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What Changed

Closing review editors could discard unsent text and attachments. Native navigation now protects invested input and transfers comments atomically into the task draft. Web editors retain target-keyed session drafts and original line context across panel dismissal; failed or stale saves cannot clear newer text.

Why

Implements the proposed invariant in #12680. This PR contains the documentation commit until #12680 merges; the implementation is the top commit and each invariant pair is independent.

Web drafts retain the existing session lifetime. Native back/swipe, attachment transfer, panel reopening and retained line anchors still need real-client proof.

Verification

123 tests across seven review/draft-store files passed on the 2026-09-27 rebase, including removal immediately after a successful transfer; web/mobile typechecks passed. The earlier targeted lint passed with warnings only.

Independent review: direct SWE-2 Max via Devin, high reasoning requested. Source-only review and a fresh correction review both exited 0. Confirmed findings were fixed and affected checks repeated; remaining conditional findings were checked against the pinned source, with no unresolved actionable defects. The initial tool-based attempt returned no verdict after read commands required confirmation.

UI Changes

Runtime proof (2026-09-20, isolated proof app; base d6f2913 vs this branch): typing a diff-line comment then pressing Cancel discards it silently on base; on this branch a destructive confirm appears ("Discard this comment? Your text has not been added to the draft.").

Before: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4f78e941-5004-41f0-8893-461ea5cfb76a
After: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ff050741-5128-4628-ae75-02ffa32fbc4a

Only the web diff-comment surface was exercised end to end; the native composer-sheet dismissal path is covered by focused tests — T3 Device tools are unavailable in this environment.

Note: this branch was rebased onto main on 2026-09-21 to resolve merge conflicts; the captures above predate the rebase. Upstream #12945 removed the separate review overlay (merged comment/review into one composer), so the resolution keeps the detached-draft banner and drops the dead overlay code — the demonstrated draft-preservation behavior is unchanged.
Tracking: https://github.com/saphid/personal-ops/issues/142

Model: GPT-6 Astra via Codex/T3 Code.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Review comment drafts persist when editors are closed and reopened or when you switch views.
    • Detached drafts remain available when their file or diff is no longer visible.
    • Unsent comments prompt for confirmation before being discarded; pending image operations prevent dismissal.
    • Review comments can be added to a composer draft with their attachments.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Failed submissions retain drafts for retrying and display a connection error.
    • Prevented duplicate submissions and preserved newer edits when older content is submitted.
    • Image actions and submission are blocked while images are processing or a comment is submitting.
    • Prevented accidental draft loss during navigation, dismissal, or scope changes.

Review follow-ups (2026-09-22): pasted images can no longer be lost to a same-frame dismissal (synchronous pending ref), stale stored drafts can no longer mask a newer remote value, and line-draft typing no longer remounts every annotation portal (346df3053f).

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Comment thread apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.tsx
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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This cross-platform runtime change adds session-scoped draft stores, detached-draft UI, native navigation guards, discard confirmations, and atomic mobile transfer behavior. Its 21-file scope changes existing dismissal and submission semantics across multiple production surfaces, warranting human review.

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Walkthrough

Mobile review comments now retain input during pending work, failed submission, and guarded dismissal. Web review editors store drafts by review scope and retain inline drafts when their files are absent.

Changes

Mobile review draft lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Comment submission and dismissal
apps/mobile/src/features/review/ReviewCommentComposerSheet.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/review/useReviewCommentSubmission.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/review/useReviewCommentDismissal.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/review/*.test.ts
The composer freezes its target, tracks pending image work, prevents duplicate submissions, and guards dismissal of unsent content. Failed transfers leave the input available for retry.
Draft transfer and capacity handling
apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/*.test.ts
Review comments and attachments are appended to composer drafts with context and attachment capacity checks. Transfer failures return false and display an alert.

Web review draft lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scoped review draft store
apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestReviewStore.ts, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestReviewStore.test.ts
The store adds editor, inline, and line draft records. Editor drafts are keyed by environment, pull request, and subject; conditional clearing preserves text changed after submission.
Editor persistence and save integration
apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestMarkdownEditor.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestReviewAnnotation.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestSummaryTab.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestMarkdownEditor.test.tsx
Editors use scoped store keys. Successful saves clear matching drafts. Tests cover persistence across cancel and reopen, target changes, and remote value changes.
Inline and detached draft retention
apps/web/src/components/diffs/AnnotatableCodeView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/diffs/DiffCommentAnnotation.tsx, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestCodeTab.tsx, docs/internals/consistency-draft-dismissal.md
Inline and line drafts use shared storage and remain available when their anchored files are absent. Annotation cancellation and submission controls use guarded states. The document describes draft dismissal rules.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReviewCommentComposerSheet
  participant useReviewCommentSubmission
  participant appendReviewCommentToDraft
  participant useReviewCommentDismissal
  ReviewCommentComposerSheet->>useReviewCommentSubmission: submit comment
  useReviewCommentSubmission->>appendReviewCommentToDraft: transfer comment and attachments
  appendReviewCommentToDraft-->>useReviewCommentSubmission: return success or failure
  useReviewCommentSubmission->>useReviewCommentDismissal: expose submission state
  useReviewCommentDismissal->>ReviewCommentComposerSheet: navigate back or guard removal
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4b56

Submitting immediately after pasting an image can still lose the attachment. Fix that race before merging. The reverted-draft overwrite concern is resolved.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 09c7e

The new flows generally preserve drafts and restrict submission when a line’s file is unavailable. On mobile, however, a successful transfer closes the editor before the draft is durably saved, leaving a window in which an interrupted app could lose the comment. No new privileged access was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: Mobile review submission treats an in-memory draft transfer as complete and dismisses the editor before the scheduled persistence write completes. Process interruption in that interval can leave neither the editor nor a recovered draft holding the comment.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated change in reachability is within client review and draft flows. Retained web line text cannot be submitted through the inspected path when its anchored file is absent; no new privileged service call was established by the changed annotation.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — A selected mobile review target and user comment are formatted into composer context for the environment- and thread-scoped draft. This is a client handoff, not evidence that the destination may bypass authorization when later sent.
  • observed — For web line comments, disabled submission is backed by a parent-level missing-file check; cancellation of nonempty annotation text requires confirmation.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The mobile handoff has distinct in-memory acceptance and durable recovery states. The dismissal guard protects failed transfers but does not cover interruption before the delayed persistence write.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — If closing the mobile review editor is intended to guarantee recoverability after process interruption, make dismissal depend on a confirmed persistence checkpoint or retain a recoverable source until that checkpoint succeeds.
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 34.62% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 26 functions across 20 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving review drafts when editors are dismissed.
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In `@apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.test.ts`:
- Line 288: Update the attachment-limit fixture in
appendComposerDraftReviewComment tests to import and use
PROVIDER_SEND_TURN_MAX_ATTACHMENTS when creating existing attachments, so adding
reviewImage exceeds the declared limit and preserves the expected false result.

In `@apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestMarkdownEditor.tsx`:
- Around line 50-51: Update setDraft in PullRequestMarkdownEditor so that when
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🟠 Major · Block submission while the pending-image ref is nonzero. · ReviewCommentComposerSheet.tsx:180

apps/mobile/src/features/review/ReviewCommentComposerSheet.tsx:180
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Block submission while the pending-image ref is nonzero.

changePendingImages(1) updates pendingImagesRef.current before React updates pendingImages. If submission occurs in this gap, this check passes and transfers only the current attachments. The successful transfer then dismisses the composer, so the pasted image is lost. Check pendingImagesRef.current here.

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-    if (submitted || pendingImages > 0) return;
+    if (submitted || pendingImagesRef.current > 0) return;
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In `@apps/mobile/src/features/review/ReviewCommentComposerSheet.tsx` at line 180,
Update the submission guard in the composer’s submit handler to check
pendingImagesRef.current instead of the potentially stale pendingImages state,
while preserving the submitted guard and early-return behavior.

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In `@apps/mobile/src/features/review/ReviewCommentComposerSheet.tsx`:
- Line 180: Update the submission guard in the composer’s submit handler to
check pendingImagesRef.current instead of the potentially stale pendingImages
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Dispositions on the Macroscope UI-consistency notes: the draft notices in AnnotatableCodeView/PullRequestCodeTab wrap live DiffCommentAnnotation editors inside the diff surface, not composer banner content, so composing them from ComposerBanner slots would couple the diff view to composer-scoped chrome without a behavior gain. Left as-is intentionally.

- Track in-flight image conversions in a ref read synchronously by the
  dismissal guard, so a paste followed by a back gesture inside the same
  frame still blocks removal (review finding).
- Clear a markdown-editor draft when the text returns to the remote
  value, so it cannot mask a later remote update (review finding).
- Split the line-draft subscription so keystrokes re-render only the
  draft editor instead of invalidating the viewer's portal memoization
  on every character (review finding).
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