Agent pane: a forced Stop reads as a plain stop, and a message sent after Stop shows below it

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/App.tsx

@@ -7985,6 +7985,7 @@ function AcpmuxPane() {
   const queuedMessageActionsRef = useRef<QueuedMessageActionsValue | undefined>(undefined);
   // The chat's Codex skills, for its sent prompts' `/$name` (conversation/skillWords.ts).
   const skillWords = useSkillWords(snapshot.commands);
+  const queueRunsNext = snapshot.queue.some((entry) => !entry.heldByStop && !entry.held && !entry.awaitingOwner);
   // The waiting tagged-ask card's first answer, which the composer's ⌘↩ on an empty prompt sends
   // (NextStepCard.tsx, TurnActions `nextStepKey`).
   const [nextStepFire, setNextStepFire] = useState<{ fire: () => void }>();
@@ -8060,14 +8061,17 @@ function AcpmuxPane() {
       // reader's prompt and starts the next turn, or queues behind one already sent. Like Restart
       // (restart.ts), never to a View Only chat, a subagent's read-only pane or where the composer
       // cannot send, and only to the chat this pane still shows, never the next during a switch's hold.
-      ...(restartChat && {
-        resume: (
-          (owner: string) => () =>
-            restartReaches(owner, sessionIdRef.current, directClient.current?.selectedSession)
-              ? resumeThrough(callNative)()
-              : Promise.resolve()
-        )(restartChat),
-      }),
+      // A prompt that runs next anyway (a queued one no Stop or owner holds, such as a message acpmux
+      // queued again after the Stop) starts the next turn: no Continue beside it.
+      ...(restartChat &&
+        !queueRunsNext && {
+          resume: (
+            (owner: string) => () =>
+              restartReaches(owner, sessionIdRef.current, directClient.current?.selectedSession)
+                ? resumeThrough(callNative)()
+                : Promise.resolve()
+          )(restartChat),
+        }),
       // A tagged ask's answer (NextStepCard.tsx) sends as Continue does, with the same reach.
       ...(restartChat && {
         nextStepKey,
@@ -8216,6 +8220,7 @@ function AcpmuxPane() {
       catalog,
       restartChat,
       snapshot.commands,
+      queueRunsNext,
       nextStepKey,
     ],
   );

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/Localizable.xcstrings

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "sourceLanguage": "en",
   "strings": {
+    "turn.stoppedMark": {"comment":"Agent pane: one muted word in a stopped turn's footer (the person's Stop, or one cmux had to force); short","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"متوقف"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Zaustavljeno"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Stoppet"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Gestoppt"}},"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Stopped"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Detenido"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Arrêté"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Interrotto"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"停止済み"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"បានឈប់"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"중지됨"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Stoppet"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Zatrzymano"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Interrompido"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Остановлено"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"หยุดแล้ว"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Durduruldu"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Зупинено"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Đã dừng"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"已停止"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"已停止"}}}},
+    "turn.continueHelp": {"comment":"Agent pane: tooltip of the Continue button on a stopped turn's footer; it sends the prompt “Continue” to the agent","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"يرسل «متابعة» ليكمل الوكيل من حيث توقف"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Šalje „Nastavi“ da agent nastavi tamo gdje je stao"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Sender “Fortsæt”, så agenten fortsætter, hvor den stoppede"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Sendet „Fortfahren“, damit der Agent dort weitermacht, wo er aufgehört hat"}},"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Sends “Continue” so the agent picks up where it stopped"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Envía «Continuar» para que el agente siga donde se detuvo"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Envoie « Continuer » pour que l’agent reprenne là où il s’est arrêté"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Invia «Continua» perché l’agente riprenda da dove si è fermato"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"「続ける」を送信し、エージェントが停止したところから再開します"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"ផ្ញើ “បន្ត” ដើម្បីឱ្យភ្នាក់ងារបន្តពីកន្លែងដែលវាបានឈប់"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"“계속”을 보내 에이전트가 멈춘 곳부터 이어서 하게 합니다"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Sender «Fortsett» slik at agenten fortsetter der den stoppet"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Wysyła „Kontynuuj”, aby agent wznowił pracę tam, gdzie przerwał"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Envia “Continuar” para o agente retomar de onde parou"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Отправляет «Продолжить», чтобы агент продолжил с места остановки"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"ส่ง “ดำเนินการต่อ” เพื่อให้เอเจนต์ทำต่อจากจุดที่หยุด"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Ajanın kaldığı yerden devam etmesi için “Devam et” gönderir"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Надсилає «Продовжити», щоб агент продовжив з місця зупинки"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Gửi “Tiếp tục” để tác tử làm tiếp từ chỗ đã dừng"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"发送“继续”，让智能体从停下的地方接着做"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"傳送「繼續」，讓代理程式從停下的地方接著做"}}}},
     "composer.heldForWake": {"comment":"Agent pane: heads the prompts sent in a Cloud chat whose machine was paused; the machine wakes and they go once the chat is back","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"جارٍ تشغيل الجهاز…"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Mašina se budi…"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Vækker maskinen…"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Maschine wird geweckt…"}},"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Waking the machine…"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Activando la máquina…"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Réveil de la machine…"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Riattivazione della macchina…"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"マシンを起動しています…"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"កំពុងដាស់ម៉ាស៊ីន…"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"머신을 깨우는 중…"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Vekker maskinen…"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Wybudzanie maszyny…"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Ativando a máquina…"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Пробуждение машины…"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"กำลังปลุกเครื่อง…"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Makine uyandırılıyor…"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Пробудження машини…"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Đang đánh thức máy…"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"正在唤醒机器…"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"正在喚醒機器…"}}}},
     "tools.approved": {"comment":"Agent pane: at the end of a tool row whose permission ask the person approved (Allow once or Always allow); the approval reads on its row, never as a line of its own","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"تمت الموافقة"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Odobreno"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Godkendt"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Genehmigt"}},"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Approved"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Aprobado"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Approuvée"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Approvata"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"承認済み"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"បានយល់ព្រម"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"승인됨"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Godkjent"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Zatwierdzono"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Aprovado"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Одобрено"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"อนุมัติแล้ว"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Onaylandı"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Схвалено"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Đã duyệt"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"已批准"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"已核准"}}}},
     "subagents.state.idle": {"comment":"Agent pane: a running subagent's state word when it has done nothing for minutes with no call open (it waits on background work of its own)","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"خامل"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Neaktivan"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Inaktiv"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Untätig"}},"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Idle"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Inactivo"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Inactif"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Inattivo"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"待機中"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"ទំនេរ"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"유휴"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Inaktiv"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Bezczynny"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Ocioso"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Простаивает"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"ว่าง"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Boşta"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Простоює"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Đang rảnh"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"空闲"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"閒置"}}}},
@@ -8051,7 +8053,7 @@
       }
     },
     "stop.forced": {
-      "comment": "Agent pane: transcript note when the agent never answered Stop and cmux ended its turn itself",
+      "comment": "Agent pane: in the tooltips of a stopped turn's footer (never the transcript text) when the agent never answered Stop and cmux ended its turn itself",
       "extractionState": "manual",
       "localizations": {
         "ar": {

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/TurnRows.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import { groupId, runStretches, toolGroups, type ToolGroup } from "./toolGroups"
 import type { RetryNote } from "../subagents/retryState";
 import { TurnActionsContext } from "./turnActions";
 import { errorRecovery, signInRetry, type ErrorRecovery } from "./errorRecovery";
-import { footerLabel, isEmptyFooter, workedLabel } from "./turns";
+import { footerLabel, isEmptyFooter, isStopped, workedLabel } from "./turns";
+import { stoppedTurnLook } from "./stoppedTurn.experiment";
 import { turnCopyText } from "./turnCopy";
 import { hasTokens, TimedLabel, tokensText, TurnTokens } from "./TurnTokens";
 import { AlertCircle, ArrowRight, ChevronRight, Retry } from "./icons";
@@ -301,9 +302,20 @@ export function TurnFooter({ row }: { row: AcpmuxRow }) {
   const authenticationFailed = (kind === "subscription-login" || kind === "auth") && !teamMachine;
   const label = footerLabel(t, row);
   // The turn's time and tokens, for the time's tooltip: "Worked for 13s · ↓ 359 out ↑ 328.8K in".
+  // A Stop acpmux had to force (the agent never answered it) says so here only, never in the
+  // transcript's text (Leo, 2026-11-03: "idk if it should be showing things like that").
+  const forced = row.stopForced ? t("stop.forced") : undefined;
   const detail =
-    [label, hasTokens(row.tokens) ? tokensText(t, language, row.tokens) : undefined].filter(Boolean).join(" · ") ||
-    undefined;
+    [label, hasTokens(row.tokens) ? tokensText(t, language, row.tokens) : undefined, forced]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(" · ") || undefined;
+  // A stopped turn says so in one muted word, whoever ended it (stoppedTurn.experiment.ts).
+  const stoppedLook = isStopped(row) ? experimentArm(stoppedTurnLook) : "none";
+  const stoppedWord = stoppedLook !== "none" && (
+    <span className="cv-turn-stopped" title={forced ?? workedLabel(t, row)}>
+      {t("turn.stoppedMark")}
+    </span>
+  );
   // The last turn, stopped and not yet followed by a prompt, offers Continue (Codex's): it sends the
   // continue prompt as the composer would, and the button goes once that prompt shows (turns.ts).
   const resumable = row.resumable === true && resume !== undefined;
@@ -444,10 +456,12 @@ export function TurnFooter({ row }: { row: AcpmuxRow }) {
               </button>
             )}
           </span>
+          {stoppedLook === "word" && stoppedWord}
           {resumable && (
             <button
               type="button"
               className="cv-iconbtn cv-turn-continue"
+              title={t("turn.continueHelp")}
               disabled={resuming}
               onClick={() => {
                 setResuming(true);
@@ -458,6 +472,7 @@ export function TurnFooter({ row }: { row: AcpmuxRow }) {
               <ArrowRight size={ROW_ICON} aria-hidden="true" />
             </button>
           )}
+          {stoppedLook === "trailing" && stoppedWord}
           {!messages && <ReplyTime at={row.at} detail={detail} />}
         </MessageFooterRow>
       </div>

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/conversation.css

@@ -4200,6 +4200,17 @@ a.cv-sha:focus-visible {
   margin-inline-start: -2px;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
+/* A stopped turn's one muted word (TurnRows.tsx `stoppedWord`), in the time's caption size and the
+   footer's resting ink: what ended the turn is its tooltip, never the transcript's text. */
+.cv-turn-actions .cv-turn-stopped {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  height: var(--cv-footer-row);
+  color: var(--cv-footer-ink);
+  font-size: var(--text-caption);
+  letter-spacing: var(--text-caption--letter-spacing);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
 .cv-iconbtn.cv-turn-continue:disabled {
   opacity: 0.5;
   pointer-events: none;

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/stoppedTurn.experiment.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// l10n-allow-file: experiment descriptions are gallery (developer tool) text, never shown in the pane.
+import { defineExperiment } from "../../../experiments/experiment";
+
+/// How a stopped turn says it stopped (Leo, 2026-11-03, on "The agent didn't answer Stop, so cmux
+/// ended its turn." under a Continue button: "this is an "interesting" recovery flow... idk if it
+/// should be showing things like that"). A Stop acpmux had to force reads as any other Stop; only the
+/// footer's tooltips say cmux ended it. Compare the arms in the gallery's `agent-pane.stopped-turn`.
+export const stoppedTurnLook = defineExperiment({
+  id: "stopped-turn-look",
+  title: "Stopped turn",
+  description: "How a stopped turn's footer says it stopped, whoever ended it.",
+  arms: {
+    word: {
+      label: "Stopped, then Continue",
+      description: "A muted Stopped after the footer's buttons, then Continue on the last turn.",
+    },
+    trailing: {
+      label: "Continue, then Stopped",
+      description: "Continue first, the muted Stopped after it, before the time.",
+    },
+    none: {
+      label: "Continue only",
+      description: "No word: the footer's buttons and Continue, as a stop drew before; Stopped is in the tooltip.",
+    },
+  },
+  defaultArm: "word",
+});