I haven’t tested this enough to be certain yet, but I happen to have lost my Internet connection a few times today (phone & hotspot issues) while using Thunder. Once the connection was fixed & I reloaded, it seems like the load failure caused Thunder to reset some settings to default such as my preferred sort order, and nav bar visibility.
I’d normally test more before posting to be sure, but it’s way past my bedtime & I’ve got a full day tomorrow, so I wanted to post the possibility before I forgot.
Hey there!
If you’re logged in, Thunder determines your post sort settings from your Lemmy account settings. If there’s a bad connection, Thunder might then default back to the guest sort settings located here: Thunder Setting: General > Default Feed Type and Sorting > Default Feed Sort Type
As for the nav bar visibility, Thunder should be respecting that setting regardless of network connectivity. If you’re able to reproduce this issue, feel free to open up a new GitHub issue on this so that I can take a closer look at it!