diff --git a/src/praisonai-desktop/frontend/tests/first-run.test.mjs b/src/praisonai-desktop/frontend/tests/first-run.test.mjs
index a255d9f894..3d8a3c8610 100644
--- a/src/praisonai-desktop/frontend/tests/first-run.test.mjs
+++ b/src/praisonai-desktop/frontend/tests/first-run.test.mjs
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ async function boot({ provision = 'ok', steps = [], savedView = null,
   const dom = new JSDOM(HTML, {
     runScripts: 'dangerously', resources: 'usable', url: ORIGIN + '/',
     beforeParse(w) {
-      if (savedView) w.localStorage.setItem('view', savedView);
+      // Model a machine where the user last used the Train tab: the app
+      // restores that view synchronously, before the async engine check runs.
+      if (savedView) try { w.localStorage.setItem('view', savedView); } catch {}
       w.__TAURI__ = {
         core: {
           invoke: async (cmd) => {
@@ -186,3 +188,22 @@ test('a failed setup says why and offers another go', async () => {
     'the reason was swallowed');
   assert.ok(b.doc.querySelector('.setup li.failed'), 'the failing step is not marked');
 });
+
+// A restored Train view hides #thread, where the setup wizard renders. Left
+// alone, that buries setup: the title bar says "setup needed" and nothing is on
+// screen to act on -- the reported Windows dead end. The engine gate must win
+// over the restored view while the engine is not ready.
+test('a restored Train view does not hide the setup screen', async () => {
+  const b = await boot({ savedView: 'train' });
+  assert.ok(b.doc.querySelector('.setup'), 'no setup screen');
+  assert.equal(b.doc.body.classList.contains('training'), false,
+    'the Train view is still up, hiding the setup wizard');
+});
+
+// The forced switch must not clobber the deliberate choice: once the engine is
+// up, the user's Train tab should return, so we must not have persisted 'chat'.
+test('the forced Chat switch does not overwrite the saved Train choice', async () => {
+  const b = await boot({ savedView: 'train' });
+  assert.equal(b.window.localStorage.getItem('view'), 'train',
+    'the saved view was overwritten by the engine gate');
+});
diff --git a/src/praisonai-desktop/ui/index.html b/src/praisonai-desktop/ui/index.html
index 9e67f1c625..d21ed55a2a 100644
--- a/src/praisonai-desktop/ui/index.html
+++ b/src/praisonai-desktop/ui/index.html
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ <h2>Fine-tune a model</h2>
   // is the difference between a product and an error message: "No usable
   // Python" is true and useless to someone who has never installed one.
   status.textContent='setup needed'; status.className='s-boot';
+  // engineBlocked forced Chat above, so #thread is visible: a restored Train
+  // view can no longer bury the wizard firstRun() renders there.
   firstRun(st);
 }else{
   status.textContent='engine failed'; status.className='s-fail';
@@ -2208,6 +2210,11 @@ <h2>Fine-tune a model</h2>
 let trainStream=null, trainCursor=-1, trainRunId=null, lossSeries=[], logLines=[];
 const MAX_LOG_LINES=600;   // the pane is a tail, not an archive; the log file has it all
 
+// A restored Train view hides #thread (body.training #thread{display:none}),
+// where the setup wizard and failure banner render. While the engine is not
+// ready, a requested Train view is forced to Chat so that UI stays visible;
+// the deliberate choice is still persisted, and the post-boot restore below
+// returns Train once the engine is up.
 function showView(name,{persist=true}={}){
   const requested=name;
   if(name==='train' && engineBlocked) name='chat';