fix(settings): properly save and clear configuration values

Backend:
- Replace dict mutation with dict replacement to fix SQLAlchemy JSON
  mutation tracking issue (config.config = {**config.config, **update_data})

Frontend:
- Send explicit null values instead of undefined so fields can be cleared
- Update UserConfigUpdate interface to accept null values

apps/api/src/api/user_config.py

@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ async def update_user_config(
     # Merge updates
     update_data = data.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
     logger.info("Updating user config for user %s: %s", user_id, update_data)
-    config.config.update(update_data)
+    # SQLAlchemy JSON doesn't track dict mutations, so we replace the whole dict
+    config.config = {**config.config, **update_data}
 
     await session.commit()
     await session.refresh(config)

apps/web/src/api/settings.ts

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ export interface UserConfig {
 }
 
 export interface UserConfigUpdate {
-  default_editor?: string;
+  default_editor?: string | null;
-  theme?: string;
+  theme?: string | null;
-  git_user_name?: string;
+  git_user_name?: string | null;
-  git_user_email?: string;
+  git_user_email?: string | null;
-  last_session_id?: string;
+  last_session_id?: string | null;
 }
 
 export const getUserConfig = async (): Promise<UserConfig> => {

apps/web/src/pages/settings.tsx

@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ export const SettingsPage = () => {
     try {
       const update: UserConfigUpdate = {
         theme: config.theme,
-        default_editor: config.default_editor ?? undefined,
+        default_editor: config.default_editor,
-        git_user_name: config.git_user_name ?? undefined,
+        git_user_name: config.git_user_name,
-        git_user_email: config.git_user_email ?? undefined,
+        git_user_email: config.git_user_email,
       };
       console.log("Sending update:", update);
       const updated = await updateUserConfig(update);