I have that set to ((stashes . hide)) and it works ... I'd try clearing the compiled files :woman-shrugging:!

Would you generously try it out for staged? Will check .elc in the meantime (Update: no luck)

Changing it did work, but I had to visit a different project every time, as magit would remember the previous config. The variable indeed says "initial visibility"

Thanks! so it showed the diffs for staged? Which value did you set the defcustom to?

Staged already shows up for me, so I changed stashed to show

Value
((stashes . show))

Original Value
((stashes . hide))

I take back the remembering claim. All it took for a correct update was quitting the magit buffer and reopening (vs just reinvoking it)

Yes, it works for stashes I'm guessing that it staged works in that it displays the list of files, but it doesn't show the diff for each given file?

Ah! Let me stage something and check that

Yes. I think this is true for all items - only the top level is expanded

Adding file worked 🎉

'((stashes . show) (staged . show) (unstaged . show) (file . show))

Happy to have been immediately corrected 😂