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fix(web): question answers submit while normal sends are blocked#22874

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When an agent asked a question, the Submit button could be enabled but do nothing, with no error. This happened while the composer could not send a normal message: no provider selected, messages still loading, a send in flight, or reconnecting.

The composer now treats a question answer as its own kind of submit. It skips the provider-turn guards (provider availability, the thread's send-disabled reasons, and the onSend busy and loading checks in ChatView) and calls the answer handler directly. An answer is still blocked by its own attachment problems, a lost connection, and missing operate scope. The respond handler also keeps its own in-flight and attachment-upload checks. This covers both the Submit button and Enter, because both go through the composer form submit. Mobile is not changed: its question card already calls its answer handler directly. Server and contracts are not changed.

Proof: a new isComposerSubmissionBlocked test in composerSubmission.test.ts checks that a pending answer gets through while provider-turn sends are blocked, and that attachments and a lost connection still block it. With main's guard logic in the helper, the first case fails (expected true to be false). I ran vp test run src/components/chat/composerSubmission.test.ts and vp run check:changed, and both passed. I did not test the click in a running app. There are no screenshots because nothing on screen changes; only the click now works.

Scores: impact 4/10 · merge risk 4/10 · Theo-might-hate 3/10. Composer behavior change, so it needs your review; not auto-merged.

Fixes #9318 GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/9318 Made by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, running in T3 Code.

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Evidence

Captured at head b9d6319d60. Before is the merge-base 8d3b061121. Both ran as isolated web dev servers (--home-dir under /tmp, --no-seed) with a synthetic demo repo and real Claude turns asked to use AskUserQuestion. To reach "no provider available", both Claude and Codex are turned off in Settings > Providers; the question card survives that.

RowBeforeAfterRecordings
A. Question pending, no provider, EnterNothing happens; the answer stays in the composerSubmits; Claude replies "You picked blue."before · after
B. Question pending, no provider, click SubmitSubmit disabled; nothing happensStill disabled; nothing happens. The button's disabled still includes noProviderAvailable (via isEnvironmentUnavailable). Only the unit test covers this path.before · after
C. Question pending during a running turn, Enter / SubmitSubmits; the turn continuesSame (control)Enter: before · after; Submit: before · after; option click: after
D1. Normal message, no provider (control)BlockedStill blockedbefore · after
D2. Normal follow-up during a running turn (control)Queued; no parallel turnSamebefore · after
E. Follow-up after the question is answeredSent as a normal messageSamebefore · after

Row A, at the moment before Enter (1440 light; saved at 1280×800):

BeforeAfter
Before: question open with no provider, answer typedAfter: question open with no provider, answer typed

Row A at 390 dark:

BeforeAfterAfter Enter
Before, 390 dark: question open, no providerAfter, 390 dark: question open, no providerAfter, 390 dark: answer submitted with no provider

Not shown: withdrawing a question by pressing Stop while it is open (row E covers only an answered question), and the brief "messages loading" or "send in flight" states in which the Submit button is enabled.

Verification log

  • 2026-10-22, evidence round 2 (Claude, fs-09). Round 1 added no evidence to this body and committed no scripts; nothing here supersedes earlier evidence.

  • Commits since 489260dd63: only b9d6319d60, a merge of main. The PR's own diff is unchanged (3 files).

  • Evidence matrix (audit pass 1): matrix.md

  • Narration with timestamps: narration.md, sha256 77ea09c95367bda5dcaa90d1c3c678952590ddb2d82fe4fd213a8ef52665856f. There is no driver script: an agent drove the captures interactively through T3's Browser panel. Some C and D1 timestamps are wall-clock times, because the recordings drop idle frames (noted in the file).

  • What else changed between before and after: what-else-changed.md

  • Audit pass 2: audit-pass2.md, VERDICT: SUFFICIENT. The SHAs and serving worktrees were checked. Row A was rebuilt independently on head: Submit was DOM-disabled, and Enter submitted.

    Rebuild of row A on head: with both providers off, Enter submitted the answer and Claude replied

  • Side note: with no provider, the send arrow's aria-label reads "Environment disconnected" on both sides.

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Verdict: Approved at 489260d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped web bug fix that lets pending-question answers bypass provider-turn guards while retaining attachment, connection, permission, and response checks. The added helper is small and covered by targeted tests, with no product-default or configuration-suppression changes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Pending-user-input submissions now use target-specific blocking checks and advance the active question directly. Provider-turn submissions retain the normal send path. Tests cover provider-send restrictions and attachment or environment blocking.

Changes: Pending User-Input Submission

Layer / File(s)Summary
Target-aware submission flow
apps/web/src/components/chat/composerSubmission.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/composerSubmission.test.ts		The submission helper applies different blocking rules for pending user input and provider turns. ChatComposer advances pending user input directly and retains the normal provider-turn send path. Tests cover the blocking rules.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • Issue 12979 concerns stale-provider failures that leave pending state and the UI deadlocked. This change alters client submission guards but does not address stale-provider failure cleanup.
  • Issue 22405 concerns server-side Pi event ingestion. This change does not modify server-side event ingestion.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b9d63

Pending answers can remain blocked or advance prematurely; these paths should be corrected before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 2 · Failed 2

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Check nameStatusExplanationResolution
Linked Issues checkWarningThe implementation addresses the main #9318 provider-turn guards. isComposerSubmissionBlocked allows pending-user-input answers past noProviderAvailable and sendDisabledReason, and the new regre…Change the pending-user-input path to bypass attachment and operate-scope checks when an active thread exists and the environment is available. Retain only the issue-approved active-thread and environment-availability blockers. Add regressi…
Description checkWarningThe description clearly explains the problem, implementation, scope, verification commands, limitations, and UI evidence. However, it does not provide the required explicit maintainer approval of dire…Add a Scope and approval section that links the triaged issue or approval discussion and includes the maintainer approval comment. If this focused fix qualifies as an obvious-bug exception, explain why. Align the description with the Proble…
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Check nameStatusExplanation
Title checkPassedThe title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: allowing question answers to submit when normal sends are blocked.
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe reviewed changes are limited to ChatComposer.tsx, composerSubmission.ts, and focused composer tests. They change pending-question submission routing and its guards. These changes directly addr…
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The reviewed changes are limited to ChatComposer.tsx, composerSubmission.ts, and focused composer tests. They change pending-question submission routing and its guards. These changes directly address #9318. No unrelated server, contract, mobile, or feature changes are shown.

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Explanation

The implementation addresses the main #9318 provider-turn guards. isComposerSubmissionBlocked allows pending-user-input answers past noProviderAvailable and sendDisabledReason, and the new regression test covers this path. However, #9318 states that only a missing active thread or an unavailable environment may block an enabled answer. The pending path still blocks attachmentBlockReason, and ChatComposer retains the environment operate-scope check. The new test explicitly requires the attachment block. These checks leave documented #9318 cases unresolved.

Resolution

Change the pending-user-input path to bypass attachment and operate-scope checks when an active thread exists and the environment is available. Retain only the issue-approved active-thread and environment-availability blockers. Add regression tests for attachment and missing operate scope so the required bypass remains covered.

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Add a Scope and approval section that links the triaged issue or approval discussion and includes the maintainer approval comment. If this focused fix qualifies as an obvious-bug exception, explain why. Align the description with the Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification headings where practical.

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🟠 Major · Keep provider availability out of the pending-answer button guard. · ChatComposer.tsx:6232

apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:6232 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep provider availability out of the pending-answer button guard.

When a question is ready and noProviderAvailable is true, both button paths pass isEnvironmentUnavailable={true}. ComposerPrimaryActions then disables the pending-answer Submit button before the new dispatch path can run. Pass the actual environment-unavailable state for pending answers, while retaining provider availability as a guard for normal sends. The footer wrapper forwards this flag unchanged. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx at line 6232:
7Update the guards around the pending-answer and normal-send button paths in
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……@@ -2143,9 +2150,15 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
2158+ sendEvent?.preventDefault();
2159+ onAdvanceActivePendingUserInput();
2160+ return;
2161+ }
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard Enter with the pending-action state before advancing.

Enter reaches onAdvanceActivePendingUserInput() without checking the guards used by the Submit button. For a non-final question, that callback increments the active question even when pendingAction.canAdvance is false, questionPreparations is nonzero, or pendingAction.isResponding is true. This can advance the pending flow before the current answer is ready or while a response is active. Apply the same pending-action guard at this branch.

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1 if (submissionTarget === "pending-user-input") {
2 sendEvent?.preventDefault();
3+ if (
4+ !pendingAction?.canAdvance ||
5+ pendingAction.questionPreparations > 0 ||
6+ pendingAction.isResponding
7+ ) {
8+ return;
9+ }
10 onAdvanceActivePendingUserInput();
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8Update the pending-user-input branch in the onSend callback to apply the same
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