* refactor: add canonical turn projection pipeline for chat
Centralizes turn/activity/summary derivation, migrates render consumers to shared projection sources, and adds projector regression coverage for retries, malformed parent fallbacks, and activity segmentation.
* refactor: stream assistant text live in turn-first render path
* refactor: complete phase-3 turn timeline history/navigation
* refactor: complete phase-4 turn pipeline cutover
Remove legacy grouping adapters and lock key edge cases with executable regression tests so turn-centric rendering stays stable across retry/history/navigation flows.
* fix: align chat history loading path with opencode parity
* fix: stabilize chat streaming and reduce render churn
* feat: add blurIn streaming text animation and smooth lerp-based auto-scroll
Streaming markdown now uses Streamdown blurIn animation (150ms, ease-out) for per-word reveal
Auto-scroll during streaming uses continuous exponential smoothing (lerp) instead of restarting spring animations
One-shot scroll-to-bottom (button click) uses motion spring for natural deceleration
* fix: respect user scroll-up during streaming and re-pin on scroll back to bottom
* fix: stabilize activity stream and tool progress rendering
Activity now stays chronologically consistent and avoids duplicate reasoning/justification.
Tool rows show running state and duration earlier with smoother pending behavior.
Removed legacy trim/timestamp paths to prevent message drops and simplify Activity UI.
* fix: reverted regression of revert functionality
* fix: stabilize chat activity layout and tool progress behavior
Stopped user messages from re-animating when new user messages appear.
Made Activity and aggregated tool rows wrap inline consistently without misaligned headers/icons.
Fixed tool part matching so duration and shine no longer reset across pending/in-progress status updates.
* fix: restore activity mode behavior and stabilize tool rendering
Re-enabled Collapsed/Summary/Detailed/Changes defaults for Activity and tool expansion.
Fixed tool row wrapping/alignment, removed user fade re-animations, and disabled FadeInOnReveal animations.
Improved tool status handling to reduce timer/shine resets and made reasoning bold render as normal text.
* refactor: simplify chat tool and message rendering
Replace activity-group rendering with flat inline part rendering
Remove obsolete tool output and justification activity settings
Keep user message animation and improve edit/apply-patch file path headers
* style: narrow chat and composer columns equally
* fix: Tool status checks and abort flow regression
* fix: improve multi-file apply patch header rendering
* fix: make timeline message jump scroll to selected chat entry
Conversation Timeline clicks now reliably scroll to the selected message in chat
Timeline dialog waits for navigation result before closing to avoid silent failures
Chat message scrolling now resolves the active chat scroller consistently
* chore: remove branch-added chat tests and clean lint leftovers
Removes newly added chat and message test files from this branch
Fixes lint blockers in ProgressiveGroup, ToolPart, and messageStore
Keeps type-check, lint, and build passing after cleanup
* fix: keep composer status row closest to the input
Status/todo row now renders below queued messages and attachments.
Linked GitHub issue/PR chips stay above status so input context order is consistent.
Improves chat composer readability while assistant is working.
* fix: disable assistant header animations and polish chat status behavior
Assistant message header now renders without transition effects
Removed a lint issue from the working placeholder props
Chat status and message flow updates improve consistency during active turns
* feat: increase bottom spacer in mobile chat for better scrolling
* feat: add sorted chat mode with progressive activity rendering
Adds global chat render mode settings for sorted and live behavior
Renders non-stop assistant output in Activity as messages complete
Disables streaming text animation in sorted mode and restores classic reasoning/justification blocks
* fix: stabilize chat timeline navigation and older history loading
Prevents auto-loading older history from scroll and keeps loading behind the button
Fixes timeline jump-to-message behavior that snapped back to the bottom
Reduces chat list flicker and empty-state glitches on large session pagination
* fix: stabilize sorted activity text and hide reasoning timers
Prevented sorted justification from appearing before message completion by requiring explicit non-stop finish.
Removed duration values for sorted Thinking and Justification blocks.
Kept smooth sorted auto-follow behavior tuned to reduce bottom-jump jitter.
* refactor: simplify chat tool rendering paths and add parts docs
Centralized tool icon mapping into a shared presentation helper used by grouped and expandable rows.
Removed static-tool-specific branches from ToolPart to keep it focused on expandable tools.
Added a new DOCUMENTATION.md explaining where to change tool descriptions and rendering behavior.
* feat: enhance event stream handling for message parts
- Refactor event key building functions to improve clarity and reduce redundancy.
- Introduce `applyPartDelta` method in message store for handling delta updates to message parts.
- Update `useEventStream` to utilize the new `applyPartDelta` method for processing incoming deltas.
- Enhance text extraction logic to accommodate new part types and improve merging behavior.
- Implement logic to skip delta-driven updates for ongoing text/reasoning parts to prevent overwriting.
- Adjust server-side text merging logic to handle trimmed text comparisons and improve consistency.
* feat: enhance OpencodeService with delta handling and stale delta management
- Introduced globalSseStaleDeltas to track stale deltas.
- Added methods to generate keys for delta and updated part events.
- Updated global SSE loop to skip processing stale deltas.
- Refactored global SSE event handling to improve performance and reliability.
refactor: remove unused streaming part handling in messageStore
- Eliminated streaming part queue and associated logic.
- Simplified message merging logic by removing redundant checks.
- Streamlined message handling to improve clarity and maintainability.
chore: clean up unused streaming text normalization functions
- Removed deprecated functions related to streaming text identity and merging.
- Simplified normalizeStreamingTextPayload to focus on current functionality.
* refactor: simplify streaming event passthrough
Use SDK-native global event streaming in the UI client
Remove dead server-side SSE normalization helpers
Keep streaming payloads closer to upstream behavior
* revert: remove message memory settings UI
Drop the restored message memory settings screen
Keep session settings focused on current defaults
Preserve chat history limits as internal behavior
* feat: add compact collapsed Activity preview in sorted mode
Collapsed Activity now shows a live preview of the latest 7 entries
Older activity rows roll up behind a +N more indicator
The +N more indicator is clickable to expand the full Activity
* fix: adjusted activity changed files text prominence
* fix: make sorted mode snap to bottom when not streaming
* perf: show chat scrollbar only on user-driven scrolling
Chat scrollbar now stays hidden during automatic follow-to-bottom
Scrollbar visibility is gated by real user scroll intent
Reduced scroll overhead by removing timer-based intent tracking
* refactor: align web and vscode session activity streaming
Route VS Code SSE through SDK-based proxy flow
Restore controlled web session activity tracking and cooldowns
Keep chat activity behavior consistent across runtimes
* fix: adjusted muted foreground themes color
* fix: stabilize session activity and attention updates
Keep streamed chat state in sync as sessions complete
Restore reliable attention indicators for inactive sessions
Tighten server and UI event handling for chat updates
* feat: add chat render previews and file icon visibility setting
Added animated chat render mode previews in Chat settings.
Added a new toggle to show or hide file icons across tool rows.
Persisted chat render, activity, and mermaid modes to shared settings file.
* fix: update default GitHub OAuth client ID
Use the new OpenChamber org GitHub OAuth app ID by default.
Keep web server and VS Code auth defaults in sync.
* fix: sync chat settings across VS Code chat views
Broadcast settings changes to both sidebar and editor chat webviews.
Apply synced settings in each webview via shared settings refresh.
Ensures chat render mode updates appear immediately in editor tabs.
* fix: stop writing session folders file in VS Code workspaces
Disable disk persistence for session folders in VS Code webview runtime
Keep session folder state in VS Code/webview storage instead of project files
Preserve existing behavior for non-VS Code runtimes
* style: polish expanded tool panels and bash output readability
Removed extra borders/labels in expanded tool cards for a cleaner UI
Added softer scroll shadows and full-height decorative activity line
Switched bash command/output to code-style typography with tighter spacing
* feat: add default-open tool controls for chat activity
Added Chat settings toggles to open Bash and Edit tools by default
Default-open behavior now applies across both sorted and live activity rendering
Users can still manually collapse default-open tools, plus bash output height was reduced
* fix: align chat loading skeleton with message layout
Match skeleton width and horizontal alignment to chat message column
Add one-line tool-style skeleton rows with subtle circular placeholders
Increase top spacing so loading state no longer touches chat header
* fix: prevent blank screen when adding inline diff comments
Sanitize persisted inline comment drafts to ignore invalid data
Harden diff annotations against malformed line numbers
Fail safely when annotation updates error instead of crashing the view
* fix: streamline VS Code archived sessions sidebar
Show archived sessions in VS Code only for the active workspace directory.
Render archived sessions as a flat list in VS Code without project-root subfolders.
Hide the "Open in Side Panel" session action in VS Code.
* feat(ui): add Alt+F / Alt+Shift+F keyboard shortcuts to cycle favorite models
Allows cycling forward/backward through starred models without opening
the model picker. Mirrors the cycle_thinking_variant pattern. Silent
no-op when no models are favorited.
* fix(ui): remap favorite model cycling to ctrl brackets
* chore(ui): update favorite-cycle shortcut comment
* feat: add unified worktree creation dialog with GitHub integration
Unified dialog for creating worktrees with branch selection and GitHub integration
New GitHub picker dialog for selecting issues and PRs with validation
Persistent state when switching between new branch and existing branch modes
* refactor: minimalistic compact design for worktree dialogs
Redesigned dialogs with minimalistic compact layout
Moved mode tabs inline with dialog header
Inline validation errors with action buttons
* fix: maintain consistent dialog height in all states
Fixed dialog height fluctuations when loading or switching tabs
Consistent 300px height for loading, empty, and populated states
Nested container structure prevents layout shifts
* refactor: minimalistic compact UI redesign for worktree dialogs
Minimalistic compact layouts with reduced spacing and inline tabs
Standardized SortableTabsStrip with pills variant for mode selection
Two-row linked item display and inline validation with action buttons
* feat: mobile overlays for worktree dialogs with branch pickers
Mobile overlay panels replace dropdowns for branch selection
Fixed footer button overlapping with proper flex layout
Responsive design with conditional mobile/desktop rendering
* refactor: relocate selected item badge to footer with proper alignment
Selected item badge moved to footer left side on desktop
Proper alignment with Cancel/Select buttons using h-8 height
Cleaner header layout removing the selected item display
* perf: use cached branches from git store for instant branch selection
Branch list now loads instantly from git store cache
No more loading delay when opening new worktree dialog
Removes redundant API calls by using existing cached data
* refactor: improve branch selection UI with grouped headers and compact layout
Group branches into Local and Remote sections with clear headers
Compact dropdowns with better sizing and text wrapping
Bold labels and smaller issue/PR titles for cleaner layout
* feat: add prefilled slugs and improve branch selection UX in new worktree dialog
Prefilled unique branch name when opening new worktree dialog
Group branches into Local and Remote sections with bold headers
Instant branch list from cache with compact, wrapped dropdowns
* feat: update GitHub button text to be more descriptive
* feat: add GitHub issue linking to draft sessions
Link GitHub issues to draft sessions with full context including body, labels and comments
View issue author avatar, number and title in session input area
Open linked issues in browser or remove link with inline action buttons
* style: redesign queued messages with text-only row layout
* style: redesign attached files with text-only row layout and file type icons
Redesigned attached files with clean text-only rows matching linked issue style
Split display into two rows: image previews and file list with proper type icons
Removed internal Server/Local indicators to reduce visual clutter
* refactor: remove New from PR and Manage branches from sessions UI
Remove New from PR and Manage branches buttons from sessions sidebar
Delete GitHubPullRequestPickerDialog component and related code
Simplify GitView to sidebar-only mode with no mode prop
* fix: simplify new session shortcuts and remove worktree toggle
* fix: restore issue and PR context when creating worktree sessions
Worktrees created from GitHub issues and PRs now seed the new session with visible and synthetic context messages
Sidebar now opens the created linked session directly instead of creating an extra draft
Visible prompts are cleaner and include issue or PR numbers for clarity
* feat(nav-rail): add expand/collapse toggle with project names and settings control
The NavRail introduced in v1.7.5 only shows project icons without names,
making it difficult to identify which project is active when multiple
projects share similar icons or use letter avatars.
Changes:
- Add expandable NavRail that shows full project names alongside icons
- Default to expanded when multiple projects are open
- Auto-collapse to icon-only mode with a single project (nothing to differentiate)
- Add toggle button at bottom of rail with Cmd+Shift+E keyboard shortcut
- Highlight active project with interactive.selection background for clarity
- Show keyboard shortcut hints in tooltip and expanded label
- Add 'Expand project rail' checkbox in Settings > Appearance > Navigation
- Persist expansion state across sessions
Fixes: NavRail project icons are ambiguous without visible project names
* feat: improve nav rail toggle and navigation settings
- Make nav rail collapsed by default with smoother text fade behavior
- Move nav rail and terminal quick keys controls into a dedicated Navigation section
- Update keyboard shortcuts for logs/status and nav rail expand/collapse
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* feat(session-folders): drag-to-folder DnD, sort by activity, and UX improvements
- Add DraggableSessionRow wrapping each session row so the whole row is
draggable; stopPropagation prevents outer group-reorder DnD from firing
- Add DroppableFolderWrapper + SessionFolderDndScope (inner DndContext
scoped per group) with closestCenter collision detection
- DragOverlay matches exact width/height of dragged row so cursor stays
aligned
- Folder header highlights (ring + primary colour) when a session hovers
over it during drag
- + button on folder header opens a dropdown: 'New session' / 'New folder'
- + button on each folder row creates a session scoped to that folder
- Empty folders are no longer auto-deleted (removed .filter(sessionIds.length>0)
from addSessionToFolder / removeSessionFromFolder / cleanupSessions)
- Sessions inside a folder are sorted by most-recent activity (same
compareSessionsByPinnedAndTime logic used everywhere else)
- Sort comparator now takes sessionAttentionStates so lastUserMessageAt /
lastStatusChangeAt is used when newer than session.time.updated; all
sort call-sites and their useMemo/useCallback deps updated accordingly
- Remove foldersMap from cleanup effect deps to prevent cascade re-renders
when folders change; read current value via getState() instead
* fix(session-folders): new session is placed into the correct folder
sendMessage() was calling useSessionManagementStore.createSession()
directly, bypassing the targetFolderId logic in useSessionStore.createSession.
Fix: read targetFolderId from draft at the top of the draft branch in
sendMessage, then call addSessionToFolder immediately after the session
is created and before the draft is closed. Also propagate targetFolderId
through openNewSessionDraft options and NewSessionDraftState type.
* feat(session-folders): add sub-folder support (one level deep)
- SessionFolder gains optional parentId field for hierarchy
- createFolder accepts parentId to create sub-folders
- deleteFolder cascades to remove all child sub-folders
- SessionFolderItem renders sub-folders before sessions in body;
new sub-folder button (RiFolderAddLine) visible at depth 0 only
- renderOneFolderItem in SessionSidebar builds the tree recursively;
sub-folders are indented via depth prop (ml-3 on root's children)
- Persist/hydrate parentId correctly from localStorage
* feat(session): add delete confirm dialogs and improve subtitle UX
- Add confirmation dialogs before deleting sessions or folders
- Show relative time (e.g., '2h ago', '35min ago') for recent sessions
- Replace +/- diff numbers with file change count (e.g., '3 files changed')
- New folders use default name without forcing rename
- Cleaner, less cluttered session list UI
* fix(session-folders): skip folder cleanup while sessions are loading
Prevents race condition on reload where cleanupSessions() runs before
the server returns the full session list, causing folder-session
assignments to be incorrectly wiped from localStorage.
* feat(chat): per-session draft persistence and expandable input focus mode
- Feature 1 (#478): preserve chat draft per session when switching projects
- Replace global localStorage key with per-session key (draft_${sessionId})
- Save draft for old session on switch, restore draft for new session
- Clear draft on submit
- Feature 2 (#479): expandable chat input focus mode (⌘⇧E / Ctrl+Shift+E)
- Add isExpandedInput state to useUIStore
- Register expand_input shortcut (mod+shift+e, customizable)
- Wire shortcut in useKeyboardShortcuts
- Overlay portal with full-height textarea, Esc to close, auto-close on submit
- Expand button with tooltip showing keyboard shortcut hint
* fix(chat): switch to in-place desktop focus mode, caret-anchored autocomplete, and no-focus-jump toggle
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## What / Why
This PR finishes the desktop refactor: the Tauri app is now a thin shell that launches the web server as a sidecar and loads the UI from `http://127.0.0.1:<port>`. All real backend logic lives in `packages/web/server/index.js`; desktop Rust keeps only native integrations (menu/dialog/notifications/updater/deep-link + window chrome).
This unblocks:
- consistent behavior across web/desktop/vscode (single backend)
- simpler desktop maintenance (no duplicated Rust backend)
- host switching between Local + remote instances in desktop
- reliable cold-start behavior on slow machines (VSCode + desktop)
## Key changes
- Desktop sidecar runtime
- build pipeline to bundle web dist + `openchamber-server` sidecar (`packages/desktop/scripts/build-sidecar.mjs`)
- robust local port selection (prefer saved/default, fallback to random; persisted in `~/.config/openchamber/settings.json`)
- improved PATH handling so the sidecar can locate `opencode` CLI (incl `~/.opencode/bin`, overrides, common bins)
- disable native right-click context menu in production builds (dev keeps it)
- Desktop instance switcher (Tauri-only)
- header button + modal to add/edit/delete remote hosts, set default, probe status/ping, switch back to Local escape hatch
- auth gate includes host switcher so you can recover when a remote host is broken/auth-required
- host list stored desktop-locally (not tied to the currently selected remote server)
- Notifications
- decision logic moved server-side; desktop notifications emitted via sidecar stdout and shown natively by Tauri
- prevent double-notifications on desktop Local origin (UI ignores SSE notification when native path is active)
- restore macOS notification sound
- Updates
- Tauri updater used only when viewing Local instance in desktop shell (avoid “remote web update” triggering desktop restart)
- Settings persistence & UX polish
- persist model favorites/recents via `/api/config/settings` (works for web + desktop; not origin-dependent)
- persist per-project sidebar collapse state in `projects[].sidebarCollapsed` via `/api/config/settings` (with debounce on toggles)
- macOS header sizing/traffic-lights offsets fixed (marketing macOS major injected from desktop; MultiRun header aligned)
- VSCode cold-start: keep retrying provider/agent loads after connection to avoid empty UI on slow machines
- misc lint/type fixes + bun.lock sync
- Desktop bootstrap / resiliency
- show onboarding screen when OpenCode CLI is missing (desktop Local origin), with retry hook to restart OpenCode after install
## Testing notes
- Desktop (macOS): switch Local <-> remote, set default host, verify auth gate recovery, native notifications (with sound), updater gated to Local
- Web: favorites/recents + per-project collapsed state persist across reload/restart
- VSCode: slow startup no longer results in missing providers/agents/models
- Added `createWorktreeSession` utility to handle the creation of new sessions with auto-generated worktrees.
- Introduced branch name generation utilities for creating unique and friendly branch names.
- Updated `CommandPalette` to trigger worktree session creation via a command.
- Refactored keyboard shortcuts to support new worktree session creation with Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + N.
- Enhanced project settings to include worktree defaults (branch prefix, base branch, auto-create option).
- Updated persistence logic to preserve worktree defaults when saving project settings.
- Modified menu actions to initiate new worktree sessions.
- Ensured proper handling of existing branches to avoid conflicts during worktree creation.
Change Keyboard Shortcuts dialog shortcut from Cmd+H to Cmd+.
Update memory debug shortcut from Cmd+Shift+M to Cmd+Shift+D
Modify model selector shortcut to use Cmd+Shift+M
* feat(ui): update keyboard shortcuts to use platform-appropriate modifier keys
* fix(macos): update keyboard shortcuts to use Cmd modifier
Change Command Palette shortcut from Ctrl+X to Cmd+K
Update all menu shortcuts to use Cmd instead of Ctrl on macOS
* Fix linter issue
The app now opens to a new chat by default on startup
New chats no longer create a session until you send your first message
Fixed mobile and VSCode sessions handling for better consistency
