From 5d30d1f4a1faa162a0702ac826063d1927be06e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Wright <josh@thewrightserver.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:29:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make dev menu (Ctrl+D) always available without localStorage
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 apps/web/src/components/dev/DevMenu.tsx | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/dev/DevMenu.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/dev/DevMenu.tsx
index 8fb78b6..4733990 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/dev/DevMenu.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/dev/DevMenu.tsx
@@ -18,16 +18,13 @@ export function DevMenu() {
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState<Tab>('resources');
 
-  const isEnabled = import.meta.env.DEV || localStorage.getItem('token-empire-dev-menu') === 'true';
-
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isEnabled) return;
     const handler = () => setIsOpen((o) => !o);
     window.addEventListener('toggle-dev-menu', handler);
     return () => window.removeEventListener('toggle-dev-menu', handler);
-  }, [isEnabled]);
+  }, []);
 
-  if (!isEnabled || !isOpen) return null;
+  if (!isOpen) return null;
 
   return (
     <div className="fixed bottom-4 right-4 z-50 w-[440px] max-h-[520px] flex flex-col bg-surface-900 border border-surface-700 rounded-lg shadow-2xl">