fix(chats): hide repository work status

Prevent managed Chat drafts and sessions from inheriting an active project's repository context in the Work Status panel while retaining directory-independent status sections.

packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatContainer.tsx

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import { findShellCommandForMessage, isUserShellMarkerMessage } from './lib/shel
 import { resolveChatPromptReadOnly } from './chatPromptReadOnly';
 import { getRuntimeKey } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
 import { createFirstVisibleSessionPerformanceTracker } from '@/sync/session-load-performance';
+import { isChatDirectoryPath } from '@/lib/chatDirectories';
 
 const EMPTY_MESSAGES: Array<{ info: Message; parts: Part[] }> = [];
 const IDLE_SESSION_STATUS = { type: 'idle' as const };
@@ -738,12 +739,15 @@ export const ChatContainer: React.FC<ChatContainerProps> = ({
     const isVSCode = isVSCodeRuntime();
     const chatSurfaceMode = useChatSurfaceMode();
     const draftOpen = Boolean(newSessionDraft?.open);
+    const isManagedChatContext = draftOpen
+        ? newSessionDraft?.target === 'chat'
+        : isChatDirectoryPath(effectiveSessionDirectory);
     // A draft can target another project or a pending worktree before it has a
     // session. Keep the panel on that same directory so its project, MCP, and
     // usage readouts describe where the draft will run rather than the project
     // the user came from.
     const workStatusDirectory = draftOpen
-        ? newSessionDraft?.bootstrapPendingDirectory ?? newSessionDraft?.directoryOverride ?? effectiveSessionDirectory
+        ? (isManagedChatContext ? null : newSessionDraft?.bootstrapPendingDirectory ?? newSessionDraft?.directoryOverride ?? effectiveSessionDirectory)
         : effectiveSessionDirectory;
     const initError = useGlobalSyncStore((s) => s.error);
     // Despite the historical name, this now covers mobile too: the mobile
@@ -1320,6 +1324,7 @@ export const ChatContainer: React.FC<ChatContainerProps> = ({
                     visible={showWorkStatusOverlay}
                     sessionId={currentSessionId ?? null}
                     directory={workStatusDirectory ?? null}
+                    repositoryEnabled={!isManagedChatContext}
                 />
             ) : null}
 
@@ -1342,6 +1347,7 @@ export const ChatContainer: React.FC<ChatContainerProps> = ({
                 visible={showWorkStatusPanel}
                 sessionId={currentSessionId ?? null}
                 directory={workStatusDirectory ?? null}
+                repositoryEnabled={!isManagedChatContext}
             />
         ) : null}
         </div>

packages/ui/src/components/chat/work-status/DOCUMENTATION.md

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ mode. It remains available on a new-session draft: when the draft targets a
 project or pending worktree, the panel uses that directory for project, MCP,
 and usage readouts before a session exists.
 
+Managed Chats never render or warm the Project repository section. A Chat draft
+also passes no fallback directory to the panel, so an active project's branch
+cannot leak into the draft while directory-independent sections remain
+available.
+
 `rowRef` is a **callback ref, not an object ref**. An object ref gives no signal
 when the node attaches, so the measuring effect read `.current`, found nothing
 whenever the row mounted after the effect first ran, and only recovered on the

packages/ui/src/components/chat/work-status/WorkStatusPanel.tsx

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type Props = {
   /** Null on a new-session draft: repository readouts still apply. */
   sessionId: string | null;
   directory: string | null;
+  /** Managed Chats have no project repository, even if another project remains active. */
+  repositoryEnabled?: boolean;
   /** Whether the panel should currently occupy space. */
   visible: boolean;
   /**
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ const PANEL_TRANSITION_EASING = 'cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)';
  * eat a visible slice of every row's trailing value, and the shadows already
  * say there is more to see.
  */
-export const WorkStatusPanel: React.FC<Props> = ({ sessionId, directory, visible, overlay = false }) => {
+export const WorkStatusPanel: React.FC<Props> = ({ sessionId, directory, visible, repositoryEnabled = true, overlay = false }) => {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const setScrollTop = useUIStore((state) => state.setWorkStatusScrollTop);
   const setOverlayOpen = useUIStore((state) => state.setWorkStatusOverlayOpen);
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ export const WorkStatusPanel: React.FC<Props> = ({ sessionId, directory, visible
           sessionId={sessionId}
           directory={directory}
           showSession={sectionVisible('session')}
-          showRepository={sectionVisible('repository')}
+          showRepository={repositoryEnabled && sectionVisible('repository')}
           goalRow={<WorkStatusGoalRow sessionId={sessionId} directory={directory} />}
         />
         {sectionVisible('usage') ? <WorkStatusUsageSection /> : null}