Permission mode is a per-session runtime choice, while scheduled tasks cannot rely on a human approval loop. This removes the General settings permission surface, persists session permission metadata, and forces scheduled tasks to run with bypass permissions. Runtime permission changes now handle both directions across bypass boundaries, including startup/prewarm races, by persisting first and restarting only when the CLI launch mode must change.
Constraint: Scheduled tasks must be able to execute without a human standing by for authorization.
Constraint: The CLI only honors bypass permissions when launched with the skip-permissions flag, so switching to or from bypass requires a restart.
Rejected: Keep a global General permission default | it can leak across sessions and scheduled runs in ways the user cannot reason about.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: broad
Directive: Do not reintroduce a global UI permission selector without proving it cannot affect unrelated sessions or automations.
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts -t "permission" --timeout 30000 (10 pass, 0 fail)
Tested: bun run check:server (858 pass, 0 fail)
Tested: cd desktop && bun run check:desktop (760 tests plus production build passed)
Tested: desktop/scripts/build-macos-arm64.sh and codesign verification passed
Tested: Real DeepSeek smoke validated plan, bypass, and scheduled task permission behavior
Not-tested: Did not repeat the full DeepSeek smoke after the final startup-race hardening; mock WebSocket permission regression and full server gate were rerun after that change.
Fixes#632
New desktop installs and settings payloads without an explicit theme now hydrate to the pure white workspace. The General settings selector keeps the other two themes available, but presents pure white first so the default and visible ordering agree.
Constraint: Existing persisted theme choices must continue to win over the default.
Rejected: Remove the warm classic theme | users still need the alternate light appearance.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep the localStorage and user-settings theme fallbacks aligned when changing desktop theme defaults.
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test src/stores/uiStore.test.ts src/stores/settingsStore.test.ts src/__tests__/generalSettings.test.tsx
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: bun run check:desktop
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: Full root bun run verify.
The CLI already emits memory_saved events and stores Markdown memory files, but the desktop app had no usable surface for seeing or editing those writes. This adds a project memory API, a Settings memory editor, chat memory event cards, and routing from /memory or /context into the memory UI.
Constraint: Memory files live under Claude project storage and must remain plain Markdown editable by users.
Rejected: Only expose raw filesystem links | users need an in-app review and edit flow from chat.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep memory storage project-scoped and preserve unknown Markdown content when editing.
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/ws-memory-events.test.ts src/server/__tests__/memory.test.ts
Tested: bun run check:server
Tested: bun run check:desktop
Tested: agent-browser E2E for chat memory card, Open Memory navigation, and responsive Markdown editor layout
Not-tested: Live model auto-memory trigger rate with real provider credentials
The pure white appearance option needed to avoid warm-theme leakage while preserving the existing warm classic brand theme. This adds the white theme mode, keeps local browser startup from reusing stale H5 server URLs in dev, and moves visible legacy warm surfaces onto theme tokens.
Constraint: H5 server auth policy, CORS policy, SDK routes, adapter routes, and IM access paths must not change for a visual theme fix
Rejected: Rename the original light theme to pure white | the original theme is a warm classic palette, not a neutral white workspace
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep structural white-theme borders neutral; reserve the warm brand color for selected states, primary actions, and small accents
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- src/__tests__/generalSettings.test.tsx src/lib/desktopRuntime.test.ts src/lib/persistenceMigrations.test.ts src/stores/uiStore.test.ts src/stores/settingsStore.test.ts
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run build
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/settings.test.ts src/server/__tests__/h5-access-policy.test.ts src/server/__tests__/h5-access-auth.test.ts src/server/middleware/cors.test.ts
Tested: Browser smoke at http://127.0.0.1:5173 with data-theme=white, no H5 token prompt, /status inspector visible, inspector border #DDE3EA
Not-tested: Full bun run verify gate
H5 access is a user-facing desktop sharing entrypoint, so it should not be buried inside the broad General settings surface. Move it into its own Settings tab and make the empty QR state point users at the token generation action before a scan link exists.
Constraint: Preserve the existing H5 store API and token lifecycle while changing only the desktop settings surface.
Rejected: Keep H5 access inside General with a larger visual block | still hides a strong product surface in a catch-all page.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep H5 access as a first-class settings entry unless the navigation model is redesigned holistically.
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- src/__tests__/generalSettings.test.tsx src/i18n/index.test.tsx
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run build
Tested: bun run verify
Not-tested: Live H5 token generation against an enabled local H5 service; current local desktop state had H5 disabled.
Expose local Claude Code CLI transcript usage in Settings so users can inspect recent token consumption and daily activity without leaving the desktop app.
The page uses server-side transcript aggregation for session, message, tool, model-token, and subagent token data. Daily token buckets use assistant message timestamps, and daily session counts use active parent sessions for the same date bucket so resumed sessions and cross-midnight work do not produce token-only days. Cache accounting is bumped to v5 to force recomputation under the corrected daily semantics.
Constraint: Usage data must come from local Claude Code CLI transcripts rather than mock/demo data.
Constraint: Desktop navigation keeps Token usage directly above Diagnostics.
Rejected: Bucket all token usage by session start date | hides resumed-session and cross-midnight consumption from the actual day it was spent.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep daily token and daily session counts on the same date-bucketing semantics.
Tested: bun run check:desktop
Tested: bun run check:server
Tested: Browser verification for Token usage in English and Chinese locale date labels
Not-tested: Full bun run verify quality gate
Desktop failures were previously hard to debug from issue reports because server-side and CLI startup details were only partially visible in the UI. This adds a dedicated cc-haha diagnostics store with sanitized structured events, runtime error summaries, a Settings diagnostics view, and an exportable bundle that users can attach to reports.
Constraint: Diagnostic exports must not include chat content, file contents, full environment variables, API keys, bearer tokens, cookies, or OAuth tokens.
Rejected: Export raw server logs | easier to debug but too likely to leak secrets and private workspace data.
Rejected: Keep diagnostics only in transient UI errors | still leaves maintainers unable to diagnose later GitHub issues.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not add raw transcript, prompt, attachment, or environment dumps to diagnostics without a separate privacy review.
Tested: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=test-key bun test src/server/__tests__/diagnostics-service.test.ts
Tested: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=test-key bun test src/server/__tests__/conversation-service.test.ts
Tested: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=test-key bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test src/__tests__/diagnosticsSettings.test.tsx --run
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run build
Tested: agent-browser E2E on local server/dev UI for CLI startup failure, provider test failure, diagnostics tab, copy summary, export bundle, and tar/secret scan
Not-tested: Destructive clear-logs button in browser E2E; local deletion was intentionally not clicked.
Some setup flows end in a shell command instead of a natural-language install path, so Settings now exposes a host PTY terminal backed by portable-pty and xterm. The terminal inherits the user's login-shell environment, forces a UTF-8 locale when needed, and preserves split UTF-8 output so Chinese paths render correctly.
Constraint: Desktop GUI apps do not inherit the user's interactive shell PATH on macOS.
Constraint: Command output may split UTF-8 characters across PTY reads.
Rejected: Use Tauri shell commands only | users need an interactive PTY for copy-pasted install flows.
Rejected: Ask users to edit shell profiles | terminal setup should work out of the box.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep terminal startup tied to host environment checks; do not bundle runtimes to solve PATH issues.
Tested: cargo fmt --check; cargo test --lib; cargo check; cd desktop && bun run lint; cd desktop && bun run test src/pages/TerminalSettings.test.tsx; cd desktop && bun run build; cd desktop && bun run build:macos-arm64
Tested: Computer Use verified npm is available in the built macOS app terminal and Chinese output renders after UTF-8 decoding fix.
Not-tested: Native Windows/Linux package runtime validation.
The desktop app already had solid session streaming, permission, and tool-rendering flows, but extension setup still forced users into manual forms or external shell work. This change adds an Install Center in Settings that reuses the session chat pipeline for natural-language installs, adds installer-specific guidance for plugin and skill URLs, and includes an agent-browser E2E script for real UI validation.
Constraint: Must reuse the existing session/chat execution path instead of introducing a second install runtime
Constraint: Plugin installs need real CLI commands while skill installs may come from published install commands on third-party pages
Rejected: Separate terminal-only install surface | duplicates session UX and weakens permission/tool visibility
Rejected: Pure form-based installer expansion | too much friction for plugin, MCP, and skill onboarding
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep installer prompts aligned with the actual CLI install surfaces; do not let the installer fall back to slash-command syntax inside Bash
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: Real UI automation via agent-browser for Telegram plugin install flow through Settings > Install, verified Plugins page shows telegram enabled
Tested: Real UI automation via agent-browser for ui-ux-pro-max skill install flow through Settings > Install, verified ~/.claude/skills/ui-ux-pro-max and Skills page visibility
Not-tested: Full e2e-install-center-agent-browser.sh script as a single uninterrupted green run after the latest stability tweaks
Merged the desktop MCP management work into local main and retained
existing plugin settings affordances while resolving router and settings-tab
conflicts. The resulting flow keeps MCP settings global-only for speed and
uses slash-command cards to route users into concrete MCP or skill targets.
Constraint: local main already had plugin settings and API routes that had to remain available
Rejected: Favor the worktree version wholesale during merge | would have dropped local plugin tab and router support on main
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep slash-command entry flows and settings tabs additive during future merges; do not collapse MCP and plugin navigation into one another
Tested: Conflict resolution review during merge; source commit 66edded validated with bun test src/server/__tests__/mcp.test.ts; cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx mcpSettings.test.tsx; cd desktop && bun x tsc --noEmit --ignoreDeprecations 5.0
Not-tested: Re-running full desktop/manual verification from the merged main worktree after merge completion
Related: 66edded
Desktop MCP management now has a working server API, a global-only settings surface,
and slash-command entry points that surface MCP and skills from the composer before
routing users into the right settings view.
Constraint: Project-scoped MCP browsing in settings was too slow and noisy because it scanned multiple workdirs
Rejected: Keep project MCP aggregation on the settings homepage | duplicated entries and poor responsiveness
Rejected: Route /mcp directly on Enter without an intermediate card | removed the user's ability to choose a specific target first
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep settings focused on global MCP; add project-scoped MCP affordances in the chat-context slash surfaces instead of re-expanding the settings homepage
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/mcp.test.ts; cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx mcpSettings.test.tsx; cd desktop && bun x tsc --noEmit --ignoreDeprecations 5.0
Not-tested: Manual IAB verification after this final commit/merge cycle
The desktop app could read plugin-produced skills and agents, but it had no
plugin control plane of its own. This adds a dedicated Settings tab backed by
server-side plugin APIs so installed plugins can be inspected, enabled,
disabled, updated, reloaded, and uninstalled from the WebUI.
The implementation also teaches browser-based desktop dev sessions to honor a
custom backend URL, which made it possible to run isolated worktree ports for
real UI automation. During verification, the long-lived desktop server kept a
stale installed-plugin snapshot after external CLI mutations, so cache clearing
now resets that session-level plugin installation state as well.
Constraint: Desktop WebUI needed an isolated backend URL instead of the hard-coded 127.0.0.1:3456 fallback
Constraint: Reuse existing plugin operations and loaders instead of rebuilding plugin lifecycle logic in the desktop layer
Rejected: Fold plugin management into Skills or Adapters | mixed unrelated lifecycles and hid plugin-specific health/actions
Rejected: Expose only read-only plugin status in desktop | did not satisfy enable-disable-reload-uninstall verification needs
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep desktop plugin actions routed through the shared plugin operation layer and clear installed-plugin session caches when plugin state changes externally
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- src/__tests__/pluginsSettings.test.tsx
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/plugins.test.ts src/server/__tests__/skills.test.ts
Tested: Browser automation against isolated ports 15120/38456 covering discord plugin list/detail/disable/apply/enable/update/uninstall flows
Not-tested: Full desktop session runtime parity with CLI /reload-plugins AppState refresh beyond the new desktop API path
This introduces a persisted light/dark appearance setting, maps the desktop shell onto semantic theme tokens, and reworks the highest-traffic chat/settings surfaces so the new dark mode is usable without regressing the original light theme.
The same pass tightens markdown rendering for chat replies by improving inline code, table overflow handling, and safe external-link behavior so dark-mode content stays legible in real conversations.
Constraint: Preserve the existing light theme while adding a user-selectable dark theme in Settings > General
Constraint: Avoid introducing new dependencies for styling or markdown handling
Rejected: Replacing the light palette with a single dual-purpose palette | would risk broad visual regressions across the existing desktop UI
Rejected: Implementing dark mode only for shell chrome | leaves chat markdown, diffs, and permission flows visually broken
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: New desktop UI should use semantic theme variables instead of hard-coded color literals so both themes stay aligned
Tested: bun run lint; bun run test; bun run build; browser review of theme switching, provider/permission states, and chat surfaces
Not-tested: Prototype-style pages with remaining hard-coded colors (scheduled/session control mock surfaces) were not fully normalized in this change
Replace the default macOS about dialog with a custom menu that emits
a Tauri event, navigating to the Settings > About tab within the React app.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove the separate Tasks sidebar page (wrong concept — was showing
scheduled tasks). Instead, display CLI task progress as a sticky bar
at the bottom of the active session, matching the official desktop app
behavior. Tasks are refreshed in real-time by detecting TaskCreate/
TaskUpdate tool_result messages over WebSocket.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Settings: new Providers tab with full CRUD, activation, and connectivity
test; Model tab shows active provider name; General tab simplified
- Tasks: new CLI Tasks page displaying task lists from ~/.claude/tasks/
with status, owner, and dependency (blocks/blockedBy) visualization
- NewTaskModal: add Advanced options (model, permission mode, working dir)
- Backend: fix TaskService to parse CLI V2 task format; extend /api/tasks
with /lists endpoint for grouped queries
- Fix ModelInfo.context type from number to string
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The desktop app now keeps the composer stable while turns are active,
reduces low-signal tool noise in the transcript, restores project context
under the composer after session creation, and relies on the CLI's own
permission requests instead of injecting broader desktop-side Bash asks.
This also brings in the supporting desktop app source tree and the server
routes/session metadata needed for git info, filesystem browsing, session
resume, slash commands, and SDK-backed permission bridging so the UI can
operate as a coherent feature instead of a partial patch.
Constraint: Desktop transcript needs to stay usable during long multi-tool sessions without hiding file-change diffs
Constraint: Permission prompts must mirror CLI behavior closely enough that read-only commands do not get desktop-only prompts
Rejected: Keep rendering Read/Bash bodies inline | too noisy and unlike the intended transcript model
Rejected: Commit only the touched desktop files | would leave the newly introduced desktop app incomplete in git history
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: broad
Reversibility: messy
Directive: Treat non-writing tools as summary-first transcript events; do not re-expand them by default without validating the UX against long sessions
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- --run
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts
Not-tested: Manual visual regression against the exact screenshots in a live desktop session
Not-tested: Full root TypeScript check (repository still has unrelated extracted-native parse failures)
