The context usage indicator stayed at the pre-compact percentage (e.g.
100%) until the next API response arrived. Two stacked causes:
- The CLI anchors the displayed total to max(local estimate, last API
usage) so the meter never drops mid-turn — but preserved messages
(SM-compact / partial compact) still carried the pre-compact usage,
pinning the meter after compaction. buildPostCompactMessages now
zeroes token usage on preserved assistant copies, the established
stale placeholder that getCurrentUsage() skips, covering every
compaction path in one place. Originals are not mutated, so
transcript and cost accounting are unaffected.
- Right after compaction the CLI is often still busy, so the
indicator's refresh timed out ("Request timed out after 30s") and the
catch kept the stale context on screen with no later retry (auto
refresh is throttled to 10s and stops once the session goes idle).
compact_boundary now bumps a per-session compactCount; the indicator
force-refreshes on that nonce — bypassing the throttle and any
in-flight request that may still hold pre-compact data — and retries
once after 5s if the forced refresh fails.
Tested: bun test src/services/compact/
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- src/components/chat/ContextUsageIndicator.test.tsx src/stores/chatStore.test.ts
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Virtualized chat rendering keeps inactive long-running sessions cheap without disconnecting their CLI process, while DeepSeek now relies on the shared Thinking setting instead of a provider-specific disabled-thinking override. Existing legacy DeepSeek managed env is normalized so old local settings do not keep suppressing reasoning output after upgrade.
Constraint: Multiple desktop tabs must keep live sessions running and remain quick to switch without reconnecting.
Rejected: Pause or disconnect hidden sessions | would delay tab switching and interrupt streaming/tool state visibility.
Rejected: Keep DeepSeek disabled-thinking preset | conflicts with the General Settings Thinking control.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not reintroduce provider-specific disabled-thinking defaults for DeepSeek without testing both General Settings toggle states.
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts -t "global Thinking setting control DeepSeek"
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/persistence-upgrade.test.ts src/server/__tests__/provider-presets.test.ts src/server/__tests__/providers.test.ts src/server/__tests__/title-service.test.ts src/utils/__tests__/thinking.test.ts src/utils/__tests__/providerManagedEnvCompat.test.ts
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- MessageList.test.tsx ContextUsageIndicator.test.tsx
Tested: bun run check:server
H5 browser use needs to keep local desktop WebUI testing open while giving remote phones a usable chat-first surface. This change scopes browser auth by origin and target host, hides non-chat desktop chrome on H5 mobile, compacts the empty-session composer, and unifies mobile selectors behind a full-width bottom sheet with an explicit close action.
Constraint: Local browser development may bypass H5 auth only for loopback or private LAN server hosts; public or remote hosts still require an H5 token.
Constraint: Mobile H5 scope is chat-first; settings and scheduled-task surfaces stay hidden instead of fully redesigned.
Rejected: Reuse desktop popovers on mobile | hover/anchored dropdown behavior leaves key actions hard to dismiss and cramped on narrow screens.
Rejected: Let any localhost origin bypass remote auth | it would let arbitrary local pages access public H5 servers without a token.
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep future H5 selector popups on MobileBottomSheet unless a selector needs a reviewed custom mobile interaction.
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- src/pages/EmptySession.test.tsx src/components/chat/ChatInput.test.tsx src/lib/desktopRuntime.test.ts src/components/shared/RepositoryLaunchControls.test.tsx src/components/controls/PermissionModeSelector.test.tsx src/components/controls/ModelSelector.test.tsx src/components/shared/DirectoryPicker.test.tsx src/__tests__/pages.test.tsx
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/h5-access-auth.test.ts src/server/middleware/cors.test.ts
Tested: Chrome mobile viewport smoke for context, model, permission, project, branch, and worktree bottom sheets with no horizontal overflow.
Not-tested: Full bun run verify quality gate.
Desktop context inspection could send get_context_usage while a prewarmed CLI process existed but before the SDK socket was connected. That first control request sat in the pending outbound queue and could time out, leaving the composer spinner or a misleading empty-state context display. The server now waits for the SDK socket before sending control requests, and the UI renders the actual initial context snapshot instead of masking empty active-session data.
Constraint: CLI /context and desktop get_context_usage must stay on the shared collectContextData/analyzeContextUsage path
Rejected: Hide zero-token active snapshots in the component | that masks backend timing bugs and prevents showing real initial system/tool context
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not queue control requests before the SDK socket is connected; let user messages keep the pending outbound behavior
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts --test-name-pattern "not queue control|context-only|prewarmed empty session|structured session inspection"
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx --test-name-pattern "EmptySession shows draft context|first-paint spinner|empty live session|live context usage|runtime model"
Tested: bun run check:server
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: real dev API prewarmed empty session returned 31,190 / 262,144 (12%) on first context-only inspection and 16ms on repeat
Tested: browser at http://127.0.0.1:5174/ showed 上下文用量 12% for an empty active session
A newly opened desktop session can return a live context snapshot before any
prompt content has been counted. When that snapshot is all zeroes, rendering it
as 0% makes the first real context update look like an unexplained jump. The
composer now keeps that empty live snapshot in the pending state while still
using its model metadata.
Constraint: Live context snapshots can be initialized before any user-visible context exists
Rejected: Render 0% for zero-token live snapshots | it repeats the misleading empty-session state
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not show numeric context usage for empty zero-token sessions
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
The desktop composer now treats draft and not-yet-running sessions as pending
until a real CLI context snapshot exists. Context inspection has a lightweight
context-only path so the composer and /context panel do not wait on unrelated
usage or MCP status work, and desktop boot no longer blocks the first shell
render on tab restoration.
Constraint: Empty composer state has no live CLI context to inspect until a session starts
Rejected: Display 0% before live context exists | it implied one user message consumed the fixed prompt/tool baseline
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not show numeric context usage without a real context snapshot
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: bun run check:desktop
Tested: bun run check:server
Tested: Browser reload at http://127.0.0.1:5174 with cleared open-tabs showed pending context and no /inspection request
Provider model context windows now feed the composer-level context indicator, so users can see current usage without opening slash panels. The indicator refreshes when the session runtime model changes, keeps a stable loading placeholder, and marks estimate fallback data during reconnect or compaction windows.
Constraint: The desktop UI must use the real session inspection API and session-scoped runtime selection instead of mocked or static context values.
Rejected: Keep context details only in /context or /status | the user explicitly wanted an always-visible composer indicator.
Rejected: Reuse stale context after model switches | different provider windows make identical percentages misleading.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not remove the runtimeSelectionKey refresh path without real multi-provider browser verification.
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- pages.test.tsx
Tested: bun run check:desktop
Tested: KEEP_ARTIFACTS=1 desktop/scripts/e2e-context-usage-live-agent-browser.sh
Not-tested: Live browser E2E with every configured provider in the committed script; separate agent-browser sweep verified four providers locally.
