Fix: Update session name in UI in real-time

ui/desktop/src/components/BaseChat.tsx

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ interface BaseChatProps {
 }
 
 function BaseChatContent({
+  setChat,
   renderHeader,
   customChatInputProps = {},
   customMainLayoutProps = {},
@@ -301,6 +302,23 @@ function BaseChatContent({
     name: session?.name || 'No Session',
   };
 
+  // Update the global chat context when session name changes
+  const lastSetNameRef = useRef<string>('');
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const currentSessionName = session?.name;
+    if (currentSessionName && currentSessionName !== lastSetNameRef.current) {
+      lastSetNameRef.current = currentSessionName;
+      setChat({
+        messages,
+        recipe,
+        sessionId,
+        name: currentSessionName,
+      });
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [session?.name, setChat]);
+
   // Only use initialMessage for the prompt if it hasn't been submitted yet
   // If we have a recipe prompt and user recipe values, substitute parameters
   let recipePrompt = '';

ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { ChatState } from '../types/chatState';
 
 import {
+  getSession,
   Message,
   MessageEvent,
   reply,
@@ -209,6 +210,31 @@ export function useChatStream({
         window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('message-stream-finished'));
       }
 
+      // Refresh session name after each reply for the first 3 user messages
+      // The backend regenerates the name after each of the first 3 user messages
+      // to refine it as more context becomes available
+      if (!error && sessionId) {
+        const userMessageCount = messagesRef.current.filter(
+          (m) => m.role === 'user'
+        ).length;
+
+        // Only refresh for the first 3 user messages
+        if (userMessageCount <= 3) {
+          try {
+            const response = await getSession({
+              path: { session_id: sessionId },
+              throwOnError: true,
+            });
+            if (response.data?.name) {
+              setSession((prev) => (prev ? { ...prev, name: response.data.name } : prev));
+            }
+          } catch (refreshError) {
+            // Silently fail - this is a nice-to-have feature
+            console.warn('Failed to refresh session name:', refreshError);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       setChatState(ChatState.Idle);
       onStreamFinish();
     },