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feat(web): add chat settings to compact the work log and hide reasoning
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fix(web): keep relocated terminal answers, expanded runs, and Find ma…
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fix(web): merge main and preserve density settings
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fix(web): preserve work log navigation and visible answers
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fix(web): retain tool disclosure while hiding live reasoning
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187 changes: 187 additions & 0 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.density.test.ts
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import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
import {
applyTimelineDensity,
deriveMessagesTimelineRows,
type MessagesTimelineRow,
} from "./MessagesTimeline.logic";

type WorkEntry = Extract<MessagesTimelineRow, { kind: "work" }>["groupedEntries"][number];
const entry = (id: string, itemType: string) =>
({
id,
label: id,
detail: id,
itemType,
tone: itemType === "reasoning" ? "thinking" : "tool",
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
}) as unknown as WorkEntry;
const work = (
id: string,
entries: WorkEntry[],
isExpandedToolGroup = false,
): MessagesTimelineRow => ({
kind: "work",
id,
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
groupedEntries: entries,
isExpandedToolGroup,
});
const assistant = (id: string, showAssistantMeta: boolean) =>
({
kind: "message",
id,
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
message: { id, role: "assistant", runId: "run-1" },
showAssistantMeta,
}) as unknown as MessagesTimelineRow;

describe("applyTimelineDensity", () => {
const rows = [
work("w1", [entry("r1", "reasoning"), entry("c1", "command_execution")]),
assistant("m1", false),
work("w2", [entry("c2", "command_execution"), entry("c3", "command_execution")]),
assistant("m2", true),
];

it("is identity when both settings are off", () => {
expect(applyTimelineDensity(rows, { compactWorkLog: false, hideReasoning: false })).toBe(rows);
});

it("hides reasoning and commentary, then compacts to one updating line", () => {
const result = applyTimelineDensity(rows, { compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: true });
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["w2", "m2"]);
const last = result[0] as Extract<MessagesTimelineRow, { kind: "work" }>;
expect(last.groupedEntries.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["c3"]);
expect(last.isExpandedToolGroup).toBe(false);
const entries = [entry("first", "command_execution"), entry("latest", "command_execution")];
const derived = deriveMessagesTimelineRows({
timelineEntries: entries.map((entry) => ({
kind: "work",
id: entry.id,
createdAt: entry.createdAt,
entry,
})),
isWorking: false,
turnDiffSummaries: [],
supportsConversationRollback: false,
});
expect(
applyTimelineDensity(derived, { compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: false })[0],
).toMatchObject({ kind: "work-toggle", summary: "latest", groupedEntries: entries });
});

it("hideReasoning alone keeps tool rows and the final answer", () => {
const result = applyTimelineDensity(rows, { compactWorkLog: false, hideReasoning: true });
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["w1", "w2", "m2"]);
});

it("hides live commentary as soon as the next step starts", () => {
const live = [
work("w1", [entry("c1", "command_execution")]),
assistant("m1", false),
work("w2", [entry("c2", "command_execution")]),
];
const result = applyTimelineDensity(live, { compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: true });
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["w2"]);
const steer = {
kind: "message",
id: "steer",
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
message: { id: "steer", role: "user", inputIntent: "steer", runId: "run-1" },
} as unknown as MessagesTimelineRow;
const steered = applyTimelineDensity([live[1]!, steer, live[2]!], {
compactWorkLog: true,
hideReasoning: true,
});
expect(steered.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["steer", "w2"]);
});

it("keeps a terminal answer whose meta moved below trailing tools", () => {
const settled = [
assistant("m1", false),
work("w1", [entry("c1", "command_execution")]),
{
kind: "assistant-meta",
id: "assistant-meta:m1",
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
message: { id: "m1", role: "assistant", runId: "run-1" },
} as unknown as MessagesTimelineRow,
];
const result = applyTimelineDensity(settled, { compactWorkLog: false, hideReasoning: true });
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["m1", "w1", "assistant-meta:m1"]);
});

it("leaves a run the user expanded intact", () => {
const expanded = [
work("w1", [entry("c1", "command_execution"), entry("c2", "command_execution")], true),
work("w2", [entry("c3", "command_execution")], true),
];
const result = applyTimelineDensity(expanded, { compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: false });
expect(result).toEqual(expanded);
const live: MessagesTimelineRow = {
kind: "work-live",
id: "live",
createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
entry: entry("reasoning", "reasoning"),
groupedEntries: [entry("tool", "command_execution"), entry("reasoning", "reasoning")],
groupId: "work-group:tool",
expanded: true,
active: true,
};
expect(
applyTimelineDensity([live, ...expanded], { compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: true })[0],
).toMatchObject({
kind: "thinking",
groupId: "work-group:tool",
expanded: true,
});
});
it("keeps a streaming answer before the synthetic thinking indicator", () => {
const result = applyTimelineDensity(
[
assistant("streaming-answer", false),
{ kind: "thinking", id: "live-activity", createdAt: null },
],
{ compactWorkLog: false, hideReasoning: true },
);
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toContain("streaming-answer");
});

it("keeps answered questions as compact work boundaries", () => {
const question = {
...entry("question", "user_input_request"),
questionAnswer: {},
} as WorkEntry;
const result = applyTimelineDensity(
[work("question", [question]), work("tool", [entry("command", "command_execution")])],
{ compactWorkLog: true, hideReasoning: false },
);
expect(result.map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(["question", "tool"]);
});
it("removes reasoning-only disclosures and preserves mixed group identity", () => {
const reasoning = entry("reasoning", "reasoning");
const tools = [entry("read", "command_execution"), entry("test", "command_execution")];
const derive = (entries: WorkEntry[]) =>
deriveMessagesTimelineRows({
timelineEntries: entries.map((entry) => ({
kind: "work",
id: entry.id,
createdAt: entry.createdAt,
entry,
})),
isWorking: false,
turnDiffSummaries: [],
supportsConversationRollback: false,
expandedWorkGroupIds: new Set(["work-group:reasoning"]),
});
const options = { compactWorkLog: false, hideReasoning: true };
expect(applyTimelineDensity(derive([reasoning]), options)).toEqual([]);
const mixed = applyTimelineDensity(derive([reasoning, ...tools]), options);
expect(mixed.find((row) => row.kind === "work-toggle")).toMatchObject({
groupId: "work-group:reasoning",
expanded: true,
hiddenCount: 2,
});
expect(mixed.find((row) => row.kind === "work")).toMatchObject({ groupedEntries: tools });
});
});
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Expand Up @@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ type MessagesTimelineRowContent =
}
| {
kind: "work-toggle";
groupedEntries: WorkLogEntry[];
id: string;
createdAt: string;
runId?: RunId | null;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1911,6 +1912,7 @@ export function deriveMessagesTimelineRows(input: {
visibleGroupedEntries.length === 1 ? (visibleGroupedEntries[0] ?? null) : null;
nextRows.push({
kind: "work-toggle",
groupedEntries: visibleGroupedEntries,
id: `work-toggle:${timelineEntry.id}`,
createdAt: timelineEntry.createdAt,
runId: timelineEntry.entry.runId ?? null,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2488,6 +2490,7 @@ function isRowUnchanged(a: MessagesTimelineRow, b: MessagesTimelineRow): boolean
a.createdAt === bw.createdAt &&
a.runId === bw.runId &&
a.groupId === bw.groupId &&
Equal.equals(a.groupedEntries, bw.groupedEntries) &&
a.hiddenCount === bw.hiddenCount &&
a.expanded === bw.expanded &&
a.summary === bw.summary &&
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2567,3 +2570,157 @@ export function sameRowsInput(
}
return Object.keys(left).length === Object.keys(right).length;
}

const isWorkLogTimelineRow = (row: MessagesTimelineRow) =>
(row.kind === "work" &&
row.groupedEntries.every(
(entry) =>
(workLogEntryIsToolLike(entry) || entry.itemType === "reasoning") &&
entry.tone !== "error" &&
entry.questionAnswer === undefined,
)) ||
row.kind === "work-live" ||
row.kind === "work-toggle" ||
row.kind === "thinking";

const workLogRowIsExpanded = (row: MessagesTimelineRow) =>
row.kind === "work"
? row.isExpandedToolGroup
: (row.kind === "work-live" || row.kind === "work-toggle" || row.kind === "thinking") &&
row.expanded === true;

/**
* Display-only pass over derived rows for the `hideReasoning` and
* `compactWorkLog` client settings. Runs after derivation so the incremental
* projection state stays untouched.
*/
export function applyTimelineDensity(
rows: MessagesTimelineRow[],
options: { compactWorkLog: boolean; hideReasoning: boolean },
): MessagesTimelineRow[] {
if (!options.compactWorkLog && !options.hideReasoning) return rows;
let result = rows;

if (options.hideReasoning) {
// Commentary = a non-terminal assistant message that is followed, within
// the same turn, by more work or another assistant message. The trailing
// message (final answer, or the commentary still streaming) stays visible.
// Terminal answers whose meta moved below trailing tools are still terminal.
const relocatedMetaMessageIds = new Set(
result.flatMap((row) => (row.kind === "assistant-meta" ? [row.message.id] : [])),
);
const hiddenCommentaryIds = new Set<string>();
let laterActivityInTurn = false;
for (let index = result.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
const row = result[index]!;
if (row.kind === "message" && row.message.role === "user") {
if (!messageIsSteer(row.message)) laterActivityInTurn = false;
continue;
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if (row.kind === "message" && row.message.role === "assistant") {
const isTerminal = row.showAssistantMeta || relocatedMetaMessageIds.has(row.message.id);
if (!isTerminal && laterActivityInTurn) hiddenCommentaryIds.add(row.id);
laterActivityInTurn = true;
} else if (isWorkLogTimelineRow(row) && row.kind !== "thinking") {
laterActivityInTurn = true;
}
}
result = result.flatMap((row): MessagesTimelineRow[] => {
if (hiddenCommentaryIds.has(row.id)) return [];
if (row.kind === "work") {
const groupedEntries = row.groupedEntries.filter((entry) => entry.itemType !== "reasoning");
if (groupedEntries.length === 0) return [];
return groupedEntries.length === row.groupedEntries.length
? [row]
: [{ ...row, groupedEntries }];
}
if (row.kind === "work-toggle") {
const groupedEntries = row.groupedEntries.filter((entry) => entry.itemType !== "reasoning");
if (groupedEntries.length === 0) return [];
if (groupedEntries.length === row.groupedEntries.length) return [row];
return [
{
...row,
groupedEntries,
hiddenCount: groupedEntries.length,
summary: summarizeToolGroup(groupedEntries).summary,
summaryKind: toolGroupSummaryKind(groupedEntries),
},
];
}
if (row.kind === "work-live") {
const groupedEntries = row.groupedEntries.filter((entry) => entry.itemType !== "reasoning");
if (row.entry.itemType === "reasoning") {
return row.active
? [
{
kind: "thinking",
id: row.id,
createdAt: row.createdAt,
...(groupedEntries.length > 0
? { groupId: row.groupId, expanded: row.expanded }
: {}),
},
]
: [];
}
if (row.thought === undefined && groupedEntries.length === row.groupedEntries.length)
return [row];
const { thought: _thought, ...rest } = row;
return [{ ...rest, groupedEntries }];
}
return [row];
});
}

if (options.compactWorkLog) {
// Each run of consecutive work-log rows collapses to its last row, and a
// work group to its last entry, so the line updates instead of growing.
// A run the user expanded stays intact so its disclosure still works.
const expandedRunRowIds = new Set<string>();
let run: MessagesTimelineRow[] = [];
for (const row of [...result, null]) {
if (row !== null && isWorkLogTimelineRow(row)) {
run.push(row);
continue;
}
if (run.some(workLogRowIsExpanded))
for (const runRow of run) expandedRunRowIds.add(runRow.id);
run = [];
}
result = result.flatMap((row, index): MessagesTimelineRow[] => {
if (!isWorkLogTimelineRow(row) || expandedRunRowIds.has(row.id)) return [row];
const next = result[index + 1];
if (next !== undefined && isWorkLogTimelineRow(next)) return [];
const compactRow: MessagesTimelineRow = { ...row, continuesWorkLog: false };
if (compactRow.kind === "work-toggle") {
const latest = compactRow.groupedEntries.at(-1);
if (latest === undefined) return [compactRow];
return [
{
...compactRow,
summary:
toolGroupAction(latest) === "edit"
? summarizeToolGroup([latest]).summary
: singleToolCallLabel(latest),
summaryKind: toolGroupSummaryKind([latest]),
toolSurface: latest.toolSurface,
toolIcon: latest.toolIcon ?? latest.toolSource?.icon,
},
];
}
if (compactRow.kind === "work") {
return [
{
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rg -n 'WorkGroupSection|workEntryDisplayIndicatesToolFailure|runId|attempt' apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts

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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- current derivation and density ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts | sed -n '1780,1950p;2550,2735p'
printf '%s\n' '--- current work-group renderer ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx | sed -n '470,525p'
printf '%s\n' '--- density-related tests ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts' -e 'compactWorkLog' -e 'work-toggle' -e 'failed' apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts | tail -80
printf '%s\n' '--- merge-base density implementation ---'
git show 7195b699547b538e49f758e314dde5c8c5d907cf:apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '2550,2735p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- renderer definitions and failure branches ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx | sed -n '1,180p;180,360p;360,470p'
printf '%s\n' '--- density function tests and nearby fixtures ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts' -e 'applyTimelineDensity' -e 'compactWorkLog:' -e 'compact work' -e 'density' apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- selected test regions ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts | sed -n '2280,2570p;2630,2705p'
printf '%s\n' '--- merge-base availability of density pass ---'
git grep -n -F -- 'applyTimelineDensity' 7195b699547b538e49f758e314dde5c8c5d907cf -- apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts || true

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printf '%s\n' '--- bound normal work-entry renderer ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.tsx' -e 'export function SimpleWorkEntryRow' -e 'function SimpleWorkEntryRow' -e 'SimpleWorkEntryRow' apps/web/src/components/chat
printf '%s\n' '--- bound work-toggle renderer ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.tsx' -e 'work-toggle' -e 'hasFailure' apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx apps/web/src/components/chat
printf '%s\n' '--- distinct work-group fixtures ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts' -e 'runId: "turn-2"' -e 'runId: "turn-1"' -e 'compactWorkLog' -e 'applyTimelineDensity' apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts | tail -100

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printf '%s\n' '--- SimpleWorkEntryRow failure presentation ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkEntryRow.tsx | sed -n '120,245p'
printf '%s\n' '--- WorkGroupToggleTimelineRow failure presentation ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx | sed -n '560,625p'
printf '%s\n' '--- distinct derived work-group fixture and assertions ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts | sed -n '1090,1215p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- normal work failure marker ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkEntryRow.tsx | sed -n '203,380p'
printf '%s\n' '--- work-toggle failure marker ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- density call site ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- derivation grouping and row-finalization path ---'
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Preserve failed work rows in compact mode.

A failed single-tool entry is rendered as a work row with a failure indicator. Mixed work groups expose failure through their work-toggle row. Compact mode can remove either row before rendering when a following work-log row exists. Preserve failure-bearing rows while collapsing work-log runs.

Suggested fix 
+const workLogRowHasFailure = (row: MessagesTimelineRow) =>
+  (row.kind === "work" &&
+    row.groupedEntries.some(workEntryDisplayIndicatesToolFailure)) ||
+  (row.kind === "work-toggle" && row.hasFailure);
+
...
-      if (next !== undefined && isWorkLogTimelineRow(next)) return [];
+      if (
+        next !== undefined &&
+        isWorkLogTimelineRow(next) &&
+        !workLogRowHasFailure(row)
+      )
+        return [];
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts around
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Update the compact-row filtering around isWorkLogTimelineRow so a following
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...compactRow,
groupedEntries: compactRow.groupedEntries.slice(-1),
isExpandedToolGroup: false,
},
];
}
return [compactRow];
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});
}

return result;
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