Sources/Shotdeck/AppModel.swift

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public final class AppModel {
             captures: [],
             pdfFileName: nil
         )
-        self.region = nil
+        self.region = Self.loadPersistedRegion()
         self.screenRecordingGranted = ScreenCapturer.isScreenRecordingGranted
         // Seeded from FolderSettings.resolve() via resolvedAppSupportPaths — never .standard().
         let folders = FolderSettings.resolve()
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ public final class AppModel {
         NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)
     }
 
+    static func loadPersistedRegion() -> CaptureRegion? {
+        guard let data = UserDefaults.standard.data(forKey: CaptureRegion.defaultsKey),
+              let decoded = try? JSONDecoder().decode(CaptureRegion.self, from: data),
+              decoded.isStillValid
+        else { return nil }
+        return decoded
+    }
+
     private func persistRegion(_ picked: CaptureRegion) {
         replaceRegion(picked)
         if let encoded = try? JSONEncoder().encode(picked) {

Sources/Shotdeck/PickerSelfTest.swift

@@ -111,9 +111,52 @@ enum PickerSelfTest {
 
         print("PICKER-SELFTEST PASS rect=\(format(got.rect))")
         fflush(stdout)
+
+        runRegionPersistPhase()
         exit(0)
     }
 
+    /// Phase 2: writes a known region under `CaptureRegion.defaultsKey`, reloads it through
+    /// `AppModel.loadPersistedRegion()` (the same path init uses), then restores whatever
+    /// value was stored before so a real picked region is untouched.
+    private static func runRegionPersistPhase() {
+        let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
+        let previous = defaults.data(forKey: CaptureRegion.defaultsKey)
+
+        let known = CaptureRegion(
+            displayID: CGMainDisplayID(),
+            rect: CGRect(x: 10, y: 10, width: 100, height: 100),
+            capturedScale: 2.0
+        )
+        var failure: String?
+        if let encoded = try? JSONEncoder().encode(known) {
+            defaults.set(encoded, forKey: CaptureRegion.defaultsKey)
+            if let loaded = AppModel.loadPersistedRegion() {
+                if loaded.rect != known.rect {
+                    failure = "expected=\(format(known.rect)) got=\(format(loaded.rect))"
+                }
+            } else {
+                failure = "loadPersistedRegion returned nil"
+            }
+        } else {
+            failure = "could not encode CaptureRegion"
+        }
+
+        if let previous {
+            defaults.set(previous, forKey: CaptureRegion.defaultsKey)
+        } else {
+            defaults.removeObject(forKey: CaptureRegion.defaultsKey)
+        }
+
+        if let failure {
+            print("REGION-PERSIST FAIL \(failure)")
+            fflush(stdout)
+            exit(1)
+        }
+        print("REGION-PERSIST PASS")
+        fflush(stdout)
+    }
+
     private static func interpolate(_ step: Int) -> NSPoint {
         let t = CGFloat(step) / CGFloat(dragSteps)
         return NSPoint(