feat(web): always show Project in the settings sidebar

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Problem

Settings already has a project list: /settings/projects with no project selected lists every project, and each row opens that project's name, icon, checkouts, actions and Remove project. But at the default scope (All projects, All environments) the settings sidebar has no entry for it. The Project category only appears after you pick a project in the "Applying settings for …" sentence. Otherwise you have to know to search settings for "Project overview".

So someone who wants to see or clean up their projects opens Settings, finds no Projects entry, and concludes there isn't one.

Change

• SettingsSidebarNav.tsx lists Project at every scope. Clicking it at All projects opens the existing list. With a project selected it opens that project's page, as before.
• isSettingsOverviewVisible and its private helper had no other caller, so they and their test are removed.
• One paragraph in docs/user/project-settings.md now says the Project category lists every project.

No new UI, contract or server change. The list page, its rows and the removal flow are unchanged.

Scope and approval

This has no prior Ideas discussion. It doesn't add a capability. It surfaces the existing project list, which you can only reach today through settings search or the scope sentence. #10639 introduced the visibility rule without stating a reason for it. If you'd rather keep Project hidden at the default scope, I'm happy to close this and open a discussion instead.

Related but independent: #20231 keeps you on this list after removing a project.

Verification

Dev server from a fresh worktree on main @ cfafb4b, with isolated state (--home-dir <worktree>/.t3) and four dummy projects added with t3 project add. Web client, dark theme, 1280×800.

• Before (main): Settings → General at All projects / All environments. The sidebar has no Project entry.
• After: Project is the first sidebar entry. Clicking it opens the list of all four projects. Choosing a row opens that project's page with Remove project, and removing a project through it works as before.
• After, one environment selected (?machine=<id>): Project opens the same list, and the sentence reads "All projects on ".

Before	After

After, clicking Project:

Checks:

• vp test run apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts: 65 passed.
• tsc-rs --noEmit in apps/web: passes.
• vp lint on the three changed source files: no new findings. One existing set-state-in-effect warning remains at SettingsSidebarNav.tsx:126, on a line this PR doesn't touch.
• No test added: the change removes a filter over a static list, so a test would only mirror it.

Not checked:

• The desktop app. It renders the same web route.
• More than one connected environment.

Surfaces

• Entry points: the settings sidebar. Settings search ("Project overview"), the command palette's settings results and the scope sentence are unchanged.
• Clients: web and desktop share this sidebar. Mobile already has Settings → Projects & threads → Overview and is unchanged.
• Connection modes: client-only rendering, no wire change.
• Docs: one paragraph in docs/user/project-settings.md.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This changes the default settings navigation by making the existing Project entry visible at the default All projects/All environments scope. The underlying project list and management flow remain unchanged, but the default product experience has changed.

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📝 Walkthrough

The settings sidebar now always includes the Project navigation item in its non-search list. The scope-based visibility helper and its test were removed. The project settings documentation now states that the category is available under All projects.

Changes: Project Settings Navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Always show Project settings apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md	The non-search sidebar renders all settings navigation items. The scope-based visibility helper and its test were removed. The documentation describes the Project category under All projects.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e2992

Project navigation works across scopes, including a selectable project list at All projects. The change is mergeable, though a focused sidebar visibility test would help catch future regressions.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx: 1

334-337: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add regression coverage for Project visibility in SettingsSidebarNav.

The current tests cover the /settings/projects route and the removed helper, but they do not render SettingsSidebarNav or assert that Project remains visible at All projects and other applicable scopes. A future scope filter could therefore reintroduce the regression without failing these tests.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx
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Add regression tests that render SettingsSidebarNav and verify the Project
navigation item remains visible at All projects and other applicable project
scopes. Exercise the rendered component rather than only testing the route or
removed helper.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx:
- Around line 334-337: Add regression tests that render SettingsSidebarNav and
verify the Project navigation item remains visible at All projects and other
applicable project scopes. Exercise the rendered component rather than only
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• apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx
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• apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
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