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fix(assets): keep relative Markdown images on their remote host#24437
Problem
In a remote thread,  could display a desktop-local file at the same absolute path when the remote file was missing. The relative reference lost its origin during path resolution and shared an asset cache entry with an explicit absolute reference.
Change
Preserve authored-relative provenance as optional media-file.hostOnly metadata and skip the desktop-local fallback for those resources. The resolved file path stays unchanged, including nested documents, outside-workspace documents, and Windows cross-drive paths. Explicit absolute paths, file URLs, and existing resolved-target hyperlinks retain their fallback behavior. The optional field is necessary because cross-drive destinations cannot be represented by a relative path; older servers ignore it and no state is persisted.
Scope and approval
Fixes https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/17392
Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. GitCafe: #17392.
Verification
- Reproduced in real Linux Electron with separate local and remote filesystem views: remote missing/local red rendered red in user and assistant messages; adding remote green rendered green.
- Red regression failed with a local-success result instead of remote not-found. Final tests exercise the real classifier, media resolver and asset query, priming the absolute fallback cache before relative requests inside/outside the workspace and across Windows drives. Relative requests fail after the remote call only; explicit absolute requests still call remote then local.
- Post-integration
vp test run src/state/assets.test.ts src/mediaSource.test.ts src/markdownImages.test.ts: 22/22 passed. Implementation checks also passed mobile media-source tests (3) and server asset tests (35); contracts/client-runtime/web/mobile/server typechecks reported zero errors, scoped lint zero errors. - Primary integrated desktop check confirmed both missing relative embeds unavailable, remote-present images from the remote endpoint, and absolute/file-URL controls from the desktop endpoint. Final request trace includes
hostOnly:trueand no local media authorization in the observed reload window. - Two isolated reviewers found no code defects in the final diff. No new regex, parser, or input-shaped loop.
Evidence uses Linux Electron 44.9.3, Xvfb/ImageMagick, DPR 1, reduced motion. Before is a46f80ee28; after is c43ee8d22a. Before predates integration base d53873b6a4.
| Fixture / dimensions | Before — a46f80ee28 | After — c43ee8d22a | Diff0 — amplified 4× | DiffT — >8/255 | Sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r1-390-light 390×940 | r1-390-light-before.png | r1-390-light-after.png | r1-390-light-diff0.png | r1-390-light-diffT.png | r1-390-light-sheet.png |
| r1-390-dark 390×940 | r1-390-dark-before.png | r1-390-dark-after.png | r1-390-dark-diff0.png | r1-390-dark-diffT.png | r1-390-dark-sheet.png |
Full capture index, controls, traces, diffs and disclosed differences. Fixture matrix. Reproduction drivers and synthetic fixtures. Red failure.
Independent proof audit inspected all 16 stills, 16 diffs and both recordings: core proof valid; full matrix insufficient. Rebuilding the narrow final frame changed only 15 pixels, maximum 2/255. Recording timestamp correction: final gallery appears around 38–39 seconds; unavailable returns around 45 seconds.
The full visual matrix is incomplete. Plain-web bootstrap, authored sizing, video playback, copy/Open File and resolved-link action results, and matched before/after lifecycle recordings remain unverified. Wider/control/document comparisons contain sidebar, panel, composer, scroll/hover and elapsed-time differences, so they are diagnostic captures rather than pixel-isolated proof. Frozen-clock parity was incomplete. Windows/macOS runtime and native mobile were not exercised; mobile has no desktop-local fallback and its path resolution is unchanged.
Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol via T3 Code (Claude Code and Codex harnesses).
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- fix(client-runtime): relative images in documents outside the workspace stay on the thread's host0d2baa6
- test(client-runtime): reproduce issue 17392, relative markdown images fall back to local files4b12ca0
- fix(client-runtime): relative Markdown images resolve only on the thread's host9c8091e
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-17392c43ee8d
- fix(mobile): nested Markdown documents resolve media from their own directoryd243381
- fix(client-runtime): mark relative Markdown media host-only instead of rewriting its pathefa3422
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Approvability
Verdict: Approved at 8b4ee0d
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Relative Markdown media now stays on its originating host instead of falling back to an unrelated desktop-local file. The change narrowly restricts fallback behavior while preserving explicit absolute-path and file-URL handling.
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Thread transfer impact
✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.
| Provider | Metric | Main baseline | This PR | Impact | PR ceiling | |
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| Codex | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.5 KiB | 21.5 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
| Claude | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.9 KiB | 21.9 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
Baseline: 3a8c250 · PR result: 8b4ee0d · 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: 108.5 KiB
- Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB
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Walkthrough
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Relative Markdown image paths retain their authored scope when converted to media-file resources. Host-only resources do not retry against the local environment when the remote asset is missing.
Changes: Markdown image asset scope
Layer / File(s) Summary Preserve authored path scope
packages/contracts/src/assets.ts,packages/client-runtime/src/markdownImages.ts,apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx,packages/client-runtime/src/mediaSource.ts,packages/client-runtime/src/markdownImages.test.ts,packages/client-runtime/src/mediaSource.test.tsThe asset contract accepts optional hostOnly: true. Relative workspace paths retain arelativemarker, and media-file resources includehostOnly: truefor those paths. Tests check the resource shape.Gate local fallback
packages/client-runtime/src/state/assets.ts,packages/client-runtime/src/state/assets.test.tsHost-only media-file requests do not retry against the local environment. Tests cover eligible fallback and verify that host-only requests return the remote error without a local request. Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low
Possibly related issues
- pingdotgg/t3code#10553 — The PR preserves relative-path provenance for Markdown images; relative file-link resolution remains separate.
- pingdotgg/t3code#27532 — The PR prevents relative Markdown image resources from falling back to a desktop-local file; URL-base resolution described in the issue remains unimplemented.
Suggested reviewers:
maria-rcks,t3dotgg
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Relative Markdown images now stay on the remote host. Work-log previews of relative viewed images can still show a same-path desktop file when the remote file is missing. This is a narrow gap and a small fix, worth closing before or shortly after merge.
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Check name Status Explanation Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the primary change: keeping relative Markdown images on their remote host. It is specific, relevant, and uses a conventional commit format. Description check Passed The description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the bug, implementation, scope, test results, evidence, and known verification limits… Linked Issues check Passed Issue #17392requires relative Markdown images to remain on the thread host and to show unavailable when the remote file is missing. The reviewed code preserves authored-relative provenance in `classi…Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within issue #17392. They update Markdown image provenance, media resource construction, asset fallback routing, the asset contract, and regression tests. The current incremental ch…Full details: Description check
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The description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the bug, implementation, scope, test results, evidence, and known verification limits. The linked issue and triage details provide scope context.
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Issue
#17392requires relative Markdown images to remain on the thread host and to show unavailable when the remote file is missing. The reviewed code preserves authored-relative provenance inclassifyMarkdownImageSource, emitsmedia-file.hostOnly: trueinresolveMediaSourceandChatMarkdown, and blocks desktop-local fallback increateAssetEnvironmentAtoms. The serialized asset resource includeshostOnly, so relative and absolute references use separate query identities. Absolute paths remain eligible for the existing fallback. Focused tests cover host-only routing, relative paths inside and outside the workspace, Windows cross-drive paths, and explicit absolute fallback.
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#17392. They update Markdown image provenance, media resource construction, asset fallback routing, the asset contract, and regression tests. The current incremental changes add the host-only flag at the ChatMarkdown call site and adjust the related classifier test. These changes support the linked issue and do not implement unrelated subdirectory link-base work.
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| 105 | + | _tag: "media-file", | |
| 106 | + | threadId: input.threadId, | |
| 107 | + | path, | |
| 108 | + | ...(classified.relative ? { hostOnly: true as const } : {}), | |
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Preserve relative provenance for viewed images.
A relative read-tool image path loses hostOnly when resolveViewedImageAsset passes its resolved path to resolveMediaSource. If the remote file is missing, the work-log preview can show a same-path desktop file instead.
Preserve the provenance for viewed images without changing resolved-target hyperlink behavior. Add a regression test for relative and absolute viewed-image paths.
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1 - return { resource: media.resource, alt: media.name, srcFragment: media.srcFragment }; 2 + return { 3 + resource: { ...media.resource, ...(imageSource.relative ? { hostOnly: true as const } : {}) }, 4 + alt: media.name, 5 + srcFragment: media.srcFragment, 6 + };
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Thanks for this. Main has the change since #35031.
Compared the complete diff of #24437 with merged main: all production changes are equivalent, preserving relative-image provenance with hostOnly, preventing desktop-local fallback, and separating relative and absolute asset cache entries. Only test implementation and comment wording differ, so main already provides its behavior.
Closing as superseded.