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What Changed

Adds an unbound thread.markUnread command for web and the desktop wrapper. Users assign a shortcut in Settings → Keybindings. The default keybinding set is unchanged.

The handler sits beside pin/settle in ChatView and calls the sidebar's existing markThreadUnread action. It does nothing without a completed turn. Tests cover Settings discovery, custom binding resolution, and the absence of a default binding. User docs explain setup and the optional !terminalFocus condition.

Why

Mark unread currently requires a menu. This lets keyboard users assign a shortcut, following the handler pattern from #8440.

Proposed first in Ideas #10723. I understand this feature PR may be closed or deferred.

UI Changes

Keyboard recording: marking unread restores the Done badge, and typing in the composer leaves the thread unread. The recording uses Ctrl+Shift+U; it demonstrates the handler, not a shipped default. Assign a shortcut before using the command.

Before shortcut After shortcut
Active thread read Active thread unread with composer still focused

Validation

  • 163 focused tests passed across shortcut resolution, Settings keybinding logic, server keybindings, and contract schemas. Web/shared typechecks, targeted lint, formatting, and the commit hook passed.
  • The handler was verified in Linux Chromium over Tailscale: context-menu parity, retained focus, unread persistence while typing, repeated presses, clearing on reopen, and empty-thread no-op. Terminal-focus exclusion was verified with !terminalFocus. Native Electron was not run.

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  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • I included a video for animation/interaction changes

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This adds a new active-thread keyboard action and assigns it a default mod+shift+u shortcut across web and desktop. Because the default keybinding set changes, the resulting product-default impact warrants human review.

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thread.markUnread is added to the keybinding contract. ChatView now marks eligible server threads unread with the latest completed-turn timestamp. Tests and documentation cover custom binding and assignment behavior.

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Thread unread shortcut

Layer / File(s) Summary
Command contract and configurable binding
packages/contracts/src/keybindings.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/KeybindingsSettings.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts
The keybinding contract includes thread.markUnread and thread.steerQueuedMessage. Tests verify that thread.markUnread has no default binding and resolves from a custom shortcut.
Chat view unread handling
apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
For server threads with an active thread key, thread.markUnread prevents default handling and marks the thread unread at the latest completed-turn timestamp. Draft routes have no effect.
Shortcut documentation
docs/user/keybindings.md, docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
The documentation directs users to assign thread.markUnread in Settings → Keybindings and describes when the thread remains unread or becomes read.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ChatView
  participant UIStateStore
  User->>ChatView: Invoke thread.markUnread
  ChatView->>UIStateStore: markThreadUnread(threadKey, latestTurnCompletionTimestamp)
  UIStateStore-->>ChatView: Update unread state
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Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to bd783

The shortcut implementation matches the store contract, but its direct ChatView path lacks a regression test, leaving a small risk that future wiring changes could affect users unnoticed.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding keyboard support to mark the active thread as unread.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is complete and follows the required template. It explains what changed, why, UI behavior, validation results, and checklist status. It also identifies that native Electron testing was…
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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx (1)

6664-6664: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add handler coverage for both server-turn states.

activeLatestTurn?.completedAt is undefined when no completed turn exists. markThreadUnread returns the existing state for a missing timestamp. Add focused handler tests for a completed server turn and a server thread without a completed turn. The existing store test covers null, not this undefined call-site path.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx` at line 6664, Add focused handler tests
around the markThreadUnread call in ChatView, covering both a server thread with
a completed latest turn and one without a completed turn where
activeLatestTurn?.completedAt is undefined. Assert the handler’s unread-state
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🟡 Minor · Add a focused ChatView test for thread.markUnread. · ChatView.tsx:6660-6665

apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx:6660-6665
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add a focused ChatView test for thread.markUnread. The handler passes the scoped active-thread key and activeLatestTurn?.completedAt to markThreadUnread. Existing tests cover shortcut resolution and the store function separately, but no test exercises this ChatView keydown path. A focused test should assert both arguments for an eligible server thread.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx` around lines 6660 - 6665, Add a focused
ChatView test for the thread.markUnread keydown handler, using an eligible
server thread with an activeThreadKey and latest turn; assert that
markThreadUnread receives the activeThreadKey and activeLatestTurn?.completedAt,
while preserving the existing preventDefault and stopPropagation behavior.
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In `@apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx`:
- Around line 6660-6665: Add a focused ChatView test for the thread.markUnread
keydown handler, using an eligible server thread with an activeThreadKey and
latest turn; assert that markThreadUnread receives the activeThreadKey and
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