### System details

omarchy-version 4.0.0-1, Hyprland 0.56.2

### What's wrong?

**Summary**
A user who sets a non-default global layout in ~/.config/hypr/looknfeel.lua — e.g. general.layout = "master" — finds that layout silently and permanently overridden on any workspace where SUPER + L has been pressed, with no supported way to undo it.

**Mechanism**
omarchy-hyprland-workspace-layout-toggle writes a per-workspace rule to $HOME/.local/state/omarchy/workspace-layouts/<id>.lua:

hl.workspace_rule({ workspace = "<id>", layout = "<dwindle|scrolling>" })

default/hypr/workspace-layouts.lua loads that directory on every config load. Because a workspace rule takes precedence over general.layout, the stale rule reapplies on each reload, defeating the user's global setting indefinitely.

**Steps to reproduce**

Set general.layout = "master" in ~/.config/hypr/looknfeel.lua
Press SUPER + L once on any workspace
Reload, or reboot
The workspace returns in dwindle or scrolling, never master

Not reversible via the toggle. The script's case statement maps dwindle → scrolling and everything else → dwindle. Master is not in the cycle, so no number of presses returns the user to their configured layout. Any global layout other than those two is a one-way trip.
Survives config restore. The state lives outside ~/.config/hypr, so restoring config backups — the obvious user remedy — has no effect. This makes the cause very difficult to identify; in my case it took reading the script source to work out what was happening.
Silent. Nothing indicates that a persistent per-workspace override now exists, or where it lives. The notification reports the layout was set, not that a rule was written to disk.

I came across this issue when upgrading my omarchy machine. I have a large monitor and prefer the master layout as detailed below


```
OS: Omarchy x86_64
Kernel: Linux 7.1.8-arch1-3
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (16) @ 5.10 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics [Integrated]
Memory: 5.21 GiB / 27.18 GiB (19%)
Disk (/): 96.46 GiB / 929.50 GiB (10%) - btrfs
Display (P40w-20): 5120x2160 in 40", 75 Hz [External]
```
```
~/.config/hypr
> cat looknfeel.lua
hl.config({
        general = {
                -- Use master layout (one main window + side stack)
                layout = "master",
        },
})

hl.config({
        master = {
                -- Master window factor: 45% of screen width
                mfact = 0.45,
                -- Center orientation for master window
                orientation = "center",
        },
})

hl.config({
        decoration = {
                -- Use round window corners
                rounding = 8,
        },
})

hl.config({
        layout = {
                -- Prevent single window from filling entire screen
                -- Constrain to 16:9 aspect ratio (adjust as needed)
                single_window_aspect_ratio = { 1, 1 },
        },
})
```
```
~/.config/hypr
❯ cat monitors.lua
-- configured by mgd 2026-08-20 14:12

local omarchy_gdk_scale = 1
local omarchy_monitor_scale = 1

hl.env("GDK_SCALE", tostring(omarchy_gdk_scale))
hl.monitor({ output = "DP-1", mode = "[email protected]", position = "auto", scale = omarchy_monitor_scale })
~/.config/hypr
```

```❯ hyprctl monitors
Monitor DP-1 (ID 0):
        [email protected] at 0x0
        description: Lenovo Group Limited P40w-20 V909503C
        make: Lenovo Group Limited
        model: P40w-20
        physical size (mm): 930x390
        serial: V909503C
        active workspace: 1 (1)
        special workspace: 0 ()
        reserved: 0 48 0 0
        scale: 1
        transform: 0
        focused: yes
        dpmsStatus: 1
        vrr: false
        solitary: 0
        solitaryBlockedBy: windowed mode,missing candidate
        activelyTearing: false
        tearingBlockedBy: next frame is not torn,user settings,missing candidate
        directScanoutTo: 0
        directScanoutBlockedBy: user settings,missing candidate
        disabled: false
        currentFormat: XRGB8888
        mirrorOf: none
        availableModes: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
        colorManagementPreset: srgb
        sdrBrightness: 1
        sdrSaturation: 1
        sdrMinLuminance: 0.2
        sdrMaxLuminance: 80
        hardwareCursorsInUse: true
```