fix(v2): keep failed turns visible in the transcript

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Failed turns hide why they stopped behind disclosures. Keep the turn and its preceding activity visible, with the failure and timestamp directly in the transcript.

Place the assistant actions below the failure to remove the extra gap. Usage limits read “Usage limit reached. Retry after ” using the persisted reset time, with no redundant description. Other failures retain their full message. Web and desktop share the renderer; mobile retains long-press copy and stable history rows during streaming. Successful turns keep their existing folding behavior.

Verification: 224 focused timeline and timestamp tests pass, scoped web/mobile typechecks pass, and targeted lint passes with existing warnings. Live browser verification covers reload, retained failure after continuation, copy, and narrow layout. Mobile was verified with automated tests and typecheck.

Before, on provider-limits/snooze:

After:

Recording: reload the continued thread with the failure visible

Model: GPT-6. Harness: Codex.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Failed provider and usage-limit activities remain visible as individual entries instead of being folded into completed work.
  • Failed entries use prominent warning or error styling, with usage-limit warnings showing localized retry times when available.
  • Usage-limit warnings no longer display the failure message; other failure messages remain available and selectable.
  • Timestamps remain visible and readable, including retry information and past dates.
  • Completed activity remains visible while a related run is still in progress.

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Verdict: Approved at b7b6d19

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused, tested fix that keeps failed turns and their preceding activity visible across web and mobile without changing successful-turn behavior. An unresolved Medium finding remains that web usage-limit rows omit provider-specific failure details.

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• This verdict was updated automatically after the outstanding correctness findings were resolved. Macroscope did not re-review the code.

No code changes detected at 13e48c4. Prior analysis still applies.

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Failed runs and top-level failed errors now remain visible as separate, non-expandable activities in mobile and web timelines. Usage-limit rows show localized retry times when available. Other failed rows retain their messages and timestamps.

Changes

Failed activity visibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Failure detection and unfolding apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts	Failed runs and failed error activities are excluded from normal grouping, run folding, and superseded-attempt folding. Failed groups are split into individual rows.
Failure row rendering apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-work-log.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadFeed.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/WorkLog.tsx, apps/web/src/timestampFormat.ts	Failed errors render with severity styling, visible timestamps, and preserved messages. Usage-limit rows show localized retry text and omit the failure message.
Failure regression coverage apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/timestampFormat.test.ts	Tests cover failed provider and usage-limit turns, preserved command activity, separate presentation, timestamps, and assistant metadata.

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ThreadFeed
  participant deriveThreadFeedPresentation
  participant MessagesTimeline
  participant FailureRow
  ThreadFeed->>deriveThreadFeedPresentation: identify failed feed runs
  deriveThreadFeedPresentation->>MessagesTimeline: provide failed run IDs
  MessagesTimeline->>MessagesTimeline: keep failed runs unfolded
  MessagesTimeline->>FailureRow: render standalone failed activity
  FailureRow->>FailureRow: show severity, message, and timestamp

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b7b6d

Usage-limit failures lose their provider-specific explanation in both clients, so users cannot see the complete reason a turn stopped. Restore the message before merging.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	4.9 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.7 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	20.4 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	4.9 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.7 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	20.8 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 13e48c4 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 106.1 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 106.4 KiB

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