Agent pane: transcript rows light only their chevron on hover; the live line's total keeps one tone

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

@@ -248305,7 +248305,7 @@
     "backgroundTasks.section.running": {"comment":"Agent pane Background tasks panel: the heading over the agents still running, followed by their count","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Running"}},"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"قيد التشغيل"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"U toku"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Kører"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Läuft"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"En curso"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"En cours"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"In corso"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"実行中"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"កំពុងដំណើរការ"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"실행 중"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Kjører"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Uruchomione"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Em execução"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Выполняются"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"กำลังทำงาน"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Çalışıyor"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Виконуються"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Đang chạy"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"运行中"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"執行中"}}}},
     "backgroundTasks.section.finished": {"comment":"Agent pane Background tasks panel: the heading over the agents that ended, followed by their count","extractionState":"manual","localizations":{"en":{"stringUnit":{"state":"translated","value":"Finished"}},"ar":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"منتهية"}},"bs":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Završeno"}},"da":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Færdige"}},"de":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Abgeschlossen"}},"es":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Terminadas"}},"fr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Terminées"}},"it":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Completate"}},"ja":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"完了"}},"km":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"បានបញ្ចប់"}},"ko":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"완료"}},"nb":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Fullført"}},"pl":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Zakończone"}},"pt-BR":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Concluídas"}},"ru":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Завершены"}},"th":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"เสร็จแล้ว"}},"tr":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Tamamlandı"}},"uk":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Завершені"}},"vi":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"Đã xong"}},"zh-Hans":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"已完成"}},"zh-Hant":{"stringUnit":{"state":"needs_review","value":"已完成"}}}},
     "turn.live.waitingOnSubagents": {
-      "comment": "Agent pane: the running turn's live line while the agent waits on subagents it started, {n} of them still running (Waiting on 2 subagents · 1h 24m total)",
+      "comment": "Agent pane: the running turn's live line while the agent waits on subagents it started, {n} of them still running (Waiting on 2 subagents · 1h 24m)",
       "extractionState": "manual",
       "localizations": {
         "ar": {
@@ -248737,7 +248737,7 @@
       }
     },
     "turn.live.writing": {
-      "comment": "Agent pane: the running turn's live line while the agent writes its reply (Writing · 2m total)",
+      "comment": "Agent pane: the running turn's live line while the agent writes its reply (Writing · 2m)",
       "extractionState": "manual",
       "localizations": {
         "ar": {

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/LongSubagentWait.gallery.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,37 @@ export default agentPaneEntry({
         { isWorking: true },
       ),
     },
+    thinking: {
+      note: "Past the first step with nothing streaming and no own time: Thinking 1h 24m 7s, the turn's clock beside the word, no dot and no word total (#34866).",
+      snapshot: chat(
+        [
+          prompt(),
+          activity([tool("git log --oneline -5", "execute", "completed", { command: "git log --oneline -5" })], 3),
+          assistant("The signing step waits on a single runner.", 2),
+        ],
+        { isWorking: true },
+      ),
+    },
+    "ran-command": {
+      note: "A command that just finished: its own 0s on its words, then the turn's clock after the dot, 4px each side and one dim tone, as in Leo's capture of the running-step line (2026-11-03: \"same here it's annoying to look at\").",
+      snapshot: chat(
+        [
+          prompt(),
+          plan(),
+          activity(
+            [
+              tool("cat /tmp/copy/message.md | head -30", "execute", "completed", {
+                command: "cat /tmp/copy/message.md | head -30",
+                startedAt: minutesAgo(0.2),
+                endedAt: minutesAgo(0.2) + 300,
+              }),
+            ],
+            0.2,
+          ),
+        ],
+        { isWorking: true },
+      ),
+    },
     writing: {
       note: "The reply paused mid-stream a moment ago: Writing, with the turn's clock. (One that paused past 5 s reads Thinking again.)",
       snapshot: chat(

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

@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
   cursor: default;
   user-select: none;
 }
-.cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) > .cv-agent-activity__control {
-  color: var(--cv-text);
-}
-.cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) .cv-agent-activity__chevron {
+/* The line's words keep their rest tone under the pointer and focus; only its chevron lifts, and
+   only on a line that is a button and opens something. A hover highlight covers only its own
+   control, never the whole row (Leo, 2026-11-03, on "2 background updates" brightening edge to
+   edge: "this thing appears/lights up on hover for no reason!?"; test
+   webviews/test/transcript-row-hover-scope.test.ts). */
+/* A line whose chevron sits beside its button, not inside it (SubagentDoneLine.tsx). */
+.cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) > button.cv-agent-activity__control .cv-agent-activity__chevron,
+.cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))):has(> button.cv-agent-activity__control) > .cv-agent-activity__chevron {
   color: var(--cv-text);
 }
 .cv-agent-activity__control {
@@ -52,8 +56,9 @@
   flex: none;
 }
 
-/* A received message's line keeps one tone under the pointer and focus (conversation.css
-   `.cv-received__text`); other disclosure lines still lift. */
-.cv-agent-activity-row.cv-disclosure__line:not(.cv-received > *):is(:hover, :active, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) {
+/* A disclosure line (DisclosureRow: subagent, inbox and subsession lines) keeps its words at one
+   tone too; only its chevron lifts. A received message's line keeps even that steady
+   (conversation.css `.cv-received__text`). */
+.cv-agent-activity-row.cv-disclosure__line:not(.cv-received > *):is(:hover, :active, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) .cv-disclosure__toggle > .cv-rotor {
   color: var(--cv-text);
 }

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/TranscriptActivityRow.test.tsx

@@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ test("subagent, messaging, and inbox activity use the shared row and agent tag",
   expect(source("./TranscriptActivityRow.tsx")).toContain("<AgentTag name={name}");
 });
 
-test("the shared activity row lights its text on hover and press", () => {
+test("the shared activity row lights only its chevron on hover and press, never its words", () => {
   const css = source("./TranscriptActivityRow.css");
-  expect(css).toContain(".cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within)");
+  expect(css).toContain(
+    ".cv-agent-activity-row:is(:hover, :active, :focus-visible, :focus-within):not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:is(:hover, :focus))) > button.cv-agent-activity__control .cv-agent-activity__chevron,",
+  );
+  expect(css).not.toMatch(/\) > \.cv-agent-activity__control \{/);
+  // A chevron beside the line's button lifts too (SubagentDoneLine.tsx).
+  expect(css).toContain(":has(> button.cv-agent-activity__control) > .cv-agent-activity__chevron {");
   expect(source("./AgentTag.css")).toContain(":is(:hover, :focus-visible, :active)");
 });
 

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/activityTone.test.ts

@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ test("background activity has one secondary tone and lifts on hover or focus; a
   // The lift skips a row whose session link chip has the focus: the chip lights alone (AgentTag.css).
   // A tool run's or group's summary line (`is-run`) is left out: it lights on hover only. A sent
   // message's row keeps one steady tone, as a received one's does.
-  expect(css).toContain(".cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)),");
+  expect(css).toContain(".cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent, .cv-agent-activity__control):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)),");
   expect(css).not.toContain(".cv-tool:focus-within");
   expect(css).toMatch(/\.cv-tool\.is-run:hover > \.cv-tool__text \{\s*color: var\(--cv-text\);/);
   // A step row draws nothing more on hover (agent-pane-step-rows.test.ts).
   expect(css).not.toMatch(/\.cv-tool:hover(,| \.cv-tool__(chevron|detail))/);
-  expect(css).toContain(".cv-worked:hover,");
+  // Only the "Worked for" button lifts; the live line has nothing behind it (transcript-row-hover-scope.test.ts).
+  expect(css).toContain("button.cv-worked:hover,");
   // A received message keeps one tone under the pointer and focus (Leo, 2026-11-03).
   expect(css).not.toMatch(/\.cv-received:is\(:hover/);
   expect(css).toContain(".cv-received__text :is(.cv-md, .cv-h),");

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

@@ -2100,6 +2100,13 @@ pre.cv-math-source {
 .cv-worked__total .cv-worked__time {
   margin-inline: 0;
 }
+/* The live line's counts ("Ran cat x 0s · 39s · 1K tokens") read in one tone: every dot, time and
+   count at the time's dim tone, so no segment after the words reads brighter than another (Leo,
+   2026-11-03: "same here it's annoying to look at"; test webviews/test/transcript-row-hover-scope.test.ts).
+   Their 4px around each dot is `.cv-worked__count`'s (#34866). */
+.cv-worked--live > .cv-worked__count:not(:has(.cv-worked__open)) {
+  color: var(--cv-text-dim);
+}
 /* A command in flight leads with the terminal glyph (WorkingFor.tsx), still, like the tool rows'. */
 .cv-worked__glyph {
   flex: none;
@@ -2434,14 +2441,19 @@ pre.cv-math-source {
    run's or group's summary line lights on hover only (below), so its focus is left out. */
 /* A message row keeps one steady tone (design/chat-transcript.md, as a received message's line):
    a sent row the reader clicked never reads brighter than the ones around it (Leo, 2026-11-02, on
-   rows "in bright and dim text with no clear rule": "i also think this is quite weird looking"). */
-.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)),
-.cv-worked:hover,
-.cv-worked:focus-visible {
+   rows "in bright and dim text with no clear rule": "i also think this is quite weird looking").
+   An activity row (TranscriptActivityRow) is left out: a click leaves it focused, and its words
+   keep their rest tone (TranscriptActivityRow.css). */
+/* Only the "Worked for" button lifts: the live line (`div.cv-worked`, Thinking.tsx) has nothing
+   behind it, so it never lights up under the pointer (Leo, 2026-11-03: "this thing appears/lights
+   up on hover for no reason!?"). */
+.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent, .cv-agent-activity__control):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)),
+button.cv-worked:hover,
+button.cv-worked:focus-visible {
   color: var(--cv-text);
 }
-.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)) .cv-tool__chevron,
-.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)) .cv-tool__detail {
+.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent, .cv-agent-activity__control):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)) .cv-tool__chevron,
+.cv-tool:not(.is-run, .cv-sent, .cv-agent-activity__control):focus-within:not(:has(.cv-agent-tag.is-open:focus)) .cv-tool__detail {
   color: var(--cv-text);
 }
 /* The running rows' mark (`Spinner`: compaction, tool groups, MCP calls, command and shell rows).
@@ -2653,6 +2665,7 @@ pre.cv-math-source {
 }
 .cv-worked:focus-visible,
 .cv-tool.is-toggle:focus-visible,
+.cv-agent-activity__control:focus-visible,
 .cv-iconbtn:focus-visible {
   /* Inset: the transcript row clips paint (`contain: paint`), so an outset ring would be cut. */
   outline: 1.5px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--agent-accent) 55%, transparent);

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/turns.ts

@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ function codexLiveTurn(
     // Past the streaming text's pause the line says the agent writes, never "Thinking".
     line.liveState = "writing";
   }
-  // Past the turn's first step its clock reads as the turn's whole time ("4m total"), so a long wait
+  // Past the turn's first step its clock reads as the turn's whole time ("2s · 4m" after a step's own time, else "4m" beside the label), so a long wait
   // never reads as that long a think, call or step (Leo, 2026-11-03: "i think the "thinking"
   // accounting is also off pretty frequently", on "Thinking 1h 24m 7s" for a turn that waited on
   // its subagents).
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ function codexLiveTurn(
       line.doing = lifted.doing;
       line.doingShell = lifted.shell;
       line.doingDone = true;
-      // The step's own time, not the turn's ("Opened 1 agent session 3m 27s · 1h 22m total").
+      // The step's own time, not the turn's ("Opened 1 agent session 3m 27s · 1h 22m").
       if (lifted.ms !== undefined) line.doingForMs = lifted.ms;
     }
   }

webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/model.ts

@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export type AcpmuxRow = {
   /// With the line reading "Thinking" past the first step: how long the turn's thoughts streamed,
   /// summed (conversation/turns.ts `thoughtTime`), the time it shows beside the word.
   thoughtMs?: number;
-  /// The live line's clock is the turn's whole time, past its first step: it reads "4m total", so
+  /// The live line's clock is the turn's whole time, past its first step: it reads "4m" beside the label, or "2s · 4m" after a step's own time, so
   /// the time never reads as what the line names (conversation/Thinking.tsx).
   turnTotal?: boolean;
   /// The call in flight sends another agent a message (conversation/turns.ts `sendingTo`: a shell