From 841167ac441505b33cf39f285f8bcf1f67c05215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:29:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] launcher: fix usage history loading by adding guards

port 1.5

(cherry picked from commit 6d206c95215d6ffb8be9faf98f17fc3be0f47032)
---
 quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml b/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
index 1077f3876..ef6a54613 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Singleton {
 
     property var appUsageRanking: {}
     property bool _saving: false
+    property bool _hasLoaded: false
+    property bool _parseError: false
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         loadSettings();
@@ -21,15 +23,21 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     function parseSettings(content) {
+        _parseError = false;
         try {
             if (content && content.trim()) {
                 var settings = JSON.parse(content);
                 appUsageRanking = settings.appUsageRanking || {};
             }
-        } catch (e) {}
+            _hasLoaded = true;
+        } catch (e) {
+            _parseError = true;
+        }
     }
 
     function saveSettings() {
+        if (_parseError || !_hasLoaded)
+            return;
         settingsFile.setText(JSON.stringify({
             "appUsageRanking": appUsageRanking
         }, null, 2));