fix(web): a new thread's first reply shows without reloading#27522

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Problem

On web and desktop, the first message in a new thread never shows its run's output in the thread view: the view keeps only the user's message, and after switching to another thread and back it shows "Send a message to start the conversation." until the app reloads. Reproduced on main 5ef56853ef in the web dev server with Codex: open a new-thread draft, send "Reply with the single word: pong"; the server stores the reply, the view never shows it.

The draft view asks the server for its reserved thread id (GET /api/orchestration/threads/<id>/bounded) as soon as it opens, before the thread exists. The 404 marks that thread deleted in the client's thread state, which never subscribes to it again, so the thread stays empty after the send creates it.

Change

The run-stop read in useThreadLifecycle (added with the Stop / force-stop work in #27252) subscribed to the thread's detail state with activeThreadRef, which on a draft is the reserved thread id. It now uses ChatView's routeThreadDetailRef, the shell-gated ref every other detail reader in ChatView already uses (resolveThreadDetailRef): it stays null on a draft until the server lists the thread, and equals the route ref on server threads, so the Stop banner there is unchanged. Mobile already reads run-stop through its gated selectedThreadDetailRef.

Scope and approval

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#27443

Triaged via the automated issue flow; GitCafe issue #27443.

Verification

apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx › "a new draft does not load its reserved thread before the server lists it": mounts the app on a new draft and asserts no request for the reserved thread. On main it fails with the unexpected …/threads/thread-27443/bounded?… request; with the fix it passes.
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (2 packages), tests (3 files), react compiler all pass.
Real web app, fresh synthetic databases, same synthetic git project and Codex (gpt-6-astra) on both sides. Server request transcripts: before, the reserved id gets a 404 before the send; after, the only request for the new thread is a 200 after it exists.

Rendering: T3 preview browser (Chrome 156, Linux), no emulation, DPR 2, font scale 1. Recordings 1440×1000 CSS dark. Desktop stills 1440×1000 CSS dark (exported raster capped at 1280×889); narrow stills 390×844 CSS light. Reduced-motion emulation unavailable.

M1: new thread → first send → switch away and back (before 5ef56853ef, after ed9947befd)

Before: send 09:30:03, run completes 09:30:06 with no reply in the view; switch away 09:30:29, back 09:30:30: "Send a message to start the conversation." After: send 09:24:17, "pong" appears live; switch away 09:25:04, back 09:25:05: prompt and reply remain.

Before (5ef56853ef)	After (ed9947befd)

Final state, 1440 dark and 390 light:

	Before (5ef56853ef)	After (ed9947befd)	Diff0	DiffT (2% fuzz)
1440 dark
390 light

What else changed: nothing outside the conversation body (titles normalized to "Pong" on both sides).

D5: the reporter's steps, New worktree mode, 5 s wait before sending

Before: worktree draft selected, send after 5.5 s, reply persisted but absent; empty after switching back. After: reply appears live and survives switching back.

Before (5ef56853ef)	After (ed9947befd)

S1 (guard): existing thread, running turn, Stop pressed: the Stopping banner this read drives

Same prompt on an existing thread ("Run sleep 30 in the shell, then reply done."), Stop pressed while the command runs. Before: Stop 10:30:31.5, "Stopping 1s" 10:30:31.7, "Run interrupted" 10:30:32.0. After: Stop 10:15:04.2, "Stopping 1s" 10:15:04.3, "Run interrupted" 10:15:04.6. Same banner and outcome on both sides; other differences are provider timing and sidebar history from the before side's retries.

Before (5ef56853ef)	After (ed9947befd)

Not captured separately: a draft whose first send fails and is retried, a send moved to the background, promotion while Settings or Usage is open, and narrow draft interactions. Each passes through the same early request on draft open that M1 and D5 show. Not checked: the Electron shell itself (desktop runs this same web view), remote and tunnel connections, and providers other than Codex. The seeding and driver scripts are not attached (no file host for non-image files from this machine).

Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code) as lead, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol step agents in T3 Code.

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-2744336c9296
test(web): reproduce #27443, a new draft loads its reserved thread early8198f75
fix(web): a new draft no longer loads its reserved thread before it existsed9947b

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The run-stop subscription now waits until a new thread exists, matching the other detail readers and allowing its first reply to appear without reloading. Existing-thread behavior is preserved, with no material operational or data exposure change.

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Walkthrough

The web chat lifecycle now reads run-stop state from the route thread-detail reference when available, with a null fallback. A browser test checks that a draft’s reserved thread ID does not receive an orchestration request before the server lists it. PROJECT_ID is exported for test setup.

Changes: Web thread read gate

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Pass the route detail reference to the lifecycle `apps/web/src/components/chat/useThreadLifecycle.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx`	The lifecycle accepts a nullable thread-detail reference. `ChatView` passes the route reference, and run-stop state uses it when available, with a null fallback.
Check draft request behavior `apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx`, `apps/web/test/fakeEnvironment.ts`	A browser test checks that a draft’s reserved thread ID does not receive an orchestration request before the server lists it. The test setup disables RPC latency tracking, and `PROJECT_ID` is exported for use by the test.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#27482 describes a thread being marked deleted after a pre-creation read. This change tests that a draft does not make that early orchestration request.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#24586: Adds temporary-thread read gating for draft-reserved IDs; this PR uses the route thread-detail reference in the web lifecycle.
pingdotgg/t3code#25632: Guards mobile preload while thread creation is pending; this PR applies a related read gate in the web lifecycle.
pingdotgg/t3code#25477: Keeps mobile thread detail unavailable until creation completes; this PR uses a nullable route detail reference for the web lifecycle.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

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The first-reply fix lacks an automated promotion check. The change is mergeable with that coverage gap understood.

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Title check	Passed	The title "fix(web): a new thread's first reply shows without reloading" matches the main change. The PR changes the run-stop read in useThreadLifecycle so it no longer subscribes to the reserved thre…
Description check	Passed	The description follows the template's sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. The Problem section gives reproduction steps and expected behavior. The Change section explains …
Linked Issues check	Passed	`#27443` asks that the thread view show a thread's conversation after the server creates the thread. The client marked the thread deleted after an early bounded-snapshot request returned thread_not_foun…
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The changed set is small and connected to the fix. useThreadLifecycle.tsx adds the threadDetailRef input and uses it for the run-stop read. ChatView.tsx passes routeThreadDetailRef into that input (pe…

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The title "fix(web): a new thread's first reply shows without reloading" matches the main change. The PR changes the run-stop read in useThreadLifecycle so it no longer subscribes to the reserved thread's detail state on drafts. That stops the early 404 that left the new thread empty. The title is specific and follows the conventional commit format. It describes the user-visible symptom, not the internal cause, which is acceptable.

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The description follows the template's sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. The Problem section gives reproduction steps and expected behavior. The Change section explains the fix and why the ref is gated. The Scope section links issue #27443 and says it was triaged. Verification gives a browser test, check results, and before and after comparisons with screenshots and transcripts. It is thorough. Two points are weaker. The Scope section cites an automated triage flow and a GitCafe issue, not a clear maintainer approval comment. The template also requires that the author state anything not checked, and the description does this for the Electron shell and other providers. The description is mostly complete, so the check passes.

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#27443 asks that the thread view show a thread's conversation after the server creates the thread. The client marked the thread deleted after an early bounded-snapshot request returned thread_not_found, and never subscribed again. The PR removes that early request. In useThreadLifecycle.tsx, the run-stop read (anyRunStop) now uses the new threadDetailRef input instead of activeThreadRef. Per the PR and its raw summary, ChatView passes routeThreadDetailRef as threadDetailRef. That ref is null on drafts until the server lists the thread, so a draft no longer subscribes to its reserved ID. The author reports a browser test ('a new draft does not load its reserved thread before the server lists it') that fails on main and passes with the fix, and a real-app transcript where the only request for the new thread is a 200 after creation. Limits: the ChatView.tsx diff blob was unavailable, so the call-site wiring is confirmed only by the PR summary and the required prop type (a missing argument would fail typecheck, which the author reports passing). The deleted-state logic in threads.ts is unchanged, so any other early request for an unborn thread ID would still stick. The issue reports the trigger as unconfirmed, and the PR's reproduction identifies this read as the trigger. No coding requirement remains unmet in the issue's directly linked scope.

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The changed set is small and connected to the fix. useThreadLifecycle.tsx adds the threadDetailRef input and uses it for the run-stop read. ChatView.tsx passes routeThreadDetailRef into that input (per the raw summary; the diff blob was unavailable). The browser test covers the draft case. fakeEnvironment.ts exports the existing PROJECT_ID constant so the new test can use it, with no value or behavior change. The test also mocks RPC latency tracking as a no-op, which supports test isolation. No unrelated file or behavior change appears in the evidence.

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Cover the post-listing promotion path.
The test only renders an unlisted draft and asserts that no request targets its reserved thread. It never sends the draft, lists the thread, or asserts that the first reply is visible. A regression that prevents the detail read after promotion would therefore pass this test.
Extend the fixture to list the thread after the send and assert the first reply.

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BBelKed1d ago

Thanks for investigating this and putting together the fix and regression test.

Seeing this on macOS arm64 with nightly 0.1.6-nightly.20261030.3917 and Codex. My server traces show the desktop client requesting /bounded before the thread is created and receiving thread_not_found. The server then creates the thread and stores messages normally. The mobile app loads the same conversation successfully, while desktop remains empty.

One affected thread later recovered after being settled, but I can't confirm that settling caused the recovery. Another remains affected.

This looks consistent with the diagnosis here. I haven't tested the patch.