perf(web): the React Compiler compiles MessagesTimeline

[juliusmarminge]

The native React Compiler skipped MessagesTimeline.tsx with 17 bailouts, so the timeline, the busiest component while an agent streams, ran uncompiled. It now compiles with 0 diagnostics and joins REACT_COMPILED_FILES, so lint holds it there with no manual memoization.

• Refs read in render became state adjusted during render:
  • The remembered scroll snapshot and work-group view state are one state object, reset when the list identity changes. This replaces listIdentityRef.
  • The incremental row projection is useIncrementalTimelineRows, following useIncrementalTimelineEntries. It compares inputs by reference and the expanded-id sets by content, so sets rebuilt each render don't cause a re-derive loop.
  • useStableRows and useStableHandoffRuns follow the same pattern.
• Find-driven expansion: when find lands on a match inside a collapsed turn or attempt, the expanded set updates during render instead of in an effect. The visible sets already merged the match during render, so nothing on screen changes.
• Manual memoization: all 65 useMemo/useCallback are gone.
• Video asset: buildAttachmentVideoAsset takes id/name/mimeType, so the memo the compiler builds keys on those fields.
• Lint: react/jsx-no-constructed-context-values is off for compile-required files only. The compiler memoizes those context values, and the rule's suggested fix is the useMemo that no-manual-memo bans.

Scroll restore and the LegendList integration are unchanged; layout effects stay layout effects.

Measured in the dev app on a real project thread, counting React renders per interaction:

Interaction	Before (#20380)	After this PR
Agent streams a 20-line reply	9,632 renders / 222 commits	5,367 / 184
Switch to a 579-item thread	4,119	3,350
Switch back	1,463	1,098
Scroll timeline down 3,600px	489	297
Type 19 chars	786	676

No console errors or update loops were seen during the pass.

Tests: MessagesTimeline, logic and active-tools tests, reactCompiledFiles, timeline minimap, session logic (272 pass in the touched set).

Stack progress

Layer	ChatView lines	ChatView component body	Compiler on ChatView	Files held to strict compiler lint
main	11,660	10,007	crashes (internal error)	0
#20161 pending approvals and questions hook	11,222	9,624	crashes (internal error)	0
#20164 terminal drawer and panel file	10,614	9,624	crashes (internal error)	0
#20289 one terminal open/close hook	10,466	9,481	crashes (internal error)	0
#20292 compile-required lint list	10,466	9,481	crashes (internal error)	2
#20294 pending hook compiles	10,466	9,481	crashes (internal error)	3
#20296 /usage-limits panel hook	10,397	9,416	crashes (internal error)	4
#20304 queued-message editing hook	10,172	9,200	crashes (internal error)	5
#20308 linked pull request hook	10,078	9,106	crashes (internal error)	6
#20309 proactive panel hook	9,950	8,984	crashes (internal error)	7
#20312 agent-opened previews hook	9,855	8,890	crashes (internal error)	8
#20315 right panel close hook	9,743	8,779	crashes (internal error)	9
#20316 worktree setup hook	9,660	8,695	crashes (internal error)	10
#20321 two onSend phases split out	9,660	8,613	crashes (internal error)	10
#20340 compiler no longer crashes on ChatView	9,647	8,599	skips (32 reasons)	10
#20379 ChatView compiles	9,616	8,469	compiles	11
#20380 re-render fixes from profiling	9,661	8,514	compiles	11
#20392 provider pushes keep identity	9,628	8,481	compiles	11
#20393 keyboard shortcuts command map	9,340	8,265	compiles	13
#20396 Sidebar compiles, no manual memos	9,340	8,265	compiles	14
#20397 ChatComposer compiles	9,340	8,265	compiles	14
#20401 project script editing hook	9,110	8,049	compiles	15
→ #20402 MessagesTimeline compiles	9,110	8,049	compiles	16
#20418 ChatView strict: no memos, no sync effects	8,901	7,855	compiles	17

Measured with the native React Compiler (oxc-transform-react) on each layer's ChatView.tsx. "Crashes" means it hit an internal codegen error and left ChatView uncompiled; "skips" means it reported reasons it could not compile it. Strict files must compile with no bailouts, no manual memoization and no effect-rule violations; lint and reactCompiledFiles.test.ts enforce it.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	4.9 KiB	4.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.8 KiB	20.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: bf990c6 · PR result: c77ff14 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This PR substantially changes the production MessagesTimeline rendering and state-management path while enabling React Compiler processing. It also adds configuration- and line-level static-analysis suppressions, which requires human review.

No code changes detected at c77ff14. Prior analysis still applies.

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📝 Walkthrough

Chat view delegates script editing and keyboard shortcuts to dedicated hooks. Composer and timeline state and rendering logic are updated. Client runtime provider projections reuse unchanged references.

Changes: Chat UI state and interactions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Script editing and keyboard shortcut handling apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/useProjectScriptEditing.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/useChatShortcuts.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/composerFocusRedirect.ts	Project-script persistence and keyboard shortcut handling move into hooks. Focus redirection helpers define keyboard and paste eligibility, and ChatView supplies hook inputs and handlers.
Composer state and derived values apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx	Composer layout, provider selection, command-menu values, prompt history, and session state use updated render and layout paths.
Composer attachments and pending work apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx	Attachment downloads and processing, imports, stash encoding, and paste handling use shared helpers or explicit cleanup paths. Workspace snapshot refresh retries failed or incomplete refreshes after a cooldown.
Timeline identity, folds, and row projection apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx	Timeline state and disclosure handling use remembered snapshots per list identity. Find updates expand matching folds and attempts, and row projections track identity and inputs.
Scroll restoration and list positioning apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx	List loading, restore pins, anchors, overflow reporting, and viewport configuration are assembled directly. The footer inset is zero when anchored end space is active.
Direct rendering and compiler integration apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ExpandedImagePreview.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx, apps/web/src/types.ts, apps/web/reactCompiledFiles.ts, vite.config.ts	Timeline rendering values and handlers are constructed directly. Video asset construction uses only the required attachment fields. The React Compiler file list and lint override are updated; adjacent chat exports are removed.

Client runtime provider projection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Provider projection identity reuse packages/client-runtime/src/state/serverConfigProjection.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/serverConfigProjection.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/server.test.ts	The projection recursively reuses unchanged arrays and plain objects. Tests cover unchanged values, nested references, changed arrays, and removed keys.

Workspace preparation command type export

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retry input type re-export packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts	The module adds the retry input type to its type exports.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Window
  participant useChatShortcuts
  participant composerFocusRedirect
  participant ChatView
  participant ChatComposer
  Window->>useChatShortcuts: Deliver keyboard event
  useChatShortcuts->>composerFocusRedirect: Check type-to-focus eligibility
  composerFocusRedirect-->>useChatShortcuts: Return eligibility
  useChatShortcuts->>ChatComposer: Send eligible printable key to composer
  useChatShortcuts->>ChatView: Invoke resolved shortcut handler

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Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4ede1

This change makes the timeline, composer, and sidebar run under the React Compiler, and it moves chat shortcuts and project-script editing into dedicated hooks. No concrete user-facing regression was found. One small optional refactor could reduce unnecessary row re-renders when a work group is toggled.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

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Passed checks: 3 passed

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Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check		The title clearly identifies the primary change: enabling React Compiler compilation for MessagesTimeline. It is concise and specific.

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Resolution

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apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx: 1

744-755: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider keeping onToggleWorkGroup stable for the shared row context.

onToggleWorkGroup reads expandedWorkGroupIds from the render closure. The compiler therefore creates a new handler on each work-group toggle. That new handler gives sharedState (lines 1212-1249) a new identity, so every row that reads TimelineRowCtx re-renders on each toggle. The path instructions recommend this: "write handlers as plain functions and wrap them with useStableCallback only where they leave the component, such as props". The previous useCallback probably had the same dependency, so this is not a regression. Two options remove the churn:

• Wrap the handler with useStableCallback.
• Derive the collapsed flag from a ref instead of the render closure.

♻️ Possible refactor

-  const onToggleWorkGroup = (groupId: string, anchorKey: string) => {
+  const onToggleWorkGroup = useStableCallback((groupId: string, anchorKey: string) => {
     suspendEndScrollMaintenanceForDisclosure(anchorKey, expandedWorkGroupIds.has(groupId));
     setExpandedWorkGroupIds((existing) => {
       const next = new Set(existing);
       if (next.has(groupId)) {
         next.delete(groupId);
       } else {
         next.add(groupId);
       }
       return next;
     });
-  };
+  });

As per path instructions: "wrap them with useStableCallback only where they leave the component, such as props, dependency arrays, or effect and memo bodies".

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx around
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Keep onToggleWorkGroup stable when it is included in sharedState consumed by
TimelineRowCtx; wrap the handler with useStableCallback at that boundary so its
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx:
- Around line 744-755: Keep onToggleWorkGroup stable when it is included in
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📒 Files selected for processing: 16

• apps/web/reactCompiledFiles.ts
• apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ExpandedImagePreview.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/composerFocusRedirect.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/useChatShortcuts.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/useProjectScriptEditing.ts
• apps/web/src/types.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/server.test.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/serverConfigProjection.test.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/serverConfigProjection.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts
• vite.config.ts

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• apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
• apps/web/src/types.ts

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