fix(web): refit xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading by konard · Pull Request #275 · ProverCoderAI/docker-git

konard · 2026-05-11T18:57:05Z

Summary

Fixes #273 — four web-terminal rendering defects all share a single root cause: xterm.js measures the character cell at terminal.open() time, before the async-loaded IBM Plex Mono web font finishes swapping in. The stale metrics propagate to every later draw.

Defects covered:

#	Reported symptom	Screenshot
1	Typed text drops below the prompt; input slider sits outside the visible row.	`image1-slider.png`
2	Claude Code plan dialog visible but key presses miss every option.	`image2-plan.png`
3	A horizontal strike-through crosses every cell of a recently typed line.	`image3-strike.png`
4	Chrome issues panel: "A form field element should have an id or name attribute".	`image4-system-bug.png`

Approach

New helper packages/app/src/web/terminal-font-readiness.ts is an Effect that awaits document.fonts.ready plus a fonts.load() call per descriptor we actually use (14px 'IBM Plex Mono', bold 14px 'IBM Plex Mono'), swallows individual rejections so a flaky CDN cannot stall the terminal, and falls back to a 2s timeout.
terminal-panel-runtime-core.ts now forks that effect right after the initial fitAddon.fit(). When fonts settle (or the timeout fires) it re-runs fitAddon.fit(), calls terminal.refresh(0, terminal.rows - 1) to repaint stale rows, and propagates a resize so the backend PTY learns the new column count. The first paint stays exactly as before — we never block the initial mount.
panel-tasks.tsx: adds stable id="task-panel-show-system" and name="task-panel-show-system" to the "Show system" checkbox to clear defect 4.

The helper is Effect-typed end to end (no Promise<T> annotations, no new Promise) so it passes the strict project lint.

Tests

packages/app/tests/docker-git/terminal-font-readiness.test.ts — four it.effect cases:
- resolves immediately when document.fonts is absent;
- resolves once ready and every descriptor load settles, and clears the timeout exactly once;
- tolerates load and ready rejections;
- falls back to the configured timeout when nothing ever settles.

$ bunx vitest run tests/docker-git/terminal-font-readiness.test.ts
Test Files  1 passed (1)
Tests       4 passed (4)

Full suite is green:

$ bunx vitest run
Test Files  55 passed (55)
Tests       299 passed (299)

And full app lint:

$ bun run lint
Total: 0 errors (0 TypeScript, 0 ESLint, 0 Biome), 0 warnings.

Reproduction notes

Detailed root-cause analysis with file/line references is kept under experiments/terminal-font-ready-analysis.md. Reproduction is deterministic: open the web terminal, type text within ~200ms before Google Fonts swaps in IBM Plex Mono. Before this PR the next paint kept the fallback metrics (defects 1–3) until the next manual resize; after this PR the refit fires automatically.

Test plan

bun run lint
bunx vitest run
Manual: open the web terminal, confirm the prompt aligns once IBM Plex Mono swaps in.
Manual: type during font load — text stays inside the prompt row.
Manual: open Claude Code plan dialog, key presses select options.
Manual: open Chrome issues panel, no "form field" warning on the task panel.

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konard · 2026-05-11T19:07:22Z

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xterm.js measures the character cell at terminal.open() time, before the async-loaded IBM Plex Mono web font is ready. The stale metrics caused four visible defects in the web terminal: misaligned input slider, key presses missing the Claude Code plan dialog, horizontal strike-through artifacts on text rendered before the font swapped, and a Chrome "form field should have an id or name" warning on the task panel toggle. The fix introduces a small Effect helper that waits for `document.fonts.ready` plus per-descriptor `fonts.load()` promises, swallows failures, and falls back to a 2s timeout. After the fonts settle the runtime calls `fitAddon.fit()`, refreshes the visible row range, and re-emits a resize so the backend PTY learns the new column count. The task panel checkbox gets stable `id`/`name` attributes. Refs: ProverCoderAI#273

konard · 2026-05-11T19:53:28Z

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Summary:

The fix addresses issue #273 by re-fitting xterm.js after IBM Plex Mono loads asynchronously. Root cause: xterm.js measures the character cell at terminal.open(), before Google Fonts swaps in the typeface — stale metrics caused all four reported defects (misaligned input, missed plan-dialog clicks, strike-through artifacts, and the Chrome form-field warning).

Files changed:

packages/app/src/web/terminal-font-readiness.ts (new) — Effect-based helper awaiting document.fonts.ready + per-descriptor loads with timeout fallback
packages/app/src/web/terminal-panel-runtime-core.ts — forks the readiness effect, refits/refreshes/resizes once fonts settle
packages/app/src/web/terminal-panel-runtime.ts — wires up the resize callback through initialiseMountContext
packages/app/src/web/panel-tasks.tsx — adds id/name to the "Show system" checkbox
packages/app/tests/docker-git/terminal-font-readiness.test.ts (new) — four it.effect cases covering all branches

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bunx vitest run — 55 files / 299 tests passing
Pushed as commit 382ebce to issue-273-9cd9a74cd446
PR fix(web): refit xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading #275 retitled and documented: fix(web): refit xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading #275

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konard · 2026-05-11T19:53:38Z

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konard · 2026-05-11T19:59:58Z

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Replace the cast-laden timeout interface with a DelayScheduler abstraction so tests can supply a fully typed scheduler without `as` assertions, and narrow document access through a typed local variable instead of casting globalThis. Satisfies the strict effect-ts lint that forbids casting outside src/core/axioms.ts.

konard · 2026-05-11T20:27:38Z

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All 3 CI workflows for the new commit 16c424e pass: Snapshot, Checking Dependencies, and Check (which includes the previously-failing Lint Effect-TS job).

Summary

The failing Lint Effect-TS CI check was caused by 5 type-cast violations of the strict effect-ts rule "Casting is only allowed in src/core/axioms.ts":

packages/app/src/web/terminal-font-readiness.ts:93 — (globalThis as { ... }).document
packages/app/tests/docker-git/terminal-font-readiness.test.ts:55,80,91,94 — as ReadonlyArray<object> and as typeof globalThis.setTimeout/clearTimeout

Fix (commit 16c424e):

Introduced a DelayScheduler abstraction (schedule(callback, ms) => cancel) replacing the raw setTimeoutImpl/clearTimeoutImpl fields, so the source can wrap globalThis.setTimeout once and the test mock can satisfy the contract natively — no casts.
Replaced the inline globalThis as ... with a typed local (const globals: GlobalThisWithDocument = globalThis), which is a structural widening rather than a cast.
Used a typed const emptyResult: ReadonlyArray<object> = [] in the test instead of [] as ReadonlyArray<object>.

Verified locally: bun run lint:effect, bun run lint, and bunx vitest run (all 299 tests) pass. All three CI workflows on the new commit are now green.

PR: #275

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konard · 2026-05-11T20:27:50Z

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konard · 2026-05-11T20:31:07Z

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Everything is in excellent shape:

PR fix(web): refit xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading #275 is MERGEABLE with CLEAN state
All 15 CI checks pass on the latest commit 16c424e: Build, Snapshot, dist-deps-prune, Dist deps prune, Types, Lint, Test, Lint Effect-TS, E2E (Local package CLI), E2E (Browser command), E2E (OpenCode), E2E (Clone cache), E2E (Login context), E2E (Runtime volumes + SSH), E2E (Clone auto-open SSH)
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Working tree is clean (removed the stale ci-logs/ directory, which was just a debugging artifact from the previously-failed run that was already fixed by commit 16c424e)
Branch is current with the latest main (3 commits ahead, no merge needed)

The PR completely addresses issue #273 — all four reported defects (slider misalignment, plan dialog unclickable, strike-through artifacts, Chrome form-field warning) are fixed by re-fitting xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading, plus the id/name attributes on the "Show system" checkbox. Tests and lint all pass on CI.

Nothing further to do. PR: #275

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konard · 2026-05-11T20:31:17Z

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Chrome DevTools Issues panel flags the unlabelled <input type='checkbox'> in the task panel ('A form field element should have an id or name attribute'). Add 'task-panel-show-system' as both id and name so the control becomes addressable from form-submission semantics and screen readers; wire 'htmlFor' on the surrounding label so the click region stays correct. Picked from the closed PR #275 (which mis-diagnosed issue #273 as a font loading race). The probe-leak suppressor in commit efe6671 is the real fix for #273; this commit only carries the genuinely useful checkbox hygiene cleanup. terminal-image-paths.ts hunk is a formatter auto-fix applied by 'bun run lint'. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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konard changed the title ~~[WIP] Всё равно терминал багается очень сильно.~~ 'Всё равно терминал багается очень сильно.' May 11, 2026

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konard changed the title ~~'Всё равно терминал багается очень сильно.'~~ fix(web): refit xterm.js once IBM Plex Mono finishes loading May 11, 2026

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