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Stacked on the remote workspace agent type PR. Voltage-only, and built only with voltage-sandbox.

What

Thread banners for ending and recovering a remote workspace session, using the hook from #52.

  • Prompts. A start that fails with a lifecycle code, such as session_ended or session_active, records a prompt in a GPUI global holding buzz-remote-sessions' RecoveryPrompts. A start or recovery that succeeds clears it. Prompts live in memory only.

  • Buttons. They match the desktop:

    • Recover from checkpoint: hidden when the provider says there's no checkpoint;
    • Start fresh;
    • End session;
    • Check session: while it's ending.

    The state in End's reply picks the next banner. If the agent's provider can't end and recover sessions, the banner offers only Dismiss.

Size: 2 files, +481/−9.

Validation (GPUI dev shell, each commit on its own)

  • cargo fmt --all --check passes.
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --locked -D warnings passes for buzz-sandbox-host, buzz-gpui and buzzd, both with and without voltage-sandbox.
  • buzz-sandbox-host: 6 tests pass. 4 of them drive a stub buzz-backend-kubernetes and check four things:
    • the stub receives the bound scope, the identity policy and the custody nsec, and none of the GUI-supplied reserved keys;
    • coded failures arrive as Failed { code };
    • Starts for one agent never overlap;
    • a deleted agent is refused.
  • buzz-gpui at the top of the stack: 1049 tests pass with voltage-sandbox and 1042 without, so the feature adds 7 tests and leaves the default build unchanged.

Try it locally

cd apps/buzz-gpui
nix develop --command cargo run --release -p buzz-gpui --features voltage-sandbox

Put buzz-backend-kubernetes on PATH or in ~/.local/bin. Then create a "Remote workspace (Kubernetes)" agent, using provider_config and the env from the staging-agent Terraform output.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added recovery support for remote workspace sessions that fail during startup.
    • Displays recovery prompts with available options, including restoring from a checkpoint, starting fresh, checking status, ending the session, or dismissing the message.
    • Updates recovery status as actions succeed, fail, or transition through session-ending states.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of agent registration and session startup failures.
    • Canceled starts now report a clear cancellation message.
    • Completion handling and recovery updates now run reliably through the application runtime.

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  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/mod.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/recovery.rs
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The remote-workspace agent now initializes recovery after successful registration and reports session outcomes. A new recovery module tracks lifecycle-coded failures, checks provider support, displays thread-banner actions, and updates prompts when recovery or end/check requests complete.

Changes: Remote workspace recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recovery state and action contract
apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/recovery.rs
Adds recovery actions and views based on lifecycle state and checkpoint availability. Stores prompts by session and thread, with tests for action selection and prompt handling.
Start tracking and banner setup
apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/mod.rs, apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/recovery.rs
Initializes recovery after successful registration. Reports session starts to recovery, checks provider lifecycle support, and builds banners with available actions.
Recovery action handling
apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/recovery.rs
Dispatches recovery and end/check requests through the agent host. Updates or clears prompts from the response and refreshes the banner. Tests cover response state changes.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~40 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant ThreadBanner
  participant Recovery
  participant AgentHost
  participant Prompts
  User->>ThreadBanner: Select recovery or end/check action
  ThreadBanner->>Recovery: Dispatch action
  Recovery->>AgentHost: Send lifecycle request
  AgentHost-->>Recovery: Return lifecycle response
  Recovery->>Prompts: Update or clear prompt
  Recovery-->>ThreadBanner: Refresh banner
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Possibly related PRs

  • voltagecloud/buzz#45: Adds the remote-session lifecycle types and methods used by this recovery module.
  • voltagecloud/buzz#55: Adds the GPUI remote-workspace agent and start flow that this change extends.
  • voltagecloud/buzz#3: Adds desktop recovery prompts and actions with behavior that this change implements for GPUI thread banners.
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A newer recovery prompt can disappear if an earlier action completes afterward. This narrow race is mergeable with an explicit decision to fix or accept it.

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- Around line 316-351: Associate each Prompts entry with a unique generation,
incremented when started creates or replaces an entry, and capture that
generation in act before launching the asynchronous request. Add an
answered_if_current method that delegates to answered only when the key still
maps to the captured generation, and use it for action completion updates so
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Comment on lines +316 to +351
fn act(key: &RecoveryPromptKey, action: Action, cx: &mut App) {
let Some(entry) = cx.global::<Prompts>().entries.get(key).cloned() else {
return;
};
let (pubkey, session) = (entry.session.pubkey.clone(), entry.session);
let request = match action {
_ if entry.busy => return,
Action::Dismiss => {
cx.global_mut::<Prompts>().clear(key);
thread_banners::refresh(cx);
return;
}
Action::Recover(mode) => SandboxRequest::Recover { session, mode },
Action::End | Action::Check => SandboxRequest::End { session },
};
let Some(link) = link_of(&pubkey, cx) else {
return;
};
if let Some(entry) = cx.global_mut::<Prompts>().entries.get_mut(key) {
entry.busy = true;
}
thread_banners::refresh(cx);
let answer =
crate::runtime::Runtime::handle(cx).spawn(async move { send(&link, request).await });
let key = key.clone();
cx.spawn(async move |cx| {
let answer = answer
.await
.unwrap_or_else(|_| Err("The request was cancelled".into()));
cx.update(|cx| {
cx.global_mut::<Prompts>().answered(&key, &answer);
thread_banners::refresh(cx);
});
})
.detach();
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Ignore stale banner-action responses.

After a failed start, a new owner mention can create another Start request while an End or Recover action is pending. Prompts::started replaces the entry for the same key, but the older action completion calls answered(&key, ...) and updates that replacement. A successful older Recover can therefore clear the newer prompt, while an End or failure can overwrite its view.

Associate each entry with a generation and apply an action response only when the generation still matches.

Suggested fix
 struct Entry {
     /// The start that failed, sent again by its actions.
     session: SandboxSession,
     view: View,
     busy: bool,
+    generation: u64,
 }
 
 pub struct Prompts {
     prompts: RecoveryPrompts,
     entries: HashMap<RecoveryPromptKey, Entry>,
+    next_generation: u64,
     /// By agent; absent until its host answers.
     lifecycle: HashMap<String, bool>,
     checking: HashSet<String>,
@@
         let entry = Entry {
             session: session.clone(),
             view,
             busy: false,
+            generation: self.next_generation,
         };
+        self.next_generation = self.next_generation.wrapping_add(1);
         self.entries.insert(key, entry);
@@
     pub fn answered(
         &mut self,
         key: &RecoveryPromptKey,
         answer: &Result<SandboxResponse, SessionError>,
@@
             Err(error) => entry.view = entry.view.failed(error),
         }
     }
+
+    fn answered_if_current(
+        &mut self,
+        key: &RecoveryPromptKey,
+        generation: u64,
+        answer: &Result<SandboxResponse, SessionError>,
+    ) {
+        if self
+            .entries
+            .get(key)
+            .is_some_and(|entry| entry.generation == generation)
+        {
+            self.answered(key, answer);
+        }
+    }
@@
-    let (pubkey, session) = (entry.session.pubkey.clone(), entry.session);
+    let (pubkey, session, generation) =
+        (entry.session.pubkey.clone(), entry.session, entry.generation);
@@
-            cx.global_mut::<Prompts>().answered(&key, &answer);
+            cx.global_mut::<Prompts>()
+                .answered_if_current(&key, generation, &answer);
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Review comment at
@apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/recovery.rs around
lines 316 - 351:
Associate each Prompts entry with a unique generation, incremented when started
creates or replaces an entry, and capture that generation in act before
launching the asynchronous request. Add an answered_if_current method that
delegates to answered only when the key still maps to the captured generation,
and use it for action completion updates so stale responses cannot modify newer
prompts.

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A start that fails with a lifecycle code, such as session_ended or
session_active, leaves a prompt in a GPUI global holding
buzz-remote-sessions' RecoveryPrompts. A start or recovery that works
clears it. Prompts live in memory only.

The thread banner shows each prompt in its thread with the desktop's
buttons: Recover from checkpoint (unless the provider said there is
none) and Start fresh, End session, or Check session while it ends.
End's reply state picks the next banner. When the agent's provider
cannot end and recover sessions, the banner offers only Dismiss.

Signed-off-by: Tee8z <[email protected]>
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tee8z force-pushed the feat/gpui-rw-banners branch from e70f345 to a7795ae Compare October 22, 2026 13:14
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