[UtkarshUsername]

Problem

Yellow and red provider status banners offer no way to recheck the provider. Users must leave the thread and open Settings > Providers to refresh.

Change

Add a Refresh button to provider status banners in web and desktop. It refreshes the displayed provider in the thread's environment, including models, through the existing permission-aware command. The button shows pending state and prevents repeated clicks; failures use the existing command error reporting.

Scope and approval

This is a focused recovery affordance for the existing provider refresh capability. The client RPC permission map now requires orchestration-read permission for provider refresh, matching the existing server requirement. It adds no server behavior, settings, or provider-specific paths. Mobile does not render this banner.

Verification

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After:

• Changed-file lint and formatting checks passed.
• Both adjacent test files passed, covering 47 tests.
• All 19 client command-permission tests passed, including the new provider refresh regression test. Contracts and client-runtime typechecks passed.

Implemented with gpt-6.1-sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 51ec4d2

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Provider-status banners gain a permission-checked, manual refresh action using the existing provider refresh operation. The change preserves server authorization and product defaults, with no obvious material risk requiring human judgment.

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Walkthrough

The active thread’s environment ID now reaches the provider status banner. The banner checks refresh permission and provides an action to request a provider refresh with model refresh enabled. The guarded RPC scope requires orchestration-read permission, which authorization tests cover.

Changes: Provider status refresh

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Require orchestration-read permission packages/contracts/src/clientRpcPermissions.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/commandPermissions.test.ts	The client-guarded scope map requires orchestration-read permission for serverRefreshProviders. Tests check authorization for the destination environment and denial when the grant is absent or belongs to another environment.
Pass the active environment ID apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatBannerLane.tsx	ChatView passes the active thread’s environment ID to ChatBannerLane. The lane requires this ID and passes it to ProviderStatusBanner.
Add the refresh action apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx	The banner checks the environment’s refresh permission and adds a refresh button. The button is disabled when permission is absent or a refresh is in progress. The request enables model refresh.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatView
  participant ChatBannerLane
  participant ProviderStatusBanner
  participant EnvironmentState
  participant ProviderRefreshCommand
  ChatView->>ChatBannerLane: pass active environmentId
  ChatBannerLane->>ProviderStatusBanner: pass environmentId
  ProviderStatusBanner->>EnvironmentState: check refresh permission
  ProviderStatusBanner->>ProviderRefreshCommand: request refresh with refreshModels enabled

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

the prior-approval rule covers new product behavior, including a new entry point when an existing workflow already serves the need. this PR adds provider refresh to thread banners and identifies Settings > Providers as the existing route, but supplies no maintainer approval. preserve the discoverability/recovery problem, agree on the banner action's direction and scope in Ideas, and link that approval before reconsideration. this is an unexecuted dry-run closure draft.

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Reopening. An automated triage pass closed this by mistake; the closing comment above does not apply. Sorry for the noise.

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Minor · Add the refresh RPC to the client scope map. · ProviderStatusBanner.tsx:107-112

apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx:107-112
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add the refresh RPC to the client scope map.

A cached provider-status banner can render after the read-scoped config subscription is rejected. Because serverRefreshProviders is absent from CLIENT_GUARDED_RPC_SCOPES, canRefresh is true without AuthOrchestrationReadScope. Clicking Refresh then sends a server-rejected request, while the banner shows no inline error.

Suggested fix

   [WS_METHODS.serverRunStorageCleanup]: AuthSettingsWriteScope,
   [WS_METHODS.serverCheckOtlpEndpoint]: AuthSettingsWriteScope,
+  [WS_METHODS.serverRefreshProviders]: AuthOrchestrationReadScope,
   [WS_METHODS.pullRequestsRunAction]: AuthSourceControlWriteScope,

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx around
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Add serverRefreshProviders to CLIENT_GUARDED_RPC_SCOPES with
AuthOrchestrationReadScope so canRefresh reflects the required authorization and
Refresh is not offered without that scope.

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Verified in a real dev environment

verified head c5b96cedddd930bb2ac429ecbff135a597c73d53 on this linux boat vm, using the real dev web client, playwright from the repo, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the local provider proxy. no mocks or replay data. no source changes were needed.

• reproduced on github/main at 2b1021ce41 in a separate worktree: a missing codex executable produces the error banner without a refresh action. restoring the executable leaves the banner stale until settings refresh runs.
• on the exact pr head, created the project and conversation through the app. temporarily moved a task-owned symlink to the real codex executable, refreshed status in settings, then exercised the banner action.
• while a recheck runs, the button reads "refreshing..." and is disabled. an unsuccessful recheck keeps the error banner and makes refresh available again.
• restored the executable and clicked banner refresh. the banner cleared, models returned, and a new real gpt-6.1-sol turn replied "recovered codex turn passed."
• nearby behavior: dismiss still removes the banner; settings refresh still restores the eight-model codex catalog.

captured websocket requests from the actual banner clicks:

13:16:12.712 server.refreshProviders {instanceId:"codex",refreshModels:true,...}
13:16:13.479 server.refreshProviders {instanceId:"codex",refreshModels:true,...}
failed recheck -> banner stays, refresh re-enabled
restored executable -> banner clears, model picker restored
real gpt-6.1-sol turn -> recovered codex turn passed.

the two banner requests correspond to the failed recheck and successful recovery click. both target codex, rather than refreshing every provider.

blacksmith-check ran vp run check:changed HEAD^: format, lint, both knip checks, affected typechecks, 50 tests in four files, and compiler checks for all three changed files passed. the explicit base is the pr parent because the worker uses a shallow source snapshot. existing ci reports 30 successful checks.

Not verified

native electron shells on macos/windows, native ios/android clients, remote/relay environments, yellow warning banners, and restricted-permission or revoked-session recovery were not exercised. the verification above uses a local environment with standard pairing scopes and a real codex error/recovery path; it does not resolve the separate restricted-permission review concern. uploaded video playback and seeking were checked in the t3 browser player.

[Yash-Singh1]

Could we change the layout for this so that the refresh button is at the bottom of the status bar? Right now looking off the screenshots I think this could be causing layout shifts.

[UtkarshUsername]

@Yash-Singh1 Is this good?

Dismissing prior approval to re-evaluate 51ec4d2