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fix(desktop): prevent preview annotation ID collisions - #16971

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Preview annotation IDs repeat across tabs and page loads. A new pick can replace an earlier draft annotation or reuse its screenshot upload, causing stored size does not match when sending.

The desktop preview manager now gives each pick a UUID before returning it, including attach, direct-send, and failed or timed-out captures. Existing manager tests cover repeated guest IDs across tabs, replacement/reopened webviews, and the stale-capture timeout.

Fixes #16964. Fixes #14364. Related: #10366 (closed; capture timeouts are not fixed here).

At 1edc9025, Linux arm64 Docker with Node 24.13.1 and pnpm 11.10.0 passed 137 focused tests, targeted lint, desktop typecheck, and desktop build with its web/server dependencies. Warnings, exact commands, setup and review history are in the validation and review record. Final Opus review approved the code, live PR text and evidence.

Native macOS workflow recording at 1edc9025 (39.92 seconds): attach a compact-page annotation, delete its chip, navigate to the expanded page, annotate again, and send. The real upload is accepted, a new thread is created, and the agent replies OK. Decoded frames, native build/isolation, IDs and stored-attachment proof. The earlier after screenshot below uses 61d5aac4, with the same production fix.

Before — Nightly:

Native desktop: stored size does not match

After — patched build:

Native desktop: annotation sent and agent replied OK

Docker did not verify the Linux GUI, installers or macOS APIs. The reporter's exact sequence remains unconfirmed. Drafts with colliding IDs may need their screenshot removed and re-attached.

Model: gpt-6.1-sol (medium). Harness: Codex in T3 Code.

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Each preview pick session now assigns a generated UUID to its annotation before screenshot capture. Results use that annotation ID whether capture succeeds or fails. Tests check ID uniqueness across tabs and verify returned comments and submission modes.

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Preview annotation picking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pick-session annotation IDs
apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.test.ts
pickElement assigns a generated UUID to the annotation used in screenshot results. Tests check ID uniqueness across tabs, replacement webviews, and recreated tabs. They also verify that results preserve comments and submission modes.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1edc9

Preview picks now receive distinct annotation IDs, addressing the reported stale-upload collision path. No actionable merge risk remains in the supplied changes.

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The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: apps/desktop

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  • observed — apps/desktop (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts: pickElement now generates a UUID for the annotation before registering the pick callback; UUID-generation failures become defects.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts: The validated payload is copied with the generated UUID, replacing its original ID for subsequent submission results.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts: Screenshot-failure and null-screenshot results now return the UUID-assigned annotation; successful capture adds the screenshot to that annotation instead of the original payload.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.test.ts: The test description now covers annotation ID isolation across tabs as well as send-grant isolation; the prior description instead called out updating an active pick.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #16964 requires addressing the preview-annotation send failure with stored size does not match. PreviewManager.pickElement now generates a UUID for each pick before capture and returns that …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The production change is limited to the desktop preview manager, which creates the annotation IDs. The test changes verify ID uniqueness and capture-failure behavior. These changes directly support is…
Approvability Passed PASS. The pull request changes only apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts and its test. It is a focused bug fix that generates unique annotation IDs. It does not change defaults, static-analysis direc…
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing preview annotation ID collisions in the desktop application.
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4181-4189: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the second pick’s generated annotation ID.

The test reproduces overlapping picks: the first pick is canceled, its capture times out while the second pick is active, and the second pick then returns. The test checks only the comment and submission. A stale-path regression that returns annotation_1 or the submitted annotation_2 would pass.

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         const result = yield* Fiber.join(secondPick);
         expect(result?.annotation.comment).toBe("Second pick");
         expect(result?.submission).toBe("attach");
+        expect(result?.annotation.id).not.toBe(annotation.id);
+        expect(result?.annotation.id).not.toBe("annotation_2");
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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.test.ts around lines 4181 -
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Update the overlapping-picks test around Fiber.join(secondPick) to assert that
the returned annotation ID differs from both the original annotation.id and the
submitted "annotation_2" ID. Keep the existing comment and submission
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Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.test.ts:
- Around line 4181-4189: Update the overlapping-picks test around
Fiber.join(secondPick) to assert that the returned annotation ID differs from
both the original annotation.id and the submitted "annotation_2" ID. Keep the
existing comment and submission assertions.

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Verdict: Approved at 1edc902

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped desktop bug fix that gives each preview annotation a unique UUID, preventing stale screenshot uploads from being reused across tabs and navigations. The production change is isolated and directly covered by regression tests, with no schema, default, deployment, or static-analysis changes.

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Additional GPT-6 Astra code minimality review of 1edc9025b78ace2757ba55a7a6f3bb8a1de19453: APPROVE, no required corrections or recommended simplifications.

The existing crypto service and common manager result boundary give each pick a unique ID across every capture outcome. The reviewer inspected source/tests and published records; no tests, builds or UI were run, and screenshots were not replayed. This was code review, not approval of the live PR prose.

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@jackroberts236 jackroberts236 changed the title fix(desktop): preview annotations no longer reuse stale uploads fix(desktop): prevent preview annotation ID collisions Oct 12, 2026
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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Thanks for this. I'm closing it as part of PR triage. Another PR already covers the same fix.

From the review: #14360 already addresses preview annotation ID collisions across tabs and reloads by giving each page load a random ID namespace.

If you think this was a mistake, message me on Twitter at @maria_rcks and I'll take another look.

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