fix: replace FlexFrame with Layout protocol to eliminate main-thread hang (LUM-944)#26053
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| let cappedWidth = min(nativeWidth, maxDimension) | ||
| let scale = cappedWidth / max(nativeWidth, 1) | ||
| let cappedHeight = nativeHeight * scale |
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AnimatedImageView.body now derives scale only from width, so any portrait image whose height exceeds maxDimension but width does not will render far taller than intended (e.g., ~420×1680 for a 500×2000 source with maxDimension = 420). The previous maxWidth+maxHeight frame constrained both axes, so this is a regression that can create oversized chat cells and push content far off-screen; compute scale from both width and height limits (or explicitly clamp height) to preserve the old bound.
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Already fixed in 4d4e4b6. The CGImage path now uses min(maxDimension / width, maxDimension / height, 1.0) to cap both dimensions, matching the gifSize logic.
| Image(nsImage: image) | ||
| .resizable() | ||
| .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit) | ||
| .frame(maxWidth: maxDimension, maxHeight: maxDimension) | ||
| .widthCap(maxDimension) |
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When CGImage extraction fails, the fallback branch now uses only .widthCap(maxDimension), which removes the previous max-height constraint. In that branch, tall portrait images can exceed maxDimension in height (because width may already be under the cap), producing unexpectedly large message rows; this path used to be bounded by .frame(maxWidth:maxHeight:) and should keep an equivalent height limit.
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Already fixed in 4d4e4b6. The fallback path now computes definite frame(width:height:) from image.size with both-axis capping, restoring the height constraint.
| /// the child via `placeSubviews` — no alignment query cascade. | ||
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| /// Reference: [Layout.explicitAlignment](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/layout/explicitalignment(of:in:proposal:subviews:cache:)-8ofeu) | ||
| struct BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout: Layout { |
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🟡 Design system type and modifier missing mandatory V prefix per AGENTS.md
The clients/AGENTS.md naming convention rule states: "All design system types — structs, enums, and view modifiers — must use the V prefix". The new BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout struct and .bottomAlignedMinHeight() modifier in clients/shared/DesignSystem/Modifiers/ should be named VBottomAlignedMinHeightLayout and .vBottomAlignedMinHeight() respectively.
Note: this follows the existing pattern of WidthCapLayout/.widthCap() in the same directory, which also violates the rule — so the PR is consistent with established (but non-compliant) codebase conventions.
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Acknowledged — intentionally following the existing WidthCapLayout/.widthCap() convention in the same directory for consistency. If the team wants to add the V prefix, it should be done as a separate rename sweep covering both WidthCapLayout and BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout together.
| /// the child via `placeSubviews` — no alignment query cascade. | ||
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| /// Reference: [Layout.explicitAlignment](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/layout/explicitalignment(of:in:proposal:subviews:cache:)-8ofeu) | ||
| public struct BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout: Layout { |
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🚩 V-prefix naming convention not applied to new Design System Layout type
The new BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout struct and .bottomAlignedMinHeight() modifier live in clients/shared/DesignSystem/Modifiers/ but don't use the V prefix. The clients/AGENTS.md rule states: "All design system types — structs, enums, and view modifiers — must use the V prefix." However, the pre-existing WidthCapLayout (clients/shared/DesignSystem/Modifiers/WidthCapLayout.swift:9) and its .widthCap() modifier follow the exact same non-V-prefix pattern, as do other modifiers like PanelBackgroundModifier, CardModifier, ShimmerEffectModifier, PointerCursorModifier. The de facto convention for Layout-protocol implementations and modifier structs in this directory is to omit the V prefix on the struct itself (though some modifier methods like .vCard(), .vShimmer() do use it). The new code is consistent with the established codebase convention, though the team may want to align the AGENTS.md rule with the actual practice or migrate existing types.
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… (LUM-944) Primary fix: Replace .frame(minHeight:alignment: .bottom) in MessageListView.swift with BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout (Layout protocol). The FlexFrame wraps the entire LazyVStack inside the ScrollView, causing _FlexFrameLayout.explicitAlignment to cascade through every cell — O(n × depth) layout work, 170 spindump samples, 104.96s hang. The Layout-protocol implementation achieves identical visual behavior (pin short content to bottom of viewport in inverted scroll) in O(1) via placeSubviews positioning instead of alignment queries. Secondary fix: Replace .frame(maxWidth:, maxHeight:) in AnimatedImageView.swift with definite dimensions (cgImage path) and widthCap (NSImage fallback) to eliminate cell-level FlexFrames. Follows the same pattern as WidthCapLayout (PR #26007). Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
Address Devin Review feedback: - CGImage path: use min(maxDimension/width, maxDimension/height, 1.0) to cap both dimensions (same logic as gifSize), fixing portrait images that exceeded maxDimension in height. - NSImage fallback: compute definite frame from image.size with both-axis capping instead of widthCap-only, restoring height constraint. Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
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…lation In placeSubviews, child.sizeThatFits was called with ProposedViewSize(bounds.width, bounds.height) instead of the same proposal that sizeThatFits received. When minHeight > child height, this proposed the expanded height to the child, which could return a different size — causing SwiftUI to detect a layout inconsistency and re-evaluate layout every frame. Visible as rapid cursor blinking in the conversation input on new conversations. Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
Remove LUM-944 ticket references and iteration-specific language from code comments. Comments now explain the architectural rationale without referencing the PR or its history. Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
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Request withdrawn — my concerns were based on incomplete analysis. See corrected review below. Key errors: (1) I suggested .defaultScrollAnchor(.bottom) without checking SCROLL_STRATEGY.md which explicitly lists it as "What NOT To Add Back", (2) I assumed removing the minHeight wrapper would reduce measurement cost, but ScrollView always calls sizeThatFits on content regardless, (3) The 29s+ hang is from displayedMessageCount = Int.max and materialized cell re-measurement — a separate pagination issue, not this PR.
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✅ Approved (corrected) — Layout fix is correct; remaining hang is a separate pagination issue
This is my third review after two incorrect ones. Correcting the record fully.
What this PR fixes (correctly)
BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout eliminates the ancestor-level explicitAlignment cascade from .frame(minHeight:alignment:.bottom). Spindumps on this branch confirm: zero _FlexFrameLayout in the trace, zero explicitAlignment from the ancestor level. The Layout is a clean pass-through — sizeThatFits → child measurement, placeSubviews → bottom-aligned positioning. No alignment query cascade.
AnimatedImageView definite dimensions — replaces .frame(maxWidth:maxHeight:) with pre-computed .frame(width:height:) on both CGImage and NSImage fallback paths. Math matches existing gifSize pattern. Division-by-zero guards present.
Why my previous REQUEST_CHANGES was wrong
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.defaultScrollAnchor(.bottom)without checkingSCROLL_STRATEGY.md, which explicitly lists it under "What NOT To Add Back" — the inverted scroll architecture makes it inapplicable. -
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minHeightwrapper would reduce measurement cost. It wouldn't —ScrollViewALWAYS callssizeThatFitson its content. The wrapper adds bottom-alignment positioning on top of measurement that would happen regardless. -
Attributed the 29s+ hang to this PR. The remaining hang is from
displayedMessageCountescalating toInt.max(putting ALL messages in the ForEach) andLazyVStack.measureEstimatesre-measuring every materialized cell on each layout pass. That's a pagination architecture issue, not a Layout issue.
The real 500s+ hang
The test spindumps show the same process was still hung 8+ minutes later (519s duration, memory 316MB → 2.89GB). This is consistent with hundreds of materialized cells being re-measured — caused by the uncapped ForEach, not the Layout wrapper.
Separate follow-ups needed
- Cap
displayedMessageCount— never let it reachInt.max; virtual windowing or rolling window - Cell-level FlexFrames —
.frame(maxWidth: 360)on video/audio could useWidthCapLayout GeometryReaderinChatView.body:164— triggers full layout from top on any state change
These are all separate from what this PR addresses.
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- Ancestor-level
explicitAlignmentcascade eliminated (confirmed by spindump) -
defaultScrollAnchorcorrectly NOT used (listed in SCROLL_STRATEGY.md as "What NOT To Add Back") - Image dimension math produces identical results
- Layout protocol available on deployment target
- Follows established
WidthCapLayoutpattern -
publicaccess correct (cross-module from VellumAssistantShared)
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…-945) Three changes to fix the remaining main-thread hang after PR #26053: 1. Replace Int.max sentinel with isShowAllMode flag - Add isShowAllMode: Bool to ChatPaginationState - Update all 8 sites that checked/set displayedMessageCount == Int.max - Decouples 'don't shrink window' (behavioral) from 'how many items' (sizing) 2. Cap paginatedVisibleMessages at 200 items - Add maxPaginatedWindowSize = 200 constant - In show-all mode, ForEach never exceeds 200 items - Bounds worst case for conversations with extensive history 3. Replace .frame(maxWidth: 360) with .widthCap(360) - InlineVideoAttachmentView and InlineAudioAttachmentView - Eliminates cell-level _FlexFrameLayout alignment cascades - WidthCapLayout already used in 5+ places in the codebase Closes LUM-945 Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
…-945) (#26092) * perf: cap ForEach item count and eliminate cell-level FlexFrames (LUM-945) Three changes to fix the remaining main-thread hang after PR #26053: 1. Replace Int.max sentinel with isShowAllMode flag - Add isShowAllMode: Bool to ChatPaginationState - Update all 8 sites that checked/set displayedMessageCount == Int.max - Decouples 'don't shrink window' (behavioral) from 'how many items' (sizing) 2. Cap paginatedVisibleMessages at 200 items - Add maxPaginatedWindowSize = 200 constant - In show-all mode, ForEach never exceeds 200 items - Bounds worst case for conversations with extensive history 3. Replace .frame(maxWidth: 360) with .widthCap(360) - InlineVideoAttachmentView and InlineAudioAttachmentView - Eliminates cell-level _FlexFrameLayout alignment cascades - WidthCapLayout already used in 5+ places in the codebase Closes LUM-945 Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai> * fix: make WidthCapLayout public, fix iOS visibleMessages for isShowAllMode, reset isShowAllMode in trim paths 1. Make WidthCapLayout struct, methods, init, and widthCap extension public for cross-module access (VellumAssistantShared -> VellumAssistantLib). 2. Fix iOS ChatContentView.visibleMessages to check isShowAllMode flag so new incoming messages stay visible when the user has paged through history (prevents the exact regression show-all mode was designed to fix). 3. Add isShowAllMode = false at all 4 sites that reset displayedMessageCount to messagePageSize without clearing the flag: - trimOldMessagesIfNeeded() - trimForBackground() - Memory pressure handler - populateFromHistory initial load Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai> * docs: update AGENTS.md FlexFrame guidance with WidthCapLayout and clarify custom Layout caveat Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai> * perf: raise maxPaginatedWindowSize from 200 to 400 Co-Authored-By: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai> --------- Co-authored-by: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: ashlee@vellum.ai <ashlee@vellum.ai>
…ssions (#27554) Adds a fast ripgrep-based guard that fails CI when a new `.frame(maxWidth:)` or `.frame(maxHeight:)` is introduced inside `Features/Chat/` or `Features/MainWindow/`. These modifiers create `_FlexFrameLayout`, which cascades `explicitAlignment` queries through descendants and has caused multi-second hangs in LazyVStack-backed chat surfaces 9+ times (PRs #24019, #24091, #24584, #24589, #25844, #25947, #26007, #26053, #26092, #26220). The manual audit process missed regressions twice — this lint enforces the AGENTS.md:277-286 rule mechanically. Tracked in LUM-1116. Content-hash allowlist (`clients/scripts/flexframe-allowlist.txt`) seeded with the 170 existing occurrences so the check passes on current main. Entries are keyed on `<path>|<trimmed-line>` so unrelated line drift doesn't break them.
… (LUM-1117) Chat images, inline document previews, and thinking blocks all computed their width from the static VSpacing.chatBubbleMaxWidth (760pt) and fed it into a definite .frame(width:). At non-fullscreen window widths the content stayed 760pt wide and overflowed the actual chat column. ChatBubble already threads a container-aware bubbleMaxWidth via Environment, but these peer views never read it. Swap the static reference for an @Environment(\.bubbleMaxWidth) read in each site, falling back to the 760 default only when the env is 0 (first layout pass, per MessageListLayoutMetrics) or unset (non-chat contexts). Sites: - AnimatedImageView — markdown inline images. - InlineToolCallImageView — tool-generated images in the message flow. - AttachmentImageGrid — single-image attachments and pre-decode placeholder. Decode targetSize kept static so window resize doesn't re-fire the decode task on every frame. - InlineFilePreviewView — markdown budget for the expanded document card. - ThinkingBlockView — same pattern, inherited the same static cap. Shape stays .frame(width: computed) throughout; no .frame(maxWidth:) is introduced, so the _FlexFrameLayout hang patterns fixed in #25844, #26053, and #26092 stay out. Adds a durable AGENTS.md bullet describing the env-vs-token contract so the next editor doesn't reach for the static token by default. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
… (LUM-1117) (#27557) Chat images, inline document previews, and thinking blocks all computed their width from the static VSpacing.chatBubbleMaxWidth (760pt) and fed it into a definite .frame(width:). At non-fullscreen window widths the content stayed 760pt wide and overflowed the actual chat column. ChatBubble already threads a container-aware bubbleMaxWidth via Environment, but these peer views never read it. Swap the static reference for an @Environment(\.bubbleMaxWidth) read in each site, falling back to the 760 default only when the env is 0 (first layout pass, per MessageListLayoutMetrics) or unset (non-chat contexts). Sites: - AnimatedImageView — markdown inline images. - InlineToolCallImageView — tool-generated images in the message flow. - AttachmentImageGrid — single-image attachments and pre-decode placeholder. Decode targetSize kept static so window resize doesn't re-fire the decode task on every frame. - InlineFilePreviewView — markdown budget for the expanded document card. - ThinkingBlockView — same pattern, inherited the same static cap. Shape stays .frame(width: computed) throughout; no .frame(maxWidth:) is introduced, so the _FlexFrameLayout hang patterns fixed in #25844, #26053, and #26092 stay out. Adds a durable AGENTS.md bullet describing the env-vs-token contract so the next editor doesn't reach for the static token by default. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
.frame(minHeight: viewportHeight, alignment: .bottom)inMessageListView.swiftwraps the entireLazyVStackinside theScrollView, creating a_FlexFrameLayout. When SwiftUI resolves.bottomalignment, it callsexplicitAlignment(_:in:proposal:subviews:cache:)recursively on every descendant — O(n × depth) layout work per pass. With long conversations, spindump traces show 170 samples in_FlexFrameLayout(123 insizeThatFits, 47 inplacement) causing a 104.96s main-thread hang.Introduced by PR #25840 (inverted scroll migration). Secondary
_FlexFrameLayoutsources found inAnimatedImageView.swift(cell-level.frame(maxWidth:, maxHeight:)).Solution
BottomAlignedMinHeightLayout(Layout protocol)Replaces
.frame(minHeight:alignment: .bottom)with a customLayoutthat achieves the same visual behavior — pinning short content to the bottom of the viewport — in O(1) viaplaceSubviewspositioning instead of alignment queries. Follows the same pattern as the existingWidthCapLayout(PR #26007).Key implementation detail:
placeSubviewsre-measures the child with the sameproposalthatsizeThatFitsreceived, not the expandedbounds.height. Proposing the expanded min-height to the child can produce a different size than during measurement, causing SwiftUI to re-evaluate layout every frame (visible as cursor blinking in sibling text fields).AnimatedImageViewdefinite dimensionsReplaces
.frame(maxWidth:, maxHeight:)with computed definite.frame(width:, height:). Anymax*frame modifier creates_FlexFrameLayout; definite frames create_FrameLayout(O(1)). Both axes are capped usingmin(maxDimension/width, maxDimension/height, 1.0)— same logic as the existinggifSizeproperty.Why this is safe
BottomAlignedMinHeightLayoutproduces identical geometry — content shorter thanminHeightis pinned to the bottom; taller content fills naturally. Only the layout engine path changes.WidthCapLayout(PR perf: eliminate remaining FlexFrame anti-patterns from LazyVStack cell views (Batch 3) #26007), in production since Apr 16.placeSubviewsuses the sameproposalassizeThatFits, preventing layout oscillation.gifSizeproperty. Division-by-zero guards on both CGImage (max(nativeWidth, 1)) and NSImage (size.width > 0 && size.height > 0) paths.What was NOT done (and why)
.frame(maxWidth: 360)from InlineVideo/AudioAttachmentViewmaxWidthis necessary for narrow pane responsiveness. Eliminating the ancestor cascade removes the amplification that made cell-level FlexFrames expensive.GeometryReaderfor viewport measurementMessageListScrollObserver(NSViewRepresentable) reads geometry fromNSScrollViewwithout affecting SwiftUI layout..containerRelativeFramesizeThatFitscall. Worth adding if this layout is ever used with multiple subviews.Related PRs
.frame(minHeight:alignment: .bottom)maxWidthframesmaxWidthis intentionalWidthCapLayout— Layout-protocol pattern this PR followsTest plan
placeSubviews: Verify that re-measuring withproposal(notbounds) produces correct placement when content is taller thanminHeight— in that casebounds.height == childSize.height, soy = bounds.origin.y(child at top, no pinning needed)frame(width:, height:)— verify no stretching/clipping at extremes (very small images, 1px wide, zero-dimension guard paths)max(nativeWidth, 1)/max(nativeHeight, 1); NSImage checkssize.width > 0 && size.height > 0before dividingLink to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/ffe548bed9ae491baf803baf3f73ba7f
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