neode-ui/src/views/Login.vue

@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ async function handleSetup() {
     playLoginSuccessWhoosh()
     loginTransition.setJustCompletedOnboarding(true)
     loginTransition.setJustLoggedIn(true)
+    // First password setup counts as the first login (video → static rotation).
+    try { localStorage.setItem('neode_first_login_done', '1') } catch { /* ignore */ }
     await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 520))
     await router.replace(loginRedirectTo.value).catch(() => {
       window.location.href = loginRedirectTo.value
@@ -538,13 +540,17 @@ 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). */
+ *  deliberately low-key (justLoggedIn only).
+ *  Also stamps neode_first_login_done: the login page keeps the intro VIDEO
+ *  background until someone has logged in once (OnboardingWrapper reads it
+ *  to pick video vs the rotating static backgrounds). */
 function consumeOnboardingFinale() {
   try {
     if (sessionStorage.getItem('archy_onboarding_finale') === '1') {
       sessionStorage.removeItem('archy_onboarding_finale')
       loginTransition.setJustCompletedOnboarding(true)
     }
+    localStorage.setItem('neode_first_login_done', '1')
   } catch { /* ignore */ }
 }
 

neode-ui/src/views/OnboardingWrapper.vue

@@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ const videoBackgroundRoutes = ['/onboarding/intro', '/login']
 // Login uses video when coming from splash, or static + glitch when direct
 const isLoginRoute = computed(() => route.path === '/login')
 
-// True once onboarding is complete. Used to skip the intro video on
-// the /login route so that returning (logged-out) users go straight
-// to the screensaver-style static + glitch background instead of
-// replaying the full intro every time.
-const onboardingDone = computed(() => {
+
+// Check if current route should use video background.
+// The FIRST login (nobody has logged in / set a password yet) keeps the VIDEO
+// running so the splash → login handoff is one continuous shot; only after a
+// successful login does /login switch to the rotating static backgrounds.
+// Login.vue sets neode_first_login_done on every successful login.
+const hasLoggedInBefore = () => {
   try {
-    return localStorage.getItem('neode_onboarding_complete') === '1'
+    return localStorage.getItem('neode_first_login_done') === '1'
   } catch {
     return false
   }
-})
-
-// Check if current route should use video background
+}
 const useVideoBackground = computed(() => {
   if (!videoBackgroundRoutes.includes(route.path)) return false
-  if (route.path === '/login' && onboardingDone.value) return false
+  if (route.path === '/login' && hasLoggedInBefore()) return false
   return true
 })
 
@@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ const routeBackgrounds: Record<string, string> = {
   '/login': 'bg-intro.jpg' // Video loops from splash (same as intro)
 }
 
-// Rotate the login background so the lock screen doesn't look
-// identical on every logout. Cycles through bg-intro-1..6 using a
-// counter persisted to localStorage so subsequent visits advance.
+// Until the user has logged in (or set their password) once, the login
+// background stays PINNED to the same still the intro video ends on — the
+// video → login handoff only reads as one continuous shot when both show the
+// identical frame. From the second login onward the lock screen rotates
+// through bg-intro-1..6 for variety (counter persisted in localStorage).
+// Login.vue sets neode_first_login_done on every successful login.
 const LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS = [
   'bg-intro-1.webp',
   'bg-intro-2.jpg',
@@ -135,13 +138,14 @@ const LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS = [
 ]
 function pickNextLoginBackground(): string {
   try {
+    if (localStorage.getItem('neode_first_login_done') !== '1') return 'bg-intro.jpg'
     const raw = localStorage.getItem('neode_login_bg_idx')
     const prev = raw !== null ? parseInt(raw, 10) : -1
     const next = (Number.isFinite(prev) ? prev + 1 : 0) % LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS.length
     localStorage.setItem('neode_login_bg_idx', String(next))
     return LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS[next]!
   } catch {
-    return LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS[Math.floor(Math.random() * LOGIN_BACKGROUNDS.length)]!
+    return 'bg-intro.jpg'
   }
 }
 const loginBackground = ref(pickNextLoginBackground())