windows desktop. It does not start a web server. On this remote development machine, bind any future development server to its tailnet IP.
Use the Quit button or Ctrl+Q to quit.
Use tray Quit or Ctrl+Q to quit. Closing the window keeps Clipbin in the background when a tray is available. Start on login is enabled by default and can be disabled in Settings. On Linux a session D-Bus and an SNI host (for example Waybar or KDE) provide the tray; bare Sway falls back to close=Quit.
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Clips/bookmarks/cleanup validation: `scripts/validate/linux-clips.sh`. Native X11 hotkey validation: `scripts/validate/linux-hotkeys.sh`. Both run in the headless rig. Real Hyprland portal hotkeys and Windows runtime behaviour still need validation.
Recording validation on Linux, headless: `scripts/validate/linux-rig.sh`. Automatic desktop sessions: `scripts/validate/linux-session.sh` (fake Steam reaper, recording and library screenshots, close-window survival, game exit and explicit Quit). Playback fixtures: `scripts/validate/playback-fixture.sh`. Playback/audio e2e: `scripts/validate/linux-playback.sh [output-dir]` (moving preview, active recording, gaps, thumbnails, audio monitor, timing and CPU report). Fake Steam rigs must run serially because discovery reads the machine’s `/proc`. Interface screenshots, headless: `scripts/rig/screenshot-ui.sh` (screens: sessions, session, clips, settings, failed, empty). The rig has no input devices; `rig-pointer` drives a virtual pointer (`move`, `click`, `down`/`up`, `scroll`, `sleep` on stdin) and `wtype` types. `CLIPBIN_TRACE_FRAMES=1` logs frame times.
Background/tray/autostart validation: `scripts/validate/linux-background.sh` uses a minimal SNI host and activates the real D-Bus menu. Recording validation on Linux, headless: `scripts/validate/linux-rig.sh`. Automatic desktop sessions: `scripts/validate/linux-session.sh` (fake Steam reaper, recording and library screenshots, close-window survival, game exit and explicit Quit). Playback fixtures: `scripts/validate/playback-fixture.sh`. Playback/audio e2e: `scripts/validate/linux-playback.sh [output-dir]` (moving preview, active recording, gaps, thumbnails, audio monitor, timing and CPU report). Fake Steam rigs must run serially because discovery reads the machine’s `/proc`. Interface screenshots, headless: `scripts/rig/screenshot-ui.sh` (screens: sessions, session, clips, settings, failed, empty). The rig has no input devices; `rig-pointer` drives a virtual pointer (`move`, `click`, `down`/`up`, `scroll`, `sleep` on stdin) and `wtype` types. `CLIPBIN_TRACE_FRAMES=1` logs frame times.
Development builds optimise dependencies (`[profile.dev.package."*"]`): unoptimised GPUI made screens noticeably slow, with first frames of 200–300 ms.