From cdddaae939f57740190ec750e735fa796f3c55e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chocobo1 <Chocobo1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 13:51:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] WebUI: fix preferences not applied in magnet handler

Thanks for the diagnosis in this [post](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/22495#issue-2958553624).

Closes #21486.
Closes #22495.
PR #22504.
---
 src/webui/www/private/scripts/download.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/download.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/download.js
index e175d02ea..e79d97978 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/download.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/download.js
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ window.qBittorrent.Download ??= (() => {
         }
     };
 
-    $(window).addEventListener("load", () => {
+    $(window).addEventListener("load", async () => {
+        // user might load this page directly (via browser magnet handler)
+        // so wait for crucial initialization to complete
+        await window.parent.qBittorrent.Client.initializeCaches();
+
         getPreferences();
         getCategories();
     });