fix: refresh changes after frontmatter edits

src/App.tsx

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function App() {
     onOpenFile: (relativePath) => conflictFlow.openConflictFileRef.current(relativePath),
   })
 
-  const notes = useNoteActions({ addEntry: vault.addEntry, removeEntry: vault.removeEntry, entries: vault.entries, setToastMessage, updateEntry: vault.updateEntry, vaultPath: resolvedPath, addPendingSave: vault.addPendingSave, removePendingSave: vault.removePendingSave, trackUnsaved: vault.trackUnsaved, clearUnsaved: vault.clearUnsaved, unsavedPaths: vault.unsavedPaths, markContentPending: (path, content) => appSave.contentChangeRef.current(path, content), onNewNotePersisted: vault.loadModifiedFiles, replaceEntry: vault.replaceEntry })
+  const notes = useNoteActions({ addEntry: vault.addEntry, removeEntry: vault.removeEntry, entries: vault.entries, setToastMessage, updateEntry: vault.updateEntry, vaultPath: resolvedPath, addPendingSave: vault.addPendingSave, removePendingSave: vault.removePendingSave, trackUnsaved: vault.trackUnsaved, clearUnsaved: vault.clearUnsaved, unsavedPaths: vault.unsavedPaths, markContentPending: (path, content) => appSave.contentChangeRef.current(path, content), onNewNotePersisted: vault.loadModifiedFiles, replaceEntry: vault.replaceEntry, onFrontmatterPersisted: vault.loadModifiedFiles })
 
   // Note window: auto-open the note from URL params once vault entries load
   const noteWindowOpenedRef = useRef(false)
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ function App() {
     handleUpdateFrontmatter: notes.handleUpdateFrontmatter,
     handleDeleteProperty: notes.handleDeleteProperty, setToastMessage,
     createTypeEntry: notes.createTypeEntrySilent,
-    onFrontmatterPersisted: vault.loadModifiedFiles,
     onBeforeAction: appSave.flushBeforeAction,
   })
 

src/hooks/useNoteActions.hook.test.ts

@@ -641,4 +641,3 @@ describe('useNoteActions hook', () => {
     })
   })
 })
-

src/hooks/useNoteActions.persistence.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { renderHook, act } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { useNoteActions, type NoteActionsConfig } from './useNoteActions'
+
+vi.mock('@tauri-apps/api/core', () => ({ invoke: vi.fn() }))
+vi.mock('../mock-tauri', () => ({
+  isTauri: vi.fn(() => false),
+  addMockEntry: vi.fn(),
+  updateMockContent: vi.fn(),
+  trackMockChange: vi.fn(),
+  mockInvoke: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(''),
+}))
+vi.mock('./mockFrontmatterHelpers', () => ({
+  updateMockFrontmatter: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('---\nupdated: true\n---\n'),
+  deleteMockFrontmatterProperty: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('---\n---\n'),
+}))
+
+function makeConfig(onFrontmatterPersisted: () => void): NoteActionsConfig {
+  return {
+    addEntry: vi.fn(),
+    removeEntry: vi.fn(),
+    entries: [],
+    setToastMessage: vi.fn(),
+    updateEntry: vi.fn(),
+    vaultPath: '/test/vault',
+    onFrontmatterPersisted,
+  }
+}
+
+describe('useNoteActions frontmatter persistence', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      label: 'update',
+      run: async (result: ReturnType<typeof renderHook<typeof useNoteActions>>['result']) => {
+        await result.current.handleUpdateFrontmatter('/vault/note.md', '_list_properties_display', ['Owner', 'Status'])
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'delete',
+      run: async (result: ReturnType<typeof renderHook<typeof useNoteActions>>['result']) => {
+        await result.current.handleDeleteProperty('/vault/note.md', 'status')
+      },
+    },
+  ])('notifies after a frontmatter $label completes', async ({ run }) => {
+    const onFrontmatterPersisted = vi.fn()
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useNoteActions(makeConfig(onFrontmatterPersisted)))
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await run(result)
+    })
+
+    expect(onFrontmatterPersisted).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})

src/hooks/useNoteActions.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export interface NoteActionsConfig {
   replaceEntry?: (oldPath: string, patch: Partial<VaultEntry> & { path: string }) => void
   /** Called after frontmatter is written to disk — used for live-reloading theme CSS vars. */
   onFrontmatterContentChanged?: (path: string, content: string) => void
+  /** Called after a frontmatter mutation is fully persisted, including follow-up renames. */
+  onFrontmatterPersisted?: () => void
 }
 
 function isTitleKey(key: string): boolean {
@@ -44,6 +46,12 @@ interface TitleRenameDeps {
   updateTabContent: (path: string, content: string) => void
 }
 
+function applyFrontmatterCallbacks(config: NoteActionsConfig, path: string, newContent: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!newContent) return false
+  config.onFrontmatterContentChanged?.(path, newContent)
+  return true
+}
+
 async function renameAfterTitleChange(path: string, newTitle: string, deps: TitleRenameDeps): Promise<void> {
   const oldTitle = deps.tabsRef.current.find(t => t.entry.path === path)?.entry.title
   const result = await performRename(path, newTitle, deps.vaultPath, oldTitle)
@@ -71,6 +79,20 @@ function navigateWikilink(entries: VaultEntry[], target: string, selectNote: (e:
   else console.warn(`Navigation target not found: ${target}`)
 }
 
+async function maybeRenameAfterFrontmatterUpdate(
+  path: string,
+  key: string,
+  value: FrontmatterValue,
+  deps: TitleRenameDeps,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!shouldRenameOnTitleUpdate(key, value)) return
+  try {
+    await renameAfterTitleChange(path, value, deps)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Failed to rename note after title change:', err)
+  }
+}
+
 export function useNoteActions(config: NoteActionsConfig) {
   const { entries, setToastMessage, updateEntry } = config
   const tabMgmt = useTabManagement()
@@ -108,25 +130,22 @@ export function useNoteActions(config: NoteActionsConfig) {
     createTypeEntrySilent: creation.createTypeEntrySilent,
     handleUpdateFrontmatter: useCallback(async (path: string, key: string, value: FrontmatterValue, options?: FrontmatterOpOptions) => {
       const newContent = await runFrontmatterOp('update', path, key, value, options)
-      if (newContent) config.onFrontmatterContentChanged?.(path, newContent)
-      if (shouldRenameOnTitleUpdate(key, value)) {
-        try {
-          await renameAfterTitleChange(path, value, {
-            vaultPath: config.vaultPath, tabsRef: rename.tabsRef, replaceEntry: config.replaceEntry,
-            setTabs, activeTabPathRef, handleSwitchTab, setToastMessage, updateTabContent,
-          })
-        } catch (err) {
-          console.error('Failed to rename note after title change:', err)
-        }
-      }
+      if (!applyFrontmatterCallbacks(config, path, newContent)) return
+      await maybeRenameAfterFrontmatterUpdate(path, key, value, {
+        vaultPath: config.vaultPath, tabsRef: rename.tabsRef, replaceEntry: config.replaceEntry,
+        setTabs, activeTabPathRef, handleSwitchTab, setToastMessage, updateTabContent,
+      })
+      config.onFrontmatterPersisted?.()
     }, [runFrontmatterOp, config, rename.tabsRef, setTabs, activeTabPathRef, handleSwitchTab, setToastMessage, updateTabContent]),
     handleDeleteProperty: useCallback(async (path: string, key: string, options?: FrontmatterOpOptions) => {
       const newContent = await runFrontmatterOp('delete', path, key, undefined, options)
-      if (newContent) config.onFrontmatterContentChanged?.(path, newContent)
+      if (!applyFrontmatterCallbacks(config, path, newContent)) return
+      config.onFrontmatterPersisted?.()
     }, [runFrontmatterOp, config]),
     handleAddProperty: useCallback(async (path: string, key: string, value: FrontmatterValue) => {
       const newContent = await runFrontmatterOp('update', path, key, value)
-      if (newContent) config.onFrontmatterContentChanged?.(path, newContent)
+      if (!applyFrontmatterCallbacks(config, path, newContent)) return
+      config.onFrontmatterPersisted?.()
     }, [runFrontmatterOp, config]),
     handleRenameNote: rename.handleRenameNote,
   }