Fix optimistic user message reconciliation

packages/app/src/timeline/session-stream-reducers.test.ts

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ describe("processTimelineResponse", () => {
             ...makeTimelineEntry(1, "Analyze this", "user_message"),
             item: {
               type: "user_message",
-              text: "Analyze this",
+              text: "server-rendered attachment text",
               messageId: "canonical-create-user",
             },
           },
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ describe("processTimelineResponse", () => {
     expect(userMessages[0]).toMatchObject({
       id: "canonical-create-user",
       text: "Analyze this",
+      timestamp: new Date(1000),
       images: [image],
       attachments: [attachment],
     });

packages/app/src/timeline/session-stream-reducers.ts

@@ -295,16 +295,15 @@ function mergeCanonicalUserWithOptimistic(
   canonical: UserMessageItem,
   optimistic: UserMessageItem,
 ): UserMessageItem {
-  const shouldPreserveImages =
-    (!canonical.images || canonical.images.length === 0) &&
-    Boolean(optimistic.images && optimistic.images.length > 0);
-  const shouldPreserveAttachments =
-    (!canonical.attachments || canonical.attachments.length === 0) &&
-    Boolean(optimistic.attachments && optimistic.attachments.length > 0);
   return {
-    ...canonical,
+    kind: "user_message",
-    ...(shouldPreserveImages ? { images: optimistic.images } : {}),
+    id: canonical.id,
-    ...(shouldPreserveAttachments ? { attachments: optimistic.attachments } : {}),
+    text: optimistic.text,
+    timestamp: optimistic.timestamp,
+    ...(optimistic.images && optimistic.images.length > 0 ? { images: optimistic.images } : {}),
+    ...(optimistic.attachments && optimistic.attachments.length > 0
+      ? { attachments: optimistic.attachments }
+      : {}),
   };
 }
 

packages/app/src/types/stream.test.ts

@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ describe("stream reducer canonical tool calls", () => {
 
   it("preserves optimistic user message images when authoritative user message arrives", () => {
     const messageId = "msg-user-images";
+    const optimisticTimestamp = new Date("2025-01-01T11:10:00Z");
     const optimisticImages = [
       {
         id: "att-optimistic",
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ describe("stream reducer canonical tool calls", () => {
         kind: "user_message",
         id: messageId,
         text: "Analyze this image",
-        timestamp: new Date("2025-01-01T11:10:00Z"),
+        timestamp: optimisticTimestamp,
         optimistic: true,
         images: optimisticImages,
       },
@@ -760,7 +761,8 @@ describe("stream reducer canonical tool calls", () => {
     assert.ok(message);
     assert.strictEqual(message.id, messageId);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(message.images, optimisticImages);
-    assert.strictEqual(message.timestamp.getTime(), authoritativeTimestamp.getTime());
+    assert.strictEqual(message.text, "Analyze this image");
+    assert.strictEqual(message.timestamp.getTime(), optimisticTimestamp.getTime());
   });
 
   it("keeps canonical assistant/user/assistant order during replay", () => {
@@ -991,7 +993,9 @@ describe("turn lifecycle events", () => {
       const userMessage = userMessages[0];
       invariant(userMessage?.kind === "user_message");
       assert.strictEqual(userMessage.id, "provider-owned-id");
-      assert.strictEqual(userMessage.text, "server-owned rendered text");
+      assert.strictEqual(userMessage.text, optimistic.text);
+      assert.strictEqual(userMessage.timestamp.getTime(), optimistic.timestamp.getTime());
+      assert.strictEqual(userMessage.optimistic, undefined);
       assert.deepStrictEqual(userMessage.images, optimistic.images);
       assert.deepStrictEqual(userMessage.attachments, optimistic.attachments);
     },
@@ -1029,6 +1033,7 @@ describe("turn lifecycle events", () => {
     invariant(userMessage?.kind === "user_message");
     assert.strictEqual(userMessage.id, "msg_opencode_provider_owned");
     assert.strictEqual(userMessage.text, "typed plain text");
+    assert.strictEqual(userMessage.timestamp.getTime(), optimisticTimestamp.getTime());
     assert.strictEqual(userMessage.optimistic, undefined);
   });
 
@@ -1062,7 +1067,7 @@ describe("turn lifecycle events", () => {
         provider: "claude",
         item: {
           type: "user_message",
-          text: "Analyze this",
+          text: "server-rendered attachment text",
           messageId: "provider-owned-canonical",
         },
       },
@@ -1075,6 +1080,8 @@ describe("turn lifecycle events", () => {
     const userMessage = userMessages[0];
     invariant(userMessage?.kind === "user_message");
     assert.strictEqual(userMessage.id, "provider-owned-canonical");
+    assert.strictEqual(userMessage.text, "Analyze this");
+    assert.strictEqual(userMessage.timestamp.getTime(), optimisticTimestamp.getTime());
     assert.strictEqual(userMessage.optimistic, undefined);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(userMessage.images, [image]);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(userMessage.attachments, [attachment]);
@@ -1212,8 +1219,8 @@ describe("turn lifecycle events", () => {
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
       userMessages.map((item) => [item.id, item.text, item.optimistic]),
       [
-        ["provider-owned-first", "first server text", undefined],
+        ["provider-owned-first", "first typed text", undefined],
-        ["provider-owned-second", "second server text", undefined],
+        ["provider-owned-second", "second typed text", undefined],
       ],
     );
   });

packages/app/src/types/stream.ts

@@ -201,18 +201,26 @@ function buildUserMessageItem(input: {
   timestamp: Date;
   optimistic?: UserMessageItem | null;
 }): UserMessageItem {
-  const preservedImages = input.optimistic?.images;
+  if (input.optimistic) {
-  const preservedAttachments = input.optimistic?.attachments;
+    return {
+      kind: "user_message",
+      id: input.id,
+      text: input.optimistic.text,
+      timestamp: input.optimistic.timestamp,
+      ...(input.optimistic.images && input.optimistic.images.length > 0
+        ? { images: input.optimistic.images }
+        : {}),
+      ...(input.optimistic.attachments && input.optimistic.attachments.length > 0
+        ? { attachments: input.optimistic.attachments }
+        : {}),
+    };
+  }
 
   return {
     kind: "user_message",
     id: input.id,
     text: input.text,
     timestamp: input.timestamp,
-    ...(preservedImages && preservedImages.length > 0 ? { images: preservedImages } : {}),
-    ...(preservedAttachments && preservedAttachments.length > 0
-      ? { attachments: preservedAttachments }
-      : {}),
   };
 }