fix(clients): remove redundant prefix from PR watch status

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A thread watching a pull request displays Waiting on monitor Watching pull request #17627 because the shared status formatter prepends a generic label to an already complete monitor description. Use the description directly for a single named monitor, so the composer displays Watching pull request #17627 across web, desktop, and mobile.

This qualifies for the small, obvious bug-fix exception: one line corrects duplicated UI wording and preserves the waiting state, unnamed-monitor fallback, and other task labels.

Verification

• In an isolated web app, supplied a temporary monitor fixture with the description Watching pull request #17627. Captured the same composer with the original formatter and the fixed formatter. The duplicated prefix disappears; the waiting indicator and Stop action remain.
• Removed the mock override and deleted isolated test state after capture. No real PR watch was started. Web was exercised directly; desktop and mobile consume the same formatter but were not run separately.
• vp test run packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts — 43 tests passed.
• Targeted lint and formatting checks on threadExecution.ts passed.
• vp run --filter @t3tools/client-runtime typecheck passed.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 0cf0695

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a tightly scoped UI wording fix in a shared client formatter: named PR-watch monitors lose only the redundant prefix, while task state, waiting behavior, and all other work types remain unchanged. It does not alter defaults, schemas, infrastructure, or static-analysis configuration.

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Walkthrough

A single named monitor that holds completion now appears by label only in the pending background work title. Other single waiting-work titles retain the existing “Waiting on monitor” wording.

Changes

Pending work title formatting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Format single-monitor waiting title packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts	A single named monitor’s title omits the “Waiting on monitor” prefix. Other waiting-work titles keep the existing wording.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

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A single named monitor now displays its label without the waiting prefix. Existing tests would not catch a regression in that behavior, so a focused assertion is a small follow-up; no current user-facing failure is established.

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Changed systems: packages/client-runtime

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Systems and components

• observed — packages/client-runtime (library) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts: For a single named monitor that holds completion, the title now shows only its label instead of prefixing it with “Waiting on monitor”; other work kinds retain the prefix.

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts (1)

365-365: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression assertion for a named monitor.

The current tests cover only the unnamed monitor fallback. The mixed-roster test does not enter the single-item branch. Add a named-monitor case so reverting the prefix cannot leave the tests passing.

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     expect(presentPendingBackgroundWork([{ taskId: "a", kind: "monitor" }])?.title).toBe(
       "Waiting on a monitor",
     );
+    expect(
+      presentPendingBackgroundWork([
+        { taskId: "pr", kind: "monitor", description: "Watching pull request #17627" },
+      ])?.title,
+    ).toBe("Watching pull request #17627");
     expect(presentPendingBackgroundWork([])).toBeNull();

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Review comment at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts at line
365:
Add a regression assertion for a single named monitor in the tests for
presentPendingBackgroundWork, verifying its title is the monitor description
without a “Waiting on” prefix; retain the existing unnamed-monitor and
empty-input assertions.

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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts:
- Line 365: Add a regression assertion for a single named monitor in the tests
for presentPendingBackgroundWork, verifying its title is the monitor description
without a “Waiting on” prefix; retain the existing unnamed-monitor and
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