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Side chats now inherit their parent’s permissions on main, but there is no separate default for environments or projects that want a fixed side-chat mode. This adds Settings → Threads → Permissions → Side chats on web/desktop and mobile, alongside the new-thread default. Refs #29966.
Inherit parent remains the shipped default, matching #31114. Users can instead choose a fixed mode. The destination server resolves environment/project settings at creation, applies administrator ceilings and the caller’s mode limit, and stores a concrete child mode for its first turn. Later parent or default changes do not affect existing children; each child’s own picker still works independently.
This includes the configuration work originally proposed in #29300, adapted to current main. It no longer depends on that unmerged PR. #31114 already shipped the inheritance behavior; the remaining change here is the configurable default. This uses the focused configuration exception for existing side chats and permission modes, without changing the shipped default. No prior maintainer approval is claimed.
Validation after rebasing onto upstream 83a3674ffd84:
Six focused server suites passed: 159 tests, covering fork creation, provider startup, dispatch limits, settings persistence and administrator policy.
vp run check:changed refs/t3-modernize/29994/base --concurrency 1: passed format, lint, both knip checks, GraphQL validation, all 36 affected-package typechecks, 192 tests across 13 files, and 10 React Compiler checks.
Reviewed the range-diff and complete final diff. After normalizing line positions and blob IDs, the final PR diff exactly preserves the previous head’s changes, including the maintainer’s inheritance-default and caller-limit fixes. Newer upstream behavior and documentation are preserved.
Validation ran with DISPLAY, WAYLAND_DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY cleared; focused tests used one worker. No development server or paid provider turn was started. A fresh integrated UI/native/remote pass was not performed during this modernization.
Earlier UI evidence was captured before #31114 changed the default, at head 18d9c9c4ae; it demonstrates the setting and persistence, not the current default. It was not repeated for this rebase:
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The change adds separate permission defaults for new threads and side chats. Side chats can inherit the parent’s runtime mode or use a configured mode, subject to managed runtime ceilings. Settings interfaces, fork orchestration, tests, and user documentation are updated.
Changes: Side-chat permissions
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Summary
Permission settings and contract packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/*, apps/mobile/src/features/settings/SettingsServerControlsRouteScreen.tsx, docs/user/*
The settings contract adds sideChatRuntimeMode, which defaults to "inherit-parent". Web and mobile settings expose separate controls for new-thread and side-chat permissions. The documentation describes inheritance and project overrides.
Managed settings clamp default and side-chat modes to the configured ceiling. The "inherit-parent" value remains unchanged. Validation and settings tests cover both runtime-mode settings.
Resolve and assign the fork mode apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadForkService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/ProviderReplayHarness.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadFork.execution.test.ts
The orchestrator resolves the side-chat mode from project settings, selects the parent mode when inheritance is configured, and passes the selected mode to the fork service. Tests cover mode selection, parent changes, child selections, and dispatch limits.
sequenceDiagram
participant Orchestrator
participant resolveProjectSettings
participant ThreadForkServiceV2
participant targetThread
Orchestrator->>resolveProjectSettings: Read project sideChatRuntimeMode
resolveProjectSettings-->>Orchestrator: Return configured mode
Orchestrator->>ThreadForkServiceV2: Plan fork with selected mode
ThreadForkServiceV2->>targetThread: Set runtimeMode when provided
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Possibly related issues
pingdotgg/t3code#29966: The issue asks for side chats to inherit the parent permission mode or provide a setting. This change adds a configurable setting and defaults it to inheritance.
pingdotgg/t3code#28110: The change sets the child’s initial mode and tests explicit child mode selection during the first turn.
Possibly related PRs
pingdotgg/t3code#29300: Both PRs add a project-scoped sideChatRuntimeMode setting and apply it when creating side chats.
pingdotgg/t3code#31114: Both changes use parent permissions for side chats from creation through the first turn.
pingdotgg/t3code#32315: This PR also sets a child’s runtime mode from parent-thread context.
Suggested reviewers:t3dotgg, juliusmarminge
Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 0aaca
Side chats use the selected permissions on their first turn. An integration test would strengthen coverage; no merge-blocking issue was identified.
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verified and fixed head 64cbb92d2a1753ed61e17dcc89ad8fcd390f2ad0 on this linux boat vm. used one background dev server at a time, playwright from the repository, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the web client. added the project through the app, pointing at a real git repository. no mocks, fixtures, replay provider, or demo data were used.
reproduced the missing setting on github/main at e89abadaee: threads settings had only the new-thread permission default. real parent and /side turns completed with inherited full access.
found a failure on the original pr head 0aaca227fff4: choosing supervised persisted, but /side still ran with full access. both clients replaced the server-selected child mode with the parent's mode before its first turn. the fix removes that overwrite and sends the resolved child mode.
after a server restart, a full-access parent with a supervised side-chat default created a supervised child. its first pwd waited for approval; approving it produced /home/user/permission-verification.
changed the environment default to inherit parent. a new /btw child inherited full access and completed pwd without approval. earlier supervised children stayed supervised.
set the environment default to supervised and the project's side-chat override to full access. the override survived reload. a supervised parent then created a full-access /side child whose first pwd completed without approval. the recording shows this path.
changed that child's own picker to supervised. its next pwd required approval and completed after approval. also opened an empty side chat from the panel, selected supervised before its first send, and observed the same approval behavior. new-thread permissions remained independently full access.
runtime transcript, cross-checked with stored thread/run state and native codex session policies:
original pr: setting=supervised; parent=full-access; /side child=full-access [failed]
fixed: setting=supervised; parent=full-access; child=approval-required
gpt-6.1-sol: approval_policy=untrusted; sandbox=read-only
pwd waited for approval, then returned /home/user/permission-verification
fixed: setting=inherit-parent; parent=full-access; /btw child=full-access
gpt-6.1-sol: approval_policy=never; sandbox=danger-full-access
pwd completed without approval
fixed: environment=supervised; project=full-access; parent=supervised
/side child=full-access; first pwd completed without approval
fixed: child's explicit supervised selection applied to its next turn and first turn
blacksmith-check passed vp run check:changed e455200077ce60806a01c8f28435b58860dcfc74 --concurrency 1: format, lint, both knip checks, graphql validation, 36 affected-package typechecks, 241 tests in 16 files, and react compiler checks. five focused server suites also passed 154 tests. two independent read-only reviews approved the final head.
before, main:
after, pr:
Not verified
native ios/android and electron shells were not run. the mobile startup path received the same fix and passed typechecks/compiler checks, but remains runtime-unverified. remote, relay, tunnel, multi-environment, live administrator ceilings/caller-limited sessions, other permission modes, regular forks, and other providers were not exercised end to end. focused server tests cover policy and caller limits.
github reports conflicts with current main (mergeable=false, mergeable_state=dirty). full ci has not started for this head; only pr metadata checks have run. the blacksmith checks above are green. integration with current main remains unverified. no merge, rebase, force-push, or label change was performed.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts:
- Around line 4650-4659: Update the side-chat mode selection in
OrchestratorV2.dispatch so the effective child mode cannot exceed the
administrator’s runtime-mode ceiling. Apply that ceiling to the selected
inherited or configured mode before checking the effective mode against the
caller’s DispatchModeLimit; use the capped mode when creating the side-chat
child. Preserve the existing source-mode validation and behavior when no ceiling
or caller limit is supplied.
Review comments at @docs/user/permission-modes.md:
- Around line 13-15: Clarify the defaults in the permission-modes documentation
by naming the **New threads** setting in both sentences: specify that new
threads use that setting rather than the viewed thread’s mode, and that its
initial default is **Full access**. Preserve the existing explanation for
threads and modes chosen in a draft.
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Update the Change and Scope and approval sections to reflect the new default.
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feat(threads): let side chats inherit parent permissions
feat(threads): configure default side-chat permissions
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997-1051: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
Test the first provider turn with different parent and child modes.
Extend the fork coverage to assert the policy passed to startTurn for a child whose resolved mode differs from its parent. The current test stops at the stored mode, so a regression in first-turn policy propagation can pass.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadFork.execution.test.ts
around lines 997 - 1051:
Extend the side-chat permission cases in the test around forkSideChat and
askSideChat to include a child mode that differs from its parent, then assert
the first provider startTurn receives the policy resolved for the child rather
than the parent. Preserve the existing stored-mode assertions and use the test’s
provider adapter or existing observation mechanism to inspect the policy passed
to startTurn.
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Review comments at
@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadFork.execution.test.ts:
- Around line 997-1051: Extend the side-chat permission cases in the test around
forkSideChat and askSideChat to include a child mode that differs from its
parent, then assert the first provider startTurn receives the policy resolved
for the child rather than the parent. Preserve the existing stored-mode
assertions and use the test’s provider adapter or existing observation mechanism
to inspect the policy passed to startTurn.
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Side chats now inherit their parent’s permissions on
main, but there is no separate default for environments or projects that want a fixed side-chat mode. This adds Settings → Threads → Permissions → Side chats on web/desktop and mobile, alongside the new-thread default. Refs #29966.Inherit parent remains the shipped default, matching #31114. Users can instead choose a fixed mode. The destination server resolves environment/project settings at creation, applies administrator ceilings and the caller’s mode limit, and stores a concrete child mode for its first turn. Later parent or default changes do not affect existing children; each child’s own picker still works independently.
This includes the configuration work originally proposed in #29300, adapted to current main. It no longer depends on that unmerged PR. #31114 already shipped the inheritance behavior; the remaining change here is the configurable default. This uses the focused configuration exception for existing side chats and permission modes, without changing the shipped default. No prior maintainer approval is claimed.
Validation after rebasing onto upstream
83a3674ffd84:vp run check:changed refs/t3-modernize/29994/base --concurrency 1: passed format, lint, both knip checks, GraphQL validation, all 36 affected-package typechecks, 192 tests across 13 files, and 10 React Compiler checks.DISPLAY,WAYLAND_DISPLAYandXAUTHORITYcleared; focused tests used one worker. No development server or paid provider turn was started. A fresh integrated UI/native/remote pass was not performed during this modernization.Earlier UI evidence was captured before #31114 changed the default, at head
18d9c9c4ae; it demonstrates the setting and persistence, not the current default. It was not repeated for this rebase:Persisted setting · Replay side-chat interaction
Modernized with GPT-6.1 Sol in the Codex harness. Original configuration work was created with GPT-6.1 Sol in Pi.