- The /welcome deposit page (QR + auto-refreshing balance + key backup) was
gated behind a legacy 'beginner mode' localStorage flag that nothing sets
anymore — every deposit link silently bounced to /traders. Gate removed:
any signed-in user reaches it.
- 'Don't have USDC yet?' helper on the deposit page: buy on Binance/OKX/
Coinbase, withdraw picking the Base network, arrives in ~1 minute. This is
the wall every true newcomer hits first.
- Autopilot step 3 now says exactly where trading money goes
(app.hyperliquid.xyz → Deposit, USDC on Arbitrum).
- Register page: 'NEW_USER ONBOARDING / Initializing Registration Sequence'
jargon replaced with what actually happens next (guided launch, ~$13,
five minutes).
- Dashboard shows a calm first-run note while a fresh autopilot runs its
first cycle ('reading the whole market — first decision lands in a minute
or two'), so the initial silence doesn't read as broken.
- Hyperliquid connect steps renamed to plain language ('Approve it in your
wallet (trade-only, cannot withdraw)' etc.).
After #1470 moved routing into react-router, SetupPage is rendered at two
different tree positions (top-level guard + /setup Route). When register
success flushSync-sets `user`, the top-level guard stops matching and the
Route-level SetupPage mounts as a new instance, re-running its cleanup
useEffect and removing the auth_token that handlePostAuthSuccess just wrote.
Subsequent requests 401 and bounce the user back to /login.
Redirect /setup to /welcome when user is already set so SetupPage is never
re-mounted during the auth transition.
