feat: sync thread read state across clients

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Opening a thread on one device did not clear its Done indicator anywhere else. Read state lived in each web client's local storage, and mobile had no read state at all.

The server now owns a lastVisitedAt watermark per thread, the same way it owns settlement since #8600. Clients send thread.visit with the shell's updatedAt when a focused, visible thread with an unseen completion is read and thread.mark-unread from the existing menus, then render the server value directly. There is no optimistic local override, so the indicator flips when the shell update arrives, one round trip later.

Names match the orchestrator V2 branch (#2829): lastVisitedAt, thread.visit, thread.mark-unread, and the threadVisitedTracking capability. V2's importer can read the column directly instead of reconciling two schemas.

Details:

• The decider keeps the maximum watermark and caps it at server time, so a stale visit cannot undo a newer completion or a mark-unread.
• A visit is sent only when a completion is unseen, stamped at the shell's updatedAt so later activity still compares as unseen. Mid-turn activity never sends a visit: the Done indicator only compares the latest completion to the watermark, so those visits would be pure event and socket volume.
• Web only visits when the document is visible and focused, the environment config has loaded, and the socket is connected. Mobile only visits when the thread route is focused, the app is active, the environment is connected, and the thread detail has loaded.
• Visiting does not bump updatedAt, so reading a thread never reorders the list. Visit-only events are excluded from agent awareness.
• Servers without threadVisitedTracking keep the previous device-local fallback. Migration 053 backfills existing threads as read.

Replaces #6662, which carried the same server model plus about 550 lines of client-side pending, retry, and reconciliation state.

Tests: focused decider, migration, projection, relay, contracts, client-runtime, web, and mobile tests, plus typecheck for contracts, client-runtime, server, web, and mobile.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added synchronized read and unread status for completed threads across connected devices.
  • Opening a completed thread clears its Done indicator.
  • Web and desktop users can select Mark unread for individual or multiple threads.
  • Existing threads are initialized as read when server tracking is enabled.
• Compatibility
  • Older servers continue using local read/unread status.
  • Mobile can clear completed-thread indicators but does not currently support restoring them with Mark unread.
• Documentation
  • Added guidance for managing read and unread thread status.

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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	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	−61 B (−0.4%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	+9 B (+0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.6 KiB	6.5 KiB	−70 B (−1.0%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.1 KiB	57.0 KiB	−88 B (−0.2%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	10	8	−2 (−20.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	+29 B (+0.2%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	+19 B (+0.3%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.5 KiB	+10 B (+0.1%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.8 KiB	57.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	9	9	0 (0.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: 537dc0f · PR result: 6726c33 · 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: 114.0 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces a new cross-client read/unread workflow spanning web, mobile, shared contracts, server orchestration, persistence, and a database migration. Although compatibility paths and substantial tests are included, the breadth of new runtime behavior warrants human review.

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The change adds server-backed thread visit watermarks and mark-unread commands. It persists and projects lastVisitedAt, updates web and mobile clients, supports older servers with fallbacks, and documents read-state behavior.

Changes

Thread visited-state tracking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Contracts and command wiring packages/contracts/..., packages/client-runtime/...	Contracts add lastVisitedAt, capability detection, thread.visit, and thread.mark-unread. Client commands, reducers, merges, and tests support the new fields and commands.
Server storage and projections apps/server/src/persistence/..., apps/server/src/orchestration/...	The server adds and migrates last_visited_at, initializes it for new threads, applies metadata updates, and returns it in thread snapshots and shells.
Server command handling apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts, apps/server/src/environment/..., apps/server/src/relay/...	Visit timestamps are validated, capped, and prevented from moving backward. Mark-unread moves the watermark before the latest completed turn.
Web visited-state integration apps/web/src/components/..., apps/web/src/hooks/..., apps/web/src/state/..., docs/user/thread-sidebar.md	Web views and menus use server commands when supported, fall back to local state otherwise, and prefer server watermarks in status displays.
Mobile visited-state tracking apps/mobile/src/features/threads/..., apps/mobile/src/state/...	The mobile route tracks active visits, checks app and connection state, and computes visit watermarks without throttled trailing dispatch.

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In `@apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadRouteScreen.tsx`:
- Line 334: Update the visit-throttling logic in ThreadRouteContent to scope
lastVisitDispatchAtRef to the selected thread key: use that key when calculating
elapsed time and reset dispatchedAt whenever the key changes, so thread switches
cannot reuse the previous thread’s timestamp.
- Around line 352-381: Update the trailing timeout callback in the
visit-dispatch flow around dispatch and visitThread to recheck
AppState.currentState before invoking visitThread. Skip the dispatch when the
app is inactive or backgrounded, while preserving the existing throttle timing
and active-app behavior.

In `@apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx`:
- Around line 2118-2122: Update the deferred dispatch callback in visit() so it
rechecks document visibility and focus immediately before calling markVisited;
if the document is hidden or unfocused, clear the timer state and skip
dispatching. Preserve the existing timestamp update and markVisited behavior
when the document remains visible and focused.
- Around line 2105-2138: Update the visit-throttle state used by the useEffect
containing visit and dispatch so dispatch timestamps are keyed by the current
thread reference, such as the scoped environment/thread key, rather than shared
across ChatView instances. Ensure switching threads does not inherit the
previous thread’s throttle window while preserving the existing
unseen-completion and timer behavior.

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• apps/server/src/orchestration/projector.ts
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• apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts
• apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/053_ProjectionThreadsLastVisitedAt.test.ts
• apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/053_ProjectionThreadsLastVisitedAt.ts
• apps/server/src/persistence/Services/ProjectionThreads.ts
• apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts
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• apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.ts
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• docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
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