Settings pipeline

Defaults → storage → caches → live hooks

Flow

settings-template.json / code defaults
  → chrome.storage (local / sync if enabled)
  → background caches
  → broadcast / port update to frames & pages

Defaults

Author defaults live in the settings template and background/settings.ts (search engines, hashbangs, feature flags). Product defaults are Google-centric for search.

Update hooks

Changing Options triggers:

1. Persist to storage
2. Recompute derived structures (maps, exclusion regexes, engines)
3. Notify open content scripts and UI pages

Sync

Opt-in. Not all keys may sync; large blobs can hit quotas. Always keep an export before experimental resets.

Reset

Reset to defaults reloads the author template. Irreversible without a backup.