refactor(mobile): retire the legacy grouped thread list

[juliusmarminge]

The problem

The flat Thread List v2 has been the default on every app variant for a while; the grouped legacy list survives only behind Settings → Legacy → Legacy Thread List. As long as it exists, the mobile home screen and the navigation sidebar each maintain two complete list pipelines: two row components, two item builders, two equality functions, plus sort/group menu state that v2 silently ignores. Every perf and behavior fix has to be thought through twice, and one of the two paths is dead code that still ships.

This PR deletes the v1 path outright (following up on #13149, which made the v2 list the fast path — this PR makes it the only path).

What is removed

• Home screen + sidebar: the v1 memo pipeline (project groups, list layout, collapsed-group state), the threadListV2Enabled ternaries, and the v1 LegendList render path. Only the v2 LegendList remains.
• Files deleted: thread-list-items.tsx (v1 rows), homeListItems.ts (v1 item builder) and their tests, buildHomeThreadGroups + its tests, the use-thread-list-v2-enabled hook and resolveThreadListV2Enabled.
• Preference: legacyThreadListEnabled is removed from the mobile preferences schema; sanitizing drops the stored key, so opting back is gone everywhere (same one-way door we used when the v2 flag flipped to default-on). The Legacy settings section stays for Plan Mode.
• Menus: header/filter menus keep environment + project filters. The "Sort projects" / "Sort threads" submenus were already hidden while v2 was on (v2 uses fixed creation order and never honored them), so the controls and their handler plumbing go away. threadSortOrder no longer exists on the mobile side at all; projectSortOrder and projectGroupingMode remain and keep ordering/grouping project scopes exactly as v2 uses them today.
• Keyboard thread-jump items are now just the v2 item union.

Behavior notes

• No visual change for anyone on the default (v2) list; the home list, shelves, swipe menus, search, filters, and sidebar are byte-identical in behavior.
• A device that had explicitly opted into the legacy list will land on the default flat list after this ships (the stored preference key is dropped). That is the intended one-way door.
• The "customized" filter-icon state previously counted custom sort orders; it now keys off the environment/project filters only — matching what the menus can actually change.

Evidence

• apps/mobile: 1682 tests pass (183 files), tsc --noEmit clean, lint has no new warning classes (file-level count parity checked against the branch base; one heuristic react(memo-dependencies) extra-deps warning remains in ThreadNavigationSidebar.tsx alongside ten pre-existing ones of the same class).
• Removed-test accounting: v1 group/layout builder tests were deleted with their code; the surviving homeThreadList tests (project scopes/sorting) were preserved and renamed; the hasCustomHomeListOptions test file went with its function.
• Device verification (iPhone 16 Pro iOS 18.6 + iPad Pro 11 M5 iOS 26.5 dev client, same native fingerprint cd6f4eb6 reused — no native delta): home list renders and scrolls to end without recycle artifacts; settled/snoozed shelves toggle and render; row swipe reveals Settle/Snooze actions on a recycled LegendList cell; filter menu opens with only Project + Environment (no sort/group items); Thread behavior settings show the Legacy section with Plan Mode only — the Legacy Thread List row and toggle are gone; iPad split shell sidebar list renders, scrolls, and selection opens the detail pane. No redboxes or list-pool warnings during the pass. Functional pass, not exhaustive stress testing.
• Follow-up in the same PR (f9ff0fe): the three filter-button accessibility labels that still said "Filter and sort threads" were renamed to "Filter threads" since sorting is no longer offered.

Stack

This stacks on #13149 (both rewrite the same list-render sections); merge that one first, or merge this one against main after it lands.

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Model: Claude (Apex via pi), doing the work; base branch agent/mobile-audit-list-recycler (PR #13149).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates
  • The mobile home screen and sidebar now use a flat thread list, with environment and project filters.
  • Project and thread sorting controls and the “Legacy Thread List” setting are no longer available.
  • Keyboard shortcuts navigate the flat list, and filter controls are labeled “Filter threads.”
  • Search, project scoping, pending tasks, and existing thread actions remain available; archived threads remain excluded.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR changes the mobile product default by retiring the legacy grouped list, removing its Settings opt-in and persisted preference, and making the v2 list unconditional across Home and the sidebar. It also changes user-visible sorting/filtering controls and list behavior, giving the change a broad runtime and migration impact.

No code changes detected at 112044a. Prior analysis still applies.

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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	—	13.5 KiB	—	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	7.1 KiB	—	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	6.4 KiB	—	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	56.2 KiB	—	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	9	—	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	13.5 KiB	—	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	7.1 KiB	—	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	6.4 KiB	—	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	57.0 KiB	—	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	9	—	21	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 112044a · 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: 113.9 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Mobile home and sidebar screens now use Thread List v2 without the legacy grouped-list path or feature toggle. The change removes project and thread sorting controls and retains environment and project filters.

Changes

Mobile thread list migration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter and route contracts apps/mobile/src/features/home/HomeHeader*, apps/mobile/src/features/home/HomeRouteScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/home/home-list-filter-menu*, apps/mobile/src/features/home/home-list-options*, apps/mobile/src/features/home/MaterialThreadListToolbar.tsx	Home filter menus and route props retain environment and project filters. Project and thread sorting controls and related option helpers were removed.
Home screen v2 rendering apps/mobile/src/features/home/HomeScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/home/homeListItems*, apps/mobile/src/features/home/homeThreadList*	HomeScreen always renders Thread List v2. Legacy grouped-list state, layout construction, and rendering were removed. Tests for the deleted grouped-list behavior were also removed.
Sidebar v2 rendering and navigation apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadNavigationSidebar.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-items.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/sidebar-native-header-items.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/threadPresentation.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/keyboard/threadKeyboardShortcuts.ts	The sidebar renders v2 list items only. Thread jump shortcuts resolve v2 thread items, and filter menus retain environment and project filters.
Legacy feature and preference removal apps/mobile/src/features/threads/threadListV2*, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-thread-list-v2-enabled.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/settings/SettingsThreadsRouteScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/persistence/mobile-preferences.ts	The legacy list preference, feature resolver, hook, settings toggle, and related tests were removed.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: pixpmusic

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to de14a

The sidebar filter button may still announce sorting that is no longer available. Correct the label when practical; this does not block the list migration.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: retiring the legacy grouped thread list on mobile.
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🟡 Minor · Update the sidebar filter button accessibility label. · ThreadNavigationSidebar.tsx:1109

apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadNavigationSidebar.tsx:1109
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the sidebar filter button accessibility label.

This change removes all sort actions from listMenuActions. The iOS sidebar button still has the label "Filter and sort threads", so VoiceOver describes a sort feature that no longer exists. HomeHeader.tsx Line 92 already changes the same control to "Filter threads". Use the same label here.

Proposed fix

                 <SidebarFilterButton
-                  accessibilityLabel="Filter and sort threads"
+                  accessibilityLabel="Filter threads"
                   icon={filterIcon}
                 />

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In `@apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadNavigationSidebar.tsx` at line 1109,
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Follow-up for the audit cleanup landed as #13203 (both layers of this stack merged while it was being prepared, so the cleanup targets main directly): deletes the homeThreadList.ts unused imports and recency-window constants, the threadSortOrder preference + unused setter in home-list-options.ts (making this PR body's claim true end to end), the stale test helpers/import, and the legacy-list comment. no-unused-vars clean, tsc clean, mobile suite 186/1702.