From 9b75a76ad78c072d451d4abc47546d889dd17a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:32:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] streamline homepage loading by preventing list clear on
 update

---
 js/app.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 60c85c48..7bd88fba 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ class Application {
       this.videoListView.setPopularTagsContainer(this.videoListPopularTags);
     }
 
-    if (this.videoList) {
+    if (this.videoList && this.videoList.children.length === 0) {
       this.videoList.innerHTML = getSidebarLoadingMarkup(messageContext);
     }
   }