chore: clean up ui as we don't have session based permission setting on ui (#9975)

ui/desktop/src/App.tsx

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const PairRouteWrapper = ({
   return null;
 };
 
-const SettingsRoute = ({ activeSessionId }: { activeSessionId?: string }) => {
+const SettingsRoute = () => {
   const location = useLocation();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
@@ -199,13 +199,7 @@ const SettingsRoute = ({ activeSessionId }: { activeSessionId?: string }) => {
     viewOptions.section = sectionFromUrl;
   }
 
-  return (
-    <SettingsView
-      onClose={() => navigate('/')}
-      setView={setView}
-      viewOptions={{ ...viewOptions, sessionId: activeSessionId }}
-    />
-  );
+  return <SettingsView onClose={() => navigate('/')} setView={setView} viewOptions={viewOptions} />;
 };
 
 const SessionsRoute = () => {
@@ -684,14 +678,7 @@ export function AppInner() {
                   />
                 }
               />
-              <Route
-                path="settings"
-                element={
-                  <SettingsRoute
-                    activeSessionId={activeSessions[activeSessions.length - 1]?.sessionId}
-                  />
-                }
-              />
+              <Route path="settings" element={<SettingsRoute />} />
               <Route
                 path="extensions"
                 element={

ui/desktop/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export type SettingsViewOptions = {
   deepLinkConfig?: ExtensionConfig;
   showEnvVars?: boolean;
   section?: string;
-  sessionId?: string;
 };
 
 export default function SettingsView({
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ export default function SettingsView({
                   value="chat"
                   className="mt-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-0"
                 >
-                  <ChatSettingsSection sessionId={viewOptions.sessionId} />
+                  <ChatSettingsSection />
                 </TabsContent>
 
                 <TabsContent

ui/desktop/src/components/settings/chat/ChatSettingsSection.tsx

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import { defineMessages, useIntl } from '../../../i18n';
 const i18n = defineMessages({
   modeTitle: {
     id: 'chatSettings.modeTitle',
-    defaultMessage: 'Mode',
+    defaultMessage: 'Default Mode',
   },
   modeDescription: {
     id: 'chatSettings.modeDescription',
-    defaultMessage: 'Configure how Goose interacts with tools and extensions',
+    defaultMessage:
+      'Choose the default mode Goose uses for new sessions. Existing sessions keep their current mode.',
   },
   responseStylesTitle: {
     id: 'chatSettings.responseStylesTitle',
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const i18n = defineMessages({
   },
 });
 
-export default function ChatSettingsSection({ sessionId }: { sessionId?: string }) {
+export default function ChatSettingsSection() {
   const intl = useIntl();
 
   return (
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export default function ChatSettingsSection({ sessionId }: { sessionId?: string
           <CardDescription>{intl.formatMessage(i18n.modeDescription)}</CardDescription>
         </CardHeader>
         <CardContent className="px-2">
-          <ModeSection sessionId={sessionId} />
+          <ModeSection />
         </CardContent>
       </Card>
 

ui/desktop/src/components/settings/mode/ModeSection.tsx

@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@ import { useEffect, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { all_goose_modes, ModeSelectionItem } from './ModeSelectionItem';
 import { useConfig } from '../../ConfigContext';
 import { ConversationLimitsDropdown } from './ConversationLimitsDropdown';
-import { updateSession } from '../../../api';
 
-export const ModeSection = ({ sessionId }: { sessionId?: string }) => {
+export const ModeSection = () => {
   const [currentMode, setCurrentMode] = useState('auto');
   const [maxTurns, setMaxTurns] = useState<number>(1000);
   const { config, read, upsert } = useConfig();
 
   const handleModeChange = async (newMode: string) => {
     try {
-      if (sessionId) {
-        await updateSession({ body: { session_id: sessionId, goose_mode: newMode } });
-      }
       await upsert('GOOSE_MODE', newMode, false);
       setCurrentMode(newMode);
     } catch (error) {

ui/desktop/src/i18n/messages/en.json

@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@
     "defaultMessage": "Waiting for images to save..."
   },
   "chatSettings.modeDescription": {
-    "defaultMessage": "Configure how Goose interacts with tools and extensions"
+    "defaultMessage": "Choose the default mode Goose uses for new sessions. Existing sessions keep their current mode."
   },
   "chatSettings.modeTitle": {
-    "defaultMessage": "Mode"
+    "defaultMessage": "Default Mode"
   },
   "chatSettings.responseStylesDescription": {
     "defaultMessage": "Choose how Goose should format and style its responses"