fix(web): keep device results in the thread that started them

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Model: Claude Opus 5.5. Narrowed to this fix alone by Claude Opus 5.5 on 2026-10-14.

2026-10-14: no longer stacked. This branch used to carry the Diff, Preview and terminal panel-host layers (#15010, #16038, #16039) under the fix. Those are waiting on Ideas discussion #14938, and the fix does not need them, so two new commits (no force-push) merge current main (85272eeeae) and drop the stacked layers. The diff against main is now only apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.tsx (+45/−6) and its new test. The fix commit itself is unchanged. At this point the diff was the original fix. A third commit (24adce26be) strengthens the tests after an independent GPT-6.1 Sol (high) review: every switch case now also runs for another thread in the same environment, a new case checks that the next thread's own pick stays pending when an earlier pick settles, and a failed power-off is shown only in the thread that started it (this replaces a same-thread test that only checked the store call). Sol re-reviewed the result: SHIP, no findings. At this head, run on Linux (lxso2): vp test run apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.test.tsx 11/11 pass; with DevicePanel.tsx reset to main, 8 of the 11 fail; tsc --noEmit for apps/web, vp lint and vp fmt --check on both files pass.

Light theme (2026-10-07, revision 401ecf1, which contains this PR, web, GPT-6 Astra): the same scenarios as the dark captures below. Scenario S: light-S1 · light-S2 · light-S3 · light-S4; scenario P: light-P1 · light-P2 · light-P3.

Problem

The Device panel (live iOS Simulator / Android Emulator) stays mounted when you switch threads. If you start a device or power one off and switch threads before it finishes, the next thread shows the previous thread's "Starting device…" spinner (with its device list unusable) or its error. The spinner and error belong to the thread that started the operation, not the one you are looking at now.

Why this qualifies

A small, self-contained bug fix in one web component (CONTRIBUTING's small, focused fix for an obvious bug): a spinner or error from one thread shows up in another. It does not depend on the panel host proposed in Ideas discussion #14938 or on any other PR.

Fix

One fix commit plus a test commit, 2 files (+313/−6), apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.tsx and a new test.

• The panel's spinner and error belong to the thread they started in. When the panel's thread changes, it resets them during render, so the next thread never shows them and the device stream is not remounted.
• Successful picks and power-offs still open or close the tab in their starting scoped thread. After leaving that visit, only its panel spinner and error updates are ignored, including after leaving and returning. The tab actions are keyed by the thread the operation started in, so they never touch the thread you moved to. This matches the base: the server has already started or stopped that thread's device session.
• Nothing else changes: same props, same setup dialog, same streaming path.

Evidence

Captured on macOS 26.5.2 against isolated state: one project, Thread A and Thread B, each with the Device picker tab open. The device is a dedicated Android emulator (API 36) set to cold-boot every time, so starting it takes tens of seconds and leaves time to switch threads. Before = this PR's parent a24bc61e6c, captured on web (Playwright Chromium) and in the built Electron app, light and dark. After = this head 56ab9a8347 for the start and power-off flows, web only, dark only (Playwright Chromium, 1440×1000). The failed-start and same-thread after captures are from the earlier revision 7a5afb4555 (web and Electron); this head does not change how those flows behave. Recordings are real time.

Start a device in A, switch to B before it boots, return to A

Before (base): B shows A's "Starting device…" and B's device list is unusable. When the boot finishes, A has its device tab.

After (56ab9a8347): B keeps its own usable device list, with no spinner, error or device tab from A. When the boot finishes, A has its device tab, as on the base. On return, A shows the named device tab streaming the emulator. The switch to B came 776 ms after Start; the recording has no internal cuts.

Start fails after switching away (the emulator is killed while it boots)

Before (base): B shows A's "failed to boot" error, and A still shows it on return.

After (captured at 7a5afb4555, same behaviour at this head): the late error is dropped. B shows no error, and neither does A on return.

Power off, then switch away before it settles. Before and after (56ab9a8347): A's device tab closes in A while you are away, and B keeps its own picker with the device shown as stopped. B shows no spinner or error from A after the fix. The switch came 252 ms after Power off. Staying in one thread behaves the same on both revisions: the device tab opens and streams (after captured at 7a5afb4555).

Stills

After stills for start and power-off are web dark at 56ab9a8347. The other after stills are from 7a5afb4555. The isolated fixture also lists an unrelated "New thread, server" row in the sidebar.

Scenario	Before (base)	After
Start, A before Start (after only, web dark)
Start, B while A boots (before web light, after web dark)
Start, B while A boots (Electron light, before only)
Start, B after the boot settles (after only, web dark)
Start, return to A (web dark)
Power off, A before (after only, web dark)
Power off, B right after (after only, web dark)
Power off, B settled (before Electron light, after web dark)
Power off, return to A (web dark)
Failed start, B (web light)
Failed start, return to A (web dark)
Failed start, B (Electron dark)
Failed start, return to A (Electron light)
Same thread, no switch (web dark)
Same thread, no switch (Electron dark)

MP4s: before S · after S · before F · after F · before S Electron · after F Electron

Electron captures use the app built from each revision with an isolated profile (a throwaway HOME, Chromium --use-mock-keychain). On those revisions the failed-start, power-off and same-thread flows matched the web results.

Checks at the earlier stacked head (56ab9a8347), run with the bot-review fix (CI=true, all exit 0):

• vp test run src/components/device/DevicePanel.test.tsx (apps/web): 1 file, 7 tests pass. The tests drive the real panel buttons with deferred device results and the same thread id in two environments.
  • Spinner and error stay with their visit. Recorded during development with the fix reverted, these failed: keeps the next thread's picker usable while an earlier pick is pending; hides a failed pick that settles after the panel moved, even back again (then named "drops a failed pick…"); does not carry an operation error into another thread.
  • Late results still reach their own thread: opens a pick that settles after a switch in the thread it started in; closes a powered-off surface in its own thread after the panel moved. Both fail against the earlier revision that dropped these results (checked).
  • The two same-thread cases (a pick opens its device; a power-off closes its surface) pass before and after.
• vp run --filter @t3tools/web typecheck, vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives and vp fmt --check on the touched files: pass.
• Not re-run at this head: vp run knip:check and the cherry-pick onto main passed at 7a5afb4555.

Surfaces

• Entry points: every path that shows the Device panel (+ menu, empty launcher, tab strip, agent-opened devices) mounts the same component; all get the fix.
• Web: affected (the only code changed).
• Desktop: wraps the same web bundle; unchanged otherwise.
• Mobile: not affected; mobile has no Device panel.
• Providers (Codex, Claude, Cursor, Grok, OpenCode, Antigravity): not affected.
• Contracts: none changed; no wire change.
• Reverse states: none added.
• Local / remote-relay / tunnel: no transport change; the device commands and streams are unchanged.
• Docs: none; how to use the Device panel does not change.

Not verified

• iOS Simulator (the Android emulator was used), and relay or tunnel connections (no wire change).
• The start and power-off flows were captured on web in dark and light theme after review. Electron for those flows was captured only at the earlier revision.
• The late-result tests check which scoped store action the panel calls, through spies at the store boundary. They do not assert the resulting tab list in a real store.
• Known behaviour, kept from the base: a pick or power-off that settles after you left still opens or closes the device tab in the thread that started it, because the server has already started or stopped that thread's device session. Only the panel's own spinner and error are dropped.

Claude Opus 5.5 (build), GPT-6.1 Sol (review) and GPT-6 Astra (captures) via T3 Code
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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 24adce2

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a self-contained web bug fix that prevents stale device-operation spinners and errors from leaking across threads while preserving the originating thread’s device actions. Its production impact is limited to one component and is covered by focused regression tests.

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📝 Walkthrough

Preview, Diff, and Terminal now use a registered side-panel system with shared host context and metadata-driven launchers. DevicePanel also guards asynchronous operations against environment or thread changes.

Changes: Registered side panels

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Panel registry and host contract apps/web/src/panels/panelRegistry.ts, apps/web/src/panels/panelHost.ts, apps/web/src/panels/bundledPanels.tsx, apps/web/src/panels/*test.tsx	Adds typed panel definitions, lazy registry lookup, shared host context, and registrations for Diff, Browser, and Terminal. Tests cover lazy loading, panel selection, and panel-specific props.
Preview and Diff panel bodies apps/web/src/panels/preview/*, apps/web/src/panels/diff/DiffSidePanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/diffs/*, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/*	Adds PreviewSidePanel and adapts DiffSidePanel to read host state. Removes the former PreviewPanel and updates diff loading-state imports. Preview tests cover host updates and late annotation results.
Terminal panel and drawer apps/web/src/panels/terminal/*, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx	Moves persistent terminal drawer behavior into terminal panel components. The panel resolves thread and working-directory context and wires terminal actions. Tests cover attachment, input routing, and host updates.
Chat and launcher integration apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.tsx, apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs*.test.tsx, apps/web/src/routes/_chat.pull-requests.tsx	ChatView renders registered panels within host context and supplies launcher metadata in both tab modes. RightPanelTabs builds actions and tab labels and icons from panel metadata. Tests cover launcher availability and browser-profile selection.

Device operation scope guards

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Guard device operation results apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.test.tsx	DevicePanel clears pending and error state on scope changes and ignores stale device-open or power-off results. Tests cover completions before and after thread changes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatView
  participant RegisteredSidePanel
  participant PanelHostContext
  participant PreviewSidePanel
  ChatView->>RegisteredSidePanel: Select panel and pass its props
  RegisteredSidePanel->>PanelHostContext: Render selected panel under host context
  PanelHostContext->>PreviewSidePanel: Provide thread, visibility, and annotation sender

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 91fb6

If you start a device or power one off and then switch threads before it finishes, the result is silently dropped. Returning to the original thread shows no new device tab and no closed surface, so you have to repeat the action. The rest of the side-panel changes show no blocking issues. Consider applying the result to the original thread before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 91fb6

The inspected changes preserve existing panel capabilities and strengthen separation of device results between threads. No introduced security issue was established, but the assessment does not fully cover downstream authorization and deployment behavior.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The inspected capability paths remain selected-environment/thread device operations, terminal interaction, and preview annotation submission. The shared host relocates existing client capabilities rather than establishing a new external panel or agent-loading authority. This does not establish the correctness of downstream server authorization.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Registered launcher availability combines runtime support with caller-provided availability. ChatView retains Git/server-thread gating for Diff and project gating for Terminal; the pull-request route supplies unavailable, no-op launchers. These are preserved client presentation controls, not server authorization checks.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The device guard uses a fresh token for each committed environment/thread scope and invalidates it on cleanup. Leaving and returning to the same thread does not revive an earlier completion. Navigation clears the spinner and error, while authoritative device-session updates remain separate from the guarded panel-store projection.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 48 functions across 24 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check		The title clearly identifies the primary fix: keeping device operation results associated with the thread that started them.
Description check		The description explains the problem, fix, scope, affected clients, verification results, evidence, and unverified cases. It uses different section headings from the template, but it provides the requ…

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• apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.browserProfile.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.terminal.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/device/DevicePanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/diffs/DiffFileLoadingBoundary.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/diffs/DiffLoadingState.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewPanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/bundledPanels.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/bundledPanels.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/diff/DiffSidePanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/panelHost.ts
• apps/web/src/panels/panelRegistry.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/panelRegistry.ts
• apps/web/src/panels/preview/PreviewSidePanel.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/preview/PreviewSidePanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/terminal/PersistentThreadTerminalDrawer.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/terminal/TerminalSidePanel.attach.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/terminal/TerminalSidePanel.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/panels/terminal/TerminalSidePanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/routes/_chat.pull-requests.tsx

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