feat(clients): step a new thread to the next machine from the keyboard

[juliusmarminge]

A new-thread draft can switch machines from its machine menu, but there was no keyboard shortcut to step through machines.

• iPad: Cmd+Shift+H with a hardware keyboard moves the draft to the next machine. It appears in the iPad shortcut overlay as "Next Machine". Mobile has no host menu for that key to open, so on mobile it means "next machine".
• Android: Ctrl+Shift+H with a hardware keyboard does the same.
• Web and desktop: a new composer.cycleHost command with no default key, so mod+shift+h still opens the machine menu and nothing new is bound. Users who prefer cycling can bind Composer: Cycle Host in Keybindings. It goes through the same switch as ChatView's machine menu.

On every client it steps from the machine a pending switch is heading to, so pressing it repeatedly keeps advancing while a "No project" folder is still being prepared.

On mobile, the machine switch moved from the environment picker into the new-task flow as switchEnvironment, so the picker and the shortcut share it. For a draft without a project it opens the destination machine's "No project" folder first, and the newest switch wins.

Verification

• Web: keybinding and Keybindings settings tests pass (including that composer.cycleHost is listed without a default), typecheck passes, and ChatView lint matches main.
• Mobile: a table test for picking the next machine passes and typecheck passes. Lint adds one warning: react(memo-dependencies) calls an entry in switchEnvironment's dependency list extra, but it moves to another entry when that one is removed, and every listed value is used.
• Native: SwiftLint, ktlint and detekt pass. The Swift change type-checks against the iOS 27.1 simulator SDK with a stub for Expo's module types. Cmd+Shift+H is not an iPadOS system shortcut.
• Not run in a real client or on a device. Native builds are needed for the iPad and Android keys to take effect.

Implemented with Claude Opus 5.5 through Claude Code in T3 Code.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	4.9 KiB	4.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.7 KiB	3.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.4 KiB	20.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	4.9 KiB	4.9 KiB	−41 B (−0.8%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.7 KiB	3.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	−41 B (−3.4%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.8 KiB	20.7 KiB	−41 B (−0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	1	−1 (−50.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: f870c41 · PR result: 8514668 · 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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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds built-in iOS and Android machine-cycling shortcuts and rewires mobile draft switching around asynchronous scratch-folder creation, making it a cross-platform behavior change rather than a self-contained tweak. Unresolved medium-severity findings also identify race conditions in rapid switching and project selection.

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A new composer.cycleHost shortcut cycles through available environments in an unlocked draft thread. The shortcut uses mod+alt+h, and cycling starts from the pending destination during an environment switch.

Changes

Composer host cycling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Register the host-cycling shortcut packages/contracts/src/keybindings.ts, packages/shared/src/keybindings.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/KeybindingsSettings.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts, docs/user/keybindings.md	The command list and default bindings include composer.cycleHost with mod+alt+h. Tests cover its default binding, platform resolution, and terminal-focus behavior. The keybindings documentation lists the shortcut.
Cycle environments in draft threads apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx	The shortcut cycles through available environments for unlocked draft threads with multiple environments. It ignores repeated key events, wraps at the end of the list, and uses the pending destination when a switch is underway.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant KeybindingResolver
  participant ChatView
  participant EnvironmentSwitch
  KeybindingResolver->>ChatView: Dispatch composer.cycleHost
  ChatView->>EnvironmentSwitch: Switch to the next environment

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On macOS, this shortcut can hide other apps when machine cycling is unavailable, and the default may persist in user settings. Choose a non-conflicting default to avoid surprising behavior.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: adding keyboard-based machine cycling for a new thread.

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- Line 72: Remove the `mod+alt+h` default binding for `composer.cycleHost` from
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Avoid the macOS Hide Others shortcut for composer.cycleHost.

On macOS, mod+alt+h is Option–Command–H, the Hide Others shortcut. When ChatView resolves composer.cycleHost but the draft is locked, absent, or has only one environment, the handler returns without preventing the key event. Hide Others can therefore run outside eligible multi-machine drafts.

Startup sync writes defaults to a new keybindings file and can append this default to an existing valid file. Removing the default later does not remove a persisted entry. Ship without this default or choose a different shortcut; mod+shift+h already opens the machine picker.

Suggested fix

-  { key: "mod+alt+h", command: "composer.cycleHost", when: "!terminalFocus" },

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{ key: "mod+alt+h", command: "composer.cycleHost", when: "!terminalFocus" },

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Review comment at @packages/shared/src/keybindings.ts at line 72:
Remove the `mod+alt+h` default binding for `composer.cycleHost` from the
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🟡 Medium threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx:833

Rapid cycleHost presses can select the same host twice, so two presses advance the draft only one host instead of two. Because setSwitchingToEnvironmentId is asynchronous, both keyboard events read the same render-time switchingToEnvironmentId before this request updates it; the second call then supersedes the first through latestSwitchRef. Track and expose the pending destination synchronously so each press computes the next host from the latest request.

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In file @apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx around line 833:

Rapid `cycleHost` presses can select the same host twice, so two presses advance the draft only one host instead of two. Because `setSwitchingToEnvironmentId` is asynchronous, both keyboard events read the same render-time `switchingToEnvironmentId` before this request updates it; the second call then supersedes the first through `latestSwitchRef`. Track and expose the pending destination synchronously so each press computes the next host from the latest request.

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🟡 Medium threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx:819

A completed openScratch request can retarget the draft to its original scratch destination after the user has selected a different project while the request is pending. The success path only checks latestSwitchRef, which project selection does not invalidate, so setProject(result.value) overwrites the user's newer choice; verify that the environment and project selection are unchanged before applying the result.

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In file @apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx around line 819:

A completed `openScratch` request can retarget the draft to its original scratch destination after the user has selected a different project while the request is pending. The success path only checks `latestSwitchRef`, which project selection does not invalidate, so `setProject(result.value)` overwrites the user's newer choice; verify that the environment and project selection are unchanged before applying the result.

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🟡 Medium t3nativecontrols/T3KeyboardCommandsModule.kt:44

Ctrl+Alt+H does not cycle hosts because this branch only matches Ctrl+Shift+H; the documented shortcut falls through, while the unintended shortcut is consumed. Match event.isAltPressed instead of requiring Shift for cycleHost.

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	event.keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_H && event.isShiftPressed && !event.isAltPressed ->
	event.keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_H && event.isAltPressed ->

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In file @apps/mobile/modules/t3-native-controls/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3nativecontrols/T3KeyboardCommandsModule.kt around line 44:

`Ctrl+Alt+H` does not cycle hosts because this branch only matches `Ctrl+Shift+H`; the documented shortcut falls through, while the unintended shortcut is consumed. Match `event.isAltPressed` instead of requiring Shift for `cycleHost`.