adeelahmad · Oct 15, 2026 · Oct 15, 2026
diff --git a/ci/clicks/survey.mjs b/ci/clicks/survey.mjs
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ async function surveyPages(page, base, phone) {
     page.evaluate(() => {
       const main = document.querySelector("main") || document.body;
       const seen = [...main.querySelectorAll("a[href], button, input, select, textarea, [role=tab], [role=switch], [role=radio]")];
-      // the page's own controls: not the settings sections or tabs that lead to other pages
-      return seen.filter((el) => el.offsetParent !== null && !el.closest("[hidden], nav")).length;
+      // the page's own controls: not the settings sections or tabs that lead to other pages, nor what a closed fold
+      // (details) keeps out of sight, which Chromium still lays out
+      return seen.filter((el) => el.offsetParent !== null && !el.closest("[hidden], nav, details:not([open]) > :not(summary)")).length;
     });
   const settle = () => page.waitForTimeout(1200);
   await page.goto(base + "/", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ The sections are in groups: AI and search, Speech and voices, Media and document
 access, Files and devices, and System. **Find a setting** at the top of the list (or `/`) finds a section by its name
 or what it's for, and a single setting by its label, hint or choices: Enter opens the first, and a setting found by
 its label opens with its field in focus and its value selected, so typing replaces it. ⌘K (Ctrl+K) finds settings
-the same way, beside recordings and pages. Agents reach the same settings through the API
-(`GET/PUT /api/v1/settings/<section>`), and the admin assistant through `read_settings` and `change_settings`
-([Assistant](assistant.md#setting-up-and-running-the-server-by-chat)).
+the same way, beside recordings and pages. In a section, the options most people leave as they are (tuning numbers,
+file types, the assistant's tool list, a provider not yet set up) are folded under a line that names them; a fold
+opens by itself when one of its fields has an error, and Find opens it on the field it found. Agents reach the same
+settings through the API (`GET/PUT /api/v1/settings/<section>`), and the admin assistant through `read_settings` and
+`change_settings` ([Assistant](assistant.md#setting-up-and-running-the-server-by-chat)).
 
 ## Word search
 

diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/__tests__/settings-admin-models.test.ts b/nextjs-frontend/__tests__/settings-admin-models.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ jest.mock("next-auth/react", () => ({
 const spec = (id: string) => FIELDS.find((f) => fieldId(f) === id)!;
 
 describe("settings fields", () => {
+  it("reads back an unset Laya server as unset, so the AI assistant doesn't open with a change", () => {
+    const f = spec("decisions.laya_url");
+    expect(parse(f, toUi(f, null))).toEqual({ value: null });
+  });
+
   it("shows and parses values like the backend stores them", () => {
     expect(toUi(spec("server.session_hours"), 168)).toBe("7");
     expect(parse(spec("server.session_hours"), "7")).toEqual({ value: 168 });

diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/__tests__/settings-save.test.tsx b/nextjs-frontend/__tests__/settings-save.test.tsx
@@ -81,3 +81,39 @@ describe("opened on one setting", () => {
     expect(port.closest("[data-setting]")).toHaveClass("setting-found");
   });
 });
+
+describe("options most people leave alone", () => {
+  const UPLOADS = {
+    uploads: { values: { max_mb: 2048, chunk_mb: 8, expire_hours: 24, extensions: [".mp3", ".wav"] } },
+  } as unknown as SettingsView;
+  const uploads = (field?: string) =>
+    render(
+      <QueryClientProvider client={new QueryClient()}>
+        <TooltipProvider>
+          <SettingsSection id="uploads" view={UPLOADS}  => undefined} field={field} />
+        </TooltipProvider>
+      </QueryClientProvider>,
+    );
+
+  it("are folded under a line saying what's in them, the main one left in view", () => {
+    uploads();
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Largest audio or video file (MB)").closest("details")).toBeNull();
+    const fold = screen.getByLabelText("Piece size (MB)").closest("details")!;
+    expect(fold).not.toHaveAttribute("open");
+    expect(fold.querySelector("summary")).toHaveTextContent("File types (2 of 20)");
+  });
+
+  it("open by themselves when one has an error", () => {
+    uploads();
+    const piece = screen.getByLabelText("Piece size (MB)");
+    fireEvent.change(piece, { target: { value: "0" } });
+    expect(piece.closest("details")).toHaveAttribute("open");
+  });
+
+  it("open on the field Find or ⌘K found", async () => {
+    uploads("uploads.expire_hours");
+    const hours = screen.getByLabelText("Keep unfinished uploads for (hours)");
+    expect(hours.closest("details")).toHaveAttribute("open");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(hours).toHaveFocus());
+  });
+});
diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/components/import/upload-tab.tsx b/nextjs-frontend/components/import/upload-tab.tsx
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export function ProblemCard({
         )}
         {mediaType && admin && (
           <Button asChild size="sm" variant="ghost">
-            <Link href="/settings/uploads">Upload settings</Link>
+            <Link href="/settings/uploads?field=uploads.extensions">Upload settings</Link>
           </Button>
         )}
         {onKind && it.kind === "transcript" && canBeTranscript(it.file.name) && (

diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/components/podcasts/episode-page.tsx b/nextjs-frontend/components/podcasts/episode-page.tsx
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function EpisodePage({ id }: { id: number }) {
       {ep.status === "script_only" && (
         <Banner tone="warning" title="No voices yet.">
           Text to speech isn’t set up, so there’s a script but no audio.{" "}
-          <Link href="/settings/ai" className="font-semibold text-fg-accent hover:underline">
+          <Link href="/settings/ai?field=voice.tts_provider" className="font-semibold text-fg-accent hover:underline">
             Set it up in Settings
           </Link>
           , then remake it.