[jackroberts236]

Selecting a thread with Tab in a question answer could lose the insertion and move the caret into stale text. It also saved thread context to the ordinary draft, which the answer request never sends.

This preserves the normal thread chip while editing an answer and sends its exact thread ID as a self-contained link in answer text. It reuses the existing chip, cursor and deletion paths with answer-local display records. Ordinary mentions and raw links retain their existing behavior.

Fixes #18233. Follows the maintainer triage.

Before (ed0f7b908b)	After (1d4c43d704)

Before video · Select, edit and delete (21.095 s)

This replaces the earlier raw-Markdown captures and the inadequate 1.75-second clip; earlier approvals cover only their own commits. Captures use a synthetic fixture project. Recording inspection confirms the full sequence in decoded video frames. The current browser pass verified Tab selection, continued typing, revisiting the answer, deleting/reselecting the chip, and an empty ordinary draft. Submitted answer and resolved server answer retain the exact thread ID.

Validated commit: 1d4c43d704924da518dee032fddbb2d8c0908e14. Docker Linux arm64, Node 24.13.1, pnpm 11.10.0; 2 CPU / 6 GiB cap and isolated Linux dependencies. 393 tests across five focused files, targeted lint (zero errors, 46 existing warnings), web typecheck and web build passed. Commands, results and browser checks.

GPT-6 Astra and final Claude Opus 5.5 approved this commit, including actual code, chip appearance and minimality. Neither reviewer independently ran tests or a browser. Code/visual review records. PR text review.

Luna's issue sweep found no additional exact duplicate. Related: #2635 and #2569 (file-answer picker), #7805, #8128 and #13291 (skill-answer picker). These broader reports are not claimed resolved. Sweep, task and reasons. Closed unmerged #7818 proposed suppressing all answer pickers.

The link provides retrievable identity to agents with T3 Code tools; it does not attach thread history. No live provider retrieval, native Electron/macOS/mobile or separate remote/tunnel pass was performed. Web/desktop share this composer; mobile has no thread picker. Contracts and provider adapters are unchanged. Existing file/skill/PR/terminal answer-context paths remain outside this fix. The UI fixture seeds projections directly; the submission uses the real application command.

Implemented with GPT-6.1 Sol in the Codex harness through T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 19b60b7

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Thread mentions in question answers now retain their chips while sending a self-contained thread link instead of modifying the ordinary draft. The change is limited to explicitly selected references and does not broaden access or automatically attach thread history.

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• apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx
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Pending-question answers can now include thread links selected from the thread picker. The editor parses these links as thread references, preserves their identity during editing, and derives thread context records from the answer text.

Changes: Question-answer thread references

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Collect and parse thread links packages/shared/src/threadLinks.ts, packages/shared/src/threadLinks.test.ts, apps/web/src/composer-editor-mentions.ts, apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts	The shared link collector returns valid Markdown links outside code with their labels, sources, and ranges. Opt-in answer-link parsing creates thread context-reference tokens, and document construction forwards the option.
Carry answer-link mode through editor operations apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx	Cursor conversion and prompt-end state functions accept the answer-link option. The editor forwards it through parsing, document updates, snapshots, and cursor handling.
Insert and retain references in answers apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadReference.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadReference.browser.test.ts, docs/user/question-attachments.md	ChatComposer inserts thread links into pending answers and derives context records from those links. Pending-answer callbacks receive the question ID and answer text; cursor state remains local. Browser tests cover reference editing and serialization, and the user instructions describe thread selection in custom answers.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatComposer
  participant collectThreadLinks
  participant ComposerPromptEditorTiptap
  ChatComposer->>collectThreadLinks: Collect links from pending answer
  collectThreadLinks->>ChatComposer: Return thread link details
  ChatComposer->>ComposerPromptEditorTiptap: Enable answer-link parsing
  ComposerPromptEditorTiptap->>ComposerPromptEditorTiptap: Preserve thread reference during editing

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#24745 — The PR keeps a selected thread reference in the pending answer rather than adding it to the ordinary draft context.
• pingdotgg/t3code#28022 — The PR changes serialization for thread references in pending answers; review-comment expansion is not included.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 19b60

Thread references can be included in answers; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1d4c4

Thread links remain user-provided answer text; they do not themselves grant access or attach conversation history. No new access bypass was substantiated, but complete access enforcement and recovery behavior were not independently verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The relevant sensitive outcome is an agent reading another thread’s durable state and timeline within its connected environment. The new answer flow can supply the target ID, but the inspected comparison does not establish new credentials, cross-environment authority, or broader tool permissions.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A pasted schema-valid link can become a navigable answer reference without picker membership validation. This does not establish a new authorization bypass: custom answers already transported arbitrary text at the base, and tool reads use the pre-existing capability and target-loading policy. Authenticated route enforcement remains incompletely inspected.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The parser recognizes the specific t3-thread protocol, validates ThreadId shape, preserves the written ID, and skips code spans and fences. Link formatting removes Markdown-sensitive label characters. These are syntax and presentation controls, not ownership authorization.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The pending-answer send branch exits before ordinary provider-turn dispatch, preventing ordinary-draft context records from being inherited by the answer. Failed pending responses retain their request-scoped drafts rather than discarding user input.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, follows the repository’s conventional format, and clearly identifies the main change: preserving thread mentions in question answers.
Description check		The description explains the problem, the implementation, scope, linked issue and maintainer triage, verification evidence, test results, environment, and known limitations. It does not use the templa…
Linked Issues check		Issue #18233 is closed and supplies historical context only. No active directly linked issue remains. Therefore, no current linked-issue coding requirement applies.
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR diff stays focused on the historical issue area. ChatComposer, editor parsing, cursor mapping, thread-link collection, answer-reference formatting, documentation, and focused tests suppor…

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The whole-PR diff stays focused on the historical issue area. ChatComposer, editor parsing, cursor mapping, thread-link collection, answer-reference formatting, documentation, and focused tests support thread references in question answers. No unrelated change is established.

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[jackroberts236]

Additional GPT-6 Astra minimality review requested by the author, performed sequentially with PR #16971 using native Codex read-only agent /root/astra_minimality_review_two_prs.

Verdict: APPROVE — already a small practical fix. Actual GitHub/local HEAD reviewed: dccd39ede70d47f136d75046989d52610dc49e0b. No required corrections or simplifications.

The answer-specific link and conditional context write are both needed to retain usable thread identity without contaminating the ordinary draft. The 14-line helper reuses existing formatters and connects the regression test to the production formatting decision; inlining would only relocate the logic. Skipping ordinary-draft synchronization and removing eager parent refocus address separate stale-state paths. The tests cover answer and ordinary-message behavior; the short docs addition explains the identity-only link. No wire expansion or unnecessary machinery was found.

Optional cleanup only: the composer callback signature and its two call sites still carry three cursor arguments that the parent no longer consumes. Removing those arguments would tidy the interface, but is not a correctness finding or a required reduction in this fix. The composer's own cursor calculations and deferred focus must remain. No code revision was made for this optional note.

Astra inspected actual source/tests, repository guidance, issue/maintainer comments and published validation records. Evidence assets were confirmed present; screenshots/video were not independently replayed. This was code review, not another test/build run. No servers, browser, builds, tests or additional agents were launched by the reviewer. Existing Docker/browser and final Opus evidence remain applicable to the unchanged HEAD.

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apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx (1)

4121-4146: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a caller-level regression test for active-question thread selection.

When an active question exists, ChatComposer must insert the thread link and skip addComposerDraftThreadContexts. The new test calls composerThreadReferenceText directly, so it would still pass if the caller used ordinary formatting or added the record to draft context. Test the thread selection branch with an active question and assert both outcomes.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx around lines
4121 - 4146:
Add a caller-level regression test for the thread selection branch in
ChatComposer: with an active question, assert that the inserted replacement uses
the active-question thread link and that addComposerDraftThreadContexts is not
called. Do not rely solely on a direct composerThreadReferenceText test.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:
- Around line 4121-4146: Add a caller-level regression test for the thread
selection branch in ChatComposer: with an active question, assert that the
inserted replacement uses the active-question thread link and that
addComposerDraftThreadContexts is not called. Do not rely solely on a direct
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1d4c43d adds answer-only thread chips and changes cursor mapping, but the posted captures and test results cover the earlier plain-link implementation. Please add current before/after images, a short recording of selecting, editing and deleting the chip, and the focused test results required by verification. I'm moving this to draft; mark it ready once that evidence is added.

[jackroberts236]

Updated verification for 1d4c43d704924da518dee032fddbb2d8c0908e14:

• Before image, base ed0f7b908b / current after image, fix 1d4c43d704.
• Continuous 21.095-second recording: picker → Tab-selected chip → typing with the correct caret → whole-chip selection/deletion → reselection and return to the saved answer. I inspected decoded frames across the clip; duration, timestamps and observations. Earlier raw-Markdown captures and the 1.75-second clip are superseded.
• Current focused commands/environment/results: Docker Linux arm64, Node 24.13.1/pnpm 11.10.0; 393 tests across five focused files, targeted format check/lint, web typecheck and build passed. Exact-source result log. The source audit matched 6,024 tracked files; no code changed for this recording correction.
• Submitted and resolved answers retain the exact thread ID.

Synthetic fixtures only. Live provider retrieval, native clients and separate remote/tunnel deployments were not exercised; fixture projections are not a coherent event-history test.

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[maria-rcks]

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Verified head 19b60b733fd7cace1a7966d16caac0459cd77702 on a disposable Linux VM with the real web client, repository Playwright, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and Codex gpt-6.1-sol through the local provider proxy. Created the project, threads, marker message, and question requests through the app. No mocks, fixtures, or demo provider data. Ran one dev server at a time.

The question-answer flow passed: select Parser design with Tab in the middle of text, keep typing at the correct caret, move to the second question and back, select/delete the whole chip, reselect it, and submit. The ordinary draft remained empty afterward. Codex received the exact thread link and called t3_thread_read on its ID, retrieving violet-orbit-18255 from the other thread. Ordinary composer thread mentions also delivered the reference and retrieved the marker. A raw Markdown thread link stayed literal in the ordinary composer.

Short runtime transcript from the actual provider protocol log:

07:24:04 outgoing request_user_input response:
thread_choice = Speak with [Parser design](t3-thread://v2/236052eb-6d88-42e8-b567-1614a963b64c/f8c0bfdd-3757-4db3-bb13-185badbd392a) now to figure this out.
continue_choice = Yes
07:24:08 t3_thread_read(threadId=f8c0bfdd-3757-4db3-bb13-185badbd392a): completed
07:24:12 Codex final: verification marker is violet-orbit-18255

Focused existing checks ran through blacksmith-check: vp test run apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadReference.browser.test.ts packages/shared/src/threadLinks.test.ts packages/client-runtime/src/state/pendingUserInput.test.ts, 26 tests passed across 3 files. GitHub currently reports 24 successful and 9 skipped checks, none pending or failing. No source changes or pushes were needed.

Main comparison, github/main at ce9e016406: the same insertion, continued typing, answer navigation, submission, and live-provider retrieval also passed. I could not reproduce the original reported failure on current main, so these captures demonstrate matching behavior rather than a failing-before/fixed-after claim.

Not verified

The original failure was not reproduced on current main. Native Electron, iOS/Android, macOS/Windows, other providers, and separate remote/relay/tunnel connections were not exercised on this Linux VM. This verifies the local web/Codex path only.