Use the durable Home reset boundary

config/dot/quickshell/services/SystemSettings.qml

@@ -396,12 +396,9 @@ Singleton {
         // that only cleared the schema store would silently leave a customised
         // favourites list behind while claiming to restore Panama's defaults.
         //
-        // Done through HomePreferences' public writable aliases rather than a
+        // HomePreferences owns the write-through boundary so the state file is
-        // reset function of its own: clearing `favorites` and returning
+        // rewritten before this reset can be considered complete.
-        // `initialized` to false is exactly the state a fresh install has, and
+        HomePreferences.resetHomeDefaults();
-        // it lets initialize() seed the list again on next use.
-        HomePreferences.favorites = [];
-        HomePreferences.initialized = false;
 
         resettleTimer.restart();
     }

tests/quickshell/settings-commit-reset-contract.sh

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 repo_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
 harness="$repo_dir/config/dot/quickshell/settings-system-harness.qml"
+system_settings="$repo_dir/config/dot/quickshell/services/SystemSettings.qml"
 
 # Preferences are committed to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, and the Home store lives under
 # $XDG_STATE_HOME. Both are isolated so this contract cannot touch the real
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ fail() {
     exit 1
 }
 
+rg -Fq 'HomePreferences.resetHomeDefaults();' "$system_settings" \
+    || fail 'restoreDefaults does not use the durable Home reset boundary'
+if rg -q 'HomePreferences\.(favorites|initialized)\s*=' "$system_settings"; then
+    fail 'restoreDefaults mutates Home aliases instead of using resetHomeDefaults'
+fi
+
 qs_for_harness() {
     XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$config_home" XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" qs -p "$harness" "$@"
 }