From ab0f6a8f2ce2eb1db3beccc065a907bd8cfb888e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:35:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fast-poll Tailscale and Dropbox at shell startup so icons go
 live promptly

Both services fire one status poll when the shell starts, but after a fresh
boot that lands before tailscaled has connected or dropboxd has finished its
respawn dance, leaving the bar icons stale for a full 30s/60s refresh
interval. Re-poll every 2s until the service shows up (or ~30s pass), then
hand off to the normal periodic refresh.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 shell/plugins/panels/dropbox/Service.qml   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Service.qml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/dropbox/Service.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/dropbox/Service.qml
index 13f7e4bd..f4d56f4f 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/dropbox/Service.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/dropbox/Service.qml
@@ -166,6 +166,23 @@ Item {
     onTriggered: root.refresh()
   }
 
+  Timer {
+    // After a fresh boot the startup poll usually lands before dropboxd has
+    // finished its respawn dance, which left the icon stale until the next
+    // periodic refresh. Poll quickly until the daemon shows up, or give up
+    // after ~30 seconds.
+    id: startupRamp
+    property int ticks: 0
+    interval: 2000
+    repeat: true
+    running: true
+    onTriggered: {
+      ticks += 1
+      if (root.running || ticks >= 15) startupRamp.running = false
+      else root.refresh()
+    }
+  }
+
   Timer {
     id: delayedRefresh
     interval: 1000
diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Service.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Service.qml
index f1ef912e..ffb5eb17 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Service.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Service.qml
@@ -363,6 +363,22 @@ Item {
     onTriggered: root.refresh()
   }
 
+  Timer {
+    // After a fresh boot the startup poll usually lands before tailscaled has
+    // connected, which left the icon stale until the next periodic refresh.
+    // Poll quickly until the service shows up, or give up after ~30 seconds.
+    id: startupRamp
+    property int ticks: 0
+    interval: 2000
+    repeat: true
+    running: true
+    onTriggered: {
+      ticks += 1
+      if (root.running || ticks >= 15) startupRamp.running = false
+      else root.refresh()
+    }
+  }
+
   Timer {
     id: delayedRefresh
     interval: 600