feat v1.38.2: restore last space and editor mode across reloads

- LS_NAV stores {space, mode}; restored in setConfig from the cached
  config, with a retry after the live config when the cache was stale;
  deep-link hash wins; edit modes restored for admins only
- UX-MODES updated (owner reversed the 'always start in View' rule)
- smoke_nav_persist.mjs; TESTING/CHANGELOG same-commit

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.38.2 — 2026-07-23
+- The card now **remembers where you were**: the selected space and the active
+  editor survive navigation and closing the tab (localStorage; edit modes are
+  restored for admins only). A `#space=` deep link still wins over the saved
+  space. This reverses the earlier "always start in View" rule — the owner's
+  call.
+
 ## v1.38.1 — 2026-07-23 (tap action cleanup, right-click more-info)
 - The per-device action is now one of three: **Device card** (renamed from
   "Info card", the default), HA more-info, Toggle. The confusing "As the card

docs/TESTING.md

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ Run the *core flows* (marked ★ below) in each environment at least once per mi
       (explicit ripple color still wins); off/white lights unchanged [auto]
 - [ ] Alarm pulse (v1.27.0): leak/smoke/gas/CO/siren in 'on' pulse a red ring over any
       display mode; clears on 'off'; unavailable never alarms [auto]; reduced-motion static
+- [ ] Nav persistence (v1.38.2): closing/reopening the tab restores the last
+      space AND editor mode (admins; localStorage); a #space= deep link beats
+      the saved space; a stale cache without the saved space retries after the
+      live config loads [auto]
 - [ ] Tap action cleanup + right click (v1.38.1): the per-device action list
       has three options (Device card / HA more-info / Toggle), no "card
       default" — the card editor's global tap option is gone and ignored;

docs/UX-MODES.md

@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ NO tab (since v1.30.2). The Background editor (v1.33.0) manages a purely visual
 decor layer (lines/rects/ovals/text in `space.decor`, drawn under the rooms,
 inert everywhere outside its editor).
 
-- **View** is the implicit default state: no editor tab is active. It is the only
-  state after every load (edit modes are never restored across reloads).
+- **View** is the implicit default state: no editor tab is active. Since
+  v1.38.2 the last space AND editor mode are restored across reloads
+  (localStorage, admins only for edit modes) — closing and reopening the tab
+  lands you where you were (owner's decision, reversing the earlier
+  "never restore" rule).
 - Activating an editor tab highlights it and opens that editor's bottom toolbar
   (both editors have one since v1.30.2). The toolbar and the active tab each
   carry an **X** that closes the editor back to View; re-clicking the active tab