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fix: repaint Codex sessions after pane reattachment - #18283

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Summary

Dragging two Codex sessions between panes can leave a retained session surface blank until another interaction causes WebKit to redraw it. Fixes #18270.

The surface and Codex runtime were retained; the failure was at the rendering lifecycle boundary. Bonsplit can reattach the existing AgentSessionWebHostView or its WKWebView after the one-time visible-paint flush has completed. The host now reports that reattachment, the coordinator reopens the paint gate and requests a layout/paint flush, and stale asynchronous completions cannot close the gate for a newer attachment. Duplicate callbacks are coalesced while a flush is in flight.

Testing

  • Added AgentSessionWebRendererTests.testRetainedWebViewHostReportsReattachmentAfterPaneMove and testRetainedCoordinatorReopensPaintGateForNewHost, covering pane reattachment and dismantle/recreate host transitions.
  • python3 scripts/verify-local.py — passed all 5 selected checks (Swift syntax, localization defaults, app-source wiring, test wiring, feature-flag policy).
  • python3 scripts/verify-local.py --only swift-syntax --swift-changed origin/main — passed.
  • ./scripts/sync-test-wiring --check — passed.
  • Follow-up for review: host tracking now uses a weak host reference plus attachment history, covering dismantle/recreate and preventing ObjectIdentifier reuse from suppressing repaint.
  • The prior broad changed-suite CI run also reported unrelated failures in TerminalWindowPortalLifecycleTests; the focused AgentSessionWebRendererTests suite passed.
  • Focused PR CI: both lifecycle tests passed on final head ddba2dabef33ebd00798b66ea28d8140906da07d in run 37593703289.
  • The repository checkout guard refused local xcodebuild app-host execution; the exact-SHA CI run above provides the executed test evidence.
  • All four review threads are resolved; no actionable review comments remain.

Changelog

Fixed: Dragging Codex sessions between panes redraws retained surfaces after reattachment

Proof

The regression is lifecycle-based and does not have a useful static screenshot; both focused app-host tests passed on final head ddba2dabef33ebd00798b66ea28d8140906da07d in exact-SHA CI run 37593703289.

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  • Behavior changes have added or updated tests, or Testing says why not
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  • New or changed v2 socket method allowlisted for cmux ssh: not applicable
  • iOS connectivity, auth, lifecycle, workspace action, terminal I/O or mobile RPC contract change: not applicable
  • User-facing docs updated if needed: not needed
  • Reviewed with a subagent before merge (cmux-review), and all bot and human review comments resolved

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Medium Risk
Touches WebKit view lifecycle and retained-session rendering in split-pane moves; scoped to paint invalidation with generation guards and new tests, but pane-drag behavior is user-visible.

Overview
Fixes blank Codex/agent session panes after dragging a retained session between split panes: WebKit had already completed its one-time visible-paint flush while detached, so reattachment did not trigger a redraw.

AgentSessionWebHostView now exposes onDidReattach when the host is added to a new superview (after the first attach) or when a retained WKWebView is moved from another host. AgentSessionWebRenderer registers the coordinator on the host and routes reattach to invalidateVisiblePaintAfterReattachment().

AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator tracks the current host, resets visible-paint state (generation counter, in-flight guard) on workspace/renderer changes and reattach, and re-runs the layout/paint flush so WebKit commits the first layer once the view is visible again—stale async flush completions cannot mark the gate complete for a newer attachment.

Adds two lifecycle tests for host reattachment signaling and coordinator paint-gate reopening.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved web content rendering after a session view is moved between panes, ensuring visible content is refreshed after reattachment.

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Walkthrough

The host view reports reattachment. The renderer uses that callback to reset visible-paint state and retry a flush. The coordinator tracks asynchronous flushes by generation to ignore completions from an earlier state.

Changes

Session reattachment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect and report host reattachment
Sources/Panels/AgentSessionWebHostView.swift, Sources/Panels/AgentSessionWebRenderer.swift, cmuxTests/AgentSessionWebRendererTests.swift
The host reports reattachment through a callback. The renderer installs and clears the callback. A test checks the callback when the host moves between panes.
Reset and retry visible-paint flushing
Sources/Panels/AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator.swift, cmuxTests/AgentSessionWebRendererTests.swift
The coordinator tracks in-flight flushes by generation. Renderer or workspace changes, shell loads, close, and reattachment reset paint state. Reattachment retries a flush when ready. A test checks generation changes when attaching a different host.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AgentSessionWebHostView
  participant AgentSessionWebRenderer
  participant AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator
  AgentSessionWebHostView->>AgentSessionWebRenderer: invokes installed onDidReattach callback
  AgentSessionWebRenderer->>AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator: calls invalidateVisiblePaintAfterReattachment()
  AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator->>AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator: resets paint state and retries flush if ready
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ddba2

Codex sessions moved between panes now reset their paint state and repaint once they are in the new host. The concern that paint could be marked complete before the new pane takes over was checked and does not hold. No blocking risk remains.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 23 | ❌ 2

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #18270 requires a regression test for the two-session drag path. The host test moves one AgentSessionWebHostView between two NSView containers and checks a callback count. The coordinator te… Add a regression test for moving one of two open Codex sessions that verifies the retained session content is repainted or remains visible after the move.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 11.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 18 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The host reattachment callback, coordinator paint-flush state changes, and lifecycle tests support the rendering fix and regression coverage for issue #18270. The reviewed diff shows no unrelated chan…
Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early Input ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only the agent WebKit host, renderer coordinator, renderer wiring, and related tests. The diff contains no Cloud terminal creation or transport changes, so none of the custom chec…
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed The diff adds state and callbacks only to AgentSessionWebHostView and AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator, both explicitly @MainActor. The new attach(to:) and paint invalidation methods therefo…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed The PR introduces no blocking or timing-based synchronization. The changed production code reopens the paint gate and tracks asynchronous WebKit completion with a generation value; it adds no waits, s…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed The diff changes only the agent-session WebKit host, renderer coordinator, and their tests. It adds pane-reattachment paint handling. It does not change browser socket commands, `TerminalController.sw…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed The production diff adds host-reattachment tracking and resets visible-paint state. The new paint path calls asynchronous WKWebView.evaluateJavaScript; it does not load agent history, transcripts, h…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed The diff changes only the agent web host attachment callback and transient visible-paint flush state. The coordinator resets in-flight/completed flags and requests a WebKit layout/paint flush after re…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed The check applies to production changes in TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, and non-Swift build/runtime scripts. The reviewed diff changes only four Swift files. Therefore, this check is not applicable …
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed The production diff adds attachment callbacks and visible-paint state handling. These use scalar flags, a weak host reference, and a generation counter. They do not add scalable collection scans, repe…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed The diff adds no background Dispatch work, Combine app state, unowned fire-and-forget Tasks, or new async work implemented with an internal completion-handler API. The new reattachment notifications r…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed The diff adds no nonisolated async functions and no @concurrent annotations. The new reattachment and paint-state methods are synchronous methods on @MainActor types. The added work calls WebKit…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed The diff adds AppKit host-reattachment callbacks and WebKit visible-paint lifecycle handling. The coordinator’s new generation and in-flight state only resets and retries a paint flush for the attache…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed The PR changes only three Swift source files and one Swift test file. It does not change a SwiftPM package, Xcode project, .gitignore, workflow, or dependency declaration, so the lockfile conditions d…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed The production Swift diff adds no logging statements or file-scoped Logger constants. The existing cmuxDebugLog calls in AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator.swift are unchanged. The diff therefor…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed The production diff only adds host reattachment tracking and visible-paint reset/flush state in AgentSessionWebHostView, AgentSessionWebRenderer, and AgentSessionWebRendererCoordinator. It adds …
Cmux Full Internationalization ✅ Passed The diff changes Swift view and coordinator lifecycle behavior and adds tests. It adds no user-facing text, localization keys, string-catalog or Info.plist entries, or web content. The added source co…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout ✅ Passed The PR changes an NSViewRepresentable, its AppKit NSView host, and its coordinator. The coordinator’s new state belongs to this AppKit bridge. The diff adds no ObservableObject/@Published, `Ge…
Cmux Architecture Rethink ✅ Passed The diff does not introduce a repair based on sleeps, delayed dispatch, polling, locks, or observers. AgentSessionWebHostView reports its own superview reattachment through an AppKit callback, and `…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed The diff changes AgentSessionWebHostView, its renderer and coordinator, and renderer tests. It adds no standalone NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController, SwiftUI Window, or WindowGroup code…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed The diff changes only three Swift app-source files and one Swift test file. Their contents implement the retained-session reattachment fix and its tests, which are intentional source and test-system c…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source ✅ Passed The production diff adds no test/debug-named member or test-build-guarded accessor. visiblePaintGeneration is operational coordinator state: production code reads and updates it to reject stale pain…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: repainting Codex sessions after pane reattachment.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the problem, implementation, tests and results, changelog, proof, and checklist. It also explains why local app-host testing was not run and reports focused CI results. The suba…
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Issue #18270 requires a regression test for the two-session drag path. The host test moves one AgentSessionWebHostView between two NSView containers and checks a callback count. The coordinator test checks generation changes between hosts. Neither test exercises two sessions or verifies that retained conversation content becomes visible. The reattachment callback and paint-gate reset implement the rendering fix, but the required regression coverage is missing.

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Review comments at @cmuxTests/AgentSessionWebRendererTests.swift:
- Around line 14-33: Update
testRetainedWebViewHostReportsReattachmentAfterPaneMove to exercise the
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only counting onDidReattach calls. Assert that reattachment resets
hasCompletedVisiblePaintFlush and requests a new visible-paint flush after the
pane move.

Review comments at @Sources/Panels/AgentSessionWebHostView.swift:
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Passes: CI passes on ddba2dabef.

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Review follow-up: all four review threads are resolved. The final head is ddba2da, and both focused AgentSessionWebRenderer lifecycle tests pass in run 37593703289. The remaining broad-suite failures were unrelated TerminalWindowPortalLifecycleTests failures.

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Merge receipt for ddba2dabef: every check was green at merge (16 verified; 20 skipped by policy). Full suite runs on main after merge.

rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Oct 7, 2026
d5bec00 fix: repaint Codex sessions after pane reattachment (manaflow-ai#18283)
df3e34c fix(cloud): resolve 0.65.0 dogfood papercuts (manaflow-ai#18292)
7a5ff86 fix(cloud): restore from a snapshot with a stopped daemon supervisor (manaflow-ai#18320)
bf0d292 Fix crash when a focused SwiftUI view outlives its hosting view (manaflow-ai#18250)
6b02ff8 feat(gh-merge-green): --revert rolls back a merged PR in one command (manaflow-ai#18312)
3cab11d Never point a non-production Cloud machine's edge at production coderouter (manaflow-ai#18313)
5df12be fix: let Claude Teams launch with integration disabled (manaflow-ai#18276)

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