fix(web): resolve slashed file-chip paths through the workspace index

[cbangera2]

Problem

File chips like docs/GROUPS_PLAN.md fail when the agent works from a workspace subdirectory. See #8251 for the repro.

Change

Search the workspace index by relative path, prefer an existing literal file, and suppress stale editor/browser lookups.

Scope and approval

The issue has a concrete repro and expected path; this is limited to web file-chip lookup. Desktop inherits the fix; mobile has a separate resolver.

Verification

132 focused tests passed across workspace lookup, markdown links, and ChatMarkdown. Web typecheck passed; targeted lint exited 0 with five warnings elsewhere in ChatMarkdown.tsx.

In the Browser panel, orchestration-v2/ThreadTransportPerformance.test.ts opened as src/orchestration-v2/ThreadTransportPerformance.test.ts. The stale-click race itself wasn't forced.

Before: the chip fails

After: opens BudgetLens/docs/GROUPS_PLAN.md

Model: GPT-6-Luna · Harness: codex via t3code nightly

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 848a31d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused web bug fix that improves resolution of existing file-chip actions for nested workspace paths, with contained lookup logic, stale-request handling, and targeted tests. It uses existing authorized workspace APIs without changing schemas, defaults, deployment behavior, or static-analysis configuration.

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• apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

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Walkthrough

Workspace file links use normalized paths to find indexed workspace files. Literal-path checks can preserve an existing file over a different index match. Panel, editor, and browser actions use resolved paths when available, and lookup claims are scoped by thread.

Changes

Workspace file links

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize and match lookup paths apps/web/src/workspaceBasenameLookup.ts, apps/web/src/workspaceBasenameLookup.test.ts	Lookup paths are normalized. Matching prefers exact paths and segment-boundary suffixes. Tests cover ambiguous matches, invalid paths, literal-file checks, and claims scoped by thread.
Resolve indexed matches against workspace files apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx	Workspace lookup uses normalized paths without the former read-scope and basename-only checks. A literal-path read can suppress a differing index match when the literal file exists.
Use resolved paths for file-opening actions apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx	Editor and browser actions use resolved paths when available. Editor actions preserve line and column positions. Panel lookup cancellation is scoped by thread.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#8254: Both PRs update workspace-relative file-link matching and path resolution in ChatMarkdown.tsx and workspaceBasenameLookup.ts.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 848a3

The web file-chip fix is mergeable after normal checks; the inspected paths show no remaining actionable risk.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8e356

Permissions remain enforced, but a failed check of the original path can silently select a different workspace file. This creates a limited file-identity risk during user-triggered opens; no privilege escalation was established.

Retained concerns

• Low · security · inferred: A divergent indexed file can replace the clicked literal path when the literal read fails for reasons other than absence. The merge base preserved slashed literal targets; the head treats operation failures and interruption as permission to use the alternate match. If that match contains attacker-controlled content, the user can open a different asset under the original link identity. This is a conditional asset-identity risk, not an established permission bypass.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated exposure is target selection for user-triggered file actions in a connected environment. A malicious alternate target would require attacker influence over an indexed workspace file or its contents, plus a matching link and the relevant user's existing action privileges. Cross-environment or tenant access was not demonstrated.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — The conditional attack path is a slashed link, a divergent indexed suffix match, and an indeterminate literal-read failure, followed by opening the alternate file. Exact matches, ambiguous-match rejection, and successful literal reads prevent this particular substitution. Browser actions can render HTML or PDF targets, but a browser-origin escape, credential exposure, or privilege gain was not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — File-opening controls remain separate from path matching: editor and reveal actions require host-operation eligibility, while browser actions require preview-operation eligibility. Browser file opens obtain an asset URL and then invoke preview opening under the same scoped thread. These controls predate the new resolution flow.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The literal check requests fresh query execution, and server reads release their file handles. Nevertheless, read and close failures are returned as operation_failed, which the caller does not distinguish from a missing literal target when deciding whether to substitute an indexed asset.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Represent literal-path verification as exists, absent, or indeterminate. Permit divergent indexed substitution only for confirmed absence; preserve the original target or report failure for authorization, containment, interruption, and other indeterminate outcomes.

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Pre-merge checks | 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		Issue #8251 requires file chips in apps/web to open files created relative to the agent working directory. ChatMarkdown.tsx resolves relative chip paths through the workspace index, prefers a vali…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes remain within apps/web and support file-chip resolution. The editor and browser handlers use the same lookup and stale-lookup protection. The added tests cover the changed behavior. No u…
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: resolving slashed file-chip paths through the workspace index.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It provides the issue reference, implementation summary, test results, known verification gap, scr…

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx:
- Around line 2672-2687: Update openMarkdownFileInEditor and
openMarkdownFileInBrowser to claim a scoped lookup before awaiting
findWorkspaceBasenameMatch and verify it is still the latest before any fallback
or open operation. Preserve both callbacks’ existing fallback paths and include
threadRef in their dependencies.

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