A host can refuse a timeline read for as long as it likes. Codex does
this whenever another writer holds the thread: every catch-up fails with
"already has an active writer" until the other session lets go. The app
retried that on a fixed 1s timer with no ceiling, so an idle window sat
there issuing a request and logging a warning every second, indefinitely.
The refusal is normal lifecycle; the traffic was the bug.
Catch-up and subscription retries now double from 1s to a 30s ceiling,
resetting on success, reconnect, delivery-mode change, and visibility
change so recovery stays immediate once the condition clears.
Backing off alone would leave the user waiting up to 30s with no way in,
so both failure surfaces get a retry they can press. Background retries
stay silent; a retry the user asked for is a fallible user action and
owns its pending state, so "retrying" is a status the sync model
publishes rather than a React boolean.
The blocking "Failed to load agent" screen was the worse half: its load
effect self-gates on the error state, so a refused first resume was
terminal until the user navigated away. Its retry resets the state to
idle, which re-arms the effect.
* feat(agents): add active-turn steering
Let users choose whether an immediate prompt interrupts or joins the active turn. The daemon owns exact-turn admission, provider delivery, safe fallback, and canonical timeline identity while queueing remains client-side.
* fix(agents): stabilize steering history and replay QA
* fix(agents): preserve steering timeline order
* fix(agents): reconcile resumed provider history
* fix(agents): serialize steering with cancellation
* test(agents): prove Claude multi-tool steering
* test(agents): force explicit history hydration
* fix(agents): flush output before steer admission
* fix(app): align turn footer actions
Keep running-turn actions in the same position as completed-turn actions and use the shared small icon size for both copy and fork controls.
* feat(app): improve sidebar workspace identity
Make dense sidebar workspace rows easier to scan and let each device control how connected hosts are identified.
* fix(app): keep host badges readable
Use a compact display menu and keep identity color on the host icon so translated controls fit and badge text retains standard contrast.
* fix(app): announce selected sidebar badge mode
* fix(app): retain icon-only host names for screen readers
* fix(app): name hoisted workspace rows
* fix(app): retain host identity in workspace labels
* fix(app): retain workspace status in row labels
* fix(app): defer host appearance until identity resolves
* fix(app): serialize host appearance writes
* fix(app): serialize host registry writes
* fix(app): bound sidebar host badge labels
* test(app): match workspace status labels
* fix(app): consolidate sidebar identity behavior
* test(app): assert status grouping behavior
* fix(app): keep sidebar row actions accessible
* fix(app): stabilize optimistic message layout
* fix(ci): skip unrelated required checks cleanly
Matrix jobs had to start no-op runners to preserve interpolated required-check names. Static named jobs let GitHub report genuine skipped conclusions while keeping those names stable.
* fix(ci): gate changes to install patching script
* fix(ci): route cross-package test contracts narrowly
* fix(ci): keep routed contracts merge-blocking
* fix(server): exclude nested test utilities from builds
* fix(ci): cover app-owned native and browser domains
* refactor(ci): align tests with runtime domains
Own browser specs, desktop specs, and Electron-only app code by stable directories so PR routing does not depend on filename conventions. Keep desktop integration coverage inside the required desktop check.
* fix(ci): keep routing and desktop suites isolated
The routing regression must run before dependency installation, and desktop Vitest must not collect Playwright-owned specs.
* fix(ci): isolate desktop e2e runtime
* perf(test): isolate Playwright workers
* perf(test): parallelize Playwright within specs
* fix(test): keep Playwright file scheduling
* fix(test): share dynamic Metro fixture
* fix(test): preserve own-host restart fixtures
* fix(ci): preserve routed contracts after rebase
* Stabilize Playwright wheel-scroll assertions
Mohamed Boudra