## 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
* feat: added themes system
* feat: smart sidebar auto-hide for files/diff tabs + lower files sidebar threshold
* feat: added Checkbox component and update theming
- Add reusable Checkbox component for toggles across UI
- Replace several inputs with Checkbox in settings and commands panels
- Add DiffIcon and apply surface/border theming to key UI areas
* feat: Add convert-vscode-theme.cjs to convert VS Code themes to OpenChamber format
* refactor: remove unused permission logic from ChatInput
- Remove unused permission rules parsing logic from ChatInput
- Memoize renderTheme in DiffWorkerProvider to avoid unnecessary recalculations
- Remove forceOpaque helper in vscode theme adapter
* fix: guard VSCode theme loading in MarkdownRenderer
* feat: add custom user themes loading and reload
- Load user themes from ~/.config/openchamber/themes at runtime
- Expose /api/config/themes to fetch custom themes
- Allow theme reloading from Settings → Theme → Reload themes in the UI
- Use git reset --hard HEAD by default when startPoint is not provided or is HEAD
- Preserve resetting to the provided startPoint when a concrete value is supplied
Enable optimistic local-branch checks for PR heads to disable non-existent branches
Show IntegrateCommitsSection only when upstream tracking is origin-based or applicable
Add SDK-based worktree management that lists and starts SDK worktrees
Migrate per-project setup to ~/.config/openchamber/<projectId>.json
Deprecate .openchamber legacy paths and adapt UI to new config
* feat: display provider logos for favorite/recent models
Show provider logo next to model name in favorites and recents
Render provider logos in ModelControls, ModelMultiSelect, and ModelSelector lists
Maintain zero-logo state for other sections to avoid clutter
* feat: render user message as markdown instead of plain text
Render agent mentions as markdown links in user text
Apply inside list style for chat content to fix list rendering
Rely on SimpleMarkdownRenderer for consistent rendering
* fix(openchamber): adjust layout and overscroll behavior
Enable overscroll-auto on overlay containers for smoother scrolling
Move page content to full-width wrapper and preserve section borders
Show AboutSettings inside its own bordered block when visible
* feat: integrate GitHub auth status store and UI
Introduce GitHubAuthStore to track connection status and polling
Show GitHub avatar in header when connected
Guard issue/pr dialogs behind GitHub auth status and show notices
* feat: add GitHub multi-account support
Add API and UI flow to activate a GitHub account
Show and switch between multiple GitHub accounts in header
Persist and normalize accounts list with current selection
* feat: add chat virtualization and turn grouping infrastructure
Implement VirtualMessageList with virtualization and overscan for smooth scrolling
Refactor MessageList to render only visible messages and pass scroll refs
Introduce TurnGroupingContext and provider to stabilize per-turn rendering and reduce re-renders
* feat: add web server session activity endpoint for visibility restore
Add /api/session-activity endpoint to expose tracked session activity
Use web server activity first when restoring visibility, with fallback to global status
Update server SSE to set session phase on activity events
* feat(chat): split TurnGroupingContext into UI/Streaming contexts
Add separate UI state and streaming contexts to reduce re-renders.
Skip animations for items visible in collapsed view when expanding.
Track shown parts in collapsed mode to fade in progressively
* feat(ui): cache turn groups with expand state and guard web activity
Add isExpanded to the turn cache key to trigger updates correctly
Expose isGroupExpanded from UI state so groups reflect expand/collapse
Limit web server session activity fetch to web runtime only
Add check details to PR context via includeCheckDetails flag
Open a checks dialog showing check run summaries and steps
Improve PR lookup for forked repos by matching head branch
Add GitHubIssuePickerDialog UI for selecting issues
Enable new session from GitHub issue from session sidebar
Implement GitHub issues/list/get/comments APIs across desktop, web, and VS Code
* Stability and performance improvements. (#1)
## Changelog
### Performance Improvements
- **perf: make terminal creation cwd check async (#9)**
Replaced synchronous `fs.existsSync` with `fs.promises.access` in the terminal creation handler to prevent blocking the event loop.
Improves throughput under high load.
- **perf: optimize fuzzyMatchScore by avoiding redundant lowercasing (#8)**
Renamed `fuzzyMatchScore` to `fuzzyMatchScoreNormalized` and updated it to accept a pre-lowercased query, avoiding repeated string allocations.
Updated the call site in `searchFilesystemFiles`.
~25% search performance improvement on large datasets.
- **perf: use async file read in update-install handler (#7)**
Replaced `fs.readFileSync` with `await fs.promises.readFile` to avoid blocking the event loop.
**Benchmark (10k ops):**
- Sync: ~95ms (blocking)
- Async: ~1124ms (non-blocking)
Higher per-call overhead, but better server responsiveness.
- **perf(server): optimize mkdir endpoint with async fs (#6)**
Replaced `fs.mkdirSync` with `await fsPromises.mkdir` in `/api/fs/mkdir`.
Prevents event-loop blocking and improves concurrent performance.
**Result:** ~2× throughput improvement (100 concurrent requests).
- **perf: parallelize fs checks in validateProjectEntries (#4)**
Replaced serial `for...of` with `Promise.all + map`.
Reduced validation time for 500 projects from ~110ms to ~20ms (~5× speedup).
- **perf: cache getLoginShellPath result to avoid blocking event loop (#5)**
Cached `getLoginShellPath` result to avoid repeated `spawnSync` calls (~400ms each).
Subsequent calls reduced to <1ms.
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### Server Fixes
- **fix(server): use async check for terminal restart endpoint (#3)**
Replaced `fs.existsSync` with `fs.promises.stat` in `/api/terminal/:sessionId/restart`.
Added directory validation for better robustness.
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### UI & Accessibility
- **feat(ui): add aria-labels to git identities sidebar buttons (#1)**
- Added `aria-label="Create new profile"` to the create button
- Added `aria-label="Profile actions"` to the dropdown trigger
- Added `.Jules/palette.md` for UX/a11y learnings
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### UI Performance (Bolt)
- **⚡ Bolt: Optimize MessageList re-renders by preserving referential equality (#2)**
- **⚡ Bolt: Optimize MessageList re-renders by preserving referential equality (#11)**
- **⚡ Bolt: Optimize MessageList re-renders by preserving referential equality (#12)**
* stability and improvements (#17)
* feat: add corner radius setting and update snackbar actions
- Add `cornerRadius` to UI store and settings.
- Add Corner Radius slider to Visual Settings section.
- Apply corner radius to ChatInput component.
- Remove default close button from Snackbar (Sonner).
- Add "OK" action button to session deletion toasts.
- Ensure `cornerRadius` setting is visible in OpenChamberPage.
* fix(ui): add missing aria-label to radius slider and verify functionality
- Added `aria-label="Corner radius in pixels"` to the desktop version of the corner radius slider for accessibility.
- Verified functionality and accessibility compliance via script.
* fix(ui): restore input bar offset setting on desktop
- Restored the Input Bar Offset setting to be visible on desktop, not just mobile.
- Verified both Corner Radius and Input Bar Offset sliders are accessible.
* Fix mobile layout for chat input controls (#16)
* Fix mobile layout for chat input controls
- Reduced horizontal gaps in mobile model controls.
- Added max-width constraints to model, variant, and agent labels on mobile to prevent overflow and cramping.
- Optimized spacing for mobile view.
* feat(git): auto-select gitmoji for generated commit messages
When the "Generate commit message" feature is used and gitmoji is enabled, automatically prepend the appropriate gitmoji based on the commit subject keywords.
- Added `KEYWORD_MAP` to map commit types to gitmojis.
- Added `matchGitmojiFromSubject` helper.
- Updated `handleGenerateCommitMessage` to apply the gitmoji.
* feat(git): auto-select gitmoji for generated commit messages
- Added `KEYWORD_MAP` to map commit types to gitmojis.
- Added `matchGitmojiFromSubject` helper.
- Updated `handleGenerateCommitMessage` to apply the gitmoji.
- Fixed mobile layout for model controls.
- Add BranchPickerDialog component to browse branches across all projects
- Filter out branches that already have worktrees
- Show commit hash and ahead/behind indicators for each branch
- Add createWorktreeSessionForBranch() for specific project/branch
- Add worktree and branch picker buttons in sidebar project header
Co-authored-by: Bohdan Triapitsyn <artmore@protonmail.com>
Add a dedicated button to create new worktree sessions directly from the
project header. The button appears on hover (alongside the existing menu)
for git repositories, making the worktree feature more discoverable.
- Add onNewWorktreeSession prop to SortableProjectItem
- Show git branch icon button between menu and new session button
- Button only visible for git repositories
- Uses same hover behavior as the existing project menu
Replace the subtle pulse animation with a visible 3x3 grid loader
that appears before the session name when a session is actively
processing. This provides clearer visual feedback of session activity.
- Add new GridLoader component (pure CSS, no dependencies)
- Show loader in sidebar when session phase is 'busy' or 'cooldown'
Enable opening the session dropdown menu via right-click, providing
a more native desktop experience. The three-dot menu button continues
to work as before.
- 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.
- Introduced `readFile` and `writeFile` methods in the FilesAPI for reading and writing files.
- Added `execCommands` method to execute shell commands in a specified directory.
- Implemented `runWorktreeSetupCommands` function to handle setup commands for worktrees.
- Created `OpenChamberConfig` service for managing project-specific configuration, including setup commands.
- Enhanced `useMultiRunStore` to save and execute setup commands during multi-run creation.
- Updated VSCode bridge to handle file read/write and command execution requests.
- Added server endpoints for reading and writing files, and executing shell commands.
* feat: Implement project management store with project path validation and synchronization
- Added `useProjectsStore` for managing projects, including adding, removing, renaming, and validating project paths.
- Implemented persistence for projects and active project ID using safe storage.
- Introduced synchronization from desktop settings to keep project data consistent.
- Enhanced session store to manage sessions by directory and added new methods for session management.
- Updated todo store to fetch session todos based on the directory context.
- Refactored server code to validate and resolve project directories for various API endpoints.
- Added project entry validation and sanitization to ensure data integrity.
* feat(settings): migrate legacy project settings and update settings loading logic
* feat: enhance project management with directory-aware settings and improved agent/command source handling
* feat: enhance session and project management with directory-aware settings and improved configuration refresh logic
* feat: enhance project management with worktree manager integration and project directory resolution
* feat: enhance agent groups store with project directory resolution and loading logic
* feat: add heartbeat management and global wrapping for SSE blocks in agent and chat providers
* feat: refactor command and project handling in useCommandsStore
- Replaced useDirectoryStore with useProjectsStore to manage project paths.
- Introduced getRequestDirectory function to determine the active project directory.
- Updated command fetching to respect project-level scoping.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for command configuration fetching.
- Improved command configuration saving and updating to utilize project directory context.
feat: enhance project path normalization in useProjectsStore
- Added resolveTildePath function to expand paths starting with ~.
- Updated normalizeProjectPath to utilize home directory for path expansion.
fix: update permission handling in useSessionStore
- Changed Permission type to PermissionRequest for clarity.
- Updated respondToPermission method to use requestId instead of permissionId.
refactor: improve permission utilities
- Introduced types for PermissionAction and PermissionRule.
- Enhanced getAgentDefinition and resolveConfigStore functions for better type safety.
- Added resolvePermissionAction to streamline permission resolution logic.
feat: add agent configuration retrieval endpoint
- Implemented new API endpoint to fetch agent configuration based on project directory.
- Enhanced getAgentPermissionSource to prioritize project-level permissions.
chore: update SDK version in package.json files
- Bumped @opencode-ai/sdk version to ^1.1.1 across all relevant package.json files.
refactor: streamline bridge message handling
- Updated handleBridgeMessage to accept directory parameter for agent and command requests.
- Improved local API request handling to extract directory from query parameters and headers.
feat: enhance project configuration management
- Added functions to retrieve and merge project configuration paths.
- Improved handling of existing project configuration files for agents and commands.
* feat: enhance VSCode integration and session management
- Added support for a sticky sidebar header background in light and dark themes.
- Introduced functions to read VSCode workspace directory and check if running in VSCode.
- Implemented detailed logging for session loading and creation processes.
- Enhanced session filtering based on directory structure and canonical paths.
- Added a new method to reorder projects and prevent modifications in VSCode workspace.
- Improved error handling and logging for app initialization and markdown file parsing.
- Updated API checks and health checks to ensure readiness before proceeding.
- Refactored code for better readability and maintainability across various modules.
* feat: improve agent and branch selection logic, enhance session management, and update multi-run creation response
* feat: add worktree management actions in agent group detail and sidebar, including delete and keep only options
* fix(ui): share IME guard and cover multi-run
* fix(session): reduce maximum visible sessions in group from 7 to 5
Update all import statements to use @opencode-ai/sdk/v2
Modify Vite configurations to alias new SDK path
Update API client method signatures for SDK v2 compatibility
Allow selecting a base branch when creating new worktree branches
Add dropdown to choose start point from existing branches
Extend worktree creation flow to support custom branch origins
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
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