Welcome screen on every launch if Guest mode is used

[Artezon]

What happens

When I choose Guest mode, it asks for account on every launch:

In previous versions it remembered guest mode. I mostly listen to local music

Steps to reproduce

1. Open app in guest mode
2. Close app
3. Welcome screen is shown again

Sonora version

0.38.0

How you installed it

Windows installer

Operating system

Windows

Distribution or OS version

Windows 11

Session type

Not on Linux

Desktop or compositor

No response

GPU and Vulkan driver

No response

Log

[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::logging] logging: sonora 0.38.0 started
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: watching HWND(0x1cd0d40) for taskbar message 49422
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: drew 4 glyphs at 20px
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: buttons are on the taskbar
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: the shell created the taskbar button
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: drew 4 glyphs at 20px
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: buttons are on the taskbar
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z DEBUG music::local::scan] local: scanned 5674 files and 12 folders in 67ms (55ms walking, 1ms reading 0 changed tags, 10ms portraits), 5674 tracks over 4262 albums
[2026-09-20T22:45:27Z INFO  music::audio] sink: using wasapi:{0.0.0.00000000}.{ba7c62b9-bb6a-4782-90cb-1b107172ef71} at 48000 Hz, 2 channels, f32
[2026-09-20T22:45:28Z INFO  music::audio] sink: using wasapi:{0.0.0.00000000}.{ba7c62b9-bb6a-4782-90cb-1b107172ef71} at 48000 Hz, 2 channels, f32
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] ytmusic: adopted a server-issued visitor id
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 1609 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 15247 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 200573 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 255394 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:29Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 95596 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:31Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: the window closed, taking the toolbar down
[2026-09-20T22:45:31Z ERROR gpui::window] window not found
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::logging] logging: sonora 0.38.0 started
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: watching HWND(0x680dfe) for taskbar message 49422
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: drew 4 glyphs at 20px
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: buttons are on the taskbar
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: the shell created the taskbar button
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: drew 4 glyphs at 20px
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG sonora::thumbbar] thumbbar: buttons are on the taskbar
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z DEBUG music::local::scan] local: scanned 5674 files and 12 folders in 70ms (58ms walking, 1ms reading 0 changed tags, 10ms portraits), 5674 tracks over 4262 albums
[2026-09-20T22:45:33Z INFO  music::audio] sink: using wasapi:{0.0.0.00000000}.{ba7c62b9-bb6a-4782-90cb-1b107172ef71} at 48000 Hz, 2 channels, f32
[2026-09-20T22:45:35Z INFO  music::audio] sink: using wasapi:{0.0.0.00000000}.{ba7c62b9-bb6a-4782-90cb-1b107172ef71} at 48000 Hz, 2 channels, f32
[2026-09-20T22:45:36Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] ytmusic: adopted a server-issued visitor id
[2026-09-20T22:45:36Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 15247 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:36Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 1609 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:36Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 399071 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:37Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 265015 bytes
[2026-09-20T22:45:37Z DEBUG ytmusic::client] browse via WEB_REMIX: 200 OK, 190535 bytes

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