fix(app): preserve sync state across retries

packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx

@@ -412,7 +412,11 @@ function finalizeTimelineApplication(input: {
   }
   if (result.clearInitializing) {
     markAgentHistorySynchronized(serverId, agentId);
-    getHostRuntimeStore().drainQueuedAgentMessage(serverId, agentId);
+    const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[serverId];
+    const agent = session?.agents.get(agentId) ?? session?.agentDetails.get(agentId);
+    if (agent && agent.status !== "running") {
+      getHostRuntimeStore().drainQueuedAgentMessage(serverId, agentId);
+    }
   }
 }
 

packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx

@@ -908,7 +908,11 @@ function ChatAgentContent({
       return;
     }
     if (agentState.id && hasAppliedAuthoritativeHistory) {
-      if (missingAgentState.kind === "resolving" || missingAgentState.kind === "not_found") {
+      if (
+        missingAgentState.kind === "resolving" ||
+        missingAgentState.kind === "not_found" ||
+        missingAgentState.kind === "error"
+      ) {
         setMissingAgentState(reconcileMissingAgentStateWithPresentAgent);
       }
       return;

packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx

@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ function WorkspaceScreenContent({
         layout: workspaceLayout,
         tabs: uiTabs,
         routeFocused: isRouteFocused,
-        focusedPaneOnly: isMobile || isFocusModeEnabled,
+        focusedPaneOnly: isMobile || isFocusModeEnabled || !supportsDesktopPaneSplits(),
       }),
     [isFocusModeEnabled, isMobile, isRouteFocused, uiTabs, workspaceLayout],
   );

packages/app/src/utils/agent-directory-reconciliation.test.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ describe("agent directory reconciliation", () => {
   });
 
   it("keeps newer page metadata when a stale buffered upsert arrives", () => {
+    const snapshotEntry = entry("agent", "running");
+    const staleProject = {
+      ...snapshotEntry.project,
+      projectName: "stale project",
+    };
     const result = reconcileAgentDirectory({
       previous: new Map([["agent", replica("agent", "running")]]),
       snapshot: [
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ describe("agent directory reconciliation", () => {
             title: "stale live",
             updatedAt: "2026-07-12T11:00:00.000Z",
           },
-          project: entry("agent", "idle").project,
+          project: staleProject,
         },
       ],
     });
@@ -141,8 +146,9 @@ describe("agent directory reconciliation", () => {
     expect({
       title: result.entries[0]?.agent.title,
       status: result.entries[0]?.agent.status,
+      projectName: result.entries[0]?.project.projectName,
       stopped: result.stoppedRunningAgentIds,
-    }).toEqual({ title: "newer page", status: "running", stopped: [] });
+    }).toEqual({ title: "newer page", status: "running", projectName: "repo", stopped: [] });
   });
 
   it("accepts usage from a stale buffered upsert without regressing metadata", () => {

packages/app/src/utils/agent-directory-reconciliation.ts

@@ -33,22 +33,23 @@ export function reconcileAgentDirectory(input: {
     }
     statuses.set(delta.agent.id, acceptedAgent.status);
     const previousProject = previousEntry?.project;
+    const acceptedProject =
+      acceptedAgent === delta.agent ? (delta.project ?? previousProject) : previousProject;
     entries.set(delta.agent.id, {
       agent: acceptedAgent,
-      project: delta.project ??
-        previousProject ?? {
-          projectKey: delta.agent.cwd,
-          projectName: /[^/]+$/.exec(delta.agent.cwd)?.[0] ?? delta.agent.cwd,
-          checkout: {
-            cwd: delta.agent.cwd,
-            isGit: false,
-            currentBranch: null,
-            remoteUrl: null,
-            worktreeRoot: null,
-            isPaseoOwnedWorktree: false,
-            mainRepoRoot: null,
-          },
+      project: acceptedProject ?? {
+        projectKey: delta.agent.cwd,
+        projectName: /[^/]+$/.exec(delta.agent.cwd)?.[0] ?? delta.agent.cwd,
+        checkout: {
+          cwd: delta.agent.cwd,
+          isGit: false,
+          currentBranch: null,
+          remoteUrl: null,
+          worktreeRoot: null,
+          isPaseoOwnedWorktree: false,
+          mainRepoRoot: null,
         },
+      },
     });
   }