From cc2dafa6860929d9d8140422d4c5517101320562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RahulSrinivasan658 <s224610872@deakin.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:58:15 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix BUG-005: persist selected pathway in sessionStorage to
 prevent reset on tab return

---
 src/pages/LearnPage.tsx | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/LearnPage.tsx b/src/pages/LearnPage.tsx
index bfe9599..d74df45 100644
--- a/src/pages/LearnPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/LearnPage.tsx
@@ -664,8 +664,16 @@ export function LearnPage() {
     []
   );
 
-  const [selectedPlatform, setSelectedPlatform] = useState<string>(platforms[0]?.id ?? 'lovable');
-
+const [selectedPlatform, setSelectedPlatform] = useState<string>(() => {
+  try {
+    const saved = typeof window !== 'undefined'
+      ? window.sessionStorage.getItem('learn:selectedPlatform')
+      : null;
+    if (saved && platforms.some((p) => p.id === saved)) return saved;
+  } catch {
+  }
+  return platforms[0]?.id ?? 'perplexity';
+});
   const [filtersMode, setFiltersMode] = useState<'on' | 'off'>(() => {
     try {
       // New key
@@ -708,6 +716,13 @@ export function LearnPage() {
     }
   }, [filtersMode]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+  try {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('learn:selectedPlatform', selectedPlatform);
+  } catch {
+  }
+}, [selectedPlatform]);
+
   const scrollToPlatform = (platformId: string) => {
     setSelectedPlatform(platformId);
     setTimeout(() => {