fix(mobile): prevent chat from disappearing when scrolling

[juliusmarminge]

Repeated downward swipes can make the entire iOS chat disappear and then jump to the top. Reproduced on an iPhone 17 Pro simulator running iOS 26.5: the native scroll offset jumped to approximately −10,000,113 points while the content size stayed normal.

LegendList places its native scroll-adjustment sentinel at 1e7. The thread feed toggles position maintenance when a drag disables live-follow. React Native can then reuse a stale native anchor when maintenance is re-enabled. Keep native position maintenance attached throughout the list's lifetime on iOS; preserve LegendList's existing JavaScript rules for size/data restoration and live-follow. Apply the fix to both native module formats in our existing dependency patch.

Verification:

• Reproduced the blank list on the base revision with disposable sample data, then verified the final patch on the same simulator and short thread.
• Eight consecutive downward drags stayed in the normal bounce range (619 scroll events, offsets −209.33 to −116), with no disappearance or jump.
• Checked repeated downward drags through a six-page response, return-to-end, and another pair of downward drags.
• vp test run apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-live-follow.test.ts: 27 passed.
• Dependency patch installed successfully; both native JavaScript entry points pass node --check; git diff --check passes.

Android retains its previous native prop behavior; web/desktop entry points and provider/connection contracts are unchanged. Android was not simulator-tested. The regression depends on native mount/scroll timing, so the before/after simulator recording is the regression proof.

Before: list disappears during drag	After: normal bounce

Before recording:

https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/a87b268dc119a9c7/clean-before.mp4

After recording (four consecutive downward drags):

https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/a3f68043157c94f4/final-after.mp4

Model: GPT-6. Harness: Codex.

Note

Fix iOS chat scroll jump by forcing maintainVisibleContentPosition in @legendapp/list patch

Updates the patched React Native and ES module bundles of @legendapp/list so the ListComponent ScrollView always gets maintainVisibleContentPosition with minIndexForVisible: 0 on iOS, preventing chat content from disappearing during scroll. Android and web keep the existing size/data-controlled behavior.

Risk: iOS now applies anchoring even when both size and data position-restoration options are disabled, which may alter scroll anchoring behavior for list consumers that relied on the prior conditional logic.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for leading content insets, enabling lists to scroll and maintain their position correctly with adjusted starting offsets.
  • Improved keyboard-aware lists with configurable inset compensation and static end-spacing adjustments.
  • Added smoother animated layout transitions, including composer-height changes and content-size updates.
  • Improved initial end scrolling and stabilization after layout changes.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved end detection, anchored spacing, native scrolling, and visible-content positioning across supported platforms.
  • Prevented disruptive row animations during dragging, momentum scrolling, and repositioning.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	−6 B (−0.0%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.0 KiB	7.0 KiB	−3 B (−0.0%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.6 KiB	6.6 KiB	−3 B (−0.0%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.1 KiB	57.1 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	10	10	0 (0.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	−11 B (−0.1%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.0 KiB	7.1 KiB	+6 B (+0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.5 KiB	−17 B (−0.3%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.8 KiB	57.8 KiB	−44 B (−0.1%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	9	8	−1 (−11.1%)	21	✅

Baseline: f57d383 · PR result: 4c6c1af · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 113.9 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The fix changes native scroll anchoring from opt-in to effectively enabled for every iOS LegendList, affecting existing screens beyond the reported chat path. An unresolved medium-severity finding also identifies a potential stale-anchor jump in archived-thread scrolling.

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[juliusmarminge]

@macroscope-app review this PR

Please re-evaluate the archive finding and approvability using the normalization code in LegendList 3.3.5: omitted maintainVisibleContentPosition already normalizes to { data: false, size: true }, so ArchivedThreadsScreen already has native MVCP enabled on the base. Its behavior is unchanged by this diff. The native anchor is the first ScrollAdjust sentinel, while JS still gates data restoration. The finding has been answered and resolved. CI and the native before/after reproduction are complete.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The patch adds leading-inset support to React Native and ESM list implementations. It updates end adjustments, initial offsets, iOS visible-content positioning, and drag or momentum state tracking.

Changes

Leading inset scroll handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
React Native inset and scroll flow patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch	React Native list wiring propagates contentInsetStartAdjustment, applies end adjustments on all platforms, defers inset-sensitive initial offsets, and tracks drag and momentum transitions.
ESM inset and scroll flow patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch	The ESM build mirrors native visible-content positioning, inset propagation, end adjustments, deferred offsets, and scroll-transition callbacks.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4c6c1

When a chat list gains a leading inset after first render, it may apply an outdated initial scroll position and jump incorrectly. The issue is limited to dynamic inset changes but should be corrected in both bundled formats before relying on this behavior.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LegendListInner
  participant NativeScrollView
  participant ListState
  LegendListInner->>NativeScrollView: configure MVCP and contentInsetStartAdjustment
  LegendListInner->>ListState: provide inset and size state
  NativeScrollView->>LegendListInner: report drag and momentum transitions
  LegendListInner->>ListState: update scroll state and initial offset

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: preventing the iOS chat from disappearing during scrolling.
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patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch (1)

748-753: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add contentInsetStartAdjustment to the initialContentOffset memo dependencies.

When contentInsetStartAdjustment changes from 0 to a positive value, both LegendListInner bundles retain the resolved initialContentOffset because the useMemo depends only on usesBootstrapInitialScroll. ListComponent can then pass that stale value to native contentOffset instead of deferring positioning.

Proposed fix

-  }, [usesBootstrapInitialScroll]);
+  }, [contentInsetStartAdjustment, usesBootstrapInitialScroll]);

Apply this change to both module formats. Add a regression test for an initial scroll where the inset changes from 0 to a positive value.

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In `@patches/`@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch around lines 748 - 753, Update the
initialContentOffset useMemo dependencies in both LegendListInner bundles at
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch lines 748-753 and 1307-1312 to include
contentInsetStartAdjustment alongside usesBootstrapInitialScroll. Add a
regression test covering an initial scroll where the inset changes from 0 to a
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- Around line 748-753: Update the initialContentOffset useMemo dependencies in
both LegendListInner bundles at patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch lines
748-753 and 1307-1312 to include contentInsetStartAdjustment alongside
usesBootstrapInitialScroll. Add a regression test covering an initial scroll
where the inset changes from 0 to a positive value.

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[macroscopeapp]

Re-evaluation does not support that premise: before this patch, the native prop is only set when maintainVisibleContentPosition.size || .data; omission leaves it unset. This patch enables it unconditionally on iOS. ArchivedThreadsScreen omits the prop and has no ScrollAdjust sentinel, so its native MVCP behavior does change. The finding and approvability verdict remain.

[juliusmarminge]

CodeRabbit's outside-diff initialContentOffset finding concerns unchanged code. The leading-inset guard and memo dependencies are already present in the base patch. Regenerating this dependency patch moved the hunk offsets; it did not introduce the inset handling described in the walkthrough.

This PR only keeps the native iOS MVCP prop attached and updates the patch hash. The reported disappearance was reproduced with stable insets and a native offset near −1e7, and is fixed without changing initial-offset memoization. Leaving the separate dynamic-inset concern outside this focused regression fix; no new failure caused by this diff was identified.