chore: Throw a 404 instead of returning defaults if settings does not exist

frontend/src/components/shared/modals/settings/settings-modal.tsx

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { LoadingSpinner } from "../../loading-spinner";
 import { ModalBackdrop } from "../modal-backdrop";
 import { SettingsForm } from "./settings-form";
 import { Settings } from "#/types/settings";
+import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "#/services/settings";
 
 interface SettingsModalProps {
-  settings: Settings;
+  settings?: Settings;
   onClose: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, settings }: SettingsModalProps) {
         )}
         {aiConfigOptions.data && (
           <SettingsForm
-            settings={settings}
+            settings={settings || DEFAULT_SETTINGS}
             models={aiConfigOptions.data?.models}
             agents={aiConfigOptions.data?.agents}
             securityAnalyzers={aiConfigOptions.data?.securityAnalyzers}

frontend/src/hooks/query/use-settings.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import React from "react";
 import posthog from "posthog-js";
-import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "#/services/settings";
 import OpenHands from "#/api/open-hands";
 import { useAuth } from "#/context/auth-context";
 import { useConfig } from "#/hooks/query/use-config";
@@ -31,10 +30,11 @@ export const useSettings = () => {
   const query = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["settings"],
     queryFn: getSettingsQueryFn,
-    initialData: DEFAULT_SETTINGS,
-    staleTime: 0,
-    retry: false,
     enabled: config?.APP_MODE !== "saas" || githubTokenIsSet,
+    // Only retry if the error is not a 404 because we
+    // would want to show the modal immediately if the
+    // settings are not found
+    retry: (_, error) => error.status !== 404,
     meta: {
       disableToast: true,
     },

openhands/storage/settings/file_settings_store.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async def load(self) -> Settings | None:
             settings = Settings(**kwargs)
             return settings
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            return Settings.from_config()
+            return None
 
     async def store(self, settings: Settings):
         json_str = settings.model_dump_json(context={'expose_secrets': True})