chore(release): cut 0.2.3

* fix(app): keep provider settings above model selector

Desktop web comboboxes used the browser top layer, so ordinary modal portals could not cover them. Keep web overlays in one relative layer stack while preserving native bottom-sheet stacking.

* fix(app): route overlay keyboard ownership

* fix(app): preserve nested overlay ownership

* fix(app): route command center overlay input

* fix(app): preserve global overlay ancestry

* fix(app): register global dialog hosts

.agents/skills/release-beta/SKILL.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: release-beta
-description: Cut a beta release of Paseo. Use when the user says "release beta", "cut a beta", "ship a beta", "beta release", or "/release-beta". Betas are silent release candidates — no changelog, no website move, npm only on the beta dist-tag.
+description: Cut a beta release of Paseo. Use when the user says "release beta", "cut a beta", "ship a beta", "beta release", or "/release-beta". Betas are release candidates on the beta channel — they carry an in-place changelog entry, don't move the website download target, and publish npm only on the beta dist-tag.
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ user-invocable: true
 
 Read `docs/release.md` in the Paseo repo and follow the **Beta flow** section end-to-end. Run the **Beta release** completion checklist at the bottom of that doc.
 
-Key rules the doc enforces — betas don't touch `CHANGELOG.md`, don't draft release notes, and publish npm only with the explicit `beta` dist-tag.
+During preparation, classify the previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff as patch or minor and show the target version and rationale to the user. Agents never select a major version autonomously.
+
+Each beta updates an in-place `CHANGELOG.md` entry (`## X.Y.Z-beta.N`) that gets overwritten at promotion, and npm publishes only on the explicit `beta` dist-tag.

.agents/skills/release-stable/SKILL.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: release-stable
-description: Cut a stable release of Paseo (fresh patch or promote from beta). Use when the user says "release stable", "ship stable", "promote", "release:patch", "release:promote", or "/release-stable".
+description: Cut a stable release of Paseo (fresh patch or minor, or promote from beta). Use when the user says "release stable", "ship stable", "promote", "release:patch", "release:minor", "release:promote", or "/release-stable".
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
 # Release stable
 
-Read `docs/release.md` in the Paseo repo and follow the **Standard release (patch)** flow if cutting fresh, or the **Beta flow** promotion step if promoting an existing beta. Run the **Stable release (or promotion)** completion checklist at the bottom of that doc.
+Read `docs/release.md` in the Paseo repo and follow the **Standard release (stable)** flow if cutting fresh, or the **Beta flow** promotion step if promoting an existing beta. Run the **Stable release (or promotion)** completion checklist at the bottom of that doc.
 
-The doc covers the changelog (required for stable), the pre-release sanity check (required for stable), and the post-release babysit pattern. Don't skip steps.
+For a fresh release, classify the previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff as patch or minor and show the target version and rationale to the user. Agents never select a major version autonomously.
+
+The doc covers the changelog, pre-release sanity check, and post-release babysit pattern. Don't skip steps.

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+.git
+.debug.conversations
+.debug
+.dev
+.playwright-mcp
+**/.playwright-mcp
+.paseo
+**/.paseo-provider-history
+.plans
+.tasks
+.valknut
+.claude/settings.local.json
+**/.claude/settings.local.json
+.claude/scheduled_tasks.lock
+.claude/worktrees
+.wrangler
+**/.wrangler
+**/.tanstack
+PLAN.md
+valknut-report.html
+valknut-report.json
+.env*
+**/.env*
+.dev.vars
+**/.dev.vars
+*.pem
+**/*.pem
+**/.secrets
+**/node_modules
+**/dist
+**/build
+**/.cache
+**/.expo
+**/test-results
+**/*.tsbuildinfo
+artifacts
+packages/app/android
+packages/desktop/release
+plan.*.log
+*.log
+CLAUDE.local.md

.github/workflows/android-apk-release.yml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
 
       - name: Check formatting
         run: npx oxfmt --check .
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
 
       - name: Lint lockfile
         run: npx --yes lockfile-lint --path package-lock.json --type npm --allowed-hosts npm --validate-https --validate-integrity
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Build server stack
         run: npm run build:server
 
@@ -112,10 +111,9 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch --no-tags origin main:refs/remotes/origin/main
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Install agent CLIs for provider tests
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code opencode-ai
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code opencode-ai
 
       - name: Build server dependencies
         run: npm run build:server-deps
@@ -133,50 +131,75 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Detect desktop changes
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        id: desktop_changes
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            desktop:
+              - 'packages/desktop/**'
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "22"
           cache: "npm"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies with Electron retry
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
-            if npm ci; then
-              exit 0
-            else
-              exit_code=$?
-            fi
-            if [ "$attempt" -eq 3 ]; then
-              exit $exit_code
-            fi
-            sleep $((attempt * 20))
-          done
-
-      - name: Install dependencies with Electron retry
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          for ($attempt = 1; $attempt -le 3; $attempt++) {
-            npm ci
-            if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
-              exit 0
-            }
-            if ($attempt -eq 3) {
-              exit $LASTEXITCODE
-            }
-            Start-Sleep -Seconds (20 * $attempt)
-          }
-
+      - name: Install dependencies with retry
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Build server stack
         run: npm run build:server
 
       - name: Run desktop tests
         run: npm run test --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
 
+      - name: Build app dependencies for desktop E2E
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: npm run build:app-deps
+
+      - name: Install virtual display
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y xvfb xauth
+
+      - name: Run real Electron browser tab bridge E2E
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: npm run test:e2e:browser-tab-bridge --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+        env:
+          PASEO_TAB_BRIDGE_E2E_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/browser-tab-bridge-e2e
+
+      - name: Upload browser tab bridge diagnostics
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: failure() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        with:
+          name: browser-tab-bridge-e2e
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/browser-tab-bridge-e2e
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: Build and smoke unpacked desktop app
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && steps.desktop_changes.outputs.desktop == 'true'
+        run: npm run build:desktop -- --publish never --linux --x64 --dir
+        env:
+          EP_GH_IGNORE_TIME: true
+          PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE: "1"
+          PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
+
+      - name: Upload packaged smoke diagnostics
+        if: failure() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && steps.desktop_changes.outputs.desktop == 'true'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: desktop-packaged-smoke-linux-x64
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
+
   app-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -189,11 +212,11 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "22"
           cache: "npm"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
+      - name: Install dependencies with retry
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
-        run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: npx playwright install chromium
 
       - name: Build app dependencies
         run: npm run build:app-deps
@@ -214,8 +237,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Build client dependencies
         run: npm run build:client
 
@@ -229,6 +251,16 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run typecheck:examples --workspace=@getpaseo/client
 
   playwright:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - { label: "shard 1/4", shard: 1, desktop: false }
+          - { label: "shard 2/4", shard: 2, desktop: false }
+          - { label: "shard 3/4", shard: 3, desktop: false }
+          - { label: "shard 4/4", shard: 4, desktop: false }
+          - { label: "desktop overlay", shard: "desktop", desktop: true }
+    name: playwright (${{ matrix.label }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: "1"
@@ -240,11 +272,11 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "22"
           cache: "npm"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
+      - name: Install dependencies with retry
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
-        run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: npx playwright install chromium
 
       - name: Build app dependencies
         run: npm run build:app-deps
@@ -253,18 +285,24 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run build:server
 
       - name: Install agent CLIs for provider tests
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code @openai/codex@0.105.0 opencode-ai
+        if: ${{ !matrix.desktop }}
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code @openai/codex@0.105.0 opencode-ai
 
       - name: Run Playwright E2E tests
-        run: npm run test:e2e --workspace=@getpaseo/app
+        if: ${{ !matrix.desktop }}
+        run: npm run test:e2e --workspace=@getpaseo/app -- --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/4
         env:
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
 
+      - name: Run desktop-overlay Playwright tests
+        if: ${{ matrix.desktop }}
+        run: npm run test:e2e:desktop --workspace=@getpaseo/app
+
       - name: Upload test artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
-          name: playwright-results
+          name: playwright-results-${{ matrix.shard }}
           path: |
             packages/app/test-results/
             packages/app/playwright-report/
@@ -283,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
 
       - name: Build relay
         run: npm run build:relay
@@ -309,10 +347,13 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
+
+      - name: Build server stack
+        run: npm run build:server
 
       - name: Install agent CLIs for provider tests
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code @openai/codex@0.105.0 opencode-ai
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code @openai/codex@0.105.0 opencode-ai
 
       - name: Run CLI tests
         run: npm run test --workspace=@getpaseo/cli

.github/workflows/deploy-app.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Build app dependencies
         run: npm run build:app-deps
 

.github/workflows/deploy-relay.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 name: Deploy Relay
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "packages/relay/**"
-      - ".github/workflows/deploy-relay.yml"
+  # Manual-only while relay.paseo.sh bridges traffic to the Fly deployment.
+  # A release or main push must not redeploy the temporary Cloudflare bridge.
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci --workspace=@getpaseo/relay --include-workspace-root
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci --workspace=@getpaseo/relay --include-workspace-root
 
       - name: Typecheck
         run: npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/relay

.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci --workspace=@getpaseo/website --include-workspace-root
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci --workspace=@getpaseo/website --include-workspace-root
 
       - name: Typecheck
         run: npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/website

.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_PASSWORD }}
           APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
           PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE: "1"
+          PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           build_args=(-- --publish never --mac --${{ matrix.electron_arch }})
@@ -165,6 +166,15 @@ jobs:
           build_args+=("-c.publish.channel=$RELEASE_CHANNEL")
           npm run build:desktop "${build_args[@]}"
 
+      - name: Upload packaged smoke diagnostics
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: desktop-smoke-macos-${{ matrix.electron_arch }}
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
+
       - name: Upload desktop artifacts to release
         if: env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' && env.IS_SMOKE_TAG != 'true'
         env:
@@ -227,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
           NODE
 
       - name: Install Linux smoke display
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y xvfb
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y xvfb xauth
 
       - name: Build desktop release
         shell: bash
@@ -256,6 +266,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           EP_GH_IGNORE_TIME: true
           PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE: "1"
+          PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           build_args=(-- --publish never --linux --x64)
@@ -263,6 +274,15 @@ jobs:
           build_args+=("-c.publish.channel=$RELEASE_CHANNEL")
           npm run build:desktop "${build_args[@]}"
 
+      - name: Upload packaged smoke diagnostics
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: desktop-smoke-linux-x64
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
+
       - name: Upload desktop artifacts to release
         if: env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' && env.IS_SMOKE_TAG != 'true'
         env:
@@ -325,7 +345,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -351,6 +371,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           EP_GH_IGNORE_TIME: true
           PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE: "1"
+          PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           build_args=(-- --publish never --win --x64 --arm64)
@@ -358,6 +379,15 @@ jobs:
           build_args+=("-c.publish.channel=$RELEASE_CHANNEL")
           npm run build:desktop "${build_args[@]}"
 
+      - name: Upload packaged smoke diagnostics
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: desktop-smoke-windows-x64
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/desktop-smoke
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
+
       - name: Upload desktop artifacts to release
         if: env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' && env.IS_SMOKE_TAG != 'true'
         env:
@@ -425,7 +455,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/desktop-rollout.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           scope: "@boudra"
 
       - name: Install JS dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        run: node scripts/npm-retry.mjs ci
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+name: Docker
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "docker/**"
+      - ".dockerignore"
+      - ".github/workflows/docker.yml"
+      - "package.json"
+      - "package-lock.json"
+      - "patches/**"
+      - "scripts/**"
+      - "tsconfig.json"
+      - "tsconfig.base.json"
+      - "packages/app/**"
+      - "packages/cli/**"
+      - "packages/client/**"
+      - "packages/expo-two-way-audio/**"
+      - "packages/highlight/**"
+      - "packages/protocol/**"
+      - "packages/relay/**"
+      - "packages/server/**"
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      paseo_version:
+        description: "Expected source version to build. Required when publish is true."
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+      publish:
+        description: "Publish the image to GHCR. Manual publishes require paseo_version."
+        required: false
+        default: "false"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - "false"
+          - "true"
+      publish_latest:
+        description: "Also publish ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest. Ignored for prereleases."
+        required: false
+        default: "false"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - "false"
+          - "true"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+
+jobs:
+  setup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      image: ${{ steps.values.outputs.image }}
+      install_version: ${{ steps.values.outputs.install_version }}
+      publish: ${{ steps.values.outputs.publish }}
+      check_tag: ${{ steps.values.outputs.check_tag }}
+      publish_tags: ${{ steps.values.outputs.publish_tags }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - id: values
+        env:
+          INPUT_PASEO_VERSION: ${{ inputs.paseo_version }}
+          INPUT_PUBLISH: ${{ inputs.publish }}
+          INPUT_PUBLISH_LATEST: ${{ inputs.publish_latest }}
+          REPO_OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          owner="$(printf '%s' "${REPO_OWNER}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+          image="ghcr.io/${owner}/paseo"
+          package_version="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
+          install_version="${INPUT_PASEO_VERSION:-${package_version}}"
+          publish=false
+          publish_latest=false
+          prerelease=false
+
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/v* ]]; then
+            install_version="${REF_NAME#v}"
+            publish=true
+            if [[ "${REF_NAME}" == *-* ]]; then
+              prerelease=true
+            else
+              publish_latest=true
+            fi
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            if [[ "${INPUT_PUBLISH:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
+              if [[ -z "${INPUT_PASEO_VERSION}" || "${INPUT_PASEO_VERSION}" == "latest" ]]; then
+                echo "::error::paseo_version is required for manual Docker publishes."
+                exit 1
+              fi
+              publish=true
+            fi
+
+            if [[ "${install_version}" == *-* ]]; then
+              prerelease=true
+            fi
+
+            if [[ "${INPUT_PUBLISH_LATEST:-false}" == "true" && "${prerelease}" != "true" ]]; then
+              publish_latest=true
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          check_tag="${image}:check-${GITHUB_SHA::12}"
+          publish_tags="${image}:${install_version}"
+          if [[ "${publish_latest}" == "true" ]]; then
+            publish_tags="${publish_tags}"$'\n'"${image}:latest"
+          fi
+
+          {
+            echo "image=${image}"
+            echo "install_version=${install_version}"
+            echo "publish=${publish}"
+            echo "check_tag=${check_tag}"
+            echo "publish_tags<<EOF"
+            echo "${publish_tags}"
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          echo "Resolved image=${image} install_version=${install_version} publish=${publish}"
+
+  build:
+    needs: setup
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.publish != 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: docker/base/Dockerfile
+          platforms: ${{ env.PLATFORMS }}
+          build-args: |
+            PASEO_VERSION=${{ needs.setup.outputs.install_version }}
+          tags: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.check_tag }}
+          push: false
+          provenance: false
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=paseo
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=paseo,mode=max
+
+  publish:
+    needs: setup
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.publish == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: docker/base/Dockerfile
+          platforms: ${{ env.PLATFORMS }}
+          build-args: |
+            PASEO_VERSION=${{ needs.setup.outputs.install_version }}
+          tags: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.publish_tags }}
+          push: true
+          provenance: false
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=paseo
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=paseo,mode=max

.github/workflows/nix.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ on:
       - "flake.lock"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
+      - "packages/app/**"
+      - "packages/expo-two-way-audio/**"
       - "packages/highlight/**"
       - "packages/protocol/**"
       - "packages/client/**"
       - "packages/server/**"
       - "packages/relay/**"
       - "packages/cli/**"
+      - "scripts/build-daemon-web-ui.mjs"
       - "scripts/update-nix.sh"
       - "scripts/fix-lockfile.mjs"
       - ".github/workflows/nix.yml"
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           }
           trap cleanup EXIT
 
-          ./result/bin/paseo-server --no-relay >"$WRAPPER_LOG" 2>&1 &
+          PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=true ./result/bin/paseo-server --no-relay >"$WRAPPER_LOG" 2>&1 &
           DAEMON_PID=$!
 
           deadline=$((SECONDS + 30))
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ jobs:
             if STATUS_JSON="$(./result/bin/paseo daemon status --json)" \
               && jq -e '.connectedDaemon == "reachable"' <<<"$STATUS_JSON" >/dev/null; then
               echo "$STATUS_JSON"
+              curl --fail --silent --show-error http://127.0.0.1:6767/ >"$PASEO_HOME/web-ui.html"
+              [[ -s "$PASEO_HOME/web-ui.html" ]]
               exit 0
             fi
 

.gitignore

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ valknut-report.json/
 .plans/
 packages/server/src/server/fixtures/dictation/dictation-debug-largest.wav
 packages/server/src/server/fixtures/dictation/dictation-debug-largest.transcript.txt
+packages/protocol/src/generated/validation/*.aot.ts
 
 /artifacts
 packages/desktop/.cache/

.mise.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-[env]
-ANDROID_HOME = "{{env.HOME}}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/1.0"
-_.path = [
-  "{{env.HOME}}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/1.0/platform-tools",
-  "{{env.HOME}}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/1.0/emulator",
-]
+[vars]
+android_sdk_version = '{{ read_file(path=".tool-versions") | split(pat="android-sdk") | last | trim | split(pat="\n") | first | trim }}'
 
-[tools]
-java = "17"
+[env]
+ANDROID_HOME = "{{ env.HOME }}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/{{ vars.android_sdk_version }}"
+_.path = [
+  "{{ env.HOME }}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/{{ vars.android_sdk_version }}/cmdline-tools/{{ vars.android_sdk_version }}/bin",
+  "{{ env.HOME }}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/{{ vars.android_sdk_version }}/platform-tools",
+  "{{ env.HOME }}/.local/share/mise/installs/android-sdk/{{ vars.android_sdk_version }}/emulator",
+]

.oxlintrc.json

@@ -84,6 +84,201 @@
     "max-nested-callbacks": ["error", { "max": 3 }]
   },
   "overrides": [
+    {
+      "files": ["packages/app/src/**/*.{ts,tsx}"],
+      "rules": {
+        // React Native style arrays must read Unistyles proxies during render. Hoisting them to
+        // satisfy this allocation rule captures the temporary startup theme instead.
+        "react-perf/jsx-no-new-array-as-prop": "off",
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": [
+              {
+                "name": "@tanstack/react-query",
+                "importNames": ["useQuery", "useInfiniteQuery", "useQueries"],
+                "message": "App reads must go through useReplicaQuery/useFetchQuery from @/data/query. Grandfathered files may only leave the override burn-down list."
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "react-native-unistyles",
+                "importNames": ["useUnistyles"],
+                "message": "useUnistyles is banned by docs/unistyles.md. Grandfathered files may only leave the override burn-down list."
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "files": [
+        "packages/app/src/data/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
+        "packages/app/src/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}",
+        "packages/app/src/**/*.spec.{ts,tsx}"
+      ],
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": [
+              {
+                "name": "react-native-unistyles",
+                "importNames": ["useUnistyles"],
+                "message": "useUnistyles is banned by docs/unistyles.md. Grandfathered files may only leave the override burn-down list."
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    // Raw query burn-down: 35 files total; the 29 files below still enforce the useUnistyles ban.
+    {
+      "files": [
+        "packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/use-file-link.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/components/message.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/worktree-setup-callout-source.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/hooks/use-daemon-status.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/hooks/use-install-status.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/settings/desktop-settings.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/git/pull-request-panel/use-data.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/git/use-github-search-query.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/git/use-pr-status-query.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/git/use-status-query.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-archive-agent.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-agent-autocomplete.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-agent-commands-query.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-agent-history.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-branch-switcher.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-changes-preferences/index.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-draft-agent-features.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-form-preferences.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-is-local-daemon.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-keyboard-shortcut-overrides.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-preferred-editor.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-project-icon-query.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/index.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/panels/terminal-panel.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/projects/project-icons.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/provider-usage/use-provider-usage.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/project-settings-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/workspace/use-workspace-checkout-status.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/workspace/desktop-open-targets.ts"
+      ],
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": [
+              {
+                "name": "react-native-unistyles",
+                "importNames": ["useUnistyles"],
+                "message": "useUnistyles is banned by docs/unistyles.md. Grandfathered files may only leave the override burn-down list."
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    // useUnistyles burn-down: 74 files total; the 68 files below still enforce the raw-query ban.
+    {
+      "files": [
+        "packages/app/src/app/_layout.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/app/pair-scan.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/adaptive-modal-sheet.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-method-modal.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/agent-status-dot.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/attachment-lightbox.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/browser-pane.electron.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/browser-pane.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/browser-pane.web.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/command-center.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/context-window-meter.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/dictation-controls.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/download-toast.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/draggable-list.native.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/explorer-sidebar.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/headers/back-header.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/headers/menu-header.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/headers/screen-header.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/host-status-dot.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/hosts/host-picker.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/icons/paseo-logo.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/pair-link-modal.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/plan-card.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/provider-diagnostic-sheet.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/question-form-card.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/quitting-overlay.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/realtime-voice-overlay.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/resize-handle.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/rewind/rewind-menu.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/settings-textarea.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/sidebar-callout.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/split-container.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/split-drop-zone.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/terminal-pane.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/toast-host.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/tool-call-sheet.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/alert.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/autocomplete.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/context-menu.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/ui/external-link.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/volume-meter.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/web-desktop-scrollbar.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/welcome-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/composer/agent-controls/index.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/composer/agent-controls/mode-control.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/constants/layout.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/components/desktop-permission-row.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/components/desktop-permissions-section.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/components/desktop-updates-section.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/components/integrations-section.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/updates/update-callout-source.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/git/actions-split-button.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/hooks/use-web-scrollbar-style.web.ts",
+        "packages/app/src/hosts/host-chooser.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/open-project-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/projects-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/sessions-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/settings-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/settings/providers-section.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/settings/settings-group.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/startup-splash-screen.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-route-state-views.tsx"
+      ],
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": [
+              {
+                "name": "@tanstack/react-query",
+                "importNames": ["useQuery", "useInfiniteQuery", "useQueries"],
+                "message": "App reads must go through useReplicaQuery/useFetchQuery from @/data/query. Grandfathered files may only leave the override burn-down list."
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    // Both burn-downs: 6 overlapping files. They may only shrink out of this exemption.
+    {
+      "files": [
+        "packages/app/src/components/file-explorer-pane.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/file-pane.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/import-session-sheet.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/components/project-picker-modal.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/desktop/components/pair-device-section.tsx",
+        "packages/app/src/screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx"
+      ],
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": "off"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "files": ["**/e2e/fixtures.ts"],
       "rules": {

.tool-versions

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 rust        1.85.1
 nodejs      22.20.0
 java        21
-android-sdk latest
+android-sdk 21.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,447 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.3 - 2026-07-27
+
+### Added
+
+- Manage workspace scripts from the CLI and agent MCP tools ([#1992](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1992) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Copy terminal IDs from terminal tab menus ([#2371](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2371))
+- Long Markdown lines wrap by default in the file editor ([#2459](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2459))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Desktop stops its managed daemon when you quit unless “Keep daemon running after quit” is enabled ([#2454](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2454))
+- Remote terminal and file traffic uses less bandwidth over encrypted connections ([#2480](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2480))
+- Workspace search now shows and matches project names ([#2345](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2345) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Claude usage shows model-specific weekly limits ([#2303](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2303) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- OMP models show only the thinking levels they support ([#2171](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2171) by [@bendavid](https://github.com/bendavid))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Image uploads preserve the correct image format ([#2380](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2380))
+- Large file views no longer disconnect the session ([#2482](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2482))
+- Reaching the top of a chat loads the complete older history ([#2481](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2481))
+- Parent agents stay available while child agents are working ([#2458](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2458))
+- Stale client connections no longer exhaust daemon memory ([#2169](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2169))
+- Pin and unpin shortcuts work when sidebar sections are collapsed ([#2299](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2299) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- `Shift+Tab` no longer changes a background agent’s permission mode ([#1848](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1848) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Proxied services preserve ports in redirects ([#2288](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2288) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Provider settings open correctly above the model selector ([#2476](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2476))
+- Clicking the file editor correctly focuses its pane ([#2457](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2457))
+
+## 0.2.2 - 2026-07-25
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Claude 5 models now use the correct context windows.
+
+## 0.2.1 - 2026-07-24
+
+### Added
+
+- Claude Opus 5 is available
+
+## 0.2.0 - 2026-07-24
+
+### Added
+
+- Work with pull requests and merge requests from GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo, and Codeberg ([#1913](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1913) by [@nllptrx](https://github.com/nllptrx))
+- Edit files directly in the web and desktop apps ([#2270](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2270), [#2309](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2309), [#2277](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2277), [#2382](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2382) by [@dwyanewang](https://github.com/dwyanewang))
+- Oh My Pi (OMP) as a native agent provider ([#2067](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2067) by [@ebg1223](https://github.com/ebg1223))
+- Open the complete Changes view as a workspace tab ([#2298](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2298) by [@nikuscs](https://github.com/nikuscs))
+- Add files to chat directly from Files and Changes ([#2275](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2275) by [@nikuscs](https://github.com/nikuscs))
+- Browse workspace commit history and open individual commit diffs from Changes ([#1534](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1534), [#2146](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2146), [#2312](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2312) by [@adradr](https://github.com/adradr))
+- Switch models from the Command Center for active agents and new drafts ([#2147](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2147) by [@kedrzu](https://github.com/kedrzu))
+- Open existing agents from Paseo links or the CLI ([#2324](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2324))
+- Configure workspace service ports with a fixed range or external allocator ([#2165](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2165) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Search keyboard shortcuts by action, note, or key combination ([#2160](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2160))
+- Turn thinking off for supported Claude models ([#2257](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2257))
+- Allow Pi's Max thinking level ([#2267](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2267) by [@ByteTrue](https://github.com/ByteTrue))
+- Open workspace files in more installed editors and file managers ([#2119](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2119))
+- Remove individual custom providers from Settings ([#1951](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1951))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Improved model selection on mobile ([#2361](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2361))
+- Selector popovers stay readable on iPad ([#2360](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2360) by [@yzim](https://github.com/yzim))
+- Projects, workspaces and chat syncing is more efficient ([#2028](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2028), [#2185](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2185), [#2196](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2196), [#2206](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2206), [#2259](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2259), [#2263](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2263))
+- CLI and MCP tools manage workspaces, agents, and schedules more consistently ([#2186](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2186))
+- Pasted PR/MR links in the composer become auto-selected as a checkout option ([#2290](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2290))
+- Make project creation more explicit ([#2098](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2098), [#2187](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2187))
+- Idle agents release processes automatically and resume when needed ([#2203](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2203), [#2209](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2209))
+- New Claude and Codex agents default to safer automatic approval modes when supported ([#2213](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2213))
+- Permission and thinking changes made during a turn now show when they take effect ([#2201](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2201))
+- Usage bars now warn as provider limits approach ([#2322](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2322) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Workspace focus mode stays confined to the active workspace with a visible exit control ([#2151](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2151))
+- Desktop installs the newest available update instead of a cached older release ([#2149](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2149))
+- Remote daemon update failures now show specific recovery steps ([#2120](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2120))
+- Agent history errors now appear immediately instead of after a timeout ([#2124](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2124))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Terminal pairing QR codes remain scannable in narrow terminals ([#2381](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2381))
+- Workspace creation stays responsive even with many active or archived workspaces ([#2355](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2355), [#2379](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2379))
+- Failed agent starts no longer leave provider processes running ([#2348](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2348) by [@dwyanewang](https://github.com/dwyanewang))
+- Completed OpenCode turns stay idle when late metadata updates arrive ([#2336](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2336) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- ACP image prompts no longer appear twice ([#2363](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2363))
+- Web chats stay pinned to the latest message at non-default browser zoom ([#2368](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2368))
+- Grouped tool-call loading animations display correctly ([#2369](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2369))
+- Notifications now open the correct workspace and agent ([#2331](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2331))
+- Archived agents can be restored directly from History ([#2316](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2316))
+- CLI agent runs stay in the current workspace unless a new workspace is requested ([#2315](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2315))
+- Reused branches no longer attach an unrelated merged or closed pull request ([#2172](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2172) by [@nllptrx](https://github.com/nllptrx))
+- Pi compaction waits for long summaries instead of reporting a false timeout ([#2181](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2181) by [@jasonhnd](https://github.com/jasonhnd))
+- Pi chats keep new messages aligned with the correct history after an idle agent resumes ([#2313](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2313))
+- OpenCode follow-ups triggered by completed background work now remain visible ([#2258](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2258))
+- Codex no longer shows the parent agent as a phantom subagent ([#2214](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2214))
+- Oh My Pi background notices appear as task notifications instead of raw system text ([#2218](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2218) by [@ebg1223](https://github.com/ebg1223))
+- Local dictation now works in Nix-packaged installations ([#1587](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1587) by [@yhori991](https://github.com/yhori991))
+- The composer remains visible after submitting dictated text and returning to the app ([#2194](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2194))
+- Desktop's dictation shortcut remains responsive after finishing a recording ([#2268](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2268))
+- Projects can be renamed before their first workspace ([#2252](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2252) by [@albertodeago](https://github.com/albertodeago))
+- Settings keep showing a connected remote host when the local daemon is stopped ([#1749](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1749) by [@dwyanewang](https://github.com/dwyanewang))
+- Pinned workspaces no longer disappear briefly when reopening the compact sidebar ([#2210](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2210))
+- Terminal panes no longer remain at 80x24 after focus or visibility changes ([#2059](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2059), [#2154](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2154) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Sign-in popups in the desktop browser now complete successfully ([#2137](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2137))
+- Browser typing and shortcuts no longer submit the active Paseo prompt ([#1982](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1982))
+- Agent browser tabs remain controllable after switching workspaces ([#2156](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2156))
+- Archived workspaces now show the correct Unarchive or Restore action ([#2002](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2002))
+- Archived sessions can be reimported into the current workspace ([#2123](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2123), [#2265](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2265) by [@nikuscs](https://github.com/nikuscs))
+- Browser shortcuts no longer appear where browser tabs are unavailable ([#2116](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2116) by [@jasonhnd](https://github.com/jasonhnd))
+
+## 0.1.110 - 2026-07-16
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Kimi and other ACP agents now stay marked as running while a response is actively streaming ([#2148](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2148))
+
+## 0.1.109 - 2026-07-16
+
+> **Important update notice**
+>
+> If you installed Paseo Desktop 0.1.108, you need to [download and reinstall Paseo manually](https://paseo.sh/download) to get this fix. The bug in 0.1.108 prevents its automatic updater from installing 0.1.109. Users on 0.1.107 or earlier can update normally.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Paseo Desktop no longer gets stuck connecting or loses native window controls after updating ([#2111](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2111) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+
+## 0.1.108 - 2026-07-16
+
+### Added
+
+- Create a new project folder or clone a GitHub repository from Add Project ([#1331](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1331), [#2045](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2045), [#2097](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2097) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Search for and open workspaces from the search menu ([#2096](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2096))
+- Pin workspaces to the top of the sidebar ([#1981](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1981) by [@half144](https://github.com/half144))
+- Summarize tool calls in a single collapsed item with a new appearance setting ([#2031](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2031), [#2069](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2069), [#2090](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2090) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Save browser cookies and site data across tabs and restarts ([#2089](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2089))
+- Claude and Codex subagents now show their actual names, with a new option to archive finished Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode subagents ([#2073](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2073))
+- Fork chats from failed turns ([#2063](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2063))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Permission modes have clearer icons ([#1980](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1980) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Desktop stays usable in narrower windows ([#1983](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1983))
+- Sidebar controls stay in place when desktop panels open and close ([#2078](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2078))
+- Typing in long drafts is smoother ([#2086](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2086))
+- Codex terminal commands always appear in chat, even when they have no output ([#2037](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2037))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- New Workspace keeps your prompt and attachments when you switch projects or hosts ([#2030](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2030), [#2036](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2036))
+- OpenCode sessions close without crashing Paseo ([#2027](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2027) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Pi slash commands no longer leave chats stuck as running ([#2066](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2066) by [@ebg1223](https://github.com/ebg1223))
+- Background-agent updates now appear after the main reply ([#2058](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2058) by [@1254087415](https://github.com/1254087415))
+- Codex subagents no longer disappear from the Subagents track ([#2068](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2068))
+- Forked chats open ready to edit in their new tab ([#2038](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2038))
+- Paseo Desktop opens normally after an interrupted shutdown ([#1962](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1962))
+- Keyboard shortcuts now work with `-`, `=`, `;`, and `'` ([#2047](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2047) by [@OnCloud125252](https://github.com/OnCloud125252))
+- Codebuddy Code models now appear in the model picker ([#1979](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1979) by [@park0er](https://github.com/park0er))
+- Workspace search now includes OpenCode commands and workflows ([#2049](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2049))
+- Nix installations now include the Paseo web app ([#1978](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1978) by [@liamdiprose](https://github.com/liamdiprose))
+
+## 0.1.107 - 2026-07-13
+
+### Added
+
+- Inspect provider-created subagents and their live conversations from the Subagents track ([#2013](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2013) by [@omercnet](https://github.com/omercnet))
+- Fork chats with every supported agent provider ([#2022](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2022))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Add projects directly from New Workspace when none are configured ([#2026](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2026))
+- New terminals open at the correct size immediately ([#2023](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2023) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Sidebar footer actions now explain themselves with tooltips ([#2025](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2025))
+- Codex shell tool calls show only the command being run ([#2029](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2029))
+- Custom ACP providers keep file and terminal work in the agent environment by default ([#2024](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2024))
+- ACP provider catalog updated to the latest registry versions
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Large tables no longer make iOS chats unresponsive
+- Chat controls remain clickable near the scroll-to-bottom button ([#2007](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2007))
+- Oversized tool output no longer slows or floods chat timelines ([#2020](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2020))
+- Cross-provider subagents can use providers without mode settings ([#2000](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2000) by [@githubbzxs](https://github.com/githubbzxs))
+- Pi's internal metadata tasks no longer clutter normal session history ([#1999](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1999) by [@githubbzxs](https://github.com/githubbzxs))
+- Pi chats remain usable after canceling extension commands ([#2019](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2019))
+
+## 0.1.106 - 2026-07-12
+
+### Added
+
+- Approve Codex MCP permission requests in Paseo ([#2001](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2001))
+
+### Improved
+
+- ACP provider catalog updated to the latest registry versions
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Reduced mobile chat freezes and blank screens when switching workspaces while agents are streaming ([#1989](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1989))
+- OpenCode sessions start reliably instead of occasionally losing the first turn ([#2015](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/2015) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Switching between workspaces no longer flashes a white screen
+- Pi keeps your existing MCP tools and settings when Paseo adds its own ([#1990](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1990) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+
+## 0.1.105 - 2026-07-10
+
+### Added
+
+- Browse changed files as a collapsible folder tree or flat list ([#1918](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1918), [#1945](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1945) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Always expand agent reasoning with a new appearance setting ([#1943](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1943) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Project picker finds folders with fuzzy search and native desktop browsing ([#1968](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1968))
+- Large workspace sidebars stay responsive ([#1966](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1966))
+- Generated workspace names and Git text can use MiniMax M3 ([#1955](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1955) by [@octo-patch](https://github.com/octo-patch))
+- Cursor now exposes thinking and fast mode ([#1952](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1952))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Codex stays active and streams correctly while subagents run ([#1967](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1967))
+- Android audio interruptions no longer crash voice mode or leave dictation stuck ([#1941](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1941))
+- Mobile sidebars stay in sync and retain swipe-to-open gestures ([#1953](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1953), [#1976](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1976))
+- Pi text-only models accept image prompts without breaking the session ([#1960](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1960))
+- App render failures show a retryable recovery screen instead of a blank screen ([#1924](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1924))
+- Pi context usage remains visible with older Oh My Pi versions ([#1886](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1886) by [@theslava](https://github.com/theslava))
+- Provider usage popovers no longer error when opened and closed quickly ([#1885](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1885) by [@theslava](https://github.com/theslava))
+- Mobile workspace menus hide desktop-only shortcut badges ([#1964](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1964))
+
+## 0.1.104 - 2026-07-08
+
+### Added
+
+- Agents can drive the in-app browser with page snapshots, trusted input, dialogs, and tab controls ([#1881](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1881))
+- Inspect, annotate, and send page elements from a browser tab to the agent ([#1708](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1708) by [@huiliaoning](https://github.com/huiliaoning))
+- Schedules screen to create and manage recurring agents ([#1246](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1246))
+- Open a project from anywhere with Cmd+O ([#1849](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1849))
+- Agents can rename workspaces after they understand the task ([#1876](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1876))
+- Claude Ultra Code is available for supported Claude models ([#1872](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1872))
+- ByteDance TRAE CLI available as an agent provider ([#1831](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1831), [#1896](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1896) by [@park0er](https://github.com/park0er))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Manage the built-in daemon from one place in desktop settings ([#1938](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1938))
+- Scheduled and loop runs each get their own workspace in the sidebar ([#1909](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1909), [#1934](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1934))
+- Large provider and model refreshes load faster in the app ([#1895](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1895))
+- Workspaces created by agents now get readable generated names ([#1887](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1887))
+- Browser tabs opened by agents stay in the background until you switch to them ([#1875](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1875))
+- Clearer cards when an agent asks a question ([#1643](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1643) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Diagnostic reports include desktop app logs ([#1914](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1914))
+- Paseo's built-in tools take less context ([#1939](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1939))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Renamed hosts keep their name after reconnecting ([#1940](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1940))
+- Desktop finds your installed CLIs even when your shell is slow to start ([#1916](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1916))
+- Restarting the daemon from desktop settings works reliably ([#1915](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1915))
+- Restarting the daemon from the bundled CLI keeps it managed by the desktop app ([#1919](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1919))
+- Web UI loads when the daemon is started from the bundled CLI ([#1899](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1899) by [@yzim](https://github.com/yzim))
+- Worktree setup scripts keep your PATH ([#1908](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1908))
+- Docker images keep running during provider cleanup and diagnostics ([#1877](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1877))
+- New Workspace drafts survive archiving a workspace ([#1838](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1838))
+- Composer autocomplete stays open after switching screens ([#1851](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1851))
+- Claude usage appears when a quota window has no scheduled reset ([#1855](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1855))
+- New workspace action shows for non-git projects in the sidebar ([#1857](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1857) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+
+## 0.1.103 - 2026-07-01
+
+### Added
+
+- Claude Sonnet 5 is available in the Claude model picker ([#1850](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1850))
+
+## 0.1.102 - 2026-06-30
+
+### Added
+
+- Fork chats into a new tab or new worktree ([#1788](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1788))
+- See workspaces from all connected hosts ([#1538](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1538), [#1775](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1775), [#1825](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1825))
+- Daemon can now serve the web UI ([#1635](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1635), [#1739](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1739))
+- Run Paseo from an official Docker image ([#1740](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1740) by [@Herbrant](https://github.com/Herbrant))
+- Update a daemon remotely from the app ([#1513](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1513) by [@thedavidweng](https://github.com/thedavidweng))
+- Configure separate OpenAI endpoints for speech-to-text and text-to-speech ([#1823](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1823))
+- Drop files into any composer ([#1750](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1750), [#1801](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1801))
+- Show MiniMax usage in quota views ([#1662](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1662) by [@ilteoood](https://github.com/ilteoood))
+- Highlight C# code blocks ([#1651](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1651) by [@dev693](https://github.com/dev693))
+
+### Improved
+
+- New Workspace opens from anywhere ([#1746](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1746), [#1806](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1806))
+- Project search shows loading progress ([#1762](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1762))
+- Desktop update checks show clearer status ([#1808](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1808), [#1815](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1815))
+- Slow remote hosts time out less aggressively ([#1789](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1789))
+- Pi waits longer for extension results ([#1732](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1732) by [@theslava](https://github.com/theslava))
+- Open file tabs refresh when you revisit them ([#1699](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1699) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Web terminals scroll more smoothly ([#1622](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1622) by [@TommyLike](https://github.com/TommyLike))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Freshly added projects can be edited without restarting ([#1761](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1761) by [@huiliaoning](https://github.com/huiliaoning))
+- Large repos open more reliably ([#1620](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1620) by [@jms830](https://github.com/jms830))
+- Mobile restores the saved workspace on launch ([#1777](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1777))
+- Agent prompts no longer rename workspaces ([#1779](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1779))
+- Chat stays put when delayed history arrives ([#1776](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1776))
+- Streamed chat images stay in order ([#1805](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1805))
+- Chat actions stay below tool output ([#1827](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1827))
+- Claude subagent narration stays out of chat ([#1807](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1807))
+- Kiro slash commands and skills appear in Paseo ([#1792](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1792) by [@park0er](https://github.com/park0er))
+- Agent lists survive stale project records ([#1812](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1812))
+- Windows image previews handle drive-letter paths ([#1811](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1811))
+- OpenCode closes cleanly on Windows ([#1771](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1771) by [@agamotto](https://github.com/agamotto))
+- Desktop file uploads keep their extensions ([#1741](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1741))
+- Claude Code cleanup kills child processes ([#1540](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1540) by [@TommyLike](https://github.com/TommyLike))
+- OpenCode no longer indexes your home directory ([#1704](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1704) by [@rex-chang](https://github.com/rex-chang))
+- Packaged macOS CLI daemon no longer shows extra Dock icons ([#1759](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1759) by [@yzim](https://github.com/yzim))
+- `paseo daemon status` works without loading agents ([#1810](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1810))
+- PR worktrees show pushed state correctly ([#1804](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1804))
+
+## 0.1.101 - 2026-06-26
+
+### Added
+
+- Copy a troubleshooting report from Settings when support needs host, daemon, provider, and log details ([#1728](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1728))
+- Claude image tool results now render as images in chat ([#1717](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1717))
+- Added Japanese ([#1694](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1694) by [@sysCat64](https://github.com/sysCat64))
+- Added Brazilian Portuguese ([#1653](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1653) by [@Alcimerio](https://github.com/Alcimerio))
+
+### Improved
+
+- Provider diagnostics stay useful even when model discovery is slow ([#1724](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1724))
+- Slow provider requests no longer make the app look disconnected ([#1723](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1723))
+- Worktrees linked to differently named tracked branches find their PRs correctly ([#1718](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1718))
+- Workspaces started from slash-command prompts get clearer names ([#1709](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1709))
+- ACP provider catalog updated to the latest registry versions
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Pi no longer creates empty sessions while loading new-agent options ([#1727](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1727))
+- Windows daemon status finds the daemon process more reliably ([#1725](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1725))
+- OpenAI voice credentials no longer affect other OpenAI-backed tools
+- Provider model lists no longer disappear during refresh
+
+## 0.1.100 - 2026-06-24
+
+### Added
+
+- Cycle agent modes with Shift+Tab
+- Select a custom Copilot agent when starting or mid-session ([#1700](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1700))
+
+### Improved
+
+- ACP provider catalog updated to the latest registry versions
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Claude no longer sends an extra API request after each message ([#1701](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1701))
+- OpenCode no longer leaves stray background servers running after sessions end ([#1697](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1697))
+- Slash commands and skills now load in OMP agents ([#1698](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1698))
+
+## 0.1.99 - 2026-06-23
+
+### Improved
+
+- The PR panel now has a refresh button and clearer loading states ([#1664](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1664))
+- Provider diagnostics and model lists now stay in sync ([#1660](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1660))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- ACP providers like Grok no longer show duplicate user messages
+- Saved composer modes no longer reset while provider data is loading ([#1658](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1658))
+- The right sidebar no longer gets stuck on mobile ([#1661](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1661))
+
+## 0.1.98 - 2026-06-21
+
+### Added
+
+- See plan usage in-app for Claude, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Z.AI, Grok, and Kimi ([#1278](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1278) by [@ABorakati](https://github.com/ABorakati))
+- Added Ultracode for Claude ([#1625](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1625))
+- Detach a subagent to run it on its own ([#1612](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1612))
+- Add a project without creating a workspace
+- Add a setting to show branch names instead of titles in the sidebar
+
+### Improved
+
+- Mid-turn thinking and mode changes now say they apply next turn
+- PR merge options name their method: squash, merge, or rebase ([#1608](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1608) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- A running agent's mode change is remembered for new agents
+- Copy a provider's launch diagnostic in one tap ([#1611](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1611))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- OpenCode no longer scans your whole disk on macOS desktop ([#1626](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1626))
+- Daemon no longer crashes when OpenAI speech has no API key ([#1368](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1368) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- Reopening an archived Codex agent no longer hangs
+- Claude's context meter no longer jumps to subagent usage
+- Claude's context meter fills from the first message in a new session
+- OpenCode's mode picker now respects your disabled modes ([#1366](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1366) by [@mcowger](https://github.com/mcowger))
+- File links and @-mentions find files in dot-folders and deep paths ([#1609](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1609))
+- Archiving a project's last workspace no longer makes it vanish ([#1631](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1631))
+- Collapsed sidebar projects stay collapsed
+
+## 0.1.97 - 2026-06-18
+
+### Added
+
+- **Simplify workspace model** — run multiple workspaces on the same code without a worktree, each with its own agents, terminals, and status ([#1539](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1539))
+- **Reopen archived workspaces from History** — restore a past workspace even after its worktree was removed
+- **Terminals show when their agent is working, idle, or waiting for input** ([#1507](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1507))
+- **Attach files to agents on mobile** ([#1501](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1501))
+- **Hide dotfiles in the file explorer** ([#1516](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1516) by [@yuruiz](https://github.com/yuruiz))
+- **Pin terminal, browser, and new-tab buttons to the tab row and sidebar**
+- **Create a new workspace with a keyboard shortcut**
+
+### Improved
+
+- Workspace titles come from your first prompt and are shorter ([#1563](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1563))
+- Copy a workspace's branch or path from its hover card
+- Terminals stay smooth under heavy output ([#1500](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1500))
+- Worktrees are removed when their last workspace is archived ([#1562](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1562))
+- Finish notifications include subagent results ([#1558](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1558))
+- Cursor lists only models you can select ([#1556](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1556))
+- ACP provider catalog updated to the latest registry versions
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Brief daemon slowdowns no longer drop your connection
+- Linux AppImage updates no longer hang on quit or delete the app ([#1485](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1485) by [@xpufx](https://github.com/xpufx))
+- Opening Providers settings no longer crashes on Android ([#1537](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1537))
+- Coding-agent terminal shortcuts work on Windows ([#1509](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1509))
+- ACP and Kimi sessions can be imported again ([#1510](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1510) by [@wbxl2000](https://github.com/wbxl2000))
+- ACP agents shut down without leaving orphaned processes ([#1460](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1460) by [@yeshan333](https://github.com/yeshan333))
+- Imported session previews show clean prompts ([#1502](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1502))
+- Local pairing offers use the correct app URL ([#1187](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1187) by [@aibaiiqpl](https://github.com/aibaiiqpl))
+- The app no longer freezes from repeated provider re-probes
+- Removing a project from the sidebar now removes the project itself instead of leaving it behind
+- Workspace shortcut numbers no longer appear for the wrong key ([#1580](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1580) by [@cleiter](https://github.com/cleiter))
+- Chats no longer hang when a message contains unmatched backticks ([#1585](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/1585) by [@thaning0](https://github.com/thaning0))
+
+## 0.1.96 - 2026-06-13
+
+_This release only fixes an Android issue — desktop users don't need to update._
+
+### Fixed
+
+- On Android, the sidebar no longer reappears and gets stuck after you open a chat
+
 ## 0.1.95 - 2026-06-13
 
 ### Added

CLAUDE.md

@@ -21,30 +21,39 @@ This is an npm workspace monorepo:
 
 At the start of non-trivial work, list `docs/` and skim anything relevant to the task. When you learn something meta worth preserving — a gotcha, a convention, a workflow, a piece of system context that will outlive the current task — update an existing doc or propose a new one. Code-level facts belong in inline comments next to the code; system, process, and gotcha-level facts belong in `docs/`.
 
-| Doc                                                            | What's in it                                                                                                                   |
-| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| [docs/product.md](docs/product.md)                             | What Paseo is, who it's for, where it's going                                                                                  |
-| [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md)                   | System design, package layering, WebSocket protocol, agent lifecycle, data flow                                                |
-| [docs/agent-lifecycle.md](docs/agent-lifecycle.md)             | Agent states, parent/child relationships, archive semantics, tabs vs archive, subagents track                                  |
-| [docs/data-model.md](docs/data-model.md)                       | File-based JSON persistence, Zod schemas, atomic writes, no migrations                                                         |
-| [docs/glossary.md](docs/glossary.md)                           | Authoritative terminology — UI label wins, no synonyms                                                                         |
-| [docs/coding-standards.md](docs/coding-standards.md)           | Type hygiene, error handling, state design, React patterns, file organization                                                  |
-| [docs/design.md](docs/design.md)                               | Theme tokens — colors, fonts, spacing, radii, icons                                                                            |
-| [docs/hover.md](docs/hover.md)                                 | Hover — the canonical pattern (plain View + onPointerEnter/Leave, separate inner Pressable) and the three ways agents break it |
-| [docs/unistyles.md](docs/unistyles.md)                         | Unistyles gotchas — `useUnistyles()` is forbidden, alternatives in order                                                       |
-| [docs/floating-panels.md](docs/floating-panels.md)             | Anchored popovers — Portal/Modal escape for Android, lifecycle gates, keyboard-shared-value, status-bar offset, the flash      |
-| [docs/file-icons.md](docs/file-icons.md)                       | Material icon theme integration for the file explorer                                                                          |
-| [docs/providers.md](docs/providers.md)                         | Adding a new agent provider end-to-end                                                                                         |
-| [docs/custom-providers.md](docs/custom-providers.md)           | Custom provider config: Z.AI, Alibaba/Qwen, ACP agents, profiles, custom binaries                                              |
-| [docs/service-proxy.md](docs/service-proxy.md)                 | Service proxy: exposing workspace scripts at public URLs, DNS setup, reverse proxy config                                      |
-| [docs/development.md](docs/development.md)                     | Dev server, build sync gotchas, CLI reference, agent state, Playwright MCP                                                     |
-| [docs/rpc-namespacing.md](docs/rpc-namespacing.md)             | WebSocket RPC naming convention — dotted namespaces and `.request`/`.response` pairs                                           |
-| [docs/testing.md](docs/testing.md)                             | TDD workflow, determinism, real dependencies over mocks, test organization                                                     |
-| [docs/mobile-testing.md](docs/mobile-testing.md)               | Maestro and mobile test workflows                                                                                              |
-| [docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md](docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md) | Isolated in-process daemon test harness                                                                                        |
-| [docs/android.md](docs/android.md)                             | App variants, local/cloud builds, EAS workflows                                                                                |
-| [docs/release.md](docs/release.md)                             | Release playbook, draft releases, completion checklist                                                                         |
-| [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)                                     | Relay threat model, E2E encryption, DNS rebinding, agent auth                                                                  |
+| Doc                                                                | What's in it                                                                                                                   |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| [docs/product.md](docs/product.md)                                 | What Paseo is, who it's for, where it's going                                                                                  |
+| [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md)                       | System design, package layering, WebSocket protocol, agent lifecycle, data flow                                                |
+| [docs/agent-lifecycle.md](docs/agent-lifecycle.md)                 | Agent states, parent/child relationships, archive semantics, tabs vs archive, subagents track                                  |
+| [docs/data-model.md](docs/data-model.md)                           | File-based JSON persistence, Zod schemas, atomic writes, no migrations                                                         |
+| [docs/glossary.md](docs/glossary.md)                               | Authoritative terminology — UI label wins, no synonyms                                                                         |
+| [docs/coding-standards.md](docs/coding-standards.md)               | Type hygiene, error handling, state design, React patterns, file organization                                                  |
+| [docs/design.md](docs/design.md)                                   | Theme tokens — colors, fonts, spacing, radii, icons                                                                            |
+| [docs/forms.md](docs/forms.md)                                     | Form architecture — non-React form model, form kit, load-state gating; the schedule form is the golden example                 |
+| [docs/hover.md](docs/hover.md)                                     | Hover — the canonical pattern (plain View + onPointerEnter/Leave, separate inner Pressable) and the three ways agents break it |
+| [docs/unistyles.md](docs/unistyles.md)                             | Unistyles gotchas — `useUnistyles()` is forbidden, alternatives in order                                                       |
+| [docs/floating-panels.md](docs/floating-panels.md)                 | Anchored popovers — Portal/Modal escape for Android, lifecycle gates, keyboard-shared-value, status-bar offset, the flash      |
+| [docs/expo-router.md](docs/expo-router.md)                         | Expo Router route ownership, startup restore, and native blank-screen gotchas                                                  |
+| [docs/file-icons.md](docs/file-icons.md)                           | Material icon theme integration for the file explorer                                                                          |
+| [docs/providers.md](docs/providers.md)                             | Adding a new agent provider end-to-end                                                                                         |
+| [docs/forge-providers.md](docs/forge-providers.md)                 | Adding a git forge: registry/manifest, drop-in checklist, self-host/GHES, the two facts tiers                                  |
+| [docs/custom-providers.md](docs/custom-providers.md)               | Custom provider config: Z.AI, Alibaba/Qwen, ACP agents, profiles, custom binaries                                              |
+| [docs/service-proxy.md](docs/service-proxy.md)                     | Service proxy: exposing workspace scripts at public URLs, DNS setup, reverse proxy config                                      |
+| [docs/development.md](docs/development.md)                         | Dev server, build sync gotchas, CLI reference, agent state, Playwright MCP                                                     |
+| [docs/rpc-namespacing.md](docs/rpc-namespacing.md)                 | WebSocket RPC naming convention — dotted namespaces and `.request`/`.response` pairs                                           |
+| [docs/protocol-validation.md](docs/protocol-validation.md)         | zod-aot generated inbound WebSocket validation, patched compiler regressions, schema-purity rules                              |
+| [docs/terminal-performance.md](docs/terminal-performance.md)       | Terminal latency pipeline, coalescing/backpressure invariants, benchmark + perf spec usage                                     |
+| [docs/testing.md](docs/testing.md)                                 | TDD workflow, determinism, real dependencies over mocks, test organization                                                     |
+| [docs/mobile-testing.md](docs/mobile-testing.md)                   | Maestro and mobile test workflows                                                                                              |
+| [docs/mobile-panels.md](docs/mobile-panels.md)                     | Compact left/center/right panel ownership, worklet motion, gesture revisions, and Fabric constraints                           |
+| [docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md](docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md)     | Isolated in-process daemon test harness                                                                                        |
+| [docs/browser-capture-harness.md](docs/browser-capture-harness.md) | Real-Electron browser screenshot harness and compositor-surface gotcha                                                         |
+| [docs/android.md](docs/android.md)                                 | App variants, local/cloud builds, EAS workflows                                                                                |
+| [docs/docker.md](docs/docker.md)                                   | Running the daemon and bundled web UI in Docker, volumes, agent images, security                                               |
+| [docs/release.md](docs/release.md)                                 | Release playbook, draft releases, completion checklist                                                                         |
+| [docs/terminal-activity.md](docs/terminal-activity.md)             | Terminal activity indicators — source-agnostic tracker, agent hook reporting, adding a new hook provider                       |
+| [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)                                         | Relay threat model, E2E encryption, DNS rebinding, agent auth                                                                  |
 
 ## Quick start
 
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ See [docs/development.md](docs/development.md) for full setup, build sync requir
 - **NEVER restart the main Paseo daemon on port 6767 without permission** — it manages all running agents. If you're an agent, restarting it kills your own process.
 - **NEVER assume a timeout means the service needs restarting** — timeouts can be transient.
 - **NEVER add auth checks to tests** — agent providers handle their own auth.
+- **Before changing app routes, startup routing, remembered workspace restore, or active workspace selection, read [docs/expo-router.md](docs/expo-router.md).**
 - **NEVER run the full test suite locally.** The test suites are heavy and will freeze the machine, especially if multiple agents run them in parallel. Rules:
   - Run only the specific test file you changed: `npx vitest run <file> --bail=1`
   - Never run `npm run test` for an entire workspace unless explicitly asked.
@@ -86,10 +96,13 @@ See [docs/development.md](docs/development.md) for full setup, build sync requir
   - `npm run format:files -- CLAUDE.md packages/app/src/components/message.tsx`
 - **The protocol stays backward-compatible. Features don't have to.** Two separate contracts:
   - **Protocol contract (always):** schema changes must not break parsing in either direction. An old client must still parse messages from a new daemon; a new daemon must still parse messages from an old client.
-    - New fields: `.optional()` with a sensible default or `.transform()` fallback.
+    - New fields: `.optional()` with a sensible default.
     - Never flip optional → required, remove fields, or narrow types (`string` → `enum`, `nullable` → non-null).
     - Removed fields stay accepted (we stop sending them, not stop reading them).
     - Test with: "does a 6-month-old client still parse this?" and "does a 6-month-old daemon still send something this client accepts?"
+    - Wire schemas are pure structural declarations. Do not add `.transform()`, `.catch()`, or `.preprocess()` to WebSocket message schemas; put normalization in an explicit post-validation pass.
+    - Plain `z.union()` is forbidden when every branch has a shared literal tag. Use `z.discriminatedUnion()` unless generated-code regression tests prove that specific shape is miscompiled.
+    - `.default()` is acceptable on primitive leaves only. Never put defaults on item schemas for large arrays or big inbound containers.
   - **Feature contract (per-feature):** a new feature may require a new daemon capability. The client detects whether the capability is present and either runs the feature or shows "Update the host to use this." That's it.
     - **No fallback paths.** Don't write a degraded version of a new feature that runs on old daemons. Don't fan out across legacy RPCs to simulate a missing capability. The user upgrades or doesn't get the feature.
     - **No defensive branches scattered through the feature.** Capability detection happens in one place; downstream code reads a clean shape.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 # Contributing to Paseo
 
-Paseo is an opinionated product maintained by one person.
+Paseo is an opinionated product maintained by one person right now.
 
-I read every issue and PR myself, and I am selective about what contributions I accept.
+The product covers a lot of surface: mobile, desktop, web, the daemon, the relay, and both self-hosted and hosted setups.
 
-Good ideas still need to fit the shape of the product: a PR can be technically correct and still not belong in Paseo.
+Contributing takes a lot of context that is very hard to transfer. That's why product, design, architecture, and workflow decisions are currently all made by the maintainer.
 
-Core product, design, architecture, and workflow changes are not accepted.
+## Becoming a maintainer
 
-Follow these rules if you want your PR to be merged:
+There's no formal process to become a maintainer, if you consistently contribute and help out, you'll become one.
+
+Here's the progression:
+
+1. Get involved in the community: answer questions in Discord and on GitHub
+2. Triage bugs: replicate and help fix them
+3. Work on maintainer-approved features
+
+The reason for this progression is so that you can gain all the context you need to take on more responsibility, so that I can see if you have what it takes to be a maintainer.
+
+Learning on the job is fine, I do not care how many years of experience you have, what I care about is that you get the vision and want to contribute.
+
+## Pull requests
+
+✅ Will be accepted
 
 - Keep it to one focused change
 - Link to an issue
@@ -18,15 +32,25 @@ Follow these rules if you want your PR to be merged:
 - UI changes need screenshots or video for every affected platform: iOS, Android, desktop, and web
 - If you only tested one platform, say that clearly
 
-Your PR will be closed if you do any of these:
+⛔️ Will be rejected
 
 - Bundle unrelated changes
 - Fail basic checks like typecheck, formatting or linting
-- Make product, design, or architecture changes without prior discussion
+- Add a feature or design change that wasn't discussed first
 - Submit no evidence of testing
 - Skip the linked issue
 - Clearly fully AI-generated PR
 
+## Requesting features
+
+If you need a feature implemented, create a Github issue or a thread in Discord.
+
+Explain the problem you want to solve: your use case, where Paseo falls short today, and the flow you expect.
+
 ## AI assistance
 
-AI in the loop is fine. The bar is whether _you_ tested the change and can explain why it works. A confident wall of AI prose with no evidence of testing is a red flag and will get closed.
+Using AI to help write code is fine, but you must:
+
+- Ensure your agents read the docs
+- Understand the code you submit
+- Review and test the code yourself

README.ja.md

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="packages/website/public/logo.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="Paseo logo">
+</p>
+
+<h1 align="center">Paseo</h1>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="README.md">English</a> ·
+  <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a> ·
+  <a href="README.ja.md">日本語</a>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/stargazers">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/getpaseo/paseo?style=flat&logo=github" alt="GitHub stars">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/releases">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/getpaseo/paseo?style=flat&logo=github" alt="GitHub release">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://x.com/moboudra">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/%40moboudra-555?logo=x" alt="X">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://discord.gg/jz8T2uahpH">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-555?logo=discord" alt="Discord">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PaseoAI/">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Reddit-555?logo=reddit" alt="Reddit">
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">Claude Code、Codex、Copilot、OpenCode、Pi のエージェントを、ひとつのインターフェースで。</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://paseo.sh/hero-mockup.png" alt="Paseo アプリのスクリーンショット" width="100%">
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://paseo.sh/mobile-mockup.png" alt="Paseo モバイルアプリ" width="100%">
+</p>
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> 私はひとりでメンテナンスしているため、GitHub Issues を毎日確認できるとは限りません。
+> 急ぎの問題や作業がブロックされている場合は、[Discord](https://discord.gg/jz8T2uahpH) から連絡するのが一番早いです。
+
+---
+
+自分のマシンでエージェントを並列実行。スマートフォンからでもデスクからでも、開発を進めてリリースできます。
+
+- **セルフホスト:** エージェントはあなたのマシン上で動作し、完全な開発環境を使用します。自分のツール・設定・スキルをそのまま活用できます。
+- **マルチプロバイダー:** Claude Code、Codex、Copilot、OpenCode、Pi を同一のインターフェースで利用。タスクに合ったモデルを選べます。
+- **音声コントロール:** 音声モードでタスクを口述したり問題を話し合ったりできます。ハンズフリーが必要なときに便利です。
+- **クロスデバイス:** iOS、Android、デスクトップ、Web、CLI に対応。机で作業を始め、スマートフォンで確認し、ターミナルから自動化できます。
+- **プライバシー優先:** Paseo にはテレメトリー・トラッキング・強制ログインは一切ありません。
+
+## はじめかた
+
+Paseo はコーディングエージェントを管理するローカルサーバー（デーモン）を起動します。デスクトップアプリ・モバイルアプリ・Web アプリ・CLI などのクライアントがこのデーモンに接続します。
+
+### 前提条件
+
+エージェント CLI をひとつ以上インストールし、認証情報を設定しておく必要があります。
+
+- [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)
+- [Codex](https://github.com/openai/codex)
+- [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli/)
+- [OpenCode](https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode)
+- [Pi](https://pi.dev)
+
+### デスクトップアプリ（推奨）
+
+[paseo.sh/download](https://paseo.sh/download) または [GitHub のリリースページ](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/releases)からダウンロードしてください。アプリを開くとデーモンが自動的に起動します。追加のインストールは不要です。
+
+スマートフォンから接続するには、Settings 画面に表示される QR コードをスキャンしてください。
+
+### CLI / ヘッドレス
+
+CLI をインストールして Paseo を起動します。
+
+```bash
+npm install -g @getpaseo/cli
+paseo
+```
+
+ターミナルに QR コードが表示されます。どのクライアントからでも接続できます。サーバーやリモートマシンでの利用に適しています。
+
+詳しいセットアップと設定については以下を参照してください。
+
+- [ドキュメント](https://paseo.sh/docs)
+- [設定リファレンス](https://paseo.sh/docs/configuration)
+
+## CLI
+
+アプリでできることはすべてターミナルからも実行できます。
+
+```bash
+paseo run --provider claude/opus-4.6 "implement user authentication"
+paseo run --provider codex/gpt-5.4 --worktree feature-x "implement feature X"
+
+paseo ls                           # 実行中のエージェントを一覧表示
+paseo attach abc123                # ライブ出力をストリーミング
+paseo send abc123 "also add tests" # 追加タスクを送信
+
+# リモートデーモンで実行
+paseo --host workstation.local:6767 run "run the full test suite"
+```
+
+詳細は[完全な CLI リファレンス](https://paseo.sh/docs/cli)を参照してください。
+
+## スキル
+
+スキルはエージェントに Paseo を使って他のエージェントをオーケストレーションする方法を教えます。
+
+```bash
+npx skills add getpaseo/paseo
+```
+
+どのエージェントとの会話でも使用できます。
+
+- `/paseo-handoff` — エージェント間で作業を引き継ぎます。私はこれを使って Claude で計画し、Codex に実装を引き継いでいます。
+- `/paseo-loop` — 明確な受け入れ基準に沿ってエージェントをループさせます（Ralph loops とも呼ばれます）。検証役を追加することもできます。
+- `/paseo-advisor` — 単一のエージェントをアドバイザーとして起動し、作業を委任せずにセカンドオピニオンを得ます。
+- `/paseo-committee` — 対照的な2つのエージェントで委員会を構成し、一歩引いた視点で根本原因を分析して計画を作成します。
+
+## 開発
+
+モノレポのパッケージ構成：
+
+- `packages/server`: Paseo デーモン（エージェントプロセスのオーケストレーション、WebSocket API、MCP サーバー）
+- `packages/app`: Expo クライアント（iOS、Android、Web）
+- `packages/cli`: デーモンおよびエージェントワークフロー向け `paseo` CLI
+- `packages/desktop`: Electron デスクトップアプリ
+- `packages/relay`: リモート接続用リレーパッケージ
+- `packages/website`: マーケティングサイトとドキュメント（`paseo.sh`）
+
+よく使うコマンド：
+
+```bash
+# すべてのローカル開発サービスを起動
+npm run dev
+
+# 個別のサービスを起動
+npm run dev:server
+npm run dev:app
+npm run dev:desktop
+npm run dev:website
+
+# サーバースタックをビルド
+npm run build:server
+
+# リポジトリ全体のチェック
+npm run typecheck
+```
+
+## 関連プロジェクト
+
+- [getpaseo/paseo-relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay) — Elixir 製の公式分散リレー
+- [paseo-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hinnes.paseo-vscode) — VS Code 拡張機能
+
+## ライセンス
+
+AGPL-3.0

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="README.md">English</a> ·
-  <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a>
+  <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a> ·
+  <a href="README.ja.md">日本語</a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -37,12 +38,6 @@
   <img src="https://paseo.sh/mobile-mockup.png" alt="Paseo mobile app" width="100%">
 </p>
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> I'm a solo maintainer and don't always keep up with GitHub Issues daily.
-> If something is urgent or blocking you, [Discord](https://discord.gg/jz8T2uahpH) is the fastest place to reach me.
-
----
-
 Run agents in parallel on your own machines. Ship from your phone or your desk.
 
 - **Self-hosted:** Agents run on your machine with your full dev environment. Use your tools, your configs, and your skills.
@@ -69,7 +64,7 @@ You need at least one agent CLI installed and configured with your credentials:
 
 Download it from [paseo.sh/download](https://paseo.sh/download) or the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/releases). Open the app and the daemon starts automatically. Nothing else to install.
 
-To connect from your phone, scan the QR code shown in Settings.
+To connect from your phone, open **Settings → your host → Connections → Pair a device**.
 
 ### CLI / headless
 
@@ -87,6 +82,21 @@ For full setup and configuration, see:
 - [Docs](https://paseo.sh/docs)
 - [Configuration reference](https://paseo.sh/docs/configuration)
 
+### Docker
+
+Run the Paseo daemon and self-hosted web UI in Docker:
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name paseo \
+  -p 6767:6767 \
+  -e PASEO_PASSWORD=change-me \
+  -v "$PWD/paseo-home:/home/paseo" \
+  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
+  ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+```
+
+Open `http://localhost:6767` after it starts. Extend the base image with the agent CLIs you use, then provide credentials through environment variables or the persistent `/home/paseo` volume. See the [Docker documentation](docs/docker.md) for full setup details.
+
 ## CLI
 
 Everything you can do in the app, you can do from the terminal.
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@ Quick monorepo package map:
 - `packages/app`: Expo client (iOS, Android, web)
 - `packages/cli`: `paseo` CLI for daemon and agent workflows
 - `packages/desktop`: Electron desktop app
-- `packages/relay`: Relay package for remote connectivity
+- `packages/relay`: Relay transport and encryption used by the daemon and clients
 - `packages/website`: Marketing site and documentation (`paseo.sh`)
 
 Common commands:
@@ -150,21 +160,10 @@ npm run build:server
 npm run typecheck
 ```
 
-## Community
+## Related projects
 
-- [paseo-relay](https://github.com/zenghongtu/paseo-relay) — self-hosted relay in Go
-
----
-
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://star-history.com/#getpaseo/paseo&Date">
-    <picture>
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date&theme=dark">
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date">
-      <img src="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date" alt="Star history chart for getpaseo/paseo" width="600" style="max-width: 100%;">
-    </picture>
-  </a>
-</p>
+- [getpaseo/paseo-relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay) — official distributed relay, written in Elixir
+- [paseo-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hinnes.paseo-vscode) — VS Code extension
 
 ## License
 

README.zh-CN.md

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="README.md">English</a> ·
-  <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a>
+  <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a> ·
+  <a href="README.ja.md">日本語</a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -150,9 +151,10 @@ npm run build:server
 npm run typecheck
 ```
 
-## 社区
+## 相关项目
 
-- [paseo-relay](https://github.com/zenghongtu/paseo-relay) — Go 实现的自托管 relay
+- [getpaseo/paseo-relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay) — 官方分布式 relay，使用 Elixir 编写
+- [paseo-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hinnes.paseo-vscode) — VS Code 扩展
 
 ### 自托管 relay TLS
 
@@ -200,18 +202,6 @@ server {
 }
 ```
 
----
-
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://star-history.com/#getpaseo/paseo&Date">
-    <picture>
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date&theme=dark">
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date">
-      <img src="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=getpaseo/paseo&type=Date" alt="Star history chart for getpaseo/paseo" width="600" style="max-width: 100%;">
-    </picture>
-  </a>
-</p>
-
 ## License
 
 AGPL-3.0

SECURITY.md

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ The relay is designed to be untrusted. All traffic between your phone and daemon
 1. The daemon generates a persistent Curve25519 keypair on first run and stores it at `$PASEO_HOME/daemon-keypair.json` with mode `0600`
 2. The pairing URL (rendered as a QR code or opened directly) carries the daemon's public key in its URL fragment (`https://app.paseo.sh/#offer=...`). Fragments are not sent to the web server, so `app.paseo.sh` never sees the key.
 3. When the phone connects via the relay, it generates a fresh ephemeral Curve25519 keypair and sends an `e2ee_hello` message containing its public key. The daemon will not process any application messages until this handshake completes.
-4. Both sides perform a Curve25519 ECDH key exchange to derive a shared key. All subsequent messages are encrypted with XSalsa20-Poly1305 (NaCl `box`). The wire format is `[24-byte nonce][ciphertext]`, base64-encoded as a WebSocket text frame.
+4. Both sides perform a Curve25519 ECDH key exchange to derive a shared key. All subsequent messages are encrypted with XSalsa20-Poly1305 (NaCl `box`). The encrypted bundle is `[24-byte nonce][ciphertext]`. Peers optionally negotiate `binaryCiphertext` in `e2ee_hello` / `e2ee_ready`: negotiated application text is carried as a base64 WebSocket text frame, while application binary is carried as a raw WebSocket binary frame. A peer that does not negotiate the capability uses base64 text frames for both kinds.
+
+The WebSocket opcode is preserved end to end after negotiation; the receiver never guesses whether authenticated plaintext is text or binary from its byte contents. The plaintext handshake remains WebSocket text and contains only public keys and capability declarations.
 
 The relay sees only: IP addresses, timing, message sizes, session IDs, and the plaintext `e2ee_hello` / `e2ee_ready` handshake frames (which contain only public keys). It cannot read message contents, forge messages, or derive encryption keys from observing the handshake.
 
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ Connected clients are trusted operators of the daemon user. File previews follow
 
 If you expose the daemon beyond loopback, such as by binding to `0.0.0.0`, forwarding it through a tunnel or reverse proxy, or publishing it from a Docker container, you are responsible for restricting and securing that access. Setting a password is strongly recommended in that case.
 
+In Docker, the official image runs the daemon and agents as the non-root
+`paseo` user by default. Mounted workspaces and credentials are still fully
+available to anything the agents run inside the container.
+
 For remote access, use the relay connection. It is the supported path for reaching the daemon off-machine, and it adds end-to-end encryption plus a pairing handshake before commands are accepted.
 
 Host header validation and CORS origin checks are defense-in-depth controls for localhost exposure. They help block DNS rebinding and browser-based attacks, but they do not replace network isolation.
@@ -64,6 +70,10 @@ Paseo validates the `Host` header on every HTTP request and every WebSocket upgr
 
 Paseo wraps agent CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) but does not manage their authentication. Each agent provider handles its own credentials. Paseo never stores or transmits provider API keys. Agents run in your user context with your existing credentials.
 
+## Forge host trust
+
+Paseo only talks to a forge host that is either a known cloud host or one the forge CLI is already authenticated to. It never probes or routes credentials to an unauthenticated, remote-derived host.
+
 ## Reporting vulnerabilities
 
 If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it privately by emailing hello@moboudra.com. Do not open a public issue.

docker/Dockerfile.agents.example

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Example child image that adds agent CLIs to the official Paseo image.
+#
+# Build:
+#   docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.agents.example -t paseo-with-agents .
+#
+# Then set `image: paseo-with-agents` in docker/docker-compose.example.yml.
+
+FROM ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+
+USER root
+RUN npm install -g \
+  @anthropic-ai/claude-code \
+  @openai/codex \
+  opencode-ai
+
+# Leave the image user as root. The base entrypoint prepares mounted volumes,
+# then drops the daemon and launched agents to the non-root `paseo` user.

docker/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Paseo Docker Image
+
+This directory contains the official Paseo daemon image.
+
+The image runs the daemon headless and serves the bundled web UI from the same
+HTTP origin. Start it, then open the daemon URL in a browser.
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name paseo \
+  -p 6767:6767 \
+  -e PASEO_PASSWORD=change-me \
+  -v "$PWD/paseo-home:/home/paseo" \
+  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
+  ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+```
+
+Then open `http://localhost:6767`.
+
+The base image intentionally does not bundle agent CLIs. Extend it with the
+agents you use:
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+
+USER root
+RUN npm install -g @openai/codex @anthropic-ai/claude-code
+```
+
+See [docs/docker.md](../docs/docker.md) for Compose, reverse proxy, security,
+agent auth, and troubleshooting notes.

docker/base/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+ARG NODE_IMAGE=node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM ${NODE_IMAGE} AS source-pack
+
+ARG PASEO_VERSION
+
+ENV ONNXRUNTIME_NODE_INSTALL=skip
+
+WORKDIR /tmp/paseo-src
+COPY . .
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    if [ -n "${PASEO_VERSION:-}" ]; then \
+      test "$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" = "${PASEO_VERSION}"; \
+    fi; \
+    node -e 'const fs=require("node:fs"); const pkg=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("package.json","utf8")); delete pkg.scripts.prepare; fs.writeFileSync("package.json", `${JSON.stringify(pkg)}\n`);'; \
+    npm ci
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    mkdir -p /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/highlight --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/relay --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/protocol --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/client --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/server --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm pack --workspace=@getpaseo/cli --pack-destination /tmp/paseo-packs
+
+FROM ${NODE_IMAGE}
+
+ENV HOME=/home/paseo \
+    PASEO_HOME=/home/paseo/.paseo \
+    PASEO_LISTEN=0.0.0.0:6767 \
+    PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=true \
+    PASEO_LOG_FORMAT=json \
+    PASEO_LOG_LEVEL=info \
+    CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/paseo/.claude \
+    CODEX_HOME=/home/paseo/.codex \
+    XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/paseo/.config \
+    XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/paseo/.local/share \
+    XDG_STATE_HOME=/home/paseo/.local/state \
+    XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/paseo/.cache \
+    ONNXRUNTIME_NODE_INSTALL=skip
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    apt-get update; \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      bash \
+      ca-certificates \
+      curl \
+      git \
+      gosu \
+      lbzip2 \
+      openssh-client \
+      procps \
+      tini; \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=source-pack /tmp/paseo-packs /tmp/paseo-packs
+RUN set -eux; \
+	npm install -g /tmp/paseo-packs/*.tgz; \
+    rm -rf /tmp/paseo-packs; \
+    npm cache clean --force; \
+    server_entry="$(npm root -g)/@getpaseo/server/dist/scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.js"; \
+    test -f "$server_entry"; \
+    printf '%s\n' "$server_entry" > /etc/paseo-server-entry; \
+    node --check "$server_entry"
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    existing_group="$(getent group 1000 | cut -d: -f1 || true)"; \
+    if [ -n "$existing_group" ] && [ "$existing_group" != "paseo" ]; then \
+      groupmod --new-name paseo "$existing_group"; \
+    elif [ -z "$existing_group" ]; then \
+      groupadd --gid 1000 paseo; \
+    fi; \
+    existing_user="$(getent passwd 1000 | cut -d: -f1 || true)"; \
+    if [ -n "$existing_user" ] && [ "$existing_user" != "paseo" ]; then \
+      usermod --login paseo --gid paseo --home /home/paseo --shell /bin/bash "$existing_user"; \
+    elif [ -z "$existing_user" ]; then \
+      useradd --uid 1000 --gid paseo --create-home --home-dir /home/paseo --shell /bin/bash paseo; \
+    fi; \
+    mkdir -p \
+      /workspace \
+      "$PASEO_HOME" \
+      "$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR" \
+      "$CODEX_HOME" \
+      "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" \
+      "$XDG_DATA_HOME" \
+      "$XDG_STATE_HOME" \
+      "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"; \
+    chown -R paseo:paseo /home/paseo /workspace
+
+COPY docker/base/rootfs/ /
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/paseo-docker-entrypoint
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+EXPOSE 6767
+VOLUME ["/home/paseo"]
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=30s --retries=3 \
+  CMD node -e "const listen=process.env.PASEO_LISTEN||'0.0.0.0:6767'; const m=listen.match(/:(\\d+)$/); const port=m?Number(m[1]):6767; require('http').get({hostname:'127.0.0.1',port,path:'/api/health'},r=>process.exit(r.statusCode===200?0:1)).on('error',()=>process.exit(1))"
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "/usr/local/bin/paseo-docker-entrypoint"]

docker/base/rootfs/usr/local/bin/paseo-docker-entrypoint

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+IMAGE_HOME="/home/paseo"
+
+: "${HOME:=$IMAGE_HOME}"
+: "${PASEO_HOME:=${HOME}/.paseo}"
+: "${PASEO_LISTEN:=0.0.0.0:6767}"
+: "${PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED:=true}"
+: "${PASEO_LOG_LEVEL:=info}"
+: "${PASEO_LOG_FORMAT:=json}"
+: "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:=${HOME}/.claude}"
+: "${CODEX_HOME:=${HOME}/.codex}"
+: "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=${HOME}/.config}"
+: "${XDG_DATA_HOME:=${HOME}/.local/share}"
+: "${XDG_STATE_HOME:=${HOME}/.local/state}"
+: "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:=${HOME}/.cache}"
+
+export HOME
+export PASEO_HOME
+export PASEO_LISTEN
+export PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED
+export PASEO_LOG_LEVEL
+export PASEO_LOG_FORMAT
+export CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
+export CODEX_HOME
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+export XDG_DATA_HOME
+export XDG_STATE_HOME
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME
+
+ensure_dir() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  mkdir -p "$dir"
+  if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
+    local owner
+    owner="$(stat -c "%u" "$dir")"
+    if [[ "$owner" == "0" ]]; then
+      chown paseo:paseo "$dir"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_dir "$HOME"
+ensure_dir "$PASEO_HOME"
+ensure_dir "$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR"
+ensure_dir "$CODEX_HOME"
+ensure_dir "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+ensure_dir "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+ensure_dir "$XDG_STATE_HOME"
+ensure_dir "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+
+if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; then
+  if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
+    exec gosu paseo "$@"
+  fi
+  exec "$@"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${PASEO_PASSWORD:-}" ]]; then
+  {
+    echo "[paseo] WARNING: PASEO_PASSWORD is not set."
+    echo "[paseo] The daemon accepts unauthenticated control connections from any client that can reach it."
+    echo "[paseo] Set PASEO_PASSWORD for any published port or network-reachable deployment."
+  } >&2
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f /etc/paseo-server-entry ]]; then
+  echo "[paseo] FATAL: /etc/paseo-server-entry is missing." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+entry="$(cat /etc/paseo-server-entry)"
+echo "[paseo] starting daemon on ${PASEO_LISTEN} with web UI ${PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED}"
+if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
+  exec gosu paseo node "$entry"
+fi
+exec node "$entry"

docker/docker-compose.example.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Minimal Paseo daemon + web UI deployment.
+#
+# Open http://localhost:6767 after `docker compose up -d`.
+# For any network-reachable deployment, change PASEO_PASSWORD first.
+services:
+  paseo:
+    image: ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+    container_name: paseo
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "6767:6767"
+    environment:
+      PASEO_PASSWORD: "change-me"
+      # Add DNS names you use to reach this container. IPs and localhost are
+      # already allowed by default.
+      # PASEO_HOSTNAMES: "paseo.example.com,.lan"
+    volumes:
+      # Persistent daemon state and agent credentials/config.
+      - ./paseo-home:/home/paseo
+      # Code visible to Paseo and the agents it launches.
+      - ./workspace:/workspace

docs/agent-lifecycle.md

@@ -10,24 +10,60 @@ initializing → idle → running → idle (or error → closed)
                  └────────┘  (agent completes a turn, awaits next prompt)
 ```
 
-Each agent in `AgentManager` carries a `lastStatus` of `initializing`, `idle`, `running`, `error`, or `closed`. State transitions persist to disk and stream to subscribed clients via WebSocket.
+Each live agent in `AgentManager` carries a `lastStatus` of `initializing`, `idle`, `running`, or `error`. `closed` is the persisted, resumable state for an agent record that has no live provider runtime. State transitions persist to disk and stream to subscribed clients via WebSocket.
+
+## Runtime residency
+
+An unarchived agent may be `closed` without being deleted or archived. Closing releases its provider
+processes and subscriptions while retaining its Paseo identity, persistence handle, timeline,
+workspace, labels, title, usage, attention, timestamps, and parent relationship. Opening or prompting
+the agent runs through `ensureAgentLoaded()`, which resumes the durable provider session under the
+same Paseo agent ID. Provider history is not appended again when the canonical timeline is already
+primed.
+
+The daemon collects an eligible idle runtime after 30 minutes and sweeps every minute. Only
+unarchived, non-internal agents that are exactly `idle`, have no active or pending run, replacement,
+or permission, and have not been activated during the idle window are eligible. `running`,
+`initializing`, and `error` agents stay resident. An idle parent also stays resident while current
+in-memory state shows a running managed child or provider subagent. Otherwise agents are evaluated
+independently; collection does not cascade or change parentage.
+
+Active schedules targeting an existing agent protect that agent from collection. Paused, completed,
+and new-agent schedules do not. A pane may remain open after collection; its next prompt resumes the
+runtime.
+
+### Cancellation
+
+Cancellation changes lifecycle state only after the provider acknowledges the interrupt or emits a terminal turn event. If the interrupt is rejected or times out, the agent remains `running` with its active foreground turn intact. Follow-up actions such as replacement, reload, rewind, and Stop must report that failure instead of accepting work they cannot perform. Synthesizing a local cancellation without provider acknowledgment creates a split-brain session: Paseo accepts a new prompt while the provider still owns the previous foreground turn.
 
 ## Relationships
 
-Agents can launch other agents via the agent-scoped `create_agent` MCP tool. Agent-scoped creation is always asynchronous. By default, the daemon stamps the created agent with a label `paseo.parent-agent-id` pointing back at the agent that created it. The client surfaces that as `agent.parentAgentId`.
+Agents can launch other agents via the agent-scoped `create_agent` MCP tool. Agent-scoped creation is always asynchronous and always stamps `paseo.parent-agent-id`, pointing back at the caller. Omit `workspaceId` to use the caller's workspace, or pass an existing workspace ID returned by `create_workspace`. Placement never changes parentage.
 
-Agent-scoped `create_agent` accepts `detached: true` for agents that should stand on their own. The daemon still uses the creating agent for cwd/config inheritance, but does not write `paseo.parent-agent-id`.
+- **Subagents** — exist as part of the creating agent's work, appear in that agent's subagent track, and are archived with it.
+- **Detached agents** — stand on their own after an explicit detach transition, do not appear in the former parent's subagent track, and are not archived with it.
 
-- **Subagents** — created with `detached: false` or omitted. They exist as part of the creating agent's work, appear in that agent's subagent track, and are archived with it.
-- **Detached agents** — created with `detached: true`. They take over as sibling/root agents (e.g. handoffs, fire-and-forget delegations), do not appear in the creating agent's subagent track, and are not archived with it.
+Runtime ownership is resolved from explicit workspace ID and caller context, never from `cwd`. Workspace creation is a separate operation with `local | worktree` isolation; agent creation only selects an existing workspace.
 
-`notifyOnFinish` defaults to `true` for agent-scoped creation because most subagents are delegated work the creating agent needs to hear back from. Set it to `false` only for truly fire-and-forget agents.
+Users can also detach an existing subagent from the subagents track. Detach is deliberately a manual lifecycle gesture, not an agent-facing MCP tool. It removes the `paseo.parent-agent-id` label only: it does not stop, archive, move, or restart the agent. The agent keeps its current `cwd` and `workspaceId`, leaves the former parent's track, and behaves like a root agent for tab close, workspace activity, and future parent archive.
+
+`notifyOnFinish` defaults to `true` for agent-scoped creation and background prompt follow-ups because most delegated work needs to report back to the creating agent. Set it to `false` only for truly fire-and-forget agents or prompts.
+
+## Provider-managed child agents
+
+Some providers can create their own child sessions inside one provider runtime. OMP's task tool reports these with `child_session` events; `AgentManager` imports the live provider handle, stamps `paseo.parent-agent-id`, and surfaces the result as a normal subagent in the parent's subagents track.
+
+The provider still owns the underlying runtime. Paseo keeps an agent record so the child can be opened, tracked, archived, and cascaded with the parent, but prompts and history hydration route through the provider adapter for that native child handle.
 
 ## Archive
 
 Archive is a **soft delete**: the agent record stays on disk with `archivedAt` set, the runtime is closed, and the agent disappears from active lists. Archive is **global** — it lives on the server and propagates to every connected client.
 
-`create_agent_request` can opt an agent into `autoArchive`. In that mode the daemon archives the agent after the first terminal turn event (`turn_completed`, `turn_failed`, or `turn_canceled`). If the same request created a Paseo worktree through its `worktree` field, auto-archive archives that worktree too, which removes the agent records inside the worktree.
+Archive is distinct from runtime collection. Archive sets `archivedAt`, invokes the provider's native
+archive hook, and cascades to managed children. Runtime collection does none of those things; it only
+releases the live runtime and writes `lastStatus: closed` on the still-active record.
+
+`create_agent_request` can opt an agent into `autoArchive`. In that mode the daemon archives the agent after the first terminal turn event (`turn_completed`, `turn_failed`, or `turn_canceled`). When the agent owns an isolated workspace, auto-archive archives that workspace too; the managed worktree is removed when its final workspace reference is gone.
 
 Archiving runs through `AgentManager.archiveAgent` (`packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts`):
 
@@ -39,6 +75,26 @@ Archiving runs through `AgentManager.archiveAgent` (`packages/server/src/server/
 
 Cascade is what keeps subagent fleets from outliving their orchestrator.
 
+Workspace archive is a separate lifecycle. Archiving or removing a worktree can close a surviving
+agent record without setting the agent's `archivedAt`, while its `workspaceId` still points at the
+archived workspace. History navigation must not infer workspace lifecycle from `agent.archivedAt`
+or mutate either lifecycle. The workspace route asks the daemon for authoritative recovery state;
+only the route's explicit Unarchive or Restore action changes the archived workspace.
+
+History navigation preserves the selected agent as an explicit recovery target. If both that agent
+and its workspace are archived, the workspace recovery action restores the workspace and unarchives
+the selected agent as one user action. Other archived agents in the restored workspace remain
+recoverable from History. Opening one pins its tab and renders the archived-agent callout. Authoritative
+timeline catch-up may load provider history with a runtime-only `history` resume purpose, which must
+leave both Paseo's `archivedAt` and the provider's native archive state unchanged. **Unarchive** remains
+the only transition back to an interactive runtime: it runs the provider's native unarchive hook
+(including Codex `thread/unarchive`) before the normal agent resume and timeline hydration flow.
+
+Provider session connection owns every process it spawns until the session is registered with
+`AgentManager`. If initialization, persisted-session resume, or initial history hydration fails,
+`connect()` must dispose that process before rethrowing; the manager cannot clean up a session it never
+received.
+
 ## Tabs vs archive
 
 These are two distinct concepts that used to be conflated:
@@ -52,23 +108,35 @@ Closing a tab on a **root agent** still archives — the tab is the agent's home
 
 Closing a tab on a **subagent** (any agent with `parentAgentId`) is **layout-only**. The agent stays unarchived and stays in its parent's track. The user can re-open the tab from the track at any time. This is implemented in `handleCloseAgentTab` (`packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx`).
 
-The asymmetry is intentional: a subagent's home is the parent's track, not the tab. Tabs are ephemeral viewing slots; the track is the persistent record of the parent's children.
+The asymmetry is intentional: a subagent's persistent relationship lives in the parent's track. Same-workspace subagents are not auto-opened as tabs; the user opens one from that track when needed. A cross-workspace subagent is also auto-opened as a tab in its own workspace so opening that workspace does not appear empty. It remains in the parent's track until it is actually detached.
 
 ## Workspace activity
 
 Agent lifecycle status stays literal: a parent agent is `idle` when its own turn is idle, even if a child is running.
 
-Workspace status is an aggregate activity signal. Root agents contribute their normal state bucket to their own workspace. Running subagents contribute `running` to their root parent's workspace, not to the subagent's current `cwd` or worktree. Non-running subagent attention, permission, and error states stay in the parent's subagents track and do not escalate the workspace bucket.
+Workspace status is an aggregate activity signal computed **per `workspaceId`**. Ownership is never derived from `cwd` — many workspaces may share one directory, and same-`cwd` siblings do not clump under one status. Root agents and cross-workspace subagents contribute their normal state bucket to their own workspace. Same-workspace descendants contribute `running` to the nearest ancestor in that workspace; their non-running attention, permission, and error states stay in the parent's subagents track. This makes a cross-workspace subagent behave like a detached agent for workspace visibility and status without removing its parent relationship.
 
 ## The subagents track
 
-The collapsible track above the composer in an agent's pane (`packages/app/src/subagents/track.tsx`). Membership rule (`packages/app/src/subagents/select.ts`):
+The collapsible track above the composer in an agent's pane (`packages/app/src/subagents/track.tsx`) combines two kinds of children:
+
+- **Paseo subagents** are full managed agents. Their membership rule (`packages/app/src/subagents/select.ts`) is:
 
 ```
 parentAgentId === thisAgent.id  AND  !archivedAt
 ```
 
-Archived subagents disappear from the track, by design. To remove a subagent from the track without closing its tab, use the **archive button (X)** on the row — it opens a confirm dialog and archives the subagent on confirm. That same archive shows the subagent leave the track on every connected client.
+- **Provider subagents** are child executions owned by Claude, Codex, or OpenCode. They are not inserted into `AgentManager` as managed agents. Providers emit a separate descriptor and timeline stream through `agent.provider_subagents.*`; the client keeps that state outside the normal agent store and merges only the presentation rows into the track.
+
+Clicking either kind opens a workspace tab. A Paseo subagent tab is a normal interactive agent pane. A provider subagent tab is a read-only timeline pane with no composer, archive, detach, rewind, or fork actions. Both panes use `AgentStreamView`, so message, reasoning, tool-call, and layout rendering stay identical.
+
+Provider timelines use the same structural timeline item format but deliberately have a separate lifecycle and transport. A provider thread/session identifier is not a Paseo agent identifier, and closing its tab is always layout-only.
+
+Archived Paseo subagents disappear from the track, by design. To remove one from the track without closing its tab, use the **archive button** on the row — it opens a confirm dialog and archives the subagent on confirm. Provider-owned rows have no individual Paseo lifecycle controls.
+
+The track header's **Archive finished** action hides finished provider-owned rows in the current app session. Their native sessions and timelines are untouched, and managed Paseo subagents are not archived by this bulk action. If a hidden provider child starts running again, the app brings it back to the track.
+
+To keep the agent alive but remove it from the parent's track, use **detach**. The daemon clears the parent label, emits the normal agent update, and every client reclassifies the agent from subagent to root/sibling from that updated snapshot.
 
 ## Why this shape
 
@@ -77,6 +145,7 @@ The decision was to **decouple "close tab" from "archive" only for subagents**,
 - **Closing a tab on a root agent still archives** — preserves the existing UX users are trained on
 - **Closing a tab on a subagent is layout-only** — fixes the lossy "click to read, close to dismiss view, lose the row" flow
 - **Archive button on track rows** — gives subagents an explicit lifecycle gesture in their home surface
+- **Detach button on track rows** — lets a subagent continue independently without killing its work
 - **Cascade archive on parent** — keeps subagents from leaking when the parent is archived
 
 We considered universal decoupling (no tab close ever archives, archive is always explicit) but rejected it: it changes a behavior root-agent users rely on.
@@ -85,7 +154,7 @@ We considered universal decoupling (no tab close ever archives, archive is alway
 
 ### Subagent accumulation under long-lived parents
 
-A parent that spawns many subagents will see the track grow. There's no automatic cleanup for completed subagents — the user prunes via the archive button on each row. A bulk gesture (e.g. "archive all idle children") could land later if this becomes a real problem.
+A parent that spawns many subagents will see the track grow. Managed Paseo subagents can be archived individually. Finished provider-owned rows can be hidden together with **Archive finished**; this is app-local presentation state and resets when the app restarts.
 
 ### Cross-client tab dismissal
 
@@ -97,13 +166,15 @@ Closing a subagent's tab on one client doesn't affect other clients' layouts. Th
 $PASEO_HOME/agents/{cwd-with-dashes}/{agent-id}.json
 ```
 
+`{cwd-with-dashes}` is derived from the agent's filesystem `cwd`. It is not the workspace id; agent storage stays cwd-keyed while workspace identity is the opaque workspace id.
+
 Each agent is a single JSON file. Fields relevant to this doc:
 
-| Field                             | Type          | Meaning                                                                                   |
-| --------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `id`                              | `string`      | Stable identifier                                                                         |
-| `archivedAt`                      | `string?`     | Soft-delete timestamp (ISO 8601)                                                          |
-| `labels["paseo.parent-agent-id"]` | `string?`     | Parent agent ID, set automatically by agent-scoped `create_agent` unless `detached: true` |
-| `lastStatus`                      | `AgentStatus` | `initializing` / `idle` / `running` / `error` / `closed`                                  |
+| Field                             | Type          | Meaning                                                                            |
+| --------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `id`                              | `string`      | Stable identifier                                                                  |
+| `archivedAt`                      | `string?`     | Soft-delete timestamp (ISO 8601)                                                   |
+| `labels["paseo.parent-agent-id"]` | `string?`     | Parent agent ID, set automatically for agent-scoped creation and removed by detach |
+| `lastStatus`                      | `AgentStatus` | `initializing` / `idle` / `running` / `error` / `closed`                           |
 
 See [`docs/data-model.md`](./data-model.md) for the full agent record.

docs/android.md

@@ -13,6 +13,50 @@ EAS profiles: `development`, `production`, and `production-apk` in `packages/app
 
 `development` uses Android `debug`.
 
+## Version codes
+
+`packages/app/app.config.js` derives Android `versionCode` from the package version with:
+
+```text
+major * 1_000_000 + minor * 1_000 + patch
+```
+
+Prerelease metadata is ignored, so `0.1.102-beta.1` and `0.1.102` both produce `1102`. The same value is used as the iOS `buildNumber` because `packages/app/eas.json` uses EAS's local app version source. Do not re-enable EAS remote version counters or Android `autoIncrement`; F-Droid and other source-based builders need the native build number to be visible in the repo.
+
+The formula reserves three digits each for minor and patch. If either reaches `1000`, change the formula before cutting that release.
+
+## Prerequisites (local dev)
+
+Local Android builds run on macOS (or Linux) and need the Android toolchain, pinned in `.tool-versions` (`java 21`, `android-sdk 21.0`) and wired up by `.mise.toml` (which derives `ANDROID_HOME` and the command-line tool paths from the `android-sdk` entry). With [mise](https://mise.jdx.dev):
+
+```bash
+mise install        # java 21 + android-sdk 21.0 command-line tools
+```
+
+> **Pin a real `android-sdk` version, not `latest`.** The mise `android-sdk` plugin's `latest` resolved to the ancient `1.0` bundle, whose `sdkmanager` (3.6.0) predates the `emulator` package and fails with `Failed to find package emulator`. `21.0` ships a current `sdkmanager`. If you bump it, update only the version in `.tool-versions`; `.mise.toml` derives its paths from that tool entry.
+
+`mise install` only lays down the command-line tools. Install the rest and create an emulator. On Apple Silicon:
+
+```bash
+sdkmanager --licenses
+sdkmanager "platform-tools" "emulator" "platforms;android-35" "build-tools;35.0.0" \
+           "system-images;android-35;google_apis;arm64-v8a"
+avdmanager create avd -n paseo -k "system-images;android-35;google_apis;arm64-v8a" -d pixel_7
+emulator @paseo     # start it; leave running
+```
+
+On an Intel Mac, use the `x86_64` system image:
+
+```bash
+sdkmanager --licenses
+sdkmanager "platform-tools" "emulator" "platforms;android-35" "build-tools;35.0.0" \
+           "system-images;android-35;google_apis;x86_64"
+avdmanager create avd -n paseo -k "system-images;android-35;google_apis;x86_64" -d pixel_7
+emulator @paseo     # start it; leave running
+```
+
+Gradle auto-fetches the platform/build-tools it needs once licenses are accepted, so adjust `android-35` only if it asks for a different level.
+
 ## Local build + install
 
 From repo root:
@@ -38,6 +82,58 @@ npx cross-env APP_VARIANT=production expo run:android --variant=release
 rm -rf android
 ```
 
+## Running on an emulator against a worktree daemon
+
+`npm run android` builds and installs the dev client, but two connections have to reach your Mac from inside the emulator — Metro (the JS bundle) and the Paseo daemon — and **the emulator does not share the host's loopback**: `localhost` inside the emulator is the emulator itself. Reach the host at `10.0.2.2` (the standard AVD's host alias) for both:
+
+```bash
+REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGER_HOSTNAME=10.0.2.2 \
+  EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=10.0.2.2:$PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT \
+  npm run android
+```
+
+- **`REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGER_HOSTNAME=10.0.2.2`** — without it, Expo bakes your Mac's LAN IP into the dev client's Metro URL, which the emulator can't route to, and the app dies with `Failed to connect to /<lan-ip>:8081` before any JS loads.
+- **`EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=10.0.2.2:<port>`** — the client's daemon endpoint (`packages/app/src/runtime/host-runtime.ts`); when unset it defaults to `localhost:6767`, the production daemon. Use `$PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT` for a worktree daemon running as a Paseo service, or `6768` for a standalone `npm run dev:server`. It is inlined into the JS bundle at Metro bundle time, so set it on the build command and clear the Metro cache (`npx expo start -c`) if a change doesn't take.
+
+**Alternative — `adb reverse` + `localhost`** (if `10.0.2.2` misbehaves):
+
+```bash
+adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
+adb reverse tcp:$PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT tcp:$PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT
+REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGER_HOSTNAME=localhost \
+  EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=localhost:$PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT \
+  npm run android
+```
+
+This is the Android counterpart of the iOS local-simulator flow in [development.md](development.md): on iOS the simulator shares the Mac's loopback so `localhost:<port>` works directly; on Android you need `10.0.2.2` or `adb reverse`.
+
+## F-Droid / source-only Android builds
+
+F-Droid builds should set `PASEO_FDROID_BUILD=1` when running Expo prebuild:
+
+```bash
+cd packages/app
+PASEO_FDROID_BUILD=1 APP_VARIANT=production npx expo prebuild --platform android --clean --non-interactive
+cd android
+PASEO_FDROID_BUILD=1 ./gradlew assembleRelease --no-daemon --max-workers=1 -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false
+```
+
+The flag must be present for both prebuild and Gradle because Gradle starts Metro for the release bundle. Keep the source build serial and daemon-free as shown above: compiling every Expo module can exhaust memory when Gradle workers run in parallel. The profile enables source-built Expo modules, excludes the proprietary camera, Firebase notification, and Expo development-client native modules, disables EAS updates and Gradle dependency metadata, and substitutes JavaScript stubs for camera and notifications. The resulting app supports direct and pasted-link pairing but not QR scanning or push notifications.
+
+For a single-ABI APK, pass React Native's architecture property to Gradle:
+
+```bash
+PASEO_FDROID_BUILD=1 ./gradlew assembleRelease \
+  -PreactNativeArchitectures=arm64-v8a \
+  --no-daemon --max-workers=1 -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false
+```
+
+Supported values are `armeabi-v7a`, `arm64-v8a`, `x86`, and `x86_64`. The F-Droid profile filters native libraries to that ABI and changes the APK version code to `baseVersionCode * 10 + abiSuffix`, where the suffixes are ordered `1` through `4` in that same sequence. F-Droid metadata should use four build blocks with `VercodeOperation` entries `10 * %c + 1` through `10 * %c + 4` and pass the matching `reactNativeArchitectures` value in each build command. Builds without a single architecture keep the base version code.
+
+Keep the excluded npm packages installed. Normal builds use them, while the F-Droid profile removes only their Android native modules and config plugins. Paseo always applies `expo-gradle-jvmargs` with `-Xmx4096m` and `-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m` so local Expo prebuilds have enough Gradle heap whether they use precompiled AARs or source-built Expo modules.
+
+The EAS `production-apk` profile uses the large Android resource class. Release builds compile the native ABIs and run Hermes bundling in the same Gradle invocation; the default worker can exhaust its remaining memory and kill Hermes with exit code 137 even when Gradle's own heap is correctly sized.
+
 ### React version lockstep
 
 Keep `react` and `react-dom` pinned to the React version embedded by the current `react-native` release. React Native `0.81.x` embeds `react-native-renderer` `19.1.0`, so `packages/app` must use React `19.1.0`. Bumping React to a newer patch can build successfully but crash at JS startup on Android with `Incompatible React versions`, leaving the app on the native splash screen.

docs/architecture.md

@@ -48,26 +48,36 @@ The heart of Paseo. A Node.js process that:
 - Listens for WebSocket connections from clients
 - Manages agent lifecycle (create, run, stop, resume, archive)
 - Streams agent output in real time via a timeline model
-- Exposes an MCP server for agent-to-agent control
+- Provides agent-to-agent tools through a transport-neutral tool catalog, with MCP as one adapter
 - Optionally connects outbound to a relay for remote access
+- Optionally serves the browser web client from the same HTTP server (self-hosting guide: [public-docs/web-ui.md](../public-docs/web-ui.md))
 
 All paths are under `packages/server/src/`.
 
+Project identity is daemon-global rather than session-owned. After registry bootstrap, the daemon's
+project Git observer keeps one non-recursive watch on each lexically equivalent active project root
+and listens only for the root `.git` entry, with a slow rescan as a missed-event fallback. It runs
+for empty projects and without connected clients, then fans metadata changes through the WebSocket
+server to capability-aware sessions. It deliberately does not use the broad recursive working-tree
+watcher or the per-session Git observer: those are checkout/status mechanisms and intentionally do
+not retain non-Git directories.
+
 **Key modules:**
 
-| Module                          | Responsibility                                                               |
-| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `server/bootstrap.ts`           | Daemon initialization: HTTP server, WS server, agent manager, storage, relay |
-| `server/websocket-server.ts`    | WebSocket connection management, hello handshake, binary frame routing       |
-| `server/session.ts`             | Per-client session state, timeline subscriptions, terminal operations        |
-| `server/agent/agent-manager.ts` | Agent lifecycle state machine, timeline tracking, subscriber management      |
-| `server/agent/agent-storage.ts` | File-backed JSON persistence at `$PASEO_HOME/agents/`                        |
-| `server/agent/mcp-server.ts`    | MCP server for sub-agent creation, permissions, timeouts                     |
-| `server/agent/providers/`       | Provider adapters (see "Agent providers" below)                              |
-| `server/relay-transport.ts`     | Outbound relay connection with E2E encryption                                |
-| `server/schedule/`              | Cron-based scheduled agents                                                  |
-| `server/loop-service.ts`        | Looping agent runs that retry until an exit condition                        |
-| `server/chat/`                  | Chat rooms for agent-to-agent and human-to-agent messaging                   |
+| Module                          | Responsibility                                                                |
+| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `server/bootstrap.ts`           | Daemon initialization: HTTP server, WS server, agent manager, storage, relay  |
+| `server/websocket-server.ts`    | WebSocket connection management, hello handshake, binary frame routing        |
+| `server/session.ts`             | Per-client session state, timeline subscriptions, terminal operations         |
+| `server/agent/agent-manager.ts` | Agent lifecycle state machine, timeline tracking, subscriber management       |
+| `server/agent/agent-storage.ts` | File-backed JSON persistence at `$PASEO_HOME/agents/`                         |
+| `server/agent/tools/`           | Transport-neutral catalog for workspaces, agents, permissions, and automation |
+| `server/agent/mcp-server.ts`    | Thin MCP adapter that registers the Paseo tool catalog with the MCP SDK       |
+| `server/agent/providers/`       | Provider adapters (see "Agent providers" below)                               |
+| `server/relay-transport.ts`     | Outbound relay connection with E2E encryption                                 |
+| `server/schedule/`              | Cron-based scheduled agents                                                   |
+| `server/loop-service.ts`        | Looping agent runs that retry until an exit condition                         |
+| `server/chat/`                  | Chat rooms for agent-to-agent and human-to-agent messaging                    |
 
 ### `packages/protocol` — Wire schemas and shared protocol types
 
@@ -87,14 +97,22 @@ code imports from `@getpaseo/client`.
 
 Cross-platform React Native app that connects to one or more daemons.
 
-- Expo Router navigation (`/h/[serverId]/workspace/[workspaceId]`, `/h/[serverId]/agent/[agentId]`, etc.)
+- Expo Router navigation (`/h/[serverId]/workspace/[workspaceId]`, `/h/[serverId]/agent/[agentId]`, etc.). The `workspaceId` URL segment is an opaque workspace id, not a directly meaningful filesystem path.
 - `HostRuntimeController` manages saved host connections, reconnection, and per-host runtime state
+- `runtime/replica-cache` keeps a non-authoritative per-host display replica in AsyncStorage: only the last focused agent, its workspace, and a short timeline tail. It restores before navigation becomes ready, leaves remote hydration flags false, and is atomically replaced by the normal snapshot-plus-delta synchronization path.
 - `SessionContext` wraps the daemon client for the active session
 - Composer UI and submit/draft behavior live in `packages/app/src/composer/`; screens and panels should integrate it from there instead of dropping composer internals into `components/`, `hooks/`, or `screens/workspace/`
 - Timeline reducers in `timeline/session-stream-reducers.ts` handle compaction, gap detection, sequence-based deduplication
 - Timeline sync correctness is documented in [docs/timeline-sync.md](timeline-sync.md): live streams are for immediacy, `fetch_agent_timeline_request` is authoritative, and catch-up is paged but complete.
 - Voice features: dictation (STT) and voice agent (realtime)
 
+The replica cache exists only to paint stale data immediately while the host connects. It does not
+own mutations, infer deletions, or replace daemon reconciliation. Pending permission requests are
+not restored from it. AsyncStorage is not encrypted, so the cached timeline tail may contain source
+code, prompts, and tool output; encrypted-at-rest storage is a separate product/security decision.
+Its serialized payload has a 1 MiB byte budget and evicts whole host snapshots in least-recently-
+written order; a single oversized host is omitted rather than partially restored.
+
 ### `packages/cli` — Command-line client
 
 Commander.js CLI with Docker-style commands. Common agent operations are also exposed at the top level (e.g. `paseo ls`, `paseo run`).
@@ -103,27 +121,38 @@ Commander.js CLI with Docker-style commands. Common agent operations are also ex
 - `paseo daemon start/stop/restart/status/pair/set-password`
 - `paseo chat ls/create/inspect/post/read/wait/delete`
 - `paseo terminal ls/create/capture/send-keys/kill`
+- `paseo script ls/start/stop`
 - `paseo loop run/ls/inspect/logs/stop`
 - `paseo schedule create/ls/inspect/update/pause/resume/run-once/logs/delete`
+- `paseo heartbeat create/update/delete`
+- `paseo workspace create/ls/archive`
 - `paseo permit allow/deny/ls`
 - `paseo provider ls/models`
-- `paseo worktree create/ls/archive`
+- hidden legacy `paseo worktree create/ls/archive` compatibility alias
 - `paseo speech …`
 
 Communicates with the daemon via the same WebSocket protocol as the app.
 
-### `packages/relay` — E2E encrypted relay
+### `packages/relay` — Relay transport and E2E encryption
 
 Enables remote access when the daemon is behind a firewall.
 
 - Curve25519 ECDH key exchange + XSalsa20-Poly1305 (NaCl `box`) encryption
-- Relay server is zero-knowledge — it routes encrypted bytes, cannot read content
+- The relay is zero-knowledge — it routes encrypted bytes and cannot read content
 - Client and daemon channels with identical API (`createClientChannel`, `createDaemonChannel`)
 - Pairing via QR code transfers the daemon's public key to the client
+- Optional E2EE capability negotiation preserves application frame kind: text plaintext uses base64 ciphertext text frames, while binary plaintext uses raw ciphertext binary frames; mixed-version peers remain base64-only
 - Self-hosted relays opt into TLS with `daemon.relay.useTls` or `PASEO_RELAY_USE_TLS=true`; the public (client-facing) TLS setting can be overridden independently via `daemon.relay.publicUseTls` or `PASEO_RELAY_PUBLIC_USE_TLS`
 
+The production relay server lives in [getpaseo/paseo-relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay). It is a distributed Elixir service. The Cloudflare relay implementation in this monorepo is retained as legacy code and is not deployed.
+
 See [SECURITY.md](../SECURITY.md) for the full threat model.
 
+### Paseo Hub
+
+The optional Hub relationship is daemon-outbound and does not use the relay. Its connection,
+authorization, ownership, persistence, and lifecycle contract is documented in [hub.md](hub.md).
+
 ### `packages/desktop` — Desktop app (Electron)
 
 Electron wrapper for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
@@ -136,7 +165,25 @@ Electron wrapper for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
 
 > **Window-state v1 limitation:** only the _first_ window of a session restores and persists saved geometry (size/position/maximized). Windows opened via ⌘⇧N / second-instance / "Open in new window" open at the default size, OS-cascaded, and do not persist — this avoids every window stacking on the same restored bounds and fighting over the single window-state store. Lifting this needs per-window state keys.
 >
-> **In-app browser panes are not yet per-window.** The active-browser id (`features/browser-webviews.ts`) and the webview registration queue (`pendingBrowserWebviewIds` in `main.ts`) are process-global. With browser panes open in two windows, a menu Reload can target the other window's webview, and near-simultaneous webview attach across windows can register under the wrong browser id. Multi-window v1 ships windows; making the browser-webview subsystem window-scoped is a follow-up.
+> **In-app browser profile.** Every browser guest uses one stable persistent Electron session, so cookies, authentication, cache, and site storage are shared across tabs, workspaces, and desktop windows and survive tab or app closure. Browser identity is independent of that storage partition: after every `did-attach`, the renderer explicitly registers its browser id, workspace id, and current guest `WebContents` id, and main accepts the registration only when that guest belongs to the calling renderer and the shared profile. Registration is intentionally repeated because reparenting a retained `<webview>` can replace its guest without replacing the DOM element. Settings > General > Clear browser data is the sole profile-deletion path; it clears the shared session and reloads live guests without deleting saved tabs or URLs.
+>
+> **In-app browser window opens.** Ordinary link opens, including Shift-clicked links, become Paseo workspace tabs. Script-created opens with popup features or a named window target and POST-backed opens remain secured Electron child windows in the shared browser profile, preserving `window.opener`, `postMessage`, named-window reuse, request bodies, and `window.close()` for OAuth, payment, and similar popup protocols. Unsupported URL schemes are denied before either path.
+>
+> **In-app browser ownership.** Each registered guest records its owning host window. The active browser is keyed by `(host window, workspace)`, and application-menu Reload / Force Reload resolve only within the window Electron supplies to the menu callback. A non-null active update must name a browser owned by that host; a null update clears only that host/workspace. Browser automation continues to target explicit browser ids returned by `browser_new_tab` or `browser_list_tabs`.
+>
+> **Browser keyboard boundary.** Guest pages receive renderer-published shortcuts first. `Cmd/Ctrl+L` and `Cmd/Ctrl+R` are explicit guest-shell reservations; ordinary Paseo shortcuts run only after the page declines them. The sandboxed guest preload runs in every frame so focused iframes use the same boundary, while Node integration remains disabled. Human guest input disables Electron's menu fallback for plain keys. Agent-generated keys use guest `sendInputEvent` with `skipIfUnhandled`, so an unhandled Enter stops at the guest instead of reaching the host composer. Main selects the preload; it exposes no APIs to guest pages.
+
+```text
+Human key -> guest WebContents
+  |-- Cmd/Ctrl+T/L/R ----------> reserved browser-shell action
+  `-- page keydown
+        |-- page prevents ------> page owns it
+        `-- published shortcut -> guest preload -> IPC(browserId) -> Paseo resolver
+
+Agent browser_keypress -> guest sendInputEvent(skipIfUnhandled)
+  |-- guest handles ------------> page owns it
+  `-- guest does not handle ----> stop; never redispatch to the host window
+```
 
 ### `packages/website` — Marketing site
 
@@ -165,9 +212,13 @@ There is no dedicated welcome message; the server emits a `status` session messa
 
 **Top-level WS envelopes** are `hello`, `recording_state`, `ping`/`pong`, and `session` (which wraps the rich union of session messages).
 
-Client liveness checks use the top-level JSON `ping`/`pong` envelope, not a session RPC and not RFC6455 protocol ping. The app runs through browser and React Native WebSocket APIs, which do not expose protocol ping, so this envelope is the portable way to test the direct or relay data path. Session RPC timeouts are operation failures and must not be treated as proof that the socket is dead.
+Client liveness checks use the top-level JSON `ping`/`pong` envelope, not a session RPC or RFC6455 control ping. Current clients ping every 10 seconds, beginning one interval after connecting. The first ping claims an application-ownership lease for that physical socket, all later inbound activity renews it, and the daemon forcibly terminates the socket if the lease expires. A legacy or raw socket that never sends an application ping never enters this lease and is not closed for omitting one. Session RPC timeouts are operation failures and must not be treated as proof that the socket is dead.
 
-New session RPCs use dotted names with `.request` and `.response` suffixes, such as `checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request` and `checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response`. See [rpc-namespacing.md](rpc-namespacing.md) for the convention and migration rules for older flat RPC names.
+Every physical send path enforces an 8 MiB outbound high-water mark, including JSON broadcasts, binary terminal frames, and the encrypted relay adapter's asynchronous queue. This sits above the terminal stream's 4 MiB soft backpressure threshold, leaving room for snapshot catch-up before the hard cutoff. JSON is serialized once per broadcast after sockets already at the limit are removed, then its exact byte length is checked for every remaining socket. A frame that would cross the limit is not sent; that physical socket is forcibly terminated without disturbing other sockets attached to the same logical session. Multiple tabs and simultaneous direct and relay paths may legitimately share a client id.
+
+Client session RPC waits default to 60s so slow relay or mobile networks do not turn a live but delayed daemon response into a false operation failure. Keep connect timeouts, app-level grace windows, explicit diagnostic latency probes, liveness ping timers, and genuinely long-running RPCs separate from this default.
+
+New session RPCs use dotted names with `.request` and `.response` suffixes, such as `checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.request` and `checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.response`. See [rpc-namespacing.md](rpc-namespacing.md) for the convention and migration rules for older flat RPC names.
 
 **Notable session message types:**
 
@@ -181,6 +232,15 @@ New session RPCs use dotted names with `.request` and `.response` suffixes, such
 - Voice/dictation streaming events (`dictation_stream_*`, `assistant_chunk`, `audio_output`, `transcription_result`)
 - Request/response pairs for fetch, list, create, etc., correlated by `requestId`; failures use `rpc_error`
 
+`directory_suggestions_request` is one daemon-owned filesystem search capability. The daemon
+configures the same `searchDirectoryEntries` engine with a root, output format, path-query policy,
+entry-kind filters, match mode, blank-query behavior, and hidden-directory traversal policy. A
+request without `cwd` searches the host home for absolute project paths; a request with `cwd`
+searches that workspace and returns relative entries. Clients may prepend their small host-scoped
+recent-project list for bare queries, but must not parse filesystem query syntax or re-filter a
+correlated daemon response. The legacy `directories` response field remains a projection of the
+typed `entries` list.
+
 **Binary frames (terminal stream protocol):**
 
 Terminal I/O is sent as binary WebSocket frames decoded by `decodeTerminalStreamFrame` in `shared/binary-frames/terminal.ts`. The layout is:
@@ -192,6 +252,10 @@ Terminal I/O is sent as binary WebSocket frames decoded by `decodeTerminalStream
 Terminal PTY size is last-interacting-client-wins. A client claims the PTY size only when its terminal viewport genuinely changes size or the user focuses/taps the terminal. Passive rendering work — attaching, restoring visibility, font settling, renderer refits, or just looking at a visible terminal — must not send a resize frame. The server does not broadcast resize ownership; the resized PTY redraws through normal output, and every attached client renders that output in its own local viewport.
 
 There is also a separate file-transfer binary frame format in the same directory, used for download/upload streams.
+File downloads keep the existing `FileBegin`/`FileChunk`/`FileEnd` framing and stream 256 KiB chunks
+from one stable file handle. Each transfer awaits completion of its own physical WebSocket send before
+reading the next chunk; it is scoped to the requesting physical socket and does not queue unrelated
+messages or transfers.
 
 ### Compatibility rules
 
@@ -232,7 +296,38 @@ initializing → idle ⇄ running
 - Timeline is append-only with epochs (each run starts a new epoch). Storage uses sequence numbers for client-side dedup; the default fetch page is 200 items
 - Timeline row `timestamp` values are canonical daemon-owned timestamps. Providers may supply original replay timestamps, but clients must not guess timestamp trust or hide time UI based on local clock heuristics.
 - Events stream to connected clients in real time; correctness is backed by authoritative timeline fetches and paged-to-completion catch-up.
-- Agent state persists to `$PASEO_HOME/agents/{cwd-with-dashes}/{agent-id}.json` (timeline rows live alongside the record)
+- Agent state persists to `$PASEO_HOME/agents/{cwd-with-dashes}/{agent-id}.json` (timeline rows live alongside the record). That storage path is derived from `cwd`, not from workspace id.
+
+## Right-sidebar boundary: directory-backed vs workspace-owned
+
+Two workspaces can share the same `cwd` (e.g. a `directory` workspace and a `local_checkout` workspace on the same folder, or several workspaces opened against one checkout). Model B keeps these distinct: they share everything the directory determines, but nothing the workspace owns. The right-sidebar surfaces split cleanly along this line, and the split is enforced purely by **what each piece of state is keyed by**.
+
+**Directory-backed (shared by same-`cwd` workspaces) — keyed by `(serverId, cwd)`, never by `workspaceId`:**
+
+| Surface                 | Key                                                      | Source                                                  |
+| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Git status              | `checkoutStatusQueryKey(serverId, cwd)`                  | `packages/app/src/git/query-keys.ts`                    |
+| Git diff                | `checkoutDiffQueryKey(serverId, cwd, mode, baseRef, ws)` | `packages/app/src/git/query-keys.ts`                    |
+| Forge change request    | `checkoutPrStatusQueryKey(serverId, cwd)`                | `packages/app/src/git/query-keys.ts`                    |
+| Change request timeline | `prPaneTimelineQueryKey({ serverId, cwd, prNumber })`    | `packages/app/src/git/pull-request-panel/query-keys.ts` |
+| File preview content    | `["workspaceFile", serverId, cwd, path]`                 | `packages/app/src/components/file-pane.tsx`             |
+| File explorer listings  | fetched via `listDirectory(workspaceRoot, path)`         | `packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts`   |
+
+**Workspace-owned (independent per workspace) — keyed by `workspaceId` (falling back to `cwd` only when no `workspaceId` exists):**
+
+| State                        | Key builder / store                                | Source                                                        |
+| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Review draft comments        | `buildReviewDraftKey` / `buildReviewDraftScopeKey` | `packages/app/src/review/store.ts`                            |
+| Diff mode override           | review-draft scope key (in-memory)                 | `packages/app/src/review/state.ts`                            |
+| Composer attachments         | `buildWorkspaceAttachmentScopeKey`                 | `packages/app/src/attachments/workspace-attachments-store.ts` |
+| File explorer nav/open state | `fileExplorer` map keyed `workspace:{workspaceId}` | `packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts`         |
+| File explorer expanded paths | `expandedPathsByWorkspace[workspaceStateKey]`      | `packages/app/src/stores/panel-store/state.ts`                |
+
+`diff-pane.tsx` is the canonical wiring site: it passes `{ serverId, cwd }` to the git queries and `{ serverId, workspaceId, cwd }` to the draft/override/attachment scope keys.
+
+**Do not "fix" the sharing away.** Re-keying a directory-backed query by `workspaceId` makes same-`cwd` workspaces diverge (two windows onto the same git tree showing different diffs). Re-keying owned state (drafts, expanded paths) by `cwd` makes them leak between distinct workspaces on the same folder. The `workspaceId`-keyed builders carry a `// workspaceId is opaque; do not parse this key back into a path.` comment — the opaque-id fallback to `cwd` exists only for old payloads without a `workspaceId`, not as a content-sharing mechanism.
+
+One deliberate non-violation: `AgentFileExplorerState.directories`/`files` cache directory listings inside the `workspaceId`-keyed explorer map. Same-`cwd` workspaces therefore keep duplicate caches, but they can never diverge — both fetch the identical directory via `listDirectory(workspaceRoot, …)`. This is duplication, not leakage, and is left as-is.
 
 ## Agent providers
 
@@ -258,6 +353,8 @@ All providers:
 - Map tool calls to a normalized `ToolCallDetail` type
 - Expose provider-specific modes (plan, default, full-access)
 
+Providers that can accept native tool definitions should set `supportsNativePaseoTools` and read `launchContext.paseoTools`. The daemon then passes the shared Paseo tool catalog directly and removes the internal Paseo MCP server from that provider launch config. Providers that only support MCP continue to receive the same tools through the MCP fallback at `/mcp/agents`.
+
 ## Data flow: running an agent
 
 1. Client sends `CreateAgentRequestMessage` with config (prompt, cwd, provider, model, mode)
@@ -290,5 +387,5 @@ $PASEO_HOME/
 ## Deployment models
 
 1. **Local daemon** (default): `paseo daemon start` on `127.0.0.1:6767`
-2. **Managed desktop**: Electron app spawns daemon as subprocess
+2. **Managed desktop**: Electron app spawns daemon as subprocess, and stops it again on quit so that "restart the app" is a complete reset. Settings > Host > "Keep daemon running after quit" opts out. Only a daemon the desktop started is stopped — a daemon you started yourself with `paseo daemon start` is left alone (`paseo.pid` records `desktopManaged`).
 3. **Remote + relay**: Daemon behind firewall, relay bridges with E2E encryption

docs/browser-capture-harness.md

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Browser Capture Harness
+
+The desktop capture harness is the real-Electron verification path for browser screenshots.
+It validates the compositor behavior that unit tests cannot see:
+
+- the resident automation `<webview>` starts in the production parking state;
+- the parked guest remains paintable and has a copyable viewport frame;
+- the resident webview guest is sized to 1280x800 logical pixels;
+- multiple resident webviews are parked as an overlapping stack without per-capture
+  stacking changes;
+- a newly attached resident webview whose first useful frame is delayed can be captured
+  by retrying until the frame appears;
+- both viewport `capturePage` and full-page CDP screenshots return real pixels from
+  the permanent production parking state;
+- guest background throttling can be disabled once at attach without per-capture
+  renderer coordination;
+- the real-Electron host-composer sentinel proves guest Enter cannot submit a focused
+  host composer;
+- the automation group loads the compiled production keyboard boundary and guest
+  preload, then proves that initial page window handlers get first refusal, unhandled
+  shortcuts synchronously suppress editable browser defaults before crossing the host
+  boundary, shortcuts marked unavailable in editable targets retain the browser field's
+  native behavior, handlers registered after preload still get first refusal, focused
+  iframes share the same boundary, digit wildcard shortcuts cross, and background automation
+  stays in the guest.
+
+Run it with the repo Electron:
+
+```bash
+npm run capture-harness --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+```
+
+Build the desktop main process before the automation group so its production guest
+preload is available:
+
+```bash
+npm run build:main --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+PASEO_CAPTURE_HARNESS_GROUP=automation npm run capture-harness --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+```
+
+Run the shared browser profile fixture with:
+
+```bash
+PASEO_CAPTURE_HARNESS_GROUP=browser-profile npm run capture-harness --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+```
+
+The browser profile group runs two Electron processes in sequence. It verifies that each
+renderer-side `did-attach` identity maps to the correct main-process guest, that two live
+tabs share cookies and local storage through one persistent session, and that the data is
+still present after the first Electron process exits and the second starts.
+
+The automation group uses a real guest webview to verify the page-side ref contract:
+ARIA-like snapshot text includes headings, static text, and controls; refs survive
+`pushState` when the element still matches; same-URL rerenders stale old refs; and a
+file-input ref can be resolved to a CDP backend node id for upload. It also verifies
+page-context evaluation, including passing a resolved ref element as the function argument.
+Keyboard containment runs last because the host-composer sentinel intentionally leaves
+native focus in the host. It reuses an existing fixture button: adding a test-only control
+changes the inline fixture geometry exercised by the earlier actionability checks.
+
+On macOS the harness process must set `app.setActivationPolicy("accessory")` and
+hide the Dock icon before creating any window. `showInactive()` only prevents window
+focus; a normal Electron app launch can still activate the app and steal focus.
+Harness windows are then created hidden, positioned in a screen corner, skipped from
+the taskbar where Electron supports it, and revealed with `showInactive()` from
+`ready-to-show`. Do not replace this with `show()`, `focus()`, or `app.focus()`:
+the compositor only needs visible inactive windows, and harness runs must not steal
+focus from the person using the machine.
+
+The harness writes PNG evidence and `results.json` to:
+
+```text
+packages/desktop/capture-harness/out/
+```
+
+A passing run prints `PASS` lines for the production P1 attach-off parking state,
+including fresh, settled, 75-second soak, multi-tab, viewport, and full-page checks. The
+PNG sizes may be device-pixel scaled; on a Retina display the 1280x800 logical viewport
+is usually saved as 2560x1600.
+
+## Mechanism
+
+Electron captures copy from the guest web contents' compositor surface. A resident
+webview parked with `display:none`, offscreen coordinates, or `opacity:0` can lose its
+copyable surface. The production parking state keeps the host fixed at `left:0`, `top:0`,
+`width:1px`, `height:1px`, `overflow:hidden`, `opacity:1`, and `pointer-events:none`.
+The webviews inside stay full-size at 1280x800, `display:inline-flex`, and absolutely
+overlap at `left:0`, `top:0`.
+
+There is no renderer prep/restore handshake. Main disables guest background throttling
+once when the webview attaches, then screenshot capture uses the shared serialized queue,
+invalidates before each attempt, and retries known first-frame failures within the
+5-second capture budget. Viewport screenshots use `capturePage({ stayHidden:false })`;
+full-page screenshots use the existing CDP path with layout metrics and screenshot clip.

docs/coding-standards.md

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ For testing rules, see [testing.md](testing.md).
 - Catch blocks branch on `instanceof` for what they can handle; rethrow the rest. No `catch (e) { return null }`.
 - Separate user-facing copy from log/debug strings — don't make one string serve telemetry, logs, and the UI.
 - Fail explicitly. If the caller asked for X and X isn't available, throw — don't silently substitute Y.
+- Every fallible user action owns explicit pending, success, and failure UI. Console logs and unverified platform alerts do not satisfy this contract. See [testing.md](testing.md#fallible-user-actions).
+- A capability advertised to a client means the current runtime can perform the action, not merely that its RPC handler exists. If an unavailable action needs explanatory UI, send the runtime fact or reason separately and keep the server-side refusal fail-closed.
 
 ## Density
 
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ For testing rules, see [testing.md](testing.md).
 - Components render and dispatch — they don't compute transitions. Two-plus interacting `useState`s → extract a reducer.
 - Never define components inside other components. Module-scope only.
 - Subscribe narrowly: select primitives from stores, pass `status` not `agent`, use `useShallow` / deep-equal when returning derived arrays/objects.
+- Collection rows do not independently subscribe to a high-frequency global store. The collection owner selects structurally shared indexes once, derives a keyed row model with `useMemo`, and passes entries to rows. This keeps retained hidden collections current without running one selector per row on every store update.
+- Equality functions prevent React renders; they do not prevent selector callbacks from running. A selector attached to a hot store must be O(1) when its relevant source references have not changed.
+- Retained native panels use `RetainedPanel`. If an existing gesture/layout wrapper must own visibility, wrap its contents in `RetainedPanelActivity` instead. Keep keyed panel roots in a stable sibling order, include the newly active panel in the same render, centralize subscriptions, and gate genuine effects through `useRetainedPanelActive`. Do not use `Suspense` or render freezing for this on native: those techniques change native tree ownership instead of merely stopping work.
+- Infinite animations are subscriptions. Start them only while their retained panel is active, and cancel a shared clock when its final active consumer leaves. Synchronized animations use one clock per animation family and feed active instances through local shared values; retained hidden instances stay mounted but unsubscribed. Match state updates to the actual visual cadence; do not run every style worklet at 60 fps when the rendered value changes only a few times per second.
 - Stable references for props that cross `memo` boundaries or feed dependency arrays. Static literals at module scope `as const`; derived with `useMemo`; handlers with `useCallback` only when there's a memoized beneficiary.
 - Use stable ids for `key`, never array index for reorderable/filterable lists.
 - Context for stable values (theme, auth). Store with selectors for state that changes.

docs/custom-providers.md

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ For pay-as-you-go, use `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` with a standard Model Studio key (`sk
 | `qwen3-coder-next` | Optimized for coding        |
 | `kimi-k2.5`        | Vision capable              |
 | `glm-5`            | Zhipu GLM                   |
-| `MiniMax-M2.5`     | MiniMax                     |
+| `MiniMax-M3`       | MiniMax                     |
 
 **Additional models (pay-as-you-go):**
 `qwen3-max`, `qwen3.5-flash`, `qwen3-coder-plus`, `qwen3-coder-flash`, `qwen3-vl-plus`, `qwen3-vl-flash`
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ Override the command used to launch any provider with the `command` field. This
 
 The `command` array completely replaces the default command for that provider. The binary must exist on the system — Paseo checks for its availability and will mark the provider as unavailable if not found.
 
-### Pi-compatible forks with their own session directory
+### OMP profiles and Pi-compatible forks
 
-OMP already ships as a built-in provider option. It is disabled by default; enable it with:
+OMP ships as a first-class built-in provider option. It is disabled by default; enable it with:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -361,6 +361,34 @@ OMP already ships as a built-in provider option. It is disabled by default; enab
 }
 ```
 
+Custom OMP profiles should extend `omp`. They inherit the OMP adapter's `rpc-ui` approvals, native Paseo host tools, provider-managed subagents, and import behavior:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "providers": {
+      "omp-work": {
+        "extends": "omp",
+        "label": "Oh My Pi (Work)",
+        "command": ["omp"],
+        "env": {
+          "XDG_CONFIG_HOME": "~/.config/omp-work",
+          "XDG_STATE_HOME": "~/.local/state/omp-work"
+        },
+        "params": {
+          "sessionDir": "~/.local/state/omp-work/omp/agent/sessions",
+          "smolModel": "openai/gpt-5-mini",
+          "slowModel": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-1",
+          "planModel": "openai/o3"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`params.sessionDir` is used only for importing sessions that were started outside Paseo. If `command` or XDG env vars move OMP's state directory, set `params.sessionDir` to the resulting OMP JSONL session directory; launching and resuming still go through the configured command.
+
 For other providers that keep Pi's `--mode rpc` API but write sessions somewhere else, extend `pi`, replace the command, and provide the JSONL session directory:
 
 ```json
@@ -380,7 +408,7 @@ For other providers that keep Pi's `--mode rpc` API but write sessions somewhere
 }
 ```
 
-The session directory is used only for importing sessions that were started outside Paseo. Launching and resuming still go through the configured command, so this example resumes with `my-pi-fork --mode rpc --session <session-file>`.
+This session directory is also import-only. Launching and resuming still go through the configured command, so this example resumes with `my-pi-fork --mode rpc --session <session-file>`.
 
 ---
 
@@ -438,7 +466,7 @@ Required fields for ACP providers:
 - `label`
 - `command` — the command to spawn the agent process (must support ACP over stdio)
 
-By default, Paseo injects its internal MCP server into ACP providers so agents can use Paseo tools such as subagent creation. Some ACP adapters cannot create sessions when `mcpServers` is non-empty. Disable injected MCP for those providers with `params.supportsMcpServers: false`:
+Paseo tools such as subagent creation come from the shared internal tool catalog. ACP providers receive those tools through the MCP fallback by default because ACP exposes `mcpServers`, not Paseo's native tool catalog. Some ACP adapters cannot create sessions when `mcpServers` is non-empty. Disable injected MCP for those providers with `params.supportsMcpServers: false`:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -457,6 +485,37 @@ By default, Paseo injects its internal MCP server into ACP providers so agents c
 }
 ```
 
+ACP agents execute filesystem and terminal operations in their own environment
+by default. To let a compliant agent delegate those operations to Paseo instead,
+enable the corresponding client capabilities:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "providers": {
+      "local-agent": {
+        "extends": "acp",
+        "label": "Local Agent",
+        "command": ["local-agent", "acp"],
+        "params": {
+          "clientCapabilities": {
+            "fs": {
+              "readTextFile": true,
+              "writeTextFile": true
+            },
+            "terminal": true
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Only enable capabilities Paseo should execute. When the agent and Paseo run in
+different environments, configure equivalent absolute workspace paths before
+delegating filesystem or terminal operations to Paseo.
+
 ### Generic ACP diagnostics
 
 Paseo diagnostics for `extends: "acp"` providers report the configured command, resolved launcher binary, version output, ACP `initialize`, ACP `session/new`, model count, modes, and final status.

docs/data-model.md

@@ -1,9 +1,37 @@
 # Data Model
 
+## Project identity
+
+Projects are allocated for the exact root selected by the caller, normalized lexically with `path.resolve` (never `realpath`). New project IDs are opaque `prj_<16 hex>` values. Existing remote-shaped or path-shaped IDs are retained as readable compatibility records and are never rekeyed. An active exact root is idempotent; archived-only matches do not resurrect an old project. Workspace `projectId` is stable membership: reconciliation may update git-derived kind and branch metadata, but never rehomes a workspace or changes a project's root, ID, or default name.
+
+`kind` is mutable metadata, not identity. Workspace reconciliation watches active project roots and
+updates only a project's `kind` and `updatedAt` when `.git` appears or disappears, preserving its
+ID, root path, names, and workspace foreign keys. Attached workspaces are independently refreshed
+from their own cwd, so an explicit project root never implies a workspace checkout. Empty projects
+are observed too.
+
+The workspace registry model defines placement once: initial directory/worktree construction,
+mutable reconciliation fields, and the persisted-to-wire checkout projection. Its update policy
+preserves `displayName` and `baseBranch`. `WorkspaceProvisioningService` owns the corresponding
+registry writes, so directory opens, agent imports, and worktree creation all enter through that
+service instead of constructing records independently. The workspace record is then the durable
+placement authority: `cwd` is the exact execution directory, while `worktreeRoot` is the backing
+checkout root. They intentionally differ for an exact subproject inside a worktree. Archive,
+restore, branch auto-name, and descriptor flows consume those persisted facts rather than
+rediscovering ownership from a directory that may already be gone. Reconciliation may refresh
+mutable placement facts, but never changes `projectId`, `cwd`, `displayName`, or `baseBranch`.
+Workspace archive runs lifecycle teardown from the exact `cwd` but removes only the backing
+`worktreeRoot` after its last active reference disappears. Worktree recovery recreates that backing
+checkout from `mainRepoRoot`, then restores the relative path from `worktreeRoot` to `cwd`.
+
 Paseo uses **file-based JSON persistence** instead of a traditional database. All data is validated at runtime with Zod schemas. Most stores write atomically (write to temp file, then rename); a few still use plain `writeFile` — see each section. There is no schema-versioning/migration framework — schemas rely on optional fields with defaults for forward compatibility, with a small amount of inline normalization in `persisted-config.ts` for legacy provider/speech entries.
 
 All server-side stores live under `$PASEO_HOME` (defaults to `~/.paseo`).
 
+## Store Surface Rules
+
+Store APIs own persistence atomicity and should not make services coordinate raw reads and writes. A good store method maps cleanly to one SQL statement or one SQL transaction, even when the current implementation is JSON files. If a caller needs a queue, lock, read-merge-write loop, or uniqueness race workaround, that behavior belongs behind the store surface.
+
 ---
 
 ## Directory layout
@@ -27,6 +55,9 @@ $PASEO_HOME/
 ├── projects/
 │   ├── projects.json                    # Project registry
 │   └── workspaces.json                  # Workspace registry
+├── runtime/
+│   └── managed-processes/
+│       └── {recordId}.json              # Helper processes owned by Paseo; reconciled on daemon bootstrap
 └── push-tokens.json                     # Expo push notification tokens
 ```
 
@@ -40,29 +71,30 @@ The `agents/{sanitized-cwd}/` directory name is derived from the agent's `cwd` b
 
 Each agent is stored as a separate JSON file, grouped by project directory.
 
-| Field                | Type                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                               |
-| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `id`                 | `string`                                 | UUID, primary key                                                                                                                                                         |
-| `provider`           | `string`                                 | Agent provider (`"claude"`, `"codex"`, `"opencode"`, etc.)                                                                                                                |
-| `cwd`                | `string`                                 | Working directory the agent operates in                                                                                                                                   |
-| `createdAt`          | `string` (ISO 8601)                      | Creation timestamp                                                                                                                                                        |
-| `updatedAt`          | `string` (ISO 8601)                      | Last update timestamp                                                                                                                                                     |
-| `lastActivityAt`     | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Last activity timestamp                                                                                                                                                   |
-| `lastUserMessageAt`  | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Last user message timestamp                                                                                                                                               |
-| `title`              | `string?`                                | User-visible title                                                                                                                                                        |
-| `labels`             | `Record<string, string>`                 | Key-value labels (default `{}`). `paseo.parent-agent-id` set automatically when launched via the `create_agent` MCP tool — see [agent-lifecycle.md](./agent-lifecycle.md) |
-| `lastStatus`         | `AgentStatus`                            | One of: `"initializing"`, `"idle"`, `"running"`, `"error"`, `"closed"`                                                                                                    |
-| `lastModeId`         | `string?`                                | Last active mode ID                                                                                                                                                       |
-| `config`             | `SerializableConfig?`                    | Agent session configuration (see below)                                                                                                                                   |
-| `runtimeInfo`        | `RuntimeInfo?`                           | Live runtime state (see below)                                                                                                                                            |
-| `features`           | `AgentFeature[]?`                        | Provider-reported features (toggles/selects)                                                                                                                              |
-| `persistence`        | `PersistenceHandle?`                     | Handle for resuming sessions                                                                                                                                              |
-| `lastError`          | `string?` (nullable)                     | Last error message, if any                                                                                                                                                |
-| `requiresAttention`  | `boolean?`                               | Whether the agent needs user attention                                                                                                                                    |
-| `attentionReason`    | `"finished" \| "error" \| "permission"?` | Why attention is needed                                                                                                                                                   |
-| `attentionTimestamp` | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | When attention was flagged                                                                                                                                                |
-| `internal`           | `boolean?`                               | Whether this is a system-internal agent (loop workers, etc.)                                                                                                              |
-| `archivedAt`         | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Soft-delete timestamp                                                                                                                                                     |
+| Field                | Type                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `id`                 | `string`                                 | UUID, primary key                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `provider`           | `string`                                 | Agent provider (`"claude"`, `"codex"`, `"opencode"`, etc.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `cwd`                | `string`                                 | Working directory the agent operates in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `workspaceId`        | `string?`                                | Owning workspace id — the single source of ownership. Every agent is stamped with one at create time; legacy cwd-only records are backfilled once by `migrations/backfill-workspace-id.migration.ts` (the only place a cwd→id mapping exists). Runtime code never infers ownership or status from cwd: status is computed per `workspaceId`, and same-cwd siblings are independent. |
+| `createdAt`          | `string` (ISO 8601)                      | Creation timestamp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `updatedAt`          | `string` (ISO 8601)                      | Last update timestamp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `lastActivityAt`     | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Last activity timestamp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `lastUserMessageAt`  | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Last user message timestamp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `title`              | `string?`                                | User-visible title                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `labels`             | `Record<string, string>`                 | Key-value labels (default `{}`). `paseo.parent-agent-id` is set automatically for agent-scoped creation and removed by detach — see [agent-lifecycle.md](./agent-lifecycle.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `lastStatus`         | `AgentStatus`                            | One of: `"initializing"`, `"idle"`, `"running"`, `"error"`, `"closed"`. `closed` means the record is resumable but has no live provider runtime; archive remains represented separately by `archivedAt`.                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `lastModeId`         | `string?`                                | Last active mode ID                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| `config`             | `SerializableConfig?`                    | Agent session configuration (see below)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `runtimeInfo`        | `RuntimeInfo?`                           | Live runtime state (see below)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `features`           | `AgentFeature[]?`                        | Provider-reported features (toggles/selects)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `persistence`        | `PersistenceHandle?`                     | Handle for resuming sessions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `lastError`          | `string?` (nullable)                     | Last error message, if any                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `requiresAttention`  | `boolean?`                               | Whether the agent needs user attention                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `attentionReason`    | `"finished" \| "error" \| "permission"?` | Why attention is needed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `attentionTimestamp` | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | When attention was flagged                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `internal`           | `boolean?`                               | Whether this is a system-internal agent (loop workers, etc.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `archivedAt`         | `string?` (ISO 8601)                     | Soft-delete timestamp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 
 ### Nested: SerializableConfig
 
@@ -126,6 +158,14 @@ Each agent is stored as a separate JSON file, grouped by project directory.
 
 ---
 
+## Runtime-only Terminal Sessions
+
+Terminals are live daemon state, not persisted JSON records. A terminal carries a `workspaceId` while it is running; workspace-scoped terminal lists include only terminals with the matching `workspaceId`. Legacy live terminals without an owner remain visible to unscoped terminal reads but contribute to no workspace status.
+
+Terminal activity contributes to the workspace status bucket **per `workspaceId`**: a working terminal drives `running` onto the workspace it carries only. Same-`cwd` siblings are untouched; terminal visibility is likewise `workspaceId`-scoped.
+
+---
+
 ## 2. Daemon Configuration
 
 **Path:** `$PASEO_HOME/config.json`
@@ -138,6 +178,7 @@ Single file, validated with `PersistedConfigSchema`.
   daemon: {
     listen: "127.0.0.1:6767",
     hostnames: true | string[],   // legacy alias `allowedHosts` is migrated on load
+    trustedProxies: true | string[], // defaults to ["loopback"]; Express proxy names/CIDRs
     mcp: { enabled: boolean, injectIntoAgents: boolean },
     appendSystemPrompt: string,    // appended to supported provider system/developer prompts
     cors: { allowedOrigins: string[] },
@@ -149,9 +190,18 @@ Single file, validated with `PersistedConfigSchema`.
   },
   worktrees?: {
     root?: string            // optional root for new worktrees; defaults to $PASEO_HOME/worktrees
+    servicePorts?: {         // optional dynamic service port allocation policy
+      range?: string         // inclusive range, e.g. "3000-4000"
+      portScript?: string    // executable that receives service/workspace context and prints one TCP port
+    }
   },
   providers: {
-    openai: { apiKey: string },
+    openai: {
+      apiKey?: string,
+      baseUrl?: string,
+      stt?: { apiKey?: string, baseUrl?: string },
+      tts?: { apiKey?: string, baseUrl?: string }
+    },
     local: { modelsDir: string }
   },
   agents: {
@@ -181,6 +231,41 @@ All fields are optional with sensible defaults.
 
 Local speech model ids are intentionally narrow: STT uses `parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2-int8`, TTS uses `kokoro-en-v0_19`, and turn detection uses the bundled Silero VAD model.
 
+Set these to select OpenAI instead of local speech:
+
+| Env var                        | Applies to                      |
+| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |
+| `PASEO_VOICE_STT_PROVIDER`     | Voice mode STT provider         |
+| `PASEO_DICTATION_STT_PROVIDER` | Composer dictation STT provider |
+| `PASEO_VOICE_TTS_PROVIDER`     | Voice mode TTS provider         |
+
+OpenAI speech can be configured under `providers.openai`. STT and TTS resolve independently, so they can point at different endpoints:
+
+```json
+{
+  "providers": {
+    "openai": {
+      "stt": {
+        "apiKey": "sk-...",
+        "baseUrl": "https://stt.example.com/v1"
+      },
+      "tts": {
+        "apiKey": "sk-...",
+        "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`providers.openai.stt` is used for both composer dictation and voice mode speech-to-text; `providers.openai.tts` is used for voice mode text-to-speech. The equivalent env vars are `OPENAI_STT_API_KEY`/`OPENAI_STT_BASE_URL` and `OPENAI_TTS_API_KEY`/`OPENAI_TTS_BASE_URL`. Each feature falls back to `providers.openai.apiKey`/`providers.openai.baseUrl`, then `OPENAI_API_KEY`/`OPENAI_BASE_URL`, when its own fields are unset. These settings apply only to Paseo OpenAI speech features, not to Codex or other OpenAI-backed tools.
+
+Paseo uses these paths under the configured OpenAI base URL:
+
+- dictation STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode TTS: `/v1/audio/speech`
+
 ---
 
 ## 3. Schedule
@@ -208,8 +293,8 @@ One file per schedule. ID is 8 hex characters.
 
 ### Nested: ScheduleCadence (discriminated union on `type`)
 
-- `{ type: "every", everyMs: number }` — interval in milliseconds
-- `{ type: "cron", expression: string, timezone?: string }` — cron expression; absent `timezone` means UTC, present `timezone` is an IANA time zone used for local wall-clock recurrence
+- `{ type: "cron", expression: string, timezone?: string }` — canonical cadence for new writes; absent `timezone` means UTC
+- `{ type: "every", everyMs: number }` — legacy rolling interval, still readable and executable during the compatibility window
 
 ### Nested: ScheduleTarget (discriminated union on `type`)
 
@@ -363,20 +448,24 @@ Single file containing an array of all loop records. Writes are direct (not atom
 
 Array of project records.
 
-| Field         | Type                        | Description                              |
-| ------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
-| `projectId`   | `string`                    | Primary key                              |
-| `rootPath`    | `string`                    | Filesystem root of the project           |
-| `kind`        | `"git" \| "non_git"`        |                                          |
-| `displayName` | `string`                    |                                          |
-| `createdAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)         |                                          |
-| `updatedAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)         |                                          |
-| `archivedAt`  | `string \| null` (ISO 8601) | Soft-delete timestamp; required nullable |
+| Field         | Type                        | Description                                                                      |
+| ------------- | --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `projectId`   | `string`                    | Primary key; new records use opaque `prj_<16 hex>` IDs                           |
+| `rootPath`    | `string`                    | Exact lexically normalized selected root; never realpathed                       |
+| `kind`        | `"git" \| "non_git"`        | Mutable Git observation about `rootPath`, never a membership key                 |
+| `displayName` | `string`                    | Selected-root basename, stable across remote and Git changes                     |
+| `customName`  | `string \| null`            | User-set override layered over `displayName`. Null means "use the derived name". |
+| `createdAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)         |                                                                                  |
+| `updatedAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)         |                                                                                  |
+| `archivedAt`  | `string \| null` (ISO 8601) | Soft-delete timestamp; required nullable                                         |
 
-Active git projects are unique by normalized `rootPath`. Startup reconciliation repairs older bad
-states by moving workspaces from duplicate path-keyed projects onto the canonical project,
-preferring remote-keyed project IDs such as `remote:github.com/owner/repo`, then archiving the
-emptied duplicate.
+Active exact roots are idempotent using lexical platform-equivalence semantics. Existing legacy
+remote-shaped and path-shaped IDs remain readable, including duplicate roots; reconciliation never
+merges them, transfers names, archives them, or moves workspace foreign keys. An explicit
+workspace `projectId` is authoritative when it names an active project, regardless of cwd
+containment. Archived-only exact-root records are not resurrected by explicit add/open; a fresh
+opaque project is allocated instead. Agent restore is separate and restores the agent's existing
+workspace together with its owning project.
 
 ---
 
@@ -386,16 +475,30 @@ emptied duplicate.
 
 Array of workspace records. A workspace is a specific working directory within a project.
 
-| Field         | Type                                            | Description                    |
-| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `workspaceId` | `string`                                        | Primary key                    |
-| `projectId`   | `string`                                        | FK to Project.projectId        |
-| `cwd`         | `string`                                        | Filesystem path                |
-| `kind`        | `"local_checkout" \| "worktree" \| "directory"` |                                |
-| `displayName` | `string`                                        |                                |
-| `createdAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)                             |                                |
-| `updatedAt`   | `string` (ISO 8601)                             |                                |
-| `archivedAt`  | `string \| null` (ISO 8601)                     | Soft-delete; required nullable |
+| Field                  | Type                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `workspaceId`          | `string`                                        | Opaque stable identifier (`wks_<hex>`), generated independently of the directory. MUST NOT be treated as a path; compare by exact equality. Use the `cwd` field for directory access. |
+| `projectId`            | `string`                                        | FK to Project.projectId; the workspace's stable project membership                                                                                                                    |
+| `cwd`                  | `string`                                        | Exact execution directory selected for agents, files, scripts, and setup                                                                                                              |
+| `kind`                 | `"local_checkout" \| "worktree" \| "directory"` | Mutable checkout classification                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `displayName`          | `string`                                        | The human name (the generated/derived title). Decoupled from `branch` by construction.                                                                                                |
+| `title`                | `string \| null`                                | User-set name override layered over `displayName`. Null means "use `displayName`".                                                                                                    |
+| `branch`               | `string \| null`                                | The current Git branch for git-backed workspaces. Separate from `displayName`/`title`; a background branch refresh never rewrites the name.                                           |
+| `worktreeRoot`         | `string \| null`                                | Backing checkout/worktree root. May differ from `cwd` for exact subprojects and remains persisted after the worktree is deleted so restore can reproduce the placement.               |
+| `baseBranch`           | `string \| null`                                | Normalized branch the Paseo worktree was created from; null for directories, local checkouts, and checkout-branch worktrees                                                           |
+| `isPaseoOwnedWorktree` | `boolean`                                       | Whether Paseo owns and may remove/recreate the backing `worktreeRoot`                                                                                                                 |
+| `mainRepoRoot`         | `string \| null`                                | Main repository root for worktree checkouts, independent of both exact `cwd` and backing `worktreeRoot`                                                                               |
+| `createdAt`            | `string` (ISO 8601)                             |                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `updatedAt`            | `string` (ISO 8601)                             |                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `archivedAt`           | `string \| null` (ISO 8601)                     | Soft-delete; required nullable                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `pinnedAt`             | `string \| null` (ISO 8601)                     | Pinned-to-top-of-sidebar timestamp; null means "not pinned"                                                                                                                           |
+
+> **Opaque-ID invariant:** `workspaceId` is opaque identity, never a filesystem path. Filesystem and git operations take `cwd`/`workspaceDirectory` only — never the id. A compatibility-only first-materialization bootstrap still groups pre-registry agent records by path and Git remote so existing installs retain their legacy records. That grouping never runs against a live registry, and its keys are not runtime project or workspace identity.
+
+`projectId` is still a real FK: workspace records should have a matching project record. Read-only
+history surfaces tolerate transient orphaned workspaces by omitting those rows so one bad FK cannot
+blank the whole History screen, but mutation paths should repair or remove the orphaned state rather
+than treating it as valid.
 
 ---
 
@@ -430,6 +533,13 @@ These small files are not validated as full Zod schemas but are persisted under
 
 These live in React Native `AsyncStorage` or browser `IndexedDB`, not on the daemon filesystem.
 
+### Keying convention: directory-backed vs workspace-owned
+
+Right-sidebar client state splits on whether it is determined by the directory or owned by the workspace (two workspaces can share one `cwd`). The split is enforced by the cache key, so changing a key changes the sharing semantics — see [architecture.md](architecture.md#right-sidebar-boundary-directory-backed-vs-workspace-owned) for the full table.
+
+- **Directory-backed** (shared by same-`cwd` workspaces): keyed by `(serverId, cwd)`. Git status/diff, GitHub PR status, PR timeline, file preview content. These are TanStack Query caches, not persisted stores.
+- **Workspace-owned** (independent per workspace): keyed by `workspaceId`, with `cwd` used only as a fallback when no `workspaceId` is present. Review draft comments (`@paseo:review-draft-store`), diff-mode overrides (in-memory), workspace composer attachments, and file-explorer nav/expand state. The `workspaceId` part of these keys is **opaque** — never parse it back into a path.
+
 ### Draft Store
 
 **AsyncStorage key:** `paseo-drafts` (version 2)

docs/design.md

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ The rule, condensed: text that _names_ a surface or a group is `medium`. Text th
 
 Foreground is for the thing being acted on: row titles, section headings, the selected sidebar item. `foregroundMuted` is for context: hints, descriptions, secondary metadata, idle sidebar items, placeholders, status text.
 
+`foregroundExtraMuted` is reserved for passive chrome that must sit behind muted text, such as an always-visible window control. Use the solid token instead of lowering SVG opacity; per-path opacity makes overlapping icon strokes render unevenly. Interactive hover and pressed states return to `foreground`.
+
 Accent is the one CTA per surface. A `<Button variant="default">` filled with `accent` appears at most once on a page. Most pages have zero — settings is mostly toggles and text, the workspace pane is mostly content, the chat composer is the input itself.
 
 Destructive is a color, not a click. Restart-daemon and remove-host are `<Button variant="outline">` in the row trailing slot; the destructive surface only appears inside the `confirmDialog` (`packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx:541-547`). Workspace archive opens a confirm dialog before any red appears (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx`). Red appears after the user has indicated intent.
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ The button is `<Button>` (`packages/app/src/components/ui/button.tsx`). It has f
 
 Sizes: `xs` for ultra-tight inline triggers. `sm` for any button sitting in a row. `md` is the page default. `lg` is reserved for large standalone CTAs.
 
+Sizes are a shared contract across control kinds, defined once in `control-geometry.ts`: `xs` = 28px tall with `fontSize.xs` labels, `sm` = 32px with `fontSize.sm`, `md`/`lg` = 44px with `fontSize.sm`. `<SegmentedControl>` (`packages/app/src/components/ui/segmented-control.tsx`) takes the same `xs`/`sm`/`md` sizes — a segmented control next to a `<Button>` of the same size always matches in height, label size, and horizontal padding. Thin chrome such as the file toolbar uses `xs`; settings rows use `sm`. Never shrink a control's font or padding locally to fit a context — if the context needs a smaller control, the size tier is missing or the wrong one is in use.
+
 A `<Pressable>` wrapping a `<Text>` is a sixth variant. It is wrong. `<Button>` accepts `style`, `textStyle`, `leftIcon`, `disabled`, `size`, and `variant`.
 
 ---
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ The branching is one `useIsCompactFormFactor()` check at the top of the screen c
 
 The workspace screen (`packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx`) follows a different but parallel rule: tabs collapse on compact, panes split on desktop. The sidebar (`packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx`) is overlaid on compact and pinned on desktop.
 
+On a narrow desktop route, app navigation yields to the rendered content topology when the remaining width cannot preserve its center target: Settings keeps its 320px list + 400px detail split, and a workspace Explorer keeps its current visible width plus a 400px center pane. That is a topology decision at the app container, not a second compact breakpoint. Temporary width clamps are render-only; widening restores the user's saved sidebar widths.
+
+Electron window controls are top-corner obstructions, not a compact-layout condition. Rendered surfaces declare which top corners they physically occupy; only those corners receive clearance. Full-window overlays redeclare both corners. A focused split pane owns both corners; if focus restoration temporarily exposes the full split tree, the split boundary reserves one top strip instead of assigning a control rectangle to an arbitrarily narrow leaf. The 720px desktop breakpoint preserves the default 320px sidebar and target 400px center width when the Explorer is closed; it is product policy, not an obstruction gate.
+
 A new list+detail feature copies the settings shell. A new workspace-shaped feature copies the workspace shell. Inventing a third shape happens in design review, not in a PR.
 
 ---
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ The bespoke pills in `packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx:97-116`, `
 - Raw DOM APIs without an `isWeb` guard.
 - Spacing values outside the scale. `padding: 20` and `gap: 10` are wrong.
 - Color changes for disabled state. Opacity only.
-- Destructive actions without `confirmDialog`. Restart, remove, and future destructive actions are confirmed. Worktree archive is confirmed only when git runtime reports uncommitted changes or unpushed commits; clean pushed worktrees archive immediately.
+- Destructive actions without `confirmDialog`. Restart, remove, and future destructive actions are confirmed. Archive workspace is confirmed only when its worktree backing reports uncommitted changes or unpushed commits; otherwise it archives immediately.
 - Bespoke status pills. `<StatusBadge>` is the pill primitive.
 - Raw `Modal` for a focused task. `<AdaptiveModalSheet>` is the modal primitive.
 - Importing `ActivityIndicator` directly. `<LoadingSpinner>` is the loading primitive.

docs/development.md

@@ -49,15 +49,52 @@ PASEO_DEV_RESET_HOME=1 npm run dev            # clear and reseed the derived wor
 
 In Paseo-managed worktree services, use the injected service environment rather than hardcoded root checkout ports.
 
+### Expo Router
+
+Route ownership, startup restore, and native blank-screen gotchas live in
+[expo-router.md](expo-router.md). Read it before changing `packages/app/src/app`,
+startup routing, remembered workspace restore, or active workspace selection.
+
 ### iOS simulator preview service
 
 Paseo worktrees expose the native iOS dev app through the `ios-simulator` service in `paseo.json`. The service URL serves the simulator preview at `/.sim`, so the preview link is `${PASEO_URL}/.sim`.
 
+**Prerequisites (macOS only).** The service shells out to the Apple toolchain, so beyond the `npm ci` that worktree setup runs you must install:
+
+- **Xcode** (the full app, not just the Command Line Tools) — install it from the Mac App Store, or from `developer.apple.com/download` for a specific version. It provides `xcodebuild` and `xcrun simctl`; accept its license and let first-run component installation finish before starting the service.
+- **An iOS Simulator runtime with at least one iPhone device type**. Recent Xcode versions may not bundle a runtime — add one via Xcode → Settings → Components (older Xcode: "Platforms"). The service targets `iPhone 16 Pro` by default (override with `PASEO_IOS_DEVICE_TYPE`) and falls back to any iPhone; it fails with `No iPhone simulator device type is installed` when none exist.
+- **Homebrew** — CocoaPods itself installs automatically: `expo prebuild` runs `pod install` on a cold worktree, and when the CocoaPods CLI is missing the runner installs it for you. It tries `gem install cocoapods` first and falls back to Homebrew (`brew install cocoapods`), so having Homebrew available lets that fallback succeed without a manual step.
+
+`serve-sim`, Expo, and Metro come from `npm ci`, and CocoaPods installs itself on the first prebuild as described above.
+
 The service is designed for concurrent worktrees: it derives a deterministic simulator identity from the worktree path, uses the worktree's assigned `PASEO_PORT`, pins `serve-sim` to that simulator UDID, and only tears down that worktree's helper/simulator state. It must not rely on the globally booted simulator or any fixed Metro port.
 
 Worktree setup best-effort seeds the generated iOS project and newest native build cache from the source checkout before the service runs. The service still validates the native project by running Expo prebuild and Xcode; the seed only avoids paying all setup/build cost from a cold worktree every time.
 
-Starting the service must not create, focus, reveal, or leave behind macOS Simulator.app windows. The browser preview is the user-visible simulator surface.
+Starting the service must not create, focus, reveal, or leave behind macOS Simulator.app windows — a guard hides Simulator.app every 250ms, so the native window vanishes if you focus it. The user-visible surface is the interactive `/.sim` preview: a `serve-sim` stream (60 FPS MJPEG + a WebSocket control channel) that Metro mounts at `basePath: "/.sim"` (`packages/app/metro.config.cjs`) and that forwards taps and gestures, so first-launch prompts like "Open in PaseoDebug?" are answered there, not in the native window. Open the `${PASEO_URL}/.sim` link the service prints — not `serve-sim`'s raw stream port (`:3100`), which is view-only. Because the stream sits behind the daemon proxy it is convenient for remote viewing but laggy up close; for fast local dev at the Mac, use the native simulator path below.
+
+**Troubleshooting.** If `xcrun simctl` fails with `unable to find utility "simctl"`, the active developer directory is still the Command Line Tools even though Xcode is installed. Point it at Xcode: `sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer`, then confirm with `xcrun --find simctl`.
+
+### Running the iOS app on a local simulator
+
+For fast, native, interactive iOS dev at the Mac — as opposed to the remote `/.sim` preview above — skip the service and build the dev client directly:
+
+```bash
+npm run ios        # → expo run:ios (packages/app): builds and launches the app in the real Simulator.app
+```
+
+`expo run:ios` starts its own Metro and gives you the normal Simulator.app window (full speed, native touch, no stream).
+
+**Pointing the app at a daemon.** The client resolves its local daemon from `EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON` (`packages/app/src/runtime/host-runtime.ts`); when unset it falls back to `localhost:6767`, the production `~/.paseo` daemon. To target a worktree's dev daemon instead, set it on the build command:
+
+```bash
+EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=localhost:${PASEO_SERVICE_DAEMON_PORT} npm run ios   # worktree daemon running as a Paseo service
+EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=localhost:6768 npm run ios                          # standalone `npm run dev:server`
+```
+
+The iOS simulator shares the Mac's loopback, so `localhost:<port>` reaches the host daemon directly.
+
+**Gotcha — `EXPO_PUBLIC_*` is inlined into the JS bundle at Metro bundle time, not read at runtime.** Set it in the same shell that starts Metro. If the app still connects to the old daemon, Metro served a cached bundle; re-bundle clean with `cd packages/app && EXPO_PUBLIC_LOCAL_DAEMON=… npx expo start -c` and reload the app.
 
 ### Desktop renderer profiling
 
@@ -66,6 +103,21 @@ Starting the service must not create, focus, reveal, or leave behind macOS Simul
 It launches its own Electron-flavored Expo server and passes that URL to Electron.
 Override the CDP port with `PASEO_ELECTRON_REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT` when `9223` is busy.
 
+With desktop dev running, verify the real BrowserWindow, titlebar clearance, fullscreen
+transition, and 751-pixel settings split with:
+
+```bash
+npm run verify:electron-cdp --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+```
+
+The verifier reads the same `EXPO_PORT` and
+`PASEO_ELECTRON_REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT` environment names as desktop dev. Set both when
+testing an isolated instance on non-default ports.
+
+When running a dedicated Electron QA instance against a non-default Expo port, set
+`EXPO_DEV_URL` explicitly. Desktop main defaults to `http://localhost:8081`, so
+`PASEO_PORT=57928` alone starts Metro on 57928 but Electron still loads 8081.
+
 ### React render profiling
 
 The app has a gated React render profiler in
@@ -163,11 +215,33 @@ The supervisor rotates `daemon.log`. Persisted `log.file.rotate` settings in
 `PASEO_LOG_ROTATE_SIZE` and `PASEO_LOG_ROTATE_COUNT` env vars override the
 defaults. The default rotation is `10m` x `3` files everywhere.
 
+### Agent Tool Catalog Measurement
+
+Measure the MCP `tools/list` payload that Paseo injects into agents with:
+
+```bash
+npm run measure:agent-tools --workspace=@getpaseo/server
+```
+
+The command reports compact JSON bytes, estimated tokens, field totals, largest
+tools, and the browser-tools delta. It defaults to the agent-scoped catalog; use
+`-- --scope=top-level` for the unaffiliated `/mcp/agents` shape and `-- --json`
+for machine-readable output.
+
 ## paseo.json service scripts
 
 `worktree.setup` and `worktree.teardown` accept either a multiline shell script or an array
 of commands. Both run sequentially.
 
+Lifecycle commands run in the worktree through a stable script shell: `bash`
+resolved from `PATH` on macOS/Linux, and PowerShell with `-NoProfile` on
+Windows. They inherit the daemon environment plus Paseo's lifecycle variables;
+login and interactive shell startup files are not loaded, and Bash's `BASH_ENV`
+hook is unset. Daemon-run loop verify checks and ACP single-string terminal
+commands use the same non-login Bash behavior on macOS/Linux, but preserve their
+existing `cmd.exe /c` string semantics on Windows. Service scripts are separate:
+they launch in a terminal and receive the service environment described below.
+
 ```json
 {
   "worktree": {
@@ -204,6 +278,65 @@ Service proxy hostnames use the double-dash shape: `web--feature-auth--project.l
 }
 ```
 
+Service ports use OS ephemeral allocation by default. Set `worktrees.servicePorts` in
+`$PASEO_HOME/config.json`, or replace it for one project with `worktree.servicePorts` in
+`paseo.json`. The block accepts an inclusive `range` such as `"3000-4000"` or a `portScript`
+executable. Since `portScript` is executed directly without a shell, it must point to a real executable (e.g., a binary or a script with a proper shebang like `#!/bin/sh`) rather than an inline shell command or shell pipeline. For inline shell commands or pipelines, wrap them in a small script. `portScript` runs in the workspace directory with four arguments: service name,
+workspace ID, branch name, and worktree path. A missing branch is passed as an empty string. The same
+values are available as `PASEO_SCRIPTNAME`, `PASEO_WORKSPACE_ID`, `PASEO_BRANCH_NAME`, and
+`PASEO_WORKTREE_PATH`. The script must print one valid TCP port. Paseo trusts the external allocator,
+so the port may already be bound. `portScript` takes precedence when both values are present.
+
+## Bundled daemon web UI
+
+> The user-facing guide for this feature (enabling it, reverse proxy, TLS, tunnels, security) lives at [public-docs/web-ui.md](../public-docs/web-ui.md). This section is the contributor/build reference: how the artifact is produced, bundled, and excluded from desktop packaging.
+
+The daemon can optionally serve the browser web client from the same HTTP server. This is disabled by default.
+
+Enable it for a running daemon with:
+
+```bash
+paseo daemon start --web-ui
+```
+
+Or set the environment variable:
+
+```bash
+PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=true paseo daemon start
+```
+
+Or persist it in `config.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "features": {
+    "webUi": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+When enabled, opening the daemon HTTP origin (for example `http://localhost:6767/`) serves the web app. The same HTTP server continues to serve `/api/*`, `/mcp/*`, `/public/*`, the WebSocket upgrade, and service-proxy routes. Static files load without daemon bearer auth; API and WebSocket calls still enforce auth.
+
+The served app auto-bootstraps a connection to the same origin, so opening `http://localhost:6767/` directly usually skips the Add Host step.
+
+Build the artifact for packaging or measurement with:
+
+```bash
+npm run build:daemon-web-ui
+```
+
+This exports the normal browser web app (not the Electron-flavored desktop renderer) and copies it into `packages/server/dist/server/web-ui`, precompressing `.html`, `.js`, `.css`, and JSON assets as `.br` and `.gz`.
+
+Measured bundle size for a standard Expo web export:
+
+- raw: 10.77 MiB
+- gzip: 2.55 MiB
+- brotli: 1.93 MiB
+
+The desktop-managed daemon disables the bundled web UI by default (`PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=false`) because the desktop app already ships the renderer as `app-dist`. Shipping the same assets again inside `@getpaseo/server` would duplicate the ~10.8 MiB install. Desktop packaging also excludes `node_modules/@getpaseo/server/dist/server/web-ui/**` from the packaged app.
+
 ## Built workspace packages
 
 Package imports resolve through package exports to compiled `dist/` output, not sibling `src/` files. This is true in local dev and in published packages: the app, daemon, CLI, and SDK consumers should all exercise the same runtime paths.
@@ -221,6 +354,8 @@ npm run build:app-deps     # highlight -> protocol -> client -> expo-two-way-aud
 
 Use `npm run build:server` whenever you have changed any daemon/server-facing package and need clean cross-package types or runtime behavior.
 
+The app Metro config disables Watchman and uses Metro's node crawler for exports. Keep that invariant unless you have verified production app exports on machines with and without Watchman installed; distro Watchman builds can differ in capabilities and change Metro's crawl behavior.
+
 For tighter loops, you can rebuild a single workspace:
 
 - Changed `packages/protocol/src/*` or `packages/client/src/*`: `npm run build:client`.
@@ -248,12 +383,16 @@ install.
 
 Use `npm run cli` to run the in-repo CLI from source (`npx tsx packages/cli/src/index.ts`). The script wraps the CLI with `scripts/dev-home.sh`, so it automatically uses this checkout's `.dev/paseo-home` and dev daemon endpoint unless you pass an explicit override. The globally installed `paseo` binary on macOS is a symlink into the installed Paseo desktop app, not this checkout — use it to drive the desktop's built-in daemon, but use `npm run cli` when you want to talk to the CLI you are editing.
 
+Canonical automation uses `paseo workspace create/ls/archive`, `paseo heartbeat create/update/delete`, and the full `paseo schedule` group. MCP heartbeat automation is intentionally smaller: create and delete only. Detach remains an explicit user lifecycle action rather than an agent tool. `paseo run --new-workspace local|worktree` composes workspace creation with agent creation. The old `paseo worktree` and `paseo run --worktree` forms are hidden compatibility aliases.
+
 ```bash
 npm run cli -- ls -a -g              # List all agents globally
 npm run cli -- ls -a -g --json       # Same, as JSON
 npm run cli -- inspect <id>          # Show detailed agent info
 npm run cli -- logs <id>             # View agent timeline
+npm run cli -- agent open <id>       # Focus an existing agent in Paseo Desktop
 npm run cli -- daemon status         # Check daemon status
+npm run cli -- clone owner/repo --dir ~/workspace # Clone GitHub repo and register project
 ```
 
 Use `--host <host:port>` to point the CLI at a different daemon:
@@ -262,6 +401,11 @@ Use `--host <host:port>` to point the CLI at a different daemon:
 npm run cli -- --host localhost:7777 ls -a
 ```
 
+Desktop integrations can focus an existing agent without creating one or
+sending a message. Use `paseo://h/<server-id>/agent/<agent-id>`, or run
+`paseo agent open <agent-id>`. The CLI reads the local daemon's server ID by
+default; pass `--server <server-id>` when targeting another server.
+
 ## Agent state
 
 Agent data lives at:

docs/docker.md

@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+# Running Paseo in Docker
+
+Paseo publishes a container image for running the daemon on a server, VM, NAS,
+or homelab box. The image also serves the bundled browser web UI, so one
+container gives you both the daemon API and a self-hosted UI.
+
+The image source lives in [`docker/`](../docker/).
+
+## How it works
+
+The official image:
+
+- builds `@getpaseo/server` and `@getpaseo/cli` from source-built workspace tarballs
+- runs the daemon as the non-root `paseo` user
+- listens on `0.0.0.0:6767` inside the container
+- enables the bundled daemon web UI with `PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=true`
+- stores daemon state and agent credentials under `/home/paseo`
+- leaves agent CLIs out of the base image
+
+Open the container's HTTP origin, for example `http://localhost:6767`, to load
+the web UI. The served app receives a same-origin connection hint and connects
+back to that daemon. Static UI files load without daemon auth; API and
+WebSocket requests still require `PASEO_PASSWORD` when one is configured.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name paseo \
+  -p 6767:6767 \
+  -e PASEO_PASSWORD=change-me \
+  -v "$PWD/paseo-home:/home/paseo" \
+  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
+  ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+```
+
+Then open:
+
+```text
+http://localhost:6767
+```
+
+If you set `PASEO_PASSWORD`, enter the same password when adding the direct
+daemon connection in the web UI or another Paseo client.
+
+## Docker Compose
+
+Use [`docker/docker-compose.example.yml`](../docker/docker-compose.example.yml):
+
+```bash
+cp docker/docker-compose.example.yml docker-compose.yml
+$EDITOR docker-compose.yml
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Minimal example:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  paseo:
+    image: ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "6767:6767"
+    environment:
+      PASEO_PASSWORD: "change-me"
+    volumes:
+      - ./paseo-home:/home/paseo
+      - ./workspace:/workspace
+```
+
+## Installing Agents
+
+The base image does not preinstall Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot, Pi, or
+other agent CLIs. That keeps the default image small and avoids coupling Paseo
+releases to third-party agent release cycles.
+
+Create a child image for the agents you use:
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest
+
+USER root
+RUN npm install -g @openai/codex @anthropic-ai/claude-code opencode-ai
+```
+
+Build it:
+
+```bash
+docker build -f Dockerfile -t paseo-with-agents .
+```
+
+Then use `image: paseo-with-agents` in Compose.
+
+Leave the child image user as root. The base entrypoint uses root only for
+first-run directory setup, then drops the daemon and launched agents to the
+non-root `paseo` user.
+
+An example child image is in
+[`docker/Dockerfile.agents.example`](../docker/Dockerfile.agents.example).
+
+You can also mount credentials from the host or run agent login once inside the
+container:
+
+```bash
+docker exec -it --user paseo paseo codex
+docker exec -it --user paseo paseo claude
+```
+
+Agent credentials and config persist in `/home/paseo`, alongside daemon state.
+Provider environment variables such as `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`,
+`OPENAI_BASE_URL`, or `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` can be passed through `docker run -e`
+or `compose.environment`; Paseo passes them to launched agents.
+
+## Volumes
+
+| Mount         | Purpose                                                                  |
+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `/home/paseo` | Paseo state under `.paseo` plus agent config such as `.codex`, `.claude` |
+| `/workspace`  | Code that Paseo and launched agents can read and write                   |
+
+The image defaults:
+
+| Variable       | Default              |
+| -------------- | -------------------- |
+| `HOME`         | `/home/paseo`        |
+| `PASEO_HOME`   | `/home/paseo/.paseo` |
+| `PASEO_LISTEN` | `0.0.0.0:6767`       |
+
+If you bind-mount host directories on Linux, make sure the container user can
+write them. The built-in `paseo` user has uid/gid `1000:1000`. For a different
+host uid/gid, either adjust ownership on the mounted directories or run the
+container with Docker's `--user` / Compose `user:` option.
+
+## Reverse Proxies
+
+When serving Paseo behind a reverse proxy, forward normal HTTP requests and
+WebSocket upgrades to the same daemon port.
+
+Caddy example:
+
+```caddy
+paseo.example.com {
+  reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:6767
+}
+```
+
+Nginx example:
+
+```nginx
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name paseo.example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6767;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+If you reach the daemon by DNS name, set `PASEO_HOSTNAMES` so host-header
+validation allows that name:
+
+```yaml
+environment:
+  PASEO_HOSTNAMES: "paseo.example.com,.lan"
+```
+
+IPs and `localhost` are allowed by default.
+
+## Security
+
+- Set `PASEO_PASSWORD` for any published port or network-reachable deployment.
+- Prefer HTTPS at the reverse proxy for direct browser access.
+- Use the [official Paseo relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay) for
+  untrusted networks or mobile access when you do not want to expose the daemon
+  port directly.
+- The container is the isolation boundary for agents. Agents can read and write
+  whatever you mount into `/workspace` and whatever credentials you place in
+  `/home/paseo`.
+- The bundled web UI static files are public on the daemon origin. The daemon
+  API and WebSocket remain protected by password auth when configured.
+
+See [SECURITY.md](../SECURITY.md) for the daemon trust model.
+
+## Building Locally
+
+```bash
+docker build -f docker/base/Dockerfile -t paseo:local .
+```
+
+To assert the source tree version while building:
+
+```bash
+docker build \
+  --build-arg PASEO_VERSION=0.1.102 \
+  -t paseo:0.1.102 \
+  -f docker/base/Dockerfile \
+  .
+```
+
+The Docker workflow builds the image on pull requests and on `main` as a
+non-publishing check. Stable `vX.Y.Z` tag pushes publish
+`ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:X.Y.Z` and `ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest`. Beta tags
+publish only the exact prerelease tag, such as
+`ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:0.1.102-beta.1`, and do not update `latest`.
+
+To replace a Docker image in place without rebuilding desktop, APK, or EAS
+mobile release artifacts, dispatch the Docker workflow manually instead of
+pushing a `v*` release tag:
+
+```bash
+gh workflow run docker.yml \
+  --ref main \
+  -f paseo_version=0.1.102-beta.1 \
+  -f publish=true
+```
+
+Manual Docker publishes require an explicit `paseo_version`. The workflow builds
+from the checked-out source tree and publishes only the exact prerelease image
+tag for prerelease versions.
+
+The published image is multi-arch for `linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64`.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+- **The web UI loads but cannot connect**: if `PASEO_PASSWORD` is set, add a
+  direct connection with the same password.
+- **403 Host not allowed**: set `PASEO_HOSTNAMES` to the DNS names you use.
+- **Provider not available**: install that agent CLI in a child image or mount a
+  runtime where the binary is on `PATH`.
+- **Permission errors in `/workspace`**: make the mounted directory writable by
+  uid/gid `1000:1000`, or run the container as the host uid/gid.
+- **Logs**: inspect `docker logs paseo` or
+  `/home/paseo/.paseo/daemon.log` inside the container.

docs/expo-router.md

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Expo Router
+
+Paseo's mobile route tree is fragile because Expo Router and React Navigation do
+not fail loudly when a nested native route is mounted under the wrong layout. The
+usual symptom is a white or blank native screen with no JavaScript crash.
+
+Read this before changing `packages/app/src/app`, startup routing, remembered
+workspace restore, or active workspace selection.
+
+## Ownership
+
+Each layout owns only the routes directly inside its directory.
+
+- The root layout registers `h/[serverId]`.
+- The root layout does not register host leaf routes such as
+  `h/[serverId]/workspace/[workspaceId]`, `h/[serverId]/open-project`, or
+  `h/[serverId]/index`.
+- `packages/app/src/app/h/[serverId]/_layout.tsx` owns the host leaves with
+  relative screen names: `index`, `workspace/[workspaceId]/index`,
+  `agent/[agentId]`, `sessions`, `open-project`, and `settings`.
+
+Expo Router warns with `[Layout children]: No route named ...` when a layout
+registers grandchildren. Treat that warning as a route-tree bug. On native, that
+shape can leave a nested index route mounted without its local dynamic params and
+render a blank screen.
+
+## Startup
+
+The root `/` route chooses a host boundary. It does not jump directly into a host
+leaf.
+
+- Good: `/` -> `/h/[serverId]`
+- Bad: `/` -> `/h/[serverId]/workspace/[workspaceId]`
+
+`/h/[serverId]` is the host home route. The host index restores the last
+remembered workspace for that host after the remembered selection has hydrated
+and the workspace has not been proven missing. If there is no restorable
+workspace, it goes to global `/open-project`.
+
+This restore is based on the last navigated workspace, not current connection
+status. Do not redirect to another online host just because the remembered host
+is still connecting or offline; the workspace screen owns that offline/loading
+state.
+
+This split is deliberate. The host layout must mount first so native local
+dynamic params exist before any nested workspace leaf is selected.
+
+## App-Wide Route Hops
+
+When app-wide routes such as `/new`, `/settings`, or `/sessions` navigate back
+into a host workspace, use `navigateToWorkspace()`. Do not make the caller
+branch on its current route.
+
+Pass only `serverId` and `workspaceId` for normal attention-aware navigation.
+When the action names a specific tab, pass it as `target`; that explicit choice
+is authoritative. Callers should not choose between separate route and tab
+navigation APIs.
+
+The root stack owns `h/[serverId]`; the host stack owns
+`workspace/[workspaceId]/index`. Repeated global-route hops must `POP_TO` the
+root host route and pass the nested workspace screen when a host route is
+already mounted, or Expo Router can append extra hidden workspace deck entries.
+The workspace navigation helper inspects the mounted navigation state to make
+that decision; if no host route is mounted yet, it falls back to ordinary route
+navigation.
+
+Those hidden entries are not harmless: composer floating panels can measure
+against the wrong deck and disappear offscreen.
+
+Hidden host routes may keep their local params while an app-wide route is
+foregrounded. Active-workspace observers must prefer the current pathname and
+only use local param fallback during cold mount (`/` or empty pathname), or a
+hidden workspace can overwrite the remembered workspace before Settings or
+History returns.
+
+## Agent Targets
+
+Notifications and agent URLs enter the router with different authoritative
+targets.
+
+- Notifications carry `serverId`, `workspaceId`, and `agentId`. Route them
+  directly to the workspace with the agent open intent.
+- Agent URLs carry only `serverId` and `agentId`. Route them through
+  `/h/[serverId]/agent/[agentId]`; that route waits for the named host, resolves
+  the agent's workspace from the host, and then opens the agent there.
+
+Both paths converge on `navigateToAgent()`. Do not make notification routing
+guess a workspace, and do not add a workspace to the stable agent URL format.
+
+## Params
+
+Required dynamic params belong to the matched route.
+
+Do not paper over missing required params by reading global params in the leaf.
+If `useLocalSearchParams()` misses a required param, fix layout ownership or the
+startup route shape.
+
+Use the host route context for host-owned leaves that need the host id after
+`h/[serverId]/_layout.tsx` has matched. Do not make a leaf recover from an
+unmatched tree by guessing from global state.
+
+## App Directory
+
+Keep non-route modules out of `src/app`. Expo Router treats ordinary `.ts` and
+`.tsx` files there as routes, which produces `missing the required default
+export` warnings and pollutes the route tree.
+
+Put shared route policy in `src/navigation`, `src/utils`, stores, or another
+non-route directory.
+
+## Native Stack
+
+Keep workspace identity and retention outside native-stack `getId` and
+`dangerouslySingular`. Expo Router maps `dangerouslySingular` to React
+Navigation `getId`, and `getId` has broken Android native-stack/Fabric by
+reordering an already-mounted workspace screen.
+
+Use `ThemedStack` from `packages/app/src/navigation/themed-stack.tsx` for every
+Expo Router stack. React Navigation otherwise paints each native stack screen
+with its light default background. A screen-level wrapper can hide that surface
+while settled, but Android may expose it for one frame when navigation crosses
+from a nested stack to its parent stack. This is especially visible when an
+app-wide route such as `/new` opens from a dark workspace.
+
+Do not read the active theme with `useUnistyles()` in a layout to build
+`screenOptions`. `ThemedStack` keeps that third-party prop theme-reactive through
+a small `withUnistyles` boundary without subscribing the route tree itself to
+every Unistyles runtime update.
+
+## Regression Shape
+
+Pure helper tests are useful but not enough. The failure mode here is native
+route-tree state, so a real regression should launch native with seeded persisted
+state:
+
+1. Seed `paseo:last-workspace-route-selection` with a valid
+   `{ serverId, workspaceId }`.
+2. Launch the native app cold.
+3. Assert a real screen is visible, not the blank tree.
+4. Assert no `[Layout children]` warning appears.
+
+The pure policy tests should still enforce the boundary split:
+
+- root startup with a saved workspace returns `/h/[serverId]`;
+- host index with the same saved workspace returns
+  `/h/[serverId]/workspace/[workspaceId]`;
+- host index with no restorable workspace returns `/open-project`.
+
+## Checklist
+
+Before landing route changes:
+
+- [ ] Did you change `packages/app/src/app`? Re-read this file.
+- [ ] Did you touch remembered workspace restore? Keep root on `/h/[serverId]`.
+- [ ] Did a route return to a workspace? Use `navigateToWorkspace()` and pass a
+      `target` when the action names a specific tab.
+- [ ] Did you add a route? Register it in the layout that directly owns it.
+- [ ] Did `useLocalSearchParams()` lose a required param? Fix the route tree.
+- [ ] Did native show a blank screen without a crash? Suspect route ownership
+      before stores, themes, or rendering.

docs/floating-panels.md

@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@ input focused while its scrollable list lives in a Portal. There is no shared
 "floating panel" primitive yet — when a fifth use case shows up we can revisit;
 until then prefer copying the closest file and trimming.
 
+## Popover width contract
+
+Combobox desktop popovers are never narrower than their trigger, and they grow
+with content up to a ceiling that is never below the trigger:
+
+```ts
+const floor = Math.max(desktopMinWidth ?? 0, referenceWidth ?? 200);
+const frameStyle = { minWidth: floor, maxWidth: Math.max(400, floor) };
+```
+
+`desktopMinWidth` is an explicit floor-raiser. It does not cap width, and the
+trigger still wins when it is wider. Changing this default requires re-verifying
+every consumer listed here.
+
+Consumers: `composer/agent-controls/mode-control.tsx`,
+`composer/agent-controls/index.tsx`, `composer/index.tsx`,
+`components/combined-model-selector.tsx`, `components/hosts/host-picker.tsx`
+(including `components/hosts/host-filter.tsx`), `components/branch-switcher.tsx`,
+`components/left-sidebar.tsx`, `components/ui/select-field.tsx` (schedule form),
+`screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx` plus `screens/new-workspace/project-picker.ts`,
+`components/import-session-sheet.tsx`, `screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx`,
+`screens/settings-screen.tsx`, and `screens/project-settings-screen.tsx`.
+
 ## Gotcha 1 — Android touch hit-test by parent bounds
 
 On Android, a child View whose bounds fall outside its parent's bounds renders
@@ -34,7 +57,7 @@ Android touches sailed straight through to the chat scroll view behind it.
 
 Two escape hatches in the codebase:
 
-- **`Modal`** (combobox, tooltip on native) — opens a new Android window, so
+- **`Modal`** (combobox, dropdown menu and tooltip on native) — opens a new Android window, so
   hit-testing starts fresh in that window. Side effect: a Modal opening on
   Android can detach the IME from an underlying TextInput. Fine for combobox
   (it has its own input) and tooltip (no input). **Not** fine for autocomplete
@@ -47,7 +70,36 @@ Two escape hatches in the codebase:
   overlays can use the current `FloatingPanelPortalHost` so sliding sidebars
   cover them.
 
-Choose Modal vs Portal by whether the underlying input can lose its keyboard.
+  Choose Modal vs Portal by whether the underlying input can lose its keyboard.
+
+On web, dropdown menus render into the shared `overlay-root`, not React Native
+Web's `<Modal>`/`<dialog>`. A browser top-layer dialog always paints above
+ordinary portals regardless of `z-index`, which would hide app toasts and
+tooltips behind the menu. The shared overlay scale keeps menus below toasts and
+lets tooltip portals paint above both.
+
+The shared overlay scale is relative for interactive surfaces: a base floating
+panel is below a base modal, while a floating panel rendered from inside a modal
+inherits that modal's layer and paints above it. Wrap portal content in
+`OverlayLayerProvider`; do not assign one global menu z-index. Desktop web
+comboboxes must use `overlay-root` too. Rendering them through React Native
+Web's `<Modal>` puts them in the browser top layer, where no ordinary modal
+portal can cover them.
+
+Painting and keyboard ownership use the same relative layer model. Register
+desktop modal, combobox, and dropdown focus scopes with `useWebOverlayRegistration`; the
+highest painted scope alone receives overlay keys, traps focus, and restores
+focus when it closes. Do not add component-local global Escape listeners: two
+stacked overlays would both close on one keypress.
+
+If an overlay is rendered by a global host rather than beneath its opener in
+the React tree, carry the opener's current layer through the host store and
+restore it with `OverlayLayerProvider`. Otherwise painting and keyboard
+ownership silently reset at the app root. When the opener is a global keyboard
+action and has no component context to carry, resolve the host layer with
+`useGlobalWebOverlayLayer` on its closed-to-open transition. It captures the
+current top registered layer before the new host joins the stack; do not give a
+global dialog a fixed root-derived modal layer.
 
 ## Gotcha 2 — Portal breaks lifecycle and coordinate-system inheritance
 
@@ -60,12 +112,11 @@ quietly relying on:
   Gate `visible` on a screen-focus signal. For panes inside `agent-panel`, the
   `isPaneFocused` prop already exists and flips on pane switches; pass
   `visible={isYourOwnVisible && isPaneFocused}`.
-- **Transforms.** The composer is wrapped in a Reanimated `Animated.View` with
-  `translateY: -keyboardShift` (see `use-keyboard-shift-style.ts`). The chat
-  content has the same transform applied (`agent-panel.tsx:939`). They move
-  together because they share the SharedValue. A portal'd popover is outside
-  the composer tree — it does not get that transform unless you apply it
-  yourself.
+- **Transforms.** `KeyboardShiftProvider` owns the canonical keyboard shift
+  SharedValue, and `useKeyboardShiftStyle()` only adapts that value into
+  translate/padding styles. The composer and chat content must both read that
+  provider-owned value. A portal'd popover is outside the composer tree — it
+  does not get that transform unless you apply it yourself.
 - **Layering.** The default root host renders after app content, so it sits
   above compact sidebars. Content overlays that must sit below sidebars should
   use the current `FloatingPanelPortalHost`.
@@ -86,7 +137,8 @@ with Reanimated worklets the result is not always stable.
 
 If the panel cannot stay inside the transformed ancestor, do not try to track
 the keyboard by re-measuring on every frame. Instead,
-**slave the popover's transform to the same SharedValue the composer uses**:
+**slave the popover's transform to the same `KeyboardShiftProvider` SharedValue
+the composer uses**:
 
 1. Snapshot `openShift = shift.value` at the moment you measure the anchor.
 2. Apply `useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ translateY: openShift.value - shift.value }] }))`
@@ -95,7 +147,17 @@ the keyboard by re-measuring on every frame. Instead,
 When `shift` equals `openShift`, the translate is 0 and the popover sits at
 the measured position. When the keyboard moves afterward, the delta translates
 the popover by exactly the amount the composer translates. They move in
-lockstep, no re-measurement needed.
+lockstep, no re-measurement needed. Do not call
+`useReanimatedKeyboardAnimation()` directly for app UI offset policy; Android
+can briefly report a stale nonzero height with closed progress, and the shared
+provider is where that is normalized.
+
+The provider also reconciles iOS from the controller's native `onEnd` event.
+The controller's stock iOS shared values update at move start and during an
+interactive move, but not at the terminal event, so JS contention can otherwise
+leave the last height/progress pair stuck in either the open or closed state.
+Keep that terminal reconciliation on the UI thread; a later focus or blur must
+not be required to repair the offset.
 
 Re-measure on `Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow'|'keyboardDidHide')` only
 to refresh the snapshot if the keyboard was mid-transition when the popover

docs/forge-providers.md

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+# Adding a Git Forge to Paseo
+
+Paseo's forge layer is a registry/manifest system. A forge is a runtime concern:
+shared protocol messages carry neutral/open facts, the server adapter owns
+behavior, and the app owns bundled presentation/runtime interpretation.
+
+The maintainer litmus test is the rule of thumb:
+
+> Adding a new forge means adding files in a new directory/module that implement
+> an interface, plus one entry in the centralized registry/manifest for that
+> package.
+
+## The Three Registrations
+
+For forge `acme`, the expected end state is:
+
+1. **Protocol manifest** - optional, only when the forge should be presented by
+   shared manifest data. Add one `ForgeDefinition` to
+   `packages/protocol/src/forge-manifest.ts`.
+
+2. **Server adapter** - add `packages/server/src/services/acme-service.ts`
+   implementing `ForgeService`, any adapter-owned fact types/guards/constants
+   beside it, and one `defaultForgeRegistry` entry in
+   `packages/server/src/services/forge-registry.ts`.
+
+3. **App modules** - a forge splits into a pure logic half and a view half so
+   logic consumers (URL builders, merge-capability, native checks, and the
+   Node-based e2e harness) never pull the client rendering stack:
+   - `packages/app/src/git/forges/acme.ts` - logic: `id`, optional `urlGrammar`,
+     optional `facts` (schema, merge-capability, native-check fallbacks). No
+     React/React-Native imports. Register in `CLIENT_FORGE_LOGIC_MODULES` in
+     `packages/app/src/git/forges/index.ts`.
+   - `packages/app/src/git/forges/acme.view.tsx` - view: `icon` (SVG component
+     under `packages/app/src/components/icons/`), optional `brandColor`, optional
+     `paneContributions`. Register in `CLIENT_FORGE_VIEW_MODULES` in
+     `packages/app/src/git/forges/view.ts`.
+
+There should be no protocol typed-union arm, no central app icon/color/url/facts
+map, and no central server union of known forge facts.
+
+## Protocol
+
+`forgeSpecific` on PR status is an open envelope:
+
+```ts
+z.object({ forge: z.string() }).passthrough();
+```
+
+The `forgeSpecific.forge` field is a **facts-family tag**, not the workspace
+brand id. Gitea, Forgejo, and Codeberg can all emit `forgeSpecific.forge ===
+"gitea"` when they share the same facts shape, while top-level `status.forge`
+keeps the brand id (`"gitea"`, `"forgejo"`, `"codeberg"`).
+
+Protocol does not validate per-forge fact fields. Consumers that understand a
+facts family validate at runtime with their own schema/guard. Unknown or
+schema-mismatched facts render neutrally instead of failing the whole message
+parse. This is the version-skew win: an old client can receive facts from a
+newer forge and still show the PR/MR in a neutral state.
+
+Shipped GitHub compatibility stays separate:
+
+- `status.github` remains accepted for released peers.
+- The server keeps the `COMPAT(forgeSpecific)` mirror that copies GitHub facts
+  into `status.github` for older clients.
+- Do not add a compatibility shim unless a released peer (<= 0.1.102) can
+  actually produce the state.
+
+## Server
+
+The server-wide status type only promises:
+
+```ts
+type ForgeSpecificStatusFacts = { forge: string } & Record<string, unknown>;
+```
+
+Adapter-owned files define the typed shapes and guards, for example
+`github-facts.ts`, `gitlab-facts.ts`, and `gitea-facts.ts`. The adapter can keep
+strong internal types for construction and command guards, but shared server
+code must not grow a central list of forge fact arms.
+
+Register the adapter in `defaultForgeRegistry` with:
+
+- `createService`
+- `matchesHost` from manifest `cloudHosts`
+- `probeHost` when self-hosted/Enterprise detection is supported
+
+Current change-request lookup uses two identities deliberately:
+
+- An open PR/MR belongs to the checkout when its head branch and head repository
+  match. Its remote head SHA may differ because the checkout can be ahead,
+  behind, or contain commits that have not been pushed yet.
+- A merged or closed PR/MR belongs to the checkout only when its recorded head
+  SHA exactly matches the checkout's current `HEAD`. Branch names are reusable;
+  selecting the newest terminal request by branch alone can silently attach an
+  old promotion or feature request to new work.
+
+Thread the checkout head SHA through adapter cache and poll identities as well
+as the lookup itself. Otherwise a commit made on the same branch can inherit the
+previous commit's cached terminal status until the cache expires.
+
+Cloud hosts in the manifest are a bounded public-host list, not a self-host
+allowlist. Self-hosted detection is a trust gate: Paseo only talks to a forge
+host that is either a known cloud host or one the CLI is already authenticated
+to. Adapter probes must not make anonymous HTTP requests to remote-derived
+hosts, and adapters must not route credentials to an unauthenticated host.
+
+## App
+
+Each app forge splits into two modules so pure logic never imports the client
+rendering stack:
+
+`acme.ts` exports a `ClientForgeLogicModule`:
+
+- `id`
+- optional `urlGrammar`
+- optional `facts` registration (schema, merge-capability, native-check fallbacks)
+
+`acme.view.tsx` exports a `ClientForgeViewModule`:
+
+- `id`
+- `icon`
+- `brandColor` (`null` for neutral; GitHub intentionally uses `null`)
+- optional `paneContributions`
+
+Two registries live under `packages/app/src/git/forges/`:
+`CLIENT_FORGE_LOGIC_MODULES` (`index.ts`) drives URL grammar, merge-capability
+derivation, and native fallback checks; `CLIENT_FORGE_VIEW_MODULES` (`view.ts`)
+drives icon/color lookup and PR-pane contributions. Logic consumers must import
+the logic registry only — importing the view registry (or a `.view.tsx` module)
+from a logic path pulls react-native and breaks the Node-based e2e harness.
+
+Per-forge brand colors live on the module, not in `styles/theme.ts`. Use the
+Unistyles-safe pattern from `docs/unistyles.md`: no `useUnistyles()`. Brand icon
+call sites use `withUnistyles` and a `uniProps` mapping such as:
+
+```ts
+(theme) => ({ color: theme.colorScheme === "light" ? colors.light : colors.dark });
+```
+
+Facts modules use one source of truth: a Zod schema. Helpers like
+`defineForgeFacts`, `defineNativeFallbackCheck`, and `definePaneContribution`
+derive guards from `schema.safeParse` and re-parse before invoking typed
+derivers/renderers. That keeps typed derivers away from the open wire envelope.
+
+## Checklist
+
+To add `acme`:
+
+1. Add `acme` to `FORGE_DEFINITIONS` if the shared manifest should know its
+   label, nouns, icon kind, sign-in CLI, or cloud hosts.
+2. Add `acme-service.ts` implementing `ForgeService`.
+3. Add `acme-facts.ts` beside the adapter if it reports native facts.
+4. Add one `defaultForgeRegistry` entry.
+5. Add `packages/app/src/git/forges/acme.ts` (logic) and
+   `packages/app/src/git/forges/acme.view.tsx` (view).
+6. Add one `CLIENT_FORGE_LOGIC_MODULES` entry (`index.ts`) and one
+   `CLIENT_FORGE_VIEW_MODULES` entry (`view.ts`).
+7. Add/update the icon component only if the client bundle should show a brand
+   mark.
+8. If the forge's CI/data model does not fit an existing required
+   `ForgeService` field, widen the shared interface (plus the protocol schema
+   and its guards) instead of faking a value — e.g. Gitea Actions runs carry no
+   check-run id, so `GetCheckDetailsOptions.checkRunId` became optional with
+   `workflowRunId` as the alternative address. Expect this step to touch
+   `forge-service.ts`, `messages.ts`, and the call-site guards of the other
+   adapters. Widening a shared field is not forge-local: it also affects the
+   already-shipped forges/GitHub call sites and the capability-gated RPC (e.g.
+   `forgeCheckDetails`), so verify every consumer rather than assuming the change
+   only reaches the new adapter.
+9. Run targeted tests: manifest/registry/resolver, the adapter test, protocol
+   checkout PR schema, app forge URL/presentation tests, app merge capability,
+   and any PR-pane native data tests touched.
+
+Run `npm run typecheck` after each implementation slice. If protocol or client
+declarations are stale, run `npm run build:client`; if server/CLI declarations
+are stale, run `npm run build:server`.
+
+## Gotchas
+
+- GitHub is a normal registry entry plus released compatibility shims. Keep all
+  real shims tagged with `COMPAT(name)`.
+- Gitea-family facts use `forgeSpecific.forge === "gitea"` even when the
+  top-level brand is Forgejo or Codeberg.
+- Brand icons are bundled React components, so they cannot come from protocol
+  manifest data.
+- Source URL grammars are app-side because blob/tree path syntax is
+  forge-specific. If a forge has no grammar, omit the "Open on ..." source link
+  rather than constructing a wrong URL.
+- GitLab pipeline status constants belong to the GitLab adapter/client module,
+  not protocol.

docs/forms.md

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Forms
+
+The paved road for building forms in the app. The schedule form is the golden
+example; when building or fixing any form, copy its shape, not the shape of
+whatever screen you happen to be near.
+
+Golden example files:
+
+- `packages/app/src/schedules/schedule-form-model.ts` (+ `.test.ts`) — the model
+- `packages/app/src/schedules/use-schedule-form-model.ts` — model lifetime adapter
+- `packages/app/src/schedules/use-schedule-form-provider-snapshot.ts` — async input adapter
+- `packages/app/src/components/schedules/schedule-form-sheet.tsx` — render + intent dispatch
+- `packages/app/src/schedules/aggregated-schedules.ts` / `hooks/use-schedules.ts` — load-state gating
+- `packages/app/e2e/schedules-*.spec.ts` — the behavioral contract
+
+## The form model
+
+Every non-trivial form gets a **plain TypeScript model** — zero React imports:
+
+- `openXxxForm(snapshot)` **constructs** a fresh instance from declared inputs
+  (mode, the record being edited, hosts, defaults). Edit mode seeds every value
+  AND display from the snapshot — never from a previous instance.
+- **Commands** mutate (`setHost`, `setProject(value, display)`, `setModel`, …).
+  Derived state (disclosure, canSubmit, displays) is recomputed inside the
+  model on every publish.
+- `close()` destroys the instance. `subscribe`/`getState` feed one
+  `useSyncExternalStore` in the component.
+
+The component renders state and dispatches intent. That is all it does.
+
+### Lifecycle rules (each one killed a real shipped bug)
+
+1. **Fresh mount per open.** The sheet returns `null` when not visible and
+   mounts the open form with a `key` derived from mode + record identity.
+   A long-lived component instance shared across create/edit is how edit
+   contaminated create.
+2. **Construct the model ONCE per mount** — `useState(() => openXxxForm(snapshot))`.
+   NEVER `useMemo(() => open(...), [snapshot])`: the snapshot's identity depends
+   on live data (projects, hosts, preferences), and any background churn — e.g.
+   a scheduled run creating a workspace — would reconstruct the model and wipe
+   the user's in-progress input.
+3. **Late data is an explicit model input, not a reconstruction.**
+   `applyProviderSnapshot(serverId, …)`, `applyProjectTargets(…)`,
+   `applyHosts(…)`. Adapters pipe identity changes into these with mechanical
+   effects. Input plumbing is fine; orchestration effects are not — the sheet
+   itself has zero `useEffect`/`useRef`, and that is the target for every form.
+4. **Resolution is explicit model state, per host** (`idle | pending |
+complete`), keyed off the opened snapshot's serverId. Waiting for data is a
+   state you can render, not an effect race.
+5. **Displays are owned state.** The selected option's label is captured at
+   selection/seed time (`setProject(value, display)`), never re-derived from a
+   live options list — list churn must not flicker or blank a selection.
+6. **Disclosure is derived in the model** from user intent
+   (host → project → model → thinking/mode), so fields cannot pop in from
+   cache timing.
+
+## Form kit
+
+- Compose `Field` / `SelectField` / `FormTextInput` / `SegmentedControl` /
+  `Switch` from `components/ui/`. Geometry (heights, padding, radii, focus/hover
+  states) is owned by `components/ui/control-geometry.ts` — controls never
+  declare their own, and screens never nudge global component styles to align
+  a row.
+- The form declares one size for all fields: `sm` on desktop, `md` compact
+  (`useIsCompactFormFactor`).
+- Availability hierarchy: a field whose capability doesn't apply is **hidden**
+  (isolation on a non-git project — same gating as New Workspace), not rendered
+  disabled with an explanation. Disabled-with-a-reason `hint` is only for
+  transient states the user can resolve.
+- Copy is opt-in and rare. No hint/subtext unless the maintainer approved the
+  exact string; validation errors are the exception. State a fact (like the
+  timezone) once — never in a preview line AND a helper line.
+- `useUnistyles` is banned (see docs/unistyles.md); lint enforces.
+
+## Data gating
+
+Aggregate hooks return a discriminated load state:
+
+```ts
+type AggregateLoadState<T> =
+  | { status: "connecting" } // an answer may still be pending
+  | { status: "loading" }
+  | { status: "loaded"; data: T[] };
+```
+
+Empty states are only typeable inside `loaded` — a fetch that "succeeded"
+before hosts connected is `connecting`, not empty. Query keys carry real fetch
+inputs (host set, connection statuses), never synthetic version counters.
+
+## Anti-patterns (reject in review on sight)
+
+- `useEffect` choreography impersonating construct/hydrate/resolve/destroy.
+- One mounted form instance serving create and edit.
+- `useMemo`-keyed model construction on live-data identity.
+- Selected labels derived from live query lists.
+- `isLoading`/`isEmpty` boolean bags where a load-state union belongs.
+- Conditional mounting of hint/error rows that shifts layout (subtext renders
+  only when present, but the pattern for that lives in `Field`, not ad hoc).

docs/glossary.md

@@ -2,34 +2,43 @@
 
 Authoritative terminology. UI label wins. Don't invent synonyms; use what's here.
 
-- **Project** — Logical grouping of workspaces sharing a git remote (or main repo root). UI: "Project" / "Add project". Code: `ProjectSummary` (`packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:22`), `projectKey` (`packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:16`). Forbidden: "Repo", "Repository" as UI label.
-- **Workspace** — One concrete `cwd` on one daemon, with git state; belongs to exactly one project. UI: "Workspace". Code: `WorkspaceDescriptorPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2178`). Don't confuse with: Branch (one branch can back many workspaces via worktrees). Forbidden: "Folder", "Directory" as UI label.
-- **Workspace kind** — `"directory" | "local_checkout" | "worktree"`. Code: `PersistedWorkspaceKind` (`packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:8`).
+- **Project** — A stable, exact selected-root record. New IDs are opaque `prj_<16 hex>` values; older remote-shaped and path-shaped IDs remain readable compatibility records. Git facts can update mutable kind metadata but never project identity, root, or default display name. UI: "Project" / "Add project". Forbidden: "Repo", "Repository" as UI label.
+- **Workspace** — One concrete `cwd` on one daemon, with git state; belongs to exactly one project. Its `id` is opaque workspace identity; its `cwd` is the filesystem directory. UI: "Workspace". Code: `WorkspaceDescriptorPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2178`). Don't confuse with: Branch (one branch can back many workspaces via worktrees). Forbidden: "Folder", "Directory" as UI label.
+- **Archive workspace** — Removes one workspace from active use and archives everything it owns. UI, CLI, and MCP always say "Archive workspace", regardless of backing. The daemon leaves ordinary directories intact and removes a Paseo-owned worktree only when no active workspace still references it.
+- **Workspace kind** — `"directory" | "local_checkout" | "worktree"`. The git-derived, persisted property of a workspace, used across its lifetime (archive safety, sidebar, grouping). Derived from the cwd's git reality by `deriveWorkspaceKind` in `workspace-registry-model.ts`, not stored from a user choice. Don't confuse with **Isolation** (the create-time intent).
+- **Isolation** — Create-time choice for a new workspace: reuse the existing checkout (**Local**) or cut a dedicated git worktree (**New worktree**). A transient setup input, also remembered as a create-form preference; it is not a workspace property. UI: "Isolation" control on the New Workspace screen. Code: `isolation` (`"local" | "worktree"`), `useWorkspaceIsolation` (`packages/app/src/screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx`); persisted as `FormPreferences.isolation` (`packages/app/src/create-agent-preferences/preferences.ts`). Distinct from **Workspace kind**, which is the git-derived property the intent produces (Local → `local_checkout` or `directory` by git-ness; New worktree → `worktree`). On the wire it is the create request's `source.kind` (`directory | worktree`, `packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:1693`).
 - **Agent** — See **Agent session**. UI still says "Agent" / "New Agent" in places, but moving toward **Agent session** as the canonical term. Code: `AgentSnapshotPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:608`). Forbidden: "Task", "Job", "Run".
 - **Daemon** — Local Paseo server process; identified by `serverId`. UI: "Daemon" (system contexts only). Code: `serverId` in `ServerInfoStatusPayloadSchema` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:1936`), `DaemonClient` (`packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts`).
 - **Host** — Client-side connection profile pointing at a daemon; bundles one or more `HostConnection`s. UI: "Host" / "Add host" / "Switch host". Code: `HostProfile` (`packages/app/src/types/host-connection.ts:37`). Forbidden: "Connection" (means `HostConnection`, not host).
 - **Project host entry** — One row in a project for a single (project, daemon) pair, aggregating that daemon's workspaces in the project. Internal. Code: `ProjectHostEntry` (`packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:11`). Don't introduce "Checkout" as a synonym.
-- **Placement** — One workspace's relationship to its project (projectKey, projectName, git checkout snapshot). Internal. Code: `ProjectPlacementPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2113`).
+- **Placement** — One workspace's stable foreign-key relationship to its project plus its git checkout snapshot. Internal. An explicit creation `projectId` is authoritative when active.
 - **Branch** — Plain git branch. UI: "Switch branch". Code: `currentBranch` in `WorkspaceGitRuntimePayloadSchema` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2136`); `BranchSwitcher` (`packages/app/src/components/branch-switcher.tsx`).
-- **Worktree** — Paseo-managed git worktree (`~/.paseo/worktrees/{name}`); also a `workspaceKind` value. UI: CLI + `paseo.json` keys (`worktree.setup`, `worktree.teardown`) only. Code: `ProjectCheckoutLiteGitPaseoPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2092`); CLI `paseo worktree` (`packages/cli/src/commands/worktree/index.ts:8`). Forbidden: "Checkout" as a synonym.
-- **Repository / Remote** — Internal git inputs (`remoteUrl`, `mainRepoRoot`) used to derive `projectKey`. No UI label.
+- **Forge** — Git hosting service behind Paseo's change-request features: GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo, or a future registered adapter. Code: `ForgeService`, `forge-registry`, `forge-resolver`. Use `forge` for internal abstraction and registry IDs; use concrete forge names only when a behavior or RPC is forge-specific.
+- **Change request** — Forge-neutral term for a proposed branch-to-branch code change. UI normally renders the forge noun instead: GitHub/Gitea/Forgejo "PR", GitLab "MR". Code: `forge_change_request` attachments, `checkoutSource: { kind: "change_request" }`, and PR/MR status payloads.
+- **MR** — GitLab merge request. UI label for GitLab change requests only; do not use MR for GitHub/Gitea/Forgejo.
+- **Worktree** — Paseo-managed git worktree (`~/.paseo/worktrees/{name}`); also a `workspaceKind` value. User-facing creation treats it as the `worktree` workspace isolation choice. Code and `paseo.json` retain worktree terminology for git lifecycle implementation. Forbidden: "Checkout" as a product synonym.
+- **Repository / Remote** — Internal Git observations. They may affect mutable kind/branch metadata but never project identity, root, display name, or workspace membership. No UI label.
+- **Directory-backed surface** — A right-sidebar surface whose content is determined by the workspace's `cwd`, so two workspaces on the same directory see identical content: git diff/status, forge change-request info, file preview/explorer contents. Keyed by `(serverId, cwd)`, never `workspaceId`. See [architecture.md](architecture.md#right-sidebar-boundary-directory-backed-vs-workspace-owned).
+- **Workspace-owned state** — Per-workspace state that never leaks to a same-`cwd` sibling: tabs, agents, terminals, panes, title, plus review drafts, diff-mode overrides, composer attachments, and file-explorer open/expand state. Keyed by `workspaceId` (`cwd` only as a fallback for old payloads). See [architecture.md](architecture.md#right-sidebar-boundary-directory-backed-vs-workspace-owned).
+- **Workspace status bucket** — Aggregate activity signal for a workspace row. Same-`cwd` workspaces intentionally share agent and terminal status buckets, while tab, agent, and terminal visibility remains scoped by `workspaceId`.
 - **Agent session** — One running instance of an agent inside a workspace (one provider, one model, one cwd, one timeline). The conceptual unit; in the UI this opens as a tab. Moving toward this as the canonical term over "Agent". Code: `AgentSnapshotPayload` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:608`).
 - **Session** — Two senses: (a) per-client connection to a daemon, internal; (b) user-facing agent session, see **Agent session**. Code: `Session` (`packages/server/src/server/session.ts`) for (a). Don't confuse with: provider-side agent session log.
 - **Profile** — Internal name for the persisted shape of a host. Code: `HostProfile` (`packages/app/src/types/host-connection.ts:37`). Never user-facing.
-- **Provider** — Agent backend (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, Pi, OMP). UI: "Provider". Code: `ProviderSnapshotEntry` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:198`).
+- **Provider** — Agent backend (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, Pi, Oh My Pi). UI: "Provider". Code: `ProviderSnapshotEntry` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:198`).
 - **Model** — A specific LLM offered by a provider. UI: "Model" / "Select model". Code: `AgentModelDefinition` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:187`).
 - **Tab** — UI surface representing one session inside a workspace. Not a conceptual unit; use **Agent session** when talking about the model. Code: `WorkspaceTabDescriptor` (`packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-tabs-types.ts`).
 - **Terminal** — Workspace-scoped PTY shell streamed over the binary mux channel. UI: "Terminal". Code: `TerminalStreamFrame` (`packages/protocol/src/terminal-stream-protocol.ts`).
 - **Schedule** — Cron-style trigger that creates new agents. UI: CLI/MCP (`paseo schedule`, `create_schedule`). Don't confuse with: Heartbeat (cron prompt back into the same agent) or Loop (iterative re-execution of one agent).
-- **Heartbeat** — Cron-style prompt sent back into the same agent/conversation. MCP: `create_heartbeat`. Use for reminders and babysitting where the status should return inline.
+- **Heartbeat** — Ephemeral cron prompt sent back into the same agent/conversation. Agent surfaces expose create, update cron, and delete only. Use for reminders and babysitting where status should return inline.
 - **Mode** — Provider-specific operational mode (plan, default, full-access, …). UI: icon-only. Code: `modeId` in `AgentSessionConfig` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:257`).
-- **Attachment** — GitHub PR or Issue bound to an agent prompt. UI: "Attach issue or PR". Code: `AgentAttachment` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:782`).
+- **Attachment** — External or local context bound to an agent prompt: forge issue/change request, review context, uploaded file, text, or image. UI: "Attach issue or PR/MR". Code: `AgentAttachment` (`packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:782`).
 - **Composer** — The whole prompt surface for sending work to an agent. Code: `Composer` (`packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx`). Don't call this "message input" except for the text-entry subcomponent.
 - **Composer input** — The text-entry surface inside the composer. Code: `MessageInput` (`packages/app/src/composer/input/input.tsx`).
 - **Composer toolbar** — The bottom control row inside the composer input. Contains agent controls, attachment button, voice controls, and stop/send controls. Code: `leftContent`, `beforeVoiceContent`, and `rightContent` slots in `MessageInput` (`packages/app/src/composer/input/input.tsx`). Forbidden: "Status bar".
 - **Agent controls** — Provider, model, mode, thinking, and provider-feature controls for an agent or draft agent. Code: `AgentControls` / `DraftAgentControls` (`packages/app/src/composer/agent-controls/index.tsx`). Forbidden: "Agent status bar".
 - **Composer footer** — Optional area rendered below the composer input but still inside the keyboard-shifted composer layout. Code: `Composer.footer` (`packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx`).
 - **Composer track** — A contextual lane above the composer input. Specific tracks use the `<thing> track` form: **Queue track**, **Subagents track**. Code: queue track inside `Composer` (`packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx`), `SubagentsTrack` (`packages/app/src/subagents/track.tsx`).
+- **Subagent** — User-facing term for an agent session related to a parent agent session. Use **subagents** in UI copy and docs. Internal daemon/provider plumbing may say "child agent" or `child_session`, especially for provider-managed imports; do not surface "child agent" as a product term.
 - **Attachment tray** — The selected-attachments row inside the composer input, above the text input. Code: `renderAttachmentTray` (`packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx`). Forbidden: "Attachment bar".
 - **Conflict** — Two distinct senses; do NOT use the bare word in UI copy without qualifying which: (a) **stale-write conflict** on `paseo.json` ("Config changed on disk", code `stale_project_config`, `packages/app/src/screens/project-settings-screen.tsx:593`); (b) **git merge conflict** (no current UI string).
 

docs/hub.md

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Paseo Hub relationship
+
+Paseo Hub is an explicit opt-in connection from one Paseo daemon to one Hub. Running a daemon does
+not register it with a Hub. The relationship begins only when a user runs
+`paseo hub connect <url> --token <token>` from the daemon machine.
+
+## Connection and authority
+
+The daemon enrolls over HTTP(S), then opens and maintains a direct outbound WebSocket to the Hub.
+The Hub never discovers or acquires the daemon through Paseo's relay. The relay remains an optional
+encrypted path for normal Paseo clients and has no role in Hub enrollment, authentication, dispatch,
+or reconnects.
+
+The daemon persists a relationship ID and private connection credential before enrollment. The
+relationship is independent of its current transport, so a future transport can replace the direct
+WebSocket without pairing again. The current foundation supports one Hub relationship per daemon.
+
+Normal authenticated daemon sessions may run the `hub.management.daemon.connect`,
+`hub.management.daemon.get_status`, and `hub.management.daemon.disconnect` RPCs. Hub connections
+receive only `hub.execution.*` authority, so execution credentials cannot manage the relationship.
+
+## Session grants and execution ownership
+
+Trusted clients and the Hub use the same `Session` implementation. The connection boundary supplies
+grants: trusted clients receive `*`, while an enrolled Hub connection receives its persisted
+`hub.execution.*` grant. One matcher handles exact RPC names and trailing namespace wildcards for
+both inbound requests and outbound messages. A denied request returns the ordinary `rpc_error`
+shape.
+
+The Hub connection still has a narrow lifecycle boundary: it has no trusted-client hello/resume,
+browser, binary, retained-session, or broadcast state. Its outbound execution events include only
+agents owned by that daemon identity, so unrelated local agents remain outside the Hub surface.
+
+Each Hub create carries an execution ID. The daemon stores that ID with the agent's relationship
+owner before acknowledging creation. Duplicate or replayed creates for the same daemon and
+execution resolve to the same durable agent. After a lost response, reconnect, or daemon restart,
+the Hub retries `hub.execution.agent.create.request` with the same execution ID. The idempotent
+response returns the existing agent and its current state; there is no separate reconciliation RPC.
+Transient stream frames are not durably replayed.
+
+Daemon restart preserves the Hub relationship and owned execution identity, but interrupts any
+active turn. The daemon persists that agent as `closed`; an idempotent create retry returns the same
+daemon, execution, and agent identity with that terminal state. Paseo never stores or automatically
+replays the original prompt. A duplicate create returns the existing agent without starting another
+turn.
+
+Hub creates use the same agent creation path as trusted clients. They may select any existing
+worktree target shape. Execution completion policy remains outside the daemon: a completed agent
+turn does not imply that the Hub execution is terminal.
+
+The Hub ends an execution by sending `hub.execution.control.request` with the durable execution ID
+and either `interrupt` or `archive`. The daemon resolves the agent from the authenticated daemon
+relationship plus that execution ID; callers cannot supply an agent ID or workspace path. Both
+actions are idempotent and continue to resolve from stored ownership after daemon restart.
+If no execution exists for that authenticated daemon and execution ID, interrupt and archive return
+success because the requested stopped or archived state already holds. An execution owned by another
+daemon is indistinguishable from a missing execution and is never exposed or affected.
+
+Interrupt uses the ordinary agent cancellation lifecycle. Archive first archives the owned agent.
+When that agent belongs to an active Paseo-owned worktree workspace, the daemon also archives the
+workspace through the shared workspace archive service, so the backing directory is removed only
+after its final active workspace reference disappears. Local and shared checkouts archive only the
+execution-owned agent.
+
+## Disconnect and revocation
+
+Normal socket loss reconnects the active relationship with bounded exponential backoff and jitter.
+Daemon restart loads the same relationship and credential and reconnects without another enrollment
+ceremony.
+
+Hub authentication rejection or close code `4403` permanently revokes the local relationship. The
+daemon deletes its credential, stops reconnecting, and retains only the relationship ID, Hub origin,
+scopes, and a sanitized reason for status reporting.
+
+`paseo hub disconnect` disables socket reconnect before requesting remote revocation. If the Hub is
+offline, the daemon persists `disconnecting` and retries revocation across daemon restarts without
+opening a Hub socket. This also covers an enrollment whose request may have succeeded but whose
+response was lost. `--force` removes local authority immediately and warns that remote revocation may
+still be pending.
+
+## Cross-repository compatibility
+
+The consumer implementation lives in Paseo Cloud. Cloud owns its copy of the Hub wire schemas and
+has no Paseo runtime or build dependency. Cross-repository end-to-end verification separately builds
+a Paseo source checkout and exercises the real daemon, CLI, direct WebSocket, Cloud service, and
+Postgres. That compatibility fixture is not a package dependency or fallback implementation.

docs/i18n.md

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ Paseo client UI translations live in `packages/app/src/i18n`.
 - `ar`
 - `es`
 - `fr`
+- `ja`
+- `pt-BR`
 - `ru`
 - `zh-CN`
 
-The persisted app language setting is `"system" | "ar" | "en" | "es" | "fr" | "ru" | "zh-CN"`. `"system"` follows the device or browser locale when it maps to a supported locale; unsupported system locales fall back to English.
+The persisted app language setting is `"system" | "ar" | "en" | "es" | "fr" | "ja" | "pt-BR" | "ru" | "zh-CN"`. `"system"` follows the device or browser locale when it maps to a supported locale; unsupported system locales fall back to English. Japanese maps from system locales `ja` and Japanese regional locales. Brazilian Portuguese maps from system locales `pt-BR` and bare `pt`; other Portuguese regional locales remain unsupported until explicitly added.
 
 ## Translation Scope
 
@@ -33,7 +35,16 @@ Run:
 npx vitest run packages/app/src/i18n/resources.test.ts --bail=1
 ```
 
-The parity test catches missing keys between English and Simplified Chinese resources.
+The parity test catches missing keys across English and every supported locale resource.
+
+## Forge-Variant Copy
+
+Strings that vary by git forge follow a two-tier rule:
+
+- **Indeclinable tokens** — brand names ("GitHub", "GitLab"), the PR/MR initialism, number prefixes (`#`/`!`) — are interpolated into a single key (`"Refresh git and {{brand}} state"`). These tokens stay latin and uninflected in every supported locale, so one string per locale suffices. The value comes from the forge manifest via `getForgePresentation`.
+- **Sentences containing the full change-request noun** ("pull request" / "merge request" inflects and takes gender/case in translation) use the i18next `context` mechanism: the base key carries the pull-request wording and an `_mr` sibling carries the merge-request wording (`pullRequest` / `pullRequest_mr`). Call sites pass `t(key, { context: getForgePresentation(forge).changeRequestContext })`; an undefined or unknown context falls back to the base key.
+
+Keys scale per vocabulary family (PR vs MR), not per forge: a new forge picks an existing family in its manifest entry and needs zero locale edits.
 
 ## Migration Order
 
@@ -77,3 +88,4 @@ Within a migrated surface, do not leave mixed-language neighboring labels when t
 - Batch 4X migrated descriptor and command chrome: Pair-device modal header, workspace setup sheet title, terminal panel fallback labels, command-center action titles, and file-pane host-disconnected fallback. Provider/catalog names, command-center search keywords, terminal runtime titles, file paths, and raw read errors remain runtime values.
 - Batch 4Y tightened the translation boundary so React components and custom hooks use `useTranslation()` while pure helpers keep direct `i18n.t(...)` fallbacks, and migrated remaining small UI/accessibility fallbacks across message details, menu backdrops, startup errors, sidebar PR badges, settings/project accessibility labels, composer send/create/download fallbacks, client slash-command descriptions, terminal subscribe errors, and desktop update completion text. Provider catalog metadata, shortcut registry fallbacks, agent/daemon/protocol reasons, terminal contents, raw runtime errors, and user/project/workspace names remain untranslated.
 - Batch 4Z expanded the supported locale set to the six UN official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish now have full client-owned UI resource coverage, with key parity, fallback-ratio, and interpolation-placeholder tests guarding the generated translations. Arabic does not enable RTL layout direction in this batch.
+- Batch 5A added Brazilian Portuguese (`pt-BR`) resource coverage, language selector labels, i18next registration, and system-locale mapping for `pt-BR` and bare `pt`. Non-Brazilian Portuguese regional locales remain unsupported until a matching resource is added.

docs/mobile-panels.md

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Mobile panels
+
+Compact layouts have three mutually exclusive destinations:
+
+- `agent-list` on the left
+- `agent` in the center
+- `file-explorer` on the right
+
+They are one interaction, not two independent drawers. The implementation lives in
+`packages/app/src/mobile-panels/`.
+
+## Ownership
+
+React/Zustand owns the durable intent:
+
+```ts
+interface MobilePanelSelection {
+  target: "agent-list" | "agent" | "file-explorer";
+  revision: number;
+}
+```
+
+Every semantic target change increments `revision`. Repeating the current target is idempotent.
+Compact panel selection is not persisted; a cold start begins at `agent`.
+
+The UI worklet owns transient motion:
+
+- one normalized position (`-1` left, `0` center, `1` right)
+- the current motion target
+- the active gesture's starting revision
+- the last settled target
+
+React also owns presentation lifecycle: whether an overlay is mounted/displayed and whether it may
+receive pointer events. Worklets never own `display` or `pointerEvents`.
+
+## Why one position
+
+Both transforms and both backdrop opacities are derived from the same normalized position. Window
+width is only a projection input. Rotation changes the projection, not the panel state.
+
+This makes these invalid states unrepresentable:
+
+- a panel and its backdrop disagreeing
+- left and right drawers both claiming to be open
+- a width-sync effect resetting an active drag
+- one animation context settling a transition owned by the other
+
+Do not add another panel translate shared value, backdrop shared value, or width synchronization
+effect.
+
+## Ordering and interruption
+
+A gesture captures the current revision when it becomes active. Per-frame updates are accepted only
+while that revision still owns the gesture.
+
+When a React command arrives during a drag, its newer revision clears gesture ownership and starts
+motion toward the new target. The older gesture's remaining updates and finish callback are ignored.
+Canceled gestures return to the latest canonical target. Animation completion is accepted only when
+its target and revision still match the canonical command.
+
+Manual gesture arbitration has two phases:
+
+1. Before activation, determine whether horizontal intent may begin.
+2. After activation, stop running begin checks and let the active revision own updates.
+
+Re-running the begin gate after activation self-cancels the gesture because an active gesture is, by
+definition, no longer eligible to begin.
+
+## Integration rules
+
+- Callers request semantic targets through `panel-store`; they never write shared values.
+- Gesture behavior comes from the four explicit hooks in `mobile-panels/gestures.ts`.
+- Keep `SidebarModelProvider` outside `MobileGestureWrapper`. The provider shares sidebar derivation
+  across consumers, while Gesture Handler requires the wrapper's direct child to be a native `View`
+  so its injected `collapsable={false}` reaches Android/Fabric.
+- Mobile sidebars render through `MobilePanelOverlay`; do not duplicate overlay lifecycle or motion
+  styles in sidebar components.
+- The desktop left sidebar is retained too. App chrome owns separate mounted and visible decisions:
+  closing it or yielding its width marks it inactive and applies `display: none` without conditionally
+  removing the sidebar tree.
+- Animated panel nodes use React Native static styles plus inline theme values. Do not attach
+  Unistyles-generated styles to those nodes; Unistyles and Reanimated patching the same Fabric node
+  has caused native crashes.
+- The plain React wrapper owns `display: none` after settlement. This prevents a stale Fabric animated
+  prop commit from resurrecting a closed overlay.
+- Hidden tabs and workspaces use `RetainedPanel`. It owns a non-collapsible native root, visibility,
+  pointer events, and the active signal consumed by `useRetainedPanelActive`.
+- Panels whose gesture wrapper already owns visibility use `RetainedPanelActivity` to provide the
+  same active signal without adding another layout root. Persistent animations, timers, polling, and
+  shared clocks must subscribe to that signal and stop when their final visible consumer leaves.
+- Synchronized step animations use one wall-clock-aligned source. Register a local shared value only
+  while its retained panel is active so hidden animated styles remain mounted without receiving clock
+  updates. Do not give every instance its own loop or leave hidden styles subscribed to the source.
+- Retention order and render order are separate concerns. LRU metadata may change on every switch;
+  keyed retained roots must keep a stable sibling order. Moving large retained roots triggered Fabric
+  Differ failures (`addViewAt` / `removeViewAt` view reuse) on Android.
+- The newly active panel must be included in the same render that changes selection. Adding it from an
+  effect creates a committed frame where every retained panel is hidden, which is a real blank screen.
+- Do not suspend retained native subtrees with `Suspense`/`react-freeze`. Suspension changes native
+  ownership and can detach descendants. Keep the tree mounted, stabilize its subscriptions/selectors,
+  and use the retained-panel active signal to stop timers, polling, and other genuine background work.
+
+## Tests
+
+`packages/app/src/mobile-panels/model.test.ts` exercises command, drag, cancellation, interruption,
+rapid-command, stale-completion, and width-projection sequences through the transition model. Add a
+sequence there whenever ownership or ordering changes.

docs/mobile-testing.md

@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ for i in $(seq 1 "$ITERATIONS"); do
 done
 ```
 
+### Android audio focus interruptions
+
+Voice mode uses the custom `expo-two-way-audio` Android module, so incoming calls and other system audio owners must be tested with emulator/system commands, not a JS-only test. To verify that voice resume handles denied audio focus without crashing:
+
+```bash
+adb shell am start -n sh.paseo/.MainActivity
+# Start voice mode in an existing composer, then background Paseo with Home.
+adb emu gsm call 5551234
+# Foreground Paseo while the call is still ringing.
+```
+
+Expected result: Paseo does not throw `RuntimeException: Audio focus request failed`; native audio reports an interruption and voice mode stops or pauses coherently.
+
 ## Unistyles + Reanimated
 
 ### The crash

docs/opencode-global-event-baseline.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Replace the OpenCode provider's per-directory `/event` stream with OpenCode's `/
 ## Environment
 
 - `opencode --version`: `1.14.46`
-- `which opencode`: `/Users/moboudra/.asdf/installs/nodejs/22.20.0/bin/opencode`
+- `which opencode`: `opencode`
 - `node --version`: `v22.20.0`
 - `npm --version`: `10.9.3`
 

docs/product.md

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ This architecture means:
 
 - The daemon can run on any machine: laptop, VM, remote server
 - Multiple clients can connect simultaneously
-- Agents keep running when you close the app
+- Agents keep running when a client disconnects — the daemon owns them, not the client
+- Quitting the desktop app stops the daemon it started, so "restart the app" is a real fix; a daemon you run yourself is unaffected
 
 ## Target user
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ Anyone who builds software:
 - Built-in providers: Claude Code (Agent SDK), Codex (app-server), GitHub Copilot (ACP), OpenCode, Pi, OMP
 - One-click ACP provider catalog: CodeWhale, Cursor, Hermes, Qwen Coder, Kimi Code, and others — plus custom ACP providers
 - Voice mode: dictate prompts or talk through problems hands-free
-- MCP server exposes the daemon to other agents (create_agent, send_agent_prompt, schedules, terminals, worktrees)
+- MCP server exposes the daemon to other agents (workspaces, create/detach agent, schedules, heartbeats, terminals, workspace renaming)
 - Scheduled agents (cron-style triggers) via app, CLI, and MCP
 - Frequent releases (multiple per week)
 - Community contributions across packaging, providers, and bug fixes

docs/protocol-validation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Protocol Validation
+
+The client validates inbound WebSocket messages with a zod-aot generated validator instead of runtime Zod on the hot path. Zod remains the authoring source of truth for schemas and TypeScript types.
+
+The reason is mobile performance. A captured 353 KB provider snapshot cost about 10.9 ms and 5.9 MB allocated per message for `JSON.parse` plus Zod on Hermes. After moving provider-model normalization out of the schema so zod-aot could compile the hot subtree, the generated validator path measured about 2.5 ms and 1.2 MB allocated.
+
+## Runtime Path
+
+`packages/protocol/src/validation/ws-outbound.ts` is the shipped boundary. It calls the generated `WSOutboundMessageSchema.safeParse` and returns the validated data. It does not normalize, repair, or re-validate the generated result.
+
+Generated validators preserve unknown keys where Zod object parsing strips them. The client dispatch path uses known `type` and payload fields, so this passthrough behavior is accepted for inbound messages. The wire format is unchanged.
+
+Provider model normalization is a parser-side compatibility shim in the client consumers that need it. Newer daemons normalize at the provider registry source.
+
+## Codegen Ownership
+
+The protocol package owns generation.
+
+- `packages/protocol/codegen/ws-outbound.compile.ts` is the build-time zod-aot discovery entry.
+- `packages/protocol/scripts/generate-validation-aot.mjs` runs the exact-pinned compiler and applies the small local compiler patches before generation.
+- `packages/protocol/scripts/watch-validation-aot.mjs` reruns generation while editing protocol sources.
+- `packages/protocol/src/generated/validation/ws-outbound.aot.ts` is generated runtime code and is gitignored.
+- `packages/protocol/src/validation/ws-outbound-schema-metadata.ts` is runtime schema metadata for zod-aot fallback/default references.
+
+Generation runs from protocol-owned lifecycle hooks: `prebuild`, `pretypecheck`, `pretest`, and `watch`. Installs do not run generation: published packages consume protocol from prebuilt `dist`, and local build/typecheck/test flows generate the source file at the point it is actually needed.
+
+## Regression Tests
+
+zod-aot is exact-pinned and young enough that compiler patches are treated as part of this package. `packages/protocol/tests/validation/ws-outbound.test.ts` keeps small regression tests for the patched cases:
+
+- discriminated-union branch output must propagate `.default()` fields
+- current sequential item routing must accept `tool_call`-like status branches
+- generated runtime imports must keep `.js` extensions for packaged Node ESM
+- the generated WebSocket envelope accepts a minimal valid message and rejects a corrupted one
+
+## Schema Purity
+
+Message schemas are structural declarations. Do not put `.transform()`, `.catch()`, or `.preprocess()` on WebSocket message schemas. If parsed data needs normalization, put it in an explicit consumer or post-validation pass.
+
+Use `z.discriminatedUnion()` when every branch has a shared literal tag. Plain `z.union()` is acceptable only when there is no shared literal discriminator or when a generated-code regression test proves that specific shape is miscompiled.
+
+Defaults are allowed only on primitive leaves. Do not place `.default()` on large arrays, item schemas, or big containers in inbound message schemas.

docs/providers.md

@@ -10,21 +10,31 @@ Extend `ACPAgentClient` from `packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-age
 
 The only built-in ACP provider today is `copilot` (`copilot-acp-agent.ts`). `GenericACPAgentClient` (`generic-acp-agent.ts`) is also ACP-based but is used for user-defined custom providers configured via `extends: "acp"` overrides — see [docs/custom-providers.md](custom-providers.md).
 
+Copilot custom agents are exposed through ACP session config, not the slash-command list. When custom agents are available, Copilot returns a select config option with `id: "agent"` and `category: "_agent"`; Paseo maps that to the `agent` provider feature. Copilot uses the agent display name as the option value, and the blank value means the default Copilot agent.
+
 ### Direct
 
 Implement the `AgentClient` and `AgentSession` interfaces from `agent-sdk-types.ts` yourself. This gives full control but requires you to handle process management, streaming, permissions, and session persistence from scratch.
 
-Existing direct providers: `claude` (in `providers/claude/agent.ts`), `codex` (`codex-app-server-agent.ts`), `opencode` (`opencode-agent.ts`), `pi` (`providers/pi/agent.ts`), and `omp` (a Pi-compatible built-in backed by the Pi adapter). The dev-only `mock` provider (`mock-load-test-agent.ts`) is also direct.
+Existing direct providers: `claude` (in `providers/claude/agent.ts`), `codex` (`codex-app-server-agent.ts`), `opencode` (`opencode-agent.ts`), `pi` (`providers/pi/agent.ts`), and `omp` (`providers/omp/agent.ts`). The dev-only `mock` provider (`mock-load-test-agent.ts`) is also direct.
+
+Claude first-party model metadata lives in `packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/model-manifest.ts`. When adding or updating a Claude model, update that manifest only; the model picker thinking options and Claude-specific feature gates are derived from the manifest. Do not add model-specific Claude capability lists in feature code.
+
+Paseo tools are not implemented as MCP tools internally. They live in a shared tool catalog under `packages/server/src/server/agent/tools/`; MCP is only the fallback adapter. A provider that can register runtime tools directly should set `supportsNativePaseoTools: true` and consume `launchContext.paseoTools` in `createSession`/`resumeSession`. When native tools are present, `AgentManager` strips the internal Paseo MCP server from the provider launch config so the provider does not receive the same tools twice. Providers that only know MCP should keep `supportsMcpServers: true` and let the daemon inject `/mcp/agents`.
 
 Pi is a process-backed provider. Paseo requires the user to have the `pi` binary installed and talks to it through `pi --mode rpc`; the server package does not embed Pi's SDK/runtime packages.
 
-Paseo's per-agent and daemon-wide system prompts are passed to Pi with `--append-system-prompt`, so Pi keeps its default coding prompt while receiving Paseo's additional instructions.
+Paseo's per-agent and daemon-wide system prompts are appended by its generated Pi integration extension. Paseo deliberately does not pass `--append-system-prompt`, because that flag replaces Pi's automatic `APPEND_SYSTEM.md` discovery instead of composing with it.
 
-Pi MCP support depends on the open-source `pi-mcp-adapter` extension being loaded for the agent cwd. Probe with Pi RPC `get_commands`; the adapter registers an extension command named `mcp` (often with `sourceInfo.source` containing `pi-mcp-adapter`). When Paseo injects MCP servers into Pi, write a per-agent MCP config and pass it with `--mcp-config` instead of modifying user or project MCP files. For local HTTP servers such as Paseo's own `/mcp/agents` endpoint, explicitly disable adapter OAuth (`auth: false`, `oauth: false`) in the generated config.
+Pi model records expose input capabilities through `model.input`. Only send raw RPC `images` when the current model explicitly includes `"image"` in that list. Text-only Pi/OMP models reject image content and persist the rejected image in JSONL history, so image prompts for those models must be materialized to a local file and passed as a text path hint instead.
+
+Pi MCP support depends on the open-source `pi-mcp-adapter` extension being loaded for the agent cwd. Probe with Pi RPC `get_commands`; the adapter registers an extension command named `mcp` (often with `sourceInfo.source` containing `pi-mcp-adapter`). When Paseo injects MCP servers into Pi, write a per-agent MCP config and pass it with `--mcp-config` instead of modifying user or project MCP files. Because that flag replaces the Pi global config layer, preserve the existing `<Pi agent dir>/mcp.json` in the generated file before overlaying injected servers. For local HTTP servers such as Paseo's own `/mcp/agents` endpoint, explicitly disable adapter OAuth (`auth: false`, `oauth: false`) in the generated config.
 
 Pi import discovery reads Pi's persisted JSONL session files because Pi RPC does not expose a recent-session listing command. Resume and full history hydration still go through `pi --mode rpc` using the session file as `nativeHandle`.
 
-OMP is a built-in Pi-compatible provider, disabled by default. It uses the `omp` command and imports terminal-started sessions from `~/.omp/agent/sessions` when enabled. Other Pi-compatible forks can still be custom providers that extend `pi`, override `command`, and set `params.sessionDir` to their JSONL session directory.
+OMP is a first-class built-in provider, disabled by default. Its launch contract, typed runtime, agent/session behavior, history, permissions, imports, and test fake live under `providers/omp/`; only the provider-neutral JSONL child-process transport is shared with Pi. It launches `omp --mode rpc-ui`, uses OMP's `get_available_commands` RPC for slash-command discovery, bridges OMP `rpc-ui` approval dialogs into Paseo permissions, and imports terminal-started sessions from `~/.omp/agent/sessions` when enabled.
+
+OMP supports native Paseo host tools. The adapter registers the caller-scoped Paseo tool catalog directly with OMP, so `create_agent`, `send_agent_prompt`, `wait_for_agent`, and related tools do not need the internal MCP fallback. OMP's provider-managed task subagents are surfaced as Paseo subagents through `child_session` imports; the parent keeps the subagents track while the child runtime stays owned by OMP. Custom OMP profiles should extend `omp`; other Pi-compatible forks can still extend `pi`, override `command`, and set `params.sessionDir` to their JSONL session directory.
 
 Pi RPC extension UI dialog requests (`select`, `input`, `editor`, `confirm`) are bridged into Paseo question permissions and answered with `extension_ui_response`. Pi extensions such as `ask_user` may chain dialogs: for example, a `select` can be followed by an optional-comment `input`. When an `ask_user` tool call declares `allowComment: true`, Paseo presents the selection and optional comment as one question permission, answers Pi's initial `select` immediately, then auto-answers the follow-up optional `input` with the comment the user already supplied (or an empty string). Preserve placeholders and optional/skip semantics for standalone optional inputs so the app can still distinguish "skip this optional input" from "cancel the whole dialog." Fire-and-forget extension UI requests such as notifications are intentionally ignored by the provider adapter unless Paseo grows first-class UI for them.
 
@@ -32,25 +42,52 @@ OpenCode MCP injection is dynamic and session-scoped. Call OpenCode's `mcp.add`
 
 OpenCode owns user message IDs. Do not pass Paseo-generated IDs to OpenCode prompt APIs; let OpenCode create `msg*` IDs and record the user timeline item from the `message.updated` event.
 
-Every provider adapter owns its canonical user-message timeline rows. When a foreground prompt is accepted, the adapter must emit exactly one `user_message` timeline item for that submitted prompt, using the same message ID it gives to or receives from the provider runtime. Optimistic client messages are UI-only and provider transcript echoes are optional; neither is allowed to be the only source of truth. If the provider later echoes the same submitted user message, dedupe by provider-visible message ID, not by text.
+Every provider adapter owns its canonical user-message timeline rows. When a foreground prompt is accepted, the adapter must emit exactly one `user_message` timeline item for that submitted prompt, using the same message ID it gives to or receives from the provider runtime. Optimistic client messages are UI-only and provider transcript echoes are optional; neither is allowed to be the only source of truth. If the provider later echoes the same submitted user message, dedupe it only within the active turn. Prefer provider-visible message IDs, but ACP runtimes may omit that ID or replace it with a provider-owned one; in that case suppress only echo chunks whose accumulated text is a prefix of the active submitted prompt. Do not perform global transcript text dedupe.
 
-Draft metadata lookups should avoid creating provider sessions when the upstream provider has top-level APIs for that metadata. Prefer `AgentClient.listModels`, `listModes`, `listCommands`, or `listFeatures` over creating a scratch `AgentSession`; scratch sessions can show up as empty native sessions in provider import/history UIs.
+Submitted user-message rows preserve both identities: `messageId` is the provider-visible ID and the optional `clientMessageId` is the Paseo ID from `AgentRunOptions`. Attach `clientMessageId` only to the canonical row for that foreground submission; provider history and externally initiated user rows do not have a Paseo client ID.
+
+Draft metadata lookups should avoid creating provider sessions when the upstream provider has top-level APIs for that metadata. Prefer `AgentClient.fetchCatalog`, `listCommands`, or `listFeatures` over creating a scratch `AgentSession`; scratch sessions can show up as empty native sessions in provider import/history UIs. `fetchCatalog` is the single discovery API for models and modes — provider implementations may use one process, separate upstream calls, or static data internally, but callers outside the provider do not get separate runtime model/mode probes. Draft feature and command listing must use the explicit draft model only; if no model is selected yet, return no metadata instead of resolving a default model through catalog discovery.
 
 Provider session import has its own contract. The picker calls `listImportableSessions` and receives rows only: provider handle, cwd, title, prompt previews, and last activity. Import calls `importSession({ providerHandleId, cwd })` for the selected row and must not call listing again. The provider returns the resumed session, storage config, persistence handle, and hydrated timeline for that one native session; `AgentManager.importProviderSession` seeds the daemon timeline and publishes the Paseo agent only after it is ready.
 
+## Provider Helper Processes
+
+Provider-owned helper processes that can outlive an individual agent session must be recorded in the daemon's managed-process registry. Store provider/kind metadata, the PID, launch command/args, and process identity captured from the platform process table. Remove the record on normal exit or shutdown.
+
+If a helper process has a readiness phase, the provider's lifecycle model must own the process immediately after `spawn`, before readiness succeeds. Startup timeout, startup exit, and daemon shutdown must all clean up through that owned generation. Do not keep a spawned helper only inside a readiness promise; that creates a live process outside the manager/reaper contract.
+
+Daemon bootstrap reconciles that ledger in the background, without blocking startup: dead PIDs are deleted, PID identity mismatches are deleted without killing anything, only positively matched Paseo-owned leftovers are terminated, and a record whose process cannot be inspected is left in place for the next reconcile rather than deleted. Do not add broad process-name sweepers for provider cleanup; cleanup starts from records Paseo previously wrote.
+
 ---
 
 ## Provider Snapshot Refresh Contract
 
-The daemon keeps provider snapshots per resolved working directory. Missing or blank cwd resolves to the user's home directory. Workspace selectors and old model/mode list requests should pass the cwd that will launch the provider so providers with project-specific models or modes are probed in the right context. Settings/provider management intentionally uses the home-directory snapshot.
+The daemon keeps provider snapshots per resolved working directory, with a separate semantic global scope for settings/provider management and requests that do not carry a cwd. Provider catalog probes receive a discriminated `FetchCatalogOptions`: `{ scope: "global", force }` for global catalog refreshes, or `{ scope: "workspace", cwd, force }` for project-scoped refreshes. Providers decide what global means for their runtime; do not infer global by comparing a cwd to the user's home directory.
 
 Snapshot reads may probe providers only while the requested cwd scope is cold. Once an entry is warm, its `ready`, `error`, or `unavailable` state stays cached until an explicit refresh. Do not add TTL revalidation, focus-triggered refreshes, selector-open refreshes, or config-reload refreshes. Selector-open refetches may read an already-loading or stale React Query, but they must not force provider probing on their own.
 
-Settings refresh is the user-facing "forget stale provider knowledge everywhere" action. A settings refresh clears provider snapshot caches and in-flight loads across all cwd scopes, then immediately refreshes only the home-directory snapshot with `force: true`. Workspace snapshots are re-probed lazily on the next scoped read; do not fan out a settings refresh across every known workspace.
+Settings refresh is the user-facing "forget stale provider knowledge everywhere" action. A settings refresh clears provider snapshot caches and in-flight loads across all cwd scopes, then immediately refreshes only the global snapshot with `force: true`. Workspace snapshots are re-probed lazily on the next scoped read; do not fan out a settings refresh across every known workspace.
 
 Registry/config replacement may update visible metadata such as label, description, default mode, enabled state, and provider membership, but it must not spawn provider processes. If a provider needs to be re-probed after a config change, route that through the explicit settings refresh path.
 
-Boundary tests should assert observable behavior: cold reads may call provider availability/model/mode discovery for that cwd; warm reads and registry replacement must not; explicit workspace refreshes affect only one cwd; settings refresh wipes all scopes but immediately refreshes only home.
+Boundary tests should assert observable behavior: cold reads may call provider availability/model/mode discovery for that scope; warm reads and registry replacement must not; explicit workspace refreshes affect only one cwd; settings refresh wipes all scopes but immediately refreshes only global.
+
+---
+
+## Provider Usage Fetchers
+
+Provider plan usage is fetch-on-demand, not a daemon push subscription. The app calls `provider.usage.list.request` through React Query when the usage tooltip or Host Usage settings screen is shown, and the daemon returns the normalized `ProviderUsage` list directly.
+
+To add plan usage for a provider, add `packages/server/src/services/quota-fetcher/providers/<provider>.ts` and register it in `packages/server/src/services/quota-fetcher/manifest.ts`. The provider file exports only its fetcher class; provider auth, endpoint constants, API schemas, and normalization helpers stay private in that file. A fetcher owns provider auth/API parsing and returns the generic shape:
+
+- `providerId`, `displayName`, `status`, and optional `planLabel`
+- any number of `windows` such as Session, Weekly, or Biweekly
+- optional `balances` for credits, USD, requests, or tokens
+- optional `details` for provider-specific rows
+
+Keep the protocol shape provider-agnostic. Do not add provider-specific renderers for new limit windows; labels and generic bars should carry the UI. API responses should be parsed and normalized with Zod inside the fetcher, while the protocol boundary stays strict so old/new client compatibility is explicit.
+
+Kimi Code usage follows the CLI-managed credential file at `KIMI_CODE_HOME` or `~/.kimi-code/credentials/kimi-code.json`; do not probe the legacy `~/.kimi` path as the primary source for current Kimi Code installs.
 
 ---
 
@@ -313,14 +350,13 @@ interface AgentClient {
     overrides?: Partial<AgentSessionConfig>,
     launchContext?: AgentLaunchContext,
   ): Promise<AgentSession>;
-  listModels(options: ListModelsOptions): Promise<AgentModelDefinition[]>;
+  fetchCatalog(options: FetchCatalogOptions): Promise<ProviderCatalog>;
   isAvailable(): Promise<boolean>;
   // Optional:
-  listModes?(options: ListModesOptions): Promise<AgentMode[]>;
-  listImportableSessions?(
+  listImportableSessions(
     options?: ListImportableSessionsOptions,
   ): Promise<ImportableProviderSession[]>;
-  importSession?(
+  importSession(
     input: ImportProviderSessionInput,
     context: ImportProviderSessionContext,
   ): Promise<ImportedProviderSession>;
@@ -343,7 +379,7 @@ interface AgentSession {
   getRuntimeInfo(): Promise<AgentRuntimeInfo>;
   getAvailableModes(): Promise<AgentMode[]>;
   getCurrentMode(): Promise<string | null>;
-  setMode(modeId: string): Promise<void>;
+  setMode(modeId: string): Promise<void | AgentProviderNotice>;
   getPendingPermissions(): AgentPermissionRequest[];
   respondToPermission(
     requestId: string,
@@ -355,7 +391,7 @@ interface AgentSession {
   // Optional:
   listCommands?(): Promise<AgentSlashCommand[]>;
   setModel?(modelId: string | null): Promise<void>;
-  setThinkingOption?(thinkingOptionId: string | null): Promise<void>;
+  setThinkingOption?(thinkingOptionId: string | null): Promise<void | AgentProviderNotice>;
   setFeature?(featureId: string, value: unknown): Promise<void>;
   tryHandleOutOfBand?(prompt: AgentPromptInput): {
     run(ctx: { emit: (event: AgentStreamEvent) => void }): Promise<void>;
@@ -363,6 +399,8 @@ interface AgentSession {
 }
 ```
 
+`setMode` and `setThinkingOption` may return an `AgentProviderNotice` when the provider knows the change needs user-facing context. For example, providers that stage changes until the next turn should return an `info` notice while a turn is already running. The app renders the notice generically as a toast; provider-specific lifecycle behavior stays in the provider implementation.
+
 ### Steps
 
 1. Create `packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/{name}-agent.ts` implementing both interfaces

docs/refactors/session-decomposition-plan.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ Each domain becomes a controller class in its own file with the **exact** contra
 
 Session shrinks to a connection/dispatch shell: it keeps `handleMessage`, the `??` chain (1739-1751), `emit`/`emitBinary`, `sessionLogger`, connection identity, inflight metrics, lifecycle intents, and the **ordered** `cleanup()`. Each `dispatchXMessage` collapses to `return this.xController.dispatch(msg)`.
 
+## Progress (shipped — diverged from the original filenames)
+
+The first carves shipped as **deep modules with a narrow Host seam**, not the `dispatch(msg)`-owned-set controllers sketched below: `session.ts` keeps each `dispatchXMessage` switch and delegates per case to the subsystem. Home convention that emerged: session subsystems live at **`session/<domain>/`**, with `session.ts` as the orchestrator shell.
+
+- **#1640 — VoiceSession** (`session/voice/voice-session.ts`, seam `VoiceSessionHost`): the STT/TTS/dictation/turn-detection subsystem. _(Originally landed at `server/voice/`; relocated under `session/` so all session subsystems share one home.)_
+- **#1644 — CheckoutSession, read side** (`session/checkout/checkout-session.ts`, seam `CheckoutSessionHost`, port `CheckoutDiffSubscriber`): status, branch validate/suggest, diff subscribe/unsubscribe, manual refresh. The workspace-git observer already delegates `emitStatusUpdate`/`scheduleDiffRefresh` to it.
+
+**Next carve — CheckoutSession mutation side (Slice 4 below).** The 17 checkout _write_ handlers still inline in `session.ts` (`dispatchCheckoutMessage`, ~2010) — branch switch/rename, commit, merge, merge-from-base, pull, push, PR create/merge, github set-auto-merge/get-check-details, PR status, PR timeline, github search, stash save/pop/list — move into the existing `session/checkout/checkout-session.ts` behind `CheckoutSessionHost`. The Slice-3 observer entanglement the table fears is already resolved: #1644 moved the status/diff read side into CheckoutSession, so the workspace observer delegates today and this no longer blocks on the WorkspaceController split.
+
 ### Why this is safe at the dispatch seam (verified)
 
 `dispatchInboundMessage` builds `a() ?? b() ?? ... ?? dispatchMiscMessage()` and short-circuits on the first non-`undefined` **Promise object** (not its resolved value). Message-type spaces are **disjoint** (no duplicate `case` labels across switches), so at most one dispatcher matches any message — collapsing to delegation cannot change which handler runs. `dispatchTerminalMessage` (2150-2153) already proves this. Two quirks preserved verbatim: schedule/\* is reached via the chat dispatcher's OWN `default` arm (2183), not the top-level `??`; and `start_workspace_script_request` (a workspace type) is special-cased before terminal delegation (2150).
@@ -117,7 +126,7 @@ In-place, separately reviewable. Split the `audio_output` TTS-debug branch out o
 
 ## Slice 7 — VoiceSessionController (XL)
 
-**Move:** voice handlers + ~25 voice fields + the TTS-debug hook (Slice 6) + `voiceModeAgentId`/`isVoiceMode` + the `shouldAutoAllowVoicePermission` predicate (Slice 3) → `packages/server/src/server/voice/voice-session-controller.ts`. Carve voice types out of `dispatchVoiceAndControlMessage`, leaving infra (restart/shutdown/heartbeat/ping/abort) on the shell.
+**Move:** voice handlers + ~25 voice fields + the TTS-debug hook (Slice 6) + `voiceModeAgentId`/`isVoiceMode` + the `shouldAutoAllowVoicePermission` predicate (Slice 3) → the existing `packages/server/src/server/session/voice/voice-session.ts` (see Progress above). Carve voice types out of `dispatchVoiceAndControlMessage`, leaving infra (restart/shutdown/heartbeat/ping/abort) on the shell.
 
 **SessionContext surface:** pure `emit`, `emitBinary`, `hasBinaryChannel`, `sessionLogger`/`sessionId`/`paseoHome`, `getSpeechReadiness`, agent-control port `{ loadAgent, reloadWithSystemPrompt, interruptIfRunning, isRunning, sendSpokenText, buildAgentPrompt }`, `getSignal`/`abortCurrent` (Slice 6).
 

docs/release.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ A release has exactly two steps. The agent does the first, the user authorizes t
 - ACP provider catalog drift checked with `npm run acp:version-drift:check`;
   if stale package-runner pins are intentional, say so explicitly, otherwise run
   `npm run acp:version-drift:update` and commit the updated catalog
+- classify the previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff as patch or minor, then show the
+  target version and rationale to the user
 - draft the changelog, show it to the user, wait for review
 - run the pre-release sanity check, surface findings to the user
 - confirm CI is green
@@ -27,29 +29,56 @@ Rules that apply to both steps:
 - No code changes bundled into the changelog commit or the release commit. Code shims live in their own commit, reviewed on their own merits.
 - A sanity-check finding is information, not a directive. The agent surfaces it; the user decides.
 - Invoking a release skill is intent to start the flow, not blanket authorization to publish.
+- If the user asks for a release preview, show the prospective changelog/release contents and answer questions, but do not commit, tag, publish, or run release commands until they explicitly authorize the release.
 
 ## Two paths
 
 There are two supported ways to ship from `main`:
 
 1. **Direct stable release**: you are ready to ship the current `main` commit to everyone immediately.
-2. **Beta flow**: silent release candidates. Betas don't touch the changelog, don't move the website, and publish npm only on the explicit `beta` dist-tag.
+2. **Beta flow**: release candidates on the `beta` channel. Betas carry an in-place changelog entry (beta users check it), publish npm only on the explicit `beta` dist-tag, and never move the website download target off the latest stable.
 
-## Standard release (patch)
+## Release version decision
 
-Before running any stable patch release command:
+Every fresh release starts by classifying the full previous-stable-to-`HEAD`
+diff. The highest-impact change determines the version:
+
+- **Minor** — a user would experience the release as a significant upgrade. This
+  includes substantial new workflows, providers, forges, platforms, integrations,
+  or meaningful expansions of existing capabilities. Foundational internal work
+  also qualifies when it materially changes reliability, performance,
+  compatibility, deployment, or operation; diff size alone does not.
+- **Patch** — fixes, polish, small enhancements, and reliability or performance
+  improvements within existing capabilities. Follow-up corrections to a minor
+  release are patches.
+
+The release agent selects patch or minor during preparation and presents the
+target version with the changelog for approval. Agents never select a major
+version autonomously. A major release requires an explicit user instruction and
+approval; Paseo remains on major version zero until that deliberate decision.
+
+Version bumps are never used to retry a failed build. Retry the existing version
+as described in **Fixing a failed release build**.
+
+## Standard release (stable)
+
+Before running any stable release command:
 
 - Make sure the intended release commit is already committed to `main` and the working tree is clean.
 - **Run `npm run format`, `npm run lint`, and `npm run typecheck` and commit any resulting changes BEFORE you start any `release:*` command.** `release:check` runs `npm install --workspaces --include-workspace-root` as part of `release:prepare`, which can mutate `package-lock.json` (e.g. churning `"dev": true` markers on optional deps). The next step, `version:all:*`, runs `npm version` which aborts when the working tree is dirty. If this happens mid-flight you have to commit the lockfile churn before retrying — and the pre-commit format hook will reject a lockfile-only commit because oxfmt internally skips `package-lock.json` while lefthook's glob still matches it. Avoid the whole mess by running format/lint/typecheck first, then `release:prepare` once on its own to absorb any lockfile churn into a normal commit, then start the release.
-- Do not use `npm run release:patch` as a substitute for checking whether the current commit is actually ready.
+- Do not use a release command as a substitute for checking whether the current commit is actually ready.
 
 ```bash
+# Run exactly one, matching the approved decision:
 npm run release:patch
+npm run release:minor
 ```
 
-This bumps the version across all workspaces, runs checks, publishes to npm, and pushes the branch + tag. The tag push triggers `Desktop Release`, `Android APK Release`, and `Release Notes Sync` on GitHub Actions. EAS picks up the same tag via the EAS GitHub app and starts the iOS + Android store builds in parallel (see "Mobile builds (EAS)" below) — there is no `release-mobile.yml` in this repo.
+This bumps the version across all workspaces, runs checks, publishes to npm, and pushes the branch + tag. The tag push triggers `Desktop Release`, `Android APK Release`, `Docker`, and `Release Notes Sync` on GitHub Actions. EAS picks up the same tag via the EAS GitHub app and starts the iOS + Android store builds in parallel (see "Mobile builds (EAS)" below) — there is no `release-mobile.yml` in this repo.
 
-**Releases are always patch.** "Release paseo", "release stable", "ship stable", and similar always mean a patch bump from the previous stable. Never bump minor or major to trigger a build, ever — minor and major bumps are reserved for genuinely larger product cuts and require an explicit user instruction with the word "minor" or "major". If you find yourself reaching for `release:minor` to retrigger a failed build, you are doing the wrong thing — push a retry tag instead (see "Fixing a failed release build" below).
+The Docker workflow builds images from the checked-out source tree on pull requests and on `main` as non-publishing checks. Stable `vX.Y.Z` tag pushes publish `ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:X.Y.Z` and `ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:latest`; beta `vX.Y.Z-beta.N` tag pushes publish only `ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:X.Y.Z-beta.N` and never move `latest`.
+
+The production relay is the Elixir service in [getpaseo/paseo-relay](https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo-relay), with its own deployment process. Paseo releases and pushes to this repository do not deploy it. The Cloudflare relay code and workflow in this repository are legacy and are not used in production.
 
 **Stable means stable.** If the user says "stable" or "ship stable", do not ask whether they want a beta first. They picked stable; treat it as a direct stable release. Only run the beta flow when the user explicitly says "beta".
 
@@ -58,7 +87,9 @@ This bumps the version across all workspaces, runs checks, publishes to npm, and
 ```bash
 npm run typecheck            # Verify the exact commit you intend to release
 npm run release:check        # Typecheck, build, dry-run pack
-npm run version:all:patch    # Bump version, create commit + tag
+# Run exactly one approved version command:
+npm run version:all:patch
+npm run version:all:minor
 npm run release:publish      # Publish to npm
 npm run release:push         # Push HEAD + tag (triggers CI workflows)
 ```
@@ -66,7 +97,8 @@ npm run release:push         # Push HEAD + tag (triggers CI workflows)
 ## Beta flow
 
 ```bash
-npm run release:beta:patch       # Bump to X.Y.Z-beta.1, publish npm beta, push commit + tag
+npm run release:beta:patch       # Start the next patch beta line
+npm run release:beta:minor       # Start the next minor beta line
 # ... test desktop and APK prerelease assets from GitHub Releases ...
 npm run release:beta:next        # Optional: cut X.Y.Z-beta.2, beta.3, ...
 npm run release:promote          # Promote X.Y.Z-beta.N to stable X.Y.Z
@@ -78,7 +110,7 @@ npm run release:promote          # Promote X.Y.Z-beta.N to stable X.Y.Z
 - `release:promote` creates a fresh stable tag like `v0.1.41`; the final release never reuses the beta tag
 - Desktop assets now come from the Electron package at `packages/desktop`
 - Beta releases use Electron's `beta` update channel. Users on the stable channel only receive stable releases; users on the beta channel receive beta releases and the final stable release when it is published.
-- **Betas don't touch `CHANGELOG.md`.** Beta GitHub releases ship with empty notes — that's intentional. The changelog entry is written once, at promotion time, covering the full stable-to-stable diff. The release-notes sync script skips betas cleanly because no matching section exists.
+- **Betas carry a changelog entry.** Beta users read release notes, so each beta updates an in-place `CHANGELOG.md` entry (`## X.Y.Z-beta.N`) that `Release Notes Sync` mirrors into the prerelease body on the tag push. The entry is intermediary: promotion overwrites it in place with the final stable entry, so no `-beta.N` heading is ever left behind. See the Changelog policy section.
 
 Use the beta path when you need to:
 
@@ -102,7 +134,7 @@ Updater clients only discover a release through those `.yml` manifests, so there
 
 ### Default behavior
 
-`npm run release:patch` → tag push → 36h ramp. No extra action needed.
+`npm run release:patch` or `npm run release:minor` → tag push → 36h ramp. No extra action needed.
 
 The `rollout_hours` input on `desktop-release.yml` is **only read on `workflow_dispatch`** — tag-push runs always default to 36. To get any other rollout duration on a fresh release, use the post-publish flip below.
 
@@ -122,7 +154,7 @@ gh workflow run desktop-rollout.yml \
 
 **Why this is gap-free:** `desktop-release.yml`'s `finalize-rollout` job and `desktop-rollout.yml` share the concurrency group `desktop-rollout-<tag>`. Dispatching `desktop-rollout.yml` while the tag-push pipeline is still running queues it safely behind `finalize-rollout`. The first public manifests already carry `rolloutHours=36`, then `desktop-rollout.yml` flips them to `rolloutHours=0` shortly afterward. The renderer polls every 30 minutes, so active stable users pick up the new manifest on their next check.
 
-Run the dispatch right after `release:patch` returns. Don't wait for the tag-push CI to finish.
+Run the dispatch right after `release:patch` or `release:minor` returns. Don't wait for the tag-push CI to finish.
 
 ### Adjusting an already-published release
 
@@ -160,17 +192,17 @@ gh workflow run desktop-release.yml \
   -f rollout_hours=6
 ```
 
-This does **not** apply to fresh releases cut via `npm run release:patch` — that path always tag-pushes and stamps 36. For a fresh release with a custom ramp, cut normally and then dispatch `desktop-rollout.yml` (same pattern as the instant-admit flow above, with your chosen `rollout_hours`).
+This does **not** apply to fresh releases cut via `npm run release:patch` or `npm run release:minor` — those paths always tag-push and stamp 36. For a fresh release with a custom ramp, cut normally and then dispatch `desktop-rollout.yml` (same pattern as the instant-admit flow above, with your chosen `rollout_hours`).
 
 ### Releasing during an active rollout
 
-If you ship N+1 while N is still ramping, N+1 starts a fresh rollout from its own publish timestamp. N's rollout effectively ends — the newer manifest supersedes it.
+If you ship N+1 while N is still ramping, N+1 starts a fresh rollout from its own publish timestamp. N's rollout effectively ends — the newer manifest supersedes it. Rollout-aware clients revalidate the manifest for up to five seconds before installing a downloaded update on quit. If N+1 has replaced N but the client is not admitted to N+1 yet, it skips the downloaded N and waits rather than installing two updates in succession. If revalidation times out, the app exits without installing the cached update.
 
 If N+1 is a hotfix for a bug in N, dispatch `desktop-rollout.yml -f tag=v0.1.<N+1> -f rollout_hours=0` after N+1 publishes so the users who already got N reach the fix fast.
 
 ### Limitations
 
-- **No pause / kill switch.** Once a stable user is admitted, they will install the update on next quit (`autoInstallOnAppQuit = true`). To stop new admissions, ship a superseding release. To "recall" already-admitted users, ship a hotfix `+1` patch.
+- **No pause / kill switch.** To stop new admissions, ship a superseding release. Clients revalidate on quit and will not install the superseded download, but a client that already completed installation cannot be recalled; ship a hotfix `+1` patch.
 - **No rollback.** `allowDowngrade = false`. Bad release = ship a hotfix.
 - **Bootstrap caveat.** Clients running a build older than the rollout feature ignore `rolloutHours` and admit immediately. Rollout protection only applies to clients running the rollout-aware version or later.
 - **Up to ~30 min automatic admission latency.** Renderer polls every 30 minutes, so a stable user may take up to that long to be evaluated against the rollout window. Clicking **Check** is manual and bypasses rollout admission.
@@ -183,6 +215,8 @@ iOS and Android store builds are not in `.github/workflows`. They are triggered
 - **iOS (TestFlight + App Store)** — EAS builds with profile `production`, uploads to TestFlight, and a Fastlane lane submits the build for App Store review.
 - **Android APK (GitHub Release asset)** — separate, via `.github/workflows/android-apk-release.yml`. This is the only Android-related workflow that lives in this repo.
 
+EAS uses the local app version source. `packages/app/app.config.js` derives Android `versionCode` and iOS `buildNumber` from the package version as `major * 1_000_000 + minor * 1_000 + patch`, ignoring prerelease metadata. Rebuilding the same tag produces the same native build number; if a store has already accepted a binary and you need a different binary, cut a new patch instead of relying on EAS remote auto-increment.
+
 There is no `release-mobile.yml` in this repo. Earlier versions of these docs referenced one — that workflow was removed and the EAS GitHub app handles tag triggering directly.
 
 ### Watching mobile builds from the terminal
@@ -260,7 +294,8 @@ The GitHub Release body is populated automatically by the `Release Notes Sync` w
 
 - The website download page points to GitHub's latest published **stable** release.
 - Published beta prereleases are public on GitHub Releases, but they do **not** become the website download target.
-- The website only moves when you publish the final stable release tag like `v0.1.41`.
+- The download target only moves when you publish the final stable release tag like `v0.1.41`.
+- The public `/changelog` page renders `CHANGELOG.md` as-is, so the in-flight `-beta.N` entry shows there once it lands on `main` — that's intended, it's where beta users check what's coming. Only the **download target** stays pinned to the latest stable; the download links read GitHub's releases API, not the changelog, so a `-beta.N` heading on top never affects them.
 - The website itself is deployed by `Deploy Website` (Cloudflare Workers), which redeploys on `release: published` for non-prerelease releases and on pushes to `main` that touch `CHANGELOG.md` or `packages/website/**`.
 
 ## Fixing a failed release build
@@ -269,9 +304,30 @@ The GitHub Release body is populated automatically by the `Release Notes Sync` w
 
 **Do not rely on `workflow_dispatch` for tagged code fixes.** The `workflow_dispatch` trigger runs the workflow file from the default branch but checks out the code at the tag ref (`ref: ${{ inputs.tag }}`). That means fixes committed to `main` won't change the tagged source tree being built. `workflow_dispatch` only helps when the fix lives in the workflow file itself.
 
-To retry a failed workflow, **always push a retry tag** on the commit you want to build. Reusing the same tag name is expected: move it with `git tag -f ...` and push it with `--force` so the workflow rebuilds the commit you actually want.
+For Docker-only retries, **do not push or force-push a `v*` release tag**.
+`v*` tag pushes rebuild desktop assets, the Android APK, Docker, release notes,
+and EAS mobile release builds. Use the Docker workflow dispatch instead:
 
-Prefer a tag push over `workflow_dispatch` whenever you are rebuilding release code or release assets.
+```bash
+gh workflow run docker.yml \
+  --ref main \
+  -f paseo_version=X.Y.Z-beta.N \
+  -f publish=true
+```
+
+This replaces `ghcr.io/getpaseo/paseo:X.Y.Z-beta.N` in place without touching
+desktop, APK, or EAS release builders. The Docker exception is safe because the
+dispatch runs from `--ref main` and uses the explicit `paseo_version`; it does
+not check out or move the `v*` release tag.
+
+To retry a failed non-Docker release workflow, push a retry tag on the commit
+you want to build. Reusing the same tag name is expected: move it with
+`git tag -f ...` and push it with `--force` so the workflow rebuilds the commit
+you actually want.
+
+Prefer a tag push over `workflow_dispatch` when rebuilding desktop or APK
+release assets. Prefer Docker workflow dispatch when rebuilding only the Docker
+image.
 
 The retry tag patterns below still work and remain the supported way to rebuild specific release targets:
 
@@ -313,20 +369,24 @@ Release notes depend on the changelog heading format. The heading **must** be st
 
 ```
 ## X.Y.Z - YYYY-MM-DD
+## X.Y.Z-beta.N - YYYY-MM-DD
 ```
 
-No prefix (`v`), no extra text. The parser matches the first `## X.Y.Z` line to extract the version. A malformed heading will break download links on the homepage.
+No prefix (`v`), no extra text. `Release Notes Sync` matches the `## X.Y.Z` (or `## X.Y.Z-beta.N`) line for the pushed tag to extract the version. A malformed heading breaks the release-notes sync for that tag.
 
 ## Changelog policy
 
-- `CHANGELOG.md` only lists stable releases. Betas are silent.
-- The changelog entry is authored once, at stable promotion time, with the date set to the promotion day.
-- It covers the full diff from the previous stable tag, regardless of how many betas were cut in between.
+- `CHANGELOG.md` includes stable releases and the current beta line.
+- The first beta of a version inserts a top entry like `## 0.1.60-beta.1 - YYYY-MM-DD`.
+- Each subsequent beta updates that same top entry in place — bump the heading (`0.1.60-beta.1` → `0.1.60-beta.2`) and fold in whatever else landed.
+- Stable promotion updates that same entry in place one last time: heading to `0.1.60`, date to the promotion day.
+- One entry per version line. The `-beta.N` heading is intermediary — overwrite it, never append. Don't leave stale `-beta.N` entries behind and don't create a duplicate entry per beta.
+- It always covers the full diff from the previous stable tag, regardless of how many betas were cut in between.
 
 ## Changelog ownership
 
-- **The agent running the stable release writes the changelog entry.** Do not hand the changelog to another model or agent. The release agent has the release context and owns the final wording.
-- Draft the entry from the stable-to-stable diff, review it against the changelog policy below, show it to the user, and wait for approval before committing it.
+- **The agent running the release writes the changelog entry — beta or stable.** Do not hand the changelog to another model or agent. The release agent has the release context and owns the final wording.
+- Draft the entry from the previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff, review it against the changelog policy below, show it to the user, and wait for approval before committing it. Each beta refreshes the same entry; promotion refreshes it one last time from the full previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff.
 
 ## Changelog voice
 
@@ -417,26 +477,35 @@ Use `git diff <latest-release-tag>..HEAD` as the review input. This is a deep sa
 
 ## Changelog scope
 
-The changelog covers **stable-to-stable**. Betas are not represented. When you promote, draft the entry from the diff between the previous stable tag and `HEAD`, ignoring beta tag boundaries — they're just checkpoints along the way.
+The changelog always covers **previous-stable-to-`HEAD`**, beta and stable alike:
+
+- **Beta release**: the entry covers `previous stable tag → HEAD`. Update the current in-place beta entry; don't start a fresh one per beta.
+- **Stable promotion**: the same entry is promoted in place. It still captures the full delta from the previous stable release, not just what changed since the last beta.
+
+Betas are checkpoints along the way; the entry is the single record for the jump from one stable version to the next, and beta users read it in the meantime.
 
 ## Completion checklist
 
 ### Beta release
 
 - [ ] Working tree is clean and the intended commit is on `main`
-- [ ] `npm run release:beta:patch` (or `:next`) completes successfully
+- [ ] Update the in-place beta entry in `CHANGELOG.md` (heading `## X.Y.Z-beta.N - YYYY-MM-DD`), review it against the changelog policy, get approval, and commit it before cutting the release
+- [ ] The previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff is classified as patch or minor, with the target version and rationale approved
+- [ ] `npm run release:beta:patch`, `npm run release:beta:minor`, or `npm run release:beta:next` completes successfully
 - [ ] npm shows the version under the `beta` dist-tag, not `latest`
 - [ ] GitHub `Desktop Release` workflow for the `v*-beta.N` tag is green
 - [ ] GitHub `Android APK Release` workflow for the same tag is green
+- [ ] GitHub `Release Notes Sync` mirrored the beta entry into the prerelease body
 
 ### Stable release (or promotion)
 
 - [ ] Run the pre-release sanity check (see above) and address any findings
-- [ ] Ensure the intended release commit is already committed and the git worktree is clean before running any `release:*` patch/promote command
-- [ ] Ensure local `npm run typecheck` passes on that exact commit before running any `release:*` patch/promote command
-- [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md` with user-facing release notes (features, fixes — not refactors)
+- [ ] The previous-stable-to-`HEAD` diff is classified as patch or minor, with the target version and rationale approved
+- [ ] Ensure the intended release commit is already committed and the git worktree is clean before running any release command
+- [ ] Ensure local `npm run typecheck` passes on that exact commit before running any release command
+- [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md` with user-facing release notes (features, fixes — not refactors). When promoting from beta, overwrite the existing `## X.Y.Z-beta.N` heading in place (heading → `X.Y.Z`, date → promotion day) — do not add a new entry on top of the beta one
 - [ ] Verify the changelog heading follows strict `## X.Y.Z - YYYY-MM-DD` format
-- [ ] `npm run release:patch` or `npm run release:promote` completes successfully
+- [ ] `npm run release:patch`, `npm run release:minor`, or `npm run release:promote` completes successfully
 - [ ] GitHub `Desktop Release` workflow for the `v*` tag is green
 - [ ] GitHub `Android APK Release` workflow for the same tag is green
 - [ ] EAS `Release Mobile` workflow for the same tag is green

docs/rpc-namespacing.md

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 New WebSocket session RPCs use dotted names with the direction as the final segment:
 
 ```ts
-checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request;
-checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response;
+checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.request;
+checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.response;
 ```
 
 The namespace reads left to right:
 
 - Domain: `checkout`
-- Provider or subsystem: `github`
+- Namespace segment: `forge`
 - Operation: `set_auto_merge`; this segment is a verb, not a noun. If you would name an RPC `noun.request`, name it `get_noun.request` instead.
 - Direction: `request` or `response`
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Use dots, not slashes. Dots are protocol namespaces; slashes imply paths or tran
 For ordinary correlated RPCs, a `.request` has a matching `.response` with the same prefix. The daemon client may derive the response type mechanically:
 
 ```ts
-checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request;
-// -> checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response
+checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.request;
+// -> checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.response
 ```
 
 Most new RPCs should follow this shape. If a request does not have a one-to-one response, call that out in the code near the schema.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Requests keep their parameters at the top level:
 
 ```ts
 {
-  type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+  type: "checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.request",
   cwd: "/repo",
   enabled: true,
   mergeMethod: "squash",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Responses put correlated result data under `payload`:
 
 ```ts
 {
-  type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+  type: "checkout.forge.set_auto_merge.response",
   payload: {
     cwd: "/repo",
     enabled: true,
@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@ Responses put correlated result data under `payload`:
 
 Keep `requestId` in both request and response payloads. It is the correlation key.
 
-## Provider Namespacing
+## Forge Namespacing
 
-Provider-specific behavior belongs under the provider segment:
+Forge-neutral behavior currently uses `checkout.forge.*` for checkout-scoped operations and `forge.search.*` for forge search; forge-specific names belong here only after schema and session handlers exist:
 
-- `checkout.github.*` for GitHub-specific checkout operations
-- `checkout.gitlab.*` for future GitLab-specific checkout operations
+- `checkout.forge.*` for operations whose request/response shape is genuinely
+  forge-neutral and whose implementation dispatches through the forge resolver.
+- `checkout.github.*` for existing GitHub-specific compatibility RPCs while
+  callers migrate to the neutral `checkout.forge.*` shape
 
-Do not put GitHub-specific enums or semantics into generic checkout RPC names. A generic RPC should only exist when the behavior is genuinely provider-neutral.
+Do not put GitHub-specific enums or semantics into `checkout.forge.*` RPC names. A generic forge RPC should only exist when the behavior is genuinely forge-neutral.
 
 ## Compatibility
 

docs/service-proxy.md

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ dev--feature-auth--miniweb.localhost
 
 Local and public routes use one combined leftmost label (`script--branch--project`). This keeps the hostname compatible with normal single-level wildcard DNS and TLS. If the combined label would exceed DNS's 63-character label limit, Paseo truncates it with a deterministic hash suffix to avoid collisions.
 
+## Managing workspace scripts
+
+Configured `paseo.json` scripts can be managed without addressing their backing terminal directly:
+
+```bash
+paseo script ls [--cwd <path> | --workspace <workspace-id>]
+paseo script start <name> [--cwd <path> | --workspace <workspace-id>]
+paseo script stop <name> [--cwd <path> | --workspace <workspace-id>]
+```
+
+The commands return the same script metadata shown by the workspace: lifecycle, service port, proxy URLs, health, exit code, and supervised terminal ID. `stop` terminates the managed terminal rather than only removing the proxy route, so normal script lifecycle cleanup remains authoritative. MCP exposes matching `list_workspace_scripts`, `start_workspace_script`, and `stop_workspace_script` tools; those require an explicit workspace ID.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 Add a `serviceProxy` block under `daemon` in `~/.paseo/config.json`:
@@ -67,6 +79,19 @@ For generated URLs to be reachable, you need wildcard DNS pointing to the machin
 
 Public service URLs expose the workspace service itself. Daemon password authentication protects daemon APIs; it does not protect proxied dev services.
 
+If the same reverse proxy serves the daemon web UI over HTTPS, it must also set `X-Forwarded-Proto` so the web UI can auto-connect with `wss://`. The daemon trusts forwarded headers from loopback proxies by default. If your proxy reaches the daemon from another address, configure the proxy ranges explicitly:
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "daemon": {
+    "trustedProxies": ["loopback", "172.16.0.0/12"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`PASEO_TRUSTED_PROXIES` accepts the same comma-separated values, for example `loopback,172.16.0.0/12`. Use `true` only when the final trusted proxy overwrites client-supplied `X-Forwarded-*` headers.
+
 Nginx example:
 
 ```nginx
@@ -77,10 +102,34 @@ server {
     location / {
         proxy_pass http://10.1.1.1:8080;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
     }
 }
 ```
 
+Nginx's `$host` drops the port. If you terminate on a non-default port, use `$http_host` instead so the port survives — that is what "forwards the `Host` header unchanged" means here.
+
+## Forwarded headers
+
+Paseo sets these when it forwards a request to a workspace service:
+
+| Header              | Value                                                                                                                                   |
+| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `X-Forwarded-Host`  | The `Host` header verbatim, including the port when the client used one                                                                 |
+| `X-Forwarded-Proto` | The request scheme (`http` on the WebSocket upgrade path)                                                                               |
+| `X-Forwarded-For`   | The immediate peer address. Replaces any existing chain, so behind your own reverse proxy this is the proxy's address, not the client's |
+| `X-Forwarded-Port`  | The port from the `Host` header when it has one, otherwise whatever your proxy already set                                              |
+
+`X-Forwarded-Port` follows the same trust rule as `X-Forwarded-Host`: the authority Paseo observed wins. When the `Host` header carries a port, that port is reported and replaces any inbound `X-Forwarded-Port`, so a client cannot forge one. When `Host` carries no port there is nothing to observe, so a value your reverse proxy set survives untouched — that is the case where nginx's `$host` drops the port and `X-Forwarded-Port` is the only source. Paseo never derives the port from the scheme. Any other `X-Forwarded-*` header your proxy sends is passed through untouched.
+
+Services that build absolute URLs should prefer `Host` or `X-Forwarded-Host`.
+
+### The forwarded authority is not authenticated
+
+Route lookup normalizes the port away before matching a service hostname, so a client can address the daemon with any port in `Host` and still reach the service. That port is what lands in `X-Forwarded-Host` and `X-Forwarded-Port`. Paseo also does not check whether an inbound `X-Forwarded-Port` came from a proxy in `trustedProxies` — when `Host` carries no port, a client-supplied value is passed through.
+
+Treat the forwarded authority as client-influenced input. A service that builds password reset links, absolute redirects, or cached URLs from it should pin its own public origin in configuration rather than deriving one from request headers. This is not specific to `X-Forwarded-Port`: the `Host` header has always carried a client-chosen port.
+
 ## Environment variables
 
 The listen address and public base URL can also be set via environment variables, which take precedence over `config.json`:

docs/terminal-activity.md

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Terminal Activity Indicators
+
+Paseo surfaces terminal activity as a tab indicator (the same "running" dot used by agents).
+
+## Current state
+
+Terminal activity is source-agnostic plumbing. `TerminalActivityTracker` holds the current per-terminal state and emits transitions to the manager, worker protocol, websocket subscription, app buckets, dots, and notifications.
+
+The tracker defaults to unknown (`null`). Activity production lives outside terminal stream parsing: agent hook commands report coarse activity to the daemon's local `/api/terminal-activity` endpoint.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+TerminalSession
+  ├── TerminalActivityTracker               one per session
+  │     ├── set(state)                      records the latest state
+  │     └── onChange(snapshot, previous)    fires only on resolved-state transitions
+  │
+  └── onActivityChange({ activity, previous })   subscribed in TerminalManager
+        ├── emits terminalsChanged          terminal list/tab indicators only
+        └── subscribeTerminalActivity       per-transition stream for notification policy
+        └── subscribeTerminalWorkspaceContributionChanged  workspace status rollup only
+```
+
+`TerminalActivityTracker` is the single stateful object per session. It holds `{ state, changedAt }`, starts at unknown (`null`), and fires `onChange` only when the state actually changes.
+
+Terminal directory snapshots (`terminalsChanged`) and workspace contribution changes are separate concerns. A title-only change produces a terminal list snapshot but never touches workspace descriptors. A transition that changes the derived workspace bucket (e.g. idle -> working, working -> idle, attention cleared) emits both a terminal list snapshot and a server-internal `TerminalWorkspaceContributionChanged` event, which Session consumes to invalidate every active workspace sharing the owning workspace's `cwd`.
+
+### Transitions carry their own history
+
+Each `onChange` delivers both the new snapshot and the `previous` one (`{ state, changedAt }`). The transition flows unchanged up through `TerminalSession.onActivityChange` (as `{ activity, previous }`), the worker protocol's `terminalActivityChange` event, and the manager-level `subscribeTerminalActivity(listener)` stream (`{ terminalId, name, cwd, activity, previous }`).
+
+The daemon consumes these transitions, not snapshots. When a transition moves from `working` to `idle`, the tracker records finished attention, so the terminal shows the same green finished dot as an idle agent that needs review. The websocket layer also fires a "Terminal finished" attention notification. A terminal that exits while still working emits no turn-end notification.
+
+Terminal list visibility is `workspaceId`-scoped: a terminal belongs to the workspace that created it, and same-`cwd` sibling workspaces do not see it in their terminal lists. Terminal status routing starts from that owning workspace, uses the owning workspace's `cwd`, then fans the status bucket out to every active workspace with the same `cwd`.
+
+Path-prefix routing is only a legacy fallback for unowned terminal activity contribution. If a live terminal has no `workspaceId`, the daemon resolves the deepest active parent workspace from the terminal `cwd`, then fans status out to active same-`cwd` siblings of that owner. That fallback contributes status, but it does not make the terminal visible in workspace-scoped terminal lists.
+
+## Hook reporting
+
+Terminals receive four environment variables when the daemon creates the shell:
+
+- `PASEO_TERMINAL_ID`
+- `PASEO_ACTIVITY_TOKEN`
+- `PASEO_TERMINAL_ACTIVITY_URL`
+- `PASEO_HOOK_CLI` — absolute path to the current `paseo` CLI executable.
+
+The generated shell command uses `PASEO_HOOK_CLI` to run the current CLI. `paseo hooks <agent> <event>` then reads the terminal id, token, and activity URL, asks the agent hook provider registry to resolve the event to a coarse activity state, and silently posts `{ terminalId, token, state }` to the activity URL. Missing env, unsupported agents/events, malformed hook input, and daemon/network failures are no-ops so agent hooks never break the user's terminal session.
+
+Claude hook mapping:
+
+- `UserPromptSubmit` → `running`
+- `Stop`, `StopFailure`, `SessionEnd` → `idle`
+- `Notification` with `reason` or `matcher` equal to `idle_prompt` → `needs-input`
+
+Codex hook mapping:
+
+- `UserPromptSubmit` → `running`
+- `PreToolUse`, `PostToolUse` → `running`
+- `PermissionRequest` → `needs-input`
+- `Stop` → `idle`
+
+OpenCode uses a server plugin instead of command hooks. The plugin listens to OpenCode bus events and emits these Paseo hook events:
+
+- `session.status` with `busy` or `retry` → `running`
+- `session.status` with `idle` → `idle`
+- `permission.asked` → `needs-input`
+- `permission.replied` → `running`
+
+The daemon maps hook states onto terminal activity like an agent lifecycle plus unread attention: `running` → `state: working`, `idle` → `state: idle`, and `needs-input` → `state: idle` with `attentionReason: needs_input`. A `working` → `idle` transition records `state: idle` with `attentionReason: finished` until the user focuses that terminal; plain idle terminals still contribute no workspace status.
+
+## Focus clearing
+
+Client heartbeats include the focused terminal id. When a visible client focuses a terminal with an `attentionReason`, the daemon clears the attention and leaves the terminal idle. Plain idle terminal activity does not contribute to workspace status, so a workspace whose only attention source was that terminal rolls up from `needs_input` or `attention` back to `done`.
+
+### Agent hook installation
+
+Installing hooks edits the user's real agent config files, so it is opt-in. The daemon setting
+`enableTerminalAgentHooks` (persisted under `daemon.enableTerminalAgentHooks`, default `false`)
+gates installation. It is surfaced in the app under a host's **Terminals** settings as "Enable
+terminal agent hooks" — "Get notifications and status from terminal agents. This installs hooks in
+your agent config files." `applyTerminalAgentHookSetting` reconciles the installed hooks with the
+setting: at startup it installs only when enabled; toggling the setting live installs on enable and
+removes Paseo's marker-matched hooks on disable. `paseo hooks` keeps working regardless — the gate
+only controls whether the daemon writes hooks into agent configs, not whether the CLI can post
+activity when the env is present.
+
+When enabled, Paseo installs provider hooks globally:
+
+- Claude hooks are written to `~/.claude/settings.json` (or `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/settings.json` when that override is set).
+- Codex hooks are written to `~/.codex/hooks.json` (or `CODEX_HOME/hooks.json` when that override is set). Codex supports a native `commandWindows`, so each Paseo hook includes both POSIX and Windows commands. Non-managed Codex hooks are trust-gated by Codex; users may see Codex's hook review prompt before the hook runs.
+- OpenCode gets a self-contained plugin at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/opencode/plugins/paseo-terminal-activity.js` (or `~/.config/opencode/plugins/paseo-terminal-activity.js` when XDG is unset; `OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR` still wins when set).
+
+Installation is marker-based/idempotent for config hooks and exact-file/idempotent for the OpenCode plugin. Paseo preserves user hooks, removes only its own marker-matched command hooks, and leaves hooks installed across daemon shutdown. Outside a Paseo terminal they are inert because the command or plugin is gated on `PASEO_TERMINAL_ID`.
+
+Provider variation lives in `AGENT_HOOK_PROVIDERS`: provider id, installed events, config install metadata, and runtime event-to-activity resolution. The daemon calls `installRegisteredAgentHooks()` once; the CLI calls `resolveHookActivity(provider, event, input)`. Adding a provider should add one provider entry and register it in `AGENT_HOOK_PROVIDERS`, without editing the generic CLI command or daemon bootstrap.
+
+The installed hook command keeps the config portable and resolves the CLI at runtime:
+
+```sh
+[ -n "$PASEO_TERMINAL_ID" ] && "${PASEO_HOOK_CLI:-paseo}" hooks claude <event>
+```
+
+Codex also receives the Windows equivalent:
+
+```bat
+if defined PASEO_TERMINAL_ID (if defined PASEO_HOOK_CLI ("%PASEO_HOOK_CLI%" hooks codex <event>) else (paseo hooks codex <event>))
+```
+
+The daemon resolves the current CLI through `PASEO_CLI` when its launcher supplies one, or through the npm package shim for standalone installs. Terminal setup exposes that resolved executable to hooks as `PASEO_HOOK_CLI`; desktop and other daemon launchers do not know about the hook-specific variable. The generated command falls back to bare `paseo` if the hook env is missing and no-ops outside Paseo terminals because the `PASEO_TERMINAL_ID` gate remains first. Paseo also prepends the resolved CLI directory to each terminal `PATH` as a secondary fallback. All other behavior lives in `paseo hooks`: read the env, map the event, POST activity, and no-op/fail-open when anything is missing or unavailable.
+
+If config installation fails, daemon startup and terminal spawn continue without terminal activity hooks.

docs/terminal-performance.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Terminal performance
+
+How terminal output stays low-latency, what the invariants are, and how to measure before/after any change to the pipeline. Read this before touching anything under `packages/server/src/terminal/` or `packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/`.
+
+## The pipeline
+
+```
+pty (node-pty, forked worker process)
+  → headless xterm parse (worker, snapshot fidelity)
+  → TerminalOutputCoalescer (worker, ≤1 IPC message per 5ms per terminal)
+  → process.send IPC → daemon main process
+  → TerminalOutputCoalescer (per client stream, terminal-session-controller.ts)
+  → binary ws frame (2-byte header + raw bytes)
+  → client decode (daemon-client.ts) → stream router → emulator runtime
+  → xterm.write (back-to-back; xterm batches internally)
+```
+
+Terminal frames share the daemon main event loop with all agent traffic. The `eventLoopDelay` block in the `ws_runtime_metrics` log line (every 30s in `daemon.log`) is the ground truth for "the daemon is busy" — p99/max there directly bound worst-case terminal frame delay.
+
+## Invariants (the easy-to-break ones)
+
+- **Coalescers are leading+trailing throttles.** The first chunk after an idle window flushes immediately (synchronously); only sustained bursts wait for the trailing timer. Reverting to trailing-only adds a full window (~5ms) to every keystroke echo.
+- **Output coalescing happens in the worker, before IPC.** One `process.send` per pty chunk was a main-loop flood under build output. Non-output messages (snapshot/snapshotReady/titleChange/exit) must flush the coalescer first so ordering is preserved.
+- **Coalesced output carries the LAST chunk's revision.** Snapshot replay dedup (`replayTerminalOutputAfterSnapshot`) skips buffered output with `revision <= replayRevision`; a merged batch with a lower revision would be wrongly skipped (lost output).
+- **The input-mode tracker runs once per process boundary, not per hop.** The worker owns the authoritative tracker; the daemon caches the replay preamble from `getTerminalState` responses and `snapshotReady` messages. Do not reintroduce a per-chunk `feed()` on the daemon main loop.
+- **Snapshot catch-up is backpressure-gated.** A stream falls back to a full snapshot only when `outputBytesSinceSnapshot > MAX_TERMINAL_OUTPUT_FRAME_BYTES` (256KB) **and** the client transport reports `bufferedAmount > MAX_CLIENT_BUFFERED_BYTES` (4MB). A client that keeps draining streams continuously, no matter how much output is produced. Before this gate existed, every 256KB of build output dropped a frame and forced a full JSON cell-grid snapshot (~200k objects across IPC) — the historical source of spiky lag and GC hitches.
+- **Client output writes are not serialized per frame.** The emulator runtime drains contiguous plain writes straight into xterm (which buffers internally). Only barrier ops (`clear`, `snapshot`, `suppressInput` writes) wait — behind a zero-length sentinel write — so resets can't interleave with in-flight output.
+
+## Measuring
+
+- **Node-only benchmark (fast iteration, server pipeline):** `npx tsx scripts/benchmark-terminal-latency.ts`. Boots an isolated daemon (fresh `PASEO_HOME`, random port — never 6767), measures echo latency percentiles, burst jitter, and snapshot counts under ramped mock-agent load. Writes JSON to `/tmp/paseo-terminal-bench/`. Healthy numbers (2026-06): echo p50 ~2.3ms, p95 ~3.3ms, a 2MB burst fully streamed with `snap=0`.
+- **Browser perf specs (user-perceived path):** gated behind `PASEO_TERMINAL_PERF_E2E=1` —
+  `packages/app/e2e/terminal-performance.spec.ts` and `packages/app/e2e/terminal-keystroke-stress.spec.ts` (per-stage keydown→xterm-commit breakdown under mock-agent load). Healthy: keydown→commit p50 ~18ms under 600-key burst.
+- **Production:** grep `daemon.log` for `ws_runtime_metrics` and read `eventLoopDelay` + `bufferedAmount`.
+- **Git pressure:** the same log line includes `git.commands` (limiter occupancy, queue age,
+  queue wait, execution time, failures, timeouts, and top operations),
+  `git.workspaceService` (daemon-global Git observer ownership), and per-session workspace Git
+  subscription totals under `runtime`. Queue wait and execution time are separate because the Git
+  command timeout begins only after a command acquires a limiter slot.
+
+## Known remaining contention (follow-up candidates)
+
+- A single large `agent_stream` message (e.g. a 250KB diff payload) measurably delays terminal echo (~100ms-class dips) — cost is split between daemon serialization and app-side parse/render on the shared browser main thread.
+- Relay-attached clients pay pure-JS tweetnacl encryption on the daemon main loop (`packages/relay/src/encrypted-channel.ts`). Negotiated binary application frames stay binary ciphertext and avoid base64 encode/decode; text and mixed-version traffic remain base64 WebSocket text frames.
+- `sendToClient` re-stringifies session messages per socket; only matters for multi-socket connections.

docs/testing.md

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ WRONG (horizontal):
 
 Writing all tests first then all implementation produces bad tests — you end up testing imagined behavior instead of actual behavior.
 
+## Fallible user actions
+
+Every user action that can fail must expose the complete operation state in the UI:
+
+- **Pending:** show immediate progress and prevent accidental duplicate submissions.
+- **Success:** show the requested result, or a clear success acknowledgement when the result is not otherwise visible.
+- **Failure:** keep an actionable error visible in the same context until the user retries or dismisses it.
+
+Logs, console output, and a reset button are not user feedback. Neither is a platform API unless it is verified on every supported platform: React Native Web's `Alert.alert()` is a no-op, so browser and Electron failures must use rendered app UI such as the shared alert component.
+
+Every fallible action needs behavioral coverage for success and failure. RPC-backed UI should use an app Playwright test with a real browser, network, and daemon whenever feasible. The failure test must assert what the user can see and do after the failure, not an internal response, state field, or log line. Add distinct timeout or disconnect cases when they produce distinct recovery behavior.
+
 ## Determinism first
 
 Tests must produce the same result every run:
@@ -91,6 +103,37 @@ function createTestEmailSender() {
 
 When a test is labeled end-to-end, it calls the real service. No environment variable gates, no conditional skipping, no mocking the external dependency.
 
+### Packaged desktop smoke
+
+The packaged desktop smoke is an external observer of the production launch path. It must not add a smoke-only branch to Electron main or start the daemon itself.
+
+The harness launches the unpacked packaged app with isolated user data and daemon state, connects to the real renderer over Chromium's debugging protocol, and requires all of these outcomes:
+
+- the `paseo://app/` renderer mounts into `#root`;
+- the sandboxed preload exposes the desktop bridge;
+- the renderer starts a fresh desktop-managed daemon through the normal startup bootstrap;
+- the bundled CLI can query that daemon and run a terminal command.
+
+Pull-request CI runs the Linux x64 smoke under Xvfb when the cumulative PR diff changes `packages/desktop/**`. The desktop release matrix runs the harness against each host-native packaged app before publishing. All smoke jobs upload renderer, desktop, and daemon diagnostics on failure.
+
+To exercise the smoke locally on Linux:
+
+```bash
+PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE=1 \
+PASEO_DESKTOP_SMOKE_ARTIFACT_DIR=/tmp/paseo-desktop-smoke \
+npm run build:desktop -- --publish never --linux --x64 --dir
+```
+
+### Browser tab bridge regression
+
+The desktop browser tab bridge E2E launches an isolated real daemon, Metro, and Electron app. It forces workspace LRU eviction to reparent the original tab and replace its guest `WebContents`, then makes one MCP call each for tab listing, snapshot, and click against that original browser id. A final MCP wait proves the real target page received the click.
+
+Run it locally with the same command owned by the Ubuntu leg of the existing `desktop-tests` CI check:
+
+```bash
+npm run test:e2e:browser-tab-bridge --workspace=@getpaseo/desktop
+```
+
 ## Test organization
 
 - Collocate tests with implementation: `thing.ts` + `thing.test.ts`
@@ -115,6 +158,8 @@ App-level Playwright browser E2E lives in `packages/app/e2e/*.spec.ts` and runs
 
 Live provider smoke tests belong in `*.real.e2e.test.ts`, not `*.test.ts`, even when guarded by environment variables. Default unit suites must use deterministic provider adapters/fakes so missing credits, auth outages, and upstream model drift do not block normal CI.
 
+Codex MultiAgentV2 real tests use local Codex authentication rather than the OpenRouter-compatible test provider. OpenRouter does not accept Codex collaboration-history items on the parent follow-up request, so it cannot verify a complete native sub-agent turn.
+
 ### Test setup
 
 - Server: `packages/server/src/test-utils/vitest-setup.ts` loads `.env.test`, sets `PASEO_SUPERVISED=0`, and disables Git/SSH prompts. Add new global env shims here, not in individual tests.
@@ -130,6 +175,9 @@ Test suites in this repo are heavy. Running them in bulk freezes the machine, es
 - Never re-run a suite another agent already reported green.
 - For full-suite confidence, push to CI and check GitHub Actions.
 - Never run the full Playwright E2E suite locally — defer whole-suite verification to CI. Targeted Playwright specs are allowed when you changed or need to prove that specific flow.
+- App Playwright specs share one isolated daemon per run. Helpers that create projects or workspaces must remove the daemon project record during cleanup, not only delete the temp directory. Agent helpers must pass the intended `workspaceId` through to agent creation; never infer ownership from `cwd`.
+- CI can shard app Playwright across multiple jobs; each shard still owns a full isolated daemon/relay/Metro stack from global setup. Helpers that restart the daemon must preserve the global setup environment, including disabled speech/local-model settings, so a restart does not change the tested surface or start background downloads.
+- Global setup starts Metro before Wrangler, assigns Wrangler explicit distinct relay and inspector ports, and accepts Metro as ready only when `/status` returns `packager-status:running`. A generic TCP listener is not sufficient readiness evidence.
 
 ## Agent authentication in tests
 

docs/timeline-sync.md

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ The invariant is:
 
 > If the daemon has committed timeline rows for an agent, any connected client that opens or resumes that agent eventually displays every row through the daemon's current tail.
 
+Tool output is bounded before it enters either delivery path. Canonical shell tool output is sliced
+to 64 KiB, and the same bounded item is used for durable timeline rows and live stream events.
+Provider history hydration applies the same rule so reopening an agent cannot restore an oversized
+tool payload.
+
 ## Presence is not delivery
 
 Client heartbeat reports presence:
@@ -28,17 +33,73 @@ Page limits are projected-item targets. A tool call lifecycle is one projected i
 
 When the app fetches `direction: "after"` and the daemon responds with `hasNewer: true`, the app must immediately fetch the next page from `endCursor`. The catch-up is complete only when `hasNewer: false`.
 
+Initialization timeouts guard lack of catch-up progress, not the full multi-page sync. A successful page that queues the next `after` page refreshes the watchdog.
+
 The first load of an agent without a local cursor is different: it fetches a bounded latest tail page. Older history remains user-driven by scrolling upward.
 
+## Durable item anchors
+
+Provider message IDs are not guaranteed for every displayed item. Paseo-generated system errors are one example. Rendered item indices are not durable either because pagination and projection can merge source rows.
+
+Actions that address a point in chat history, such as Fork, use the daemon timeline `epoch` plus the projected item's `seqEnd`. The app carries that position on the rendered assistant item for both live and fetched history. When adjacent projected chunks merge, the merged item retains the newer chunk's position.
+
+The daemon validates that the epoch is current and the exact source sequence still exists before slicing rows. It slices before projection so later lifecycle updates cannot leak into the selected context.
+
 ## Resume behavior
 
 When a client resumes with a known cursor, it catches up after that cursor to completion. It does not replace the view with a latest tail page, because tail pagination can skip the middle of a long background run.
 
 When a client resumes without a cursor, it fetches the latest tail page.
 
+## Client replica lifetime
+
+The host runtime owns each session replica for as long as the host remains registered. React
+providers attach message handlers and UI integrations to that replica, but mounting or unmounting a
+provider must not create or clear it. A provider can remount during Fast Refresh or ordinary UI
+recomposition while the runtime still owns the same directory snapshot and timeline cursors.
+
+Removing the host from the registry is the destructive boundary: it stops the runtime and clears the
+session and host-scoped setup state together.
+
+## Selective and legacy delivery
+
+The app chooses one delivery policy from `server_info.features.selectiveAgentTimeline`:
+
+- Selective daemons receive the union of agents visible in every pane. Additions subscribe and
+  catch up immediately. Every visibility-driven removal, including app backgrounding, stays
+  subscribed for a 30-second grace period so brief tab, pane, route, and app switches do not repeatedly
+  unsubscribe and catch up. Losing window keyboard focus does not make a selected pane invisible.
+  Disconnecting and disposal clear pending grace because the subscription itself no longer exists.
+  After grace has expired, revisiting a retained timeline displays its cached state immediately and
+  authoritative catch-up advances it to the current tail.
+- Legacy daemons keep globally streaming agent timelines. Visibility still triggers the existing
+  authoritative catch-up, but the app does not issue selective-subscription RPCs.
+
+This policy is owned by `viewed-timeline-sync.ts`; downstream reducers do not branch on daemon
+version.
+
+## Projected pages reconcile with live presentation
+
+A projected page is canonical state, not a sequence of live deltas. One projected item can overlap
+rows already received live—for example, a tool call retained at its original display position while
+its completion advances `seqEnd`, followed by a merged assistant message. The app uses
+`sourceSeqRanges` to replace overlapping assistant and reasoning projections before applying the
+remaining page through the existing stream reducer. It must not append full projected text to a
+live prefix.
+
+Optimistic user prompts occupy stable timeline slots. Catch-up never extracts, delays, or reinserts
+them. A canonical user row replaces its matching slot in place; an unmatched prompt stays exactly
+where the user submitted it. Other canonical rows are applied after the already-present timeline
+instead of relocating visible user messages around newly fetched history.
+
+Canonical submitted user rows carry the provider's `messageId` and Paseo's optional
+`clientMessageId`. Clients reconcile optimistic prompts by `clientMessageId`. Content matching is
+limited to the dated compatibility path for daemon timelines created before that field existed.
+
 ## Relevant code
 
 - Server live stream forwarding: `packages/server/src/server/session.ts`
 - App sync planning: `packages/app/src/timeline/timeline-sync-plan.ts`
+- App viewed-agent synchronization: `packages/app/src/timeline/viewed-timeline-sync.ts`
 - App stream/timeline reducer: `packages/app/src/timeline/session-stream-reducers.ts`
 - Session wiring: `packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx`

docs/unistyles.md

@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ For standard React Native components, the [Unistyles Babel plugin](https://www.u
 
 The important detail: the automatic native path tracks `props.style`. It does not generally track every prop that happens to carry style-like values.
 
+### Do Not Materialize Styles At Module Scope
+
+Never read a Unistyles style property into a module-level constant. This includes cached arrays:
+
+```tsx
+// Wrong: evaluated while the app may still be using the temporary system theme.
+const ROW_STYLE = [settingsStyles.row, settingsStyles.rowBorder];
+
+// Right: each style proxy is read when this view renders.
+<View style={[settingsStyles.row, settingsStyles.rowBorder]} />;
+```
+
+Paseo starts with adaptive themes, then applies the persisted theme after async settings load. A
+module-level read can therefore materialize the light style before a persisted dark theme is
+active. If the view mounts after that theme change, React Native receives the stale light object;
+Unistyles registers the node for future changes but does not retroactively replace its initial
+props. Settings dividers once rendered light `#e4e4e7` inside a dark `#252B2A` card for exactly
+this reason.
+
+Render-time array syntax is intentional and exempt from the app's JSX array-allocation lint rule.
+Keep the entries separate so each retains its Unistyles metadata. If composition is needed outside
+JSX, create the array inside the component or in a `useMemo` that first runs when the component
+mounts—never at module evaluation time.
+
 [`useUnistyles()`](https://www.unistyl.es/v3/references/use-unistyles) is different. It gives React access to the current theme/runtime and can make a component re-render when those values change. Use it for values that must be rendered through React props, such as icon colors or small escape hatches. Do not expect direct reads from `UnistylesRuntime` to re-render a component; [issue #817](https://github.com/jpudysz/react-native-unistyles/issues/817) is a useful reminder of that invariant.
 
 ## Dynamic Pixel Styles On Web
@@ -90,6 +114,19 @@ When a reusable component has a prop whose whole job is dynamic geometry, make t
 
 Do not flatten a caller-provided style array and pass the flattened object back to a React Native component. Unistyles style entries carry `unistyles_*` metadata; flattening two entries produces one object with multiple metadata keys and triggers the runtime warning: "use array syntax instead of object syntax." Preserve caller styles as arrays, and only flatten the dynamic geometry value you explicitly own. If that owned value was flattened from a mixed style prop, strip `unistyles_*` metadata before sending it through `inlineUnistylesStyle`.
 
+Do not register an existing Unistyles style inside another `StyleSheet.create` either. That also combines two metadata identities into one object. Reuse the original style directly at the component:
+
+```tsx
+// Wrong: sharedStyles.row already carries Unistyles metadata.
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({ row: sharedStyles.row });
+<View style={styles.row} />;
+
+// Right: one registered style identity reaches the native view.
+<View style={sharedStyles.row} />;
+```
+
+This mistake once produced tens of thousands of warnings from retained sidebar rows. Because React Native captures component stacks for warnings, the warning loop itself can consume enough CPU and memory to make the app appear blank.
+
 ## Main Gotcha: `contentContainerStyle`
 
 `ScrollView.contentContainerStyle` is the canonical trap. It looks like a style prop, but it is not the same prop that Unistyles' remapped native component registers by default. The upstream tutorial calls this out directly in its [ScrollView Background Issue](https://www.unistyl.es/v3/tutorial/settings-screen#scrollview-background-issue) section.

nix/npm-deps.hash

@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256-xOrVsNfFlrlBetLE1dpRsAiRwgHiLhw3EB3EqpHDTuw=
+sha256-DaVBk1PxsNr1AQu/mTG1Inp67pLLDmc+Ed0IZ5GyzgY=

nix/package.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   nodejs_22,
   python3,
   makeWrapper,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
   # node-pty needs libuv headers on Linux
   libuv,
   # Exposed so downstream flakes that follow a different nixpkgs revision
@@ -30,9 +31,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
         relPath = lib.removePrefix (toString ./..) path;
       in
       # Exclude non-daemon workspace contents (keep package.json for workspace resolution)
-      !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/src" relPath)
-      && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/assets" relPath)
-      && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/android" relPath)
+      !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/android" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/ios" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/website/src" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/website/public" relPath)
@@ -61,10 +60,13 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     python3 # for node-gyp (node-pty compilation)
     makeWrapper
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    autoPatchelfHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
     libuv
+    stdenv.cc.cc.lib # libstdc++ for sherpa-onnx prebuilt binaries
   ];
 
   # Don't use the default npm build hook — we need a custom build sequence
@@ -73,14 +75,14 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
-    # Rebuild only node-pty (native addon for terminal emulation).
-    # Speech-related native modules (sherpa-onnx, onnxruntime-node) are
-    # intentionally left unbuilt — they're lazily loaded and gracefully
-    # degrade when unavailable.
+    # Rebuild only node-pty (native addon for terminal emulation). The sherpa
+    # speech runtime ships prebuilt platform packages and is copied into the
+    # daemon closure by scripts/trace-daemon.mjs.
     npm rebuild node-pty
 
     # Build all server packages in dependency order (defined in package.json)
     npm run build:server
+    npm run build:daemon-web-ui
 
     runHook postBuild
   '';
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
     # Compute the daemon's runtime closure by static module-graph tracing
     # (@vercel/nft from supervisor-entrypoint.js, cli/dist/index.js, and the
-    # forked terminal-worker-process.js) plus an explicit list of non-JS
+    # forked terminal/speech worker processes) plus an explicit list of non-JS
     # assets read at runtime. The trace script is the single source of
     # truth for what the daemon needs at $out — auditable in plain JS, no
     # npm hoisting / .bin / workspace-symlink footguns.
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     # CLI/server bin starts from $out.
     cp package.json $out/lib/paseo/
 
+    # Web UI Assets
+    cp -r packages/server/dist/server/web-ui $out/lib/paseo/packages/server/dist/server/
+
     # Create wrapper for the server entry point (for systemd / direct use)
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     makeWrapper ${nodejs}/bin/node $out/bin/paseo-server \

package.json

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "paseo",
-  "version": "0.1.95",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Paseo: voice-controlled development environment with OpenAI Realtime API",
+  "description": "Paseo: voice-controlled development environment for local AI coding agents",
   "keywords": [
     "development",
     "mcp",
     "openai",
-    "realtime",
     "voice",
     "voice-assistant"
   ],
@@ -56,9 +55,10 @@
     "build:server-deps:clean": "npm run build:highlight:clean && npm run build:relay:clean && npm run build:client:clean",
     "build:server": "npm run build:server-deps && npm run build --workspace=@getpaseo/server && npm run build --workspace=@getpaseo/cli",
     "build:server:clean": "npm run build:server-deps:clean && npm run build:clean --workspace=@getpaseo/server && npm run build:clean --workspace=@getpaseo/cli",
+    "build:daemon-web-ui": "node scripts/build-daemon-web-ui.mjs",
     "build:app-deps": "npm run build:highlight && npm run build:client && npm run build --workspace=@getpaseo/expo-two-way-audio",
     "build:app-deps:clean": "npm run build:highlight:clean && npm run build:client:clean && npm run build --workspace=@getpaseo/expo-two-way-audio",
-    "watch:protocol": "tsc -p packages/protocol/tsconfig.json --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
+    "watch:protocol": "npm run watch --workspace=@getpaseo/protocol",
     "watch:client": "tsc -p packages/client/tsconfig.json --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "typecheck": "npm run typecheck --workspaces --if-present",
     "typecheck:server": "npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/relay && npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/protocol && npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/client && npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/server && npm run typecheck --workspace=@getpaseo/cli",
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
     "ws": "^8.20.0"
   },
   "overrides": {
+    "@codemirror/language": "6.12.4",
+    "@codemirror/view": "6.43.6",
     "lightningcss": "1.30.1",
     "react": "19.1.0",
     "react-dom": "19.1.0",

packages/app/app.config.js

@@ -1,7 +1,75 @@
 const fs = require("node:fs");
 const path = require("node:path");
 const pkg = require("./package.json");
+const withFdroidAutolinking = require("./plugins/with-fdroid-autolinking");
 const appVariant = process.env.APP_VARIANT ?? "production";
+const isFdroidBuild = process.env.PASEO_FDROID_BUILD === "1";
+
+const buildProfile = isFdroidBuild
+  ? {
+      androidPermissions: [
+        "RECORD_AUDIO",
+        "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO",
+        "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS",
+      ],
+      cameraPlugins: [],
+      fdroidPlugins: [withFdroidAutolinking],
+      notificationPlugins: [],
+      updates: { enabled: false },
+    }
+  : {
+      androidPermissions: [
+        "RECORD_AUDIO",
+        "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO",
+        "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS",
+        "CAMERA",
+        "android.permission.CAMERA",
+      ],
+      cameraPlugins: [
+        [
+          "expo-camera",
+          {
+            cameraPermission:
+              "Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access your camera to scan pairing QR codes.",
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+      fdroidPlugins: [],
+      notificationPlugins: [
+        [
+          "expo-notifications",
+          {
+            icon: "./assets/images/notification-icon.png",
+            color: "#20744A",
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+      updates: {},
+    };
+
+function getNativeBuildVersionCode(version) {
+  const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:[-+].*)?$/.exec(version);
+  if (!match) {
+    throw new Error(`Cannot derive Android versionCode from non-semver version: ${version}`);
+  }
+
+  const [, majorText, minorText, patchText] = match;
+  const major = Number(majorText);
+  const minor = Number(minorText);
+  const patch = Number(patchText);
+
+  if (minor > 999 || patch > 999) {
+    throw new Error(`Cannot derive collision-free Android versionCode from version: ${version}`);
+  }
+
+  const versionCode = major * 1_000_000 + minor * 1_000 + patch;
+
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(versionCode) || versionCode <= 0 || versionCode > 2_100_000_000) {
+    throw new Error(`Derived Android versionCode is out of range: ${versionCode}`);
+  }
+
+  return versionCode;
+}
 
 function resolveSecretFile(params) {
   const fromEnv = process.env[params.envKey];
@@ -45,6 +113,7 @@ const variants = {
 };
 
 const variant = variants[appVariant] ?? variants.production;
+const nativeBuildVersionCode = getNativeBuildVersionCode(pkg.version);
 
 export default {
   expo: {
@@ -61,6 +130,7 @@ export default {
     },
     updates: {
       url: "https://u.expo.dev/0e7f65ce-0367-46c8-a238-2b65963d235a",
+      ...buildProfile.updates,
     },
     ios: {
       supportsTablet: true,
@@ -72,6 +142,7 @@ export default {
       ...(variant.googleServiceInfoPlist
         ? { googleServicesFile: variant.googleServiceInfoPlist }
         : {}),
+      buildNumber: String(nativeBuildVersionCode),
     },
     android: {
       adaptiveIcon: {
@@ -83,14 +154,9 @@ export default {
       softwareKeyboardLayoutMode: "resize",
       // Allow HTTP connections for local network hosts (required for release builds)
       usesCleartextTraffic: true,
-      permissions: [
-        "RECORD_AUDIO",
-        "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO",
-        "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS",
-        "CAMERA",
-        "android.permission.CAMERA",
-      ],
+      permissions: buildProfile.androidPermissions,
       package: variant.packageId,
+      versionCode: nativeBuildVersionCode,
       ...(variant.googleServicesFile ? { googleServicesFile: variant.googleServicesFile } : {}),
     },
     web: {
@@ -102,12 +168,7 @@ export default {
     },
     plugins: [
       "expo-router",
-      [
-        "expo-camera",
-        {
-          cameraPermission: "Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access your camera to scan pairing QR codes.",
-        },
-      ],
+      ...buildProfile.cameraPlugins,
       [
         "expo-splash-screen",
         {
@@ -120,14 +181,15 @@ export default {
           },
         },
       ],
+      ...buildProfile.notificationPlugins,
+      "expo-audio",
       [
-        "expo-notifications",
+        "expo-gradle-jvmargs",
         {
-          icon: "./assets/images/notification-icon.png",
-          color: "#20744A",
+          xmx: "4096m",
+          maxMetaspace: "1024m",
         },
       ],
-      "expo-audio",
       [
         "expo-build-properties",
         {
@@ -139,6 +201,7 @@ export default {
           },
         },
       ],
+      ...buildProfile.fdroidPlugins,
     ],
     experiments: {
       typedRoutes: true,
@@ -146,6 +209,7 @@ export default {
       autolinkingModuleResolution: true,
     },
     extra: {
+      fdroidBuild: isFdroidBuild,
       router: {},
       eas: {
         projectId: "0e7f65ce-0367-46c8-a238-2b65963d235a",

packages/app/e2e/add-changed-file-to-chat.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { test, expect, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import { seedMockAgentWorkspace, openAgentRoute } from "./helpers/mock-agent";
+
+function visibleComposer(page: Page) {
+  return page.locator("textarea[data-composer-input]").filter({ visible: true }).first();
+}
+
+test("adds a changed file to the focused chat without replacing its composer draft", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const workspace = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+    repoPrefix: "add-file-to-chat-",
+    title: "Target chat",
+  });
+  const relativePath = "src/changed file.ts";
+
+  try {
+    await mkdir(path.join(workspace.cwd, "src"), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(path.join(workspace.cwd, relativePath), "export const changed = true;\n");
+    await workspace.client.checkoutRefresh(workspace.cwd);
+
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1400, height: 900 });
+    await openAgentRoute(page, {
+      workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId,
+      agentId: workspace.agentId,
+    });
+
+    const agentComposer = visibleComposer(page);
+    await expect(agentComposer).toBeEditable({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await agentComposer.fill("Preserve this thought");
+
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open explorer" }).click();
+    await page.getByTestId("explorer-tab-changes").click();
+    const changedFile = page.getByText("changed file.ts", { exact: true }).first();
+    await expect(changedFile).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click({ button: "right" });
+    await page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-add-to-chat").click();
+
+    const attachment = page.getByTestId("composer-workspace-file-attachment-pill");
+    await expect(attachment).toContainText("changed file.ts");
+    await expect(attachment).toContainText(relativePath);
+    await expect(agentComposer).toHaveValue("Preserve this thought");
+    await expect(agentComposer).toBeFocused();
+  } finally {
+    await workspace.cleanup();
+  }
+});

packages/app/e2e/add-project-flow.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdtemp, rm, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { test, expect, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import {
+  addProjectFlow,
+  addProjectFlowBack,
+  addProjectFlowHost,
+  addProjectFlowInput,
+  addProjectFlowMethod,
+  chooseAddProjectMethod,
+  expectAddProjectPage,
+  expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject,
+  openAddProjectFlow,
+  waitForConnectedHost,
+} from "./helpers/add-project-flow";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { buildSeededHost } from "./helpers/daemon-registry";
+import { addOfflineHostAndReload } from "./helpers/hosts";
+import { type IsolatedHostDaemon, startIsolatedHostDaemon } from "./helpers/isolated-host-daemon";
+import { expectOpenedProject } from "./helpers/project-picker-ui";
+import { connectSeedClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+
+const EXTRA_HOSTS_KEY = "@paseo:e2e-extra-hosts";
+const SECONDARY_HOST_ID = "add-project-flow-secondary";
+const SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL = "Secondary Host";
+
+async function addConnectedHostAndReload(page: Page, host: IsolatedHostDaemon): Promise<void> {
+  const registryEntry = buildSeededHost({
+    serverId: host.serverId,
+    label: SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL,
+    endpoint: `127.0.0.1:${host.port}`,
+    nowIso: new Date().toISOString(),
+  });
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ key, entry }) => {
+      localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify([entry]));
+    },
+    { key: EXTRA_HOSTS_KEY, entry: registryEntry },
+  );
+  await page.reload();
+}
+
+async function expectProjectDirectory(pathname: string): Promise<void> {
+  await expect.poll(async () => (await stat(pathname)).isDirectory()).toBe(true);
+}
+
+async function removeCreatedProject(
+  pathname: string,
+  knownProjectId: string | null,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const client = await connectSeedClient();
+  try {
+    let projectId = knownProjectId;
+    if (!projectId) {
+      const result = await client.addProject(pathname);
+      projectId = result.project?.projectId ?? null;
+    }
+    if (projectId) await client.removeProject(projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+  } finally {
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
+
+async function expectProjectHasNoWorkspaces(projectId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const client = await connectSeedClient();
+  try {
+    const result = await client.fetchWorkspaces({ filter: { projectId } });
+    expect(result.entries).toEqual([]);
+  } finally {
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
+
+test.describe("Add Project command-center flow", () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ timeout: 180_000 });
+
+  test("a single connected host opens directly on method selection", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+
+    await expect(addProjectFlowMethod(page, "directory-search")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-page-host")).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+
+  test("the back arrow, search input, and result glyph share one left edge", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+    await expectAddProjectPage(page, "directory-search");
+    await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill("/tmp");
+
+    const backGlyph = addProjectFlowBack(page).locator("svg");
+    const resultGlyph = addProjectFlow(page)
+      .locator('[data-testid^="add-project-flow-path-"]')
+      .first()
+      .locator("svg");
+    await expect(resultGlyph).toBeVisible();
+
+    const [backBox, inputBox, resultBox, titleBox, resultsBox, footerBox] = await Promise.all([
+      backGlyph.boundingBox(),
+      addProjectFlowInput(page).boundingBox(),
+      resultGlyph.boundingBox(),
+      page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-title").boundingBox(),
+      page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-results").boundingBox(),
+      page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-footer").boundingBox(),
+    ]);
+    expect(backBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(inputBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(resultBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(titleBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(resultsBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(footerBox).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!backBox || !inputBox || !resultBox || !titleBox || !resultsBox || !footerBox) return;
+
+    expect(Math.abs(backBox.x - inputBox.x)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(Math.abs(resultBox.x - inputBox.x)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(titleBox.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(24);
+    expect(resultsBox.y + resultsBox.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(footerBox.y + 1);
+  });
+
+  test("an offline extra host neither appears nor forces host selection", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await addOfflineHostAndReload(page, {
+      serverId: "add-project-flow-offline",
+      label: "Offline Host",
+    });
+
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+
+    await expect(addProjectFlowHost(page, "add-project-flow-offline")).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(addProjectFlowMethod(page, "directory-search")).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test.describe("with two connected hosts", () => {
+    let secondaryHost: IsolatedHostDaemon;
+
+    test.beforeAll(async () => {
+      secondaryHost = await startIsolatedHostDaemon(SECONDARY_HOST_ID);
+    });
+
+    test.afterAll(async () => {
+      await secondaryHost?.close();
+    });
+
+    test("keyboard selection chooses the second host", async ({ page }) => {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await addConnectedHostAndReload(page, secondaryHost);
+      await waitForConnectedHost(page, {
+        serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+        endpoint: `localhost:${secondaryHost.port}`,
+      });
+      await openAddProjectFlow(page, "host");
+
+      await page.keyboard.press("ArrowDown");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+      await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toContainText(SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL);
+    });
+
+    test("Escape and Back restore page input and active selection before closing at the root", async ({
+      page,
+    }) => {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await addConnectedHostAndReload(page, secondaryHost);
+      await waitForConnectedHost(page, {
+        serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+        endpoint: `localhost:${secondaryHost.port}`,
+      });
+      await openAddProjectFlow(page, "host");
+
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill("o");
+      await page.keyboard.press("ArrowDown");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill("new");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-parent");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+      await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue("new");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-parent");
+      await addProjectFlowBack(page).click();
+
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+      await addProjectFlowBack(page).click();
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "host");
+      await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue("o");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+      await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toContainText(SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL);
+
+      await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "host");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+      await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).not.toBeVisible();
+    });
+
+    test("New directory creates a Project on the selected remote host", async ({ page }) => {
+      const parentDirectory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-remote-project-"));
+      const directoryName = `remote-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+      const directoryPath = path.join(parentDirectory, directoryName);
+
+      try {
+        await gotoAppShell(page);
+        await addConnectedHostAndReload(page, secondaryHost);
+        await waitForConnectedHost(page, {
+          serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+          endpoint: `localhost:${secondaryHost.port}`,
+        });
+        await openAddProjectFlow(page, "host");
+        await addProjectFlowHost(page, SECONDARY_HOST_ID).click();
+        await expectAddProjectPage(page, "method");
+
+        await expect(addProjectFlowMethod(page, "new-directory")).toContainText(
+          `Create an empty directory on ${SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL}`,
+        );
+        await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "new-directory");
+        await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill(parentDirectory);
+        await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+        await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-name");
+        await page.keyboard.type(directoryName);
+        await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+        const projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, directoryName);
+        await expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject(page, {
+          serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+          projectId,
+          projectName: directoryName,
+          projectPath: directoryPath,
+        });
+        await expect(page.getByTestId("host-picker-trigger")).toContainText(SECONDARY_HOST_LABEL);
+        await expectProjectDirectory(directoryPath);
+      } finally {
+        await rm(parentDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("keyboard directory search adds the selected Project", async ({
+    page,
+    projectPickerFixture,
+  }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+    await expectAddProjectPage(page, "directory-search");
+    await page.keyboard.type(projectPickerFixture.fuzzyQuery);
+    await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toContainText(projectPickerFixture.projectName, {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+    const projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, projectPickerFixture.projectName);
+    projectPickerFixture.rememberProjectId(projectId);
+    await expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject(page, {
+      serverId: getServerId(),
+      projectId,
+      projectName: projectPickerFixture.projectName,
+      projectPath: projectPickerFixture.projectPath,
+    });
+    await expectProjectHasNoWorkspaces(projectId);
+  });
+
+  test("the current daemon advertises Clone from GitHub and New directory", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+
+    await expect(addProjectFlowMethod(page, "github")).toContainText("Clone from GitHub");
+    await expect(addProjectFlowMethod(page, "new-directory")).toContainText("New directory");
+  });
+
+  test("a complete repository URL remains selectable without a GitHub search result", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+    await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "github");
+
+    const remote = "https://github.invalid/acme/manual.git";
+    await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill(remote);
+    await expect(addProjectFlow(page).getByText("manual", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+    await expectAddProjectPage(page, "github-location");
+    const title = addProjectFlow(page).getByTestId("add-project-flow-title");
+    await expect(title.getByText("Choose destination", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(title.getByText("localhost", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(title).not.toContainText("Where should Paseo create");
+    await addProjectFlowBack(page).click();
+    await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue(remote);
+  });
+
+  test("New directory validates the name, restores parent and name state, then creates a Project", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const parentDirectory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-new-project-"));
+    const directoryName = `created-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+    const directoryPath = path.join(parentDirectory, directoryName);
+    let projectId: string | null = null;
+
+    try {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+      await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "new-directory");
+
+      await page.keyboard.type(parentDirectory);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-name");
+      await page.keyboard.type("../invalid");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+      const error = page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-error");
+      await expect(error).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(error).toContainText(/name|separator|directory/i);
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-name");
+
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill(directoryName);
+      await addProjectFlowBack(page).click();
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-parent");
+      await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue(parentDirectory);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "new-directory-name");
+      await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue(directoryName);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+      projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, directoryName);
+      await expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject(page, {
+        serverId: getServerId(),
+        projectId,
+        projectName: directoryName,
+        projectPath: directoryPath,
+      });
+      await expectProjectHasNoWorkspaces(projectId);
+      await expectProjectDirectory(directoryPath);
+    } finally {
+      await removeCreatedProject(directoryPath, projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+      await rm(parentDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/add-project-github.real.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { expect, test } from "./fixtures";
+import {
+  addProjectFlow,
+  addProjectFlowBack,
+  addProjectFlowInput,
+  chooseAddProjectMethod,
+  expectAddProjectPage,
+  expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject,
+  openAddProjectFlow,
+} from "./helpers/add-project-flow";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { createTempGithubRepo, hasGithubAuth, type GhRepoFixture } from "./helpers/github-fixtures";
+import { expectOpenedProject } from "./helpers/project-picker-ui";
+import { connectSeedClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+
+test.describe("Add Project GitHub flow", () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ timeout: 300_000 });
+
+  test("searches the host's repositories and clones into a clearly shown final path", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    test.skip(!hasGithubAuth(), "Requires GitHub authentication (gh auth login)");
+
+    let repository: GhRepoFixture | null = null;
+    const parentDirectory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-github-clone-"));
+    let projectId: string | null = null;
+
+    try {
+      repository = await createTempGithubRepo({ category: "add-project" });
+      const checkoutPath = path.join(parentDirectory, repository.name);
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+      await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "github");
+
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill("getpaseo/paseo");
+      await expect(addProjectFlow(page).getByText("getpaseo/paseo", { exact: true })).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill("");
+
+      const repositoryRow = addProjectFlow(page).getByText(repository.fullName, { exact: true });
+      await expect(repositoryRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await repositoryRow.click();
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "github-location");
+
+      await addProjectFlowInput(page).fill(parentDirectory);
+      await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toContainText(checkoutPath, { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      await addProjectFlowBack(page).click();
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "github-search");
+      await expect(repositoryRow).toBeVisible();
+      await repositoryRow.click();
+      await expectAddProjectPage(page, "github-location");
+      await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toHaveValue(parentDirectory);
+
+      await mkdir(checkoutPath);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-error")).toHaveText(
+        `Checkout path already exists: ${checkoutPath}`,
+      );
+
+      await rm(checkoutPath, { recursive: true });
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, repository.name);
+      await expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject(page, {
+        serverId: getServerId(),
+        projectId,
+        projectName: repository.name,
+        projectPath: checkoutPath,
+      });
+      const client = await connectSeedClient();
+      try {
+        expect((await client.fetchWorkspaces({ filter: { projectId } })).entries).toEqual([]);
+      } finally {
+        await client.close();
+      }
+      await expect.poll(async () => (await stat(checkoutPath)).isDirectory()).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      if (projectId) {
+        const client = await connectSeedClient();
+        try {
+          await client.removeProject(projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+        } finally {
+          await client.close();
+        }
+      }
+      await repository?.cleanup();
+      await rm(parentDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/agent-stream-ui.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { test, expect } from "./fixtures";
 import {
   awaitAssistantMessage,
   expectAgentIdle,
@@ -6,13 +6,26 @@ import {
   expectTurnCopyButton,
   expectScrollFollowsNewContent,
 } from "./helpers/agent-stream";
+import {
+  expectScrollStaysFixed,
+  clickToolCallBesideScrollToBottomButton,
+  readScrollMetrics,
+  scrollAgentChatToBottom,
+  scrollChatAwayFromBottom,
+  waitForScrollableChat,
+} from "./helpers/agent-bottom-anchor";
+import { delayCreatedAgentInitialTailResponse } from "./helpers/agent-timeline-gate";
+import { selectModel } from "./helpers/app";
 import { clickNewChat } from "./helpers/launcher";
-import { startRunningMockAgent } from "./helpers/composer";
+import { expectComposerVisible, startRunningMockAgent } from "./helpers/composer";
+import { openAgentRoute, seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "./helpers/mock-agent";
+
+const SCROLL_AWAY_MIN_SCROLLABLE_DISTANCE = 360;
 
 test.describe("Agent stream UI", () => {
   test("auto-scroll sticks to bottom across token bursts", async ({ page }) => {
     test.setTimeout(120_000);
-    const { client, repo } = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
+    const agent = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
       prefix: "stream-scroll-",
       model: "one-minute-stream",
       prompt: "Stream for auto-scroll test.",
@@ -21,14 +34,212 @@ test.describe("Agent stream UI", () => {
       await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
       await expectScrollFollowsNewContent(page);
     } finally {
-      await client.close();
-      await repo.cleanup();
+      await agent.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("keeps the active Markdown root mounted across streamed text updates", async ({
+    page,
+  }, testInfo) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const agent = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
+      prefix: "stream-markdown-root-",
+      model: "one-minute-stream",
+      prompt: "Stream for Markdown root stability test.",
+    });
+    try {
+      const assistantMessage = page.getByTestId("assistant-message").last();
+      await expect(assistantMessage).toContainText("walking through", { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      const activeBlock = assistantMessage.locator(":scope > *").last();
+      const initialText = (await activeBlock.textContent()) ?? "";
+      const activeBlockHandle = await activeBlock.elementHandle();
+      if (!activeBlockHandle) {
+        throw new Error("Expected the active assistant message to contain a block");
+      }
+      const markdownRoot = await activeBlock.locator(":scope > *").first().elementHandle();
+      if (!markdownRoot) {
+        throw new Error("Expected the active assistant block to contain a Markdown root");
+      }
+
+      await page.evaluate((block) => {
+        const evidence = {
+          addedNodes: 0,
+          characterDataMutations: 0,
+          removedNodes: 0,
+        };
+        const observer = new MutationObserver((records) => {
+          for (const record of records) {
+            evidence.addedNodes += record.addedNodes.length;
+            evidence.removedNodes += record.removedNodes.length;
+            if (record.type === "characterData") {
+              evidence.characterDataMutations += 1;
+            }
+          }
+        });
+        observer.observe(block, { characterData: true, childList: true, subtree: true });
+        Object.assign(window, {
+          __markdownRootEvidence: evidence,
+          __markdownRootObserver: observer,
+        });
+      }, activeBlockHandle);
+
+      await expect
+        .poll(async () => ((await activeBlock.textContent()) ?? "").length)
+        .toBeGreaterThan(initialText.length + 80);
+
+      const evidence = await page.evaluate((root) => {
+        const state = window as typeof window & {
+          __markdownRootEvidence?: {
+            addedNodes: number;
+            characterDataMutations: number;
+            removedNodes: number;
+          };
+          __markdownRootObserver?: MutationObserver;
+        };
+        state.__markdownRootObserver?.disconnect();
+        const messages = document.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="assistant-message"]');
+        const message = messages.item(messages.length - 1);
+        const block = message?.lastElementChild;
+        return {
+          ...state.__markdownRootEvidence,
+          connected: root.isConnected,
+          sameRoot: block?.firstElementChild === root,
+        };
+      }, markdownRoot);
+
+      await testInfo.attach("markdown-root-stability", {
+        body: JSON.stringify(evidence, null, 2),
+        contentType: "application/json",
+      });
+      expect(evidence.connected).toBe(true);
+      expect(evidence.sameRoot).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        evidence.removedNodes,
+        `Streaming Markdown replaced mounted descendants: ${JSON.stringify(evidence)}`,
+      ).toBe(0);
+    } finally {
+      await agent.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("keeps the viewport fixed after the user scrolls away during a stream", async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const agent = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "stream-scroll-away-",
+      title: "Scroll-away anchor",
+      model: "five-minute-stream",
+      initialPrompt: "emit 120 agent stream updates for scroll-away setup.",
+    });
+    try {
+      await agent.client.waitForFinish(agent.agentId, 30_000);
+      await openAgentRoute(page, {
+        workspaceId: agent.workspaceId,
+        agentId: agent.agentId,
+      });
+      await expectComposerVisible(page);
+      await agent.client.sendAgentMessage(agent.agentId, "Stream for scroll-away anchor test.");
+      await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /stop|cancel/i }).first()).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+      await waitForScrollableChat(page, {
+        minScrollableDistance: SCROLL_AWAY_MIN_SCROLLABLE_DISTANCE,
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      const baseline = await scrollChatAwayFromBottom(page, {
+        deltaY: -900,
+        minDistanceFromBottom: 300,
+      });
+      await expectScrollStaysFixed(page, baseline, { durationMs: 30_000 });
+
+      const finalMetrics = await readScrollMetrics(page);
+      expect(finalMetrics.contentHeight).toBeGreaterThan(baseline.contentHeight);
+    } finally {
+      await agent.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("keeps the viewport fixed when delayed authoritative history arrives after scroll-away", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(180_000);
+    const timelineGate = await delayCreatedAgentInitialTailResponse(page);
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({
+      prefix: "stream-scroll-away-delayed-history-",
+    });
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await clickNewChat(page);
+    await page.getByText("Model defaults are still loading").waitFor({
+      state: "hidden",
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await selectModel(page, "Five minute stream");
+
+    const prompt = "Stream for delayed authoritative history scroll-away test.";
+    const composer = page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Message agent..." }).first();
+    await composer.fill(prompt);
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Send message" }).click();
+    await page.getByText(prompt, { exact: true }).first().waitFor({
+      state: "visible",
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+    await timelineGate.waitForCreatedAgent();
+    await timelineGate.waitForDelayedResponse();
+    await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /stop|cancel/i }).first()).toBeVisible({
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+    await waitForScrollableChat(page, {
+      minScrollableDistance: SCROLL_AWAY_MIN_SCROLLABLE_DISTANCE,
+      timeout: 45_000,
+    });
+    const baseline = await scrollChatAwayFromBottom(page, {
+      deltaY: -900,
+      minDistanceFromBottom: 300,
+    });
+
+    timelineGate.release();
+    await timelineGate.waitForForwardedResponse();
+    await expectScrollStaysFixed(page, baseline);
+  });
+
+  test("keeps tool calls clickable beside the scroll-to-bottom button", async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(60_000);
+    const agent = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "stream-scroll-button-hit-area-",
+      title: "Scroll button hit area",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+      initialPrompt: "Stream enough content to exercise the scroll button hit area.",
+    });
+    try {
+      await agent.client.waitForFinish(agent.agentId, 30_000);
+      await openAgentRoute(page, {
+        workspaceId: agent.workspaceId,
+        agentId: agent.agentId,
+      });
+      await waitForScrollableChat(page, {
+        minScrollableDistance: SCROLL_AWAY_MIN_SCROLLABLE_DISTANCE,
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+
+      const hitArea = await clickToolCallBesideScrollToBottomButton(page);
+
+      expect(hitArea).toEqual({
+        outsideButton: true,
+        toolCallReceivesPointer: true,
+        withinButtonBand: true,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      await agent.cleanup();
     }
   });
 
   test("working-indicator transitions to copy-button when stream ends", async ({ page }) => {
     test.setTimeout(60_000);
-    const { client, repo } = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
+    const agent = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
       prefix: "stream-indicator-",
       model: "ten-second-stream",
       prompt: "Stream briefly for indicator transition test.",
@@ -37,10 +248,10 @@ test.describe("Agent stream UI", () => {
       await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
       await expectInlineWorkingIndicator(page);
       await expectAgentIdle(page, 30_000);
+      await scrollAgentChatToBottom(page);
       await expectTurnCopyButton(page);
     } finally {
-      await client.close();
-      await repo.cleanup();
+      await agent.cleanup();
     }
   });
 

packages/app/e2e/agent-timeline-pagination.spec.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { test } from "./fixtures";
 import {
+  expectLoadedTimelineDoesNotScroll,
   expectTimelinePromptNotMounted,
   expectTimelinePromptVisible,
+  holdNextOlderTimelinePage,
+  makeLoadedTimelineFitViewport,
   openAgentTimeline,
   scrollTimelineUntilOlderHistoryIsReachable,
   seedLongMockAgentTimeline,
@@ -25,4 +28,21 @@ test.describe("Agent timeline pagination", () => {
       await agent.cleanup();
     }
   });
+
+  test("loads older history when the initial page does not fill the viewport", async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const agent = await seedLongMockAgentTimeline({ turns: 30 });
+    try {
+      await makeLoadedTimelineFitViewport(page);
+      const olderPage = await holdNextOlderTimelinePage(page, agent);
+      await openAgentTimeline(page, agent);
+      await expectTimelinePromptVisible(page, agent.newestPrompt);
+      await expectLoadedTimelineDoesNotScroll(page);
+      await olderPage.expectLoading();
+      olderPage.release();
+      await expectTimelinePromptVisible(page, agent.oldestPrompt);
+    } finally {
+      await agent.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
 });

packages/app/e2e/archive-tab.spec.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
 import { connectSeedClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
 import { createTempGitRepo } from "./helpers/workspace";
+import { buildHostWorkspaceRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 import {
   archiveAgentFromDaemon,
   archiveAgentFromSessions,
   clickSessionRow,
-  closeWorkspaceAgentTab,
   createIdleAgent,
-  expectArchivedAgentFocused,
   expectSessionRowArchived,
   expectSessionRowVisible,
   expectWorkspaceArchiveOutcome,
   expectWorkspaceTabHidden,
+  fetchAgentArchivedAt,
   openSessions,
   openWorkspaceWithAgents,
   primeAdditionalPage,
@@ -23,15 +25,26 @@ import {
 test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
   let client: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof connectSeedClient>>;
   let tempRepo: { path: string; cleanup: () => Promise<void> };
+  let projectId: string;
+  let workspaceId: string;
 
   test.describe.configure({ timeout: 300_000 });
 
   test.beforeAll(async () => {
     tempRepo = await createTempGitRepo("archive-tab-");
     client = await connectSeedClient();
+    const created = await client.createWorkspace({
+      source: { kind: "directory", path: tempRepo.path },
+    });
+    if (!created.workspace) {
+      throw new Error(created.error ?? `Failed to create workspace ${tempRepo.path}`);
+    }
+    projectId = created.workspace.projectId;
+    workspaceId = created.workspace.id;
   });
 
   test.afterAll(async () => {
+    await client?.removeProject(projectId).catch(() => undefined);
     await client?.close().catch(() => undefined);
     await tempRepo?.cleanup();
   });
@@ -39,10 +52,12 @@ test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
   test("non-UI archive prunes the archived tab across open pages and reload", async ({ page }) => {
     const archived = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
+      workspaceId,
       title: `cli-archive-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
     const surviving = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
+      workspaceId,
       title: `cli-control-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
     const passivePage = await page.context().newPage();
@@ -68,7 +83,7 @@ test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
         archivedAgentId: archived.id,
         survivingAgentId: surviving.id,
       });
-      await reloadWorkspace(passivePage, tempRepo.path);
+      await reloadWorkspace(passivePage, surviving.workspaceId);
       await expectWorkspaceTabHidden(passivePage, archived.id);
     } finally {
       await passivePage.close();
@@ -78,10 +93,12 @@ test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
   test("Sessions archive prunes the archived tab across open pages", async ({ page }) => {
     const archived = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
+      workspaceId,
       title: `ui-archive-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
     const surviving = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
+      workspaceId,
       title: `ui-control-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
     const passivePage = await page.context().newPage();
@@ -94,7 +111,7 @@ test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
       await openWorkspaceWithAgents(passivePage, [archived, surviving]);
       await openSessions(page);
       await archiveAgentFromSessions(page, { agentId: archived.id, title: archived.title });
-      await reloadWorkspace(page, tempRepo.path);
+      await reloadWorkspace(page, surviving.workspaceId);
       await expectWorkspaceTabHidden(page, archived.id);
       await expectWorkspaceArchiveOutcome(passivePage, {
         archivedAgentId: archived.id,
@@ -105,25 +122,32 @@ test.describe("Archive tab reconciliation", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test("clicking an archived session reopens its closed tab focused", async ({ page }) => {
+  test("clicking an archived session navigates without unarchiving it", async ({ page }) => {
     const archived = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
-      title: `reopen-archived-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
+      workspaceId,
+      title: `unarchive-archived-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
     const surviving = await createIdleAgent(client, {
       cwd: tempRepo.path,
-      title: `reopen-control-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
+      workspaceId,
+      title: `unarchive-control-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
     });
 
     await resetSeededPageState(page);
     await openWorkspaceWithAgents(page, [archived, surviving]);
-    await closeWorkspaceAgentTab(page, archived.id);
     await archiveAgentFromDaemon(client, archived.id);
+    const archivedAt = await fetchAgentArchivedAt(client, archived.id);
+    expect(archivedAt).not.toBeNull();
     await openSessions(page);
     await expectSessionRowArchived(page, archived.title);
 
     await clickSessionRow(page, archived.title);
 
-    await expectArchivedAgentFocused(page, archived.id);
+    expect(await fetchAgentArchivedAt(client, archived.id)).toBe(archivedAt);
+
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(buildHostWorkspaceRoute(getServerId(), archived.workspaceId), {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
   });
 });

packages/app/e2e/archived-codex-agent.real.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, realpathSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { test, expect } from "./fixtures";
+import { openSessions } from "./helpers/archive-tab";
+import {
+  assertChatTranscript,
+  cleanupRewindFlow,
+  launchAgent,
+  sendMessage,
+  type AgentHandle,
+} from "./helpers/rewind-flow";
+import type { SeedDaemonClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { waitForSidebarHydration } from "./helpers/workspace-ui";
+
+interface TimelineClient extends SeedDaemonClient {
+  fetchAgentTimeline(
+    agentId: string,
+    options: { direction: "tail"; projection: "projected"; limit: number },
+  ): Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+const INITIAL_PROMPT = "Reply with exactly CODEX_ARCHIVE_TIMELINE_SENTINEL and nothing else.";
+const INITIAL_REPLY = "CODEX_ARCHIVE_TIMELINE_SENTINEL";
+const FOLLOW_UP_PROMPT = "Reply with exactly CODEX_UNARCHIVED_SENTINEL and nothing else.";
+const FOLLOW_UP_REPLY = "CODEX_UNARCHIVED_SENTINEL";
+
+async function historyContainsAgent(client: SeedDaemonClient, agentId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  const history = await client.fetchAgentHistory({ page: { limit: 200 } });
+  return history.entries.some((entry) => entry.agent.id === agentId);
+}
+
+test.describe("archived Codex agent recovery", () => {
+  test.setTimeout(600_000);
+
+  test("cold-opens without provider history, then unarchives and restores the conversation", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const cwd = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-archived-codex-")));
+    let handle: AgentHandle | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      handle = await launchAgent({
+        page,
+        provider: "codex",
+        cwd,
+        mode: "full-access",
+      });
+      await sendMessage(handle, INITIAL_PROMPT);
+      await assertChatTranscript(handle, [
+        { role: "user", text: INITIAL_PROMPT },
+        { role: "assistant", text: INITIAL_REPLY },
+      ]);
+
+      await handle.client.archiveAgent(handle.agentId);
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () =>
+            (await handle?.client.fetchAgent({ agentId: handle.agentId }))?.agent.archivedAt ??
+            null,
+          { timeout: 30_000 },
+        )
+        .not.toBeNull();
+
+      const timelineClient = handle.client as TimelineClient;
+      await expect(
+        timelineClient.fetchAgentTimeline(handle.agentId, {
+          direction: "tail",
+          projection: "projected",
+          limit: 100,
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(/archiv/i);
+      await expect
+        .poll(async () => (handle ? historyContainsAgent(handle.client, handle.agentId) : false), {
+          timeout: 30_000,
+        })
+        .toBe(true);
+
+      await page.reload();
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await openSessions(page);
+      await page.getByTestId(`agent-row-${getServerId()}-${handle.agentId}`).click();
+
+      await expect(
+        page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${handle.agentId}`).filter({ visible: true }).first(),
+      ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(page.getByText("This agent is archived", { exact: true })).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("agent-load-error")).toHaveCount(0);
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("agent-timeline-sync-error")).toHaveCount(0);
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("user-message")).toHaveCount(0);
+
+      await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Unarchive" }).click();
+      await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Unarchive" })).toHaveCount(0, {
+        timeout: 60_000,
+      });
+      await assertChatTranscript(handle, [
+        { role: "user", text: INITIAL_PROMPT },
+        { role: "assistant", text: INITIAL_REPLY },
+      ]);
+
+      await sendMessage(handle, FOLLOW_UP_PROMPT);
+      await assertChatTranscript(handle, [
+        { role: "user", text: INITIAL_PROMPT },
+        { role: "assistant", text: INITIAL_REPLY },
+        { role: "user", text: FOLLOW_UP_PROMPT },
+        { role: "assistant", text: FOLLOW_UP_REPLY },
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      await cleanupRewindFlow({ handle, cwd });
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/assistant-fork-menu.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+import { expect, test as base, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import { scrollAgentChatToBottom } from "./helpers/agent-bottom-anchor";
+import { awaitAssistantMessage } from "./helpers/agent-stream";
+import { expectComposerVisible, submitMessage } from "./helpers/composer";
+import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./helpers/daemon-port";
+import {
+  openAgentRoute,
+  seedMockAgentWorkspace,
+  type MockAgentOptions,
+  type MockAgentWorkspace,
+} from "./helpers/mock-agent";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { seedSavedSettingsHosts } from "./helpers/settings";
+import { submitNewWorkspaceEmpty } from "./helpers/new-workspace";
+
+const test = base.extend<{
+  seedForkWorkspace: (options: MockAgentOptions) => Promise<MockAgentWorkspace>;
+}>({
+  seedForkWorkspace: async ({ browserName: _browserName }, provide) => {
+    const sessions: MockAgentWorkspace[] = [];
+    await provide(async (options) => {
+      const session = await seedMockAgentWorkspace(options);
+      sessions.push(session);
+      return session;
+    });
+    await Promise.allSettled(sessions.map((session) => session.cleanup()));
+  },
+});
+
+async function openAssistantForkMenu(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      async () => {
+        await scrollAgentChatToBottom(page);
+        return page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-trigger").count();
+      },
+      { timeout: 30_000 },
+    )
+    .toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  const trigger = page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-trigger").last();
+  await expect(trigger).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await trigger.click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-content")).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 10_000,
+  });
+}
+
+async function expectChatHistoryPill(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const pill = page.getByTestId("composer-chat-history-attachment-pill").first();
+  await expect(pill).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expect(pill).toContainText("Chat history");
+}
+
+test.describe("Assistant fork menu", () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ timeout: 180_000 });
+
+  test("forks a failed assistant turn that has no provider message id", async ({
+    page,
+    seedForkWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const session = await seedForkWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "assistant-fork-failed-turn-",
+      title: "Assistant fork failed turn",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+    });
+
+    await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await submitMessage(page, "Emit a synthetic turn failure.");
+    await expect(page.getByText("[System Error] Requested mock provider failure")).toBeVisible({
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+
+    await openAssistantForkMenu(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-new-tab").click();
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+  });
+
+  test("focuses a forked assistant turn in a new workspace draft tab", async ({
+    page,
+    seedForkWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const session = await seedForkWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "assistant-fork-focused-tab-",
+      title: "Assistant fork focused tab",
+      initialPrompt: "emit 1 coalesced agent stream updates for initial assistant fork turn.",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+    });
+
+    await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+    await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 45_000);
+
+    await submitMessage(page, "emit 1 coalesced agent stream updates while this tab is visible.");
+    await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 45_000);
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+
+    const agentTab = page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${session.agentId}`);
+    await expect(agentTab).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "true");
+
+    await openAssistantForkMenu(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-new-tab").click();
+
+    const selectedTab = page
+      .getByTestId("workspace-tabs-row")
+      .getByRole("button")
+      .and(page.locator('[aria-selected="true"]'));
+    await expect(selectedTab).toHaveAttribute("data-testid", /^workspace-tab-draft_/, {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
+    await expect(agentTab).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "false");
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+  });
+
+  test("keeps the fork attachment after submitting an existing-workspace draft tab", async ({
+    page,
+    seedForkWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const session = await seedForkWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "assistant-fork-tab-submit-",
+      title: "Assistant fork tab submit",
+      initialPrompt: "emit 1 coalesced agent stream updates for assistant fork tab submit.",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+    });
+
+    await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+    await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 45_000);
+
+    await openAssistantForkMenu(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-new-tab").click();
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+
+    await submitMessage(page, "");
+
+    const userMessage = page.getByTestId("user-message").filter({ hasText: "Chat history" }).last();
+    await expect(userMessage).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await expect(userMessage).not.toContainText("Source agent:");
+  });
+
+  test("forks an assistant turn into New Workspace and keeps the attachment across host changes", async ({
+    page,
+    seedForkWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    await seedSavedSettingsHosts(page, [
+      {
+        serverId: getServerId(),
+        label: "localhost",
+        endpoint: `127.0.0.1:${getE2EDaemonPort()}`,
+      },
+      {
+        serverId: "secondary-assistant-fork-host",
+        label: "Secondary host",
+        // The host does not need to be reachable; this pins that the draft-scoped
+        // attachment survives changing the selected target host.
+        endpoint: "127.0.0.1:9",
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const session = await seedForkWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "assistant-fork-workspace-",
+      title: "Assistant fork workspace",
+      initialPrompt: "emit 1 coalesced agent stream updates for assistant fork new workspace.",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+    });
+
+    await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+    await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 45_000);
+
+    await openAssistantForkMenu(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-new-workspace").click();
+
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/new\?.*draftId=/, { timeout: 30_000 });
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+
+    await page.getByTestId("host-picker-trigger").click();
+    await page
+      .getByTestId("new-workspace-host-picker-option-secondary-assistant-fork-host")
+      .click();
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+  });
+
+  test("keeps the fork attachment after the new agent receives its user message", async ({
+    page,
+    seedForkWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const session = await seedForkWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "assistant-fork-submit-",
+      title: "Assistant fork submit",
+      initialPrompt: "emit 1 coalesced agent stream updates for assistant fork submit.",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+    });
+
+    await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+    await awaitAssistantMessage(page);
+    await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 45_000);
+
+    await openAssistantForkMenu(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("assistant-fork-menu-new-workspace").click();
+    await expectChatHistoryPill(page);
+
+    await submitNewWorkspaceEmpty(page);
+
+    const userMessage = page.getByTestId("user-message").filter({ hasText: "Chat history" }).last();
+    await expect(userMessage).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await expect(userMessage).not.toContainText("Source agent:");
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/bottom-sheet-reopen.spec.ts

@@ -123,4 +123,16 @@ test.describe("mobile bottom sheet reopen", () => {
       await openAndCloseModelSelectorTwice(page);
     });
   });
+
+  test("model selector closes after model selection", async ({ page }) => {
+    await withMobileMockAgent(page, async () => {
+      await openModelSelector(page);
+      const sheet = page.getByLabel("Bottom Sheet", { exact: true });
+
+      await sheet.getByText("Ten second stream", { exact: true }).click();
+
+      await expect(sheet).not.toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+      await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /Ten second stream/ })).toBeVisible();
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/app/e2e/branch-switcher.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import { expect, test, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import {
+  expectNoBranchSwitcherInWorkspaceHeader,
+  expectWorkspaceBranch,
+  openChangesPanel,
+  switchBranchFromChangesPanel,
+} from "./helpers/branch-switcher";
+import { seedWorkspace } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { readWorktreeBranchInfo } from "./helpers/workspace";
+import { switchWorkspaceViaSidebar, waitForSidebarHydration } from "./helpers/workspace-ui";
+
+async function renameWorkspaceViaSidebar(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { workspaceId: string; title: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  const serverId = getServerId();
+  const row = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-row-${serverId}:${input.workspaceId}`);
+  await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await row.hover();
+
+  const kebab = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-kebab-${serverId}:${input.workspaceId}`);
+  await expect(kebab).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await kebab.click();
+
+  const renameItem = page.getByTestId(
+    `sidebar-workspace-menu-rename-${serverId}:${input.workspaceId}`,
+  );
+  await expect(renameItem).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await renameItem.click();
+
+  const modalPrefix = `sidebar-workspace-rename-modal-${serverId}:${input.workspaceId}`;
+  const renameInput = page.getByTestId(`${modalPrefix}-input`);
+  await expect(renameInput).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await renameInput.fill(input.title);
+  await page.getByTestId(`${modalPrefix}-submit`).click();
+  await expect(renameInput).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 15_000 });
+}
+
+test.describe("Branch switcher", () => {
+  // The first test after a spec-file switch can fail while the shared daemon
+  // releases stale sessions from the previous spec; one retry stabilizes it.
+  test.describe.configure({ retries: 1 });
+
+  test("switches the workspace branch from the git diff panel for an opaque workspace id", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(90_000);
+    const serverId = getServerId();
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "branch-switch-",
+      repo: { branches: ["main", "dev"] },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({ page, serverId, workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId });
+
+      await openChangesPanel(page);
+      await expectWorkspaceBranch(page, "main");
+      await switchBranchFromChangesPanel(page, { from: "main", to: "dev" });
+      await expectWorkspaceBranch(page, "dev");
+
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () =>
+            (await readWorktreeBranchInfo({ worktreePath: workspace.repoPath })).currentBranch,
+          { timeout: 30_000 },
+        )
+        .toBe("dev");
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("a custom workspace title stays in the header while the diff panel switches the real branch", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(90_000);
+    const serverId = getServerId();
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "branch-coherence-",
+      repo: { branches: ["main", "dev"] },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      expect(workspace.workspaceName).toBe("main");
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({ page, serverId, workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId });
+
+      const customTitle = "Payments Refactor";
+      await renameWorkspaceViaSidebar(page, {
+        workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId,
+        title: customTitle,
+      });
+
+      // The header shows the custom title verbatim (a plain static title), never a
+      // branch name, and the branch switcher does not live in the header.
+      const headerTitle = page
+        .getByTestId("workspace-header-title")
+        .filter({ visible: true })
+        .first();
+      await expect(headerTitle).toHaveText(customTitle, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expectNoBranchSwitcherInWorkspaceHeader(page);
+
+      // The diff panel's switcher tracks the real branch ("main"), not the title,
+      // and switching it checks out the real branch on disk.
+      await openChangesPanel(page);
+      await expectWorkspaceBranch(page, "main");
+      await switchBranchFromChangesPanel(page, { from: "main", to: "dev" });
+      await expectWorkspaceBranch(page, "dev");
+
+      // The custom title is unaffected by the branch switch.
+      await expect(headerTitle).toHaveText(customTitle, { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () =>
+            (await readWorktreeBranchInfo({ worktreePath: workspace.repoPath })).currentBranch,
+          { timeout: 30_000 },
+        )
+        .toBe("dev");
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/command-center-host.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { createIdleAgent } from "./helpers/archive-tab";
+import { openCommandCenter } from "./helpers/command-center";
+import { addOfflineHostAndReload } from "./helpers/hosts";
+import { expectAgentTabActive } from "./helpers/launcher";
+import { seedWorkspace } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+
+const PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL = "Primary Host";
+const SECONDARY_HOST_ID = "host-command-center-secondary";
+
+test.describe("Command center host labels", () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ timeout: 180_000 });
+
+  test("agent results show the host they live on when more than one host exists", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const seeded = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: "command-center-host-" });
+    const title = `cc-host-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+
+    try {
+      const agent = await createIdleAgent(seeded.client, {
+        cwd: seeded.repoPath,
+        workspaceId: seeded.workspaceId,
+        title,
+      });
+
+      // A second (offline) host makes the view multi-host, which is when the host label earns its space.
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await addOfflineHostAndReload(page, {
+        serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+        label: "Secondary Host",
+        primaryLabel: PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL,
+      });
+
+      const panel = await openCommandCenter(page);
+
+      // The shared daemon may carry agents from other specs, so target this agent by its id.
+      const row = panel.getByTestId(`command-center-agent-${getServerId()}:${agent.id}`);
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(row).toContainText(title);
+      await expect(row).toContainText(PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL);
+    } finally {
+      await seeded.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("selecting an agent result opens its workspace tab", async ({ page }) => {
+    const seeded = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: "command-center-agent-navigation-" });
+    const title = `cc-navigation-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+
+    try {
+      const agent = await createIdleAgent(seeded.client, {
+        cwd: seeded.repoPath,
+        workspaceId: seeded.workspaceId,
+        title,
+      });
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      const panel = await openCommandCenter(page);
+      await panel.getByTestId("command-center-input").fill(title);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+      await expectAgentTabActive(page, agent.id);
+    } finally {
+      await seeded.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/command-center-workspaces.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { createIdleAgent } from "./helpers/archive-tab";
+import { openCommandCenter } from "./helpers/command-center";
+import { addOfflineHostAndReload } from "./helpers/hosts";
+import { expectAppRoute } from "./helpers/route-assertions";
+import { seedWorkspace } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { buildHostWorkspaceRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
+
+const PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL = "Primary Host";
+const SECONDARY_HOST_ID = "host-command-center-workspaces-secondary";
+const WORKSPACE_TITLE = "Payments Refactor";
+const WORKSPACE_BRANCH = "feature/cmd-k-workspaces";
+const AGENT_TITLE = "Fix checkout retries";
+
+test.describe("Command center workspaces", () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ timeout: 180_000 });
+
+  test("workspace results show their title, host, and branch and open the workspace", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const seeded = await seedWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "command-center-workspace-",
+      title: WORKSPACE_TITLE,
+    });
+
+    try {
+      execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", WORKSPACE_BRANCH], {
+        cwd: seeded.repoPath,
+        stdio: "ignore",
+      });
+      const refreshed = await seeded.client.checkoutRefresh(seeded.repoPath);
+      if (!refreshed.success) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to refresh checkout: ${JSON.stringify(refreshed.error)}`);
+      }
+      const agent = await createIdleAgent(seeded.client, {
+        cwd: seeded.repoPath,
+        workspaceId: seeded.workspaceId,
+        title: AGENT_TITLE,
+      });
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await addOfflineHostAndReload(page, {
+        serverId: SECONDARY_HOST_ID,
+        label: "Secondary Host",
+        primaryLabel: PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL,
+      });
+
+      const panel = await openCommandCenter(page);
+      const row = panel.getByTestId(
+        `command-center-workspace-${getServerId()}:${seeded.workspaceId}`,
+      );
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(row).toContainText(WORKSPACE_TITLE);
+      await expect(row).toContainText(WORKSPACE_BRANCH);
+
+      // The subtitle disambiguates by project: host · project · branch (multi-host).
+      const subtitle = row.getByTestId("command-center-workspace-subtitle");
+      await expect(subtitle).toContainText(PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL);
+      await expect(subtitle).toContainText(seeded.projectDisplayName);
+      await expect(subtitle).toContainText(WORKSPACE_BRANCH);
+
+      // The agent subtitle is unchanged by the shared-helper refactor.
+      const agentRow = panel.getByTestId(`command-center-agent-${getServerId()}:${agent.id}`);
+      await expect(agentRow).toContainText(AGENT_TITLE);
+      await expect(agentRow).toContainText(PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL);
+      await expect(agentRow).toContainText(WORKSPACE_TITLE);
+      await expect(agentRow).not.toContainText(seeded.repoPath);
+
+      const workspaceSectionTop = await panel
+        .getByText("Workspaces", { exact: true })
+        .evaluate((element) => element.getBoundingClientRect().top);
+      const agentSectionTop = await panel
+        .getByText("Agents", { exact: true })
+        .evaluate((element) => element.getBoundingClientRect().top);
+      expect(workspaceSectionTop).toBeLessThan(agentSectionTop);
+
+      const input = panel.getByTestId("command-center-input");
+      await input.fill(PRIMARY_HOST_LABEL);
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(agentRow).toBeVisible();
+
+      await input.fill(WORKSPACE_BRANCH);
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(agentRow).not.toBeVisible();
+
+      await input.fill(WORKSPACE_TITLE);
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(agentRow).toBeVisible();
+
+      await input.fill(seeded.repoPath);
+      await expect(agentRow).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(row).not.toBeVisible();
+
+      // The project name is now part of the workspace searchText.
+      await input.fill(seeded.projectDisplayName);
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+
+      await input.fill(AGENT_TITLE);
+      await expect(agentRow).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(row).not.toBeVisible();
+
+      await input.fill(WORKSPACE_TITLE);
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+      await expectAppRoute(page, buildHostWorkspaceRoute(getServerId(), seeded.workspaceId), {
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      await seeded.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("single-host workspace subtitle omits the host and shows project · branch", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const seeded = await seedWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "command-center-workspace-single-",
+      title: WORKSPACE_TITLE,
+    });
+
+    try {
+      execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", WORKSPACE_BRANCH], {
+        cwd: seeded.repoPath,
+        stdio: "ignore",
+      });
+      const refreshed = await seeded.client.checkoutRefresh(seeded.repoPath);
+      if (!refreshed.success) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to refresh checkout: ${JSON.stringify(refreshed.error)}`);
+      }
+
+      // No secondary host: with a single host, the host label is gated away.
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+
+      const panel = await openCommandCenter(page);
+      const row = panel.getByTestId(
+        `command-center-workspace-${getServerId()}:${seeded.workspaceId}`,
+      );
+      await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      const subtitle = row.getByTestId("command-center-workspace-subtitle");
+      await expect(subtitle).toHaveText(`${seeded.projectDisplayName} · ${WORKSPACE_BRANCH}`);
+    } finally {
+      await seeded.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/commit-diff-panel.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { test, expect } from "./fixtures";
+
+const COMMIT_SUBJECT = "Show commit timestamps";
+
+test("commit history explains when the workspace has no commits ahead of its base", async ({
+  page,
+  withWorkspace,
+}) => {
+  const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "commit-history-empty-workspace-" });
+  execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: workspace.repoPath, stdio: "ignore" });
+  await workspace.navigateTo();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open explorer" }).click();
+  const commitsSection = page.getByRole("button", { name: /Commits/i });
+  await expect(commitsSection).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await commitsSection.click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("commits-section-no-workspace-commits")).toHaveText(
+    "No commits ahead of main yet",
+    { timeout: 30_000 },
+  );
+});
+
+test("commit history shows dates and shares diff layout preferences", async ({
+  page,
+  withWorkspace,
+}) => {
+  const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "commit-diff-panel-" });
+  await createFeatureCommit(workspace.repoPath);
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1400, height: 900 });
+  await workspace.navigateTo();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open explorer" }).click();
+  const commitsSection = page.getByRole("button", { name: /Commits/i });
+  await expect(commitsSection).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await commitsSection.click();
+
+  const commitRow = page.locator('[data-testid^="commit-row-"]').filter({
+    hasText: COMMIT_SUBJECT,
+  });
+  await expect(commitRow).toContainText(COMMIT_SUBJECT, { timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-testid^="commit-row-"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+  await expect(commitRow).toContainText("Jan 15");
+  await commitRow.click();
+
+  const panel = page.getByTestId("commit-diff-panel").filter({ visible: true });
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("commit-diff-toolbar")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  const layoutToggle = panel.getByTestId("commit-diff-toggle-layout");
+  await expect(layoutToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Switch to side-by-side diff");
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("diff-code-row-0")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  await layoutToggle.click();
+  await expect(layoutToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Switch to unified diff");
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("diff-code-row-0")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByTestId(/^workspace-commit-diff-close-/).click();
+  await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+  await commitRow.click();
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("commit-diff-toggle-layout")).toHaveAccessibleName(
+    "Switch to unified diff",
+    { timeout: 30_000 },
+  );
+
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 480, height: 900 });
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("commit-diff-toolbar")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(panel.getByTestId("diff-code-row-0")).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+async function createFeatureCommit(repoPath: string): Promise<void> {
+  execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: repoPath, stdio: "ignore" });
+  await writeFile(path.join(repoPath, "feature.txt"), "before\nafter\n");
+  execFileSync("git", ["add", "feature.txt"], { cwd: repoPath, stdio: "ignore" });
+  execFileSync("git", ["commit", "-m", COMMIT_SUBJECT], {
+    cwd: repoPath,
+    stdio: "ignore",
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      GIT_AUTHOR_DATE: "2020-01-15T12:00:00Z",
+      GIT_COMMITTER_DATE: "2020-01-15T12:00:00Z",
+    },
+  });
+}

packages/app/e2e/composer-attachments.spec.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   expectComposerEditable,
   expectAttachButtonDisabled,
   fillComposerDraft,
+  dropFileOnComposer,
   sendDraftToQueue,
   expectQueuedMessageButton,
   startRunningMockAgent,
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ const MINIMAL_PNG = Buffer.from(
 );
 
 const TEST_IMAGE = { name: "test.png", mimeType: "image/png", buffer: MINIMAL_PNG };
+const TEST_JSON = {
+  name: "config.json",
+  mimeType: "application/json",
+  buffer: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ composer: "drop" })),
+};
 
 test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
   test("Plus menu shows image and GitHub options", async ({ page, withWorkspace }) => {
@@ -172,6 +178,47 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
     await expectAttachmentPill(page, "composer-image-attachment-pill");
   });
 
+  test("dropped JSON file renders as a file attachment in active chat", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(60_000);
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "attach-drop-json-" });
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await clickNewChat(page);
+    await expectComposerVisible(page);
+
+    await dropFileOnComposer(page, TEST_JSON);
+
+    await expectAttachmentPill(page, "composer-file-attachment-pill");
+  });
+
+  test("dropped JSON file renders as a file attachment in New Workspace", async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: "attach-drop-new-workspace-" });
+
+    try {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({
+        page,
+        serverId: getServerId(),
+        workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId,
+      });
+
+      await openNewWorkspaceComposer(page, {
+        projectKey: workspace.projectId,
+        projectDisplayName: workspace.projectDisplayName,
+      });
+
+      await dropFileOnComposer(page, TEST_JSON);
+
+      await expectAttachmentPill(page, "composer-file-attachment-pill");
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
   test("clicking the X on an image pill removes it", async ({ page, withWorkspace }) => {
     test.setTimeout(60_000);
     const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "attach-remove-" });
@@ -193,7 +240,7 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
     page,
   }) => {
     test.setTimeout(120_000);
-    const { client, repo } = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
+    const agent = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
       prefix: "attach-queue-",
       model: "one-minute-stream",
       prompt: "Stay running for queue test.",
@@ -205,8 +252,7 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
       await expectQueuedMessageButton(page);
       await expectComposerDraft(page, "");
     } finally {
-      await client.close();
-      await repo.cleanup();
+      await agent.cleanup();
     }
   });
 
@@ -214,7 +260,7 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
     page,
   }) => {
     test.setTimeout(120_000);
-    const { client, repo } = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
+    const agent = await startRunningMockAgent(page, {
       prefix: "attach-interrupt-",
       model: "ten-second-stream",
       prompt: "Stay running for interrupt test.",
@@ -226,8 +272,7 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
       await expectAgentIdle(page, 15_000);
       await expectComposerDraft(page, "preserve me");
     } finally {
-      await client.close();
-      await repo.cleanup();
+      await agent.cleanup();
     }
   });
 
@@ -244,7 +289,7 @@ test.describe("Composer attachments", () => {
       await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({
         page,
         serverId,
-        targetWorkspacePath: workspace.workspaceId,
+        workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId,
       });
 
       await openNewWorkspaceComposer(page, {

packages/app/e2e/composer-autocomplete.spec.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { expect, test, type Page } from "./fixtures";
 import { composerLocator, expectComposerVisible } from "./helpers/composer";
-import { openAgentRoute, seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "./helpers/mock-agent";
-import { expectWorkspaceTabVisible } from "./helpers/archive-tab";
+import {
+  openAgentRoute,
+  seedMockAgentWorkspace,
+  type MockAgentWorkspace,
+} from "./helpers/mock-agent";
+import { expectWorkspaceTabVisible, openSessions } from "./helpers/archive-tab";
 import { daemonWsRoutePattern } from "./helpers/daemon-port";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { switchWorkspaceViaSidebar } from "./helpers/workspace-ui";
 
 const TEST_COMMANDS = [
   {
@@ -142,6 +148,50 @@ async function installListCommandsStub(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+async function openAppWideNewWorkspace(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-global-new-workspace").first().click();
+  await page.waitForURL((url) => url.pathname === "/new", { timeout: 30_000 });
+}
+
+async function openSettingsThenBackToWorkspace(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-settings").filter({ visible: true }).first().click();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/settings\/general$/, { timeout: 30_000 });
+  await page.getByTestId("settings-back-to-workspace").click();
+  await page.waitForURL((url) => url.pathname.includes("/workspace/"), { timeout: 30_000 });
+}
+
+async function expectSingleCurrentWorkspaceDeckEntry(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { expectedDeckEntryCount: number; serverId: string; workspaceId: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  const summary = await page
+    .locator('[data-testid^="workspace-deck-entry-"]')
+    .evaluateAll((elements, target) => {
+      const currentTestId = `workspace-deck-entry-${target.serverId}:${target.workspaceId}`;
+      const entries = elements.map((element) => {
+        const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+        return {
+          testId: element.getAttribute("data-testid"),
+          hasLayout: rect.width > 0 && rect.height > 0,
+        };
+      });
+      const currentEntries = entries.filter((entry) => entry.testId === currentTestId);
+      return {
+        totalDeckEntryCount: entries.length,
+        currentWorkspaceEntryCount: currentEntries.length,
+        visibleCurrentWorkspaceEntryCount: currentEntries.filter((entry) => entry.hasLayout).length,
+        hiddenCurrentWorkspaceEntryCount: currentEntries.filter((entry) => !entry.hasLayout).length,
+      };
+    }, input);
+
+  expect(summary).toEqual({
+    totalDeckEntryCount: input.expectedDeckEntryCount,
+    currentWorkspaceEntryCount: 1,
+    visibleCurrentWorkspaceEntryCount: 1,
+    hiddenCurrentWorkspaceEntryCount: 0,
+  });
+}
+
 async function openReadyMockAgent(
   page: Page,
   options?: { expectWorkspaceTab?: boolean },
@@ -308,6 +358,82 @@ function expectPopoverDoesNotDisappearAfterFirstVisible(frames: PopoverFrame[]):
 }
 
 test.describe("Composer autocomplete", () => {
+  test("stays visible after returning from app-wide routes", async ({ page }) => {
+    await installListCommandsStub(page);
+    const serverId = getServerId();
+    const sessions: MockAgentWorkspace[] = [];
+
+    try {
+      sessions.push(
+        await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+          repoPrefix: "autocomplete-new-route-a-",
+          title: "Autocomplete new route A",
+        }),
+      );
+      sessions.push(
+        await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+          repoPrefix: "autocomplete-new-route-b-",
+          title: "Autocomplete new route B",
+        }),
+      );
+      sessions.push(
+        await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+          repoPrefix: "autocomplete-new-route-c-",
+          title: "Autocomplete new route C",
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const [first, second, third] = sessions;
+
+      await openAgentRoute(page, first);
+      await expectComposerVisible(page, { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      await openAppWideNewWorkspace(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({ page, serverId, workspaceId: second.workspaceId });
+      await expectComposerVisible(page, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expectSingleCurrentWorkspaceDeckEntry(page, {
+        expectedDeckEntryCount: 2,
+        serverId,
+        workspaceId: second.workspaceId,
+      });
+
+      await openSettingsThenBackToWorkspace(page);
+      await expectComposerVisible(page, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expectSingleCurrentWorkspaceDeckEntry(page, {
+        expectedDeckEntryCount: 2,
+        serverId,
+        workspaceId: second.workspaceId,
+      });
+
+      await openSessions(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({ page, serverId, workspaceId: third.workspaceId });
+      await expectComposerVisible(page, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expectSingleCurrentWorkspaceDeckEntry(page, {
+        expectedDeckEntryCount: sessions.length,
+        serverId,
+        workspaceId: third.workspaceId,
+      });
+
+      await openAppWideNewWorkspace(page);
+      await switchWorkspaceViaSidebar({ page, serverId, workspaceId: first.workspaceId });
+      await expectComposerVisible(page, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expectSingleCurrentWorkspaceDeckEntry(page, {
+        expectedDeckEntryCount: sessions.length,
+        serverId,
+        workspaceId: first.workspaceId,
+      });
+
+      await composerLocator(page).fill("/");
+      const popover = page
+        .getByTestId("composer-autocomplete-popover")
+        .filter({ hasText: "/help", visible: true })
+        .first();
+      await expect(popover).toBeInViewport({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    } finally {
+      await Promise.allSettled(sessions.map((session) => session.cleanup()));
+    }
+  });
+
   test("does not flash at the wrong position on the first slash command paint", async ({
     page,
   }) => {

packages/app/e2e/desktop-updates.spec.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
 import {
   loadRealDaemonState,
   injectDesktopBridge,
+  openDesktopAboutSettings,
   openDesktopSettings,
   expectUpdateBanner,
+  clickCheckForUpdates,
+  expectPendingUpdateCheckResult,
   clickInstallUpdate,
   expectInstallInProgress,
   interceptDaemonManagementConfirmDialog,
@@ -45,6 +48,21 @@ test.describe("Desktop updates", () => {
     await clickInstallUpdate(page);
     await expectInstallInProgress(page);
   });
+
+  test("manual check reports a found update while it downloads", async ({ page }) => {
+    await injectDesktopBridge(page, {
+      serverId: getServerId(),
+      updateAvailable: true,
+      latestVersion: "1.2.3",
+      updateReadyToInstall: false,
+    });
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await openDesktopAboutSettings(page);
+
+    await clickCheckForUpdates(page);
+
+    await expectPendingUpdateCheckResult(page, "1.2.3");
+  });
 });
 
 test.describe("Desktop daemon management", () => {

packages/app/e2e/diff-row-alignment.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { buildHostWorkspaceRoute, buildSettingsSectionRoute } from "../src/utils/host-routes";
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import { waitForWorkspaceTabsVisible } from "./helpers/workspace-tabs";
 
 interface DirtyWorkspace {
   id: string;
+  repoPath: string;
+}
+
+interface WorkspaceFixtureOptions {
+  includeDeletedFile?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface CleanupTask {
@@ -218,6 +223,183 @@ test("changes diff keeps code rows aligned with the gutter", async ({ page }) =>
   });
 });
 
+test("changes file actions open from the kebab and right-click", async ({ page }) => {
+  const workspace = await createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff({ includeDeletedFile: true });
+  await useUnwrappedDiffLines(page);
+  await openWorkspaceChanges(page, workspace);
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-1")).toContainText("zz-deleted.ts");
+  await page.getByTestId("diff-file-1-actions").click();
+  await expect(page.getByText("Copy path")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-1-open-file")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click({ button: "right" });
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-open-file")).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-open-file").click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-file-pane")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-file_src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts")).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("Changes switches between inline and full-tab navigation", async ({ page }) => {
+  const workspace = await createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff({ includeDeletedFile: true });
+  await useUnwrappedDiffLines(page);
+  await openWorkspaceChanges(page, workspace);
+
+  const changesTabToggle = page.getByTestId("changes-open-tab");
+  await expect(changesTabToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Open Changes tab");
+  await changesTabToggle.click();
+  await expect(changesTabToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Close Changes tab");
+
+  const visiblePanel = page.getByTestId("working-diff-panel").filter({ visible: true });
+  await expect(visiblePanel).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByText("use-mounted-tab-set.ts", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(visiblePanel).toContainText("zz-deleted.ts");
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-file-pane")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click();
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click();
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible();
+  const workingDiffLayoutToggle = visiblePanel.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-layout");
+  await expect(workingDiffLayoutToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Switch to side-by-side diff");
+  await workingDiffLayoutToggle.click();
+  await expect(workingDiffLayoutToggle).toHaveAccessibleName("Switch to unified diff");
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("working-diff-options-menu").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-whitespace")).toContainText("Hide whitespace");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-wrap-lines")).toContainText("Wrap long lines");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("working-diff-refresh")).toContainText("Refresh");
+  await page.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-wrap-lines").click();
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("working-diff-options-menu").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-wrap-lines")).toContainText(
+    "Scroll long lines",
+  );
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-expand-all").click();
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByTestId(/^diff-file-\d+-body$/)).toHaveCount(0);
+  await visiblePanel.getByTestId("working-diff-toggle-expand-all").click();
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-0-body"),
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(/^workspace-working-diff-close-/)).toHaveCount(1);
+
+  await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts"), BEFORE);
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByText("use-mounted-tab-set.ts", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0, {
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  });
+  await expect(visiblePanel).toContainText("zz-deleted.ts");
+  await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts"), AFTER);
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByText("use-mounted-tab-set.ts", { exact: true })).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  });
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-1")).toContainText(
+    "zz-deleted.ts",
+  );
+  await page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-1-toggle").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(/^workspace-working-diff-close-/)).toHaveCount(1);
+  await expect(visiblePanel.getByText("zz-deleted.ts", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(visiblePanel).toContainText("Deleted");
+
+  await changesTabToggle.click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(/^workspace-working-diff-close-/)).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(
+    page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-0-body"),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-0-toggle").click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByTestId("explorer-content-area").getByTestId("diff-file-0-body"),
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test("changes diff switches between flat and tree file lists", async ({ page }) => {
+  const workspace = await createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff();
+  await useUnwrappedDiffLines(page);
+  await openWorkspaceChanges(page, workspace);
+
+  await expectFlatFileList(page);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-layout")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-layout-unified")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-layout-split")).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-options-menu").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-options-menu-content")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-whitespace")).toContainText("Hide whitespace");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-wrap-lines")).toContainText("Wrap long lines");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-refresh")).toContainText("Refresh");
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-whitespace").click();
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-options-menu").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-whitespace")).toContainText("Show whitespace");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+
+  await scrollToLowerUnwrappedDiffRows(page);
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-view-mode").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-folder-src")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0")).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Collapse all" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Expand all" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByTestId("diff-folder-src-toggle").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0")).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-view-mode").click();
+  await expectFlatFileList(page);
+});
+
+test("workspace file panes keep their controls on shared alignment rails", async ({ page }) => {
+  const workspace = await createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff();
+  await openWorkspaceChanges(page, workspace);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("changes-toggle-view-mode").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-folder-src")).toBeVisible();
+
+  const changesRightRail = await Promise.all([
+    readSvgRight(page, "explorer-close"),
+    readSvgRight(page, "changes-options-menu"),
+    readSvgRight(page, "diff-file-0-actions"),
+  ]);
+  expectAligned(changesRightRail);
+
+  const [folderStat, fileStat] = await Promise.all([
+    page.getByTestId("diff-folder-src-stat").boundingBox(),
+    page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-stat").boundingBox(),
+  ]);
+  expect(folderStat).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(fileStat).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(folderStat!.x + folderStat!.width).toBeCloseTo(fileStat!.x + fileStat!.width, 0);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("explorer-tab-files").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("file-explorer-row-0")).toBeVisible();
+
+  const filesRightRail = await Promise.all([
+    readSvgRight(page, "explorer-close"),
+    readSvgRight(page, "files-refresh"),
+    readSvgRight(page, "file-explorer-row-0-actions"),
+  ]);
+  expectAligned(filesRightRail);
+
+  const [sortLabel, firstRowIcon, treeBounds, rowBounds] = await Promise.all([
+    page.getByTestId("files-sort-label").boundingBox(),
+    page.getByTestId("file-explorer-row-0").locator("svg").first().boundingBox(),
+    page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll").boundingBox(),
+    page.getByTestId("file-explorer-row-0").boundingBox(),
+  ]);
+  expect(sortLabel).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(firstRowIcon).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(treeBounds).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(rowBounds).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(sortLabel!.x).toBeCloseTo(firstRowIcon!.x, 0);
+  expect(rowBounds!.x).toBeCloseTo(treeBounds!.x, 0);
+  expect(rowBounds!.x + rowBounds!.width).toBeCloseTo(treeBounds!.x + treeBounds!.width, 0);
+});
+
 test("changes diff keeps unwrapped gutter and code rows aligned after code size changes", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
@@ -228,6 +410,7 @@ test("changes diff keeps unwrapped gutter and code rows aligned after code size
 
   await changeCodeFontSizeFromSettings(page, 18);
   await returnToWorkspaceChanges(page);
+  await expectStoredCodeFontSize(page, 18);
   await scrollToLowerUnwrappedDiffRows(page);
 
   await expectDiffCodeFontSize(page, 18);
@@ -238,6 +421,9 @@ test("changes diff keeps unwrapped gutter and code rows aligned after code size
 async function useCodeFont(page: Page, codeFontSize: number): Promise<void> {
   await page.addInitScript(
     ({ settingsKey, fontSize }) => {
+      if (localStorage.getItem(settingsKey)) {
+        return;
+      }
       localStorage.setItem(
         settingsKey,
         JSON.stringify({
@@ -262,18 +448,32 @@ async function useUnwrappedDiffLines(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     ({ preferencesKey }) => {
       localStorage.setItem(
         preferencesKey,
-        JSON.stringify({ layout: "unified", wrapLines: false, hideWhitespace: false }),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          layout: "unified",
+          viewMode: "flat",
+          wrapLines: false,
+          hideWhitespace: false,
+        }),
       );
     },
     { preferencesKey: CHANGES_PREFERENCES_KEY },
   );
 }
 
+async function expectFlatFileList(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-testid^="diff-folder-"]')).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0")).toContainText("use-mounted-tab-set.ts");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0")).toContainText("src");
+}
+
 async function expectDiffCodeFontSize(page: Page, fontSize: number): Promise<void> {
-  const actualFontSize = await page
-    .getByTestId("diff-code-text-1")
-    .evaluate((text) => Number.parseFloat(getComputedStyle(text).fontSize));
-  expect(actualFontSize).toBe(fontSize);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      return page
+        .getByTestId("diff-code-text-1")
+        .evaluate((text) => Number.parseFloat(getComputedStyle(text).fontSize));
+    })
+    .toBe(fontSize);
 }
 
 async function expectVisibleDiffRowsAligned(page: Page): Promise<void> {
@@ -349,10 +549,14 @@ async function readVisibleDiffRowGeometry(page: Page): Promise<{
   });
 }
 
-async function createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff(): Promise<DirtyWorkspace> {
-  const repo = await createTempGitRepo("diff-row-alignment-", {
-    files: [{ path: "src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts", content: BEFORE }],
-  });
+async function createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff(
+  options: WorkspaceFixtureOptions = {},
+): Promise<DirtyWorkspace> {
+  const files = [{ path: "src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts", content: BEFORE }];
+  if (options.includeDeletedFile) {
+    files.push({ path: "src/zz-deleted.ts", content: "export const deleted = true;\n" });
+  }
+  const repo = await createTempGitRepo("diff-row-alignment-", { files });
   const client = await connectSeedClient();
   cleanupTasks.push({
     run: async () => {
@@ -362,11 +566,16 @@ async function createWorkspaceWithMountedTabDiff(): Promise<DirtyWorkspace> {
   });
 
   await writeFile(path.join(repo.path, "src/use-mounted-tab-set.ts"), AFTER);
-  const opened = await client.openProject(repo.path);
-  if (!opened.workspace) {
-    throw new Error(opened.error ?? `Failed to open project ${repo.path}`);
+  if (options.includeDeletedFile) {
+    await unlink(path.join(repo.path, "src/zz-deleted.ts"));
   }
-  return { id: opened.workspace.id };
+  const createdWorkspace = await client.createWorkspace({
+    source: { kind: "directory", path: repo.path },
+  });
+  if (!createdWorkspace.workspace) {
+    throw new Error(createdWorkspace.error ?? `Failed to create workspace ${repo.path}`);
+  }
+  return { id: createdWorkspace.workspace.id, repoPath: repo.path };
 }
 
 async function openWorkspaceChanges(page: Page, workspace: DirtyWorkspace): Promise<void> {
@@ -384,6 +593,21 @@ async function openChangesInVisibleExplorer(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await expect(page.getByText("use-mounted-tab-set.ts")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
 }
 
+async function readSvgRight(page: Page, testID: string): Promise<number> {
+  const box = await page.getByTestId(testID).locator("svg").first().boundingBox();
+  if (!box) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not measure ${testID}`);
+  }
+  return box.x + box.width;
+}
+
+function expectAligned(values: number[]): void {
+  const [first, ...rest] = values;
+  for (const value of rest) {
+    expect(value).toBeCloseTo(first, 0);
+  }
+}
+
 async function expectExpandedMountedTabDiff(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await expect(page.getByTestId("diff-file-0-body")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
   await expect(page.getByText("function createInitialMountedTabIds")).toBeVisible({
@@ -398,6 +622,22 @@ async function changeCodeFontSizeFromSettings(page: Page, codeFontSize: number):
   await page.getByLabel("Code font size").fill(String(codeFontSize));
   await page.getByLabel("Code font size").press("Enter");
   await expect(page.getByLabel("Code font size")).toHaveValue(String(codeFontSize));
+  await expectStoredCodeFontSize(page, codeFontSize);
+}
+
+async function expectStoredCodeFontSize(page: Page, codeFontSize: number): Promise<void> {
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const raw = await page.evaluate(
+        (settingsKey) => localStorage.getItem(settingsKey),
+        APP_SETTINGS_KEY,
+      );
+      if (!raw) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return (JSON.parse(raw) as { codeFontSize?: number }).codeFontSize ?? null;
+    })
+    .toBe(codeFontSize);
 }
 
 async function returnToWorkspaceChanges(page: Page): Promise<void> {

packages/app/e2e/directory-bootstrap.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { DirectoryBootstrapScenario } from "./helpers/directory-bootstrap-scenario";
+
+test.describe("Directory bootstrap correctness", () => {
+  test("connect, pushed deltas, and reconnect keep directories current without duplicate bootstraps", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(180_000);
+    const scenario = await DirectoryBootstrapScenario.open(page);
+    try {
+      await scenario.expectDirectoryStarts(1);
+      await scenario.stayConnectedWithoutRefetchAndApplyDeltas();
+      await scenario.disconnectMutateAndReconnect();
+      await scenario.expectVisibleReconciliationAndNavigateAgent();
+    } finally {
+      await scenario.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/empty-project-persists.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { test, expect, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import {
+  addProjectFlowInput,
+  chooseAddProjectMethod,
+  openAddProjectFlow,
+} from "./helpers/add-project-flow";
+import { expectOpenedProject } from "./helpers/project-picker-ui";
+import { connectSeedClient, seedWorkspace } from "./helpers/seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+import { createTempGitRepo } from "./helpers/workspace";
+import { waitForSidebarHydration } from "./helpers/workspace-ui";
+
+function workspaceRowTestId(workspaceId: string): string {
+  return `sidebar-workspace-row-${getServerId()}:${workspaceId}`;
+}
+
+async function archiveWorkspaceFromSidebar(page: Page, workspaceId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const serverId = getServerId();
+  const row = page.getByTestId(workspaceRowTestId(workspaceId));
+  await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await row.hover();
+
+  const kebab = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-kebab-${serverId}:${workspaceId}`);
+  await expect(kebab).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await kebab.click();
+
+  const archiveItem = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-menu-archive-${serverId}:${workspaceId}`);
+  await expect(archiveItem).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await archiveItem.click();
+}
+
+async function removeProjectFromSidebar(page: Page, projectId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const projectRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-row-${projectId}`);
+  await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await projectRow.hover();
+
+  const kebab = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-kebab-${projectId}`);
+  await expect(kebab).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await kebab.click();
+
+  // Removing a project raises a browser confirm; accept it so the
+  // user-confirmed removal proceeds deterministically.
+  page.once("dialog", (dialog) => void dialog.accept());
+
+  const removeItem = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-menu-remove-${projectId}`);
+  await expect(removeItem).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await removeItem.click();
+}
+
+async function addProjectFromPicker(page: Page, projectPath: string): Promise<string> {
+  await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+  await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "directory-search");
+
+  const input = addProjectFlowInput(page);
+  await input.fill(projectPath);
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+  const projectRow = page
+    .locator('[data-testid^="sidebar-project-row-"]')
+    .filter({ hasText: path.basename(projectPath) })
+    .first();
+  await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  const testId = await projectRow.getAttribute("data-testid");
+  expect(testId).not.toBeNull();
+  return testId!.replace("sidebar-project-row-", "");
+}
+
+async function waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page
+    .locator('[data-testid="sidebar-project-empty-state"], [data-testid^="sidebar-project-row-"]')
+    .first()
+    .waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 60_000 });
+}
+
+test.describe("Project picker search", () => {
+  test("opens a project from a fuzzy directory-name search", async ({
+    page,
+    projectPickerFixture,
+  }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+    await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "directory-search");
+
+    const input = addProjectFlowInput(page);
+    await input.fill(projectPickerFixture.fuzzyQuery);
+
+    const suggestion = page.getByText(projectPickerFixture.projectName, { exact: false }).first();
+    await expect(suggestion).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await suggestion.click();
+
+    const projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, projectPickerFixture.projectName);
+    projectPickerFixture.rememberProjectId(projectId);
+  });
+
+  test("shows a loading state after typing while directory suggestions are pending", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page);
+    await openAddProjectFlow(page);
+    await chooseAddProjectMethod(page, "directory-search");
+
+    const input = addProjectFlowInput(page);
+    await input.fill("paseo-loading-state-no-match");
+
+    await expect(page.getByText("Start typing a path", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page.getByText("Loading...", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
+
+// Projects are parents in the sidebar. Archiving the last workspace leaves the
+// project row in place with a ghost "+ New workspace" child row.
+test.describe("Project with no workspaces persists", () => {
+  test("adding a project starts with only a new-workspace child row", async ({ page }) => {
+    const repo = await createTempGitRepo("empty-project-add-");
+    const client = await connectSeedClient();
+    let projectId: string | null = null;
+
+    try {
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page);
+
+      projectId = await addProjectFromPicker(page, repo.path);
+      const projectRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-row-${projectId}`);
+      await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(projectRow).toContainText(path.basename(repo.path));
+      await expect(page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-list-${projectId}`)).toHaveCount(0);
+
+      const newWorkspaceRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-new-workspace-row-${projectId}`);
+      await expect(newWorkspaceRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(newWorkspaceRow).toContainText("New workspace");
+
+      const workspaces = await client.fetchWorkspaces({ filter: { projectId } });
+      expect(workspaces.entries).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      if (projectId) {
+        await client.removeProject(projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+      }
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+      await repo.cleanup().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("archiving the only workspace keeps the project row with creation still reachable", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: "empty-project-persists-" });
+
+    try {
+      const projectRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-row-${workspace.projectId}`);
+      const newWorkspaceRow = page.getByTestId(
+        `sidebar-project-new-workspace-row-${workspace.projectId}`,
+      );
+      const globalNewWorkspace = page.getByTestId("sidebar-global-new-workspace");
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      const workspaceRow = page.getByTestId(workspaceRowTestId(workspace.workspaceId));
+      await expect(workspaceRow).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await workspaceRow.click();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-primary-cta")).toHaveCount(0);
+
+      await archiveWorkspaceFromSidebar(page, workspace.workspaceId);
+
+      // The workspace row goes away, but its project parent stays and exposes a
+      // child row for creating the next workspace.
+      await expect(page.getByTestId(workspaceRowTestId(workspace.workspaceId))).toHaveCount(0, {
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      expect(existsSync(workspace.repoPath)).toBe(true);
+      await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(newWorkspaceRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(newWorkspaceRow).toContainText("New workspace");
+      await expect(globalNewWorkspace).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      // The project survives a reload after its last workspace is archived.
+      await page.reload();
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(newWorkspaceRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe("Project remove", () => {
+  test("removing a project from project actions removes it from the sidebar", async ({ page }) => {
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: "project-remove-sidebar-" });
+
+    try {
+      const projectRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-row-${workspace.projectId}`);
+
+      await gotoAppShell(page);
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(page.getByTestId(workspaceRowTestId(workspace.workspaceId))).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+
+      await removeProjectFromSidebar(page, workspace.projectId);
+
+      await expect(page.getByTestId(workspaceRowTestId(workspace.workspaceId))).toHaveCount(0, {
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await expect(projectRow).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      await page.reload();
+      await waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page);
+      await expect(projectRow).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 30_000 });
+
+      const readded = await workspace.client.addProject(workspace.repoPath);
+      expect(readded.error).toBeNull();
+      expect(readded.project).not.toBeNull();
+      const readdedProjectId = readded.project?.projectId ?? "";
+      expect(readdedProjectId).not.toBe(workspace.projectId);
+      expect(readded.project?.projectDisplayName).toBe(workspace.projectDisplayName);
+
+      await page.reload();
+      await waitForSidebarHydration(page);
+      await expect(projectRow).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 30_000 });
+      const readdedProjectRow = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-row-${readdedProjectId}`);
+      await expect(readdedProjectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(readdedProjectRow).toContainText(workspace.projectDisplayName);
+      await expect(readdedProjectRow).not.toContainText(workspace.repoPath);
+      await expect(
+        page.getByTestId(`sidebar-project-new-workspace-row-${readdedProjectId}`),
+      ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/file-editing.spec.ts

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+import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { expect, test, type Page } from "./fixtures";
+import { openFileExplorer, openFileFromExplorer, expectFileTabOpen } from "./helpers/file-explorer";
+import { installDaemonWebSocketGate } from "./helpers/daemon-websocket-gate";
+import { openAgentRoute, seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "./helpers/mock-agent";
+
+const RED_PIXEL = Buffer.from(
+  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mP8/x8AAusB9Y9ZQmcAAAAASUVORK5CYII=",
+  "base64",
+);
+const BLUE_PIXEL = Buffer.from(
+  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=",
+  "base64",
+);
+
+function editor(page: Page) {
+  return page.getByTestId("file-source-editor").filter({ visible: true }).locator(".cm-content");
+}
+
+function hasHorizontalOverflow(element: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  return element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth;
+}
+
+function fitsViewportWidth(element: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  return element.scrollWidth === element.clientWidth;
+}
+
+async function replaceEditorText(page: Page, content: string): Promise<void> {
+  const contentElement = editor(page);
+  await contentElement.click();
+  await contentElement.press("Control+A");
+  await contentElement.type(content);
+}
+
+async function openWorkspaceFile(page: Page, filename: string): Promise<void> {
+  const tree = page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll");
+  if (!(await tree.isVisible())) await openFileExplorer(page);
+  await openFileFromExplorer(page, filename);
+  await expectFileTabOpen(page, filename);
+}
+
+async function seedAgentWithFileLink(target: string) {
+  const session = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+    repoPrefix: "file-editing-chat-link-",
+    title: "Chat file link e2e",
+    initialPrompt: [
+      "Generate a title and a git branch name for a coding agent from the user prompt and attachments.",
+      "Return JSON only with fields 'title' and 'branch'.",
+      "",
+      "<user-prompt>",
+      `Open \`${target}\` now`,
+      "</user-prompt>",
+    ].join("\n"),
+  });
+  await writeFile(
+    path.join(session.cwd, "target.ts"),
+    Array.from({ length: 80 }, (_, index) => `export const line${index + 1} = ${index + 1};`).join(
+      "\n",
+    ),
+    "utf8",
+  );
+  return session;
+}
+
+test.describe("CodeMirror workspace file editing", () => {
+  test("opens an assistant file link at its referenced line", async ({ page }) => {
+    const target = "target.ts:42";
+    const session = await seedAgentWithFileLink(target);
+
+    try {
+      await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+
+      const fileLink = page.getByText(target, { exact: true });
+      await expect(fileLink).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+      await fileLink.click();
+
+      await expectFileTabOpen(page, "target.ts");
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("file-source-editor")).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByLabel("Line 42, column 1")).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(
+        page.getByTestId("file-source-editor").locator(".cm-line", { hasText: "line42 = 42" }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+
+      const sourceEditor = editor(page);
+      await sourceEditor.click();
+      await sourceEditor.press("Control+Home");
+      await expect(page.getByLabel(/^Line 1, column \d+$/)).toBeVisible();
+
+      await page
+        .getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${session.agentId}`)
+        .filter({ visible: true })
+        .click();
+      await expect(fileLink).toBeVisible();
+      await fileLink.click();
+
+      await expect(page.getByLabel("Line 42, column 1")).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(
+        page.getByTestId("file-source-editor").locator(".cm-line", { hasText: "line42 = 42" }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+    } finally {
+      await session.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("clicking the editor focuses its pane beside an agent", async ({ page }) => {
+    const target = "target.ts:42";
+    const session = await seedAgentWithFileLink(target);
+
+    try {
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 900 });
+      await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+
+      await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Split pane right" }).first().click();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tabs-row").filter({ visible: true })).toHaveCount(2);
+      await openWorkspaceFile(page, "target.ts");
+
+      await page
+        .getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${session.agentId}`)
+        .filter({ visible: true })
+        .click();
+      await editor(page).click();
+      await page.keyboard.press("Alt+Shift+W");
+
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-file_target.ts")).not.toBeVisible();
+      await expect(
+        page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${session.agentId}`).filter({ visible: true }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+    } finally {
+      await session.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("shows the full file path and keeps editor controls stable", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme: "dark" });
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-visuals-" });
+    const relativePath = "src/deep/visuals.md";
+    const sourcePath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, relativePath);
+    await mkdir(path.dirname(sourcePath), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(
+      sourcePath,
+      [...Array.from({ length: 11 }, (_, index) => `line ${index + 1}`), "abcdefghijklmnop"].join(
+        "\n",
+      ),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openFileExplorer(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll").getByText("src", { exact: true }).click();
+    await page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll").getByText("deep", { exact: true }).click();
+    await openFileFromExplorer(page, "visuals.md");
+    await expectFileTabOpen(page, relativePath);
+
+    const fileTab = page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-file_${relativePath}`).first();
+    await fileTab.hover();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-tooltip-file_${relativePath}`)).toHaveText(
+      relativePath,
+    );
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-panel-bar")).not.toContainText("visuals.md");
+    const modeControl = page.getByTestId("file-markdown-mode");
+    await expect(modeControl).toBeVisible();
+    await page.getByTestId("file-mode-source").click();
+
+    const editorHost = page.getByTestId("file-source-editor");
+    const content = editor(page);
+    await expect(editorHost).toHaveAttribute("data-pmono", "");
+    await expect(content).toHaveCSS("font-family", /SFMono-Regular/);
+
+    await content.click();
+    const cursor = editorHost.locator(".cm-cursor-primary");
+    await expect(cursor).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(cursor).toHaveCSS("border-left-color", "rgb(250, 250, 250)");
+
+    const initialModeBox = await modeControl.boundingBox();
+    expect(initialModeBox).not.toBeNull();
+    const initialModeX = initialModeBox!.x;
+    await content.press("Control+End");
+    await expect(page.getByLabel(/Line 12, column \d+/)).toBeVisible();
+    const movedModeBox = await modeControl.boundingBox();
+    expect(movedModeBox).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(movedModeBox!.x).toBe(initialModeX);
+
+    await content.press("Control+a");
+    const selection = editorHost.locator(".cm-selectionBackground").first();
+    await expect(selection).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(selection).toHaveCSS("background-color", "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)");
+  });
+
+  test("applies the interface font to portaled tooltips", async ({ page, withWorkspace }) => {
+    await page.addInitScript(() => {
+      localStorage.setItem("@paseo:app-settings", JSON.stringify({ uiFontFamily: "monospace" }));
+    });
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-tooltip-font-" });
+    const relativePath = "tooltip-font.txt";
+    await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, relativePath), "tooltip font\n", "utf8");
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openFileExplorer(page);
+    await openFileFromExplorer(page, relativePath);
+    await expectFileTabOpen(page, relativePath);
+
+    await page.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-file_${relativePath}`).first().hover();
+
+    await expect(
+      page
+        .getByTestId(`workspace-tab-tooltip-file_${relativePath}`)
+        .getByText(relativePath, { exact: true }),
+    ).toHaveCSS("font-family", "monospace");
+  });
+
+  test("wraps Markdown while source code remains horizontally scrollable", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-wrap-" });
+    const longLine = "word ".repeat(300);
+    await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "notes.md"), `${longLine}\n`, "utf8");
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(workspace.repoPath, "source.ts"),
+      `const value = "${longLine}";\n`,
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "notes.md");
+    await page.getByTestId("file-mode-source").click();
+
+    const markdownScroller = page
+      .getByTestId("file-source-editor")
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .locator(".cm-scroller");
+    await expect.poll(() => markdownScroller.evaluate(fitsViewportWidth)).toBe(true);
+
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "source.ts");
+    const sourceScroller = page
+      .getByTestId("file-source-editor")
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .locator(".cm-scroller");
+    await expect.poll(() => sourceScroller.evaluate(hasHorizontalOverflow)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("autosaves, saves immediately, resolves conflicts, and restores live updates after reconnect", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const gate = await installDaemonWebSocketGate(page);
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-source-" });
+    const sourcePath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, "source.ts");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const initial = 1;\n", "utf8");
+    await Promise.all(
+      ["one.ts", "two.ts", "three.ts", "four.ts"].map((fileName) =>
+        writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, fileName), `// ${fileName}\n`, "utf8"),
+      ),
+    );
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "source.ts");
+
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-source-editor")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByLabel(/File size/)).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByLabel(/lines/)).toBeVisible();
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const autosaved = 2;\n");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-modified-file_source.ts")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Editor status dirty")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Editor status clean")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-modified-file_source.ts")).not.toBeVisible();
+    await expect.poll(() => readFile(sourcePath, "utf8")).toBe("const autosaved = 2;\n");
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const immediate = 3;\n");
+    await editor(page).press("Control+s");
+    await expect.poll(() => readFile(sourcePath, "utf8")).toBe("const immediate = 3;\n");
+
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const external = 4;\nconst line = 2;\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(editor(page)).toContainText("const external = 4;");
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("3 lines")).toBeVisible();
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const localWins = 5;\n");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const diskLoses = 6;\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-conflict-alert")).toBeVisible();
+    for (const fileName of ["one.ts", "two.ts", "three.ts", "four.ts"]) {
+      await openWorkspaceFile(page, fileName);
+    }
+    await page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-file_source.ts").filter({ visible: true }).click();
+    await expect(editor(page)).toContainText("const localWins = 5;");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-conflict-alert")).toBeVisible();
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Overwrite", exact: true }).click();
+    await expect.poll(() => readFile(sourcePath, "utf8")).toBe("const localWins = 5;\n");
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const discarded = 7;\n");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const diskWins = 8;\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-conflict-alert")).toBeVisible();
+    page.once("dialog", (dialog) => dialog.accept());
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true }).click();
+    await expect(editor(page)).toContainText("const diskWins = 8;");
+
+    const subscriptionCount = gate.getClientRequestCount("fs.file.subscribe.request");
+    await gate.drop();
+    gate.restore();
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => gate.getClientRequestCount("fs.file.subscribe.request"), { timeout: 30_000 })
+      .toBeGreaterThan(subscriptionCount);
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const afterReconnect = 9;\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(editor(page)).toContainText("const afterReconnect = 9;");
+  });
+
+  test("preserves a UTF-8 BOM and uses the first line separator after saving", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-encoding-" });
+    const sourcePath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, "windows.ts");
+    await writeFile(
+      sourcePath,
+      Buffer.from("\uFEFFconst initial = true;\r\nconst mixed = true;\n", "utf8"),
+    );
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "windows.ts");
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const saved = true;\nconst normalized = true;\n");
+    await editor(page).press("Control+s");
+
+    const expected = Buffer.from(
+      "\uFEFFconst saved = true;\r\nconst normalized = true;\r\n",
+      "utf8",
+    ).toString("hex");
+    await expect.poll(async () => (await readFile(sourcePath)).toString("hex")).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  test("warns before closing a panel with an unsaved draft", async ({ page, withWorkspace }) => {
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-draft-" });
+    const sourcePath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, "draft.ts");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const initial = 1;\n", "utf8");
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "draft.ts");
+
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "const local = 2;\n");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "const external = 3;\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-conflict-alert")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-modified-file_draft.ts")).toBeVisible();
+
+    let closePrompt = "";
+    page.once("dialog", async (dialog) => {
+      closePrompt = dialog.message();
+      await dialog.dismiss();
+    });
+    await page
+      .getByTestId("workspace-tab-file_draft.ts")
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .first()
+      .click({ button: "right" });
+    await page
+      .getByTestId("workspace-tab-context-file_draft.ts-close")
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .click();
+    expect(closePrompt).toContain("Closing it will discard the draft.");
+
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-source-editor")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-tab-modified-file_draft.ts")).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test("refreshes Markdown and images while preserving Preview and Source behavior", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(90_000);
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-preview-" });
+    const markdownPath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, "notes.md");
+    const imagePath = path.join(workspace.repoPath, "pixel.png");
+    await writeFile(markdownPath, "# First heading\n", "utf8");
+    await writeFile(imagePath, RED_PIXEL);
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "notes.md");
+
+    await expect(page.getByText("First heading", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-markdown-mode")).toBeVisible();
+    await writeFile(markdownPath, "# Updated heading\n", "utf8");
+    await expect(page.getByText("Updated heading", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByTestId("file-mode-source").click();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("file-source-editor")).toBeVisible();
+    await replaceEditorText(page, "# Saved from source\n");
+    await expect.poll(() => readFile(markdownPath, "utf8")).toBe("# Saved from source\n");
+    await page.getByTestId("file-mode-preview").click();
+    await expect(page.getByText("Saved from source", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "pixel.png");
+    const image = page.getByTestId("workspace-file-pane").locator("img");
+    await expect(image).toBeVisible();
+    const initialSource = await image.getAttribute("src");
+    await writeFile(imagePath, BLUE_PIXEL);
+    await expect.poll(() => image.getAttribute("src")).not.toBe(initialSource);
+  });
+
+  test("persists Vim keybindings and reports Vim mode with cursor position", async ({
+    page,
+    withWorkspace,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(90_000);
+    const workspace = await withWorkspace({ prefix: "file-editing-vim-" });
+    await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "vim.ts"), "const vim = true;\n", "utf8");
+
+    await page.goto("/settings/editor");
+    const toggle = page.getByRole("switch", { name: "Vim keybindings" });
+    await expect(toggle).toBeVisible();
+    await toggle.click();
+    await expect(toggle).toBeChecked();
+    await page.reload();
+    await expect(page.getByRole("switch", { name: "Vim keybindings" })).toBeChecked();
+
+    await workspace.navigateTo();
+    await openWorkspaceFile(page, "vim.ts");
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Vim mode NORMAL")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Line 1, column 1")).toBeVisible();
+    await editor(page).click();
+    await editor(page).press("i");
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Vim mode INSERT")).toBeVisible();
+    await editor(page).press("Escape");
+    await expect(page.getByLabel("Vim mode NORMAL")).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});

packages/app/e2e/fixtures.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
 import { test as base, expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import { startOutdatedDaemon, type OutdatedDaemon } from "./helpers/daemon-update";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./helpers/daemon-port";
 import { buildCreateAgentPreferences, buildSeededHost } from "./helpers/daemon-registry";
+import {
+  createProjectPickerFixture,
+  removeProjectPickerFixture,
+  type ProjectPickerFixture,
+} from "./helpers/project-picker-fixture";
+import { connectSeedClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
 import { createWithWorkspace, type WithWorkspace } from "./helpers/with-workspace";
 
+const EXTRA_HOSTS_KEY = "@paseo:e2e-extra-hosts";
+
+interface TrackedProjectPickerFixture extends ProjectPickerFixture {
+  rememberProjectId: (projectId: string) => void;
+}
+
 // Test setup is wired through an `auto: true` fixture rather than `test.beforeEach`.
 // `test.beforeEach` declared at the top level of a non-test fixture file is unreliable
 // across spec-file boundaries — Playwright sometimes skips it for the first test of a
 // subsequent spec when multiple specs run in the same worker. Auto fixtures run
 // reliably for every test that uses this `test` object.
-const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>({
+const test = base.extend<{
+  paseoE2ESetup: void;
+  outdatedDaemon: OutdatedDaemon;
+  desktopManagedOutdatedDaemon: OutdatedDaemon;
+  projectPickerFixture: TrackedProjectPickerFixture;
+  withWorkspace: WithWorkspace;
+}>({
   baseURL: async ({}, provide) => {
     const metroPort = process.env.E2E_METRO_PORT;
     if (!metroPort) {
@@ -57,7 +76,7 @@ const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>(
       const createAgentPreferences = buildCreateAgentPreferences(testDaemon.serverId);
 
       await page.addInitScript(
-        ({ daemon, preferences, seedNonce: nonce }) => {
+        ({ daemon, preferences, seedNonce: nonce, extraHostsKey }) => {
           // `addInitScript` runs on every navigation (including reloads). Some tests intentionally
           // override storage and reload; they can opt out of seeding for the *next* navigation by
           // setting this flag before the reload.
@@ -73,12 +92,20 @@ const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>(
           localStorage.setItem("@paseo:e2e", "1");
           localStorage.setItem("@paseo:e2e-seed-nonce", nonce);
 
+          const rawExtraHosts = localStorage.getItem(extraHostsKey);
+          const extraHosts = rawExtraHosts ? JSON.parse(rawExtraHosts) : [];
+
           // Hard-reset anything that could point to a developer's real daemon.
-          localStorage.setItem("@paseo:daemon-registry", JSON.stringify([daemon]));
+          localStorage.setItem("@paseo:daemon-registry", JSON.stringify([daemon, ...extraHosts]));
           localStorage.removeItem("@paseo:settings");
           localStorage.setItem("@paseo:create-agent-preferences", JSON.stringify(preferences));
         },
-        { daemon: testDaemon, preferences: createAgentPreferences, seedNonce },
+        {
+          daemon: testDaemon,
+          preferences: createAgentPreferences,
+          seedNonce,
+          extraHostsKey: EXTRA_HOSTS_KEY,
+        },
       );
 
       await provide();
@@ -92,6 +119,40 @@ const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>(
     },
     { auto: true },
   ],
+  outdatedDaemon: async ({}, provide) => {
+    const daemon = await startOutdatedDaemon();
+    await provide(daemon);
+    await daemon.close();
+  },
+  desktopManagedOutdatedDaemon: async ({}, provide) => {
+    const daemon = await startOutdatedDaemon({ desktopManaged: true });
+    await provide(daemon);
+    await daemon.close();
+  },
+  projectPickerFixture: async ({}, provide) => {
+    const resource = await createProjectPickerFixture();
+    const { fixture } = resource;
+    let projectId: string | null = null;
+    try {
+      await provide({
+        ...fixture,
+        rememberProjectId: (openedProjectId) => {
+          projectId = openedProjectId;
+        },
+      });
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        const client = await connectSeedClient();
+        try {
+          await removeProjectPickerFixture(client, fixture, projectId);
+        } finally {
+          await client.close();
+        }
+      } finally {
+        await resource.removeDirectory();
+      }
+    }
+  },
   withWorkspace: async ({ page }, provide) => {
     const handle = createWithWorkspace(page);
     await provide(handle.withWorkspace);

packages/app/e2e/global-setup.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { spawn, type ChildProcess, execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
-import { chmod, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { chmod, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import net from "node:net";
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { loadDaemonClientConstructor } from "./helpers/daemon-client-loader";
 import { createNodeWebSocketFactory, type NodeWebSocketFactory } from "./helpers/node-ws-factory";
 import { forkPaseoHomeMetadata, resolvePaseoHomePath } from "./helpers/paseo-home-fork";
+import { withDisabledE2ESpeechEnv } from "./helpers/speech-env";
 
-interface WaitForServerOptions {
+const wranglerCliPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../node_modules/wrangler/bin/wrangler.js");
+
+export interface WaitForServerOptions {
   host?: string;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   label: string;
@@ -19,11 +22,13 @@ interface WaitForServerOptions {
   getRecentOutput?: () => string;
 }
 
+type ServerProbe = (host: string, port: number) => Promise<void>;
+
 async function getAvailablePort(): Promise<number> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const server = net.createServer();
     server.once("error", reject);
-    server.listen(0, () => {
+    server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
       const address = server.address();
       if (!address || typeof address === "string") {
         server.close(() => reject(new Error("Failed to acquire port")));
@@ -34,6 +39,14 @@ async function getAvailablePort(): Promise<number> {
   });
 }
 
+const RESERVED_LOCAL_PORTS = new Set([
+  // Default developer daemon.
+  6767,
+  // OpenCode's default local server port. Some provider probes can spawn it
+  // during daemon startup, so the E2E daemon must not choose the same port.
+  61680,
+]);
+
 function createLineBuffer(maxLines = 120): { add: (line: string) => void; dump: () => string } {
   const lines: string[] = [];
   return {
@@ -64,7 +77,25 @@ function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
 
-async function waitForServer(port: number, options: WaitForServerOptions): Promise<void> {
+async function connectToServer(host: string, port: number): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const socket = net.connect(port, host, () => {
+      socket.end();
+      resolve();
+    });
+    socket.setTimeout(1000, () => {
+      socket.destroy();
+      reject(new Error(`Connection timed out to ${host}:${port}`));
+    });
+    socket.on("error", reject);
+  });
+}
+
+async function waitForServer(
+  port: number,
+  options: WaitForServerOptions,
+  probe: ServerProbe = connectToServer,
+): Promise<void> {
   const { host = "127.0.0.1", timeoutMs = 15000, label, childProcess, getRecentOutput } = options;
   const start = Date.now();
   let lastConnectionError: unknown = null;
@@ -78,17 +109,7 @@ async function waitForServer(port: number, options: WaitForServerOptions): Promi
     }
 
     try {
-      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-        const socket = net.connect(port, host, () => {
-          socket.end();
-          resolve();
-        });
-        socket.setTimeout(1000, () => {
-          socket.destroy();
-          reject(new Error(`Connection timed out to ${host}:${port}`));
-        });
-        socket.on("error", reject);
-      });
+      await probe(host, port);
       return;
     } catch (error) {
       lastConnectionError = error;
@@ -105,6 +126,22 @@ async function waitForServer(port: number, options: WaitForServerOptions): Promi
   );
 }
 
+async function probeMetro(host: string, port: number): Promise<void> {
+  const response = await fetch(`http://${host}:${port}/status`, {
+    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000),
+  });
+  const body = (await response.text()).trim();
+  if (response.status !== 200 || body !== "packager-status:running") {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Expected Metro status on ${host}:${port}, received HTTP ${response.status}: ${JSON.stringify(body.slice(0, 200))}`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export async function waitForMetro(port: number, options: WaitForServerOptions): Promise<void> {
+  await waitForServer(port, options, probeMetro);
+}
+
 function parseRelayStartupFailure(line: string): string | null {
   const clean = stripAnsi(line);
   if (/Address already in use/i.test(clean)) {
@@ -146,6 +183,67 @@ async function stopProcess(child: ChildProcess | null): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+function isProcessRunning(pid: number): boolean {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function readSupervisorPidLock(home: string): Promise<number | null> {
+  try {
+    const content = await readFile(path.join(home, "paseo.pid"), "utf8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as { pid?: unknown };
+    return typeof parsed.pid === "number" ? parsed.pid : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function stopProcessByPid(pid: number): Promise<void> {
+  if (!isProcessRunning(pid)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM");
+  } catch {
+    return;
+  }
+  const deadline = Date.now() + 5000;
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    if (!isProcessRunning(pid)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    await sleep(100);
+  }
+
+  if (isProcessRunning(pid)) {
+    try {
+      process.kill(pid, "SIGKILL");
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function stopCurrentDaemonFromPidLock(): Promise<void> {
+  if (!paseoHome) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (process.env.E2E_DAEMON_PORT === "6767") {
+    throw new Error("Refusing to clean up daemon PID lock for developer daemon port 6767.");
+  }
+
+  const pid = await readSupervisorPidLock(paseoHome);
+  if (pid === null) {
+    return;
+  }
+  await stopProcessByPid(pid);
+}
+
 function summarizeOpenAiErrorBody(body: string): string {
   const trimmed = body.trim();
   if (!trimmed) {
@@ -230,6 +328,12 @@ interface PairingDaemonClient {
 
 async function createFakeEditorBin(): Promise<string> {
   const binDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-editor-bin-"));
+  let realGhPath = "";
+  try {
+    realGhPath = execSync("which gh").toString().trim();
+  } catch {
+    // The local PR fixture below remains usable without a system gh binary.
+  }
 
   const fakeEditorSource = `#!/usr/bin/env node
 const fs = require("fs");
@@ -251,6 +355,70 @@ if (recordPath) {
     await chmod(editorPath, 0o755);
   }
 
+  const fakeGhPath = path.join(binDir, "gh");
+  const fakeGhSource = `#!/usr/bin/env node
+const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const fixtureRemote = "https://github.com/paseo-e2e/local-fixture.git";
+const origin = spawnSync("git", ["config", "--get", "remote.origin.url"], {
+  encoding: "utf8",
+  stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"]
+}).stdout?.trim();
+
+if (origin === fixtureRemote) {
+  const command = args.slice(0, 2).join(" ");
+  if (command === "auth status") process.exit(0);
+  if (command === "repo view") {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ owner: { login: "paseo-e2e" }, name: "local-fixture", parent: null }));
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+  if (command === "issue list") {
+    process.stdout.write("[]");
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+  if (command === "pr list" || command === "pr view") {
+    const pr = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: "Use pasted PR as start ref",
+      url: "https://github.com/paseo-e2e/local-fixture/pull/1",
+      state: "OPEN",
+      body: null,
+      labels: [],
+      baseRefName: "main",
+      headRefName: "pr-branch-1",
+      updatedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+    };
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(command === "pr list" ? [pr] : pr));
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+  if (command === "api graphql" && args.some((arg) => arg.includes("PullRequestCheckoutTarget"))) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+      data: { repository: { pullRequest: {
+        number: 1,
+        baseRefName: "main",
+        headRefName: "pr-branch-1",
+        isCrossRepository: false,
+        headRepositoryOwner: { login: "paseo-e2e" },
+        headRepository: {
+          sshUrl: "git@github.com:paseo-e2e/local-fixture.git",
+          url: fixtureRemote
+        }
+      } } }
+    }));
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+  process.stderr.write("Unsupported local GitHub fixture command: " + args.join(" ") + "\\n");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const realGhPath = ${JSON.stringify(realGhPath)};
+if (!realGhPath) process.exit(127);
+const result = spawnSync(realGhPath, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
+process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
+`;
+  await writeFile(fakeGhPath, fakeGhSource);
+  await chmod(fakeGhPath, 0o755);
+
   return binDir;
 }
 
@@ -334,11 +502,6 @@ async function waitForPairingOfferFromDaemon(args: {
   );
 }
 
-interface DictationConfig {
-  openAiUsable: boolean;
-  localModelsDir: string | null;
-}
-
 async function loadEnvTestFile(repoRoot: string): Promise<void> {
   const envTestPath = path.join(repoRoot, ".env.test");
   if (existsSync(envTestPath)) {
@@ -371,7 +534,7 @@ async function applyPaseoHomeFork(targetHome: string): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-async function resolveDictationConfig(): Promise<DictationConfig> {
+async function logSpeechHarnessConfig(): Promise<void> {
   const openAiUsable = await isOpenAiApiKeyUsable(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY);
   const defaultLocalModelsDir = path.join(
     process.env.HOME ?? "",
@@ -382,23 +545,20 @@ async function resolveDictationConfig(): Promise<DictationConfig> {
   const hasDefaultLocalModelsDir =
     defaultLocalModelsDir.trim().length > 0 && existsSync(defaultLocalModelsDir);
 
-  // Fork PRs run without secrets and usually without local models. Don't crash
-  // the whole Playwright run — disable dictation/voice and let tests that need
-  // them gate on PASEO_DICTATION_ENABLED.
+  // Default app E2E does not cover speech flows. Keep speech disabled here so
+  // unrelated tests never start background local-model downloads.
   if (!openAiUsable && !hasDefaultLocalModelsDir) {
     console.warn(
-      "[e2e] Neither OPENAI_API_KEY nor local speech models found — running with dictation/voice disabled. " +
+      "[e2e] Neither OPENAI_API_KEY nor local speech models found — app E2E keeps dictation/voice disabled. " +
         "Tests that require dictation should gate on PASEO_DICTATION_ENABLED.",
     );
-    return { openAiUsable: false, localModelsDir: null };
+    return;
   }
 
-  const dictationProvider = openAiUsable ? "openai" : "local";
-  const localModelsDir = dictationProvider === "local" ? defaultLocalModelsDir : null;
+  const speechAssets = openAiUsable ? "OpenAI" : `local models at ${defaultLocalModelsDir}`;
   console.log(
-    `[e2e] Dictation STT provider: ${dictationProvider}${openAiUsable ? "" : " (OpenAI probe failed)"}`,
+    `[e2e] Speech assets available from ${speechAssets}; app E2E keeps dictation/voice disabled.`,
   );
-  return { openAiUsable, localModelsDir };
 }
 
 interface RelayStreamState {
@@ -486,25 +646,45 @@ async function awaitRelayReady(
 async function getAvailablePortExcluding(excludedPorts: Set<number>): Promise<number> {
   for (;;) {
     const port = await getAvailablePort();
-    if (!excludedPorts.has(port)) {
+    if (!excludedPorts.has(port) && !RESERVED_LOCAL_PORTS.has(port)) {
       return port;
     }
   }
 }
 
-async function startRelay(excludedPorts: Set<number>): Promise<number> {
+interface RelayPorts {
+  relayPort: number;
+  inspectorPort: number;
+}
+
+async function startRelay(excludedPorts: Set<number>): Promise<RelayPorts> {
   const relayDir = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "relay");
   const maxRelayStartupAttempts = 5;
   let lastRelayStartupError: unknown = null;
 
   for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxRelayStartupAttempts; attempt += 1) {
     const relayPort = await getAvailablePortExcluding(excludedPorts);
+    const inspectorPort = await getAvailablePortExcluding(new Set([...excludedPorts, relayPort]));
     const buffer = createLineBuffer();
     const state: RelayStreamState = { failureLine: null, readyForSelectedPort: false };
 
     relayProcess = spawn(
-      "npx",
-      ["wrangler", "dev", "--local", "--ip", "127.0.0.1", "--port", String(relayPort)],
+      process.execPath,
+      [
+        wranglerCliPath,
+        "dev",
+        "--local",
+        "--ip",
+        "127.0.0.1",
+        "--port",
+        String(relayPort),
+        "--inspector-ip",
+        "127.0.0.1",
+        "--inspector-port",
+        String(inspectorPort),
+        "--live-reload=false",
+        "--show-interactive-dev-session=false",
+      ],
       {
         cwd: relayDir,
         env: { ...process.env },
@@ -516,7 +696,7 @@ async function startRelay(excludedPorts: Set<number>): Promise<number> {
 
     try {
       await awaitRelayReady(relayProcess, relayPort, state, buffer);
-      return relayPort;
+      return { relayPort, inspectorPort };
     } catch (error) {
       lastRelayStartupError = error;
       await stopProcess(relayProcess);
@@ -587,39 +767,28 @@ interface DaemonSpawnArgs {
   paseoHome: string;
   fakeEditorBinDir: string;
   editorRecordPath: string;
-  dictation: DictationConfig;
   buffer: ReturnType<typeof createLineBuffer>;
 }
 
 function startDaemon(args: DaemonSpawnArgs): ChildProcess {
   const serverDir = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../..", "packages/server");
   const tsxBin = execSync("which tsx").toString().trim();
-  const { openAiUsable, localModelsDir } = args.dictation;
+  const env = withDisabledE2ESpeechEnv({
+    ...process.env,
+    PATH: `${args.fakeEditorBinDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ""}`,
+    PASEO_HOME: args.paseoHome,
+    PASEO_E2E_EDITOR_RECORD_PATH: args.editorRecordPath,
+    PASEO_SERVER_ID: "srv_e2e_test_daemon",
+    PASEO_LISTEN: `0.0.0.0:${args.port}`,
+    PASEO_RELAY_ENDPOINT: `127.0.0.1:${args.relayPort}`,
+    PASEO_CORS_ORIGINS: `http://localhost:${args.metroPort}`,
+    PASEO_NODE_ENV: "development",
+    NODE_ENV: "development",
+  });
 
   const child = spawn(tsxBin, ["scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.ts", "--dev"], {
     cwd: serverDir,
-    env: {
-      ...process.env,
-      PATH: `${args.fakeEditorBinDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ""}`,
-      PASEO_HOME: args.paseoHome,
-      PASEO_E2E_EDITOR_RECORD_PATH: args.editorRecordPath,
-      PASEO_SERVER_ID: "srv_e2e_test_daemon",
-      PASEO_LISTEN: `0.0.0.0:${args.port}`,
-      PASEO_RELAY_ENDPOINT: `127.0.0.1:${args.relayPort}`,
-      PASEO_CORS_ORIGINS: `http://localhost:${args.metroPort}`,
-      PASEO_DICTATION_ENABLED: openAiUsable ? "1" : "0",
-      PASEO_VOICE_MODE_ENABLED: openAiUsable ? "1" : "0",
-      PASEO_NODE_ENV: "development",
-      ...(openAiUsable
-        ? {
-            PASEO_DICTATION_STT_PROVIDER: "openai",
-            PASEO_VOICE_STT_PROVIDER: "openai",
-            PASEO_VOICE_TTS_PROVIDER: "openai",
-          }
-        : {}),
-      ...(localModelsDir ? { PASEO_LOCAL_MODELS_DIR: localModelsDir } : {}),
-      NODE_ENV: "development",
-    },
+    env,
     stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
     detached: false,
   });
@@ -651,23 +820,33 @@ function startDaemon(args: DaemonSpawnArgs): ChildProcess {
   return child;
 }
 
+async function removeTempTree(targetPath: string): Promise<void> {
+  await rm(targetPath, {
+    recursive: true,
+    force: true,
+    maxRetries: 40,
+    retryDelay: 250,
+  });
+}
+
 async function performCleanup(shouldRemovePaseoHome: boolean): Promise<void> {
   await Promise.all([
     stopProcess(daemonProcess),
     stopProcess(metroProcess),
     stopProcess(relayProcess),
   ]);
+  await stopCurrentDaemonFromPidLock();
   daemonProcess = null;
   metroProcess = null;
   relayProcess = null;
   if (paseoHome && shouldRemovePaseoHome) {
-    await rm(paseoHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await removeTempTree(paseoHome);
     paseoHome = null;
   } else if (paseoHome) {
     console.log(`[e2e] Preserving PASEO_HOME: ${paseoHome}`);
   }
   if (fakeEditorBinDir) {
-    await rm(fakeEditorBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await removeTempTree(fakeEditorBinDir);
     fakeEditorBinDir = null;
   }
 }
@@ -677,8 +856,8 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
   ensureRelayBuildArtifact(repoRoot);
   await loadEnvTestFile(repoRoot);
 
-  const port = await getAvailablePort();
-  const metroPort = await getAvailablePort();
+  const port = await getAvailablePortExcluding(new Set());
+  const metroPort = await getAvailablePortExcluding(new Set([port]));
   const requestedPaseoHome = resolveOptionalPaseoHomeEnv(process.env.E2E_PASEO_HOME);
   const shouldRemovePaseoHome = !requestedPaseoHome && process.env.E2E_KEEP_PASEO_HOME !== "1";
   paseoHome = requestedPaseoHome ?? (await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-home-")));
@@ -691,15 +870,22 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
 
   const cleanup = () => performCleanup(shouldRemovePaseoHome);
 
-  const dictation = await resolveDictationConfig();
+  await logSpeechHarnessConfig();
 
   try {
-    const relayPort = await startRelay(new Set([port, metroPort]));
     metroProcess = startMetro({
       metroPort,
       daemonPort: port,
       buffer: metroLineBuffer,
     });
+    await waitForMetro(metroPort, {
+      label: "Metro web server",
+      timeoutMs: 120000,
+      childProcess: metroProcess,
+      getRecentOutput: metroLineBuffer.dump,
+    });
+
+    const { relayPort, inspectorPort } = await startRelay(new Set([port, metroPort]));
     daemonProcess = startDaemon({
       port,
       relayPort,
@@ -707,23 +893,14 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
       paseoHome,
       fakeEditorBinDir,
       editorRecordPath,
-      dictation,
       buffer: daemonLineBuffer,
     });
 
-    await Promise.all([
-      waitForServer(port, {
-        label: "Paseo daemon",
-        childProcess: daemonProcess,
-        getRecentOutput: daemonLineBuffer.dump,
-      }),
-      waitForServer(metroPort, {
-        label: "Metro web server",
-        timeoutMs: 120000,
-        childProcess: metroProcess,
-        getRecentOutput: metroLineBuffer.dump,
-      }),
-    ]);
+    await waitForServer(port, {
+      label: "Paseo daemon",
+      childProcess: daemonProcess,
+      getRecentOutput: daemonLineBuffer.dump,
+    });
 
     const offer = await waitForPairingOfferFromDaemon({
       port,
@@ -737,7 +914,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
     process.env.E2E_PASEO_HOME = paseoHome;
     process.env.E2E_EDITOR_RECORD_PATH = editorRecordPath;
     console.log(
-      `[e2e] Test daemon started on port ${port}, Metro on port ${metroPort}, home: ${paseoHome}`,
+      `[e2e] Test daemon started on port ${port}, Metro on port ${metroPort}, relay on port ${relayPort}, relay inspector on port ${inspectorPort}, home: ${paseoHome}`,
     );
 
     return async () => {

packages/app/e2e/helpers/add-project-flow.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { expect, type Locator, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+export type AddProjectFlowPage =
+  | "host"
+  | "method"
+  | "directory-search"
+  | "github-search"
+  | "github-location"
+  | "new-directory-parent"
+  | "new-directory-name";
+
+export type AddProjectMethod = "directory-search" | "browse" | "github" | "new-directory";
+
+const METHOD_DESTINATIONS: Record<Exclude<AddProjectMethod, "browse">, AddProjectFlowPage> = {
+  "directory-search": "directory-search",
+  github: "github-search",
+  "new-directory": "new-directory-parent",
+};
+
+export function addProjectFlow(page: Page): Locator {
+  return page.getByTestId("add-project-flow");
+}
+
+export function addProjectFlowInput(page: Page): Locator {
+  return page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-input");
+}
+
+export function addProjectFlowBack(page: Page): Locator {
+  return page.getByTestId("add-project-flow-back");
+}
+
+export function addProjectFlowHost(page: Page, serverId: string): Locator {
+  return page.getByTestId(`add-project-flow-host-${serverId}`);
+}
+
+export function addProjectFlowMethod(page: Page, method: AddProjectMethod): Locator {
+  return page.getByTestId(`add-project-flow-method-${method}`);
+}
+
+export async function waitForConnectedHost(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { serverId: string; endpoint: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-hosts-trigger").click();
+  const host = page.getByTestId(`sidebar-host-row-${input.serverId}`);
+  await expect(host).toContainText(input.endpoint, { timeout: 30_000 });
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+  await expect(host).not.toBeVisible();
+}
+
+export async function expectAddProjectPage(page: Page, kind: AddProjectFlowPage): Promise<Locator> {
+  const currentPage = page.getByTestId(`add-project-flow-page-${kind}`);
+  await expect(currentPage).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  return currentPage;
+}
+
+export async function openAddProjectFlow(
+  page: Page,
+  expectedPage: "host" | "method" = "method",
+): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-add-project").click();
+  await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expectAddProjectPage(page, expectedPage);
+  await expect(addProjectFlowInput(page)).toBeFocused();
+}
+
+export async function chooseAddProjectMethod(page: Page, method: AddProjectMethod): Promise<void> {
+  const option = addProjectFlowMethod(page, method);
+  await expect(option).toBeVisible();
+  await option.click();
+  if (method !== "browse") {
+    await expectAddProjectPage(page, METHOD_DESTINATIONS[method]);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function expectNewWorkspaceForAddedProject(
+  page: Page,
+  input: {
+    serverId: string;
+    projectId: string;
+    projectName: string;
+    projectPath: string;
+  },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/new\?.*projectId=/u, { timeout: 30_000 });
+  const url = new URL(page.url());
+  expect(url.pathname).toBe("/new");
+  expect(url.searchParams.get("serverId")).toBe(input.serverId);
+  expect(url.searchParams.get("projectId")).toBe(input.projectId);
+  expect(url.searchParams.get("dir")).toBe(input.projectPath);
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Workspace project" })).toContainText(
+    input.projectName,
+    { timeout: 30_000 },
+  );
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/agent-bottom-anchor.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const NEAR_BOTTOM_THRESHOLD_PX = 72;
+const DEFAULT_SCROLL_TOLERANCE_PX = 24;
 
 export interface ScrollMetrics {
   offsetY: number;
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ export async function expectNearBottom(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     .toBeLessThanOrEqual(NEAR_BOTTOM_THRESHOLD_PX);
 }
 
+export async function scrollAgentChatToBottom(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const chatScroll = getVisibleChatScroll(page);
+  await chatScroll.evaluate((root: Element) => {
+    const scrollElement = root as HTMLElement;
+    scrollElement.scrollTop = scrollElement.scrollHeight;
+  });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () =>
+      chatScroll.evaluate((root: Element) => {
+        const scrollElement = root as HTMLElement;
+        return Math.max(
+          0,
+          scrollElement.scrollHeight - (scrollElement.scrollTop + scrollElement.clientHeight),
+        );
+      }),
+    )
+    .toBeLessThanOrEqual(NEAR_BOTTOM_THRESHOLD_PX);
+}
+
 export async function waitForContentGrowth(
   page: Page,
   previousContentHeight: number,
@@ -66,3 +86,170 @@ export async function waitForContentGrowth(
     .toBeGreaterThan(previousContentHeight);
   return readScrollMetrics(page);
 }
+
+export async function waitForScrollableChat(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { minScrollableDistance: number; timeout?: number },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      async () => {
+        const metrics = await readScrollMetrics(page);
+        return metrics.contentHeight - metrics.viewportHeight;
+      },
+      { timeout: input.timeout },
+    )
+    .toBeGreaterThan(input.minScrollableDistance);
+}
+
+export async function scrollChatAwayFromBottom(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { deltaY: number; minDistanceFromBottom: number },
+): Promise<ScrollMetrics> {
+  const scroll = getVisibleChatScroll(page);
+  const box = await scroll.boundingBox();
+  if (!box) {
+    throw new Error("Agent chat scroll container is not visible");
+  }
+  await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, input.deltaY);
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const metrics = await readScrollMetrics(page);
+      return metrics.distanceFromBottom;
+    })
+    .toBeGreaterThan(input.minDistanceFromBottom);
+
+  return readScrollMetrics(page);
+}
+
+export async function clickToolCallBesideScrollToBottomButton(page: Page): Promise<{
+  outsideButton: boolean;
+  toolCallReceivesPointer: boolean;
+  withinButtonBand: boolean;
+}> {
+  await scrollChatAwayFromBottom(page, {
+    deltaY: -900,
+    minDistanceFromBottom: 300,
+  });
+
+  const scrollToBottomButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Scroll to bottom" });
+  await expect(scrollToBottomButton).toBeVisible();
+
+  const buttonBounds = await scrollToBottomButton.boundingBox();
+  expect(buttonBounds, "Expected visible scroll-to-bottom button bounds").not.toBeNull();
+  const visibleButtonBounds = buttonBounds!;
+
+  const toolCalls = page.locator('[data-testid="tool-call-badge"] [role="button"]');
+  const toolCallBounds = await Promise.all(
+    Array.from({ length: await toolCalls.count() }, async (_, index) => ({
+      index,
+      bounds: await toolCalls.nth(index).boundingBox(),
+    })),
+  );
+  const buttonCenterY = visibleButtonBounds.y + visibleButtonBounds.height / 2;
+  const candidate = toolCallBounds
+    .filter(
+      (entry): entry is { index: number; bounds: NonNullable<typeof entry.bounds> } =>
+        entry.bounds !== null && entry.bounds.width > 0,
+    )
+    .sort(
+      (left, right) =>
+        Math.abs(left.bounds.y + left.bounds.height / 2 - buttonCenterY) -
+        Math.abs(right.bounds.y + right.bounds.height / 2 - buttonCenterY),
+    )[0];
+  expect(
+    candidate,
+    `Expected at least one rendered tool-call badge: ${JSON.stringify({
+      buttonBounds,
+      scrollMetrics: await readScrollMetrics(page),
+      toolCallBounds,
+    })}`,
+  ).toBeDefined();
+  const visibleToolCall = candidate!;
+  const initialToolCallCenterY = visibleToolCall.bounds.y + visibleToolCall.bounds.height / 2;
+  await getVisibleChatScroll(page).evaluate((scroll, deltaY) => {
+    (scroll as HTMLElement).scrollTop += deltaY;
+  }, initialToolCallCenterY - buttonCenterY);
+
+  const alignedToolCall = toolCalls.nth(visibleToolCall.index);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const [currentButtonBounds, currentToolCallBounds] = await Promise.all([
+        scrollToBottomButton.boundingBox(),
+        alignedToolCall.boundingBox(),
+      ]);
+      if (!currentButtonBounds || !currentToolCallBounds) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      const toolCallCenterY = currentToolCallBounds.y + currentToolCallBounds.height / 2;
+      return (
+        toolCallCenterY >= currentButtonBounds.y &&
+        toolCallCenterY <= currentButtonBounds.y + currentButtonBounds.height
+      );
+    })
+    .toBe(true);
+
+  const [alignedButtonBounds, visibleToolCallBounds] = await Promise.all([
+    scrollToBottomButton.boundingBox(),
+    alignedToolCall.boundingBox(),
+  ]);
+  expect(alignedButtonBounds, "Expected scroll-to-bottom button to remain visible").not.toBeNull();
+  expect(
+    visibleToolCallBounds,
+    "Expected aligned tool-call badge to remain visible",
+  ).not.toBeNull();
+  const finalButtonBounds = alignedButtonBounds!;
+  const finalToolCallBounds = visibleToolCallBounds!;
+
+  const clickPoint = {
+    x: finalToolCallBounds.x + 24,
+    y: finalToolCallBounds.y + finalToolCallBounds.height / 2,
+  };
+  const toolCallReceivesPointer = await alignedToolCall.evaluate((toolCall, point) => {
+    const hit = document.elementFromPoint(point.x, point.y);
+    return hit !== null && toolCall.contains(hit);
+  }, clickPoint);
+  const hitArea = {
+    clickPoint,
+    outsideButton:
+      clickPoint.x < finalButtonBounds.x ||
+      clickPoint.x > finalButtonBounds.x + finalButtonBounds.width,
+    toolCallReceivesPointer,
+    withinButtonBand:
+      clickPoint.y >= finalButtonBounds.y &&
+      clickPoint.y <= finalButtonBounds.y + finalButtonBounds.height,
+  };
+  await page.mouse.click(hitArea.clickPoint.x, hitArea.clickPoint.y);
+  return {
+    outsideButton: hitArea.outsideButton,
+    toolCallReceivesPointer: hitArea.toolCallReceivesPointer,
+    withinButtonBand: hitArea.withinButtonBand,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function expectScrollStaysFixed(
+  page: Page,
+  baseline: ScrollMetrics,
+  input?: { durationMs?: number; sampleIntervalMs?: number; tolerancePx?: number },
+): Promise<void> {
+  const durationMs = input?.durationMs ?? 2_000;
+  const sampleIntervalMs = input?.sampleIntervalMs ?? 250;
+  const tolerancePx = input?.tolerancePx ?? DEFAULT_SCROLL_TOLERANCE_PX;
+  const samples: Array<{ elapsedMs: number; offsetY: number; contentHeight: number }> = [];
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  while (Date.now() - startedAt < durationMs) {
+    await page.waitForTimeout(sampleIntervalMs);
+    const metrics = await readScrollMetrics(page);
+    samples.push({
+      elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+      offsetY: metrics.offsetY,
+      contentHeight: metrics.contentHeight,
+    });
+    expect(
+      metrics.offsetY,
+      JSON.stringify({ baseline, samples: samples.slice(-12) }),
+    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(baseline.offsetY + tolerancePx);
+  }
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/agent-timeline-gate.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import type { Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import { daemonWsRoutePattern } from "./daemon-port";
+
+type WebSocketMessage = string | Buffer;
+
+interface CreatedAgentTimelineGate {
+  release(): void;
+  waitForCreatedAgent(): Promise<string>;
+  waitForDelayedResponse(): Promise<void>;
+  waitForForwardedResponse(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface AgentTimelineResponseGate {
+  release(): void;
+  waitForDelayedResponse(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+function parseWebSocketJson(message: WebSocketMessage): unknown {
+  const rawMessage = typeof message === "string" ? message : message.toString("utf8");
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(rawMessage);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function getSessionMessage(message: WebSocketMessage): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  const envelope = parseWebSocketJson(message);
+  if (!envelope || typeof envelope !== "object") {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const maybeEnvelope = envelope as { type?: unknown; message?: unknown };
+  if (maybeEnvelope.type !== "session" || !maybeEnvelope.message) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (typeof maybeEnvelope.message !== "object") {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return maybeEnvelope.message as Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+function getPayload(message: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  return message.payload && typeof message.payload === "object"
+    ? (message.payload as Record<string, unknown>)
+    : null;
+}
+
+export async function delayCreatedAgentInitialTailResponse(
+  page: Page,
+): Promise<CreatedAgentTimelineGate> {
+  let createdAgentId: string | null = null;
+  let releaseRequested = false;
+  let delayedResponseSeen = false;
+  const delayedForwards: Array<() => void> = [];
+  let resolveCreatedAgent: ((agentId: string) => void) | null = null;
+  let resolveDelayedResponse: (() => void) | null = null;
+  let resolveForwardedResponse: (() => void) | null = null;
+  const createdAgentSeen = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+    resolveCreatedAgent = resolve;
+  });
+  const delayedResponse = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    resolveDelayedResponse = resolve;
+  });
+  const forwardedResponse = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    resolveForwardedResponse = resolve;
+  });
+
+  await page.routeWebSocket(daemonWsRoutePattern(), (ws) => {
+    const server = ws.connectToServer();
+    const forwardToClient = (message: WebSocketMessage) => {
+      ws.send(message);
+      resolveForwardedResponse?.();
+    };
+
+    ws.onMessage((message) => {
+      server.send(message);
+    });
+
+    server.onMessage((message) => {
+      const sessionMessage = getSessionMessage(message);
+      const payload = sessionMessage ? getPayload(sessionMessage) : null;
+      if (sessionMessage?.type === "status" && payload?.status === "agent_created") {
+        const agentId = payload.agentId;
+        if (typeof agentId === "string") {
+          createdAgentId = agentId;
+          resolveCreatedAgent?.(agentId);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (sessionMessage?.type === "fetch_agent_timeline_response") {
+        const agentId = payload?.agentId;
+        const direction = payload?.direction;
+        if (
+          !delayedResponseSeen &&
+          typeof agentId === "string" &&
+          agentId === createdAgentId &&
+          direction === "tail"
+        ) {
+          delayedResponseSeen = true;
+          resolveDelayedResponse?.();
+          if (releaseRequested) {
+            forwardToClient(message);
+            return;
+          }
+          delayedForwards.push(() => forwardToClient(message));
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      ws.send(message);
+    });
+  });
+
+  return {
+    release() {
+      releaseRequested = true;
+      for (const forward of delayedForwards.splice(0)) {
+        forward();
+      }
+    },
+    waitForCreatedAgent: () => createdAgentSeen,
+    waitForDelayedResponse: () => delayedResponse,
+    waitForForwardedResponse: () => forwardedResponse,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function delayAgentOlderTimelineResponse(
+  page: Page,
+  agentId: string,
+): Promise<AgentTimelineResponseGate> {
+  let releaseRequested = false;
+  let delayedResponseSeen = false;
+  const delayedForwards: Array<() => void> = [];
+  let resolveDelayedResponse: (() => void) | null = null;
+  const delayedResponse = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    resolveDelayedResponse = resolve;
+  });
+
+  await page.routeWebSocket(daemonWsRoutePattern(), (ws) => {
+    const server = ws.connectToServer();
+    ws.onMessage((message) => {
+      server.send(message);
+    });
+    server.onMessage((message) => {
+      const sessionMessage = getSessionMessage(message);
+      const payload = sessionMessage ? getPayload(sessionMessage) : null;
+      if (
+        !delayedResponseSeen &&
+        sessionMessage?.type === "fetch_agent_timeline_response" &&
+        payload?.agentId === agentId &&
+        payload.direction === "before"
+      ) {
+        delayedResponseSeen = true;
+        resolveDelayedResponse?.();
+        if (releaseRequested) {
+          ws.send(message);
+          return;
+        }
+        delayedForwards.push(() => ws.send(message));
+        return;
+      }
+      ws.send(message);
+    });
+  });
+
+  return {
+    release() {
+      releaseRequested = true;
+      for (const forward of delayedForwards.splice(0)) {
+        forward();
+      }
+    },
+    waitForDelayedResponse: () => delayedResponse,
+  };
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/app.ts

@@ -342,9 +342,17 @@ export const selectModel = async (page: Page, model: string) => {
   if (await modelTrigger.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
     await modelTrigger.click();
   } else {
-    const modelLabel = page.getByText("MODEL", { exact: true }).first();
-    await expect(modelLabel).toBeVisible();
-    await modelLabel.click();
+    const modelButton = page
+      .getByRole("button", { name: /Select model/i })
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .first();
+    if (await modelButton.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
+      await modelButton.click();
+    } else {
+      const modelLabel = page.getByText("MODEL", { exact: true }).first();
+      await expect(modelLabel).toBeVisible();
+      await modelLabel.click();
+    }
   }
 
   // Wait for the model dropdown to open

packages/app/e2e/helpers/archive-tab.ts

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { buildCreateAgentPreferences, buildSeededHost } from "./daemon-registry";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./daemon-port";
 import { getServerId } from "./server-id";
+import { expectAppRoute } from "./route-assertions";
 import { waitForWorkspaceTabsVisible } from "./workspace-tabs";
 import {
   buildHostAgentDetailRoute,
-  buildHostSessionsRoute,
   buildHostWorkspaceRoute,
+  buildSessionsRoute,
 } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 
 export interface ArchiveTabAgent {
   id: string;
   title: string;
   cwd: string;
+  workspaceId: string;
 }
 
 function buildSeededStoragePayload() {
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ export interface IdleAgentSeedClient {
     provider: string;
     model: string;
     modeId: string;
+    featureValues?: Record<string, unknown>;
     cwd: string;
+    workspaceId: string;
     title: string;
   }): Promise<{ id: string }>;
   waitForAgentUpsert(
@@ -50,13 +54,18 @@ export interface IdleAgentSeedClient {
 
 export async function createIdleAgent(
   client: IdleAgentSeedClient,
-  input: { cwd: string; title: string },
+  input: { cwd: string; workspaceId: string; title: string },
 ): Promise<ArchiveTabAgent> {
   const created = await client.createAgent({
     provider: "opencode",
     model: "opencode/gpt-5-nano",
-    modeId: "bypassPermissions",
+    // OpenCode has no "bypassPermissions" mode (that's Claude's). Use build with
+    // auto_accept for unattended full access — mode validation now rejects modes
+    // the provider doesn't define.
+    modeId: "build",
+    featureValues: { auto_accept: true },
     cwd: input.cwd,
+    workspaceId: input.workspaceId,
     title: input.title,
   });
   const snapshot = await client.waitForAgentUpsert(
@@ -71,6 +80,7 @@ export async function createIdleAgent(
     id: created.id,
     title: input.title,
     cwd: input.cwd,
+    workspaceId: input.workspaceId,
   };
 }
 
@@ -81,6 +91,18 @@ export async function archiveAgentFromDaemon(
   await client.archiveAgent(agentId);
 }
 
+export async function fetchAgentArchivedAt(
+  client: {
+    fetchAgent(options: {
+      agentId: string;
+    }): Promise<{ agent: { archivedAt?: string | null } } | null>;
+  },
+  agentId: string,
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  const result = await client.fetchAgent({ agentId });
+  return result?.agent.archivedAt ?? null;
+}
+
 export async function primeAdditionalPage(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   const seedNonce = randomUUID();
   const { daemon, preferences } = buildSeededStoragePayload();
@@ -133,7 +155,7 @@ export async function openWorkspaceWithAgents(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const serverId = getServerId();
   for (const agent of agents) {
-    await page.goto(buildHostAgentDetailRoute(serverId, agent.id, agent.cwd));
+    await page.goto(buildHostAgentDetailRoute(serverId, agent.id, agent.workspaceId));
 
     // The workspace layout consumes `?open=agent:xxx`, returns null during the effect,
     // then replaces the URL with the clean workspace route after preparing the tab.
@@ -199,10 +221,8 @@ export async function openSessions(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   const sessionsButton = page.getByTestId("sidebar-sessions");
   await expect(sessionsButton).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
   await sessionsButton.click();
-  await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`${buildHostSessionsRoute(getServerId())}$`), {
-    timeout: 30_000,
-  });
-  await expect(page.getByText("Sessions", { exact: true }).last()).toBeVisible({
+  await expectAppRoute(page, buildSessionsRoute(), { timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expect(page.getByText("History", { exact: true }).last()).toBeVisible({
     timeout: 30_000,
   });
 }
@@ -221,6 +241,12 @@ export async function expectSessionRowArchived(page: Page, title: string): Promi
   await expect(getSessionRowByTitle(page, title)).toContainText("Archived", { timeout: 30_000 });
 }
 
+export async function expectSessionRowNotArchived(page: Page, title: string): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(getSessionRowByTitle(page, title)).not.toContainText("Archived", {
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  });
+}
+
 export async function clickSessionRow(page: Page, title: string): Promise<void> {
   const row = getSessionRowByTitle(page, title);
   await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });

packages/app/e2e/helpers/branch-switcher.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import { escapeRegex } from "./regex";
+
+// The branch switcher lives in the git diff panel's Changes header (right-side
+// ExplorerSidebar), not in the workspace header. It renders as a button whose
+// accessible name carries the current branch ("Current branch: <name>. Press to
+// switch branch."). Matching on the accessible name keeps these helpers tied to
+// what a screen reader user hears, and it proves the panel resolved a real
+// checkout directory from the opaque workspace id. Scoping to the changes header
+// keeps the matcher unambiguous even when the header is shared with diff actions.
+function branchSwitcherTrigger(page: Page, branchName: string) {
+  return page
+    .getByTestId("changes-header")
+    .getByRole("button", { name: new RegExp(`Current branch: ${escapeRegex(branchName)}\\b`) })
+    .filter({ visible: true })
+    .first();
+}
+
+// Opens the right-side explorer and lands on the Changes tab, where the branch
+// switcher and diff live. Git checkouts default to the Changes tab when the
+// explorer opens, so this is enough to reveal the switcher on desktop and mobile.
+export async function openChangesPanel(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-explorer-toggle").first()).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  });
+  await page.getByTestId("workspace-explorer-toggle").first().click();
+  const changesTab = page.getByTestId("explorer-tab-changes").filter({ visible: true }).first();
+  await expect(changesTab).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await changesTab.click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("changes-header").filter({ visible: true }).first()).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  });
+}
+
+export async function expectWorkspaceBranch(page: Page, branchName: string): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(branchSwitcherTrigger(page, branchName)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+}
+
+export async function switchBranchFromChangesPanel(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { from: string; to: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await branchSwitcherTrigger(page, input.from).click();
+
+  const picker = page.getByTestId("combobox-desktop-container");
+  await expect(picker).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  // The branch switcher combobox renders its options as plain text rows with no ARIA
+  // role, so filter by the visible branch name and click the matching row. Filtering
+  // first guarantees a single, unambiguous match.
+  const search = page.getByPlaceholder("Filter branches...");
+  await expect(search).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await search.fill(input.to);
+
+  const option = picker.getByText(input.to, { exact: true });
+  await expect(option).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await option.click();
+
+  await expect(picker).not.toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+}
+
+// The workspace header title is a plain static title in Model B; the branch
+// switcher must never appear there. Asserting on the header testID keeps this
+// honest even as the switcher continues to exist inside the Changes panel.
+export async function expectNoBranchSwitcherInWorkspaceHeader(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-header-branch-switcher")).toHaveCount(0);
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/command-center.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { expect, type Locator, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+// Opens the command center / global search palette from the sidebar and returns its panel.
+export async function openCommandCenter(page: Page): Promise<Locator> {
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-command-center-search").click();
+  const panel = page.getByTestId("command-center-panel");
+  await expect(panel).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  return panel;
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/composer.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { buildHostWorkspaceRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 import { createTempGitRepo } from "./workspace";
 import { connectSeedClient, type SeedDaemonClient } from "./seed-client";
-import { connectWorkspaceSetupClient, openHomeWithProject } from "./workspace-setup";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./app";
+import { connectWorkspaceSetupClient } from "./workspace-setup";
 import { selectWorkspaceInSidebar } from "./sidebar";
 import { getServerId } from "./server-id";
 import { waitForTabBar } from "./launcher";
@@ -94,6 +95,33 @@ export async function expectAttachmentPill(page: Page, testID: string): Promise<
   await expect(page.getByTestId(testID).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
 }
 
+export async function dropFileOnComposer(
+  page: Page,
+  file: { name: string; mimeType: string; buffer: Buffer },
+): Promise<void> {
+  const dataTransfer = await page.evaluateHandle(
+    ({ name, mimeType, base64 }) => {
+      const bytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(base64), (char) => char.charCodeAt(0));
+      const droppedFile = new File([bytes], name, { type: mimeType });
+      const transfer = new DataTransfer();
+      transfer.items.add(droppedFile);
+      return transfer;
+    },
+    {
+      name: file.name,
+      mimeType: file.mimeType,
+      base64: file.buffer.toString("base64"),
+    },
+  );
+
+  const composerRoot = page.getByTestId("message-input-root").filter({ visible: true }).first();
+  await expect(composerRoot).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  await composerRoot.dispatchEvent("dragenter", { dataTransfer });
+  await composerRoot.dispatchEvent("dragover", { dataTransfer });
+  await composerRoot.dispatchEvent("drop", { dataTransfer });
+  await dataTransfer.dispose();
+}
+
 /** Hover to reveal the X button (hidden until hover on desktop web), then click by accessible label. */
 export async function removeAttachmentPill(
   page: Page,
@@ -148,6 +176,7 @@ export async function selectGithubOption(
 export interface MockAgentSetup {
   client: SeedDaemonClient;
   repo: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTempGitRepo>>;
+  cleanup: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /** Create a temp repo, start a mock agent, navigate to it, and wait for it to be running. */
@@ -159,21 +188,35 @@ export async function startRunningMockAgent(
 
   const repo = await createTempGitRepo(opts.prefix);
   const client = await connectSeedClient();
-  const opened = await client.openProject(repo.path);
-  if (!opened.workspace) throw new Error(opened.error ?? "Failed to open project");
+  const createdWorkspace = await client.createWorkspace({
+    source: { kind: "directory", path: repo.path },
+  });
+  if (!createdWorkspace.workspace) {
+    throw new Error(createdWorkspace.error ?? "Failed to create workspace");
+  }
+  const workspace = createdWorkspace.workspace;
   const agent = await client.createAgent({
     provider: "mock",
     cwd: repo.path,
+    workspaceId: workspace.id,
     model: opts.model,
   });
-  const agentUrl = `${buildHostWorkspaceRoute(serverId, repo.path)}?open=${encodeURIComponent(`agent:${agent.id}`)}`;
+  const agentUrl = `${buildHostWorkspaceRoute(serverId, workspace.id)}?open=${encodeURIComponent(`agent:${agent.id}`)}`;
   await page.goto(agentUrl);
   await expectComposerVisible(page);
   await client.sendAgentMessage(agent.id, opts.prompt);
   await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /stop|cancel/i }).first()).toBeVisible({
     timeout: 30_000,
   });
-  return { client, repo };
+  return {
+    client,
+    repo,
+    cleanup: async () => {
+      await client.removeProject(workspace.projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+      await repo.cleanup().catch(() => undefined);
+    },
+  };
 }
 
 export interface GithubWorkspaceHandle {
@@ -186,10 +229,20 @@ export async function openGithubWorkspace(
   repoPath: string,
 ): Promise<GithubWorkspaceHandle> {
   const client = await connectWorkspaceSetupClient();
-  const opened = await client.openProject(repoPath);
-  if (!opened.workspace) throw new Error(opened.error ?? `Failed to open project ${repoPath}`);
-  await openHomeWithProject(page, repoPath);
-  await selectWorkspaceInSidebar(page, opened.workspace.id);
+  const createdWorkspace = await client.createWorkspace({
+    source: { kind: "directory", path: repoPath },
+  });
+  if (!createdWorkspace.workspace) {
+    throw new Error(createdWorkspace.error ?? `Failed to create workspace ${repoPath}`);
+  }
+  const workspace = createdWorkspace.workspace;
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await selectWorkspaceInSidebar(page, workspace.id);
   await waitForTabBar(page);
-  return { cleanup: () => client.close().catch(() => undefined) };
+  return {
+    cleanup: async () => {
+      await client.removeProject(workspace.projectId).catch(() => undefined);
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+    },
+  };
 }

packages/app/e2e/helpers/daemon-client-loader.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./daemon-port";
@@ -25,13 +26,14 @@ interface E2EDaemonClientConfig {
   webSocketFactory?: NodeWebSocketFactory;
 }
 
-function resolveDaemonWsUrl(): string {
-  return `ws://127.0.0.1:${getE2EDaemonPort()}/ws`;
+function resolveDaemonWsUrl(port?: number): string {
+  return `ws://127.0.0.1:${port ?? getE2EDaemonPort()}/ws`;
 }
 
 export interface ConnectDaemonClientOptions {
   clientIdPrefix: string;
   appVersion?: string;
+  port?: number;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,12 +46,21 @@ export async function connectDaemonClient<ClientInstance extends { connect(): Pr
 ): Promise<ClientInstance> {
   const DaemonClient = await loadDaemonClientConstructor<E2EDaemonClientConfig, ClientInstance>();
   const client = new DaemonClient({
-    url: resolveDaemonWsUrl(),
+    url: resolveDaemonWsUrl(options.port),
     clientId: `${options.clientIdPrefix}-${randomUUID()}`,
     clientType: "cli",
-    appVersion: options.appVersion,
+    appVersion: options.appVersion ?? loadAppVersion(),
     webSocketFactory: createNodeWebSocketFactory(),
   });
   await client.connect();
   return client;
 }
+
+function loadAppVersion(): string {
+  const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../package.json");
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf8")) as { version?: unknown };
+  if (typeof packageJson.version !== "string" || packageJson.version.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing app version in ${packageJsonPath}`);
+  }
+  return packageJson.version;
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/daemon-update.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { fork, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+export interface OutdatedDaemon {
+  endpoint: string;
+  label: string;
+  serverId: string;
+  close(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+interface OutdatedDaemonReadyMessage {
+  type: "ready";
+  endpoint: string;
+  serverId: string;
+}
+
+interface OutdatedDaemonErrorMessage {
+  type: "error";
+  error: string;
+}
+
+type OutdatedDaemonMessage = OutdatedDaemonReadyMessage | OutdatedDaemonErrorMessage;
+
+export async function startOutdatedDaemon(options?: {
+  desktopManaged?: boolean;
+}): Promise<OutdatedDaemon> {
+  const metroPort = process.env.E2E_METRO_PORT;
+  if (!metroPort) {
+    throw new Error("E2E_METRO_PORT is not set - globalSetup must run first");
+  }
+
+  const child = fork(
+    path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../server/src/server/test-utils/outdated-daemon-process.ts"),
+    {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        E2E_METRO_PORT: metroPort,
+        E2E_DESKTOP_MANAGED: options?.desktopManaged === true ? "1" : "0",
+      },
+      execArgv: ["--import", "tsx"],
+      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe", "ipc"],
+    },
+  );
+  const stderr: string[] = [];
+  child.stderr?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => stderr.push(data.toString("utf8")));
+
+  try {
+    const ready = await waitForDaemon(child, stderr);
+    return {
+      endpoint: ready.endpoint,
+      label: options?.desktopManaged === true ? "outdated Desktop host" : "outdated host",
+      serverId: ready.serverId,
+      async close() {
+        if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return;
+        child.kill("SIGTERM");
+        await once(child, "exit");
+      },
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    child.kill("SIGTERM");
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitForDaemon(
+  child: ChildProcess,
+  stderr: string[],
+): Promise<OutdatedDaemonReadyMessage> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      reject(new Error(`Timed out starting outdated daemon. ${stderr.join("")}`));
+    }, 20_000);
+
+    child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      reject(
+        new Error(
+          `Outdated daemon exited before startup (code ${String(code)}, signal ${String(signal)}). ${stderr.join("")}`,
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+    child.once("message", (message: OutdatedDaemonMessage) => {
+      if (message.type === "error") {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+        reject(new Error(message.error));
+        return;
+      }
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      resolve(message);
+    });
+  });
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/daemon-websocket-gate.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import type { Page, WebSocketRoute } from "@playwright/test";
+import { daemonWsRoutePattern } from "./daemon-port";
+
+export interface DirectoryBootstrapCounts {
+  agents: number;
+  workspaces: number;
+}
+
+export interface DirectoryRequestStartCounts {
+  subscribed: DirectoryBootstrapCounts;
+  unsubscribed: DirectoryBootstrapCounts;
+  total: DirectoryBootstrapCounts;
+}
+
+interface ClientRequest {
+  type?: unknown;
+  subscribe?: unknown;
+  page?: { cursor?: unknown };
+}
+
+function readClientRequest(message: string | Buffer): ClientRequest | null {
+  if (typeof message !== "string") return null;
+  try {
+    const envelope = JSON.parse(message) as {
+      type?: unknown;
+      message?: ClientRequest;
+    };
+    return envelope.type === "session" ? (envelope.message ?? null) : envelope;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function directoryForRequest(request: ClientRequest): keyof DirectoryBootstrapCounts | null {
+  if (request.page?.cursor) return null;
+  if (request.type === "fetch_agents_request") return "agents";
+  if (request.type === "fetch_workspaces_request") return "workspaces";
+  return null;
+}
+
+export async function installDaemonWebSocketGate(page: Page) {
+  let acceptingConnections = true;
+  const activeSockets = new Set<WebSocketRoute>();
+  const directoryStarts: DirectoryRequestStartCounts = {
+    subscribed: { agents: 0, workspaces: 0 },
+    unsubscribed: { agents: 0, workspaces: 0 },
+    total: { agents: 0, workspaces: 0 },
+  };
+  const clientRequestCounts = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  await page.routeWebSocket(daemonWsRoutePattern(), (ws) => {
+    if (!acceptingConnections) {
+      void ws.close({ code: 1008, reason: "Blocked by reconnect test." });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    activeSockets.add(ws);
+    const server = ws.connectToServer();
+
+    ws.onMessage((message) => {
+      if (!acceptingConnections) return;
+      const request = readClientRequest(message);
+      if (typeof request?.type === "string") {
+        clientRequestCounts.set(request.type, (clientRequestCounts.get(request.type) ?? 0) + 1);
+        const directory = directoryForRequest(request);
+        if (directory) {
+          const subscription = request.subscribe === undefined ? "unsubscribed" : "subscribed";
+          directoryStarts[subscription][directory] += 1;
+          directoryStarts.total[directory] += 1;
+        }
+      }
+      try {
+        server.send(message);
+      } catch {
+        activeSockets.delete(ws);
+      }
+    });
+
+    server.onMessage((message) => {
+      if (!acceptingConnections) return;
+      try {
+        ws.send(message);
+      } catch {
+        activeSockets.delete(ws);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  return {
+    async drop(): Promise<void> {
+      acceptingConnections = false;
+      const sockets = Array.from(activeSockets);
+      activeSockets.clear();
+      await Promise.all(
+        sockets.map((ws) =>
+          ws.close({ code: 1008, reason: "Dropped by reconnect test." }).catch(() => undefined),
+        ),
+      );
+    },
+    restore(): void {
+      acceptingConnections = true;
+    },
+    getDirectoryRequestStartCounts(): DirectoryRequestStartCounts {
+      return {
+        subscribed: { ...directoryStarts.subscribed },
+        unsubscribed: { ...directoryStarts.unsubscribed },
+        total: { ...directoryStarts.total },
+      };
+    },
+    getClientRequestCount(type: string): number {
+      return clientRequestCounts.get(type) ?? 0;
+    },
+  };
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/desktop-updates.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { appendFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { openSettings } from "./app";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./daemon-port";
-import { openSettingsHost, openSettingsHostSection } from "./settings";
+import { escapeRegex } from "./regex";
+import { openSettingsHost, openSettingsHostSection, openSettingsSection } from "./settings";
 
 interface DaemonApiStatus {
   version: string;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export interface DesktopBridgeConfig {
   serverId: string;
   updateAvailable?: boolean;
   latestVersion?: string;
+  updateReadyToInstall?: boolean;
   slowInstall?: boolean;
   /** Initial PID reported by desktop_daemon_status. Defaults to null. */
   daemonPid?: number | null;
@@ -63,12 +65,15 @@ export interface DesktopBridgeConfig {
   daemonListen?: string;
   /** Keep start_desktop_daemon pending to hold the desktop startup blocker open. */
   hangDaemonStart?: boolean;
+  /** Delay the desktop settings IPC response to exercise startup ordering. */
+  desktopSettingsDelayMs?: number;
   /**
    * Controls what dialog.ask returns when the daemon management confirm dialog
    * fires. True = confirm (proceed with the action), false = cancel. Defaults to
    * false so tests that only assert copy don't inadvertently trigger state changes.
    */
   confirmShouldAccept?: boolean;
+  dialogOpenResult?: string | string[] | null;
   editorTargets?: DesktopEditorTargetConfig[];
   editorRecordPath?: string;
 }
@@ -77,13 +82,15 @@ interface DesktopEditorTargetConfig {
   id: string;
   label: string;
   kind: "editor" | "file-manager";
+  icon: { kind: "image"; dataUrl: string } | { kind: "symbol"; name: "folder" | "terminal" };
 }
 
 interface DesktopEditorOpenRecord {
   editorId: string;
-  path: string;
-  cwd?: string;
-  mode?: "open" | "reveal";
+  workspacePath: string;
+  filePath?: string;
+  line?: number;
+  column?: number;
 }
 
 export interface ConfirmDialogCall {
@@ -94,7 +101,9 @@ export interface ConfirmDialogCall {
 declare global {
   interface Window {
     __capturedDialogCall: ConfirmDialogCall | undefined;
+    __capturedDialogOpenCalls: Array<Record<string, unknown> | undefined>;
     __recordDesktopEditorOpen?: (input: DesktopEditorOpenRecord) => Promise<void>;
+    __desktopDaemonStartRequested?: boolean;
   }
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +132,7 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
     let daemonRunning = true;
     let currentPid: number | null = cfg.daemonPid ?? null;
     let startCount = 0;
+    window.__desktopDaemonStartRequested = false;
 
     function buildDaemonStatus() {
       return {
@@ -139,6 +149,7 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
     }
 
     function startDesktopDaemon() {
+      window.__desktopDaemonStartRequested = true;
       if (cfg.hangDaemonStart) {
         return new Promise(() => undefined);
       }
@@ -150,11 +161,19 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
       return buildDaemonStatus();
     }
 
+    async function waitForDesktopSettingsResponse() {
+      const delayMs = cfg.desktopSettingsDelayMs ?? 0;
+      if (delayMs > 0) {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delayMs));
+      }
+    }
+
     const desktopBridge: {
       platform: string;
       invoke: (command: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
       dialog: {
         ask: (message: string, options?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<boolean>;
+        open: (options?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | string[] | null>;
       };
       getPendingOpenProject: () => Promise<string | null>;
       events: { on: () => Promise<() => void> };
@@ -169,7 +188,7 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
           return cfg.updateAvailable
             ? {
                 hasUpdate: true,
-                readyToInstall: true,
+                readyToInstall: cfg.updateReadyToInstall ?? true,
                 currentVersion: "1.0.0",
                 latestVersion: cfg.latestVersion ?? "1.2.3",
                 body: null,
@@ -205,6 +224,7 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
         }
 
         if (command === "get_desktop_settings") {
+          await waitForDesktopSettingsResponse();
           return {
             releaseChannel: "stable",
             daemon: { manageBuiltInDaemon: manageDaemon, keepRunningAfterQuit: true },
@@ -247,6 +267,10 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
           };
           return cfg.confirmShouldAccept ?? false;
         },
+        open: async (options?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+          window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls.push(options);
+          return cfg.dialogOpenResult ?? null;
+        },
       },
       getPendingOpenProject: async () => null,
       events: { on: async () => () => undefined },
@@ -261,10 +285,29 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
       };
     }
 
+    window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls = [];
     (window as unknown as { paseoDesktop: unknown }).paseoDesktop = desktopBridge;
   }, config);
 }
 
+export async function waitForDesktopDaemonStartRequest(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => window.__desktopDaemonStartRequested === true);
+  // Give the startup state two paints to expose any app → splash regression.
+  await page.evaluate(
+    () =>
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve())),
+      ),
+  );
+}
+
+export async function waitForDirectoryDialog(
+  page: Page,
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | undefined> {
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls.length)).toBe(1);
+  return page.evaluate(() => window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls[0]);
+}
+
 export async function openDesktopSettings(page: Page, serverId: string): Promise<void> {
   await openSettings(page);
   await openSettingsHost(page, serverId);
@@ -276,12 +319,33 @@ export async function openDesktopSettings(page: Page, serverId: string): Promise
   });
 }
 
+export async function openDesktopAboutSettings(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await openSettings(page);
+  await openSettingsSection(page, "about");
+  await expect(page.getByText("App updates", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+}
+
 export async function expectUpdateBanner(page: Page, version: string): Promise<void> {
   const callout = page.getByTestId("update-callout");
   await expect(callout).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
   await expect(callout).toContainText(`v${version.replace(/^v/i, "")}`);
 }
 
+export async function clickCheckForUpdates(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Check" }).click();
+}
+
+export async function expectPendingUpdateCheckResult(page: Page, version: string): Promise<void> {
+  const normalizedVersion = `v${version.replace(/^v/i, "")}`;
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText(
+      new RegExp(`Update found: ${escapeRegex(normalizedVersion)}\\. Downloading\\.\\.\\.`),
+    ),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText(`Ready to install: ${normalizedVersion}`)).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Update" })).toBeDisabled();
+}
+
 export async function clickInstallUpdate(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Install & restart" }).click();
 }

packages/app/e2e/helpers/directory-bootstrap-scenario.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import { buildHostAgentDetailRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
+import { installDaemonWebSocketGate } from "./daemon-websocket-gate";
+import { seedWorkspace, type SeededWorkspace } from "./seed-client";
+import { getServerId } from "./server-id";
+import { waitForWorkspaceTabsVisible } from "./workspace-tabs";
+import { expectReconnectingToastGone, expectReconnectingToastVisible } from "./workspace-ui";
+
+interface SeededDirectoryAgent {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+}
+
+async function createRunningMockAgent(
+  workspace: SeededWorkspace,
+  title: string,
+): Promise<SeededDirectoryAgent> {
+  const agent = await workspace.client.createAgent({
+    provider: "mock",
+    cwd: workspace.repoPath,
+    workspaceId: workspace.workspaceId,
+    title,
+    modeId: "load-test",
+    model: "five-minute-stream",
+    initialPrompt: `Keep ${title} running for directory synchronization.`,
+  });
+  const running = await workspace.client.waitForAgentUpsert(
+    agent.id,
+    (snapshot) => snapshot.status === "running",
+    30_000,
+  );
+  expect(running.status).toBe("running");
+  return { id: agent.id, title };
+}
+
+async function openCommandCenter(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open command center" }).click();
+}
+
+export class DirectoryBootstrapScenario {
+  private readonly workspaces: SeededWorkspace[] = [];
+  private disconnectedWorkspace: SeededWorkspace | null = null;
+  private disconnectedAgent: SeededDirectoryAgent | null = null;
+
+  private constructor(
+    private readonly page: Page,
+    private readonly gate: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof installDaemonWebSocketGate>>,
+  ) {}
+
+  static async open(page: Page): Promise<DirectoryBootstrapScenario> {
+    const gate = await installDaemonWebSocketGate(page);
+    const scenario = new DirectoryBootstrapScenario(page, gate);
+    const workspace = await scenario.seedWorkspace("directory-bootstrap-initial-");
+    const agent = await createRunningMockAgent(workspace, "Initial directory agent");
+    await page.goto(buildHostAgentDetailRoute(getServerId(), agent.id, workspace.workspaceId));
+    await page.waitForURL(
+      (url) => url.pathname.includes("/workspace/") && !url.searchParams.has("open"),
+    );
+    await waitForWorkspaceTabsVisible(page);
+    await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: agent.title, exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    return scenario;
+  }
+
+  async expectDirectoryStarts(expectedPerDirectory: number): Promise<void> {
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => this.gate.getDirectoryRequestStartCounts())
+      .toEqual({
+        subscribed: { agents: expectedPerDirectory, workspaces: expectedPerDirectory },
+        unsubscribed: { agents: 0, workspaces: 0 },
+        total: { agents: expectedPerDirectory, workspaces: expectedPerDirectory },
+      });
+  }
+
+  async stayConnectedWithoutRefetchAndApplyDeltas(): Promise<void> {
+    const workspace = await this.seedWorkspace("directory-bootstrap-background-");
+    const agent = await createRunningMockAgent(workspace, "Background directory agent");
+
+    const workspaceLink = this.page.getByText(workspace.projectDisplayName, { exact: true });
+    await expect(workspaceLink).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(workspaceLink).toBeVisible();
+    await openCommandCenter(this.page);
+    const agentLink = this.page.getByText(agent.title, { exact: true });
+    await expect(agentLink).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(agentLink).toBeVisible();
+    await this.page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+    await this.expectDirectoryStarts(1);
+  }
+
+  async disconnectMutateAndReconnect(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.gate.drop();
+    await expectReconnectingToastVisible(this.page);
+
+    this.disconnectedWorkspace = await this.seedWorkspace("directory-bootstrap-reconnect-");
+    this.disconnectedAgent = await createRunningMockAgent(
+      this.disconnectedWorkspace,
+      "Reconnected directory agent",
+    );
+    await expect(
+      this.page.getByText(this.disconnectedWorkspace.projectDisplayName, { exact: true }),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(this.page.getByText(this.disconnectedAgent.title, { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    this.gate.restore();
+    await expectReconnectingToastGone(this.page);
+    await this.expectDirectoryStarts(2);
+  }
+
+  async expectVisibleReconciliationAndNavigateAgent(): Promise<void> {
+    const workspace = this.requireDisconnectedWorkspace();
+    const agent = this.requireDisconnectedAgent();
+    const workspaceLink = this.page.getByText(workspace.projectDisplayName, { exact: true });
+    await expect(workspaceLink).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(workspaceLink).toBeVisible();
+    await openCommandCenter(this.page);
+    const agentLink = this.page.getByText(agent.title, { exact: true });
+    await expect(agentLink).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(agentLink).toBeVisible();
+    await agentLink.click();
+    await expect(this.page).toHaveURL(
+      new RegExp(
+        `/workspace/${workspace.workspaceId}/agent/${agent.id}|/workspace/${workspace.workspaceId}`,
+      ),
+    );
+    await expect(this.page.getByRole("button", { name: agent.title, exact: true })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "aria-selected",
+      "true",
+    );
+    const pings = this.gate.getClientRequestCount("ping");
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => this.gate.getClientRequestCount("ping"), { timeout: 30_000 })
+      .toBeGreaterThan(pings);
+    await this.expectDirectoryStarts(2);
+  }
+
+  async cleanup(): Promise<void> {
+    this.gate.restore();
+    await Promise.all(this.workspaces.map((workspace) => workspace.cleanup()));
+  }
+
+  private async seedWorkspace(prefix: string): Promise<SeededWorkspace> {
+    const workspace = await seedWorkspace({ repoPrefix: prefix });
+    this.workspaces.push(workspace);
+    return workspace;
+  }
+
+  private requireDisconnectedWorkspace(): SeededWorkspace {
+    if (!this.disconnectedWorkspace) throw new Error("Reconnect workspace was not seeded.");
+    return this.disconnectedWorkspace;
+  }
+
+  private requireDisconnectedAgent(): SeededDirectoryAgent {
+    if (!this.disconnectedAgent) throw new Error("Reconnect agent was not seeded.");
+    return this.disconnectedAgent;
+  }
+}