lib/logic/connection_settings.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 
 enum ConnectionMode { tun, proxy }
@@ -19,16 +20,21 @@ abstract final class ConnectionSettings {
     final storedMode = prefs.getString(_modeKey);
 
     // Only the explicit current proxy value restores SOCKS5. Unknown and
-    // obsolete values, including the former 'auto'/'ass' labels, fail closed
-    // to full-tunnel TUN instead of silently selecting a weaker route.
+    // obsolete values, including the pre-V3 'auto' label, fail closed to
+    // full-tunnel TUN instead of silently selecting a weaker route.
     _mode = storedMode == ConnectionMode.proxy.name
         ? ConnectionMode.proxy
         : ConnectionMode.tun;
 
     if (storedMode != _mode.name) {
+      // Best-effort. _mode is already the safe TUN default in memory, so a
+      // failed write leaves nothing insecure — it only means the migration
+      // is retried next launch. initialize() runs from main() before
+      // runApp(), with no zone guard, so throwing here would black-screen
+      // the app on the fresh-install path for no security gain.
       final migrated = await prefs.setString(_modeKey, _mode.name);
       if (!migrated) {
-        throw StateError('Could not persist migrated connection mode.');
+        debugPrint('[ConnectionSettings] Could not persist migrated mode.');
       }
     }
 

lib/screens/settings/in_settings/connection_mode.dart

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class _ConnectionModeTileState extends State<ConnectionModeTile> {
     widget.onChanged?.call(next);
   }
 
+  /// Recovers from an orphaned proxy: tear the runtime down and start a fresh
+  /// session so a readable set of credentials exists again. No rewarded ad —
+  /// the user is repairing a connection they already paid for, not opening a
+  /// new one.
   Future<void> _reconnect() async {
     if (_reconnecting) return;
     final vpn = context.read<VpnConnection>();
@@ -170,6 +174,11 @@ class _ConnectionModeTileState extends State<ConnectionModeTile> {
             builder: (context, vpn, _) {
               final session = vpn.activeSocksSession;
               if (session == null) {
+                // The proxy can be running while this session is unknown:
+                // Android killed the app process, the foreground service kept
+                // the listener alive, and its credentials existed only in the
+                // memory that died with it. Saying "Connect" there would be a
+                // lie — the user is already connected.
                 final orphaned = vpn.status == VpnStatus.connected &&
                     vpn.adoptedRunningRuntime;
                 if (orphaned) {