fix(server): a stuck browser action no longer wedges its tab or other tabs#32866

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Problem

A server-browser agent action whose Playwright call never finishes held its tab's SessionControl queue forever. SessionControl checked the deadline only before a run started. Every later agent call on that tab waited until the broker's response timeout, and each of those timeouts evicted the shared server-browser host for all threads. The agent only ever saw a generic "timed out" error. Worse, mirrorManagerEvent awaited each tab's queued work for resized events (colour scheme, zoom, viewport, hard reload), so one stuck tab stopped closes, opens and setting changes on every tab until restart. SessionControl.system() also threw synchronously on a closed tab, which ended the mirror stream.

Reproduced on main 09a54f01bc: a real dev server with emulateMedia patched to hang for dark, driven by an agent thread (transcript below), and with the failing tests in this PR.

Change

handleRequest answers each request itself at timeoutMs + 500 ms. That is inside the broker's 1 s response grace, so the host is never evicted, and an operation that times out on its own still reports its own reason first. The run's abort signal, a scope-managed Effect.abortSignal, fires at timeoutMs on the Effect clock.
SessionControl keeps the queue waiting for the real run, so runs on a tab never overlap. Queued work whose request expired still never starts. While a started agent run is past its deadline, new agent actions on that tab are refused at once with a new busy control reason that says how to recover: open a new tab with reuseExistingTab=false, or t3_preview_close. A pending dialog still wins for a caller that may act on the tab. recordingStop still runs when it starts late (runIfExpired), and it now also marks the tab busy while it runs past its deadline.
mirrorManagerEvent no longer awaits per-tab work. system() enqueues synchronously, so setting changes for one tab keep their order.
SessionControl.system() is async, so a closed control returns a rejected promise.

Cancelling the stuck run is out of scope, as the issue says. status and close bypass the queue and remain the way out.

Also changes for agents:

A new busy value in PreviewAutomationControlReason (contracts). Only the server produces and decodes it.
A pending dialog is reported ahead of busy.
On a stuck tab, the owning agent's reads and a recordingStop are refused with busy instead of queueing behind the stuck run, which would never let them run. Closing the tab ends the recording.
A server-browser operation that finishes between timeoutMs + 500 ms and timeoutMs + 1 s now gets the server's timeout answer. Before, it could still succeed inside the broker's grace.
A request's deadline counts from delivery, so a call that waited in the tab's queue can pass its deadline while its own operation still runs. Until that operation actually settles, other agent actions on the tab get busy; once it settles the tab works again without a new tab (in R33 a 4 s waitFor cleared about 2.3 s after its request deadline). On main the same sequence evicted the host instead (R33 below).

Scope and approval

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#32849

Verification

Head 4052b2f7d0 (main 4c924ff4e6 merged). vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, typecheck (37 packages) and the affected tests (572). Focused: vp test run apps/server/src/preview apps/server/src/mcp passes 39 files, 529 tests.

Review: two independent full-diff reviews on 4052b2f7d0, both MERGE with no confirmed bugs. Proof audit: every row of the 33-row matrix checked against its transcript or test, and R33 rebuilt independently at the head.

New and extended tests, each failing on main for the reason named unless marked as a guard:

ServerBrowser.test.ts "a stuck agent action times out on the server and later calls on its tab fail fast". On main, the next status gets PreviewAutomationNoAvailableHostError because the host was evicted.
"a tab stuck in an agent action does not hold back setting changes for other tabs". On main, the other tab's emulateMedia is never called.
"calls queued behind a stuck agent action time out on their own, and dialogs come first". On main, the queued click fails with a client-disconnected error. With a recording active, an overdue recordingStop reports dialogPending, not busy.
"an action that fails just after its timeout still reports its own failure". A guard, not a regression test: it passes on main and fails if the 500 ms answer margin is removed, because a server timer at exactly timeoutMs would hide the operation's own error.
"a recording stop that never finishes leaves its tab busy".
"a queued action whose timeout passes while it waits never runs". The click's locator is never called, and a recordingStop queued past its deadline still runs (fails without runIfExpired).
SessionControl.test.ts "rejects system work on a closed tab instead of throwing".

Eval (evals/mcp-tool-use, 3 samples each): preview-busy-tab-opens-new-tab passes 0/3 with main's result text ("Preview automation click timed out after 3000ms.", substituted in an out-of-repo copy of the case; every sample went back to snapshot the stuck tab) and 3/3 with the busy text (every sample opened a new tab and only touched the stuck tab to close it). The control preview-wait-timeout-keeps-tab (an ordinary timeout on a working tab) passes 3/3. Grader assertions in run.test.ts reject returning to the stuck tab and acting on the wrong tab.

Evidence

No UI render path changes, so every row is a server-side before/after runtime transcript or a named test (fresh dev servers with T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0, synthetic data, scratch hang patches applied to both sides and never committed). R01–R32: before = main fa2f4ff2a2, after = b088b88d19; the preview, contracts, broker and MCP code is identical at 4052b2f7d0 (later commits change only tests and evals, and the main merge only desktop code). R33: before = main 4c924ff4e6, after = 4052b2f7d0.

Environment: Linux x86_64, Node 26.12.1, Playwright 1.60.0, Chrome Headless Shell 157.0.8103.38; R24 also uses Electron 44.10.1 WebContents through a scratch CDP binding (the full desktop shell was not run).

Fixture matrix (33 rows: 22 per-row transcripts, 10 named tests, 1 by the agent transcript below; audit report)
Transcript index: recovery through a new tab or a second thread, close and recording cleanup, busy clearing once the run settles, the answer margin and cutoff, dialog precedence, late and stuck recording stops, cross-tab viewport/zoom/hard reload/cookie and cache clears, mirror FIFO, open/close past a stalled job, mirror failure logging, the no-grace metadata read.
Per row: R03 · R04 · R05 · R06 · R09 · R11 · R12 · R14 · R15 · R16 · R17 · R19 · R23 · R24 · R25 · R26 · R27 · R28 · R29 · R30 · R31
Scripts: driver.mjs · setup.py · hang.py · foreign.py · extra-instrumentation.py · fixture-server.mjs · fake-fx.ts · desktop-fixture.cjs · desktop-attach.py · raw captures
R33: a wait queued behind a 2.5 s action passes its 4 s deadline while still running. Before, a follow-up call on the tab failed with "client server-browser disconnected" and the host reconnected; after, it got busy in 10 ms, and once the wait settled the same tab answered on the same host connection. Scripts: driver.mjs · capture.sh · setup.py · fake-fx.ts · instrument.py · before.patch · after.patch · verify-capture.py · raw: server-before.jsonl · server-after.jsonl · before transcript · after transcript · verification.json. An independent rerun at 4052b2f7d0 reproduced it (busy in 12 ms, same host connection, recovery ok).
Independent rebuild of R03 from those scripts matched the delivered results: transcript.

What else changed beyond the sections above: nothing agent-visible. The transient busy after a late-started queued call is listed under "Also changes for agents".

The original agent-thread transcript (main 09a54f01bc vs e0409994ee, same server code paths) is kept below.

Runtime transcript and the scratch hang patch (not committed)

Setup on each side: a fresh dev server (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev:server, empty database), a scratch project, and one Codex agent thread started with t3 thread start --wait. A scratch patch (hang.py below) makes emulateMedia never settle for colorScheme "dark" when T3_REPRO_HANG_DARK=1, as the issue's step 1 does. The patch was never committed. Before = main 09a54f01bc + patch. After = fix/issue-32849 e0409994ee + patch.

Agent prompt (identical on both sides)

1	This is a scripted tool test. Do not use the shell, do not read files, do not retry anything. Make exactly these T3 preview tool calls, one at a time, in this order, and do not stop if one fails:
2	1. preview_open with no url, reuseExistingTab false and open false.
3	2. preview_set_appearance on that tab with colorScheme "dark" and timeoutMs 3000.
4	3. Immediately after step 2 returns, preview_act on the same tab: a click on the body, with timeoutMs 3000.
5	4. preview_status.
6	5. preview_resize on the same tab to width 800, height 600, with timeoutMs 3000.
7	6. preview_status.
8	Then reply with a numbered list: for each call, the tool name and its full raw result or error text, verbatim.

Before (main 09a54f01bc), agent's verbatim report

preview_open — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)
preview_set_appearance — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Preview automation setColorScheme timed out after 15000ms."}],"isError":true}
preview_act — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Preview automation click timed out after 3000ms."}],"isError":true}
preview_status — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)
preview_resize — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Preview automation resize timed out after 3000ms."}],"isError":true}
preview_status — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)

After (fix/issue-32849 e0409994ee), agent's verbatim report

preview_open — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)
preview_set_appearance — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Preview automation setColorScheme timed out after 15000ms."}],"isError":true}
preview_act — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"This browser tab is busy with an earlier action that timed out. Open a new tab with preview_open and reuseExistingTab=false, or close this one with t3_preview_close."}],"isError":true}
preview_status — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)
preview_resize — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"This browser tab is busy with an earlier action that timed out. Open a new tab with preview_open and reuseExistingTab=false, or close this one with t3_preview_close."}],"isError":true}
preview_status — {"content":[{"type":"text","text":"{\"available\":true, ...} (status JSON, truncated)

Reading

Before: the click and resize on the stuck tab waited in its queue and came back only as generic "timed out after 3000ms" errors; nothing tells the agent the tab is stuck.
After: both are refused immediately with the busy reason and how to recover; preview_status keeps working on the same host.
preview_set_appearance takes no timeoutMs, so it used the 15000 ms default on both sides.
The cross-tab mirror wedge and the closed-control throw are covered by the automated tests in the PR.

hang.py (scratch patch applied on both sides)

python

1	import sys
2	p=sys.argv[1]+'/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts'
3	s=open(p).read()
4	old=' await tab.page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme: colorScheme === "system" ? null : colorScheme });'
5	assert old in s
6	s=s.replace(old,' if (process.env.T3_REPRO_HANG_DARK === "1" && colorScheme === "dark") await new Promise(() => {});\n'+old,1)
7	open(p,'w').write(s)

Not checked: the full Electron desktop shell; a stuck system() job or a stuck human action still does not set busy (out of scope in the issue).

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fix(server): keep operation timeout reasons and mark stuck recording stops busy3da8321
test(server): reproduce server-browser tab wedge (#32849)696f8b4
fix(server): a stuck browser action no longer wedges its tab or other tabs79e297d
fix(server): expire queued browser work at the request timeoute040999

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Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
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Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
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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: 871b009 · PR result: b55ddf9 · Source CI: success

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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

Server-browser requests now use expiry signals and a separate host-answer timeout. Per-tab controls track overdue actions, reject later agent actions as busy, and skip queued work that has expired. Dialog checks and manager resize handling also change. The evaluation runner replays preview errors and supports first-call expectations.

Changes: Server-browser timeout handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Per-tab action queue and busy responses `apps/server/src/preview/SessionControl.ts`, `packages/contracts/src/previewAutomation.ts`, `apps/server/src/preview/SessionControl.test.ts`	`SessionControl` tracks the signal for running work, rejects later agent actions as busy when that work is overdue, and skips expired queued actions unless they can run after expiry. The control reason and closed-control test are updated.
Request expiry and operation outcomes `apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts`, `apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts`	`ServerBrowser` uses a request-scoped expiry signal and returns a timeout after `timeoutMs` plus a 500 ms host-answer margin. Recording-stop handling can run after expiry, overdue pending dialogs take precedence, and manager resize work is queued without awaiting completion. Tests cover stalled and queued actions, dialog precedence, other-tab work, and timeout outcomes.
Preview error replay and grading `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts`, `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts`, `evals/mcp-tool-use/cases/visual-preview.ndjson`, `evals/mcp-tool-use/README.md`	The evaluation runner replays recognized preview errors as error tool results and supports first-call expectations. Cases and tests cover busy-tab recovery, ordinary wait timeouts, and preview-error replay.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid

1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant Broker
3	participant ServerBrowser
4	participant SessionControl
5	participant BrowserOperation
6	Broker->>ServerBrowser: Send request with timeoutMs
7	ServerBrowser->>SessionControl: Queue action with expiry signal
8	SessionControl->>BrowserOperation: Start action when queue permits
9	ServerBrowser-->>SessionControl: Abort signal at request timeout
10	ServerBrowser-->>Broker: Return timeout after host-answer margin

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#24523: Handles stalled preview captures while preserving serialized work.
pingdotgg/t3code#30460: Changes per-tab manager-event ordering and resize scheduling.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, shivamhwp

Merge Risk: External image Low · previous review aaf54

Only the eval case is affected, not production behavior. The case can pass for a blank-tab recovery that would not work in practice. This is a small fix and worth making, but it is not a merge blocker.

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Out of Scope Changes check	Warning	The reusable `firstCall` grading feature in `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts` and its tests in `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts` do not support [`#32849`]. The feature checks the first `delegate_task` or `t3_t…	Move the generic `firstCall` schema, grading logic, and related tests in `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts` and `evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts` to a separate PR. Keep the preview-error replay and busy-tab evaluation changes.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: a stuck browser action no longer blocks its tab or other tabs.
Linked Issues check	Passed	The PR meets the coding requirements in [`#32849`]. `handleRequest` returns a server timeout before the broker grace period, while the per-tab queue still waits for the actual run. Expired queued action…
Description check	Passed	The description covers the problem, changes, scope and linked issue, and focused verification with observed results. It also states what was not checked. The required sections are complete.

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The PR meets the coding requirements in [#32849]. handleRequest returns a server timeout before the broker grace period, while the per-tab queue still waits for the actual run. Expired queued actions do not start. SessionControl refuses later agent actions with busy while an overdue run remains active, and pending dialogs take precedence. Mirror setting work no longer blocks on each tab's queue. SessionControl.system() rejects asynchronously when the control is closed. The added tests cover these behaviors, including recording stops and cross-tab setting changes.

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The reusable firstCall grading feature in evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts and its tests in evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts do not support [#32849]. The feature checks the first delegate_task or t3_thread_send call, which is unrelated to preview timeouts, busy-tab recovery, or mirror processing. The preview-error replay and busy-tab evaluation changes do support [#32849].

Resolution

Move the generic firstCall schema, grading logic, and related tests in evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts and evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts to a separate PR. Keep the preview-error replay and busy-tab evaluation changes.

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apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts: 1

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Await a specific milestone instead of relying on TestClock.adjust for this assertion.
The test expects contexts[1]!.page.emulateMedia to have been called. That call happens through a chain of events:
manager.adjust publishes a resized event.
A separate fiber runs mirrorManagerEvent.
That fiber calls tab.control.system, which queues promise-based work.
TestClock.adjust("2 seconds") does not mark any of these steps. The assertion therefore depends on scheduler and microtask timing. This PR also makes the mirror non-blocking, which adds one more asynchronous hop.
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Set a Promise.withResolvers in a mockImplementationOnce on contexts[1]!.page.emulateMedia. Await it before the assertion. Then remove the unrelated clock adjustment.

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1 - yield* manager.adjust({
2 + const applied = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
3 + contexts[1]!.page.emulateMedia.mockImplementationOnce(async () => applied.resolve());
4 + yield* manager.adjust({
5 threadId: scope.thread.threadId,
6 tabId: PreviewTabId.make(other.tabId!),
7 colorScheme: "dark",
8 });
9 - yield* TestClock.adjust("2 seconds");
10 + yield* Effect.promise(() => applied.promise);
11 expect(contexts[1]!.page.emulateMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ colorScheme: "dark" });

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Approved source review at exact HEAD e0409994ee8f635d57a4565e7b35540ebdc41f3d against current main@09a54f01bc0ae83865347a965ced50f8c8ec2953.

I traced the request-scope timeout/abort lifetime, the per-tab SessionControl queue, the overdue/busy gate, and the status/close/dialog escape paths. The regression matrix covers a stuck agent action without shared-host eviction, isolation of another tab's manager updates, a queued request expiring before it starts, dialog precedence, preservation of an operation's own failure, and a stuck recordingStop leaving the tab explicitly busy. The added SessionControl closed-tab promise regression is also present.

Exact-head all-event CI: normal PR run 42459660080 succeeded for Test Server shards 1–8, Test Web, Test, Lint, Build/Typecheck, Check and Release Smoke. Auxiliary Agent context budget 42459660188 and Native fingerprint diff 42459660111 succeeded. EAS Preview 42459660083, Rust and Mobile Native Static Analysis were skipped, not passes. I read the selected logs: ServerBrowser.test.ts 61/61 and SessionControl.test.ts 20/20.

No P1/P2 blocker was demonstrated in this bounded source delta. Non-blocking P3 test synchronization note is attached inline: the manager-event test should await the actual emulateMedia milestone instead of advancing TestClock to give an unrelated async chain time. This follows the repository's docs/internals/testing.md waiting-for-work rule.

I also checked the older open #17871 recovery branch and the separate #24130 timeout-diagnostics contract change; no current-main source takeover or merge is implied. The overlapping older branch and shared contract hunks must be composed by the existing T3 maintainer if both are retained. This is source review only: no live browser/desktop acceptance, merge, installation or deployment is claimed. Original author retains all five changed paths and landing custody.

apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.tsline 2471Outdated · e040999Open thread

…	…	@@ -2399,3 +2399,229 @@ it.live("a full server takes back the slot of the longest idle agent tab nobody
	2468	+	tabId: PreviewTabId.make(other.tabId!),
	2469	+	colorScheme: "dark",
	2470	+	});
	2471	+	yield* TestClock.adjust("2 seconds");

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…	…	@@ -814,6 +815,8 @@ export class PreviewAutomationControlInterruptedError extends Schema.TaggedError
814	815		return "A browser dialog is pending. Read preview_status and resolve it with preview_dialog.";
815	816		if (this.reason === "tabLimit")
816	817		return "Too many server browser tabs are open. Close one with t3_preview_close, or reuse a tabId from preview_status tabs.";
	818	+	if (this.reason === "busy")

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The new busy reason selects a distinct caller-visible recovery message, so it is not a diagnostic-only discriminator. The Effect error convention requires a separate tagged error for this distinction. Please introduce a dedicated busy error and update its producers and transport mapping while preserving this recovery text; the existing reasons need not be cleaned up in this PR.

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34	34		{"id": "browser-status-reuses-existing-tab", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "control", "privacy": "commit-safe", "pattern": "usable Browser tab needs no new tab", "experience": "An already paired, usable tab should be reused during verification.", "source": {"report": "Maintainer browser verification failure, 2026-11-03"}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "The UI fix is complete. The test server is healthy at http://localhost:5173 and its browser profile is already paired. The current tab can be automated.", "mocks": {"preview_status": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 0}}, "preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/"}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "screenshotPath": "/tmp/after.png"}}, "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "Use the Browser panel to verify the UI fix and capture an after screenshot."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "cat .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}, "result": "", "resultFile": ".agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_status", "input": {}, "result": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 0}}}]}], "harness": "claude"}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "preview_snapshot"}], "callsMustNot": [{"tool": "preview_open", "args": {"reuseExistingTab": false}}]}, "maxSteps": 10, "notes": "Checks reuse of an existing usable tab. Screenshot saving is outside this control. Prior tool-result replay is validated on the Claude harness; Codex output wrapping needs separate validation."}
35	35		{"id": "browser-resume-after-unavailable-status", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "privacy": "commit-safe", "pattern": "closed Browser panel treated as unavailable automation", "experience": "The agent read test-t3-app, saw available false with no tab, and asked the user to open the panel instead of calling preview_open. Opening a tab succeeded on the next turn.", "source": {"report": "Maintainer browser verification failure, 2026-11-03; fresh skill read followed by unavailable status. Opus replay reproduces the stop on the old skill."}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "Repository instructions: Before web or desktop UI verification, read .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md and follow it. If a skill causes you to stop or leave requested work unfinished, link the SKILL.md, quote the relevant instruction, and explain how it applies.", "mocks": {"preview_status": {"available": false, "visible": false, "tabId": null, "url": null, "title": null, "loading": false, "profiles": [{"id": "default", "name": "Default"}, {"id": "incognito", "name": "Incognito", "incognito": true}], "defaultProfileId": "default"}, "preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/"}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "screenshotPath": "/tmp/after.png"}}, "world": {"repo": "acme/app", "branch": "fix/permissions-popup", "status": "", "files": {"apps/web/src/components/ComposerContextPermissions.tsx": "export function ComposerContextPermissions() { return <PermissionsMenu side=\"top\" align=\"end\" />; }\n"}, "description": "The requested fix is already committed as a1b2c3d on fix/permissions-popup, ahead of main. It changes ComposerContextPermissions.tsx to open the permissions popup above its trigger. Dependencies are installed. No development server is running and no .t3 directory exists.", "commits": [{"sha": "a1b2c3d", "subject": "fix(web): open composer permissions above its button"}]}, "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "When I click Full access in the composer, open its permissions menu directly above that button."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "git commit -am \"fix(web): open composer permissions above its button\""}, "result": "[fix/permissions-popup a1b2c3d] fix(web): open composer permissions above its button\n 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "Implemented. Clicking Full access opens the permissions menu above the button. Focused checks pass. Full-client visual verification remains undone."}, {"role": "user", "text": "before/after screenshot"}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "cat .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}, "result": "", "resultFile": ".agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "I'll use the test-t3-app skill to capture the before and after states in the app."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_status", "input": {}, "result": {"available": false, "visible": false, "tabId": null, "url": null, "title": null, "loading": false, "profiles": [{"id": "default", "name": "Default"}, {"id": "incognito", "name": "Incognito", "incognito": true}], "defaultProfileId": "default"}}]}], "shellMocks": [{"match": "git status\|ls .*\\.t3", "output": "ls: .t3: No such file or directory"}], "harness": "claude"}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "preview_open"}]}, "maxSteps": 8, "notes": "Resume at the failed decision after reading the skill and receiving available=false. Opus reproduces the premature stop; Sonnet did not reliably reproduce it. This checks recovery through preview_open, not completion of screenshots. Prior tool-result replay is validated on the Claude harness; Codex output wrapping needs separate validation."}
36	36		{"id": "revise-page-resends-html", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "pattern": "revising a page on disk resends its full HTML to html_preview and html_render", "experience": "The pages already existed as generated files on disk, but the agent retyped each one into html_preview and again into html_render, about four minutes per call. To save time it published fixes without previewing them again.", "source": {"discussion": "https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/discussions/23303"}, "rule": "edit the .html file and pass its path to html_preview and html_render instead of resending its html", "privacy": "commit-safe", "setup": {"role": "top", "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "The new-worktree toggle is ugly. Come up with four better options and mock them."}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "Here are four options.", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Write", "input": {"file_path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "content": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}, "result": "File created successfully at: /tmp/design/index.html"}, {"tool": "html_preview", "input": {"html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}, "result": "{\"width\":728,\"contentHeight\":1840,\"capturedHeight\":1840,\"consoleMessages\":[]}"}, {"tool": "html_render", "input": {"html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n", "title": "New worktree: four options", "height": 1840}, "result": "{\"htmlRender\":{\"attachmentId\":\"att-1\",\"title\":\"New worktree: four options\",\"height\":1840},\"message\":\"Shown to the reader above your reply. Don't mention or describe the page; reply with only what it doesn't already say.\"}"}]}], "mocks": {"html_preview": {"width": 728, "contentHeight": 1840, "capturedHeight": 1840, "consoleMessages": []}, "html_render": {"htmlRender": {"attachmentId": "att-1", "title": "New worktree: four options", "height": 1840}, "message": "Shown to the reader above your reply. Don't mention or describe the page; reply with only what it doesn't already say."}}, "world": {"files": {"/tmp/design/index.html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}}}, "prompt": "Make the Send in new worktree button in option C blue, and show me the page again.", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "html_preview", "args": {"path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "html": null}}, {"tool": "html_render", "args": {"path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "html": null}}], "callsMustNot": [{"tool": "html_preview", "args": {"html": "~Ask anything"}}, {"tool": "html_render", "args": {"html": "~Ask anything"}}], "order": ["html_preview", "html_render"]}, "notes": "On main neither tool has a path parameter."}
	37	+	{"id": "preview-busy-tab-opens-new-tab", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "pattern": "preview tab stuck behind a timed-out action; the next preview call retries the same tab", "experience": "A server-browser action never finished, so every later call on that tab timed out with the same generic error and the agent kept retrying the stuck tab.", "rule": "On a busy tab, continue in a new tab (preview_open with reuseExistingTab=false) or close it with t3_preview_close; do not retry it.", "privacy": "commit-safe", "source": {"issue": "pingdotgg/t3code#32849: a browser action that never finishes wedges its tab; the agent only sees a generic timeout and keeps retrying the same tab"}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "The dev server is healthy at http://localhost:5173. The agent opened preview tab tab_1 (owner agent) earlier in this turn.", "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "Open http://localhost:5173/settings in the browser, switch it to dark mode, click Save, and check that the settings-saved toast still reads well in dark mode."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_open", "input": {"url": "http://localhost:5173/settings"}, "result": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false}}, {"tool": "preview_set_appearance", "input": {"tabId": "tab_1", "colorScheme": "dark"}, "result": {"_tag": "PreviewAutomationTimeoutError", "operation": "setColorScheme", "environmentId": "eeeeeeee-eeee-4eee-8eee-eeeeeeeeeeee", "threadId": "thread-settings-check", "providerSessionId": "session-1", "providerInstanceId": "claudeAgent", "clientId": "server-browser", "connectionId": "conn-1", "requestId": "req-2", "tabId": "tab_1", "timeoutMs": 15000}}, {"tool": "preview_act", "input": {"tabId": "tab_1", "action": "click", "locator": "aria-ref=e12", "timeoutMs": 3000}, "result": {"_tag": "PreviewAutomationControlInterruptedError", "operation": "click", "environmentId": "eeeeeeee-eeee-4eee-8eee-eeeeeeeeeeee", "threadId": "thread-settings-check", "providerSessionId": "session-1", "providerInstanceId": "claudeAgent", "clientId": "server-browser", "connectionId": "conn-1", "requestId": "req-3", "tabId": "tab_1", "timeoutMs": 3000, "remoteTag": "BrowserControlInterrupted", "remoteMessageLength": 0, "cause": null, "reason": "busy"}}]}], "mocks": {"preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_2", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false}, "preview_status": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false, "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 1}}, "t3_preview_list": {"tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "owner": "agent"}]}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_2", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "snapshot": "- heading \"Settings\" [level=1]\n- switch \"Dark mode\" [checked] [ref=e7]\n- button \"Save\" [ref=e12]"}}}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"firstCall": {"tools": ["preview_act", "preview_resize", "preview_navigate", "preview_snapshot", "preview_wait_for", "preview_evaluate", "preview_set_appearance", "preview_open", "t3_preview_close"], "calls": [{"tool": "preview_open", "args": {"reuseExistingTab": false}}, {"tool": "t3_preview_close", "args": {"tabId": "tab_1"}}]}}, "maxSteps": 6, "notes": "The prior preview_act result is the contracts busy error, rendered with its real message. preview_status and t3_preview_list are reads, so they may come first."}

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34	34		{"id": "browser-status-reuses-existing-tab", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "control", "privacy": "commit-safe", "pattern": "usable Browser tab needs no new tab", "experience": "An already paired, usable tab should be reused during verification.", "source": {"report": "Maintainer browser verification failure, 2026-11-03"}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "The UI fix is complete. The test server is healthy at http://localhost:5173 and its browser profile is already paired. The current tab can be automated.", "mocks": {"preview_status": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 0}}, "preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/"}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "screenshotPath": "/tmp/after.png"}}, "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "Use the Browser panel to verify the UI fix and capture an after screenshot."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "cat .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}, "result": "", "resultFile": ".agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_status", "input": {}, "result": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 0}}}]}], "harness": "claude"}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "preview_snapshot"}], "callsMustNot": [{"tool": "preview_open", "args": {"reuseExistingTab": false}}]}, "maxSteps": 10, "notes": "Checks reuse of an existing usable tab. Screenshot saving is outside this control. Prior tool-result replay is validated on the Claude harness; Codex output wrapping needs separate validation."}
35	35		{"id": "browser-resume-after-unavailable-status", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "privacy": "commit-safe", "pattern": "closed Browser panel treated as unavailable automation", "experience": "The agent read test-t3-app, saw available false with no tab, and asked the user to open the panel instead of calling preview_open. Opening a tab succeeded on the next turn.", "source": {"report": "Maintainer browser verification failure, 2026-11-03; fresh skill read followed by unavailable status. Opus replay reproduces the stop on the old skill."}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "Repository instructions: Before web or desktop UI verification, read .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md and follow it. If a skill causes you to stop or leave requested work unfinished, link the SKILL.md, quote the relevant instruction, and explain how it applies.", "mocks": {"preview_status": {"available": false, "visible": false, "tabId": null, "url": null, "title": null, "loading": false, "profiles": [{"id": "default", "name": "Default"}, {"id": "incognito", "name": "Incognito", "incognito": true}], "defaultProfileId": "default"}, "preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/"}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/", "screenshotPath": "/tmp/after.png"}}, "world": {"repo": "acme/app", "branch": "fix/permissions-popup", "status": "", "files": {"apps/web/src/components/ComposerContextPermissions.tsx": "export function ComposerContextPermissions() { return <PermissionsMenu side=\"top\" align=\"end\" />; }\n"}, "description": "The requested fix is already committed as a1b2c3d on fix/permissions-popup, ahead of main. It changes ComposerContextPermissions.tsx to open the permissions popup above its trigger. Dependencies are installed. No development server is running and no .t3 directory exists.", "commits": [{"sha": "a1b2c3d", "subject": "fix(web): open composer permissions above its button"}]}, "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "When I click Full access in the composer, open its permissions menu directly above that button."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "git commit -am \"fix(web): open composer permissions above its button\""}, "result": "[fix/permissions-popup a1b2c3d] fix(web): open composer permissions above its button\n 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "Implemented. Clicking Full access opens the permissions menu above the button. Focused checks pass. Full-client visual verification remains undone."}, {"role": "user", "text": "before/after screenshot"}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Bash", "input": {"command": "cat .agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}, "result": "", "resultFile": ".agents/skills/test-t3-app/SKILL.md"}]}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "I'll use the test-t3-app skill to capture the before and after states in the app."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_status", "input": {}, "result": {"available": false, "visible": false, "tabId": null, "url": null, "title": null, "loading": false, "profiles": [{"id": "default", "name": "Default"}, {"id": "incognito", "name": "Incognito", "incognito": true}], "defaultProfileId": "default"}}]}], "shellMocks": [{"match": "git status\|ls .*\\.t3", "output": "ls: .t3: No such file or directory"}], "harness": "claude"}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "preview_open"}]}, "maxSteps": 8, "notes": "Resume at the failed decision after reading the skill and receiving available=false. Opus reproduces the premature stop; Sonnet did not reliably reproduce it. This checks recovery through preview_open, not completion of screenshots. Prior tool-result replay is validated on the Claude harness; Codex output wrapping needs separate validation."}
36	36		{"id": "revise-page-resends-html", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "pattern": "revising a page on disk resends its full HTML to html_preview and html_render", "experience": "The pages already existed as generated files on disk, but the agent retyped each one into html_preview and again into html_render, about four minutes per call. To save time it published fixes without previewing them again.", "source": {"discussion": "https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/discussions/23303"}, "rule": "edit the .html file and pass its path to html_preview and html_render instead of resending its html", "privacy": "commit-safe", "setup": {"role": "top", "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "The new-worktree toggle is ugly. Come up with four better options and mock them."}, {"role": "assistant", "text": "Here are four options.", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "Write", "input": {"file_path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "content": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}, "result": "File created successfully at: /tmp/design/index.html"}, {"tool": "html_preview", "input": {"html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}, "result": "{\"width\":728,\"contentHeight\":1840,\"capturedHeight\":1840,\"consoleMessages\":[]}"}, {"tool": "html_render", "input": {"html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n", "title": "New worktree: four options", "height": 1840}, "result": "{\"htmlRender\":{\"attachmentId\":\"att-1\",\"title\":\"New worktree: four options\",\"height\":1840},\"message\":\"Shown to the reader above your reply. Don't mention or describe the page; reply with only what it doesn't already say.\"}"}]}], "mocks": {"html_preview": {"width": 728, "contentHeight": 1840, "capturedHeight": 1840, "consoleMessages": []}, "html_render": {"htmlRender": {"attachmentId": "att-1", "title": "New worktree: four options", "height": 1840}, "message": "Shown to the reader above your reply. Don't mention or describe the page; reply with only what it doesn't already say."}}, "world": {"files": {"/tmp/design/index.html": "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body{margin:0;font-family:var(--font-sans)}.opt{padding:16px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);margin-bottom:16px}.composer{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--muted-foreground)}.row{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-top:8px}button{border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;padding:4px 10px;background:transparent;color:inherit}</style></head><body>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>A. Checkbox under the composer</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><label class=\"row\"><input type=\"checkbox\"> New worktree</label></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>B. Toggle in the toolbar</h3><div class=\"row\"><button>Model</button><button>Mode</button><button aria-pressed=\"true\">Worktree: on</button></div><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>C. Split send button</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send</button><button>v</button><span>Send in new worktree</span></div></div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><h3>D. Two visible choices</h3><div class=\"composer\">Ask anything</div><div class=\"row\"><button>Send here</button><button>Send in new worktree</button></div></div>\n</body></html>\n"}}}, "prompt": "Make the Send in new worktree button in option C blue, and show me the page again.", "expect": {"calls": [{"tool": "html_preview", "args": {"path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "html": null}}, {"tool": "html_render", "args": {"path": "/tmp/design/index.html", "html": null}}], "callsMustNot": [{"tool": "html_preview", "args": {"html": "~Ask anything"}}, {"tool": "html_render", "args": {"html": "~Ask anything"}}], "order": ["html_preview", "html_render"]}, "notes": "On main neither tool has a path parameter."}
	37	+	{"id": "preview-busy-tab-opens-new-tab", "area": "visual-preview", "kind": "bad", "pattern": "preview tab stuck behind a timed-out action; the next preview call retries the same tab", "experience": "A server-browser action never finished, so every later call on that tab timed out with the same generic error and the agent kept retrying the stuck tab.", "rule": "On a busy tab, continue in a new tab (preview_open with reuseExistingTab=false) or close it with t3_preview_close; do not retry it.", "privacy": "commit-safe", "source": {"issue": "pingdotgg/t3code#32849: a browser action that never finishes wedges its tab; the agent only sees a generic timeout and keeps retrying the same tab"}, "setup": {"role": "top", "context": "The dev server is healthy at http://localhost:5173. The agent opened preview tab tab_1 (owner agent) earlier in this turn.", "priorTurns": [{"role": "user", "text": "Open http://localhost:5173/settings in the browser, switch it to dark mode, click Save, and check that the settings-saved toast still reads well in dark mode."}, {"role": "assistant", "toolCalls": [{"tool": "preview_open", "input": {"url": "http://localhost:5173/settings"}, "result": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false}}, {"tool": "preview_set_appearance", "input": {"tabId": "tab_1", "colorScheme": "dark"}, "result": {"_tag": "PreviewAutomationTimeoutError", "operation": "setColorScheme", "environmentId": "eeeeeeee-eeee-4eee-8eee-eeeeeeeeeeee", "threadId": "thread-settings-check", "providerSessionId": "session-1", "providerInstanceId": "claudeAgent", "clientId": "server-browser", "connectionId": "conn-1", "requestId": "req-2", "tabId": "tab_1", "timeoutMs": 15000}}, {"tool": "preview_act", "input": {"tabId": "tab_1", "action": "click", "locator": "aria-ref=e12", "timeoutMs": 3000}, "result": {"_tag": "PreviewAutomationControlInterruptedError", "operation": "click", "environmentId": "eeeeeeee-eeee-4eee-8eee-eeeeeeeeeeee", "threadId": "thread-settings-check", "providerSessionId": "session-1", "providerInstanceId": "claudeAgent", "clientId": "server-browser", "connectionId": "conn-1", "requestId": "req-3", "tabId": "tab_1", "timeoutMs": 3000, "remoteTag": "BrowserControlInterrupted", "remoteMessageLength": 0, "cause": null, "reason": "busy"}}]}], "mocks": {"preview_open": {"available": true, "visible": false, "tabId": "tab_2", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false}, "preview_status": {"available": true, "visible": true, "tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "loading": false, "tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true}], "control": {"owner": "agent", "ownedByCaller": true, "generation": 1}}, "t3_preview_list": {"tabs": [{"tabId": "tab_1", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "owner": "agent"}]}, "preview_snapshot": {"available": true, "tabId": "tab_2", "url": "http://localhost:5173/settings", "title": "Settings - Acme", "snapshot": "- heading \"Settings\" [level=1]\n- switch \"Dark mode\" [checked] [ref=e7]\n- button \"Save\" [ref=e12]"}}}, "prompt": "", "expect": {"firstCall": {"tools": ["preview_act", "preview_resize", "preview_navigate", "preview_snapshot", "preview_wait_for", "preview_evaluate", "preview_set_appearance", "preview_open", "t3_preview_close"], "calls": [{"tool": "preview_open", "args": {"reuseExistingTab": false}}, {"tool": "t3_preview_close", "args": {"tabId": "tab_1"}}]}, "callsMustNot": [{"tool": "preview_act\|preview_resize\|preview_navigate\|preview_snapshot\|preview_wait_for\|preview_evaluate\|preview_set_appearance", "args": {"tabId": "tab_1"}}]}, "maxSteps": 6, "notes": "The prior preview_act result is the contracts busy error, rendered with its real message. preview_status and t3_preview_list are reads, so they may come first."}

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External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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Require the fresh tab to load the settings page before page-specific actions.

A URL-less preview_open opens a blank tab, but the mock returns the settings page. The grader also accepts an action on tab_2 without navigation. Make the mock reflect the open arguments, and add a failing grade check for a page-specific action before the settings page loads. Keep blank opens followed by navigation valid.

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6	Review comment at @evals/mcp-tool-use/cases/visual-preview.ndjson at line 37:
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Added 3 commits2d ago

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into pr-328664052b2f
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-328491925ae6
test(server): drop preview tests that repeat covered casesb55ddf9

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JJulius Marminge1d ago

Evidence

Run both commits independently in the real web app with fresh synthetic data, a 1600×1000 viewport and light theme. A real persisted agent thread uses authenticated MCP; other-tab settings and close use the Browser panel. Apply identical deterministic fault injection on both sides.

Steps: stall dark appearance on Tab-A; request resize/status; change and close Tab-B through the panel. Repeat with a pending alert. Queue an expiring click and recording stop behind a held action, then inspect cleanup. Close/open a fresh tab. On fresh state, force the close-before-system race and change a healthy tab through the panel.

Before	After
871b009	b55ddf9
Timeout and panel interaction: first request times out at 16.1 s and evicts the host; follow-ups report no host; healthy-tab settings stall.	Timeout and panel interaction: timeout at 15.7 s; resize returns recovery guidance in 55 ms; status succeeds; healthy-tab settings apply.
Pending dialog: no-host errors prevent MCP resolution.	Pending dialog: dialog guidance precedes busy; status, accept and close succeed.
Queued expiry and recording: queued timeout evicts the host and interrupts callers; click counter remains zero.	Queued expiry and recording: expired click never runs; recording stop succeeds at 120332 ms after its 120000 ms deadline.
Recovery	Recovery
Closed-control race: subsequent healthy tab stays light.	Closed-control race: rejected setting is caught and healthy tab changes dark.

Environment, exact observations and limitations · Runtime transcripts · Agent driver · Appearance injection · Closed-control injection · system() runtime probe.

The first stuck request already evicts base's host; subsequent requests do not independently time out. The expired click stays at zero on both commits. The independent thread's status responds promptly on both, but that thread has no owned tab.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

Continuity of another thread's already-open owned tab was not captured: the independent authenticated thread exercised status but owned no tab.
The new signal.aborted guard cannot be distinguished visually from base's existing deadline check in this reproduction; expired queued work stayed unexecuted on both sides.
The hangs and close race were deterministically injected; naturally occurring instances were not observed.
Native Electron and mobile surfaces were not exercised; verification used the real web client and server.
Recording cleanup showed successful saving and a later no-active-recording response; the saved inner fixture recording was not played back.

1	cat -n packages/contracts/src/previewAutomation.ts \| sed -n '120,175p'
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3	cat -n apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/preview/handlers.ts \| sed -n '1,80p'
4	cat -n apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts \| sed -n '1960,2080p'
5	cat -n evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts \| sed -n '570,650p'
6	rg -n -F -e 'firstCall' -e 'callsMustNot' -e 'mocks' -- evals/mcp-tool-use/run.ts evals/mcp-tool-use
7	git diff f12bb6229c007a12d24fd2e539222733778ac9ea aaf544d2849899f308f3ef52ad322620c9af21ae -- evals/mcp-tool-use/cases/visual-preview.ndjson evals/mcp-tool-use/run.test.ts

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3	rg -n -F -e 'const openTab =' -e 'function openTab' -e 'openTab:' -e 'input.url' -- apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
4	cat -n apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts \| sed -n '2070,2135p'
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