neode-ui/src/App.vue

@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   let seenIntro = localStorage.getItem('neode_intro_seen') === '1'
   const fromBoot = sessionStorage.getItem('archipelago_from_boot') === '1'
   if (fromBoot) sessionStorage.removeItem('archipelago_from_boot')
+  // One-shot "Replay intro" request from the login screen — must survive the
+  // auto-re-mark below (which otherwise instantly suppresses the replay on any
+  // onboarded node).
+  const replayRequested = sessionStorage.getItem('archipelago_replay_intro') === '1'
+  if (replayRequested) sessionStorage.removeItem('archipelago_replay_intro')
   let onboardingComplete: boolean | null = localStorage.getItem('neode_onboarding_complete') === '1' ? true : null
   const splashCandidate = !seenIntro
     && (fromBoot || (route.path === '/' && import.meta.env.VITE_DEV_MODE !== 'boot'))
@@ -408,7 +413,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (!seenIntro && onboardingComplete === true) {
+  if (!replayRequested && !seenIntro && onboardingComplete === true) {
     try { localStorage.setItem('neode_intro_seen', '1') } catch { /* noop */ }
     seenIntro = true
   }
@@ -421,6 +426,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     fromBoot,
     devMode: import.meta.env.VITE_DEV_MODE,
     onboardingComplete,
+    replayRequested,
   })) {
     // Coming from boot screen — show the full splash intro (Enter to Exit → typing → logo)
     showSplash.value = true

neode-ui/src/composables/useLoginSounds.ts

@@ -251,8 +251,15 @@ export function playKeyboardTypingSound() {
 }
 
 /** Gaming-style boot thud - soft impact when dashboard loads */
-export function playDashboardLoadOomph() {
+/**
-  if (!isFirstInstallPhase()) return
+ * @param force Play regardless of install phase. The first dashboard entry
+ * right after the onboarding wizard needs this: by then onboarding is already
+ * flagged complete in localStorage, so the isFirstInstallPhase() gate (which
+ * exists to keep ordinary re-logins quiet) would silence the one entrance
+ * that SHOULD be loud.
+ */
+export function playDashboardLoadOomph(force = false) {
+  if (!force && !isFirstInstallPhase()) return
   const ctx = getContext()
   if (!ctx) return
 

neode-ui/src/utils/__tests__/introSplash.test.ts

@@ -28,4 +28,14 @@ describe('shouldShowIntroSplash', () => {
       onboardingComplete: null,
     })).toBe(false)
   })
+
+  it('an explicit replay request overrides every suppression rule', () => {
+    expect(shouldShowIntroSplash({
+      seenIntro: true,
+      routePath: '/',
+      fromBoot: false,
+      onboardingComplete: true,
+      replayRequested: true,
+    })).toBe(true)
+  })
 })

neode-ui/src/utils/introSplash.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ export interface IntroSplashDecisionInput {
   fromBoot: boolean
   devMode?: string
   onboardingComplete: boolean | null
+  /** Explicit "Replay intro" click — overrides every suppression rule. */
+  replayRequested?: boolean
 }
 
 export function shouldShowIntroSplash(input: IntroSplashDecisionInput): boolean {
+  if (input.replayRequested) return true
   if (input.seenIntro) return false
   if (input.onboardingComplete === true) return false
 

neode-ui/src/views/Dashboard.vue

@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ onMounted(() => {
   if (loginTransition.justCompletedOnboarding) {
     // Full glitchy reveal — only on the very first dashboard entry
     // right after onboarding (one-time event, persists in feel).
-    playDashboardLoadOomph()
+    // force=true: onboarding is already marked complete by now, so the
+    // un-forced call would gate itself silent.
+    playDashboardLoadOomph(true)
     showZoomIn.value = true
     loginTransition.setPendingWelcomeTyping(true)
     loginTransition.setJustCompletedOnboarding(false)

neode-ui/src/views/Login.vue

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ async function handleLogin() {
     stopSynthwave()
     whooshAway.value = true
     playLoginSuccessWhoosh()
+    consumeOnboardingFinale()
     loginTransition.setJustLoggedIn(true)
     await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 520))
     await router.replace(loginRedirectTo.value).catch(() => {
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ async function handleTotpVerify() {
     stopSynthwave()
     whooshAway.value = true
     playLoginSuccessWhoosh()
+    consumeOnboardingFinale()
     loginTransition.setJustLoggedIn(true)
     await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 520))
     await router.replace(loginRedirectTo.value).catch(() => {
@@ -533,11 +535,28 @@ async function handleTotpVerify() {
   }
 }
 
+/** A login right after the onboarding wizard (flag set by OnboardingDone)
+ *  gets the FULL dashboard entrance — zoom + oomph — even though it's a
+ *  regular password login (e.g. the demo). Subsequent logins stay
+ *  deliberately low-key (justLoggedIn only). */
+function consumeOnboardingFinale() {
+  try {
+    if (sessionStorage.getItem('archy_onboarding_finale') === '1') {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('archy_onboarding_finale')
+      loginTransition.setJustCompletedOnboarding(true)
+    }
+  } catch { /* ignore */ }
+}
+
 function replayIntro() {
   // Clear the intro seen flag
   localStorage.removeItem('neode_intro_seen')
   // Demo: also clear the per-day gate so the intro plays again now.
   if (IS_DEMO) clearDemoIntroSeen()
+  // On an onboarded node App.vue instantly re-marks the intro as seen (that's
+  // what keeps fresh browsers on already-onboarded nodes from replaying it) —
+  // this explicit one-shot flag tells it the replay is deliberate.
+  try { sessionStorage.setItem('archipelago_replay_intro', '1') } catch { /* ignore */ }
   // Navigate to root to trigger splash screen
   window.location.href = '/'
 }

neode-ui/src/views/OnboardingDone.vue

@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 
 function goToLogin() {
   playNavSound('action')
+  // The login that follows the wizard gets the full dashboard entrance
+  // (zoom + oomph) even when it's a regular password login (e.g. the demo) —
+  // Login.vue consumes this flag on success.
+  try { sessionStorage.setItem('archy_onboarding_finale', '1') } catch { /* ignore */ }
   router.push('/login').catch(() => {})
 }
 </script>