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Users had no way to trigger the fresh provider session from the previous layer.

/clear (slash menu, or sent on its own) arms a fresh session for the thread's next message on web, desktop, and mobile. A composer notice says the next message starts fresh; dismissing it keeps the current session. The timeline shows a New session divider above the first fresh message. T3's /clear replaces the provider's own /clear in the menu, which would clear a session T3 still treats as live. Clients offer it only on servers with the freshContext capability.

• Web keeps the armed state per thread in ChatView; planComposerTurn never compacts or steers a fresh turn.
• Mobile keeps it per draft, carries freshContext on the outbox entry, and re-arms it when a rejected message is restored to the draft.
• Agents get freshContext on t3_thread_send. mcp-tool-use gains thread-send-fresh-context, and the named-thread send guard now also forbids freshContext on an ordinary send. The tool list grows by 144 bytes.
• User docs: composer.

Before: no /clear. After (web, replay provider):

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Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This adds an opt-in fresh provider session while preserving the existing thread history. Unresolved concerns around questions and approvals require confirmation that messages start in the session users expect and that the composer notice accurately reflects that behavior.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.5 KiB	—	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	1	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.9 KiB	—	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	1	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 63d46d0 · 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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Walkthrough

The change adds /clear fresh-session controls to web and mobile composers. It carries freshContext through turn dispatch, adjusts web turn planning for fresh-context sends, restricts steering promotion for fresh-context queued runs, and marks fresh-session boundaries in thread timelines.

Changes: Fresh provider sessions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fresh-context dispatch contract packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, evals/mcp-tool-use/cases/orchestration.ndjson, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/agentContextBudget.json	The client and server accept and forward freshContext. Fresh-context requests in steer and restart modes use queue delivery. Evaluation and service tests cover fresh-context sends.
Web composer controls and session markers packages/shared/src/composerTrigger.ts, apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/composerSlashCommandSearch.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerMenuItems.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/freshSessionArms.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerFreshSession.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/V2LifecycleRow.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineUserMessageRow.tsx, apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts, docs/user/composer.md, docs/user/providers-antigravity.md	The web composer offers /clear when fresh sessions are available and tracks pending state with a dismissible banner. Timeline rows mark fresh-context messages with “New session.” Documentation describes /clear.
Web fresh-context turn dispatch apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerSend.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.logic.test.ts	The send flow passes pending fresh-session state into turn planning and dispatch. Fresh-context turns skip pre-send compaction and use queued dispatch for steer or restart modes. Tests cover the planning behavior.
Mobile command, pending state, and queued delivery apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-composer-command-menu.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-composer-command-menu.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.permissions.test.ts	Mobile command selection and composer state arm a fresh session. Queued messages carry freshContext; delivery forwards it, and recovery restores pending state.
Mobile notices and timeline markers apps/mobile/src/features/threads/FreshSessionNotice.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx	The mobile screen displays a dismissible notice while a fresh session is pending. The thread feed adds a “New session” divider for user messages marked with freshContext.
Fresh-context queue restrictions apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadQueueControl.tsx, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/ProviderSwitch.integration.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/QueuedRunsControl.tsx	Mobile and web queue controls prevent fresh-context runs from being promoted to steering. The server rejects attempts to promote those runs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant ChatComposer
  participant ChatView
  participant useComposerSend
  participant planComposerTurn
  participant startThreadTurn
  participant ThreadManagementService
  User->>ChatComposer: Select /clear
  ChatComposer->>ChatView: Invoke onFreshSession
  User->>useComposerSend: Submit next message
  useComposerSend->>planComposerTurn: Plan with freshContext
  planComposerTurn->>useComposerSend: Return queue dispatch plan
  useComposerSend->>startThreadTurn: Start turn with freshContext
  startThreadTurn->>ThreadManagementService: Dispatch message with freshContext

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#30097 — The change skips pre-send compaction for a fresh-context turn, but does not describe changes to idle compaction.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review d603e

The /clear feature mostly works, but a few edge cases are still open. While an approval or question is pending, /clear can arm a fresh session without any visible notice. A fresh message queued behind a /compact run cannot skip compaction. These are bounded, recoverable workflow gaps, not data loss, but they should be resolved or accepted before merge.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description explains the problem and implementation across web, desktop, mobile, server, agents, and documentation. However, it does not provide the required scope and approval information, and it…	Add a Scope and approval section with the linked issue or maintainer approval, or explain why this focused change qualifies for an exemption. Add a Verification section with the specific tests or manual checks run, their observed results, a…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding /clear to start a fresh session in the same thread.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Hide /clear while a question owns the composer.

When a question accepts a custom answer, the menu can still offer /clear. Selecting it arms a fresh session, but shelfItems hides the notice while the question is open. The next answer goes to the current session instead. Disable the command until the question is resolved.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx at line 1156:
Update the `/clear` availability logic in ChatComposer so the command is
disabled while a question owns the composer and becomes available again once the
question is resolved. Preserve the existing fresh-session availability condition
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Approval feedback does not start the armed fresh session.

When freshSessionPending is true and an approval is visible, a text-only send takes the approval-feedback branch at lines 1094–1128. That branch sends the text to the pending approval and returns. It never reaches the turn-start path, so freshContext is not applied. The composer notice says the next message starts a fresh session, but this message continues the existing session. The pending state stays set, so the following normal send does start a fresh session.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerSend.ts at line 900:
In the send flow that uses freshSessionPending, resolve whether
approval-feedback sends should start a fresh session or continue the pending
approval flow. Check the approval-decline path before changing the
approval-feedback branch: if feedback should start fresh, prevent that branch
from consuming the send while preserving decline behavior; otherwise, update the
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Block typed /clear while an approval owns the composer.

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Block typed /clear while an approval owns the composer.

The command is not offered during an approval, but directly typed /clear still reaches the intercept, arms freshSessionPending, and clears the draft. FreshSessionNotice is hidden in this state, so the user receives no indication that a later message will start a fresh session. Preserve the existing behavior that an already armed flag survives the approval redirect; the test for that behavior is intentional.

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Review comment at @apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts at line
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Update the `/clear` interception around `isClearComposerCommand(text)` to reject
newly typed commands while an approval owns the composer, preventing the command
from arming `freshSessionPending` or clearing the draft in that state. Preserve
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@coderabbitai Re the outside-diff finding on typed /clear during an approval (use-thread-composer-state.ts): fixed in d7aa1f1. Mobile only treats /clear as the command when no approval redirect owns the send, so a typed /clear there goes to the approval as its text and nothing is armed out of sight; an already armed session still survives the redirect. Web applies the same rule: the command, typed or from the menu, is only available while no question or approval owns the composer. Covered by "sends a typed /clear with an approval redirect as that reply's text", which fails on the previous head.

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@juliusmarminge Verified the fix in d7aa1f18792 through the commit diff.

• Mobile now requires beforeDispatch === undefined before treating /clear as a command. An approval redirect receives /clear as reply text.
• Web uses the same ownership guard for typed /clear and the menu command.
• The regression test checks that the redirect receives /clear and no fresh session is armed. The existing send guard preserves an already armed session during a redirect.

This addresses the outside-diff finding. I inspected the source and test changes; I did not run the tests.

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Learnt from: juliusmarminge
URL: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/30325

Timestamp: 2026-11-03T21:12:16.070Z
Learning: Within repository "pingdotgg/t3code", only for files matching one of ["apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts","apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx"]: When reviewing /clear handling in apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts or apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, verify that composer ownership takes precedence over fresh-session commands. On mobile, when an approval redirect owns the send through beforeDispatch, pass typed /clear as reply text without arming or consuming a pending fresh session. On web, disable both typed and menu-based /clear commands while a question or approval owns the composer, and preserve any already armed fresh session for the next ordinary message.

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