fix: preserve collapsed queue paste payloads

cli.py

@@ -9986,6 +9986,7 @@ def process_command(self, command: str) -> bool:
             # Extract prompt after "/queue " or "/q "
             parts = cmd_original.split(None, 1)
             payload = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
+            payload = self._expand_paste_references(payload)
             if not payload:
                 _cprint("  Usage: /queue <prompt>")
             else:

tests/cli/test_cli_queue_paste.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""Regression tests for collapsed paste references passed to /queue."""
+
+from queue import Queue
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from cli import HermesCLI
+
+
+def test_queue_expands_collapsed_paste_reference(tmp_path):
+    pasted = "first\nmiddle\nlast"
+    paste_file = tmp_path / "paste.txt"
+    paste_file.write_text(pasted, encoding="utf-8")
+    placeholder = f"[Pasted text #1: 3 lines → {paste_file}]"
+    cli_obj = HermesCLI.__new__(HermesCLI)
+    cli_obj._agent_running = False
+    cli_obj._pending_input = Queue()
+    cli_obj._pending_resume_sessions = None
+
+    with patch("cli._cprint"):
+        assert cli_obj.process_command(f"/queue {placeholder}") is True
+
+    assert cli_obj._pending_input.get_nowait() == pasted

ui-tui/src/__tests__/queueSubmission.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import type { ComposerToken } from '../app/interfaces.js'
+import { expandPasteTokens, queueItemFromSlash } from '../app/useSubmission.js'
+import { imageToken } from '../domain/attachments.js'
+
+describe('/queue collapsed paste submission', () => {
+  it('keeps the collapsed argument for display and the full multiline payload for execution', () => {
+    const display = '[[ first.. [3 lines] .. last ]]'
+
+    expect(queueItemFromSlash(`/queue ${display}`, '/queue first\nmiddle\nlast')).toEqual({
+      display,
+      text: 'first\nmiddle\nlast'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('supports the /q alias and rejects an empty queue command', () => {
+    expect(queueItemFromSlash('/q [[ payload ]]', '/q complete payload')).toEqual({
+      display: '[[ payload ]]',
+      text: 'complete payload'
+    })
+    expect(queueItemFromSlash('/queue', '/queue')).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('expands paste tokens without consuming image tokens', () => {
+    const paste: ComposerToken = { kind: 'paste', label: '[[ paste [2 lines] ]]', text: 'one\ntwo' }
+    const image: ComposerToken = { kind: 'image', index: 1, label: imageToken(1), path: '/tmp/image.png' }
+
+    expect(expandPasteTokens([paste, image])(`${paste.label} and ${image.label}`)).toBe(
+      `one\ntwo and ${image.label}`
+    )
+  })
+})

ui-tui/src/__tests__/useQueue.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
-import { removeAtInPlace } from '../hooks/useQueue.js'
+import { prependQueueItem, queueItem, removeAtInPlace, takeQueueItem } from '../hooks/useQueue.js'
 
 describe('removeAtInPlace', () => {
   it('removes the item at the given index in place', () => {
@@ -26,3 +26,31 @@ describe('removeAtInPlace', () => {
     expect(arr).toEqual([])
   })
 })
+
+describe('queue items', () => {
+  it('keeps execution text and collapsed display together through edit and requeue', () => {
+    const display = '[[ first.. [3 lines] .. last ]]'
+    const text = 'first\nmiddle\nlast'
+    const queue = [queueItem(text, display), queueItem('next')]
+
+    const edited = takeQueueItem(queue, 0, `before ${display} after`)
+
+    expect(edited).toEqual({
+      display: `before ${display} after`,
+      text: `before ${text} after`
+    })
+    expect(queue).toEqual([queueItem('next')])
+
+    prependQueueItem(queue, edited!)
+    expect(queue[0]).toEqual({
+      display: `before ${display} after`,
+      text: `before ${text} after`
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('treats a rewritten collapsed label as literal edited text', () => {
+    const queue = [queueItem('full payload', '[[ collapsed ]]')]
+
+    expect(takeQueueItem(queue, 0, 'replacement')).toEqual(queueItem('replacement'))
+  })
+})

ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
   SubscriptionStateResponse,
   SubscriptionUpgradeResponse
 } from '../gatewayTypes.js'
+import type { QueueItem } from '../hooks/useQueue.js'
 import type { ParsedVoiceRecordKey } from '../lib/platform.js'
 import type { RpcResult } from '../lib/rpc.js'
 import type { ActiveWidget } from '../sdk/types.js'
@@ -369,19 +370,19 @@ export interface ComposerActions {
   attachImagePath: (path: string) => void
   clearIn: () => void
   dequeue: () => string | undefined
-  enqueue: (text: string) => void
+  enqueue: (text: string, display?: string) => void
   handleTextPaste: (event: PasteEvent) => MaybePromise<ComposerPasteResult | null>
   openEditor: () => Promise<void>
+  prependQueue: (item: QueueItem) => void
   pushHistory: (text: string) => void
   removeQueue: (index: number) => void
-  replaceQueue: (index: number, text: string) => void
   setCompIdx: StateSetter<number>
   setComposerTokens: StateSetter<ComposerToken[]>
   setHistoryIdx: StateSetter<null | number>
   setInput: StateSetter<string>
   setInputBuf: StateSetter<string[]>
   setQueueEdit: (index: null | number) => void
-  syncQueue: () => void
+  takeQueue: (index: number, editedDisplay?: string) => QueueItem | undefined
   /** Reconcile attached payloads against tokens still present in the text. */
   syncTokens: (value: string) => void
 }
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ export interface ComposerRefs {
   historyDraftRef: MutableRefObject<string>
   historyRef: MutableRefObject<string[]>
   queueEditRef: MutableRefObject<null | number>
-  queueRef: MutableRefObject<string[]>
+  queueRef: MutableRefObject<QueueItem[]>
   submitRef: MutableRefObject<(value: string) => void>
   tokensRef: MutableRefObject<ComposerToken[]>
 }
@@ -502,10 +503,10 @@ export interface SlashHandlerContext {
   composer: {
     attachClipboardImage: () => void
     attachImagePath: (path: string) => void
-    enqueue: (text: string) => void
+    enqueue: (text: string, display?: string) => void
     hasSelection: boolean
     openEditor: () => Promise<void>
-    queueRef: MutableRefObject<string[]>
+    queueRef: MutableRefObject<QueueItem[]>
     selection: SelectionApi
     setInput: StateSetter<string>
   }

ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts

@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ export function useComposerState({ gw, submitRef, sys }: UseComposerStateOptions
     queueEditIdx,
     enqueue,
     dequeue,
+    prependQ,
     removeQ,
-    replaceQ,
     setQueueEdit,
-    syncQueue
+    takeQ
   } = useQueue()
 
   const { historyRef, historyIdx, setHistoryIdx, historyDraftRef, pushHistory } = useInputHistory()
@@ -435,16 +435,16 @@ export function useComposerState({ gw, submitRef, sys }: UseComposerStateOptions
       enqueue,
       handleTextPaste,
       openEditor,
+      prependQueue: prependQ,
       pushHistory,
       removeQueue: removeQ,
-      replaceQueue: replaceQ,
       setCompIdx,
       setComposerTokens,
       setHistoryIdx,
       setInput,
       setInputBuf,
       setQueueEdit,
-      syncQueue,
+      takeQueue: takeQ,
       syncTokens
     }),
     [
@@ -455,15 +455,15 @@ export function useComposerState({ gw, submitRef, sys }: UseComposerStateOptions
       enqueue,
       handleTextPaste,
       openEditor,
+      prependQ,
       pushHistory,
       removeQ,
-      replaceQ,
       setCompIdx,
       setComposerTokens,
       setHistoryIdx,
       setInput,
       setQueueEdit,
-      syncQueue,
+      takeQ,
       syncTokens
     ]
   )

ui-tui/src/app/useInputHandlers.ts

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export function useInputHandlers(ctx: InputHandlerContext): InputHandlerResult {
 
     cActions.setQueueEdit(index)
     cActions.setHistoryIdx(null)
-    cActions.setInput(cRefs.queueRef.current[index] ?? '')
+    cActions.setInput(cRefs.queueRef.current[index]?.display ?? '')
 
     return true
   }

ui-tui/src/app/useSubmission.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import { type MutableRefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 
 import { TYPING_IDLE_MS } from '../config/timing.js'
 import { expandTokens } from '../domain/attachments.js'
-import { completionToApplyOnSubmit, looksLikeSlashCommand } from '../domain/slash.js'
+import { completionToApplyOnSubmit, looksLikeSlashCommand, parseSlashCommand } from '../domain/slash.js'
 import type { GatewayClient } from '../gatewayClient.js'
 import type { SessionSteerResponse, ShellExecResponse } from '../gatewayTypes.js'
+import { queueItem, type QueueItem } from '../hooks/useQueue.js'
 import { asRpcResult } from '../lib/rpc.js'
 import { hasInterpolation, INTERPOLATION_RE } from '../protocol/interpolation.js'
 import type { Msg } from '../types.js'
 
-import type { ComposerActions, ComposerRefs, ComposerState } from './interfaces.js'
+import type { ComposerActions, ComposerRefs, ComposerState, ComposerToken } from './interfaces.js'
 import { submitPrompt } from './submissionCore.js'
 import { turnController } from './turnController.js'
 import { getUiState, patchUiState } from './uiStore.js'
@@ -19,6 +20,21 @@ const DOUBLE_ENTER_MS = 450
 const spliceMatches = (text: string, matches: RegExpMatchArray[], results: string[]) =>
   matches.reduceRight((acc, m, i) => acc.slice(0, m.index!) + results[i] + acc.slice(m.index! + m[0].length), text)
 
+export const expandPasteTokens = (tokens: ComposerToken[]) =>
+  expandTokens(tokens.filter(token => token.kind === 'paste'))
+
+const slashArgument = (command: string) => /^\/\S+\s+([\s\S]+)$/.exec(command)?.[1] ?? ''
+
+export const queueItemFromSlash = (displayCommand: string, expandedCommand: string): QueueItem | undefined => {
+  const display = slashArgument(displayCommand)
+
+  if (!display.trim()) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  return queueItem(slashArgument(expandedCommand), display)
+}
+
 export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
   const { appendMessage, composerActions, composerRefs, composerState, gw, setLastUserMsg, slashRef, submitRef, sys } =
     opts
@@ -157,16 +173,15 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
   // `opts.fallbackToFront` re-inserts at the queue head (queue-edit picks keep
   // their position); the mainline submit path appends.
   const handleBusyInput = useCallback(
-    (full: string, opts: { fallbackToFront?: boolean } = {}) => {
+    (item: QueueItem, opts: { fallbackToFront?: boolean } = {}) => {
       const live = getUiState()
       const mode = live.busyInputMode
 
       const enqueueText = () => {
         if (opts.fallbackToFront) {
-          composerRefs.queueRef.current.unshift(full)
-          composerActions.syncQueue()
+          composerActions.prependQueue(item)
         } else {
-          composerActions.enqueue(full)
+          composerActions.enqueue(item.text, item.display)
         }
       }
 
@@ -176,11 +191,11 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
       }
 
       if (mode === 'queue') {
-        return composerActions.enqueue(full)
+        return enqueueText()
       }
 
       if (mode === 'steer' && live.sid) {
-        gw.request<SessionSteerResponse>('session.steer', { session_id: live.sid, text: full })
+        gw.request<SessionSteerResponse>('session.steer', { session_id: live.sid, text: item.text })
           .then(raw => {
             const r = asRpcResult<SessionSteerResponse>(raw)
 
@@ -197,9 +212,9 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
       // the agent is in model generation, tool execution, or an older runtime.
       // Reuse the normal submit pipeline so the correction gets its user bubble
       // and file-drop interpolation exactly once.
-      send(full)
+      send(item.text)
     },
-    [composerActions, composerRefs, gw, send, sys]
+    [composerActions, gw, send, sys]
   )
 
   const dispatchSubmission = useCallback(
@@ -214,11 +229,24 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
       // Idempotent on token-free text, so re-submitting a recalled entry is
       // stable.
       const toHistory = expandTokens(composerRefs.tokensRef.current)(full)
+      const queuePayload = expandPasteTokens(composerRefs.tokensRef.current)(full)
 
       if (looksLikeSlashCommand(full)) {
         appendMessage({ kind: 'slash', role: 'system', text: full })
         composerActions.pushHistory(toHistory)
-        slashRef.current(full)
+
+        const parsed = parseSlashCommand(full)
+
+        const queued =
+          parsed.name === 'queue' || parsed.name === 'q' ? queueItemFromSlash(full, queuePayload) : undefined
+
+        if (queued) {
+          composerActions.enqueue(queued.text, queued.display)
+          sys(`queued: "${queued.display.slice(0, 50)}${queued.display.length > 50 ? '…' : ''}"`)
+        } else {
+          slashRef.current(full)
+        }
+
         composerActions.clearIn()
 
         return
@@ -244,9 +272,7 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
       composerActions.clearIn()
 
       if (editIdx !== null) {
-        composerActions.replaceQueue(editIdx, full)
-        const picked = composerRefs.queueRef.current.splice(editIdx, 1)[0]
-        composerActions.syncQueue()
+        const picked = composerActions.takeQueue(editIdx, full)
         composerActions.setQueueEdit(null)
 
         if (!picked || !live.sid) {
@@ -258,21 +284,19 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
           // silently going back to the queue.  handleBusyInput resolves
           // mode-specific behavior (interrupt-and-send, steer, or queue).
           if (getUiState().busyInputMode === 'queue') {
-            composerRefs.queueRef.current.unshift(picked)
-
-            return composerActions.syncQueue()
+            return composerActions.prependQueue(picked)
           }
 
           return handleBusyInput(picked, { fallbackToFront: true })
         }
 
-        return sendQueued(picked)
+        return sendQueued(picked.text)
       }
 
       composerActions.pushHistory(toHistory)
 
       if (getUiState().busy) {
-        return handleBusyInput(full)
+        return handleBusyInput(queueItem(full))
       }
 
       if (hasInterpolation(full)) {
@@ -292,7 +316,8 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
       send,
       sendQueued,
       shellExec,
-      slashRef
+      slashRef,
+      sys
     ]
   )
 
@@ -324,8 +349,6 @@ export function useSubmission(opts: UseSubmissionOptions) {
         if (doubleTap && live.sid && composerRefs.queueRef.current.length) {
           const next = composerActions.dequeue()
 
-          composerActions.syncQueue()
-
           if (next) {
             composerActions.setQueueEdit(null)
             dispatchSubmission(next)