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Problem

Workspace edits refreshed the diff panel, file previews and media URLs through effects that compared a mutation id against a ref and then called refresh(). The diff panel also ran its own open-revalidation and window-focus effects, review file patches compared preview revisions in an effect, code-view reveals were state plus an effect waiting for the viewer, and pull request "viewed" presses were held in two effects and five refs inside a hook.

Change

• DiffPanel: reads the branch diff preview under the workspace mutation id (revisionedQuery) and revalidates on show and window focus through useLiveRefresh, which gains refreshOnShow and intervalMs: null (no periodic timer for a git diff).
• useReviewFilePatches: passes the preview input to the patch query. Its existing refreshTrigger (in client-runtime) already refreshes patches when the preview revision moves, so the comparison effect goes away.
• FilePreviewPanel: mounts the file read under the mutation id. Video, audio and file previews pass the mutation id to useAssetUrlState, which re-mints the URL per revision.
• Code-view reveals (createCodeViewFileReveal): the reveal object is the viewer's ref (attach) and its onPostRender handler (flush) in both the DiffPanel and the PR code tab. A reveal is applied right away when the viewer holds the file, and otherwise stays pending until the viewer mounts and renders it. Remounting the viewer (another diff scope) drops a pending reveal.
• PR code tab: the load-more sentinel is observed through a ref callback (observeIntersection), so the sentinel state and its extra render go away.
• Files viewed (absorbs r-pr-files-viewed-store): presses, batching, the write and the settle-against-next-read logic move into filesViewedStore, keyed by environment and change request. The hook only reads the query and the scope's overlay.

What this improves

• Sync removed: 3 workspace-refresh effects plus the open-revalidation and focus effects in DiffPanel, the preview-revision effect in useReviewFilePatches, 4 workspace-refresh effects in FilePreviewPanel, the reveal effect in useCodeViewFileReveal, the sentinel observer effect in the PR code tab, and both effects in usePullRequestFilesViewed.
• Renders avoided: the PR code tab no longer re-renders to store its sentinel node in state.
• No bug-fix claims. The new PR code tab reveal tests (scrolls to a file asked for as the tab opens, pages forward to a file asked for that is not loaded yet, then scrolls to it) also pass on main. They lock in the current behavior.

Behavior changes

• DiffPanel: window focus refreshes the branch diff only while the panel is visible. The refresh is rate-limited to once per 10s, so a diff read in the last 10s counts as fresh. Before, every focus refreshed it, even when hidden.
• Media and file asset URLs: a preview opened after a workspace mutation no longer re-mints on mount. A cached URL is reused and the next mutation re-mints it. The URL's workspace-revision suffix still changes per mutation.
• Viewed-file presses survive the hook remounting: the scope stays alive while any reader is subscribed, and the last reader to leave sends its pending presses.

Effects (before -> after, counted by hand)

• DiffPanel.tsx: 5 -> 2 (plus one useLiveRefresh call)
• diffs/useCodeViewFileReveal.ts: 1 -> 0
• diffs/useReviewFilePatches.ts: 1 -> 0
• files/FilePreviewPanel.tsx: 7 -> 3
• pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.tsx: 5 -> 4
• pullRequest/usePullRequestFilesViewed.ts: 2 -> 0
• hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts: 1 -> 1

Kept on purpose: DiffPanel's turn reconcile (its store change is a separate unit), FilePreviewPanel's breadcrumb scroll, editor dismissal and highlight priming (a ref-callback swap would buy nothing), and ChatView's git-status refresh (still on useWorkspaceMutationRefresh; a separate unit moves it).

Verification

• vp test run on useCodeViewFileReveal.test.ts, filesViewedStore.test.ts, pullRequestFilesViewed.logic.test.ts, FilePreviewPanel.test.ts and PullRequestCodeTab.browser.test.tsx: 58 passed.
• useCodeViewFileReveal.test.ts covers a reveal asked before the viewer mounts (the diff-link-before-load case) and a reveal dropped on viewer remount. useLiveRefresh.browser.test.tsx covers refreshOnShow (reads on each show unless read within the 10s floor) and intervalMs: null (no timer, while a timed view reads 5 times in 5.5 minutes).
• vp run check:changed: format, lint (including the effect budget), knip, typecheck and tests all pass.

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Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This broad web refactor changes refresh and caching semantics across diffs and file previews, introduces a new external store for pull-request viewed-file state, and alters reveal/pagination behavior. The cross-cutting runtime impact warrants human review despite the accompanying tests and the author’s familiarity with these areas.

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Walkthrough

The PR updates workspace preview refresh and revision handling, changes file reveal behavior in pull-request diffs, and moves viewed-file state into a scoped store with batched writes.

Changes: Workspace and Pull Request Review Flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Revision-aware preview refresh apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts, apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/diffs/useReviewFilePatches.ts, apps/web/src/components/files/FilePreviewPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/state/revisionedQuery.ts, apps/web/src/state/revisionedQuery.test.ts, apps/web/src/state/revisionedQuery.browser.test.tsx, apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.browser.test.tsx, apps/web/src/components/files/projectFilesQueryState.test.tsx	Branch previews and eligible file reads use workspace mutation revisions. useLiveRefresh supports refresh-on-show without a periodic timer. Review patch queries receive preview input instead of a generated revision. Stale revisioned queries schedule refreshes in a microtask.
Reveal files across loaded diff slices apps/web/src/components/diffs/useCodeViewFileReveal.ts, apps/web/src/components/diffs/useCodeViewFileReveal.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.browser.test.tsx	Reveal requests wait for the matching viewer item. The pull-request tab loads further diff slices when needed and flushes pending reveals after rendering. Tests cover immediate and paged reveals.
Scoped viewed-file state apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/filesViewedStore.ts, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/filesViewedStore.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/usePullRequestFilesViewed.ts	A scoped store manages optimistic viewed-file state and batched writes. The hook subscribes to the store, and tests cover write results, scope lifecycle, and multiple readers.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor Reviewer
  participant PullRequestCodeTab
  participant PullRequestDiffQuery
  participant CodeViewRevealController
  participant CodeView
  Reviewer->>PullRequestCodeTab: Request reveal for a file
  PullRequestCodeTab->>PullRequestDiffQuery: Load another slice when needed
  PullRequestDiffQuery-->>PullRequestCodeTab: Return the next diff slice
  PullRequestCodeTab->>CodeViewRevealController: Queue the file reveal
  CodeViewRevealController->>CodeView: Scroll after the item is rendered

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#22886: The PR changes file-reveal handling and viewed-file state in the pull-request Code tab. The issue’s additional state-retention cases are not confirmed as addressed.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to 06483

An initially failed or pending preview may still miss automatic recovery or its first focus refresh. The disposed-registry failure has been addressed; the remaining preview risk warrants owner awareness.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description clearly documents the problem, implementation changes, behavior changes, and verification results. However, it omits the required Scope and approval information and does not include th…	Add the triaged issue or explicit maintainer approval with the approval comment, or explain why this focused change qualifies for an exemption. Add clear before/after screenshots for the UI changes, plus a short recording if interaction tim…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main refactor: diff and file reveals now use requests, and workspace edits trigger refetches by construction.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Minor · Keep live refresh active when the preview has no data. · DiffPanel.tsx:480-485

apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx:480-485
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep live refresh active when the preview has no data.

If the initial diff read fails, this null callback prevents useLiveRefresh from retrying when the user shows or focuses the panel. If the first read is pending when the hook starts, the first later focus event only records a refresh time; it does not revalidate an old diff. Keep the callback available, and skip the fetch inside it only while the query is pending or its last read is recent. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx around lines 480 - 485:
Keep the live-refresh callback available when branchDiffPreview.data is null;
move the guards inside the callback so it skips refresh only while
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