Protect live state during restore and reset

config/dot/quickshell/scripts/panama-settings-backup

@@ -572,6 +572,23 @@ def command_restore(arguments: list[str]) -> None:
         home_present = False
         home_data = None
 
+    # Display geometry is never restored from a snapshot. Applying it requires
+    # the visible confirmation/recovery flow in Displays.qml; a settings-file
+    # restore followed by `hyprctl reload` must not bypass that safety boundary.
+    # Preserve the currently confirmed generation when it is readable, and
+    # otherwise remove the snapshot's geometry so startup uses shipped policy.
+    if desktop_present and desktop_data is not None:
+        desktop_data = dict(desktop_data)
+        try:
+            current_desktop = read_json(SETTINGS, "The current settings file") \
+                if is_present(SETTINGS) else {}
+        except BackupError:
+            current_desktop = {}
+        if "displays" in current_desktop:
+            desktop_data["displays"] = current_desktop["displays"]
+        else:
+            desktop_data.pop("displays", None)
+
     # Restoring remains undoable, but a corrupt current file must not prevent a
     # known-good snapshot from recovering the desktop.
     save_snapshot(require_any=False, validate=False)