Keep ai model saved when app closes.

app/renderer/dialogs.js

@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ function showSettingsDialog({
     const ollamaModel = makeInput(settings.ai?.ollama?.model || 'llama3.2:1b');
     const aiStatus = el('div', { className: 'muted ai-status' }, 'AI stays local through Ollama. Vision-capable models can also inspect the screenshot attached to each step.');
     const testAiBtn = el('button', { type: 'button' }, 'Test connection');
+    const persistOllamaModel = debounce(() => {
+      const model = ollamaModel.value.trim();
+      // Keep the last model choice even if the dialog is dismissed without a full save.
+      void api.settings.set({ keyPath: 'ai.ollama.model', value: model }).catch(() => {});
+    }, 250);
 
     const updateAiStatus = (message, { error = false } = {}) => {
       aiStatus.textContent = message;
@@ -353,6 +358,8 @@ function showSettingsDialog({
         setButtonLoading(testAiBtn, false);
       }
     };
+    ollamaModel.addEventListener('input', () => persistOllamaModel());
+    ollamaModel.addEventListener('blur', () => persistOllamaModel.flush());
 
     const placeholderRows = el('div', { className: 'placeholder-rows' });
     const rows = [];

tests/unit/placeholders.test.js

@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ test('settings persist, deep-merge with defaults, and store global placeholders'
   assert.equal(s1.get('appearance'), DEFAULT_SETTINGS.appearance);
   s1.set('appearance', 'dark');
   s1.set('capture.delayMs', 1500);
+  s1.set('ai.ollama.model', 'qwen3:0.6b');
   s1.setGlobalPlaceholders({ Company: 'Acme', Author: 'Tyler' });
 
   // A fresh instance reads back the changed values merged over defaults.
   const s2 = new Settings(dir);
   assert.equal(s2.get('appearance'), 'dark');
   assert.equal(s2.get('capture.delayMs'), 1500);
+  assert.equal(s2.get('ai.ollama.model'), 'qwen3:0.6b');
   assert.equal(s2.get('capture.clickMarker'), DEFAULT_SETTINGS.capture.clickMarker);
   assert.deepEqual(s2.getGlobalPlaceholders(), { Company: 'Acme', Author: 'Tyler' });
 });