perf(web): switching threads no longer re-renders every sidebar row#29150

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Problem

Switching threads re-rendered every row in the sidebar, even though only the rows losing and gaining the active highlight change. The cost grows with the thread list: 300 rows on every switch at 300 threads.

Change

The React Compiler leaves attemptSnooze in Sidebar.tsx uncached, so it is a new closure on every render. It is passed to each memoized SidebarThreadRow as onSnooze, which defeated memo for all rows. It is now wrapped in useStableCallback, like the other row handlers that use it. Rows call it only from event handlers, so each call still runs the latest committed closure.

Three react/purity suppressions became unused as a result, and lint requires removing them.

Web and desktop share this component. Mobile has its own sidebar and is unchanged. No provider code is involved. #28774 covers folder headers only and does not overlap.

Scope and approval

This qualifies for the small, focused fix exception in CONTRIBUTING.md. It adds no feature and changes no product default or contract.

Verification

app-switch-thread in apps/web/test/appScenarios.renders.tsx now asserts 2 SidebarThreadRow renders per switch. It fails on main (expected 4 to be 2) and passes here. vp run check:changed passes.

Benchmark: the whole app mounted on the render scenarios' fake environment, in Chromium with production React. Each run takes the median of 20 thread switches. The table shows the median of 5 runs and their range, alternating with a second main run as an A/A control. Task time is CDP TaskDuration, not end-to-end app latency.

Rows	Renders per switch	Task ms, `main`	Task ms, `main` again (A/A)	Task ms, this branch
4	1,291 → 1,241	49.7 (46.8–53.5)	48.9 (45.7–50.0)	49.1 (44.9–52.3)
100	3,307 → 1,337	68.0 (64.6–71.0)	69.2 (66.7–75.1)	55.4 (50.6–57.8)
300	7,507 → 1,537	117.0 (112.9–118.6)	121.0 (106.4–124.0)	67.7 (63.6–74.8)

At 4 rows the time is a tie, within control noise. The machine was running other agents.

Not checked: a pass in a real client. On my Mac, warm up, app-stream-assistant-turn and app-toggle-diff-panel in the same scenario file also fail on unmodified main.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The sidebar snooze handler now keeps a stable identity to avoid unnecessary row renders while preserving existing snooze behavior and safeguards. The change also removes three lint suppressions and introduces no product-default changes.

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The Sidebar snooze callback now uses useStableCallback, and three react/purity lint-disable comments were removed. The app-switch-thread scenario now measures both navigation directions separately and checks the number of rendered SidebarThreadRow components.

Changes: Sidebar updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sidebar callback and lint updates `apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx`	`attemptSnooze` now uses `useStableCallback`. Three `react/purity` lint-disable comments were removed; the surrounding date sampling and selection logic remain unchanged.
Thread-switch render checks `apps/web/test/appScenarios.renders.tsx`	The scenario measures each navigation separately, checks that each window renders exactly two `SidebarThreadRow` components, and reports both measurements together.

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apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsxlines 2243–2244Open thread

…	…	@@ -2240,7 +2240,6 @@ export default function Sidebar({ routeReveal }: { routeReveal: SidebarRouteReve
2242	2242		action: "snooze",
2243		-	// oxlint-disable-next-line react/purity -- runs in an event handler (oxc#27309)
2244	2243		now: new Date().toISOString(),
2245	2244		thread: readThreadShell(threadRef),

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1	set -eu
2	printf '%s\n' '--- Sidebar diff ---'
3	git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=12 30654b3e91a51937d1dba18fc83af19d8003f5ca af5c1b833072835cc569a5c413821083a8273b9b -- apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
4	printf '%s\n' '--- Current new Date occurrences in Sidebar ---'
5	rg -n -F -- 'new Date()' apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx \|\| test "$?" -eq 1
6	printf '%s\n' '--- Current surrounding handlers ---'
7	sed -n '2200,2335p' apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
8	printf '%s\n' '--- vite config purity scope ---'
9	sed -n '520,595p' vite.config.ts
10	printf '%s\n' '--- Local purity exceptions and lint evidence ---'
11	rg -n -F -e 'react/purity' -e 'oxc#27309' -e 'Date()' apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx vite.config.ts apps/web package.json .github 2>/dev/null \|\| test "$?" -eq 1
12	printf '%s\n' '--- Relevant scripts/config references ---'
13	rg -n -F -e 'check:changed' -e 'oxlint' package.json apps/web/package.json scripts .github 2>/dev/null \|\| test "$?" -eq 1

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1	set -eu
2	printf '%s\n' '--- root package scripts ---'
3	python3 - <<'PY'
4	import json
5	from pathlib import Path
6	p = Path('package.json')
7	data = json.loads(p.read_text())
8	for k, v in data.get('scripts', {}).items():
9	if any(term in k.lower() or term in v.lower() for term in ('lint', 'check', 'build', 'oxlint')):
10	print(f'{k}: {v}')
11	PY
12	printf '%s\n' '--- check:changed command definitions ---'
13	rg -n -F -e 'lint' -e 'build' -e 'check' scripts/check-changed.ts scripts/check-changed-command.ts \| head -120
14	printf '%s\n' '--- app package scripts ---'
15	python3 - <<'PY'
16	import json
17	from pathlib import Path
18	p = Path('apps/web/package.json')
19	data = json.loads(p.read_text())
20	for k, v in data.get('scripts', {}).items():
21	print(f'{k}: {v}')
22	PY

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Restore the three react/purity suppressions.

react/purity is an error for apps/web/src, and check:changed runs lint on changed files. Restore the existing reasoned suppressions before all three new Date() calls to prevent the changed-file check from failing.

Suggested fix

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1	+ // oxlint-disable-next-line react/purity -- runs in an event handler (oxc#27309)
2	now: new Date().toISOString(),
3	...
4	+ // oxlint-disable-next-line react/purity -- runs in an event handler (oxc#27309)
5	const selectionNow = new Date();
6	...
7	+ // oxlint-disable-next-line react/purity -- runs in an event handler (oxc#27309)
8	const menuOpenedAt = new Date();

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YYuruzuu8d ago

Verified against PR head af5c1b833072835cc569a5c413821083a8273b9b. This is a false positive: vp run lint apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx passes with no diagnostics. I also temporarily restored all three suggested suppressions and reran the same command; oxlint reported all three as unused directives (lines 2243, 2285, and 2316). The temporary changes were then removed. With attemptSnooze wrapped in useStableCallback, the configured analysis does not report purity violations at these calls. The PR lint check is also passing. Keeping the code as submitted.

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@Yuruzuu You're right. I inferred a lint failure from the rule configuration without evidence of diagnostics at these calls.

Your reported clean lint run and the three unused-directive diagnostics show that restoring the suppressions is unnecessary. I withdraw this finding. No code change is needed.

Learnings used

1	Learnt from: t3dotgg
2	Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 17662
3	File: apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts:0-0
4	Timestamp: 2026-10-10T01:06:11.934Z
5	Learning: The pingdotgg/t3code repository uses oxlint for linting. Do not treat Biome-only diagnostics as repository lint failures, including noSwitchDeclarations diagnostics for the existing switch-case pattern in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head af5c1b833072835cc569a5c413821083a8273b9b on linux using the real dev web client, repo playwright, and /usr/bin/google-chrome.

reproduced on github/main (30084f0018), in a separate worktree: four settled thread switches each rendered all four sidebar rows (4, 4, 4, 4). on this head, repeated switches rendered only the two changing rows (2, 2, 2, 2). measured with a react devtools commit hook in the running app, using the same saved conversations. this measures renders, with no latency claim.
created the project and conversations through the app against a real git checkout. three codex gpt-6.1-sol turns completed on main; a further turn completed on this head and displayed PR HEAD VERIFIED.
after switching threads, snoozing an inactive thread preserved the active conversation. snoozing the active thread navigated away. both moved to the snoozed shelf, and wake restored each row and its conversation.
vp run check:changed 30654b3e91a51937d1dba18fc83af19d8003f5ca passed through blacksmith: format, lint, knip, typechecks, 134 sidebar tests, and the affected react compiler check. the changed app-switch-thread render scenario also passed separately through blacksmith. all 30 reported pr checks were successful.

inactive and active thread snooze, wake, and restored conversation

Not verified

native desktop shells, ios/android clients, remote/relay connections, and other providers were not exercised. mobile uses a separate unchanged sidebar. large-list latency and the benchmark timings in the description were not re-measured. no code changes were needed.