feat(web): open file links in the system browser - #7641
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds system-browser opening for browser-previewable files. It supports desktop-shell delegation and web-tab navigation, selects asset scope, reserves targets before URL creation, and cleans up failed opens. ChangesMarkdown file opening
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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participant MarkdownFileLink
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User->>MarkdownFileLink: Select Open in system browser
MarkdownFileLink->>ExternalBrowser: Reserve browser target
MarkdownFileLink->>openFileInExternalBrowser: Resolve file
openFileInExternalBrowser->>AssetAPI: Create signed asset URL
AssetAPI-->>openFileInExternalBrowser: Return signed URL
openFileInExternalBrowser->>ExternalBrowser: Navigate to signed URL
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Opening a file in the system browser may expose its signed asset URL over plain HTTP if production connection constraints do not prevent it. Resolve or explicitly accept this transport risk before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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One finding on the new external-browser path: in the web client the tab is opened after an awaited RPC, so it can be popup-blocked and the failure is reported as success. See the inline comment on apps/web/src/browser/openFileInPreview.ts. No shared-primitive, Tailwind ownership, or environment-scoping problems found — the new action correctly derives its environment from threadRef.environmentId and reuses the existing context-menu labels and error-toast pattern.
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In `@apps/web/src/browser/openFileInPreview.ts`:
- Line 197: Update openFileInExternalBrowser around session.open(assetUrl.value)
to reject signed asset URLs using plain HTTP when the host is not loopback,
while continuing to allow HTTPS and permitted loopback HTTP URLs. Validate the
resolved URL immediately before opening it and avoid passing rejected URLs to
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HTML and PDF file links in chat gain an "Open in system browser" menu action. Web reserves a blank tab during the click so popup blockers allow it, then navigates it to the signed asset URL; desktop hands the URL to the shell. Failures close the reserved tab and show a toast. Asset signing is shared with the integrated-browser path so both use the same workspace/media resource scoping. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Rebased onto current main at b1e223e; head is 4edd1ff. The contribution is patch-equivalent to the previous head, with 98 focused tests and web typecheck passing. Independent read-only Claude Fable 5 high review exited 0 with no actionable defects. The repeated HTTP transport finding has a source-backed reply and is resolved. The docstring percentage suggestion is declined: repository guidance favors comments that explain use or non-obvious constraints, not comments added to meet a coverage percentage. The new public open helper already documents synchronous tab reservation. The summary about streaming code highlighting is stale: those changes belong to upstream; this PR changes only file opening and its tests. Scope remains chat file-link context menus on web/desktop. The file panel and mobile retain their own existing preview/open flows; expanding their menus is outside this concern. The PR description now states that boundary and retains the original visual evidence with its age and static-GIF limitations disclosed. No maintainer requests were present in the review history. Human approval remains a maintainer decision. |
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Chat HTML and PDF file links have no direct action to open the document in the system browser for printing, sharing, or keeping it in a separate tab.
This adds Open in system browser to their context menu. Web reserves an opener-isolated tab before requesting the signed asset URL; desktop uses the existing shell opener. Signing and navigation failures close the reserved tab and report an error. Integrated and external browser opens share the existing workspace/media resource selection and signing logic.
Scope: chat file-link menus on web and desktop. The file panel and mobile keep their existing preview/open flows. No provider, wire-contract, server, or orchestration changes. The action uses the selected environment's connection, including supported LAN/Tailscale HTTP connections.
Upstream inline previews (#11265), browser-link preferences (#9339), and outside-workspace support (#9140) do not replace this menu action. The upstream
externalLinkContextMenucovers external http/https links only; the file-link context menu still has no system-browser action onmain. Open PR #9533 concerns the file tree and integrated browser, a separate entry point.Verification
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4edd1ff22cis rebased without conflicts ontoorigin/mainatb1e223e2b0(still the tip at last check);git range-diffconfirms the contribution is unchanged by the rebase.vp test run apps/web/src/browser/openFileInPreview.test.ts apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.workspace-images.test.tsx: 98 tests passed, 3 files.cd apps/web && vp exec tsc --noEmit: passed (existing Effect suggestions only).vp linton the three changed files: no errors; three warnings in unchanged upstream code.vp fmt --checkon the three changed files andgit diff --check: passed.4edd1ff22cagainstb1e223e2b0: Claude Fable 5 high (direct Claude Code CLI, exit 0) and GPT-5.6 Sol high (codex exec review --base origin/main, read-only, exit 0) — no actionable defects. Standards hash:144fbf46af335d8d18a95c8d4b4f2e9e0207fa2e.Evidence
The previous worker's real-client screenshots (reported capture date 2026-09-06, disposable backend) are retained. The menu label and opening logic are unchanged by this rebase. These GIFs alternate the original before/after stills every 2.5 seconds; they demonstrate the menu change, not interaction timing. No fresh browser or Electron session was run for this update.
Detail of the same file-link menu:
Original before screenshot · Original after screenshot
Retained result screenshot: the PDF rendered in a separate browser tab. Desktop shell forwarding is covered by focused tests.
Coordination trace: T3 thread aec20b75-b8e4-45a1-9170-9cee5b9a565a
Implementation, rebase, and earlier verification: GPT-6 in the Codex harness (T3 Code); independent review: Claude Fable 5 high via direct Claude Code CLI. Maintenance pass (superseded check, focused checks re-run, GPT-5.6 Sol review, PR update): SWE-2 High in T3 Code via the Cursor harness.