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Problem

Markdown preview was read-only, and the raw editor was a separate surface. Formatted editing, tables, links, and saving did not share one document state.

Change

  • New Markdown panels open directly in inline edit mode.
  • Keep the rendered WebKit document as the editing surface and the panel as the single dirty/save owner.
  • Add visible formatting controls and a Table actions menu for inserting tables, rows, columns, deleting rows or columns, and toggling the header row.
  • Add Tab cell navigation and automatic row creation at the end of a table.
  • Add link actions: open in cmux, open in the default browser, copy the URL, and edit the URL or label.
  • Preserve frontmatter and Mermaid/Vega blocks as locked source blocks in rich edit mode.
  • Flush pending edits before Save, Command-S, mode switches, and Revert.
  • Add focused behavior tests for tables, links, line breaks, images, empty documents, and pending edits.

Validation

  • 11 focused inline editor tests pass.
  • TypeScript checking passes.
  • Swift parser checks pass.
  • Localization catalog parity passes for all nine macOS locales.
  • Xcode test wiring passes.
  • Tagged build mdedit-5a6dcd15bc66 succeeded from commit 5ccfb2117f8; the app is installed at the mdedit Tag Opener URL.
  • Live CUA verification confirmed default edit mode, the Table actions menu, adding a row to the demo table, and the link action menu with link editing fields.

Limits

  • Frontmatter and diagrams stay read-only in inline mode.
  • Markdown syntax is normalized on save.
  • Large-document typing performance still needs profiling.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds inline rich-Markdown editing, formatting controls, Markdown serialization, Swift renderer bridging, edit-mode panel integration, localized labels, and tests for shared content and dirty state.

Changes

Markdown editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Markdown editor engine
Resources/markdown-viewer/shell.html
The WebView gains a contenteditable Markdown editor. It serializes headings, lists, tables, code, inline formatting, frontmatter, and rendered blocks. Mermaid, Vega, and frontmatter blocks remain locked during editing.
Renderer and native bridge
Sources/Panels/MarkdownWebRenderer.swift, Sources/Panels/MarkdownWebSupport.swift
The Swift renderer forwards editing and formatting commands to JavaScript and sends edited Markdown snapshots back to the panel. It avoids unnecessary rerenders while preserving editor state.
Panel modes and editing controls
Sources/Panels/MarkdownPanel.swift, Sources/Panels/MarkdownPanelView.swift, Sources/Panels/MarkdownFormattingToolbar.swift, Sources/ContentView.swift, Sources/Panels/MarkdownPanel+Focus.swift, Resources/Localizable.xcstrings
Markdown panels add .edit mode, shared dirty-buffer updates, preview/edit navigation, edit-mode formatting controls, and localized toolbar labels.
Build registration and panel validation
cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, cmuxTests/MarkdownPanelTests.swift
The toolbar is added to the Xcode target. Tests verify that inline edits persist across edit and preview modes and update shared dirty state.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MarkdownPanelView
  participant MarkdownWebRenderer
  participant MarkdownRendererSession
  participant MarkdownViewer
  participant MarkdownPanel
  MarkdownPanelView->>MarkdownWebRenderer: Enable edit mode or apply formatting
  MarkdownWebRenderer->>MarkdownRendererSession: Forward editing command
  MarkdownRendererSession->>MarkdownViewer: Invoke editor JavaScript
  MarkdownViewer->>MarkdownWebRenderer: Post serialized editMarkdown snapshot
  MarkdownWebRenderer->>MarkdownPanel: Deliver edited Markdown
  MarkdownPanel->>MarkdownPanelView: Refresh shared panel state
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 99615

Inline editing can save incorrect line breaks or omit edits, so these content-integrity risks should be fixed before merge.


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❌ Failed checks (4 errors, 2 warnings, 1 inconclusive)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ❌ Error The diff adds the file-scoped MarkdownFormattingAction value enum in Sources/Panels/MarkdownFormattingToolbar.swift:4. It conforms to Identifiable and contains only value cases and presentation … Make MarkdownFormattingAction explicitly nonisolated using the project’s supported Swift toolchain syntax, or move the pure action model into a clearly MainActor-owned UI boundary and mark its pure members with the toolchain-compatible no…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ❌ Error The edit-mode HTML copy path substitutes the panel's authoritative Markdown snapshot with the live WebKit DOM without a freshness check. Before this PR, copyAsHTML() passed panel.content to `rende… Keep the caret-preserving live-DOM export only after the renderer confirms that the DOM generation matches the requested panel.content and that any pending editor serialization has completed. Track render/edit generations with an event-dr…
Cmux Full Internationalization ❌ Error The new Swift UI labels use String(localized:defaultValue:), and all 12 added keys have non-empty translated values for the nine locales used by the repository validator. However, `Resources/Localiz… Add translated, non-empty entries for bs, da, it, km, nb, pl, pt-BR, ru, th, tr, and uk to each of the 12 new keys in Resources/Localizable.xcstrings. Keep the existing localized Swift call sites and verify catalog p…
Cmux Architecture Rethink ❌ Error The PR introduces split ownership for the editor lifecycle. MarkdownPanel.setDisplayMode imperatively calls rendererSession.setEditing(mode == .edit), while MarkdownPanelView also passes `isEdit… Make MarkdownPanel.displayMode and content the only state owners. Remove the imperative rendererSession.setEditing call from MarkdownPanel.setDisplayMode. Use one representable value-snapshot path to synchronize the coordinator with…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 28 functions across 7 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Description check ⚠️ Warning The description provides a detailed problem statement, change summary, validation results, and limits. However, it omits the required Demo Video section and link or attachment, the Review Trigger bloc… Add the required Demo Video section with a direct video link or attachment. Add the Review Trigger copy/paste block. Complete the Checklist and mark each applicable item accurately.
Linked Issues check ❓ Inconclusive No linked issue or issue-linking requirement is provided in the pull request context. Provide the linked issue reference or confirm that no issue link is required for this change.
✅ Passed checks (18 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff adds no blocking or timing primitive to production Swift. Added-line scanning found no semaphore waits, sleeps, delayed dispatch, polling, main-queue sync, timers, or manu…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request does not change Sources/TerminalController.swift or Packages/macOS/CmuxControlSocket/Sources/CmuxControlSocket/Wire/ControlCommandExecutionPolicy.swift, which are the files …
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed PASS. The reviewed Swift diff adds Markdown editor state, toolbar actions, WebKit bridge calls, and panel dirty-buffer updates. It does not add RestorableAgentSessionIndex.load(), agent hook/session…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS. The only new non-Swift runtime timing call is window.requestAnimationFrame in scheduleMarkdownEditSerialization. It batches DOM input serialization once per browser frame and then posts the …
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed No algorithmic-complexity failure is introduced. The new JavaScript editor serializer walks the rendered DOM and its list/table children in linear structural traversals (shell.html:438-563); it does n…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS. The Swift diff adds no background DispatchQueue, DispatchGroup, Combine state, completion-handler API, or new fire-and-forget Task. The only new completion handlers are `WKWebView.evaluateJavaSc…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed The Swift diff adds no new nonisolated async or @concurrent functions. The new setEditing and format methods are synchronous, and the added .edit selection path delegates to the existing `@M…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed PASS: The reviewed Swift changes stay in app-specific UI and integration code. MarkdownFormattingToolbar is a SwiftUI view and action enum; MarkdownPanel owns AppKit focus, file dirty/save state, …
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, or workflow file. Its only cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj changes register MarkdownFormattingToolbar.swift as a source fi…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS. The Swift diff adds no print, debugPrint, dump, NSLog, Logger, or stdout/stderr diagnostics. Existing NSLog statements in MarkdownWebRenderer.swift are unchanged and guarded by `#i…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds inline Markdown editing, formatting controls, localization labels, and bridge messages. The changed production code adds no user-facing error, alert, command-output, API-er…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout ✅ Passed PASS. The diff adds no new ObservableObject, @Published, @StateObject, or @EnvironmentObject state. MarkdownPanel keeps its existing legacy ObservableObject and @Published properties, an…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed PASS: The PR does not add or materially change a standalone cmux-owned window. MarkdownFormattingToolbar is a SwiftUI View, and the Markdown changes remain inside MarkdownPanel, which `PanelCont…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff contains only intentional product files: Swift source and tests, the Markdown viewer source resource, the Xcode project file, and the localization catalog. The only new fi…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source ✅ Passed The production Swift diff adds inline Markdown editing APIs and toolbar actions, but no test/debug seam. No added #if DEBUG or other test-build guard appears. No added member matches the prohibited …
Cmux No Ambient Global State ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff adds no top-level Swift function, mutable file-scope variable, stub state holder, or new singleton. MarkdownFormattingAction is a case-bearing enum with instance propert…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes align with the stated objectives: inline Markdown editing, formatting controls, localization, renderer integration, and focused tests. No unrelated changes are identified.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: adding inline rich Markdown editing.
Full details: Cmux Swift Actor Isolation

Explanation

The diff adds the file-scoped MarkdownFormattingAction value enum in Sources/Panels/MarkdownFormattingToolbar.swift:4. It conforms to Identifiable and contains only value cases and presentation strings, but it has no explicit isolation boundary. Under the Swift 6 MainActor-by-default policy, this introduces an implicitly MainActor-owned value model outside the MarkdownFormattingToolbar UI type. The other changed production state remains safe: MarkdownPanel, MarkdownRendererSession, and MarkdownWebRenderer.Coordinator are explicitly @MainActor, and the edit callback reaches MarkdownPanel.updateInlineMarkdown through that MainActor coordinator. No new Sendable mutable reference type or service protocol appears.

Resolution

Make MarkdownFormattingAction explicitly nonisolated using the project’s supported Swift toolchain syntax, or move the pure action model into a clearly MainActor-owned UI boundary and mark its pure members with the toolchain-compatible nonisolated form. Keep MarkdownFormattingToolbar and the WebKit/UI coordinators on @MainActor.

Full details: Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness

Explanation

The edit-mode HTML copy path substitutes the panel's authoritative Markdown snapshot with the live WebKit DOM without a freshness check. Before this PR, copyAsHTML() passed panel.content to renderedHTML(markdown:), which rendered that source before exporting. The new edit branch calls renderedHTML(), which clones #content and only checks isLoaded. isLoaded becomes true before the asynchronous pushMarkdown() completes, so a cold shell can export an empty or old DOM. The same path can export an older DOM while a newer panel.content update is still being pushed. The call-site comment explains caret preservation, but it does not document harmless staleness or provide a cold-cache fallback. This is a changed snapshot consumer and leaves both cold and stale cases unhandled.

Resolution

Keep the caret-preserving live-DOM export only after the renderer confirms that the DOM generation matches the requested panel.content and that any pending editor serialization has completed. Track render/edit generations with an event-driven completion or acknowledgment instead of using isLoaded alone. If the DOM is cold or stale, fall back to a fresh panel.content export, or render that source in a separate export document so the active editor DOM and caret are not replaced.

Full details: Cmux Full Internationalization

Explanation

The new Swift UI labels use String(localized:defaultValue:), and all 12 added keys have non-empty translated values for the nine locales used by the repository validator. However, Resources/Localizable.xcstrings already contains 20 locale codes, while each new key contains only ar, de, en, es, fr, ja, ko, zh-Hans, and zh-Hant. The new keys therefore omit bs, da, it, km, nb, pl, pt-BR, ru, th, tr, and uk, which violates the rule's requirement to cover all existing locale codes in the touched catalog. The changed HTML adds editor behavior and attributes, but no new visible text requiring web locale entries.

Resolution

Add translated, non-empty entries for bs, da, it, km, nb, pl, pt-BR, ru, th, tr, and uk to each of the 12 new keys in Resources/Localizable.xcstrings. Keep the existing localized Swift call sites and verify catalog parity again.

Full details: Cmux Architecture Rethink

Explanation

The PR introduces split ownership for the editor lifecycle. MarkdownPanel.setDisplayMode imperatively calls rendererSession.setEditing(mode == .edit), while MarkdownPanelView also passes isEditing to MarkdownWebRenderer, whose makeNSView and updateNSView call Coordinator.setEditing. The coordinator then keeps a separate mutable isEditing flag and a new lastEditedMarkdown cache while MarkdownPanel.displayMode and content remain the model state. This is changed-code evidence of duplicate entrypoint wiring and a second state channel across two MainActor owners. It can leave the DOM editing state and panel mode out of sync during mode changes, rebinds, or WebKit reloads, and the cache exists only to suppress the feedback render caused by the split ownership.

Resolution

Make MarkdownPanel.displayMode and content the only state owners. Remove the imperative rendererSession.setEditing call from MarkdownPanel.setDisplayMode. Use one representable value-snapshot path to synchronize the coordinator with isEditing, with only the minimum documented WebKit replay needed after a load. Remove lastEditedMarkdown; acknowledge an already-applied DOM edit through the renderer’s existing render baseline or an explicit one-way callback contract instead of a second Markdown cache. Keep formatting actions on one shared renderer action path. Add transition tests that cover mode changes, WebKit reload/rebind, and an edit callback without a redundant render.

Full details: Description check

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The description provides a detailed problem statement, change summary, validation results, and limits. However, it omits the required Demo Video section and link or attachment, the Review Trigger block, and the Checklist.

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469-480: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the non-exhaustive switch over displayMode in readSurfaceSelection().

MarkdownPanelDisplayMode now has three cases (preview, edit, text), added at lines 8-10 of this file. The switch in readSurfaceSelection() only handles .text and .preview. Swift requires an exhaustive switch over an enum without a default case. This switch does not compile once .edit exists as a case.

Add a case for .edit. Since .edit mode uses the rendered web view (same as .preview), route it through the same renderer-based selection read.

🐛 Proposed fix
     func readSurfaceSelection() async -> SurfaceSelectionReadResult {
         switch displayMode {
         case .text:
             return .snapshot(await selectionReader.read(
                 textView: textView,
                 kind: .markdown,
                 filePath: filePath
             ))
-        case .preview:
+        case .preview, .edit:
             return await rendererSession.readSurfaceSelection(filePath: filePath)
         }
     }
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In `@Sources/Panels/MarkdownPanel.swift` around lines 469 - 480, Update the switch
in readSurfaceSelection() to handle the .edit case, routing it through
rendererSession.readSurfaceSelection(filePath:) the same way as .preview, while
preserving the existing .text behavior.
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In `@cmuxTests/MarkdownPanelTests.swift`:
- Line 188: Update the temporary-directory path construction near the Markdown
panel test so UUID().uuidString is interpolated and produces a unique directory
name for each test run. Preserve the existing createDirectory flow while
ensuring concurrent or interrupted tests do not reuse the same path.

In `@Resources/markdown-viewer/shell.html`:
- Line 447: Update the br-tag serialization branch in the visible tag-handling
logic so it returns an actual newline character rather than the two-character
literal backslash-n sequence, matching the existing newline handling at the
referenced locations.

In `@Sources/Panels/MarkdownWebRenderer.swift`:
- Around line 126-127: Make the editing-state update idempotent by changing
setEditing and its callers so the page’s serialization baseline is reset only on
an actual editing-state transition or fresh document load, not on every
updateNSView call. Preserve the existing deduplication behavior for unchanged
states, and reset hasAppliedEditingToPage in loadShell and close so didFinish
reapplies the state for a new document.

---

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In `@Sources/Panels/MarkdownPanel.swift`:
- Around line 469-480: Update the switch in readSurfaceSelection() to handle the
.edit case, routing it through rendererSession.readSurfaceSelection(filePath:)
the same way as .preview, while preserving the existing .text behavior.

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func testMarkdownInlineEditModeSharesThePanelDirtyBuffer() async throws {
let directoryURL = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
.appendingPathComponent("cmux-markdown-inline-edit-(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Create a unique temporary directory.

(UUID().uuidString) is literal text. The test always uses the same directory path. A prior interrupted run or concurrent test can make createDirectory fail.

Proposed fix
-            .appendingPathComponent("cmux-markdown-inline-edit-(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
+            .appendingPathComponent("cmux-markdown-inline-edit-\(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)

As per coding guidelines, tests must not depend on shared file state that is not reset per test.

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.appendingPathComponent("cmux-markdown-inline-edit-(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
.appendingPathComponent("cmux-markdown-inline-edit-\(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
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In `@cmuxTests/MarkdownPanelTests.swift` at line 188, Update the
temporary-directory path construction near the Markdown panel test so
UUID().uuidString is interpolated and produces a unique directory name for each
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if (node.classList && node.classList.contains('cmux-code-copy-button')) { return ''; }
if (node.classList && node.classList.contains('cmux-remote-image-placeholder')) { return ''; }
var tag = node.tagName.toLowerCase();
if (tag === 'br') { return '\\n'; }

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

<br> serializes to a literal backslash-n instead of a line break.

The string literal '\\n' produces the two characters \ and n. Every soft line break the editor inserts is therefore written into the panel buffer as the text \n, and that text is saved to the file. Compare Line 431 and Line 482, which use a single backslash for a real newline.

Use a markdown hard break instead.

🐛 Proposed fix
-    if (tag === 'br') { return '\\n'; }
+    if (tag === 'br') { return '  \n'; }
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if (tag === 'br') { return '\\n'; }
if (tag === 'br') { return ' \n'; }
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In `@Resources/markdown-viewer/shell.html` at line 447, Update the br-tag
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context.coordinator.onMarkdownEdited = onMarkdownEdited
context.coordinator.setEditing(isEditing)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

setEditing is not idempotent, so a routine SwiftUI update can discard one edit.

updateNSView runs on every SwiftUI update of MarkdownPanelView. Line 127 calls setEditing(isEditing) unconditionally, and setEditing always evaluates window.__cmuxSetMarkdownEditing(true). In the page, that call re-runs configureEditorLockedBlocks() and resets the serialization baseline with lastSerializedEdit = serializeMarkdownDocument().

While the user types, panel.content changes on every accepted edit, so these updates interleave with DOM mutations. If the baseline reset lands after a DOM mutation but before the pending requestAnimationFrame callback, that callback observes markdown === lastSerializedEdit and suppresses the editMarkdown post. The panel buffer then never receives that mutation. If the user stops typing and saves at that point, the last edit is lost.

The structural cause is ownership: lastSerializedEdit in the page is a second owner of "what the panel already knows", while lastEditedMarkdown in the coordinator owns the same fact. A lifecycle call for editing state must not mutate the change-detection baseline. Make the baseline reset happen only on a real editing transition or a fresh document load, and keep the page's de-duplication state owned by the serialization path alone.

♻️ Proposed first cut: make the toggle a real transition
         func setEditing(_ editing: Bool) {
+            let changed = isEditing != editing
             isEditing = editing
             guard let webView else { return }
+            guard changed || !hasAppliedEditingToPage else { return }
+            hasAppliedEditingToPage = true
             let value = editing ? "true" : "false"
             webView.evaluateJavaScript(
                 "window.__cmuxSetMarkdownEditing && window.__cmuxSetMarkdownEditing(\(value));",
                 completionHandler: nil
             )
         }

Reset hasAppliedEditingToPage to false in loadShell and in close(), so didFinish still re-applies the state to the new document.

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In `@Sources/Panels/MarkdownWebRenderer.swift` around lines 126 - 127, Make the
editing-state update idempotent by changing setEditing and its callers so the
page’s serialization baseline is reset only on an actual editing-state
transition or fresh document load, not on every updateNSView call. Preserve the
existing deduplication behavior for unchanged states, and reset
hasAppliedEditingToPage in loadShell and close so didFinish reapplies the state
for a new document.

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Fleet build instructions for this PR, head 5ccfb2117f8aa19af860732dbbd9daf4d4ffb56d:

JOB_JSON=$(~/.local/bin/cmux-ci submit --kind cmux --command 'CMUX_FLEET_BUILD_TAG=pr-12479-5ccfb211 /Users/Shared/cmux-build-fleet/recipes/cmux.sh https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux.git 5ccfb2117f8aa19af860732dbbd9daf4d4ffb56d' --artifact artifacts/cmux.app.zip --workspace https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/12479 --source-digest 5ccfb2117f8aa19af860732dbbd9daf4d4ffb56d --cache-key cmux:pr-12479 --min-free-bytes 268435456000 --label cmux --label ram48)
JOB_ID=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["id"])' <<<"$JOB_JSON")
~/.local/bin/cmux-ci wait "$JOB_ID" --receipt artifacts/fleet/$JOB_ID.json
~/.local/bin/cmux-ci publish-hq "$JOB_ID"

The job survives disconnects. Do not resubmit after a wait timeout; rerun cmux-ci wait with the same ID. The artifact receipt records worker, queue/build/package/upload times, cache state, and disk before/after cleanup. The build is exact-head and does not include uncommitted edits.

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Verified macOS fleet artifact for 5ccfb21: pr-12479-5ccfb211. HQ restores/downloads this exact artifact on click.

Job 242f965a92297da4e40ac43b. Active execution/cleanup: 755.9s; queue/setup: 2.1s. Free disk: 293.4 → 291.4 GiB. Workspace reset: True.

This proves a macOS app build and publication; it does not prove iOS, tests, or UI behavior. Fetch the durable receipt with cmux-ci wait 242f965a92297da4e40ac43b --receipt artifacts/fleet/242f965a92297da4e40ac43b.json. Do not resubmit this completed build. If the head changes, rebuild the new exact SHA.

@teamleaderleo teamleaderleo added S2: major A crash, hang, lost state, broken connection, or a regression on a path people use area: browser The embedded browser, web surfaces, inline VS Code labels Sep 30, 2026
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Inline Markdown edit mode is still absent from current main; leaving this larger feature open for review.

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Hi Lawrence, really waiting for this one 🙏 Editing right in the rendered markdown is the thing I miss most in cmux. Thanks for building it!

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