fix(auth): preserve bare profile behavior across runtime and sync

src/auth/commands/create-command.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
   const previousUnifiedProfile = existsUnified
     ? ctx.registry.getAllAccountsUnified()[profileName]
     : undefined;
+  const previousBare =
+    previousLegacyProfile?.bare === true || previousUnifiedProfile?.bare === true;
+  const effectiveBare = bare === true || (profileExistedBeforeCreate && previousBare);
   const previousContextPolicy =
     profileExistedBeforeCreate && (previousUnifiedProfile || previousLegacyProfile)
       ? resolveAccountContextPolicy(previousUnifiedProfile || previousLegacyProfile)
@@ -169,7 +172,9 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
 
     if (previousContextPolicy) {
       try {
-        await ctx.instanceMgr.ensureInstance(profileName, previousContextPolicy);
+        await ctx.instanceMgr.ensureInstance(profileName, previousContextPolicy, {
+          bare: previousBare,
+        });
       } catch {
         // Best-effort rollback for context mode/group.
       }
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
     // Create instance directory
     console.log(info(`Creating profile: ${profileName}`));
     const instancePath = await ctx.instanceMgr.ensureInstance(profileName, contextPolicy, {
-      bare: !!bare,
+      bare: effectiveBare,
     });
 
     // Create/update profile entry based on config mode
@@ -190,13 +195,13 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
         ctx.registry.updateAccountUnified(profileName, {
           context_mode: contextMetadata.context_mode,
           context_group: contextMetadata.context_group,
-          ...(bare ? { bare: true } : {}),
+          ...(effectiveBare ? { bare: true } : {}),
         });
         ctx.registry.touchAccountUnified(profileName);
       } else {
         ctx.registry.createAccountUnified(profileName, {
           ...contextMetadata,
-          ...(bare ? { bare: true } : {}),
+          ...(effectiveBare ? { bare: true } : {}),
         });
       }
     } else {
@@ -206,14 +211,14 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
           type: 'account',
           context_mode: contextMetadata.context_mode,
           context_group: contextMetadata.context_group,
-          ...(bare ? { bare: true } : {}),
+          ...(effectiveBare ? { bare: true } : {}),
         });
       } else {
         ctx.registry.createProfile(profileName, {
           type: 'account',
           context_mode: contextMetadata.context_mode,
           context_group: contextMetadata.context_group,
-          ...(bare ? { bare: true } : {}),
+          ...(effectiveBare ? { bare: true } : {}),
         });
       }
     }
@@ -271,7 +276,7 @@ export async function handleCreate(ctx: CommandContext, args: string[]): Promise
               `Instance: ${instancePath}\n` +
               `Type:     account\n` +
               `Context:  ${formatAccountContextPolicy(contextPolicy)}` +
-              (bare ? '\nMode:     bare (no shared symlinks)' : ''),
+              (effectiveBare ? '\nMode:     bare (no shared symlinks)' : ''),
             'Profile Created'
           )
         );

src/auth/profile-continuity-inheritance.ts

@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ export async function resolveProfileContinuityInheritance(
       isAccountContextMetadata(mappedProfile) ? mappedProfile : undefined
     );
     const instanceMgr = new InstanceManager();
-    const instancePath = await instanceMgr.ensureInstance(sourceAccount, contextPolicy);
+    const instancePath = await instanceMgr.ensureInstance(sourceAccount, contextPolicy, {
+      bare: mappedProfile.bare === true,
+    });
 
     return {
       sourceAccount,

src/auth/profile-detector.ts

@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ class ProfileDetector {
           context_mode: account.context_mode,
           context_group: account.context_group,
           continuity_mode: account.continuity_mode,
+          bare: account.bare,
         },
       };
     }

src/auth/profile-registry.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ interface CreateMetadata {
   context_mode?: 'isolated' | 'shared';
   context_group?: string;
   continuity_mode?: 'standard' | 'deeper';
+  bare?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class ProfileRegistry {
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ export class ProfileRegistry {
       context_mode: metadata.context_mode,
       context_group: metadata.context_group,
       continuity_mode: metadata.continuity_mode,
+      bare: metadata.bare,
     });
 
     // Note: No longer auto-set as default
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ export class ProfileRegistry {
       context_mode: metadata.context_mode,
       context_group: metadata.context_group,
       continuity_mode: metadata.continuity_mode,
+      bare: metadata.bare,
     });
     saveUnifiedConfig(config);
   }
@@ -449,6 +452,7 @@ export class ProfileRegistry {
         context_mode: account.context_mode,
         context_group: account.context_group,
         continuity_mode: account.continuity_mode,
+        bare: account.bare,
       };
     }