Make strict startup content checks optional

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/AdvancedSettingSpecs.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function createAdvancedSettingSpecGroups({
                     control: { type: "dropdown", options: () => ChunkAlgorithmNames },
                 },
                 { key: "customChunkSize", control: { type: "number", min: 0, allowZero: true } },
+                { key: "strictContentCheckOnStartup", control: { type: "toggle" } },
                 {
                     key: "pathNormalizationVersion",
                     holdValue: true,

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PaneAdvanced.unit.spec.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("paneAdvanced", () => {
         };
 
         paneAdvanced.call(host as never, {} as HTMLElement, { addPanel } as never);
-        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(settingHarness.rendered).toHaveLength(10));
+        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(settingHarness.rendered).toHaveLength(11));
 
         expect(addPanel.mock.calls.map(([, heading]) => heading)).toEqual([
             "Memory cache",
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ describe("paneAdvanced", () => {
             panelElements.get("Local Database Tweak"),
             panelElements.get("Local Database Tweak"),
             panelElements.get("Local Database Tweak"),
+            panelElements.get("Local Database Tweak"),
             panelElements.get("Transfer Tweak"),
             panelElements.get("Transfer Tweak"),
             panelElements.get("Transfer Tweak"),
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ describe("paneAdvanced", () => {
             "hashCacheMaxCount",
             "chunkSplitterVersion",
             "customChunkSize",
+            "strictContentCheckOnStartup",
             "pathNormalizationVersion",
             "readChunksOnline",
             "useOnlyLocalChunk",

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/SettingSpec.unit.spec.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const rangeMessages = {
 };
 
 describe("Advanced setting specifications", () => {
-    it("lists only the ten controls currently exposed by the Advanced page", () => {
+    it("lists only the eleven controls currently exposed by the Advanced page", () => {
         const groups = createAdvancedSettingSpecGroups({ isCouchDB: () => true });
 
         expect(groups.map(({ heading }) => heading)).toEqual([
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ describe("Advanced setting specifications", () => {
             "hashCacheMaxCount",
             "chunkSplitterVersion",
             "customChunkSize",
+            "strictContentCheckOnStartup",
             "pathNormalizationVersion",
             "readChunksOnline",
             "useOnlyLocalChunk",
@@ -40,6 +41,17 @@ describe("Advanced setting specifications", () => {
         ]);
     });
 
+    it("exposes strict content checking as an ungated Advanced toggle", () => {
+        const spec = createAdvancedSettingSpecGroups({ isCouchDB: () => false })
+            .find(({ heading }) => heading === "Local Database Tweak")
+            ?.items.find(({ key }) => key === "strictContentCheckOnStartup");
+        if (!spec) throw new Error("Strict content checking is not exposed on the Advanced page");
+
+        expect(spec.control).toEqual({ type: "toggle" });
+        expect(spec.visible).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(spec.disabled).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it("keeps path identity and the four remote chunk controls CouchDB-only", () => {
         let couchDB = false;
         const groups = createAdvancedSettingSpecGroups({ isCouchDB: () => couchDB });

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/SettingsPageCatalogue.unit.spec.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ describe("settings page catalogue", () => {
             "hashCacheMaxCount",
             "chunkSplitterVersion",
             "customChunkSize",
+            "strictContentCheckOnStartup",
             "pathNormalizationVersion",
             "readChunksOnline",
             "useOnlyLocalChunk",