fixed chat filter being cleared after onboarding

frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-upload.tsx

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const OnboardingUpload = ({ onComplete }: OnboardingUploadProps) => {
           icon: "file",
         });
 
+        // Wait for filter creation to complete before proceeding
         createFilterMutation
           .mutateAsync({
             name: displayName,
@@ -118,16 +119,24 @@ const OnboardingUpload = ({ onComplete }: OnboardingUploadProps) => {
           })
           .finally(() => {
             setIsCreatingFilter(false);
+            // Refetch nudges to get new ones
+            refetchNudges();
+
+            // Wait a bit before completing (after filter is created)
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              onComplete();
+            }, 1000);
           });
+      } else {
+        // No filter to create, just complete
+        // Refetch nudges to get new ones
+        refetchNudges();
+
+        // Wait a bit before completing
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          onComplete();
+        }, 1000);
       }
-
-      // Refetch nudges to get new ones
-      refetchNudges();
-
-      // Wait a bit before completing
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        onComplete();
-      }, 1000);
     }
   }, [
     tasks,

frontend/components/chat-renderer.tsx

@@ -172,12 +172,14 @@ export function ChatRenderer({
       // Mark onboarding as complete in context
       setOnboardingComplete(true);
 
-      // Clear ALL conversation state so next message starts fresh
+      // Store the user document filter as default for new conversations FIRST
-      await startNewConversation();
+      // This must happen before startNewConversation() so the filter is available
-
-      // Store the user document filter as default for new conversations and load it
       await storeDefaultFilterForNewConversations(true);
 
+      // Clear ALL conversation state so next message starts fresh
+      // This will pick up the default filter we just set
+      await startNewConversation();
+
       // Clean up onboarding filter IDs now that we've set the default
       if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
         localStorage.removeItem(ONBOARDING_OPENRAG_DOCS_FILTER_ID_KEY);

frontend/contexts/chat-context.tsx

@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ export function ChatProvider({ children }: ChatProviderProps) {
   const startNewConversation = useCallback(async () => {
     console.log("[CONVERSATION] Starting new conversation");
 
+    // Check if there's existing conversation data - if so, this is a manual "new conversation" action
+    // Check state values before clearing them
+    const hasExistingConversation = conversationData !== null || placeholderConversation !== null;
+    
     // Clear current conversation data and reset state
     setCurrentConversationId(null);
     setPreviousResponseIds({ chat: null, langflow: null });
@@ -295,15 +299,22 @@ export function ChatProvider({ children }: ChatProviderProps) {
           setConversationFilterState(null);
         }
       } else {
-        console.log("[CONVERSATION] No default filter set");
+        // No default filter in localStorage
-        setConversationFilterState(null);
+        if (hasExistingConversation) {
+          // User is manually starting a new conversation - clear the filter
+          console.log("[CONVERSATION] Manual new conversation - clearing filter");
+          setConversationFilterState(null);
+        } else {
+          // First time after onboarding - preserve existing filter if set
+          // This prevents clearing the filter when startNewConversation is called multiple times during onboarding
+          console.log("[CONVERSATION] No default filter set, preserving existing filter if any");
+          // Don't clear the filter - it may have been set by storeDefaultFilterForNewConversations
+        }
       }
-    } else {
-      setConversationFilterState(null);
     }
 
     // Create a temporary placeholder conversation to show in sidebar
-    const placeholderConversation: ConversationData = {
+    const newPlaceholderConversation: ConversationData = {
       response_id: "new-conversation-" + Date.now(),
       title: "New conversation",
       endpoint: endpoint,
@@ -318,10 +329,10 @@ export function ChatProvider({ children }: ChatProviderProps) {
       last_activity: new Date().toISOString(),
     };
 
-    setPlaceholderConversation(placeholderConversation);
+    setPlaceholderConversation(newPlaceholderConversation);
     // Force immediate refresh to ensure sidebar shows correct state
     refreshConversations(true);
-  }, [endpoint, refreshConversations]);
+  }, [endpoint, refreshConversations, conversationData, placeholderConversation]);
 
   const addConversationDoc = useCallback((filename: string) => {
     setConversationDocs((prev) => [