don't bookstrap the newwindow layout for the first run

cmd/server/main-server.go

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func main() {
 			log.Printf("error initializing wsh and shell-integration files: %v\n", err)
 		}
 	}()
-	window, err := wcore.EnsureInitialData()
+	window, firstRun, err := wcore.EnsureInitialData()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("error ensuring initial data: %v\n", err)
 		return
@@ -237,12 +237,14 @@ func main() {
 	if window != nil {
 		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
 		defer cancelFn()
+		if !firstRun {
 			err = wlayout.BootstrapNewWindowLayout(ctx, window)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Panicf("error applying new window layout: %v\n", err)
 				return
 			}
 		}
+	}
 	createMainWshClient()
 	installShutdownSignalHandlers()
 	startupActivityUpdate()

pkg/wcore/wcore.go

@@ -135,25 +135,28 @@ func CreateWindow(ctx context.Context, winSize *waveobj.WinSize) (*waveobj.Windo
 	return wstore.DBMustGet[*waveobj.Window](ctx, windowId)
 }
 
-func EnsureInitialData() (*waveobj.Window, error) {
+// returns (new-window, first-time, error)
+func EnsureInitialData() (*waveobj.Window, bool, error) {
 	// does not need to run in a transaction since it is called on startup
 	ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
 	defer cancelFn()
+	firstRun := false
 	client, err := wstore.DBGetSingleton[*waveobj.Client](ctx)
 	if err == wstore.ErrNotFound {
 		client, err = CreateClient(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating client: %w", err)
+			return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("error creating client: %w", err)
 		}
+		firstRun = true
 	}
 	if len(client.WindowIds) > 0 {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, false, nil
 	}
 	window, err := CreateWindow(ctx, &waveobj.WinSize{Height: 0, Width: 0})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating window: %w", err)
+		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("error creating window: %w", err)
 	}
-	return window, nil
+	return window, firstRun, nil
 }
 
 func CreateClient(ctx context.Context) (*waveobj.Client, error) {