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🤖 GPT-6 on behalf of Oliver

What changed

Cmd/Ctrl+Enter in the focused composer sends the draft immediately while the agent is running. When the composer is empty, it sends the most recently queued message immediately and leaves the remaining messages queued. Rebind it in Settings → Keybindings under Composer: Send immediately. The send-button tooltip shows the configured shortcut.

Why

Since #11673, ordinary sends during a running turn wait for the next completed tool call. This adds a keyboard shortcut to bypass that wait through the existing send path.

Plain Enter keeps its current queue timing. Cmd/Ctrl+Enter on a new thread still starts it in the background. Autocomplete, text composition, held keys, and pending questions or approvals are guarded.

Validation

  • Focused shortcut, Settings, composer, queue, and server keybinding tests passed.
  • Web, contracts, and shared typechecks passed.
  • Targeted lint and formatting passed.
  • No browser automation was run.

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New keybinding

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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

Models: GPT-5.6 Luna and GPT-6. Harness: Codex in T3 Code.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added an immediate-send shortcut while the agent is working: Cmd+Return on Apple devices and Ctrl+Return elsewhere.
    • Immediate sends bypass the queue; when the composer is empty, the newest queued message is sent instead.
    • Added Composer: Send immediately to Keybindings settings with support for custom shortcuts.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance in the composer and keybindings documentation.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for shortcut handling across platforms, input states, menus, and active requests.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a new immediate-send/steer workflow to the production composer, including a default Cmd/Ctrl+Enter keybinding and queue bypass. The default changes behavior for existing users, so the change warrants human review.

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Walkthrough

The composer adds a configurable send-now shortcut. Valid shortcut presses submit with immediate delivery, and ChatView sends them during a running turn instead of queueing them. Keybinding contracts, UI labels, tests, and documentation are updated.

Changes

Composer send-now flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Keybinding contracts and decision rules
packages/contracts/src/keybindings.ts, packages/shared/src/keybindings.ts, apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/*, apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts, apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts
Adds composer.sendNow, its default and editable labels, and decision logic for send, block, or pass states. Tests cover platform bindings, terminal focus, IME input, menus, repeats, and pending requests.
Composer shortcut handling and submission
apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPrimaryActions.tsx
The composer captures the send-now shortcut, prevents duplicate or invalid submissions, forwards delivery: "immediate", and shows the shortcut in the running-turn send control.
Chat delivery integration and documentation
apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/queuedMessageStore.ts, apps/web/src/queuedMessageStore.test.ts, apps/web/src/composerDraftStore.ts, docs/user/composer.md, docs/user/keybindings.md
ChatView selects the newest queued message when the composer is empty, bypasses the running-turn queue for immediate delivery, and updates queued-message call sites. Draft typing and user documentation are updated.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ChatComposer
  participant composerLogic
  participant ChatView
  User->>ChatComposer: Press configured send-now shortcut
  ChatComposer->>composerLogic: Resolve shortcut state
  composerLogic-->>ChatComposer: Return send, block, or pass
  ChatComposer->>ChatView: Submit with immediate delivery
  ChatView->>ChatView: Select draft or newest queued message
  ChatView->>ChatView: Dispatch during running turn instead of queueing
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apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx (1)

3805-3867: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid re-subscribing the send-now listener on every composer edit.

onPromptChange calls setComposerCursor(nextCursor) for ordinary editor changes. readComposerSnapshot depends on composerCursor, so resolveActiveComposerTrigger changes. Because the effect depends on that callback, each cursor update can remove and re-add the window listener.

Use useEffectEvent for the handler so the listener remains attached while it reads current state.

♻️ Proposed refactor using useEffectEvent
+  const handleSendNowKeyDown = useEffectEvent((event: globalThis.KeyboardEvent) => {
+    if (event.defaultPrevented) return;
+    const target = event.target;
+    if (
+      !(target instanceof HTMLElement) ||
+      !target.isContentEditable ||
+      !composerFormRef.current?.contains(target)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const command = resolveShortcutCommand(event, keybindings, {
+      context: {
+        terminalFocus: getTerminalFocusOwner() !== null,
+        terminalOpen,
+        modelPickerOpen: isComposerModelPickerOpen,
+      },
+    });
+    if (command !== "composer.sendNow") return;
+    const menuOpen =
+      composerMenuOpenRef.current || resolveActiveComposerTrigger().trigger !== null;
+    const decision = resolveComposerImmediateSendDecision({
+      command,
+      isComposing: event.isComposing,
+      isImeKeydown: event.keyCode === 229,
+      repeat: event.repeat,
+      menuOpen,
+      hasPendingRequest:
+        isComposerApprovalState || activePendingProgress !== null || pendingUserInputs.length > 0,
+    });
+    if (decision === "pass") return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    if (decision === "block") return;
+
+    const submissionIntent = composerSubmissionIntentForEnter({
+      isMobileViewport,
+      shiftKey: event.shiftKey,
+      modifierKey: event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey,
+      isDraftThread: routeKind === "draft",
+    });
+    submitComposer(event, submissionIntent ?? "foreground", "immediate");
+  });
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    const handler = (event: globalThis.KeyboardEvent) => {
-      ... (same body as above)
-    };
-
-    window.addEventListener("keydown", handler, true);
-    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler, true);
-  }, [
-    activePendingProgress,
-    isComposerApprovalState,
-    isComposerModelPickerOpen,
-    isMobileViewport,
-    keybindings,
-    pendingUserInputs.length,
-    resolveActiveComposerTrigger,
-    routeKind,
-    submitComposer,
-    terminalOpen,
-  ]);
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", handleSendNowKeyDown, true);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handleSendNowKeyDown, true);
+  }, [handleSendNowKeyDown]);
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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx` around lines 3805 - 3867,
Refactor the send-now keydown effect around the handler in the composer so it
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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx`:
- Around line 3805-3867: Refactor the send-now keydown effect around the handler
in the composer so it uses useEffectEvent to read current state without making
the effect depend on resolveActiveComposerTrigger. Keep the window listener
attached across composer cursor edits, while preserving the existing shortcut
resolution, decision handling, and submission behavior.

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