feat: support multi-canvas (designs) in frontend-only standalone mode

Standalone mode (VITE_STANDALONE=true) skipped the designs system entirely:
the design list stayed empty (switcher hidden) and all canvases collapsed onto
a single localStorage key. Add a localStorage-backed design layer mirroring the
backend designs API.

- standaloneStorage util: list/create/update/delete designs + per-design canvas
  storage (homelable_designs + homelable_canvas:<id>). ensureSeed migrates a
  legacy single-canvas install into a default design so existing data survives.
- App.tsx: load/seed designs, save + switch canvases per design id in standalone.
- Sidebar.tsx: create/update/delete dispatch to standaloneStorage when standalone.
- Tests for the new storage util.

ha-relevant: no

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { useDesignStore } from '@/stores/designStore'
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/authStore'
 import { useThemeStore } from '@/stores/themeStore'
 import { canvasApi, designsApi, liveviewApi } from '@/api/client'
+import * as standaloneStorage from '@/utils/standaloneStorage'
 import { demoNodes, demoEdges } from '@/utils/demoData'
 import { useStatusPolling } from '@/hooks/useStatusPolling'
 import type { NodeData, EdgeData, CustomStyleDef } from '@/types'
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ import type { ZigbeeNode, ZigbeeEdge } from '@/components/zigbee/types'
 import type { ZwaveNode, ZwaveEdge } from '@/components/zwave/types'
 
 const STANDALONE = import.meta.env.VITE_STANDALONE === 'true'
-const STANDALONE_STORAGE_KEY = 'homelable_canvas'
 
 export default function App() {
   const { loadCanvas, markSaved, markUnsaved, selectedNodeId, selectedNodeIds, addNode, updateNode, deleteNode, onConnect, updateEdge, deleteEdge, setProxmoxContainerMode, setNodeZIndex, editingGroupRectId, setEditingGroupRectId, editingTextId, setEditingTextId, nodes, edges, snapshotHistory, undo, redo, addToGroup, addToContainer } = useCanvasStore()
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ export default function App() {
     try {
       const saveDesignId = designIdOverride ?? activeDesignId
       if (STANDALONE) {
-        localStorage.setItem(STANDALONE_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify({ nodes, edges, theme_id: activeTheme, custom_style: customStyle }))
+        if (!saveDesignId) return false
+        standaloneStorage.saveCanvas(saveDesignId, { nodes, edges, theme_id: activeTheme, custom_style: customStyle })
         markSaved()
         toast.success('Canvas saved')
         return true
@@ -135,8 +136,30 @@ export default function App() {
     }
   }, [loadCanvas, setTheme, setCustomStyle])
 
+  // Standalone counterpart of loadCanvasFromApi — reads a design's canvas from
+  // localStorage, falling back to the demo canvas when it has never been saved.
+  const loadStandaloneCanvas = useCallback((designId: string) => {
+    const saved = standaloneStorage.loadCanvas(designId)
+    if (saved && saved.nodes.length > 0) {
+      if (saved.theme_id) setTheme(saved.theme_id)
+      if (saved.custom_style) setCustomStyle(saved.custom_style)
+      loadCanvas(saved.nodes, saved.edges)
+    } else {
+      loadCanvas(demoNodes, demoEdges)
+    }
+  }, [loadCanvas, setTheme, setCustomStyle])
+
   const loadDesignsAndCanvas = useCallback(async () => {
-    if (STANDALONE) return
+    if (STANDALONE) {
+      const designs = standaloneStorage.ensureSeed()
+      setDesigns(designs)
+      const targetId = activeDesignId ?? designs[0]?.id
+      if (targetId) {
+        setActiveDesign(targetId)
+        loadStandaloneCanvas(targetId)
+      }
+      return
+    }
     try {
       const res = await designsApi.list()
       const loadedDesigns = res.data
@@ -150,29 +173,23 @@ export default function App() {
       // If API fails (e.g. fresh DB with no designs), fall back to demo data
       loadCanvas(demoNodes, demoEdges)
     }
-  }, [setDesigns, setActiveDesign, loadCanvasFromApi, activeDesignId, loadCanvas])
+  }, [setDesigns, setActiveDesign, loadCanvasFromApi, loadStandaloneCanvas, activeDesignId, loadCanvas])
 
-  // Load canvas on auth (or immediately in standalone mode)
+  // Keep a ref so the auth effect can call the latest loader without listing it
+  // as a dependency (which would re-fire on every design switch).
+  const loadDesignsAndCanvasRef = useRef(loadDesignsAndCanvas)
+  useEffect(() => { loadDesignsAndCanvasRef.current = loadDesignsAndCanvas }, [loadDesignsAndCanvas])
+
+  // Load designs + canvas on auth (or immediately in standalone mode, which has
+  // no auth gate).
   useEffect(() => {
     if (STANDALONE) {
-      try {
+      loadDesignsAndCanvasRef.current()
-        const saved = localStorage.getItem(STANDALONE_STORAGE_KEY)
-        if (saved) {
-          const { nodes: savedNodes, edges: savedEdges, theme_id, custom_style } = JSON.parse(saved)
-          if (theme_id) setTheme(theme_id)
-          if (custom_style) setCustomStyle(custom_style)
-          loadCanvas(savedNodes, savedEdges)
-        } else {
-          loadCanvas(demoNodes, demoEdges)
-        }
-      } catch {
-        loadCanvas(demoNodes, demoEdges)
-      }
       return
     }
     if (!isAuthenticated) return
-    loadDesignsAndCanvas()
+    loadDesignsAndCanvasRef.current()
-  }, [isAuthenticated, loadCanvas, setTheme, setCustomStyle]) // only on auth change, not design change
+  }, [isAuthenticated]) // only on auth change, not design change
 
   // Reload canvas when active design changes (after initial load)
   const initialLoadDone = useRef(false)
@@ -186,7 +203,10 @@ export default function App() {
       prevDesignRef.current = activeDesignId
       return
     }
-    if (!STANDALONE && isAuthenticated && activeDesignId && initialLoadDone.current) {
+    // Standalone has no auth gate; backed mode requires authentication.
+    const ready = STANDALONE || isAuthenticated
+    const loadForDesign = STANDALONE ? loadStandaloneCanvas : loadCanvasFromApi
+    if (ready && activeDesignId && initialLoadDone.current) {
       const oldId = prevDesignRef.current
       // If the previous design was deleted (no longer in the list), don't try to
       // save into it — just load the newly-selected design.
@@ -199,7 +219,7 @@ export default function App() {
         const targetId = activeDesignId
         handleSave(oldId).then((ok) => {
           if (ok) {
-            loadCanvasFromApi(targetId)
+            loadForDesign(targetId)
           } else {
             // Save failed: don't load the new design — that would overwrite the
             // unsaved in-memory canvas. Revert the selection back to the old
@@ -210,7 +230,7 @@ export default function App() {
           }
         })
       } else {
-        loadCanvasFromApi(activeDesignId)
+        loadForDesign(activeDesignId)
       }
     }
     if (activeDesignId) {

frontend/src/components/panels/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/canvasStore'
 import { useDesignStore } from '@/stores/designStore'
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/authStore'
 import { designsApi } from '@/api/client'
+import * as standaloneStorage from '@/utils/standaloneStorage'
 import { resolveDesignIcon, DEFAULT_DESIGN_ICON } from '@/utils/designIcons'
 import { DesignModal, type DesignFormData } from '@/components/modals/DesignModal'
 import type { Design } from '@/types'
@@ -43,11 +44,15 @@ export function Sidebar({ onAddNode, onAddGroupRect, onAddText, onScan, onZigbee
     if (!designModal) return
     try {
       if (designModal.mode === 'create') {
-        const res = await designsApi.create({ name: data.name, icon: data.icon })
+        const created = STANDALONE
-        addDesign(res.data)
+          ? standaloneStorage.createDesign(data.name, data.icon)
+          : (await designsApi.create({ name: data.name, icon: data.icon })).data
+        addDesign(created)
       } else if (designModal.design) {
-        const res = await designsApi.update(designModal.design.id, { name: data.name, icon: data.icon })
+        const updated = STANDALONE
-        updateDesign(res.data.id, { name: res.data.name, icon: res.data.icon })
+          ? standaloneStorage.updateDesign(designModal.design.id, { name: data.name, icon: data.icon })
+          : (await designsApi.update(designModal.design.id, { name: data.name, icon: data.icon })).data
+        if (updated) updateDesign(updated.id, { name: updated.name, icon: updated.icon })
       }
       setDesignModal(null)
     } catch {
@@ -59,7 +64,11 @@ export function Sidebar({ onAddNode, onAddGroupRect, onAddText, onScan, onZigbee
     if (designs.length <= 1) { toast.error('Cannot delete the only canvas'); return }
     if (!window.confirm(`Delete canvas "${d.name}"? Its nodes and links will be removed.`)) return
     try {
-      await designsApi.delete(d.id)
+      if (STANDALONE) {
+        standaloneStorage.deleteDesign(d.id)
+      } else {
+        await designsApi.delete(d.id)
+      }
       removeDesign(d.id)
       toast.success('Canvas deleted')
     } catch {

frontend/src/utils/__tests__/standaloneStorageDesigns.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * Standalone multi-canvas (designs) persistence tests.
+ *
+ * Verifies the localStorage-backed design list + per-design canvas storage used
+ * when VITE_STANDALONE=true, including migration of a legacy single-canvas
+ * install into a default design.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import type { Node, Edge } from '@xyflow/react'
+import type { NodeData, EdgeData } from '@/types'
+import * as ss from '@/utils/standaloneStorage'
+
+const DESIGNS_KEY = 'homelable_designs'
+const LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY = 'homelable_canvas'
+const canvasKey = (id: string) => `${LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY}:${id}`
+
+function node(id: string): Node<NodeData> {
+  return { id, type: 'server', position: { x: 0, y: 0 }, data: { label: id, type: 'server', status: 'unknown', services: [] } }
+}
+const noEdges: Edge<EdgeData>[] = []
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  localStorage.clear()
+})
+
+describe('standaloneStorage designs', () => {
+  it('listDesigns returns empty before any seed', () => {
+    expect(ss.listDesigns()).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('ensureSeed creates a default design once and is idempotent', () => {
+    const first = ss.ensureSeed()
+    expect(first).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(first[0].name).toBe('My Homelab')
+    expect(first[0].design_type).toBe('network')
+
+    const second = ss.ensureSeed()
+    expect(second).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(second[0].id).toBe(first[0].id) // same design, not recreated
+  })
+
+  it('ensureSeed migrates legacy single-canvas data into the default design', () => {
+    const legacy = { nodes: [node('a'), node('b')], edges: noEdges, theme_id: 'dark', custom_style: null }
+    localStorage.setItem(LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY, JSON.stringify(legacy))
+
+    const [design] = ss.ensureSeed()
+    const migrated = ss.loadCanvas(design.id)
+    expect(migrated?.nodes).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(migrated?.theme_id).toBe('dark')
+    // Legacy bare key is consumed so it can't shadow per-design data later.
+    expect(localStorage.getItem(LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('createDesign appends and persists a new design', () => {
+    ss.ensureSeed()
+    const created = ss.createDesign('Garage', 'network')
+    expect(ss.listDesigns().map((d) => d.id)).toContain(created.id)
+    expect(ss.listDesigns()).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+
+  it('saveCanvas / loadCanvas round-trips per design without cross-talk', () => {
+    const a = ss.createDesign('A')
+    const b = ss.createDesign('B')
+    ss.saveCanvas(a.id, { nodes: [node('a1')], edges: noEdges, theme_id: 'default' })
+    ss.saveCanvas(b.id, { nodes: [node('b1'), node('b2')], edges: noEdges, theme_id: 'default' })
+
+    expect(ss.loadCanvas(a.id)?.nodes).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(ss.loadCanvas(b.id)?.nodes).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+
+  it('loadCanvas returns null for an unsaved design', () => {
+    const d = ss.createDesign('Empty')
+    expect(ss.loadCanvas(d.id)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('updateDesign patches name/icon and bumps updated_at', () => {
+    const d = ss.createDesign('Old')
+    const updated = ss.updateDesign(d.id, { name: 'New', icon: 'router' })
+    expect(updated?.name).toBe('New')
+    expect(updated?.icon).toBe('router')
+    expect(ss.listDesigns()[0].name).toBe('New')
+  })
+
+  it('updateDesign returns null for an unknown id', () => {
+    expect(ss.updateDesign('nope', { name: 'x' })).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('deleteDesign removes the design and its canvas data', () => {
+    const a = ss.createDesign('A')
+    const b = ss.createDesign('B')
+    ss.saveCanvas(a.id, { nodes: [node('a1')], edges: noEdges })
+
+    ss.deleteDesign(a.id)
+    expect(ss.listDesigns().map((d) => d.id)).toEqual([b.id])
+    expect(localStorage.getItem(canvasKey(a.id))).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('tolerates corrupt JSON in the designs key', () => {
+    localStorage.setItem(DESIGNS_KEY, '{not valid')
+    expect(ss.listDesigns()).toEqual([])
+  })
+})

frontend/src/utils/standaloneStorage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/**
+ * Standalone-mode persistence (VITE_STANDALONE=true).
+ *
+ * No backend is available, so designs (multi-canvas) and their canvas data are
+ * persisted directly to localStorage:
+ *   - `homelable_designs`         → Design[] (the canvas list)
+ *   - `homelable_canvas:<id>`     → { nodes, edges, theme_id, custom_style } per design
+ *
+ * Legacy single-canvas installs stored everything under `homelable_canvas`
+ * (no per-design key, no design list). `ensureSeed()` migrates that data into a
+ * default design on first run so existing users keep their canvas.
+ */
+import type { Node, Edge } from '@xyflow/react'
+import type { Design, DesignType, NodeData, EdgeData, CustomStyleDef } from '@/types'
+import { generateUUID } from '@/utils/uuid'
+
+const DESIGNS_KEY = 'homelable_designs'
+const LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY = 'homelable_canvas'
+const canvasKey = (designId: string) => `${LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY}:${designId}`
+
+export interface StandaloneCanvas {
+  nodes: Node<NodeData>[]
+  edges: Edge<EdgeData>[]
+  theme_id?: string
+  custom_style?: CustomStyleDef | null
+}
+
+function readJSON<T>(key: string): T | null {
+  try {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(key)
+    return raw ? (JSON.parse(raw) as T) : null
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function nowIso(): string {
+  return new Date().toISOString()
+}
+
+/** Read the design list. Returns [] when none have been created yet. */
+export function listDesigns(): Design[] {
+  return readJSON<Design[]>(DESIGNS_KEY) ?? []
+}
+
+function writeDesigns(designs: Design[]): void {
+  localStorage.setItem(DESIGNS_KEY, JSON.stringify(designs))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Guarantee at least one design exists and return the full list.
+ * Migrates a legacy single-canvas install into a default design on first run.
+ */
+export function ensureSeed(): Design[] {
+  const existing = listDesigns()
+  if (existing.length > 0) return existing
+
+  const design: Design = {
+    id: generateUUID(),
+    name: 'My Homelab',
+    design_type: 'network',
+    icon: null,
+    created_at: nowIso(),
+    updated_at: nowIso(),
+  }
+  writeDesigns([design])
+
+  // Migrate legacy canvas data (stored under the bare key) into this design.
+  const legacy = readJSON<StandaloneCanvas>(LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY)
+  if (legacy && localStorage.getItem(canvasKey(design.id)) === null) {
+    localStorage.setItem(canvasKey(design.id), JSON.stringify(legacy))
+    localStorage.removeItem(LEGACY_CANVAS_KEY)
+  }
+  return [design]
+}
+
+export function createDesign(name: string, icon?: string | null, design_type: DesignType = 'network'): Design {
+  const design: Design = {
+    id: generateUUID(),
+    name,
+    design_type,
+    icon: icon ?? null,
+    created_at: nowIso(),
+    updated_at: nowIso(),
+  }
+  writeDesigns([...listDesigns(), design])
+  return design
+}
+
+export function updateDesign(id: string, patch: Partial<Pick<Design, 'name' | 'icon'>>): Design | null {
+  const designs = listDesigns()
+  const idx = designs.findIndex((d) => d.id === id)
+  if (idx === -1) return null
+  const updated: Design = { ...designs[idx], ...patch, updated_at: nowIso() }
+  designs[idx] = updated
+  writeDesigns(designs)
+  return updated
+}
+
+export function deleteDesign(id: string): void {
+  writeDesigns(listDesigns().filter((d) => d.id !== id))
+  localStorage.removeItem(canvasKey(id))
+}
+
+/** Load a design's canvas. Returns null when the design has never been saved. */
+export function loadCanvas(designId: string): StandaloneCanvas | null {
+  return readJSON<StandaloneCanvas>(canvasKey(designId))
+}
+
+export function saveCanvas(designId: string, data: StandaloneCanvas): void {
+  localStorage.setItem(canvasKey(designId), JSON.stringify(data))
+}