fix(web): clarify the waiting label for background work#28969

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Problem

Background work banners used “Waiting on” before task labels, which reads awkwardly for descriptions generated by agents. The label also applied command styling to text that was not a command.

Change

Separate the waiting or running status from the task description with a dot. Preserve monospace styling only when the label matches the recorded command. Apply the shared presentation across web, desktop, and mobile.

Scope and approval

This is a focused presentation fix to an existing banner. The status and task label are already available; the change clarifies their display without adding behavior or settings.

Verification

vp run check:changed passed, including formatting, lint, typecheck for affected packages, and the focused test file (24 tests).

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Verdict: Approved at 62db2c7

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Clarifies background-work waiting/running labels and improves command and multiline formatting. The changes are presentation-only, with no change to task execution or stop behavior.

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Walkthrough

Single named background-work items now use “Waiting · <label>” or “Running · <label>”. Chat banners format command and multiline labels, and render activity labels as JSX.

Changes: Background-work labels

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update titles and label rendering `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadActivityBanners.tsx`	Single named items use “Waiting · <label>” or “Running · <label>”. Chat banners format matching command labels in monospace, wrap multiline labels, and render activity labels as JSX.

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

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#25585: The issue requests a distinct waiting status with a background-job description. This change separates “Waiting” or “Running” from the named task label.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#28446: Both PRs change command display text used in the background-work presenter and chat banner.
pingdotgg/t3code#26656: Both PRs change single-item banner titles and command-label monospace rendering.
pingdotgg/t3code#27508: Both PRs change title selection for a single named background-work item.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

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The label rendering changes are consistent across the inspected paths, with no remaining actionable merge risk identified.

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Title check	Passed	The title "fix(web): clarify the waiting label for background work" matches the main change: the PR separates the waiting or running status from the task label with a dot and limits monospace styling …
Description check	Passed	The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification, so it follows the template's main sections. The Problem section explains the awkward "Waiting on" wording and the incorrect com…
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The title "fix(web): clarify the waiting label for background work" matches the main change: the PR separates the waiting or running status from the task label with a dot and limits monospace styling to labels that match the recorded command. The title names the web scope and the background-work banner, and it follows conventional commit form. It does not mention the monospace change or the shared presentation across clients, but it does not need to cover every detail.

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The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification, so it follows the template's main sections. The Problem section explains the awkward "Waiting on" wording and the incorrect command styling. The Change section explains the dot separator and the monospace rule. The Scope and approval section says the change is a focused presentation fix to an existing banner. It does not link a triaged issue or maintainer approval, and it does not explain why a prior issue is not needed beyond the focused-fix argument. The Verification section cites a passing check command and 24 focused tests, but it has no before/after screenshots for a UI change, and it does not name the model and harness used. These gaps are non-critical for a pass, but the author should add them to meet the template.

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apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadActivityBanners.tsx-204-204: 1

204-204: External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
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Translate the status text.
The new “Waiting” and “Running” strings cannot resolve translation resources. Pass translated status text into this helper.
Based on learnings, “Flag hardcoded user-facing UI strings in React components (.tsx).”
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8	- Line 183: Update the unmatched-label branch that returns task.label so
9	multiline labels retain their line breaks in the details popover, preserving
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apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadActivityBanners.tsxline 183Outdated · 0f62a43Open thread

…	…	@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ export function backgroundWorkNowItem(input: {
	180	+	{task.label}
	181	+	</span>
	182	+	) : (
	183	+	task.label

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Preserve line breaks for unmatched labels.

When a multiline command has no matching turn item, this branch returns a string. The details popover then collapses its line breaks; the previous single-task wrapper preserved them. Preserve whitespace independently of the monospace check. (github.com)

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6	Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadActivityBanners.tsx at
7	line 183:
8	Update the unmatched-label branch that returns task.label so multiline labels
9	retain their line breaks in the details popover, preserving whitespace
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✅ Addressed in commit 8a3b378

YYash-Singh18d ago

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Fixed. Multiline labels now preserve whitespace in the details popover even without a matching command record. Monospace still requires a match to the recorded command.

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@Yash-Singh1 The supplied code addresses this finding. Multiline labels preserve line breaks in the details popover without a matching command record. Monospace styling still requires a match to the recorded command.

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fix(web): preserve multiline background labels in details8a3b378

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I checked the translation suggestion. This app does not currently use a translation framework, and the existing status labels are English strings. Adding translation plumbing would exceed this PR's scope, so I am leaving those labels consistent with the surrounding UI.

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External image Minor · Use the presenter’s unnamed-label condition for the banner… · ThreadActivityBanners.tsx:203-210

apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadActivityBanners.tsx:203-210 External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Use the presenter’s unnamed-label condition for the banner title.
An active command_execution item with no non-empty title and input command produces the label command. presentPendingBackgroundWork treats that label as unnamed and returns Running a command or Waiting on a command. backgroundWorkNowItem instead sees the matched command <span> as non-string and renders Running · command or Waiting · command. This makes the user-visible banner inconsistent with its presenter. Apply the same named-label check in the banner.

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1 - only && typeof only.label !== "string" ? (
2 + only && typeof only.label !== "string" && only.task.label !== only.task.kind ? (

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8 Update the title condition in backgroundWorkNowItem to apply the same
9 unnamed-label check as presentPendingBackgroundWork, including whether
10 only.task.label matches only.task.kind. Preserve the existing title rendering
11 for named labels so command items display “Running a command” or “Waiting on a
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External image Minor · Use the formatted label for the newest task. · ThreadActivityBanners.tsx:211-215

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Use the formatted label for the newest task.
newest can be a subagent row with progress, and formatSubagentDisplayTitle preserves newlines in ordinary subagent titles. This branch uses newest.task.label as a raw string, so multiline labels do not receive the whitespace-pre-wrap wrapper used by the row formatter. The label can render as collapsed whitespace instead of preserving its lines.

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1 description: only
2 ? only.activity
3 : newest
4 - ? `${newest.task.label}: ${newest.activity}`
5 + ? (
6 + <>
7 + {newest.label}: {newest.activity}
8 + </>
9 + )
10 : rows.map((row, index) => (

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8 In the newest-task branch of ThreadActivityBanners, use the formatted
9 newest.label instead of the raw newest.task.label so subagent titles preserve
10 their formatting; keep the activity text and surrounding conditional behavior
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8	- Around line 203-210: Update the title condition in backgroundWorkNowItem to
9	apply the same unnamed-label check as presentPendingBackgroundWork, including
10	whether only.task.label matches only.task.kind. Preserve the existing title
11	rendering for named labels so command items display “Running a command” or
12	“Waiting on a command” consistently.
13	- Around line 211-215: In the newest-task branch of ThreadActivityBanners, use
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Addressed both outside-diff findings in 62db2c73bb. A command label equal to its kind now uses the presenter's fallback title. The newest task's progress description now uses its formatted label, preserving multiline labels in the details popover. vp run check:changed passed.

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