* 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
Henry Moran