The command-palette opened itself full-screen and undismissable right after
first login on production (bare-IP) installs. Root cause: app.js constructed
`window.Echo = new Echo({...})` at module top level. On auth-layout pages the
runtime reverb config (window.__clusev) is absent and the prod bundle bakes no
VITE_REVERB_* fallback (by design — the endpoint is resolved at runtime), so
key/wsHost were undefined and the constructor threw. That throw aborted app.js
BEFORE the alpine:init block registered cmdk / modalTrigger / dualChart. app.js
does not re-run across wire:navigate, so the dashboard inherited the broken
state: Alpine could not resolve x-data="cmdk(...)", stripped x-cloak but could
not evaluate x-show="open", and the palette div fell back to its default flex
display — a dimmed, undismissable overlay. Dev (Vite) hid the bug because it
bakes VITE_REVERB_* from the dev .env, so Echo never threw.
Fix: construct Echo only when a usable runtime config is present, wrap it in
try/catch so a websocket/config failure can never take down the UI, and re-run
the guarded init on livewire:navigated so realtime still connects on a
dashboard reached via SPA navigation from an auth page.
Verified on the real prod build (rebuilt VM image): palette stays closed after
first-login -> dashboard, opens on Ctrl+K and closes on ESC, Echo reaches
connected state, zero console errors.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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