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Problem

With the beta Working section enabled, a running thread offers “Mark unread” even though its latest run has no completion to mark unread. Clicking it has no visible effect. Reproduced in the real web app on current main with a Codex thread running sleep 120.

Change

Hide the action during active runs in sidebar and thread-header menus, including the legacy sidebar. Bulk menus omit it when all selected threads are active and count and target only eligible threads in mixed selections. Finished threads and idle monitoring threads retain the action.

Scope and approval

Fixes #24934

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. GitCafe: #24934.

Verification

  • Failing regression test first for active-thread menu availability; focused tests pass after the fix. Bulk active-only and mixed-selection tests also failed before their fix.
  • vp run check:changed passed: format, lint, knip, affected-package typechecks and adjacent tests. Independent reviews passed 71 tests across three focused files and 65 tests across two focused files; both reviewers returned MERGE after the bulk fix.
  • Real-app reproduction and after check: active menu offered the action on the base and omitted it on the fix. Reproduction notes.

Evidence

Fixture matrix, recordings, full before/after tables, diffs and environment details, all artifacts and fixture drivers.

Matched projection fixtures in the real Chromium web app cover current/legacy single and bulk menus and header click/context menus at 1440×900 and 390×844, light and dark. DPR 2; desktop PNGs are downscaled by T3 preview. Fixed clock, motion/grain suppressed, identical sidebar width and collapsed details panel. These fixtures prove presentation; the original reproduction used a real provider turn.

Viewport/theme Before After Diff 0 ×8 Diff 16/255
1440×900 light base-1440-light-current-active.png head-1440-light-current-active.png diff-1440-light-current-active-threshold0-x8.png diff-1440-light-current-active-threshold16.png
Revision e3592efe7f 3027afd797 Same pair Same pair

Intended visible changes are the removed active-thread item, resulting menu size/position, and eligible bulk count. Wide comparisons also have small differences outside the menu and are not literally omission-only pixel comparisons. Finished controls retain the item. The narrow recordings show menu behavior, but their full-page diffs also contain an incidental chat/composer layout mismatch and are qualified, not omission-only proof.

Unverified proof rows: W1 positive mutation is partial (dispatch targets verified; legacy control was not reset to read); W3/W4 clean full-page comparison is incomplete; I1 keyboard/real run-transition recording is missing. D1 native Electron menus could not be checked because this VM lacks headless-desktop. Native mobile has no Mark unread action and is unaffected. Native reduced-motion media emulation was not verified; CSS motion suppression was used. The full evidence matrix is not claimed complete. Independent proof audit: INSUFFICIENT for the complete matrix; rebuilt endpoint differs by 387 pixels (0.0378%) across the frame, with a pixel-identical menu interior.

Model and harness: GPT-6.1-Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 through the Codex/Claude harnesses in T3 Code.

juliusmarminge and others added 3 commits October 25, 2026 21:41
An active run hides the completion pill that unread marks, so the action had
no visible effect on Working threads.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Verdict: Approved at 9922889

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This hides ineffective Mark unread actions during active or waiting work and limits bulk actions to eligible threads. The impact is confined to unread-menu behavior, with no change to run execution or destructive operations.

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Sidebar thread menus now hide “Mark unread” for active or idle runtimes. Bulk menus show a count-labeled action only for eligible selected threads, and the action applies only to those threads.

Changes: Mark-unread menus

Layer / File(s) Summary
Individual thread menu eligibility
apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx, apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.test.ts
The menu uses runtime status to determine whether to show “Mark unread.” Active and idle runtimes hide the action. Tests cover running, idle, completed, and absent runtimes.
Bulk eligibility and action
apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
The bulk menu counts eligible selected threads and omits the action when none are eligible. The action marks unread only for eligible threads.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to 99228

This change hides the Mark unread action for threads with active runs. Some edge cases are still inconsistent: idle monitoring threads may lose the action, and a thread that starts a run while the menu is open may still be marked unread without a visible effect. These are minor and recoverable, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title uses the conventional commit form and names the main change: hiding the Mark unread action during active runs. It matches the raw summary, which adds a helper that hides the action for activ…
Description check Passed The description follows the repository template in substance. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each contains concrete content. The Problem section states the expected beha…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #24934 requires that threads in the Working section not offer "Mark as unread", because the action has no effect. At head 9922889, threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread in `apps/web/src/components/thr…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within the Mark unread eligibility path. They add threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread and the hidesMarkUnread state field in threadActionMenu.logic.ts, wire the flag in `useThreadActio…
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The title uses the conventional commit form and names the main change: hiding the Mark unread action during active runs. It matches the raw summary, which adds a helper that hides the action for active or idle runtimes and filters bulk menus to eligible threads. The title is specific and does not add unrelated scope.

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The description follows the repository template in substance. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each contains concrete content. The Problem section states the expected behavior and gives reproduction steps. The Change section explains the fix across sidebar, thread-header, and bulk menus. The Scope section links issue #24934. The Verification section lists focused tests, the check command, and a real-app reproduction, and it openly states unverified areas. The template's HTML comments are removed, which is acceptable. The description is long and dense, and the evidence section is heavy. Those issues do not stop it from being mostly complete. The model and harness line is present.

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Issue #24934 requires that threads in the Working section not offer "Mark as unread", because the action has no effect. At head 9922889, threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread in apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts returns true when threadRuntimeIsActive(runtime) is true, which covers the active statuses preparing, queued, starting, running, and waiting. buildThreadActionMenuItems omits mark-unread when state.hidesMarkUnread is true. apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.ts passes this value to the single-thread menu. The bulk path in Sidebar.logic.ts and Sidebar.tsx counts and targets only eligible threads, per the whole-PR summary. This addresses the active-run part of #24934. The head also hides the action for runtime status idle. Per models.ts, idle is set when pending background tasks hold completion (parkAtIdle). The code comment states that such threads show Waiting instead of a completion pill, so hiding the action there is consistent with the issue's no-op rationale. This extends the PR description, which says idle monitoring threads retain the action. The description and code disagree on this point. Whether idle monitoring threads appear in the Working section was not confirmed by a UI trace. Test coverage for the idle case is described in the whole-PR summary but was not re-read at head.

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The changes stay within the Mark unread eligibility path. They add threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread and the hidesMarkUnread state field in threadActionMenu.logic.ts, wire the flag in useThreadActionMenu.ts, add buildBulkMarkUnreadContextMenuItem in Sidebar.logic.ts, and use it in Sidebar.tsx for bulk count and target selection. Each change serves the same action. No unrelated change was found in the inspected files. One mismatch exists between the PR description and the code. The description says idle monitoring threads retain the action, but the code hides it for runtime status idle. This is a documentation or intent discrepancy inside the same action path, not an unrelated change. Sidebar.tsx, its tests, and the summary-only files were not re-read in full at head.

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# Conflicts:
#	apps/web/src/components/LegacySidebar.tsx
#	apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
#	apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
#	apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx

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someone else pushed to fix/issue-24934 (head is now 3027afd); the pipeline does not build on commits it did not review

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts:
- Line 578: Update canMarkThreadUnread and the individual-menu eligibility
checks to exclude threads whose awaited background work holds completion, even
when the runtime is idle; preserve eligibility for unawaited monitors. Use the
existing pending-background-task data and established classification logic,
retaining the current runtime-active check.

Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx:
- Line 2482: Update the markUnreadThreads flow and the corresponding
individual-menu actions to recheck each target’s current eligibility after the
menu-close await and before marking it unread. Skip targets that started a run
while the menu was open, and retain or report skipped targets rather than
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export function canMarkThreadUnread(thread: {
readonly runtime: ThreadStructureRuntime | null | undefined;
}): boolean {
return !threadRuntimeIsActive(thread.runtime);

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Supported by static analysis

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rg -n 'threadRuntimeIsActive|awaited|Waiting|holdsCompletion|backgroundTask' packages/client-runtime/src/state/models.ts apps/web/src/components | head -60

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git diff 3a8c250cb0c8056f2f563091fd412fe5db809fa1 7f0880523c7e9836dcd4c25231f020cfc3365147 -- apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
printf '\n--- relevant references ---\n'
rg -n -F -e 'canMarkThreadUnread' -e 'pendingBackgroundTasks' -e 'holdsCompletion' -e 'threadRuntimeIsActive' -e 'markThreadUnread' -- apps/web/src/components/Sidebar* apps/web/src/components/sidebar packages/client-runtime/src/state
printf '\n--- runtime model ---\n'
cat -n packages/client-runtime/src/state/models.ts | sed -n '1,210p'
printf '\n--- sidebar logic imports, eligibility, status ---\n'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts | sed -n '1,90p;530,620p;1080,1210p'
printf '\n--- relevant tests ---\n'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts | sed -n '930,1075p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- runtime projection ---'
cat -n packages/client-runtime/src/state/models.ts | sed -n '210,330p'
printf '%s\n' '--- helper implementation ---'
rg -n -F -- 'backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion' packages/shared
cat -n packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- eligibility references and individual menu ---'
rg -n -F -e 'canMarkThreadUnread' -e 'hasActiveRun' -e '"mark-unread"' -- apps/web/src packages/client-runtime/src
printf '%s\n' '--- bulk and sidebar callback ---'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx | sed -n '2290,2345p;2460,2492p;2620,2675p;2775,2810p'
printf '%s\n' '--- sidebar working classification ---'
rg -n -F -e 'resolveSidebarThreadStatus' -e 'isSidebarThreadWorking' -e 'hasUnseenCompletion' -- apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts | sed -n '640,770p;1210,1305p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- header menu ---'
cat -n apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.ts | sed -n '1,180p;250,275p'
printf '%s\n' '--- individual menu eligibility ---'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts | sed -n '68,94p;165,190p'
printf '%s\n' '--- unread implementation ---'
rg -n -F -e 'function markThreadUnread' -e 'const markThreadUnread' -e 'markThreadUnread =' -- packages/client-runtime apps/web/src
printf '%s\n' '--- Working status ---'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts | sed -n '850,935p'
rg -n -F -- 'isSidebarThreadWorking' apps/web/src/components
printf '%s\n' '--- eligibility tests ---'
cat -n apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts | sed -n '115,170p'

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Exclude work that holds completion.

An awaited background task can make the runtime idle while the Working shelf shows Waiting. Mark unread remains visible, but the completion pill cannot appear until the work ends. Apply the same eligibility rule to the individual menus. Keep unawaited monitors eligible.

Update bulk eligibility

--- "a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts"
+++ "b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts"
@@ -572,11 +572,15 @@
 }
 
 // Unread only surfaces as a completion pill, which an active run hides.
 export function canMarkThreadUnread(thread: {
   readonly runtime: ThreadStructureRuntime | null | undefined;
+  readonly pendingBackgroundTasks?: SidebarThreadSummary["pendingBackgroundTasks"] | undefined;
 }): boolean {
-  return !threadRuntimeIsActive(thread.runtime);
+  return (
+    !threadRuntimeIsActive(thread.runtime) &&
+    !backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion(thread.pendingBackgroundTasks ?? [])
+  );
 }
 
 export function buildBulkMarkUnreadContextMenuItem(input: {
   eligibleCount: number;
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts at line 578:
Update canMarkThreadUnread and the individual-menu eligibility checks to exclude threads whose awaited background work holds completion, even when the runtime is idle; preserve eligibility for unawaited monitors. Use the existing pending-background-task data and established classification logic, retaining the current runtime-active check.

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for (const threadKey of threadKeys) {
const thread = threadByKeyRef.current.get(threadKey);
if (thread) markThreadUnread(scopeThreadRef(thread.environmentId, thread.id));
for (const thread of markUnreadThreads) {

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Recheck eligibility after the menu closes.

If an eligible thread starts a run while the menu is open, this loop still marks it unread and clears the selection. The action then has no visible effect during the run. Recheck the selected targets after the await and retain or report skipped targets. The individual menus have the same stale-state risk.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx at line 2482:
Update the markUnreadThreads flow and the corresponding individual-menu actions to recheck each target’s current eligibility after the menu-close await and before marking it unread. Skip targets that started a run while the menu was open, and retain or report skipped targets rather than clearing their selection as though the action succeeded.

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export function threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread(
runtime: ThreadStructureRuntime | null | undefined,
): boolean {
return threadRuntimeIsActive(runtime) || runtime?.status === "idle";

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Confirm whether idle monitoring threads should lose "Mark unread".

threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread hides the action for every "idle" runtime. The PR scope hides it only during active runs and keeps it for idle monitoring threads. An idle monitoring thread holds background work, such as the pull request watch in entities.test.ts:75-89, so this predicate removes the action from it.

The helper comment at threadActionMenu.logic.ts:122-123 says the idle case shows "Waiting" instead. That suggests the hiding was intended. Confirm which behavior is wanted:

  • If idle monitoring threads must keep the action, narrow the predicate so it applies only to active runtimes.
  • If idle hiding is intended, update the PR description to say so.

A safe code change depends on this decision and on the Working-section behavior in #24934.

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Resolve the intended idle-monitoring behavior for threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread against the PR scope and the Working-section behavior in #24934 before changing it; if idle monitoring threads should retain “Mark unread,” restrict hiding to active runtimes, otherwise keep the idle condition and update the PR description to document that behavior.

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The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

in the real app the problem is still there, and the rework changed nothing:

No code change. I could not reproduce a failure on 9922889, and the item names no failing step. Real web app on this head (dev server, devReplay, Chromium 1280x800): a thread with an active run (held on a pending question; Archive disabled, which confirms the run) had no Mark unread in its sidebar menu. A completed thread kept Mark unread, and a mixed bulk selection offered 'Mark unread (1)'. The idle root waiting on a background child, which the replay agent cannot produce here, I checked at the data level: presentThreadShell on a completed root shell with pending background work (awaited subagent, unawaited background_task, or awaited command) gives runtime 'idle', isThreadWorking true, sidebar status 'waiting' and pill 'Waiting', and threadRuntimeHidesMarkUnread is true. The legacy sidebar (Working section off) uses the same buildThreadActionMenuItems call. The header menu reads the same shell runtime through useThreadActionMenu. So I found no path that still offers the action. If the failure is real, the next round needs the failing step and its captures, plus the commit the proof ran as head. It may have been d107b54, which predates the idle rule.

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