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A report showed "Context handoff pending" on a thread where no message had been sent. There's nothing to hand off at that point, so the divider shouldn't show.

resolvePendingHandoff now returns nothing while the thread's visible timeline is empty. Any loaded row counts, because paging can leave a window of only tool rows. Otherwise it behaves as it does on main. Web and mobile share this function.

I couldn't reproduce the report on main. A new thread, a keyboard-shortcut thread, a worktree thread, a fork, an idle MCP-launched thread, and fast switching between threads all showed no divider. So this gate guards the rule directly instead of fixing a confirmed path. handoff.test.ts covers an empty timeline with runs and a window of only tool rows.

Checked in the web app. Captures are from 2e66975, an earlier head with a narrower gate. All three cases have visible rows or none, so they come out the same on the final head.

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Verdict: Approved at e2bea15

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped client-runtime bug fix that hides the pending handoff indicator only when no timeline rows are visible, while preserving existing behavior for populated timelines. Focused tests cover both empty and tool-only timeline cases.

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resolvePendingHandoff now returns null when the projection is absent or its visible timeline is empty. Tests cover an empty timeline and a timeline containing only a command-execution row.

Changes: Handoff resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Visible timeline check packages/client-runtime/src/handoff.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/handoff.test.ts	resolvePendingHandoff skips resolution when there are no visible turn items. For a nonempty timeline, it retains the existing eligible-run selection. Tests cover an empty timeline and one containing only a command-execution row.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e2bea

This change hides the handoff row when no timeline rows are loaded and preserves it for tool-only windows. The previously noted in-flight preview behavior predates this change, leaving no change-specific merge risk.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: hiding pending context handoff state when a thread has no sent message.
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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	5.0 KiB	4.9 KiB	−30 B (−0.6%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	−30 B (−2.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.8 KiB	−41 B (−0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	1	−1 (−50.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: ede3f2d · PR result: e2bea15 · 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: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/handoff.ts:
- Around line 30-32: In the handoff-history logic, exclude runs with status
"running" from qualifying as history by requiring at least one completed,
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