From b4800d9756c400661e1b687d48c6a1cc3c555aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vorotamoroz <vrtmrz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 17:58:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve the active journal protocol

---
 src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/remoteConfigBuffer.ts | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/remoteConfigBuffer.ts b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/remoteConfigBuffer.ts
index c405a272..cb1c155d 100644
--- a/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/remoteConfigBuffer.ts
+++ b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/remoteConfigBuffer.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,11 @@ export function syncActivatedRemoteSettings(
         ...pickPostgRESTSyncSettings(source),
         ...pickCouchDBSyncSettings(source),
         ...pickP2PSyncSettings(source),
+        // Provider pickers share these fields. Keep the active profile's protocol after
+        // collecting provider-specific connection fields so that one provider cannot
+        // normalise another provider's Journal policy.
+        expectedRepositoryId: source.expectedRepositoryId ?? "",
+        journalFormat: source.journalFormat ?? "opaque-v1",
+        packReadPolicy: source.packReadPolicy ?? "whole-pack",
     });
 }