fix(web): stabilize pull request loading layout

[flamboh]

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🤖 GPT-6 on behalf of Oliver

ELI5

Keep the PR panel in place while its details load. Built on #12545. This PR targets main because the dependency branch exists only in the fork; its diff includes #12545 until that PR lands.

Problem

The skeleton used a larger author font, omitted the checkout command, and placed the branch and description differently. In the supplied images, branch text moved 4 pixels vertically and author text shrank from 32 to 22 pixels tall.

Fix

Match the loaded header, metadata rows, labels, and tabs. Show known content immediately, including the copyable checkout command and branch. Share the existing copy control and reserve space for edit controls and file counts. Remove the extra placeholder row above Description. Direct/thread opens also show the number-only checkout command when the host is known. Keep copy feedback accurate during loading.

Validation: focused detail-panel and logic tests pass, web typecheck passes, and targeted lint/format checks pass with existing lint warnings. Browser measurements found identical positions for author, checkout command, branches, tabs, metadata labels, and Description at 640px and 390px panel widths using a temporary PR fixture. The fixture was removed. Shared web/desktop panels are covered; native mobile is unchanged.

UI changes

Before, supplied screenshots:

Loading	Loaded

After, the actual panel with a controlled local fixture matching PR #12533. The panel fills the capture viewport so unrelated project data is excluded.

Loading	Loaded

Implemented and reviewed with GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 Luna in Codex; rebased on the simplified cache by Claude Fable 5.1 in Claude Code.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Pull request details now remain useful while loading, with available tabs, actions, summaries, and checkout information shown sooner.
  • Added one-click copying for checkout commands and branch codes.
  • Added clearer checkout and conflict-resolution controls across loading and loaded views.

• Bug Fixes

  • Pull request statuses and summaries now update more reliably when results arrive out of order.
  • Stale check results are clearly identified, with refresh options provided.
  • Approval actions are prevented while check information is out of date.
  • Repository host matching now produces more accurate checkout commands.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR substantially rewrites the production pull-request loading UI and adds automatically exposed checkout and copy behavior, rather than making a small mechanical layout adjustment. The loading-time number-only checkout command also has a concrete high-severity correctness concern for same-host repository links.

Not approved because:

• 1 blocking correctness issue found at or above your repo's Minimum Blocking Severity

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds server read timestamps and shared summary ordering, extends pull-request detail loading with summary-backed actions, introduces stale-check presentation, and updates loading ghosts, status indicators, and copyable checkout-code controls.

Changes

Pull Request detail flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Timestamped summary observation packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts, apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts, apps/web/src/state/query.ts, apps/web/src/state/pullRequests.ts, apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx, apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.test.ts, apps/web/src/state/pullRequests.test.ts	Pull-request responses now carry observedAt. Shared summaries use server observation time, update time, merged state, and query timestamps when selecting newer data.
Panel references and loading actions apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.test.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts	The detail panel resolves host-aware references and uses summary data for checkout, handoff, conflict, and loading actions.
Stale checks and panel state apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestChecksPopover.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestSummaryTab.tsx	Stale check rollups show refresh notices, suppress stale details, and hide workflow approval until checks are current.
Loading detail presentation apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestGhosts.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCopyableCode.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx	The loading ghost can render summary data, tabs, actions, checkout codes, and navigation controls. Copyable checkout-code behavior is shared.
Pull-request surface status apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.tsx	The pull-request surface icon resolves status and draft state from linked snapshots, shared summaries, detail data, and seed data.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: bil0000, juliusmarminge

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PullRequestDetailPanel
  participant SharedSummary
  participant ChecksPresentation
  participant CheckoutControls
  PullRequestDetailPanel->>SharedSummary: select detail or shared summary
  SharedSummary-->>PullRequestDetailPanel: return current summary and check state
  PullRequestDetailPanel->>ChecksPresentation: pass stale state and refresh callback
  PullRequestDetailPanel->>CheckoutControls: pass checkout root and checkout command
  CheckoutControls-->>PullRequestDetailPanel: perform checkout or conflict action

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 41.38% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 29 functions across 17 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: stabilizing the pull request loading layout.
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- Around line 78-86: Update the panel cache-reference construction to use the
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🟠 Major · Track check freshness independently of the aggregate state. · PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx:1447

apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx:1447
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Track check freshness independently of the aggregate state.

A newer check observation can keep the same checksState while individual runs or workflow approvals change. Line 1447 then sets checksStale to false. The panel displays old check details as current and can retain an outdated workflow-approval action.

Keep field-level check observation metadata. Mark the detail checks stale when a newer check observation exists, even when both rollups have the same value.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx` at line 1447,
Update the check freshness logic near checksStale so it compares field-level
check observation metadata, not only checksState and detailChecksState. Preserve
the existing aggregate-state comparison, but also mark detail checks stale
whenever individual runs or workflow approvals have a newer observation, even if
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In `@apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx`:
- Line 1447: Update the check freshness logic near checksStale so it compares
field-level check observation metadata, not only checksState and
detailChecksState. Preserve the existing aggregate-state comparison, but also
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🟡 Minor · Mark detailed checks stale when a newer summary has the same… · PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx:1453

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Mark detailed checks stale when a newer summary has the same rollup.

checksStale only detects a changed aggregate state. A newer shared summary can still report pending or passing after individual check runs change. The panel then passes old detail.checks to the popover and summary tab as current data.

Derive staleness from the selected summary freshness or provenance before coreDetail overwrites updatedAt, not only from rollup equality.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx` at line 1453,
Update the checksStale calculation in PullRequestDetailPanel so it also detects
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In `@apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx`:
- Line 1453: Update the checksStale calculation in PullRequestDetailPanel so it
also detects when the selected summary is newer or has different provenance,
even when checksState equals detailChecksState. Compare freshness using the
summary’s original updatedAt or equivalent provenance before coreDetail
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Audited head 8126ba0. This PR's own contribution (beyond the included #12545) is six web files, all ghost/loading-layout work with no new state or wire changes. No bugs found. Focused detail-panel and logic tests pass and the web typecheck is clean on this head.

The outstanding Macroscope threads on this head are addressed: both PullRequestCopyableCode instances in the ghost are keyed by value and the checkout one gets the toast onError; the "use shared Button" comment is on a verbatim extraction of existing code, so the dismissal is right.

Landing order: merge #12545 first (it has one requested change), then update this branch from main so its diff collapses to the six files, let CI run on that head, and merge. Don't merge standalone — it would land #12545's changes under this title.

Two optional cosmetic nits, not blocking: the seeded ghost renders #123 with the external-link icon as a plain span, so it looks like the loaded link but does nothing even though the URL is already in the seed; and the ghost always highlights the first tab while the panel's tab state may be timeline from a previous PR, so there can be a momentary tab-highlight jump if the panel doesn't remount.

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🤖 Claude Fable 5.1 on behalf of Oliver

Thanks. Both nits are addressed in 92d86ae: the seeded number now opens the pull request on the host like the loaded header, and the ghost highlights the panel's current tab instead of the first one. This head also carries #12545's cancelled-check and memoization fixes. Landing order as you describe: #12545 first, then this branch updated from main.

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UI consistency review found one issue in PullRequestGhosts.tsx: the new host-link action rebuilds the shared InlineButton primitive. An inline review comment includes the suggested fix.

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Re-audited head bc3876f. Both optional nits are now addressed: the seeded ghost's #number is a real InlineButton that opens the host URL (same pattern as the loaded header), and the ghost's tab highlight follows the panel's current tab state. Focused tests and typechecks pass; CI is green. Still approved; land #12545 first, then refresh this branch from main and merge.

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🟠 High pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts:156

loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand returns gh pr checkout <number> or glab mr checkout <number> for a same-host link targeting another repository, so the CLI resolves the number in the current checkout and may check out an unrelated PR/MR. Compare reference.repository with the workspace identity before exposing a number-only command, or generate a repository-qualified command.

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In file @apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts around line 156:

`loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand` returns `gh pr checkout <number>` or `glab mr checkout <number>` for a same-host link targeting another repository, so the CLI resolves the number in the current checkout and may check out an unrelated PR/MR. Compare `reference.repository` with the workspace identity before exposing a number-only command, or generate a repository-qualified command.

[juliusmarminge]

Not a regression from this PR. The loaded panel builds the same number-only gh pr checkout N / glab mr checkout N from the detail without comparing reference.repository to the workspace (see checkoutCommand in PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx), so the loading placeholder shows exactly the command the loaded state shows a moment later. A repository-qualified command would be a separate change to both paths.

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Agreed this mirrors the existing loaded behavior, so it is not a regression in this PR. The cross-repository ambiguity exists in both paths; would you like me to prepare a separate fix?