feat: keep the chat tabs you left open, and keep them with you
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Reopening the app closed every project tab: the copilot's tab bar lived in
RAM, so a reload dropped it and each conversation had to be found again from
its project board.

The set of open tabs is now a column on the session row, `chat_sessions.is_open`
(additive, `ensure_column`), restored by `GET /api/sessions/open` and written by
`PUT /api/sessions/{id}/open`. Not localStorage: that store is per-origin, so on
a shared laptop one member's tabs would greet the next, whereas the owner table
sits in their own encrypted file and follows them to another device. Which tab
is *selected* stays in sessionStorage — that one is genuinely per window, and a
shared value would have two windows fighting over it.

`is_open` defaults to 0 and `chat_sessions::create` never sets it: every `/new`
leaves its predecessor behind and every system-agent pass mints a row, so the
opposite default would restore a bar full of conversations nobody opened. Only
the copilot writes the column, at the moment it opens the tab. A reset moves the
flag rather than copying it — `POST /api/sessions` now returns the new id and
`new_session` carries it, and the old row is closed as the new one opens, or the
source would restore twice and a later close would clear the stale row.

Closing a tab clears the flag and nothing else: the conversation is kept and
comes back with its history when the project is reopened.
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@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ All extend `LightElement` from `web/lib/base.js` (Lit). `ChatSession` (`web/lib/
**The chat is the home page.** `<app-copilot>` is a single persistent element with two layout modes driven by the route (`llm-page-change`): `mode="full"` on the home route (it fills the workspace — the conversation IS the landing page, with a welcome hero + prompt suggestions as its empty state) and `mode="dock"` on every other route (the classic resizable side panel). Same element ⇒ WS, tabs, scroll and drafts survive navigation; you watch files/projects update live while the conversation keeps going. Collapse only applies to the dock. The old dashboard content (hero, LLM stats charts, pending inbox, quick guide) lives on as the separate `#dashboard` page; the debug toggle moved to the Settings page.
**The tab bar is server-side state; the selection is not.** Which conversations the copilot shows survives a reload through `chat_sessions.is_open` (owner table, additive via `ensure_column`) — `GET /api/sessions/open` restores them, `PUT /api/sessions/{id}/open` opens/closes one. It is deliberately *not* localStorage: that store is per-origin, so on a shared laptop one member's tabs would greet the next, and in the user's own encrypted file the set follows them across devices instead. **Which** tab is selected stays in `sessionStorage` (`copilot-active-tab`), because that one is per browser window — a shared value would have two windows fighting over it and turn every tab click into a write. Three consequences that are easy to get wrong: (a) `is_open` defaults to **0** and `chat_sessions::create` never sets it — every `/new` leaves its predecessor behind and every system-agent pass mints a row, so `DEFAULT 1` would restore a bar full of conversations nobody opened; only the copilot writes the column. (b) The General tab is never stored — it exists because the copilot exists. (c) A reset **moves** the flag: `provision_session(reset)` mints a new row, so `POST /api/sessions` returns the new id and the `new_session` event carries it, and `_bindTabSession` closes the old row as it opens the new one — leaving both would restore the source twice and let a later close clear the stale one. Restoring the selection happens *before* `super.connectedCallback()` (sessionStorage is synchronous) so the first paint doesn't fetch General and throw it away; the set arrives over the network and reconciles after, awaiting the base's initial connection so it never opens a second WS.
**Theme** (`web/css/variables.css`): warm "paper" palette (terracotta accent, light by default, warm-charcoal dark), generous radius (`--radius-sm/md/lg`), 16px-base chat type, WCAG-fixed contrasts, global `:focus-visible` ring and `prefers-reduced-motion` support. Everything consumes CSS variables — never hardcode a hex in a component stylesheet.
**i18n** (`web/lib/i18n.js` + `web/i18n/{en,it,fr}.js`): `t(key)` helper, `I18nMixin` re-renders on `locale-changed`. Resolution order: user preference (`users.locale`, editable on the profile page) → instance default (registry config key `ui_locale`, editable by the admin in Settings — declared in `skald_core::i18n::config_set`) → English. **Server-side, never re-implement that chain**: `skald_core::i18n::resolve_locale(pool, user_locale)` is the one function (with `default_locale(pool)` and `language_name(locale)` for prompt rendering); they read through `db::config` because the bus only matters for writes and callers like the system-context source hold pools, not the manager. Pre-auth screens use the localStorage cache. Default locale is English. First-run setup asks the language in both shells — the console wizard writes `ui_locale` via `skald_core::i18n::set_default_locale` (no system bus exists there), the web setup page sends `locale` to `POST /api/setup/user`, which writes it through `GlobalConfigManager::set`. Supported locales are centralized in `skald_core::i18n::SUPPORTED_LOCALES` and enforced server-side on every write. Translated so far: chrome (sidebar/topbar), chat + approval cards, login/setup, profile, inbox; deep admin pages are still English (fallback is automatic per-key). Copy is the only place domain words may appear (§0.1).