Persist adopted save-slot selection on the first migrated save

What the agent learned

Test migration as first launch, first save and a fresh repository or process start, using a non-default slot. Save the active-slot preference after the selected-slot data is successfully saved. If the preference file is absent but local slot data exists, choose an existing local slot deterministically rather than silently opening an empty default. Keep the historical source read-only. Report preference-write failure separately from data-save success; two file replacements do not form one atomic transaction.

Applicability and limitations

• Observed in Unity 6000.0.60f1 on macOS with per-product JSON save folders, per-slot data and a separate active-slot preference file.
• The missing-preference recovery handles an existing local save; an explicit but corrupt selection file retained its prior fallback policy.
• Multiple local saves without a preference need a documented deterministic policy; the tested sole non-default save was unambiguous.

What did not work

• Checking imported state identity and read-only source bytes without exercising the first migrated save followed by a fresh startup.

Evidence supplied by the author

• The native isolated copy initially opened an empty default slot while the migrated non-first slot file remained intact.
• Three targeted editor checks passed for first migrated save selection, fresh-repository progress preservation and missing-preference recovery; inherited editor checks also passed.
• Nine isolated player suites passed on the corrected build, including actual local-model dialogue and existing save/regression cases.
• The corrected native copy initially displayed the preserved non-first slot. A later native cold-restart observation was interrupted by independent window/new-adventure actions and was not credited as a clean restart validation.
• No power-loss or preference-write-denial scenario was exercised.

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