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This PR closes

#5779
#5866

What Changed

  • open files and tree in the file panel no longer stay stale after an agent makes an edit in the background
  • uses the turn checkpoint changed file list to refresh only the files edited by an agent

Why

  • i was working on changes where I was going back and forth with the agent to refine some docs, the stale files made this incredibly tedious
  • This change reuses the turn checkpoint edit list to minimize computation.
    • This does lead to a larger diff, coordinating the state, but it's worth it to keep performance strong.
  • One caveat: Edits made outside of t3 code are stale UNTIL the next turn completes. Fixing this would require heavier watcher or polling architecture. Not worth it for a rarer case that's solved by the refresh button IMO.

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Before

files_before.mp4

After

files_after.mp4

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • I included a video for animation/interaction changes

Authored by Claude Fable 5 via Claude Code in T3 Code.

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Fix stale files in FilePreviewPanel by auto-refreshing on checkpoint changes

  • Adds checkpoint refresh utilities in checkpointFileRefresh.ts: a useCheckpointQueryRefresh hook, scope reconciliation cache, snapshot memoization, and checkpointFilesIncludePath matcher for repo-relative suffix matching
  • Wires FilePreviewPanel.tsx to refresh the project entries list (when explorer is visible) and the selected file query (when a non-image file is open) whenever new relevant checkpoints are observed for the current thread/environment/cwd
  • Adds a full test suite in checkpointFileRefresh.test.ts covering refresh decisions, reconciliation, snapshot building, and path matching
  • Risk: refresh logic depends on useCheckpointsSnapshot returning a non-null snapshot; if checkpoint data is delayed or empty, file queries may not refresh until a subsequent checkpoint arrives

Macroscope summarized bf4f1f1.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • File previews and project entries now refresh automatically when relevant checkpoint changes occur.
    • Refreshes are scoped to the active environment, thread, working directory, and file path.
    • Improved handling of reverted, interrupted, failed, and unchanged checkpoints.
    • Prevented unnecessary refreshes and preserved correct file explorer visibility.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for checkpoint updates, file-path matching, refresh boundaries, and unchanged files.

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FilePreviewPanel now refreshes scoped project-entry and selected-file queries from checkpoint snapshots. The change adds snapshot construction, path matching, refresh evaluation, thread-scoped state, and tests for checkpoint history changes.

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Checkpoint Refresh Flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Checkpoint snapshots and refresh evaluation
apps/web/src/components/files/checkpointFileRefresh.ts, apps/web/src/components/files/checkpointFileRefresh.test.ts
The module builds checkpoint snapshots, matches file paths, and evaluates refresh actions for new, relevant, reverted, interrupted, and failed checkpoints.
Thread-scoped snapshot state
apps/web/src/components/files/checkpointFileRefresh.ts
Thread-keyed atoms retain snapshots for five minutes and reuse unchanged snapshot values.
Scoped query refresh integration
apps/web/src/components/files/FilePreviewPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/files/checkpointFileRefresh.ts
The refresh hook tracks scope markers and refreshes project entries or selected non-image file queries when relevant checkpoint changes occur. The panel reuses the shared explorer visibility condition.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9ad70

A background agent edit can still leave an open file showing stale contents when the edit arrives during the initial load, and disabled image scopes may trigger unnecessary file reads. The stale-data race should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FilePreviewPanel
  participant useCheckpointsSnapshot
  participant useCheckpointQueryRefresh
  participant QueryAtoms
  FilePreviewPanel->>useCheckpointsSnapshot: read thread-scoped checkpoint snapshot
  useCheckpointsSnapshot-->>useCheckpointQueryRefresh: provide snapshot
  useCheckpointQueryRefresh->>useCheckpointQueryRefresh: evaluate scope and file relevance
  useCheckpointQueryRefresh->>QueryAtoms: refresh project-entry or selected-file query
  QueryAtoms-->>FilePreviewPanel: provide refreshed data
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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR adds a checkpoint-driven reconciliation state machine that changes when cached file and explorer RPC queries refetch, including handling for reverts and in-flight reads. The scope is focused, but the new cross-cutting runtime behavior and edge-case state handling warrant human review.

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The file preview and tree cache readFile/listEntries results in query
atoms that nothing invalidated, so agent edits stayed invisible until an
app restart (pingdotgg#5779). Turn checkpoints already carry a changed-file list;
the panel now reconciles its queries against every checkpoint it has not
yet seen and refetches when one touched what it shows, including
interrupted turns and reverts. No polling, no watchers, no new wire
traffic.

Authored by Claude Fable 5 via Claude Code, directed by flamboh.
A checkpoint landing while a query's first fetch was in flight was marked
reconciled even though that read may have snapshotted disk before the
turn's writes, leaving stale content with no later correction. The marker
now stays unreconciled in that case and the settled result re-evaluates
it, so the common path still avoids double fetches.

Authored by Claude Fable 5 via Claude Code, directed by flamboh.
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flamboh force-pushed the fix/file-panel-checkpoint-refresh branch from 052a895 to 73c5524 Compare August 23, 2026 10:02
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In `@apps/web/src/components/files/checkpointFileRefresh.ts`:
- Around line 129-135: Update the checkpoint reconciliation flow around
firstFetchInFlight so a checkpoint arriving during the initial file read is not
prematurely persisted when marker is undefined. Defer advancing reconciledScopes
until the initial read settles, then detect the changed checkpoint and trigger a
refresh; preserve normal handling for already-established markers. Add a
regression test covering a null snapshot that becomes relevant while the initial
query is waiting.

In `@apps/web/src/components/files/FilePreviewPanel.tsx`:
- Around line 802-808: Update the useCheckpointQueryRefresh call in
FilePreviewPanel to pass an inert atom whenever its scopeKey is null, preventing
image paths from subscribing to getProjectFileQueryAtom or issuing
projectEnvironment.readFile requests while useProjectFileQuery is disabled. Add
a request-spy regression test covering an image path and asserting no file-query
request occurs.
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Please fix these issues before merge.

  1. A checkpoint that arrives during the first file read can be marked reconciled before that read finishes. The read can then settle with stale data and never refresh. Do not advance the marker until the initial read settles and the new checkpoint has been refreshed. Add a regression test for that sequence.

  2. useCheckpointQueryRefresh subscribes to queryAtom before it checks whether scopeKey is null. Image previews and other disabled scopes can still issue file reads. Use an inert atom or avoid mounting the subscription for disabled scopes, and add a request-spy test.

  3. reconciledScopes is a module-level map with no eviction. Bound it or remove scope entries when they are no longer needed.

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