Fixed - [navbar] [sticky-ui] [cookies] Kept the persistent navigation bar sticky for signed-out pages by reusing the saved preference from a site cookie.

- 1 - I updated `modules/web/middleware/cookie.go`, `routers/common/pagetmpl.go`, and `routers/web/user/setting/profile.go` to add a dedicated `gitea_persistent_navbar` cookie, synchronize it when authenticated users save or load the preference, and reuse that cookie as the anonymous-page fallback so the navbar stays sticky after logout just like the footer already does.

.codex-history.md

@@ -808,3 +808,6 @@ History search guidance:
 
 161 - [2026-05-19 23:43:29] - v1.27.0-dev-172-g06e5bd7f46 - Type: Modified - [scripts] [configure] [git-lfs] Added conditional Git LFS setup to `configure.sh` when repository LFS hooks are installed.
 - 1 - I updated `.configure.sh` so repositories that already have Git LFS hook scripts in `.git/hooks` now treat `git-lfs` as a required dependency during verification, install the `git-lfs` system package on supported package managers, and run `git lfs install --local` during non-verify setup.
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+162 - [2026-05-20 00:31:49] - v1.27.0-dev-173-gb66ec8c19d - Type: Fixed - [navbar] [sticky-ui] [cookies] Kept the persistent navigation bar sticky for signed-out pages by reusing the saved preference from a site cookie.
+- 1 - I updated `modules/web/middleware/cookie.go`, `routers/common/pagetmpl.go`, and `routers/web/user/setting/profile.go` to add a dedicated `gitea_persistent_navbar` cookie, synchronize it when authenticated users save or load the preference, and reuse that cookie as the anonymous-page fallback so the navbar stays sticky after logout just like the footer already does.

modules/web/middleware/cookie.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 	CookieWebBannerDismissed = "gitea_disbnr"
 	CookieTheme              = "gitea_theme"
 	CookiePersistentFooter   = "gitea_persistent_footer"
+	CookiePersistentNavbar   = "gitea_persistent_navbar"
 	cookieRedirectTo         = "redirect_to"
 )
 

routers/common/pagetmpl.go

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func PageGlobalData(ctx *context.Context) {
 			log.Error("GetUserSetting[%s] for user %d: %v", user_model.SettingsKeyPersistentNavbar, ctx.Doer.ID, err)
 		} else {
 			showPersistentNavbar, _ = strconv.ParseBool(val)
+			ctx.SetSiteCookie(middleware.CookiePersistentNavbar, strconv.FormatBool(showPersistentNavbar), 0)
 		}
 
 		val, err = user_model.GetUserSetting(ctx, ctx.Doer.ID, user_model.SettingsKeyStickySideMenus, "false")
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ func PageGlobalData(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		showPersistentFooter, _ = strconv.ParseBool(middleware.GetSiteCookie(ctx.Req, middleware.CookiePersistentFooter))
+		showPersistentNavbar, _ = strconv.ParseBool(middleware.GetSiteCookie(ctx.Req, middleware.CookiePersistentNavbar))
 	}
 	ctx.Data["ShowPersistentFooter"] = showPersistentFooter
 	ctx.Data["ShowPersistentNavbar"] = showPersistentNavbar

routers/web/user/setting/profile.go

@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ func UpdatePersistentLayout(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	ctx.SetSiteCookie(middleware.CookiePersistentNavbar, strconv.FormatBool(showPersistentNavbar), 0)
 	ctx.SetSiteCookie(middleware.CookiePersistentFooter, strconv.FormatBool(showPersistentFooter), 0)
 
 	log.Trace("User settings updated: %s", ctx.Doer.Name)
@@ -481,6 +482,8 @@ func UpdatePersistentNavbar(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	ctx.SetSiteCookie(middleware.CookiePersistentNavbar, strconv.FormatBool(showPersistentNavbar), 0)
+
 	log.Trace("User settings updated: %s", ctx.Doer.Name)
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("settings.saved_successfully"))
 	ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + "/user/settings/appearance")