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fix(permissions): prioritize the viewed session and add request context to the permission dialog - #428

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Summary

The global permission dialog always showed the first pending permission across all sessions and repos, with no session or repo context. A user viewing one session could approve another session's command without knowing it.

Selection (frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx)

  • The dialog prefers a pending request from the viewed session or one of its subagent (child) sessions. Otherwise it falls back to the oldest pending request.
  • A request that is already shown stays shown until it is answered. New requests do not replace it while the user reads it.
  • Forms use the same rule through one shared helper, usePinnedViewedItem.
  • permission.asked and form.created resolve the session's parent link when it is unknown, so subagent requests get the correct priority.
  • "Open session" navigation now works for Assistant sessions (repo id 0, ?assistant=1). This also fixes the toolbar badge, the notifications sheet, and form navigation, which had the same silent bug.

Dialog (PermissionRequestDialog.tsx, App.tsx, shared/src/notifications/format.ts)

  • Shows the repo (full path on hover), the session title (loaded on demand with useSession), a "From another session" warning, and an "Open session" action.
  • Labels the request content ("Command"/"Commands", "File", "Pattern", "Path", "URL") and shows the request message.
  • Shows what "Allow Always" approves from the request save list, with the OpenCode TUI wording. Hides "Allow Always" when save is empty, which matches OpenCode (all built-in tools send save).
  • Button labels are unchanged.

Validation

  • Frontend: full suite, 232 files / 2712 tests passed. Backend notification-format.test.ts: 37 passed.
  • e2e: full suite passed (24/24, one worker, like CI), with the core session spec from test(e2e): cover core session streaming, stop, and permission prompts #427 and a temporary two-browser permission test. The two-browser test failed against the previous build (browser B showed session A's command with no context) and passed with this change.

Known behavior (not changed here): a pending permission from any session still opens a modal dialog in every tab. It now states which session it belongs to. A non-blocking prompt for other sessions' requests is a possible follow-up.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Refactor
  • Documentation

Checklist

  • Code follows project style (no comments, named imports)
  • TypeScript types are properly defined
  • Tests added/updated (80% coverage target)
  • pnpm lint passes locally
  • pnpm typecheck passes locally

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Permission requests show clearer resource labels, optional messages, and “Allow Always” scope details when available.
    • An “Open session” option is available when a permission request can be viewed in another session.
    • Pending permission and form requests are selected and navigated based on the viewed session and related sessions.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for permission details, saved scopes, and session-aware request selection and navigation.

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📝 Walkthrough

The change adds action-specific permission labels and saved-scope summaries. It selects permission and form requests using viewed-session ancestry, navigates to their session routes, and displays session details and conditional controls in the permission dialog.

Changes: Permission request handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Permission detail and saved-scope formatting
shared/src/notifications/format.ts, backend/test/services/notification-format.test.ts
Permission details now include action-specific labels. Saved permission scopes return a summary and patterns, or null when no string patterns are available. Tests cover labels and scope results.
Session-aware request selection and navigation
frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx, frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.test.tsx
EventProvider selects and retains queued permissions and forms using viewed-session ancestry, resolves missing ancestry, and navigates to session routes. Tests cover selection, retention, directory lookup, ancestry, and navigation.
Permission dialog and session integration
frontend/src/App.tsx, frontend/src/components/session/PermissionRequestDialog.tsx, frontend/src/components/session/PermissionRequestDialog.test.tsx
App supplies session metadata and an open-session callback. The dialog displays permission messages, labeled details, and saved-scope information. It conditionally shows the “Allow Always” and “Open session” controls. Tests cover dialog content and controls.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Router
  participant EventProvider
  participant PermissionQueue
  participant App
  participant PermissionRequestDialog
  Router->>EventProvider: Provide current route
  EventProvider->>PermissionQueue: Select request using session ancestry
  EventProvider-->>App: Provide request and session context
  App->>PermissionRequestDialog: Pass permission details and open-session callback
  PermissionRequestDialog->>App: Invoke open-session callback
  App->>Router: Navigate to the permission session
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Permission and form requests remain selected until answered, as intended. No concrete merge-blocking risk is established.

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Review comments at @frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx:
- Around line 104-118: Update usePinnedViewedItem to avoid mutating pinnedIdRef
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Comment thread frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx Outdated
Comment on lines +104 to +118
return useMemo(() => {
const pinnedId = pinnedIdRef.current
if (pinnedId) {
const pinned = items.find((item) => item.id === pinnedId)
if (pinned) return pinned
}

const forViewedSession = viewedSessionId
? items.find((item) => isSessionWithinView(item.sessionID, viewedSessionId, parents)) ?? null
: null
const next = forViewedSession ?? items[0] ?? null

pinnedIdRef.current = next?.id ?? null
return next
}, [items, viewedSessionId, parents])

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '70,130p' frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx
sed -n '275,370p' frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx
rg -n 'usePinned|StrictMode|react-doctor|no-ref-current-in-render' frontend/src frontend/package.json package.json

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printf '%s\n' '--- EventContext tests and selection references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'EventProvider' -e 'currentPermission' -e 'currentForm' -e 'permission' -e 'form' frontend/src frontend/test frontend/tests frontend/e2e 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- entrypoint and provider ownership ---'
sed -n '1,45p' frontend/src/main.tsx
rg -n -F --glob '*.tsx' -e '<EventProvider' -e 'EventProvider>' -e 'createRoot' frontend/src frontend || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant changed tests/files ---'
git diff --stat 59ffe6c586a7cb91070c7b558a3dfcc755052667 e6b1fb8138c50da5e06ca7ee983d5da661e50226 -- frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx frontend

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Move the pinned-ID write out of the render-phase useMemo.

usePinnedViewedItem serves both permissions and forms. It mutates pinnedIdRef.current during render. React 19.2.3 may replay or discard render work, so a discarded render can persist a pin for an item that was not committed. A later committed render can then select that item instead of retaining the item that was displayed.

Use state and update the pin in an effect:

♻️ Suggested refactor
-  const pinnedIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
+  const [pinnedId, setPinnedId] = useState<string | null>(null)

-  return useMemo(() => {
-    const pinnedId = pinnedIdRef.current
+  const selected = useMemo(() => {
     if (pinnedId) {
       const pinned = items.find((item) => item.id === pinnedId)
       if (pinned) return pinned
@@
-    pinnedIdRef.current = next?.id ?? null
     return next
-  }, [items, viewedSessionId, parents])
+  }, [items, viewedSessionId, parents, pinnedId])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = selected?.id ?? null
+    if (id !== pinnedId) setPinnedId(id)
+  }, [selected, pinnedId])
+
+  return selected
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[error] 116-116: This ref is mutated during render. React can replay or discard render work, so the mutation can leak from UI that never commits.

Move ref writes into an event handler or effect. Render must stay pure because React can replay or discard it. The predictable null-guarded lazy initialization pattern remains supported.

(no-ref-current-in-render)

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Review comment at @frontend/src/contexts/EventContext.tsx around lines 104 -
118:
Update usePinnedViewedItem to avoid mutating pinnedIdRef during render: store
the pinned ID in state, derive the selected item in useMemo using that state,
and synchronize the selected ID in an effect. Include the pinned ID in the memo
dependencies and return the derived selection.

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