test(app): stabilize Windows settings theme select e2e

[HaleTom]

Summary

The Windows e2e job is timing out in packages/app/e2e/settings/settings.spec.ts, specifically in changing theme persists in localStorage while clicking a theme option from the settings select popup.

Evidence

• Windows Actions run: 24225298464
• Job: e2e (windows)
• Failing step: Run app e2e tests
• Failure shape:
  • Test timeout of 60000ms exceeded
  • locator.click
  • element is not stable
  • resolved element: <li role=\"option\" ... data-slot=\"select-select-item\">
• Local test path: packages/app/e2e/settings/settings.spec.ts
• Local failing test flow: open settings -> open theme select -> resolve next theme -> click items.filter({ hasText: nextTheme! }).first()

Tracking context

• Umbrella flaky CI tracker: Flaky CI: e2e (linux) and e2e (windows) fail across unrelated PRs #17093
• This is a narrower, reproducible Windows Playwright interaction inside the settings theme selector, so it needs focused tracking instead of being buried under the umbrella.
• This flake is also blocking unrelated PRs that need clean Windows CI, including test(WriteTool.write): File permissions respect user's umask #21233 and fix(tui): keep wrapped markdown links clickable #21559.

Why this needs its own issue

#17093 tracks broad flaky CI failures across unrelated PRs, but this issue isolates one concrete selector-level failure so a small targeted fix can be reviewed and landed independently.

Suspected fix direction

Stabilize the test interaction by targeting the specific option element and using a more resilient click path for the Windows select popup interaction.

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