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Sending a message with New worktree produced a burst of layout shifts and blank frames. Promoting the draft to its server thread swapped route components, which unmounted ChatView and painted an empty timeline for a frame. The setup card also changed shape at every phase: its own "Setting up worktree…" header was replaced by the "Working for" header, the five-stage list collapsed to a lone script row once the agent started, the output tail grew and wrapped with each streamed line (pnpm's \r progress redraws were glued into one 400-char line), and a script that outlived the reply trailed the assistant's message.

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  • No remount on promotion. Both /draft/$draftId and /$environmentId/$threadId now render one ThreadRouteView from the _chat layout. ChatView is keyed by draft id (each draft keeps its own send state, per fix(web): keep the composer ready during background worktree setup #11883), and the thread route keeps that key while the promoted draft record exists, so promotion is a prop change on a mounted element. Plain server threads stay unkeyed and reuse one instance across navigation as before. The two leaf route files are just route definitions.
  • One header that doesn't move. The working row is the only header for the setup's whole life. It reads "Setting up worktree…" while preparing and swaps its text in place to "Working for Ns" when the agent takes over.
  • Async script surfaced in the header. Once the turn is live the stage list leaves the timeline. A still-running script shows as a chip in the working header that opens the stages and live tail in a popover. The chip leaves with the script.
  • Fixed tail. The output box is always four rows, whitespace-pre with per-row truncation, mounted as soon as the script runs. The server splits script output on bare \r so progress redraws are separate short lines.
  • No trace after a clean finish, and nothing after the first turn. A failed script keeps a collapsed row under the send for the first turn, with the exit code and terminal reachable; failed or cancelled setups likewise. Once the user sends a follow-up, every settled outcome is retired (previously a failed script's row rode along on every later turn of the thread).

Before

Card shape changes at every phase, stages vanish at handoff, tail wraps, card trails the reply.

https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/694273c2999710d1/before.mp4

After

Async setup script (~15 s) outliving the agent's turn. Working header stays put; chip appears; popover shows the live stages.

https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0f2dbf15b1a6319f/after-async.mp4

Setup running Chip in the working header Chip popover
stages chip popover

Failed setup script: the row stays for the first turn and is gone on the follow-up.

First turn Follow-up turn
failed row on first turn no setup row on follow-up

Sync setup script (agent waits for it), showing the header handing off in place:

https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/034937b5a568dde8/after-sync.mp4

A per-frame luma scan of the chat pane in the after recordings shows no blank frame between send and reply; the before recording had two.

Verification

  • apps/web: MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, ChatView.logic.test.ts, composerDraftStore.test.ts (394 tests), typecheck, lint on touched files (MessagesTimeline.tsx keeps the same 18 pre-existing warnings as main).
  • apps/server: ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts covers the \r splitting.
  • Driven in a real browser against a throwaway repo whose async setup script streams \r progress for ~15 s.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Draft and server conversations now share a seamless chat view during draft-to-thread transitions.
    • Worktree setup progress is available from the active working indicator, including live output and terminal access when available.
    • Installer progress redraws now appear correctly as separate updates.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved worktree setup visibility after follow-up messages and across running, completed, failed, and cancelled states.
    • Refined setup card placement, status labels, and progress summaries.
    • Improved navigation for invalid drafts, missing threads, and completed draft promotions.

Promoting a draft to its server thread swapped route components, which
unmounted ChatView and painted an empty timeline for a frame. The setup card
also changed shape at every phase: its own header gave way to the working
header, the stage list was replaced by a lone script row once the agent
started, the output tail grew and wrapped with each line, and a script that
outlived the reply trailed the assistant's message.

Both thread routes now render one ThreadRouteView from the _chat layout, keyed
by the thread id the draft already reserved, so promotion is a prop change on
a mounted element. The working header is the only header for the setup's
whole life and swaps its text in place. The stage list keeps its footprint
until the agent takes over, then leaves; a still-running script is surfaced as
a chip in the working header that opens the stages and live tail in a popover.
The tail is a fixed four-line box that never wraps, and the server splits
script output on bare carriage returns so progress redraws stay short lines.
A clean finish leaves no trace; a failed script keeps a collapsed row under the
send while the turn runs.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex Total thread wire 13.6 KiB 13.6 KiB −2 B (−0.0%) 15.1 KiB
Codex Thread snapshot wire 7.1 KiB 7.1 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 7.3 KiB
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire 6.6 KiB 6.6 KiB −2 B (−0.0%) 7.8 KiB
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded 57.1 KiB 57.1 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 66.4 KiB
Codex Live turn messages 10 10 0 (0.0%) 21
Claude Total thread wire 13.6 KiB 13.6 KiB +10 B (+0.1%) 15.1 KiB
Claude Thread snapshot wire 7.1 KiB 7.1 KiB −8 B (−0.1%) 7.3 KiB
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire 6.6 KiB 6.6 KiB +18 B (+0.3%) 7.8 KiB
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded 57.9 KiB 57.9 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 66.4 KiB
Claude Live turn messages 10 10 0 (0.0%) 21

Baseline: 0bf2d6b · PR result: 2897da1 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 113.9 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change spans server output parsing, worktree setup lifecycle/UI behavior, timeline rendering, and shared route/component ownership, including a substantial new route-level component. The resulting runtime and navigation changes are broader than a contained layout fix and merit human review.

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The change separates carriage-return installer progress, centralizes draft and thread chat rendering, and updates worktree setup visibility, timeline placement, progress popovers, and settled-state summaries.

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Terminal output parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Carriage-return progress parsing
apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts
observeTerminalCompletion now treats bare carriage returns as line separators. Tests verify separate output lines for installer redraws.

Worktree setup and shared chat routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared draft and thread chat surface
apps/web/src/components/ThreadRouteView.tsx, apps/web/src/routes/_chat.tsx, apps/web/src/routes/_chat.$environmentId.$threadId.tsx, apps/web/src/routes/_chat.draft.$draftId.tsx, apps/web/src/composerDraftStore.ts
The chat layout now owns thread rendering through ThreadRouteView. The shared view resolves draft or server-thread state, handles promotion and redirects, resolves draft IDs by scoped thread reference, and preserves keyed ChatView instances.
Worktree setup timeline state
apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts
Running setup appears with the working row before handoff. After handoff, running setup is omitted, while settled setup remains embedded. Tests cover these states.
Worktree setup visibility and progress rendering
apps/web/src/components/ChatView.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/WorktreeSetupCard.tsx
Visibility rules distinguish setup phases. Active setup progress appears in a working-row popover. Setup output uses a fixed four-line tail, and settled embedded setups use a summary row.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatRouteLayout
  participant ThreadRouteView
  participant ChatView
  participant MessagesTimeline
  participant WorktreeSetupCard
  ChatRouteLayout->>ThreadRouteView: resolve draft or server-thread target
  ThreadRouteView->>ChatView: render keyed chat surface
  ChatView->>MessagesTimeline: derive worktree setup rows and activity
  MessagesTimeline->>WorktreeSetupCard: render setup progress or settled summary
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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts`:
- Line 1324: Update the setup-path returns in the message timeline logic to use
a shared finalization helper that attaches trailing tool groups and appends
queuedMessages. Ensure every early return and the normal finalization path
includes queued follow-up bubbles before returning.
- Line 1293: Update the setup visibility policy in deriveMessagesTimelineRows
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Review follow-ups. Keying ChatView by thread ref remounted it on every
thread-to-thread navigation; key by draft id instead (latched for the
promoted thread's on-screen lifetime) so a draft keeps its own instance
through promotion while plain threads reuse one. Make a failed setup script's
row independent of whether a later turn is running, so it stops popping in
and out at turn boundaries. Route every setup state through the same
timeline tail so the working, thinking, and queued-message rows never go
missing. Derive the collapsed summary from the setup's phase so failed and
cancelled setups do not read as ready. Use the Button primitive for the chip.

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A failed setup script's row was kept for the thread's whole life, so it rode
along on every follow-up turn. The setup belongs to the first turn: once the
user sends another message, every settled outcome is history and nothing is
shown again. Only a script that is still running survives a follow-up.

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## What's Changed
* fix(server): detect unsupported legacy Android command-line tools by @Yash-Singh1 in pingdotgg/t3code#12017
* fix(web): stop the worktree setup card from flashing and shifting by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#12015
* fix(clients): show unsupported environments as neutral rows with their machine icon by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#12026
* fix(clients): hold the discovered machine icon across relay refreshes by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#12030
* fix(server): resolve Node for standalone helper scripts by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#12033
* feat(web): reveal timestamps on tool rows and turn folds by @saphid in pingdotgg/t3code#8641
* docs: make the standalone installer the primary way to get the CLI by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11696


**Full Changelog**: pingdotgg/t3code@v0.0.41-nightly.20260916.1795...v0.0.43-nightly.20260916.1811

Upstream release: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/releases/tag/v0.0.43-nightly.20260916.1811
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