fix(chat): group thoughts into the changing tool activity line

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thinking traces interrupted tool groups with permanent rows. web/desktop and mobile now group thoughts with tool activity in one changing, expandable line; completed work remains under "worked for".

verified 118 web timeline tests, 107 mobile activity tests, both client typechecks, and scoped lint through blacksmith. real opencode builds exercised live transitions and expanded completed history in the web client. mobile runtime remains unverified.

before, normal-speed real build:

after, normal speed with 60 seconds of idle waiting removed:

implemented with gpt-6 in codex.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This changes live chat activity rendering in both web and mobile, adding a new expandable activity-history model and altering grouping, streaming status, and disclosure behavior on existing customer paths. The scope and runtime impact are broader than a small isolated presentation fix.

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The pull request groups reasoning messages with related tool activity in web and mobile thread timelines. It adds expandable activity rows, stable live-row identities, parent-row disclosure anchors, grouped rendering, and tests for boundaries, folding, expansion, and failure states.

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Reasoning activity grouping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Web activity-group model apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts	The web timeline adds activity-group rows, groups qualifying same-turn reasoning and work entries, preserves row identity, and updates folding and trailing-tool handling.
Web activity-group rendering apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx	The web timeline renders grouped activity rows, expands reasoning and work batches, and anchors disclosure state to the parent activity row.
Web activity-group validation apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts	Tests cover grouping, stable live-row identity, boundary handling, folding, expansion, failed-tool handling, and entries without turn IDs.
Mobile activity-run model apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts	The mobile feed adds grouped reasoning data, cached activity runs, stable tool identities, and mixed reasoning/tool work-toggle construction.
Mobile reasoning disclosure rendering apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-work-log.tsx	The mobile feed renders grouped reasoning messages in one disclosure, uses feed-entry identity for expansion, and accepts the brain summary icon.
Mobile activity-run validation apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts	Tests cover grouped reasoning, stable live-row identity, tool takeover, expansion, boundary handling, and failed-tool indicators.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ThreadActivity
  participant MessagesTimelineLogic
  participant MessagesTimeline
  ThreadActivity->>MessagesTimelineLogic: group reasoning and tool activity
  MessagesTimelineLogic->>MessagesTimeline: provide activity-group row
  MessagesTimeline->>MessagesTimeline: render summary and expanded entries

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A failed tool may remain shown as in progress in the web activity timeline. This is localized UI-state inconsistency but should be corrected before relying on failure status.

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🟡 Minor · Use an activity label for the hidden-item hint. · thread-work-log.tsx:946

apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-work-log.tsx:946
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use an activity label for the hidden-item hint.

appendMixedActivityRun passes activities.length + thoughtCount as hiddenCount. ThreadFeed forwards it unchanged to ThreadWorkGroupToggle. The toggle always formats this count as “tool call(s)” in accessibilityHint. Its summary-based accessibilityLabel and summaryToolIcon do not override that hint. A thought-only row with four messages therefore announces “show 4 tool calls,” and mixed rows overcount tool calls. Use neutral wording such as “activity item(s)” or pass a separate tool count.

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In `@apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-work-log.tsx` at line 946, Update the
accessibilityHint in ThreadWorkGroupToggle to describe hidden items as “activity
item(s)” rather than “tool call(s)”, since hiddenCount includes both activities
and thoughts; preserve the existing expanded/collapsed wording and count.

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts`:
- Line 325: The activity-entry filtering logic around isActivityEntry must
retain failed lifecycle markers when they share a toolCallId with the same
call’s reasoning and in-progress entries, allowing
omitSupersededLifecycleMarkers to preserve the final failure before
activeWorkEntryIds suppresses it. Keep collapsed and expanded views showing the
failure, and add a regression test using matching toolCallId values.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-work-log.tsx`:
- Line 946: Update the accessibilityHint in ThreadWorkGroupToggle to describe
hidden items as “activity item(s)” rather than “tool call(s)”, since hiddenCount
includes both activities and thoughts; preserve the existing expanded/collapsed
wording and count.

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