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fix: side chats start with the parent's permission mode and reasoning level#32315

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Problem

After #31114, a /side or /btw chat copies the parent thread's permission mode, but only the mode the server has stored. When you change the permission mode, model, or reasoning level in the parent's composer, the thread only gets those settings on its next send. A side chat started before that send runs with the old ones. For example: the parent composer shows Auto + xhigh, and the side chat runs Supervised + medium. The model and reasoning level were never carried over on purpose. They only matched when the parent's stored settings happened to be current.

To reproduce on main: open a thread that has finished a turn, change Permissions and the model or effort in its composer without sending, then send /side <question>. The side chat runs with the parent's previous settings.

Change

The side chat now starts with the settings the parent's composer would send, on web and mobile:

  • Permission mode: set on the new side chat with thread.runtime-mode.set when it differs from what the fork copied. startThreadTurn ignores runtimeMode for an existing thread, so the runtimeMode: sideChat.runtimeMode it passed before had no effect.
  • Model selection, which carries the reasoning level: sent with the side chat's first message. That's the same message.dispatch path the main composer uses.
  • Empty side chat from the right panel's + → Side chat (web): the model selection is put in the side chat's composer draft, so its first send uses it.
  • Mobile /side with an unavailable model: shows the same dialog a normal send shows, and doesn't create the side chat.

The server fork is unchanged. The user guide sentence about what a side chat inherits now mentions model and reasoning level.

Scope and approval

This is a small fix for an obvious bug, so it doesn't need a prior issue. The parent composer shows one set of settings, and the side chat it starts uses another. It fixes that one problem in the two clients that start side chats. No new setting, contract field, or server change. #29300 and #29994 are about a configurable side-chat permission default, and #28126 is about which modes the side-chat picker offers. None of them cover unsent composer settings.

Verification

  • Mobile: I extended apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts › "starts a side chat for /side instead of sending to the thread" with a draft permission mode and reasoning effort that differ from the thread. It fails on main because startSideChat gets no settings, and it passes with this change. The same test also checks that a disabled provider's model shows the dialog and doesn't start a side chat.
  • Web, in a real dev server with the free Replay provider: I set the parent composer to Auto and the Multi turn model without sending. The parent stayed full-access / showcase on the server. Then I sent /side what does this do?.
    • Before: the side chat was saved as full-access and its run used showcase.
    • After: the side chat was saved as auto and its run used multi-turn. Its composer shows Multi turn / Auto.
  • Web, empty side chat: with the same parent settings, the right-panel + → Side chat produced a side chat saved as auto, and its composer shows Multi turn.
  • vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck for 3 packages, tests next to the changes, and React Compiler.
  • Not checked:
    • Replay models have no effort levels, so the browser run shows a model change, not an effort change. The effort travels inside the same model selection, and the mobile test asserts it.
    • I didn't run the mobile app on a device or simulator.

Before: the parent composer shows Multi turn / Auto, but the side chat runs Showcase at the full-access default.

Before: side chat runs Showcase while the parent composer shows Multi turn and Auto

After: the side chat runs Multi turn at Auto, like the parent composer.

After: side chat runs Multi turn at Auto, matching the parent composer

Picking Auto and Multi turn in the parent composer, then sending /side

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Side chats now start with the parent composer's current permissions, model, and reasoning settings, including unsent selections. Human review is required for this change to initial defaults, particularly the permissions used for the first reply.

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Walkthrough

Side-chat startup now receives the parent composer’s runtime mode and model selection. Mobile and web flows apply these settings to the side chat and its first reply. Web startup also stores a provided model selection in the side-chat composer draft when no prompt is sent.

Changes: Side-chat settings

Layer / File(s)Summary
Validate and pass mobile composer settings
apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts		The mobile composer resolves the selected model and runtime mode. If the model is unavailable in a connected environment, it alerts instead of starting a side chat. Tests check settings passed to startup and the unavailable-model case.
Apply settings to mobile side-chat startup
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/useStartSideChat.ts		Mobile startup updates the side chat’s runtime mode when needed and uses the requested mode and model selection for the initial turn. If the runtime-mode update fails, it reports the failure, discards the thread, and returns false.
Apply settings to web side-chat startup
apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/useSideChat.ts, docs/user/thread-sidebar.md		The web caller provides the current composer settings. Startup applies them to the side chat and its first turn, or stores a provided model selection in the target composer draft when no prompt is sent. The documentation describes how these settings apply.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant ChatView
3 participant useSideChat
4 participant ForkedThread
5 participant ComposerDraftStore
6 ChatView->>useSideChat: Provide runtimeMode and modelSelection
7 useSideChat->>ForkedThread: Create and load side chat
8 useSideChat->>ForkedThread: Update runtimeMode when it differs
9 alt Prompt supplied
10 useSideChat->>ForkedThread: Send initial turn with runtimeMode and modelSelection
11 else No prompt and modelSelection provided
12 useSideChat->>ComposerDraftStore: Store modelSelection for target thread
13 end

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#31831: The change passes the parent composer’s model selection into the first side-chat turn.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#30132: The change passes the composer’s model selection into the first turn and stores it in the draft for an empty side chat. It does not add a separate side-chat model choice.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#29966: The change applies the parent composer’s runtime mode to the side chat and first turn.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#28110: The change applies the parent composer’s runtime mode to the side chat and first turn.

Possibly related PRs

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg, macroscopeapp

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The title names the main change: side chats now start with the parent composer's permission mode and reasoning level. The changeset matches this. The changes set the side chat's runtime mode, and send the model selection (which carries reasoning level) with the first message, on web and mobile. The title says 'permission mode' where the diff also covers model selection, but it is a real and central part of the change.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections, and each is substantive. The Problem section states the expected behavior and gives reproduction steps on main. The Change section lists the per-client fixes and explains why the server fork is unchanged. The Scope and approval section explains why no prior issue is needed for this small focused fix of an obvious bug, and it cross-references related issues (#29300, #29994, #28126) to show they do not cover this case. The Verification section names the focused mobile test, the observed before/after results on web, the checks run via vp run check:changed, and what was not verified (effort-level change in browser, device/simulator run). Before/after screenshots and a recording are embedded, as the template requires for UI changes. The title is not part of the description body and was not provided separately, so the conventional commit title requirement cannot be assessed. The description does not state the model and harness, though it does mention 'Written by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code', which satisfies the template's agent attribution request. The description also references a 'sol-loop' review, which is an internal process note and not a template requirement. Overall the description is complete and the verification is concrete.

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……@@ -582,6 +587,10 @@ export function useThreadComposerState(input: {
584589 sideChatCommand.prompt,
590+ {
591+ runtimeMode: draft.runtimeMode ?? thread.runtimeMode,
592+ modelSelection: draft.modelSelection ?? thread.modelSelection,
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5echo "== symbol hits =="
6rg -n -F -e 'startSideChat' -e 'startTurn' -e 'modelSelection' -e 'unavailable' -e 'isModelAvailable' -e 'side' -- "$f" || test "$?" -eq 1
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Run the unavailable-model check before a mobile side chat starts.

The /side branch passes the draft model to startSideChat without the model check that the normal send runs. useStartSideChat forks the side chat first, then calls startTurn with that model. If startTurn rejects the model, the new thread is deleted and the user sees a generic error. The normal unavailable-model dialog does not appear. If the server accepts the model, the side chat starts with a model that the client reports as unavailable.

Run the same connected-state check in the /side branch, before startSideChat:

Suggested fix

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1 } else if (sideChatCommand.prompt.length === 0) {
2 Dialog.alert("Ask a side question", "Type the question after /side, then send it.");
3+ } else if (
4+ selectedEnvironmentRuntime?.connectionState === "connected" &&
5+ isModelSelectionUnavailable(
6+ selectedEnvironmentRuntime?.serverConfig,
7+ draft.modelSelection ?? thread.modelSelection,
8+ thread.projectId,
9+ )
10+ ) {
11+ const { title, detail } = describeUnavailableModelSelection(
12+ selectedEnvironmentRuntime?.serverConfig,
13+ draft.modelSelection ?? thread.modelSelection,
14+ thread.projectId,
15+ );
16+ Dialog.alert(title, detail);
17 } else if (!startingSideChatRef.current) {
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8In the /side branch, validate draft.modelSelection ?? thread.modelSelection
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IIweisc3d ago

claude-opus-5-5 responding on behalf of Lewis:

Fixed in ce2336cc21. The unavailable-model check that the normal mobile send runs is now computed once, before the /side branch. /side shows the same dialog and doesn't start a side chat, and the normal send uses the same check, so its behavior hasn't changed. The existing /side test now covers a disabled provider: it fails on 7a348a8 and passes now.

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@Yash-Singh1 Btw, was this bug report helpful? 😛