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Frontend-only slice of the zero-wait interaction plan. No daemon (cmux-tui-core) code changes. Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1).

Each item is prior-bad → now, with the mechanism and the test that pins it.

  1. Per-target input ordering. Prior: every session mutation on the PTY input worker was a global barrier and ran inline on the worker thread, so a keystroke to an existing pane waited for a create round trip to a different pane (up to the 10 s request timeout). Now: mutations form their own FIFO lane on a separate thread and block only input addressed to the surfaces they destroy (close tab/pane/screen/workspace name them; creates name nothing, their input is deferred by semantic intent in the frontend as before). Principled: the ordering rule is stated by cause in the pty_input module doc. Tests: slow_untargeted_session_mutation_does_not_delay_input_to_other_surfaces, targeted_session_mutation_blocks_later_input_to_its_target_behind_surface_operation, input_to_a_close_target_enqueued_before_the_close_runs_first, session_mutations_stay_in_enqueue_order.
  2. client-focus off the draw thread. Prior: first tree adoption inside the first terminal.draw called client-focus synchronously on remote sessions. Now: remote sessions ask on a worker; first draw uses the tree's default focus; the answer applies via AppEvent::ClientFocusRestored only while client_focus_epoch is unchanged (bumped on adoption and on user focus reports). Local sessions keep the synchronous path (no I/O). Tests: remote_client_focus_restore_does_not_block_tree_adoption, restored_client_focus_yields_to_user_navigation.
  3. Local split-drag preview, one commit on release. Prior: each pointer motion enqueued a coalesced set-split-ratio and the divider moved after layout-changed triggered a refetch. Now: motion updates a client-local preview ratio applied during layout; release sends one set-split-ratio plus its settle barrier; Escape drops the preview and sends nothing; the committed preview holds until the tree carries the ratio or the commit is refused. Viewport column width drags keep their coalesced path. Tests: split_drag_previews_locally_and_commits_once_on_release, escape_cancels_split_drag_without_a_request, committed_split_preview_holds_until_the_tree_carries_the_ratio.
  4. Tree deltas applied to the cached tree. Prior: the client subscribed to the coarse tree stream and refetched list-workspaces after every mutation. Now: it subscribes with tree_events:"deltas" and applies workspace added/closed/renamed/moved (exact next workspace_revision only), screen added/closed/renamed, and tab added/closed/renamed in stream order, emitting MuxEvent::TreeDelta so the frontend redraws from the cache; a gap, unknown parent, delta before any snapshot, tree-changed, or layout-changed keeps the refetch; a snapshot racing an applied delta marks the tree stale again. A committed remote mutation whose outcome the cache already shows settles as authoritative without a refetch. Kept on the refetch path on purpose: pane-added/pane-closed, because the Pane entity does not carry the split tree the mutation changed and the daemon emits no layout-changed to delta subscribers for a split. Also, the daemon today still emits tree-changed alongside most deltas, so the refetch still runs after them; deltas make the change visible one round trip earlier now, and the skip becomes effective once IX2 stops the redundant tree-changed. Tests: tab_and_screen_deltas_apply_to_the_cached_tree_without_a_refetch, workspace_deltas_apply_only_the_exact_next_revision, pane_deltas_and_tree_changed_force_a_refetch, deltas_without_a_snapshot_baseline_force_a_refetch, subscription_requests_tree_deltas, remote_creation_skips_the_refetch_when_the_cached_tree_already_shows_it.
  5. Lifecycle text and instant renames. Prior: an attaching pane was an empty grid; an exited pane gave no sign; a rename showed only after the refetch. Now: one dim localized line, "starting" centered while the attach is outstanding (or before the mirror exists), "process exited" under the last frame once the surface is dead (exit cause is not carried by protocol v12 events, so only the state is named); submitted renames overlay the adopted tree until the authoritative name arrives or the rename is refused. Tests: attaching_pane_shows_a_starting_line_instead_of_an_empty_grid, pane_lifecycle_text_prefers_exit_over_pending_attach, submitted_tab_rename_shows_at_once_and_yields_to_the_authoritative_name, refused_rename_overlay_drops_once_mutations_settle.

Hosted runs. Focused (attaching_pane_shows, head bf85278): https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/actions/runs/33703283056 passed. Full (head bf85278): https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/actions/runs/33704944911 failed on: clear_history_fallback_operations_remain_ordered (Linux; relied on the old global barrier, fixed in the last commit and green 3/3 on the testbox), final_browser_pointer_admission_accepts_exact_presented_frame (Linux and macOS; also fails on main e341deb on the testbox, so not from this branch), agent_hook_install::hermes_command_reaps_child_when_reaper_spawn_fails (macOS; file untouched here), and the x86_64-pc-windows-gnu artifact job, which also failed in the other full runs of the night (33704596386, 33704249078). Testbox: full cargo test -p cmux-tui 1587 passed at 4 threads with only the two environment failures above; cargo clippy -p cmux-tui --all-targets -D warnings clean; cargo fmt --check clean.

Measurement. bench interact (IX0, PR #11697 head 5a7f2ab) drives the daemon over the raw protocol, so it does not exercise the TUI client paths this PR changes; the same-connection typing probe tracks daemon create latency in both builds by construction. Numbers are recorded for the environment, not as evidence for this PR. Before = main + IX0, after = this branch + IX0 (scratch merge, not pushed for review). Linux testbox, 30 creates: 1 client create.response p50/p99 4657/5148 ms before vs 708/1228 ms after, 8 clients 9350/26922 vs 9548/25994 ms. This Mac was under heavy load: the IX0 binary alone gave create.response p50 7250 ms, then 2494 ms on an immediate rerun; the merge binary gave 4793 ms between them. The IX1 evidence is the unit tests above (input to another surface flows while a create is blocked; drag motion sends zero requests; first draw does not wait on the focus round trip).


Summary by cubic

Frontend slice of the zero-wait interaction plan (IX1), plus one cmux-tui-core change keeping daemon resource IDs out of the top 2^32 range the TUI reserves for client-local placeholders. Removes the round trips that made the TUI feel slow: input to one pane no longer waits on mutations to another, the first frame no longer waits on a focus query, split drags preview locally, tree deltas update the cache without a refetch, and lifecycle text, renames, and create placeholders show immediately.

Input and first frame

  • Session mutations form their own FIFO lane and block only input to the surfaces they destroy; creates and renames block nothing.
  • Input is deferred by target, never by global state: navigation acts immediately, creates are never deferred, and PTY input waits only for its own placeholder's create.
  • client-focus is answered on a worker thread; the first draw uses the tree's default focus and applies the answer only while the user hasn't navigated.
  • Split drags preview locally and send one set-split-ratio on release; Escape cancels without a request.
  • New-pane, split, new-tab, and new-workspace render a client-local placeholder on keypress that shows a "starting" line and takes focus; the real pane occupies the same slot on resolution, and input deferred to a failed placeholder is retired, never replayed.

Tree and lifecycle feedback

  • The client applies workspace/screen/tab deltas to the cached tree in stream order instead of refetching after every mutation; workspace moves preserve active workspace focus.
  • Refetch stays for revision gaps, unknown parents, missing snapshots, tree-changed, layout-changed, and pane-added/pane-closed; the daemon still emits tree-changed alongside most deltas, so the skip becomes effective once IX2 stops that.
  • Attaching panes show a "starting" line and exited panes show "process exited" instead of a blank grid.
  • Submitted renames overlay the tree until the authoritative name arrives or the rename is refused.
  • Failed mutations show the daemon's cause in the status line and where the pane would have appeared.

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  • New Features

    • Added live previews while dragging pane splits, with commit on release and cancellation via Escape.
    • Added temporary rename feedback and creation placeholders for workspaces, screens, tabs, and panes.
    • Added clear terminal status messages for starting, exited, or failed panes.
    • Improved remote session updates so visible changes appear faster and remain consistent during navigation.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved input handling during surface operations, keeping unrelated panes responsive while targeted changes complete.
    • Failed operations now display the daemon’s reported cause.

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The TUI now applies remote tree deltas, uses surface-targeted mutation ordering, restores focus asynchronously, previews split changes locally, overlays pending renames and create placeholders, and renders localized pane lifecycle and mutation-failure messages.

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Remote TUI state and interaction flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remote tree delta cache and adoption
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/*
Remote sessions subscribe to typed tree deltas. The cache applies supported workspace, screen, and tab changes, and requests a snapshot when revisions or baselines are invalid.
Targeted session mutation ordering
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/pty_input.rs, cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs
Mutations carry destruction targets, execute in FIFO order, and block input only on affected surface lanes. Close operations provide those targets.
Application interaction state
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs
Focus restoration uses epochs and asynchronous remote lookups. Split dragging uses local previews with commit and Escape cancellation. Rename operations and creates display pending overlays until authoritative state arrives.
Pane lifecycle status
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/ui/pane.rs, cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/localization.rs
PTY panes display localized startup, exit, and creation-failure messages. Mutation failures include the daemon cause in the status line.
Daemon ID reservation
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/mux.rs
Daemon IDs wrap before the reserved client-local placeholder range.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 51b6a

A malformed remote workspace update can leave the displayed tree incomplete until another event forces a refresh. This should be fixed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RemoteServer
  participant RemoteSession
  participant RemoteTreeCache
  participant App
  participant PtyInputQueue
  RemoteServer->>RemoteSession: send tree delta or mutation result
  RemoteSession->>RemoteTreeCache: apply delta
  RemoteTreeCache->>App: emit TreeDelta or TreeChanged
  App->>PtyInputQueue: enqueue targeted mutation
  PtyInputQueue->>RemoteSession: execute mutation
  RemoteSession->>App: return completion or daemon failure
  App->>RemoteSession: refetch snapshot when postconditions are not confirmed
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Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ❌ Error The PR adds an unbenchmarked quadratic event-stream path in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs. handle_line applies each socket delta at line 2727. For every non-rename delta, `apply_t… Avoid rebuilding surface_tabs over the full topology for every delta. Update the index incrementally for the affected workspace/screen/pane and adjust only shifted locations, or queue/coalesce deltas and rebuild the index once per batch b…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the frontend performance and interaction changes in IX1, including per-target input ordering, delta application, and local drag previews. It is somewhat dense but remains …
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides a detailed summary of the changes and testing results. It does not include the template's explicit Demo Video, Review Trigger, or Checklist sections, but the required summary …
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Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS: The PR-specific diff from its first feature parent (4e30be837d1) through HEAD contains only eight Rust files under cmux-tui; it contains no .swift paths. Each PR feature commit from `968…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed The IX1 pull-request range changes only Rust files under cmux-tui; it contains no .swift paths. The Swift blocking-runtime check is therefore inapplicable. Swift files visible in a broader reposit…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed No explicit failure condition is introduced. The browser automation policy and worker router remain aligned: JavaScript, WebKit, cookie, and screenshot commands are in socketWorkerMethods and `v2Bro…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed PASS: The PR-specific change range starts at 9683166b44b (perf(cmux-tui): order session mutations per target surface, not globally) and ends at HEAD. Its diff contains eight changed files, all R…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS: The pull-request change set is Rust-only. The implementation boundary diff contains eight .rs files and no Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript files. The cache substitution rule applies only to p…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS: The IX1 pull-request diff contains only eight Rust files under cmux-tui and no TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or build/runtime script files. The custom check is therefore not applicable. Rust …
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS: The IX1 pull-request change sequence from the parent of its first perf(cmux-tui) commit to HEAD changes only eight .rs files. The Swift/Objective-C path diff is empty. Therefore the pull r…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed PASS — the PR feature series changes only Rust files under cmux-tui; it has no changed .swift, .m, .mm, or Swift interface paths. Therefore the Swift @concurrent check is not applicable.
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed PASS: The PR diff from the first feature commit's parent to HEAD changes only eight Rust files under cmux-tui/. It contains no .swift or .pbxproj changes. The Swift package-boundary check is the…
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Docstring coverage is 54.05% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 74 functions across 6 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

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PASS: The PR-specific diff from its first feature parent (4e30be837d1) through HEAD contains only eight Rust files under cmux-tui; it contains no .swift paths. Each PR feature commit from 9683166b44b through HEAD also changes no Swift files. Therefore, this PR does not introduce or worsen any Swift 6 actor-isolation issue under the custom check.

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The IX1 pull-request range changes only Rust files under cmux-tui; it contains no .swift paths. The Swift blocking-runtime check is therefore inapplicable. Swift files visible in a broader repository comparison belong to unrelated commits, not this pull request's IX1 changes.

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No explicit failure condition is introduced. The browser automation policy and worker router remain aligned: JavaScript, WebKit, cookie, and screenshot commands are in socketWorkerMethods and v2BrowserAutomationCommandOnSocketWorker, while the main switch retains only non-waiting browser commands. The PR adds no browser command to the policy or router. Its browser.open_split change only changes external URL handling and does not wait on the listed callbacks. Existing policy tests cover the worker-lane browser commands.

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PASS: The PR-specific change range starts at 9683166b44b (perf(cmux-tui): order session mutations per target surface, not globally) and ends at HEAD. Its diff contains eight changed files, all Rust files under cmux-tui; it contains no .swift files. Therefore, the PR does not add or move an expensive synchronous Swift agent-history load onto an interactive path. Swift changes visible in the wider repository ancestry belong to unrelated earlier commits and are not caused by this PR.

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PASS: The IX1 pull-request diff contains only eight Rust files under cmux-tui and no TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or build/runtime script files. The custom check is therefore not applicable. Rust Duration and test wait calls do not match this check's covered-language scope.

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The PR adds an unbenchmarked quadratic event-stream path in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs. handle_line applies each socket delta at line 2727. For every non-rename delta, apply_tree_delta calls reindex() at line 623. reindex() scans every workspace, screen, pane, and tab at lines 339-352. A batch of N workspace/tab additions therefore rescans the growing tree N times, with O(N²) cumulative work. This affects the remote socket path and is not a tiny fixed-size collection. The PR provides no relevant benchmark or documented bound; its stated bench interact measurement does not exercise these TUI client paths.

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Avoid rebuilding surface_tabs over the full topology for every delta. Update the index incrementally for the affected workspace/screen/pane and adjust only shifted locations, or queue/coalesce deltas and rebuild the index once per batch before publishing the redraw. Add a benchmark or profiling measurement for a session with about 1000 workspaces/tabs to verify the chosen design.

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PASS: The IX1 pull-request change sequence from the parent of its first perf(cmux-tui) commit to HEAD changes only eight .rs files. The Swift/Objective-C path diff is empty. Therefore the pull request does not introduce or expand any Swift concurrency pattern covered by the check.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs`:
- Around line 2903-2924: Update surfaces_in_pane and surfaces_in_workspace to
derive mutation targets from a fresh authoritative tree rather than
RemoteSession::cached_tree(), or use a global input barrier whenever tree
completeness cannot be guaranteed. Ensure close_pane and close_workspace cannot
proceed with incomplete target sets that omit surfaces.
- Around line 3056-3068: Update remote_postcondition_visible to return the
validated session tree snapshot instead of only a boolean, then bind that
snapshot at the call site and pass it as the tree field of
AuthoritativeMutationSucceeded. Remove the second session.tree() read so the
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- Around line 23812-23838: Update apply_pending_renames so its current-name
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self.tree, preserving pending entries until the daemon confirms the rename.
Extend the existing pending-rename test with a second sync_layout call before
settling to verify the overlay remains applied across frames.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs`:
- Around line 500-501: Update the active-screen adjustment in parse_workspace’s
screen-added handling to avoid incrementing the usize::MAX sentinel; either use
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active screen, while preserving normal index adjustments.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/ui/pane.rs`:
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Rebased onto origin/main 8fa163da7c1 (head now e94a4315ec6). Conflicts were in session/tree.rs (main's fail-closed active-index parsing vs. my parse_tab/parse_workspace extraction: kept main's bodies, re-extracted on top), session/remote.rs (main's retired-surface agent fencing in refresh_tree_inner plus my delta-race fence: kept both; RemoteTreeCache::replace reindex uses main's workspaces()), and the test-module import list. Main also made TreeView::workspaces private behind workspaces()/workspaces_mut() with a location index, so the delta application, close-target lookup, and rename overlay now go through those accessors (extra commit). Testbox on the new head: cargo test -p cmux-tui 1653 passed, 5 failed, and all 5 (final_browser_pointer_admission_accepts_exact_presented_frame, host_input_runtime_shutdown_joins_reader_before_returning, shift_triple_click_selects_a_complete_line, selected_wide_glyph_styles_both_grid_cells, wrapped_wide_selection_keeps_the_spacer_head_unselected) fail identically on plain main 8fa163da7c1 on the same box. cargo clippy -p cmux-tui --no-deps --all-targets -D warnings reports the same 23 findings on main and on this head (none new; cmux-tui-core itself is clippy-red on main). cargo fmt --check clean. Hosted focused run on the new head: https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/actions/runs/33708741731.

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Dogfood fix for the PTY-exhausted case (head now 73398f173c7, one commit feat(cmux-tui): show a create placeholder at once and the daemon's cause on failure; the two items share the same Failed handler, so they landed together rather than as two commits).

  1. Cause, not label. On SessionMutationOutcome::Failed the status line reads <operation failed>: <cause> (localized separator operation_failed_with_cause), with remote command rejected: stripped and the text truncated to the status width with an ellipsis; the client log keeps the full daemon text. Test: failed_mutation_status_shows_the_daemon_cause (exact PTY-exhausted string, full and 48-column). Two existing tests that asserted the bare label now assert the cause form.
  2. Provisional pane. Alt-n, split, new-tab, and new-workspace draw a client-local placeholder on the keypress, keyed by the mutation's semantic intent: it takes the daemon's slot (Zellij default distribution for Alt-n, requested direction at 0.5 for a split), shows the "starting" line, and takes focus so typing defers to it. The completion resolves it by identity; the real pane lands in the same slot. On Failed it shows could not open: <cause> where the pane would have been for DURABLE_NOTICE_DISPLAY_DURATION, then dissolves and focus returns to the prior pane; deferred input aimed at it is retired through the failed semantic destination and never replayed. On timeout it stays until the refetch decides. Placeholder ids live above u64::MAX - 2^32; attach, geometry claims, and focus reports skip them; session reset and cancellation clear them. Tests: alt_n_shows_a_placeholder_pane_before_the_daemon_answers_and_resolves_it, refused_create_placeholder_shows_the_cause_then_dissolves_and_drops_typed_input.

Testbox: cargo test -p cmux-tui 1654 passed, 7 failed of which 4 are the known main-on-box failures and 2 were the label assertions (fixed); clippy --no-deps findings identical to main (23, none in these files; cmux-tui-core has its own pre-existing clippy and rustfmt debt); cargo fmt -p cmux-tui --check clean. Hosted focused run on the final head: https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/actions/runs/33713096646 (passed).

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cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/ui/pane.rs (1)

480-487: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the exited state when the mirror is retired.

This fallback treats every missing non-Browser surface as Starting. The remote attach-race path can retire the mirror while surface_is_exited(area.surface) remains true, as covered by cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs Lines [7186-7202]. The pane then shows starting… instead of process exited.

Check the exited set before the Starting fallback, while keeping failed-placeholder handling first.

Proposed fix
         if let Some(cause) = app.create_placeholder_failure(area.surface) {
             draw_lifecycle_line(
                 frame,
                 rect,
                 PaneLifecycleText::Failed(cause),
                 app.chrome.browser_message_fg,
             );
+        } else if app.session.surface_is_exited(area.surface) {
+            draw_lifecycle_line(
+                frame,
+                rect,
+                PaneLifecycleText::Exited,
+                app.chrome.browser_message_fg,
+            );
         } else if app.tree.surface_kind(area.surface) != SurfaceKind::Browser {
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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/ui/pane.rs` around lines 480 - 487, Update the
pane lifecycle rendering around surface_kind and draw_lifecycle_line so
surface_is_exited(area.surface) is checked before the non-Browser Starting
fallback, while preserving failed-placeholder handling ahead of both states.
Render the exited state whenever the surface remains marked exited, including
after a mirror is retired.
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs (3)

565-566: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the usize::MAX active-tab sentinel before shifting it.

parse_pane sets active_tab to usize::MAX when a declared active tab is not present after parsing. A later tab-added delta makes index <= pane.active_tab true and executes pane.active_tab += 1. Debug builds panic; release builds wrap the index and can select the wrong tab.

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-                            if had_tabs && index <= pane.active_tab {
+                            if had_tabs
+                                && pane.active_tab != usize::MAX
+                                && index <= pane.active_tab
+                            {
                                 pane.active_tab += 1;
                             }
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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs` around lines 565 - 566,
Update the active-tab shift condition in the tab-added handling to exclude the
usize::MAX sentinel before incrementing pane.active_tab. Preserve shifting for
valid active-tab indices while ensuring the missing-tab sentinel is never
incremented or wrapped.

406-406: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject malformed workspace-added entities before advancing the revision.

parse_workspace defaults a missing or invalid entity ID to 0. The branch inserts this view and advances workspace_revision, then emits the applied delta. Require a present entity ID equal to workspace_id; otherwise return Resync.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs` at line 406, Validate the
entity ID in the workspace-added handling before calling parse_workspace or
advancing workspace_revision: require a present, valid ID equal to workspace_id,
and return Resync for missing, invalid, or mismatched IDs. Only insert the
parsed view and emit the applied delta after this validation succeeds.

606-606: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the redundant full index rebuild from applied deltas.

RemoteTreeCache::reindex performs an O(N) scan of all tabs while RemoteSession::handle_line holds the shared tree mutex. Repeated deltas can block tree readers for each scan. Rename-only deltas change names or titles, not locations, so skip reindex() for those events. Prefer TreeView’s existing location index for presence and title lookups to avoid the duplicate index.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs` at line 606, Update
RemoteSession::handle_line to avoid calling RemoteTreeCache::reindex for
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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs`:
- Around line 16154-16155: Update the error-handling path around
mutation_failure_cause and operation_failed_message to sanitize the daemon cause
before assigning status_message, while retaining the full raw error in the
client log. Adjust the affected tests to assert product-level status text that
includes a concrete next action rather than daemon error details.
- Around line 5832-5841: Update the daemon ID allocator next_id() to skip the
reserved PLACEHOLDER_ID_BASE..=u64::MAX range so daemon resources cannot satisfy
is_placeholder_id(). Also constrain allocate_semantic_destination_intent to
remain within the low 32-bit range, preserving unique placeholder_id() values
for live intents.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/localization.rs`:
- Around line 1279-1285: Update the SessionMutationOutcome::Failed handling to
sanitize daemon error causes before passing them to operation_failed_with_cause
or pane_create_failed, using product-safe text for displayed messages while
retaining the full error cause only in protected logs.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/tree.rs`:
- Around line 292-300: The focus lookup in the method containing the nested
workspace/screen/pane iteration should use self.pane_location(pane_id) instead
of scanning the full topology. Preserve the existing location handling and focus
updates, relying on pane_location’s indexed topology validation.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs`:
- Around line 565-566: Update the active-tab shift condition in the tab-added
handling to exclude the usize::MAX sentinel before incrementing pane.active_tab.
Preserve shifting for valid active-tab indices while ensuring the missing-tab
sentinel is never incremented or wrapped.
- Line 406: Validate the entity ID in the workspace-added handling before
calling parse_workspace or advancing workspace_revision: require a present,
valid ID equal to workspace_id, and return Resync for missing, invalid, or
mismatched IDs. Only insert the parsed view and emit the applied delta after
this validation succeeds.
- Line 606: Update RemoteSession::handle_line to avoid calling
RemoteTreeCache::reindex for rename-only deltas, since they do not change tab
locations; use TreeView’s existing location index for presence and title lookups
instead of rebuilding the full index while holding the tree mutex.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/ui/pane.rs`:
- Around line 480-487: Update the pane lifecycle rendering around surface_kind
and draw_lifecycle_line so surface_is_exited(area.surface) is checked before the
non-Browser Starting fallback, while preserving failed-placeholder handling
ahead of both states. Render the exited state whenever the surface remains
marked exited, including after a mirror is retired.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/mux.rs`:
- Around line 3552-3560: In the ID reset branch of the relevant mux logic,
retain the compare_exchange on self.next_id for its reset side effect, remove
the redundant is_ok result check, and follow it with a single unconditional
continue.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs`:
- Around line 24158-24159: Update expire_failed_create_placeholders so
deferred_input retains entries unless their destination matches one of the
specific placeholder IDs expired and removed by that invocation; do not filter
every placeholder destination via is_placeholder_id, preserving queued input for
still-pending creates.
- Around line 24188-24198: Make apply_create_placeholders idempotent by skipping
each pending placeholder when its pane or surface identifier is already present
in the adopted tree, before modifying layout state. Preserve the existing
Zellij, split, pane, and tab placement behavior for placeholders not yet
present, and update the placeholder tests to call sync_layout a second time
while creation remains pending.

In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/session/remote.rs`:
- Around line 524-529: Preserve the usize::MAX fail-closed sentinel in the
screen and tab close paths: update the active_screen adjustment near position
and the corresponding active_tab adjustment so decrementing and clamping occur
only when the current active index is valid. When active_screen or active_tab is
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active child.
- Around line 406-409: Update RemoteTreeCache::apply_tree_delta’s WorkspaceAdded
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if current == 0 || current > MAX_DAEMON_ID {
if self
.next_id
.compare_exchange(current, 1, Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed)
.is_ok()
{
continue;
}
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Simplify the redundant reset branch.

Both compare_exchange outcomes execute continue, so the result check adds no behavior. Retain the CAS for its reset side effect and use one unconditional continue.

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self.deferred_input
.retain(|input| !input.admission.destination.is_some_and(is_placeholder_id));

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Drop deferred input only for the expired placeholder.

expire_failed_create_placeholders retires every deferred input whose destination is any placeholder id, not only the ids of the placeholders it just removed. If a second create is still pending, its placeholder keeps its slot but loses the keystrokes the user typed into it.

Retire the input for the expired surfaces only.

🐛 Proposed fix
-        for (intent, prior_focus) in expired {
+        let mut retired = HashSet::new();
+        for (intent, prior_focus) in expired {
+            retired.insert(placeholder_id(intent));
             self.create_placeholders.retain(|placeholder| placeholder.intent != intent);
             if let Some(prior) = prior_focus
                 && self.tree.set_active_pane_if_present(prior)
             {
                 self.pane_focus_history.record(prior);
             }
         }
         self.deferred_input
-            .retain(|input| !input.admission.destination.is_some_and(is_placeholder_id));
+            .retain(|input| {
+                !input.admission.destination.is_some_and(|surface| retired.contains(&surface))
+            });
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self.deferred_input
.retain(|input| !input.admission.destination.is_some_and(is_placeholder_id));
let mut retired = HashSet::new();
for (intent, prior_focus) in expired {
retired.insert(placeholder_id(intent));
self.create_placeholders.retain(|placeholder| placeholder.intent != intent);
if let Some(prior) = prior_focus
&& self.tree.set_active_pane_if_present(prior)
{
self.pane_focus_history.record(prior);
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self.deferred_input
.retain(|input| {
!input.admission.destination.is_some_and(|surface| retired.contains(&surface))
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}
let applied = match kind {
K::WorkspaceAdded => {
if entity.get("id").and_then(Value::as_u64) != Some(workspace_id) {

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Resync when a WorkspaceAdded entity contains an invalid declared screen. RemoteTreeCache::apply_tree_delta accepts the matching entity.id, then parse_workspace drops any failed parse_screen result and emits MuxEvent::TreeDelta. The cache can therefore contain a partial workspace. Validate every declared screen before insertion and return TreeDeltaApply::Resync on failure.

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A session mutation on the PTY input worker was a global ordering barrier
and ran inline on the worker thread, so a keystroke to an existing pane
waited for a create round trip to a different pane (up to the 10 s remote
request timeout). Mutations now form their own FIFO lane that runs off
the worker thread, and a mutation blocks only input addressed to the
surfaces it destroys (its targets). Creates name no target because their
surface does not exist yet; the frontend already defers that input by
semantic intent. Close tab/pane/screen/workspace name the surfaces they
remove so earlier input to them still runs first and later input still
fails closed against the retired surface.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 item 1).
The first tree adoption ran inside the first terminal.draw closure and
called client-focus synchronously on a remote session, so a slow or
silent server blocked the first painted frame for up to the 10 s request
timeout. Remote sessions now ask on a worker thread; the first draw uses
the tree's own default focus and the answer applies through
AppEvent::ClientFocusRestored only while the user has not navigated away
from the adoption baseline. Local sessions keep the synchronous path
because it performs no I/O.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 item 2).
Every pointer motion during a split drag enqueued a coalesced
set-split-ratio and the divider moved only after the server's
layout-changed event triggered a tree refetch, so the divider lagged the
pointer by two round trips. Motion now updates a client-local preview
ratio that layout applies every frame; release sends exactly one
set-split-ratio (plus its settle barrier); Escape drops the preview and
sends nothing. The committed preview stays until the authoritative tree
carries the ratio, so the divider never snaps back for a frame, and it
clears if the split vanishes or the commit is refused. Viewport column
width drags keep their coalesced path.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 item 3).
… resync

The remote client subscribed with the coarse tree stream and treated
every mutation as a stale tree, so each create, close, and rename cost a
response plus a full list-workspaces refetch before anything new was
drawn. The client now subscribes with tree_events:"deltas" and applies
workspace added/closed/renamed/moved (exact next workspace_revision
only), screen added/closed/renamed, and tab added/closed/renamed to the
cached tree in stream order, emitting MuxEvent::TreeDelta so the frontend
redraws from the cache. A revision gap, an unknown parent, a delta before
any snapshot, tree-changed, and layout-changed keep the refetch path. A
snapshot request that races an applied delta marks the tree stale again
instead of trusting the older snapshot.

Kept on the refetch path deliberately: pane-added and pane-closed. Their
Pane entity does not carry the screen's split tree, which the same
mutation changed, and the daemon emits no layout-changed to delta
subscribers for a split, so the layout can only come from
list-workspaces. Fixing that is a daemon change (IX2).

A committed remote mutation whose outcome the cached tree already shows
(created surface present, or every destroyed surface gone) settles as
authoritative without a refetch. Today the daemon still sends
tree-changed alongside most deltas, which keeps the tree stale and the
refetch on; the skip becomes effective once IX2 stops that. Until then
deltas make the change visible one round trip earlier.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 item 4).
A PTY pane whose attach had not delivered a frame painted an empty grid,
and an exited pane gave no sign that its process was gone. The pane now
shows one dim localized line: "starting" centered while the attach is
outstanding, "process exited" on the last content row under the final
frame once the surface is dead. Exit cause is not carried by protocol
v12 events, so the line names the state only.

A submitted rename is overlaid on the adopted tree, so the sidebar and
tab bar show the typed name at once; the overlay drops when the
authoritative tree carries the name, when every mutation has settled
with the tree current (the rename was refused), or when the target
disappears.

Also fixes the skip-refetch test tree to carry resource ids, which the
creation selector derivation requires.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 item 5).
The clear_history_fallback_operations_remain_ordered test held the queue
with an untargeted session mutation, relying on the old rule that any
mutation blocked every surface lane. Under per-target ordering an
untargeted mutation blocks nothing, so the first fallback operation ran
and the byte budget assertion saw one operation fewer. The blocker now
names the surface, which is the behavior the test meant to exercise.
main made TreeView::workspaces private behind workspaces()/workspaces_mut()
with a location index that mutation must invalidate. The delta
application, mutation targets, rename overlay, and their tests now go
through those accessors.
…use on failure

Dogfood: four Alt-n presses on a Mac out of pseudo-terminals each got
"terminal launch failed: PTY capacity exhausted" from the daemon, the
status line said only "Session operation failed", and nothing was drawn.

Cause, not label: on a failed mutation the status line reads
"<operation failed>: <cause>" with the transport prefix removed and the
text truncated to the status width with an ellipsis; the client log keeps
the full daemon text; the separator format is localized.

Provisional pane: new-pane (Alt-n), split, new-tab, and new-workspace
render the created pane, tab, or workspace on the keypress as a
client-local placeholder keyed by the mutation's semantic intent. It
occupies the slot the daemon will produce (Zellij default distribution
for Alt-n, the requested direction at 0.5 for a split), shows the
"starting" line, and takes focus so focus-follow input defers to it. The
response or matching completion resolves it by identity; the real pane
occupies the same slot, so nothing jumps. On failure it shows the cause
where the pane would have been for DURABLE_NOTICE_DISPLAY_DURATION, then
dissolves and focus returns to the prior pane; input deferred to it is
retired through the failed semantic destination and never replayed
elsewhere. On timeout it stays until the refetch decides. Placeholders
are presentation only: never attached, never sent as focus or geometry
claims, never in a projection, cleared on session reset or cancellation.

Rationale for the plan: the placeholder is required while measured
time-to-visible exceeds one frame (187 ms unloaded, seconds under load);
the daemon's accept stage (IX3) makes it unnecessary for local sessions.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (IX1 dogfood).
Every keyboard, action, mouse, and paste event was deferred while any
mutation was pending or the remote tree was stale, so a second Alt-n
waited for the first create's response and refetch, and Alt-h/j/k/l
queued behind everything. The gate now asks only about the input's own
target: navigation acts at once on the adopted tree plus placeholders;
creates are never deferred (Alt-n re-anchors on a placeholder's real
pane; a split of a placeholder queues behind it); PTY input waits only
when its pane is a placeholder, and then for that placeholder's own
create; mutations aimed at a placeholder queue behind its resolution
and block nothing else. The only global gate left is a daemon reconnect
(mux_recovery_generation != 0). remote_tree_is_stale() gates nothing.
Deferred replay, fresh-input ordering, and pointer-route staleness follow
the same per-target rule; hit-testing already includes placeholders.

Design: hq plans/cmux-tui-zero-wait-interaction.md (frame law).
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