From b39b9abc6fb46a9e35779a3fc8055d777774028a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mr. m" <91018726+mr-cheffy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:19:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gh-12940: Fixed new profiles not being able to startup
 (gh-12944)

---
 src/zen/sessionstore/ZenSessionManager.sys.mjs | 7 ++++---
 src/zen/spaces/ZenSpaceBookmarksStorage.js     | 3 ---
 surfer.json                                    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/zen/sessionstore/ZenSessionManager.sys.mjs b/src/zen/sessionstore/ZenSessionManager.sys.mjs
index bf7b106a3..ac23ac37c 100644
--- a/src/zen/sessionstore/ZenSessionManager.sys.mjs
+++ b/src/zen/sessionstore/ZenSessionManager.sys.mjs
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ export class nsZenSessionManager {
       );
       const db = await PlacesUtils.promiseDBConnection();
       let data = {};
-      let rows = await db.execute(
-        "SELECT * FROM zen_workspaces ORDER BY created_at ASC"
-      );
+      let rows = [];
       try {
+        rows = await db.execute(
+          "SELECT * FROM zen_workspaces ORDER BY created_at ASC"
+        );
         data.spaces = rows.map(row => ({
           uuid: row.getResultByName("uuid"),
           name: row.getResultByName("name"),
diff --git a/src/zen/spaces/ZenSpaceBookmarksStorage.js b/src/zen/spaces/ZenSpaceBookmarksStorage.js
index f4e577370..59da45f61 100644
--- a/src/zen/spaces/ZenSpaceBookmarksStorage.js
+++ b/src/zen/spaces/ZenSpaceBookmarksStorage.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ window.ZenWorkspaceBookmarksStorage = {
     ChromeUtils.defineESModuleGetters(this.lazy, {
       PlacesUtils: "resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs",
     });
-    if (!window.gZenWorkspaces) {
-      return;
-    }
     this.promiseInitialized = new Promise(resolve => {
       this._resolveInitialized = resolve;
     });
diff --git a/surfer.json b/surfer.json
index 9fe5c79d9..00a8e1c6f 100644
--- a/surfer.json
+++ b/surfer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       "brandShortName": "Zen",
       "brandFullName": "Zen Browser",
       "release": {
-        "displayVersion": "1.19.4b",
+        "displayVersion": "1.19.5b",
         "github": {
           "repo": "zen-browser/desktop"
         },