fix(ui): always open to the grid workbench on launch (#139) #145

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Summary

Removes the "workbench" field from the persisted session-state payload — the active workbench is no longer written to the database on app close.
_restore_session_state() now unconditionally activates the Grid workbench on launch, regardless of any stale value left in an older session DB.
All other session-state fields (window geometry, sort order, tag/search filters) are unaffected.

Test plan

test_main_window_restore_always_defaults_to_grid_workbench — asserts restore defaults to "grid" even when a stale {"workbench": "help"} payload exists in the DB
test_main_window_persist_session_state_omits_workbench — asserts _persist_session_state() no longer writes a "workbench" key
Full suite: 630 passed, 1 skipped — no regressions
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Closes #139

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## Summary - Removes the `"workbench"` field from the persisted session-state payload — the active workbench is no longer written to the database on app close. - `_restore_session_state()` now unconditionally activates the Grid workbench on launch, regardless of any stale value left in an older session DB. - All other session-state fields (window geometry, sort order, tag/search filters) are unaffected. ## Test plan - [x] `test_main_window_restore_always_defaults_to_grid_workbench` — asserts restore defaults to `"grid"` even when a stale `{"workbench": "help"}` payload exists in the DB - [x] `test_main_window_persist_session_state_omits_workbench` — asserts `_persist_session_state()` no longer writes a `"workbench"` key - [x] Full suite: 630 passed, 1 skipped — no regressions - [x] `ruff check` / `ruff format --check` clean Closes #139 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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fix(ui): always open to the grid workbench on launch (#139 )

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Session-state restore previously re-activated whichever workbench was
open when the app last closed. Drop the "workbench" field from the
persisted session payload and always activate the grid workbench on
restore, regardless of any stale value left over from an older
session-state DB.

Threading notes: no worker changes; this only touches main-thread
QMainWindow startup/shutdown logic (_restore_session_state /
_persist_session_state), which already runs exclusively on the main
thread.

docs: PR-prep for issue #139 — bump to 0.3.5, update docs

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- Bump VERSION to 0.3.5 (compiled input changed: main_window.py)
- Add [0.3.5] CHANGELOG entry for always-grid-on-launch change
- Update TECHNICAL_OUTLINE.md session-persistence list to remove
  workbench (no longer remembered across sessions)
- Add opening sentence to USER_GUIDE Workbenches section noting the
  app always opens to Grid on launch

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>