[hez2010]

Move settings, tags, startup/session handling, updates to the server and share them between Files instances.

Also, tab icon loads are delayed, and tags on unavailable volumes and access-denied paths are now kept instead of being removed.

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[yair100]

@hez2010 do you expect a difference in startup performance?

[hez2010]

@hez2010 do you expect a difference in startup performance?

Yep. I have split the entire move into 3 PRs, and this is the first one. The other two are smaller because this one lands most work that other two need.

We will observe a great startup performance (loading performance, accurately) after the three PRs all merged.
The server will start to cache all the things we were manipulating on the startup path, so that subsequent Files app launches only need to query the cache. The cache will keep up-to-date as the server will monitor the changes and propagate incremental updates to all existing Files instances.

This also enables settings, tags, sidebar items sync between Files app instances. For example, changing the settings on a Files instance will now automatically apply to other Files instances immediately, without requiring a restart.

[hez2010]

@yair100 PTAL.

[yair100]

LGTM