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fix(clients): keep Codex directive copy consistent

MacroscopeApp / Macroscope - UI Consistency failed Aug 29, 2026 in 4m 13s

UI Consistency: 1 issue found

apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx — remarkCodexDirectives is registered after remarkNormalizeListItemIndentation, whose recovery pass re-parses over-indented list content from a synthetic source (t3-markdown-inline-prefix:<content>). Nodes produced by that pass carry offsets into the synthetic string, but the directive transform restores rejected directives with source.slice(start, end) against the original message, so a malformed citation (or a citation inside link text) in an over-indented bullet renders unrelated characters from elsewhere in the message. Suggested fix posted inline: only use the sliced source when it begins with the directive marker plus name, otherwise rebuild the literal from node.name/node.attributes.

Other web-scoped changes in this revision look consistent: the artifact-template card uses the shared Button primitive, keeps role="group"/aria-label, matches the surrounding markdown paragraph rhythm (my-[0.65rem]), exposes data-markdown-copy so highlight-and-copy and the assistant copy button now agree, and the file-citation chip reuses the existing MarkdownFileLink chip with environment-scoped actions resolved from threadRef/environmentId rather than the active environment.

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Files examined

  • apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx (card component, sanitize schema, remark plugin ordering, div/a renderers, file-link meta maps)
  • apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, ChatView.logic.ts (composer insertion path)
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, MessagesTimeline.logic.ts (prop threading, copy state)
  • apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.test.ts, apps/web/src/markdown-list-indentation.ts (context)
  • packages/client-runtime/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts, codexFileCitations.ts, codexArtifactTemplates.ts (context only, outside this check's file scope)

Previously raised, addressed in this revision

  • Copy button no longer emits raw directive source; resolveAssistantMessageCopyState renders directives for copy and skips the work while streaming.
  • The card now carries data-markdown-copy, so DOM-selection copy and the button agree.
  • Directive grammar is restricted to the two Codex names, and the transform runs after list-indentation recovery, so recovered well-formed citations render as chips.

Still open from an earlier run (not re-posted to avoid duplicate comments)

  • Citation paths never enter markdownFileLinkMetaByHref/fileLinkParentSuffixByPath, so two cited files with the same basename render identically-labelled chips (the a renderer falls back to resolveMarkdownFileLinkMeta, which has no parent-suffix disambiguation).
  • composer.insertTextAtEnd(...) in useArtifactTemplate still ignores its false return, so the always-enabled Use template button is a silent no-op while the composer is connecting/awaiting approval; the sibling insert path in FileBrowserPanel surfaces a toast.

🔍 Agent activity — 16 tool calls

💭 I'm reviewing the PR's current state at commit e5f62a9, checking whether previously flagged issues in ChatMarkdown, ChatView, and MessagesTimeline still persist, and scanning for new issues without duplicating past findings. Key items to verify: the copy-button fix using renderCodexDirectivesForCopy, the streaming perf fix that only parses when visible, whether insertTextAtEnd's rejected promise is still silently ignored despite scheduleComposerFocus now running unconditionally, and whether markdownFileLinkMetaByHref properly accounts for citations. I also want to check whether file citation chips correctly route environment actions like opening files via environmentId — I'll pull up the actual files to confirm.

1. git_tools — markdownFileLinkMetaByHref|fileLinkParentSuffixByPath|extractMarkdownLinkHrefs

2. git_tools — insertTextAtEnd

💭 I notice the diff for ChatView.tsx that inserts the composer draft into a template and schedules focus doesn't match what I see in the actual code at head, which uses a different function name for appending the codex artifact. template use prompt and checks its return value differently. This makes me suspicious the diff might be stale or against a different revision, so I want to verify directly by viewing the file at that specific commit rather than trusting the diff.

3. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx

4. github_api_read_only — repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/files?per_page=100&page=1

💭 The grep results and my direct view of the same file section don't match up — different line numbers showing entirely different content, like the grep hit a stale or different branch than what I'm actually viewing. Working through it, my direct view at 2975-3015 is likely the true PR head since the artifact code sits at line 3043 per the diff, just past the range I checked, while the grep result showing the code at 2993 must be resolving against some other revision entirely. I should double check by viewing the exact region around line 3040 directly against the tree URL to confirm.

5. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx

6. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

💭 This confirms the view matches the head commit, so that earlier grep hit was from a different revision, possibly the default branch with a later merged fix. Since I'm reviewing the PR head, I need to focus on findings scoped to apps/web/src, starting with ChatView.tsx where the insertTextAtEnd return value in useArtifactTemplate is still ignored — a rejection could be silently swallowed without a toast, similar to an earlier flagged issue, even though the surrounding code has since changed to always focus. The core issue of the rejection being swallowed persists, but since focus behavior was addressed in response to the earlier flag, re-raising it risks being a duplicate. FileBrowserPanel does show a toast on rejection, which highlights a real inconsistency between the two insert paths, but given this has effectively been flagged before, I'm leaning toward not re-posting to avoid noise, though the guidance around defaulting to flagging failures gives me pause. Shifting to look for genuinely new issues, I'm examining the div component override in ChatMarkdown — passing props through without the node argument seems fine on its own. But the bigger concern is that the sanitize schema now permits the artifact-template data attributes on any div, which means raw HTML authored by the model in assistant markdown could forge a functioning template card with a working "Use template" button. That feels like a genuine security/trust concern since it lets untrusted content spoof a legitimate UI element, and I'm weighing whether that counts as a consistency finding or something more serious. Tracing whether this is actually reachable: rehype-raw would parse the data attributes into properties before sanitize runs, and the div renderer does match hast properties, so yes — an assistant message containing that raw HTML would render a real card. The impact is limited though, since the card's action just appends a prompt to the composer, so the harm from spoofing is low; it's basically a minor visual con more than an exploit. Given assistant-authored raw HTML can already render fairly arbitrary sanitized markup, I'm inclined to think this is a borderline, low-severity note rather than something worth failing over, though it may still be worth mentioning. Checking a few smaller details: the card uses the Button primitive with a muted icon color, which looks fine; the markdown-copy attribute includes trailing whitespace that the clipboard serializer already handles; and the card only forwards some data attributes (markdown-copy, artifact-kind, skill-name) while omitting others like skill-directory or gallery-kind, which seems intentional. One thing that does look like a real structural concern is a role="group" div appearing inside a paragraph, which conflicts with a test asserting that a <p> never directly wraps a <div>. Now I want to trace whether renderCodexDirectivesForCopy gets re-run unnecessarily. It looks like it executes on every render of a completed assistant message, and I need to confirm whether resolveAssistantMessageCopyState is wrapped in useMemo at the call site in AssistantTimelineRow -- if not, every timeline re-render would re-parse the full message text through remark, which is a perf concern worth checking further. Next I'm checking the environment routing for file-citation chips, since MarkdownFileLink needs an environmentId passed through ChatMarkdown. I also want to verify the default no-op for onUseArtifactTemplate in MessagesTimeline doesn't accidentally fall back to the active composer's environment when rendering rows for a non-active thread, since useArtifactTemplate targets composerRef.current, which is tied to whichever thread is currently active in ChatView. Right, the anchor renderer falls back to resolveMarkdownFileLinkMeta so the chip still renders but without parent-suffix disambiguation — this was already flagged once and the code hasn't changed since, so I shouldn't re-post it as a duplicate finding. Still, I want to check how environmentId is derived in ChatMarkdown for the citation-chip path specifically.

7. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

8. git_tools — resolveAssistantMessageCopyState

💭 I'm considering that the copy button's guard makes this cheap for typical messages, but rows with a directive re-parse on every re-render of that timeline row, which happens due to context changes or scroll—though since this only affects completed (non-streaming) messages, it's probably an acceptable tradeoff given the streaming case was already handled. I'm now noticing a stronger issue: onUseArtifactTemplate in MessagesTimeline defaults to a no-op function that's always truthy, so the "Use template" button always renders in the ChatMarkdown artifact card—even for consumers that never pass a real handler, like read-only or subagent panels. That contradicts the documented contract where the button should only appear when a real onUse is supplied, so I want to check which MessagesTimeline consumers actually omit this prop.

9. git_tools — <MessagesTimeline

10. git_tools — MessagesTimeline

💭 Since only ChatView consumes this in production and passes the handler explicitly, the NOOP default only really affects tests — it's more a stylistic robustness concern than an actual regression, though it could matter for future consumers who don't pass a handler. Now I'm tracing whether MessagesTimeline could show stale composer refs across multiple mounted threads, but ChatViewContent appears to be scoped to the active thread, so this seems fine. I'm also considering other ChatMarkdown consumers (pull request panels, review comments, file previews) — since remarkCodexDirectives is now in the shared pipeline, every consumer will render artifact cards passively without the button. Citation chips act as file links gated by environment actions, checking canUseShellActions against environmentId — if that's null, shell actions get disabled. I need to check whether openFileInPanel falls back to the active environment when a consumer doesn't pass environmentId or threadRef, since previously raw directive text was shown instead of a clickable chip in some surfaces.

11. git_tools — const openFileInPanel

💭 Environment routing looks fine here. I'm now checking the div renderer in ChatMarkdown for genuinely new UI issues—it applies generically to all divs, including ones injected via the sanitize schema for artifact data attributes, so I need to see if that overly broad scope causes any conflicts. Working through several smaller checks: the artifact card isn't sanitized since it's React-rendered, so its data attributes survive fine; the layout margin styling still matches since the card replicates the paragraph spacing; and the clipboard serializer already handles the markdown-copy attribute. On accessibility, the card's "Use template" button lacks a per-card distinguishing name on web (unlike mobile's more specific aria-label), which is a minor inconsistency but not blocking. I'm also confirming that streaming behavior with partial artifact syntax is handled correctly, leaving unfinished syntax as literal text per the existing test. I'm also noting that the div renderer strips extra data attributes since the card renders its own, so that's fine, and flagging that the "Use template" button can appear mid-stream as soon as the directive parses, which is a minor timing quirk. More importantly, I'm now worried whether the new remark plugin applies broadly to markdown rendering contexts beyond chat messages -- specifically file previews -- which could mean a markdown file containing directive-like syntax gets unintentionally transformed into interactive chips, tying back to an earlier concern about task-related file rendering. Now I'm tracing plugin execution order: the list-indentation normalizer reparses content using the same processor, so directive grammar is already registered by then via the attach phase, meaning task-marker offsets should now stay correct since there's no separate source rewriting step -- that earlier concern seems resolved. I'm working through whether directive nodes created during this re-parse actually get transformed given where remarkCodexDirectives sits in the plugin order relative to the normalizer. I should check markdown-list-indentation.ts to see how it re-parses content and whether it remaps positions back to the original source. If it doesn't, this could be a real bug: malformed directives nested inside over-indented list items would render arbitrary wrong text from the wrong offsets. Let me look at the recovery implementation to confirm.

12. browse_code — apps/web/src/markdown-list-indentation.ts

💭 I'm tracing how recovered blocks preserve positions—the first block keeps the original node position while children retain offsets from the recovered source, and I'm checking how remarkCodexDirectives later handles directive nodes within these blocks, distinguishing well-formed citations (which ignore source and just set url/label) from malformed ones that need different handling. For malformed citations, restoreTextDirective slices the original markdown using recovered offsets, but those offsets can point past the string's actual length or into unrelated regions, producing empty strings, truncated fallbacks, or worse—arbitrary garbage text pulled from elsewhere in a long message and inserted into the bullet point. This is a real corruption bug worth flagging, and I want to check whether the same issue affects citations nested inside links within recovered list items. The actual bug lives in codexMarkdownDirectives.ts which is out of scope for direct edits, but the interaction is triggered by plugin ordering in ChatMarkdown.tsx, which is in scope, so I can leave a comment there explaining the offset mismatch. A prior review already flagged a related issue at that same line about directives not being transformed at all, which got fixed by reordering the plugins—so this is a different, residual failure mode introduced by that very fix, not a duplicate. I'm fairly confident it's worth posting, though I should sanity-check how often malformed directives actually occur in practice since Codex typically emits well-formed ones. The children nodes truly keep positions from the recovered parse while the paragraph itself retains the original node position — confirming there's no offset mapping at all in the current design, unlike an earlier version that had one. I'm also realizing there's a bigger consequence here: the separate directive-matching path used for copy/export functionality runs its own parser without the list-indentation handling, so it could diverge from this behavior entirely. Checking other node types — link and code renderers don't seem to depend on position for anything critical, so the issue appears narrowly scoped to malformed or link-nested directives inside over-indented list items rendering text sliced from wrong offsets. I want to make sure I'm not missing something more impactful before settling on this conclusion. Two other candidate issues surface: the file-chip label disambiguation from an earlier commit that wasn't fixed, and the copy-button double path which was fixed. I'm now checking whether the citation link's chip gets the correct copy markdown — the test expects a specific data-markdown-copy value derived from href and label, but I notice the ChatMarkdown chip and the copy-button path may diverge in what they produce for that value. Actually the copy-button path yields angle-bracket unresolved paths while the chip uses resolved absolute paths — different formats but both are technically valid links, just a milder version of the earlier divergence concern. I want to trace through how the citation path resolves against cwd to confirm exactly what the chip's copy markdown should be, so I'm going to look at the a() renderer implementation more closely.

13. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

14. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

💭 The two copy formats for citation chips are functionally equivalent, just differing in angle-bracket usage for spaces—not a real issue. I'm now weighing which finding to actually report, starting with the malformed nested directives in over-indented list items where text gets sliced at recovered parse offsets. The relevant in-scope file is ChatMarkdown.tsx, even though the underlying bug lives in the shared package; since the check restricts scope to apps/web, flagging line 368 there (the remarkCodexDirectives plugin entry) is reasonable. I want to build a concrete trace to confirm this: tracing through how a list item with excess indentation (- plus 7 spaces) gets parsed as an indented code node rather than a normal paragraph, then walking through how that code block's trimmed value gets fed into the recovered markdown parser to reconstruct the citation directive. I'm checking whether the restricted directive grammar correctly rejects malformed inputs like :See since it only matches the exact name codex-file-citation — good, that gate is working as intended from an earlier fix. But then I trace the offset math: the recovered parse computes directive positions relative to the recovered source, and when remarkCodexDirectives later slices the original source using those offsets, the numbers don't line up—resulting in a slice like ".\n- See :codex-file-citat" being shown to the user instead of the correct citation text. This is a real, if rare, corruption case worth flagging. The proper fix would be to validate that the sliced text actually starts with the directive's own name before trusting it, falling back to reconstructing the directive from its name/attributes otherwise—but since the file containing that logic is out of scope for edits, I'll instead leave the comment on the ChatMarkdown.tsx line where remarkCodexDirectives is registered in the plugin list. I need to check the diff hunk to confirm line 368 is actually part of the visible diff so I can attach an inline comment there. As for the previously-flagged swallowed insertTextAtEnd rejection, since the author already touched that code in response to the earlier comment but the silent-failure issue persists, I should avoid re-posting a duplicate complaint about it. I'm also confirming the "Use template" button silently failing during composer approval state is a real regression compared to the FileBrowserPanel's toast handling, but since the prior review comment already suggested surfacing a toast and the author partially addressed it, raising it again would just be a duplicate — better to skip it. Checking the artifact card styling and button sizing, nothing stands out as problematic there. I'm also verifying that the markdownComponents' div override doesn't break rendering of raw HTML divs when parseRawHtml is enabled — it looks like the spread props preserve everything needed, so that's fine. I'm weighing whether the sanitize schema's div allow-list could let a model craft a fake "Use template" card via raw HTML, but this leans more toward a security concern than a concrete behavioral violation from the changed lines, and it's low severity since the button just appends text to the composer — I'll leave it out of the report to stay focused on the actual issue. Now I'm drafting a line comment on ChatMarkdown.tsx around line 368: reordering remarkCodexDirectives after remarkNormalizeListItemIndentation fixes the well-formed case, but the recovery path in markdown-list-indentation.ts re-parses list content against a synthetic source string, so nodes it produces carry offsets relative to that synthetic string rather than the real message text — meaning transformCodexDirectives, which slices the original source using those offsets, could restore a rejected directive incorrectly for a malformed citation inside an over-indented bullet or link text. I'm working out a concrete example — a bullet ending in an unresolved citation directive at the end of a longer message would end up rendering a slice of unrelated text from elsewhere, based on the wrong offset range. The smallest fix would be to have the restore logic in codexMarkdownDirectives.ts verify the sliced source actually starts with the directive marker and name before trusting it, otherwise fall back to reconstructing the literal from the node's name/attributes, or properly remap the recovered offsets before restoring. I'll skip providing a diff since this crosses into another file, which is fine per the rules, and I'll place the comment once at line 368 after confirming that's the right anchor point.

15. browse_code — apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx

💭 I'll go ahead and post this review comment now.

16. modify_pr — One finding on the Codex directive pipeline in ChatMarkdown. Details inline.


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