1 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/app.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/app.js
index 1530ff5..5ec1ac8 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/app.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/app.js
@@ -926,11 +926,15 @@ function CreateGroupWizard({ token, username, onCreated }) {
       { label: t('wizard.step_attach'), status: 'pending' },
     ];
     steps.push({ label: t('wizard.step_index'), status: 'pending' });
-    // Only a step at all when it does something — the common case (every
-    // app left on, the default) has nothing to set and no reason to show a
-    // step for it. After indexing (see the execution order below for why).
-    if (enabledApps.length < APPS.length)
-      steps.push({ label: t('wizard.step_apps'), status: 'pending' });
+    // Always a step: the node's own default for a brand-new group is
+    // `chat, files` only (Roster.DEFAULT_APPS) — narrower than "every app
+    // checked" here, which is this wizard's own default. Skipping this call
+    // whenever nothing was *unchecked* used to assume those two defaults
+    // agreed; they don't, so leaving every box checked — the common,
+    // recommended case — silently left Videos/Music/Photos disabled on the
+    // node (found live 2026-08-25: no `set_enabled_apps`/"Enabled apps for
+    // group" ever logged for a group created with every app left on).
+    steps.push({ label: t('wizard.step_apps'), status: 'pending' });
     if (roots.length > 1)
       steps.push({ label: t('wizard.step_add_roots'), status: 'pending' });
     steps.push({ label: t('wizard.step_gek'), status: 'pending' });
@@ -1009,7 +1013,10 @@ function CreateGroupWizard({ token, username, onCreated }) {
       update('done');
       advance();
 
-      // 4. Narrow the enabled apps down, if the operator unchecked any.
+      // 4. Set the enabled apps — unconditionally (see the step-list
+      // comment above on why "only if narrowed" was wrong: the node's own
+      // default is not "every app", so leaving every box checked must still
+      // be told to the node explicitly).
       // Used to run *before* the scan above, reasoning that a member
       // joining mid-scan should never briefly see an app meant to be off —
       // but nobody can join before the group is hosted either (same
@@ -1019,13 +1026,11 @@ function CreateGroupWizard({ token, username, onCreated }) {
       // indefinite "Group not hosted on this node" (found live against a
       // real, several-thousand-file library: withRetry's five attempts
       // don't come close to covering a scan that takes minutes).
-      if (enabledApps.length < APPS.length) {
-        update('running');
-        await withRetry(() => platform.node.call(
-          'PUT', `/api/groups/${gid}/apps`, { apps: enabledApps }));
-        update('done');
-        advance();
-      }
+      update('running');
+      await withRetry(() => platform.node.call(
+        'PUT', `/api/groups/${gid}/apps`, { apps: enabledApps }));
+      update('done');
+      advance();
 
       // 5. Add extra roots (if >1)
       if (roots.length > 1) {
@@ -1038,6 +1043,12 @@ function CreateGroupWizard({ token, username, onCreated }) {
             upload: i === uploadIdx,
           }));
         }
+        // Each add above only schedules its scan (platform.js's
+        // waitForRootsIndexed docstring) — wait for it to actually finish,
+        // reusing the same progress bar step 3 fed, or this step reports
+        // "done" while the node is still hashing gigabytes behind the
+        // scenes (found live 2026-08-25).
+        await platform.waitForRootsIndexed(gid, setIndexProgress);
         update('done');
         advance();
       }