Walkthrough polish: honest error messages, sidebar label fix, localStorage bug
A small cleanup pass after walking the authenticated Gary flow. Error strings that previously said "Could not start the draft. Try again." now say "This will be available once GaryOSS is connected to the backend." The sidebar's "Assistant" entry was renamed to "Ask Gary." A localStorage bug was fixed where the desktop sidebar state was being persisted using the wrong variable.
The error message changes affect /draft, /review, and the InitialView upload handler. When handleNewChat returns null because the backend isn't reachable, the previous copy blamed a transient failure. The replacement is more accurate: the backend connectivity isn't established yet, so the feature isn't available. Whether you want that same copy in your fork depends on your deployment state, but the uploadError state added to InitialView is worth keeping regardless.
The localStorage bug is real and import-worthy on its own. In (pages)/layout.tsx, the effect that persists sidebar preference was writing isSidebarOpen.toString() - mobile state - when its dependency array already tracked isSidebarOpenDesktop. The result: desktop sidebar open/closed preference wasn't being saved correctly. The fix is a one-line correction: localStorage.setItem("sidebarOpen", isSidebarOpenDesktop.toString()).
The NEXT_PUBLIC_GARY_SKIP_AUTH dev bypass now shows an amber notice on the login and signup pages as well, complementing the in-app banner from the auth bypass commit. The sidebar rename from "Assistant" to "Ask Gary" is product-specific.
Spotted something wrong? Or know the PR text has fresher detail than the writeup above?