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Follow-up to #922, implementing #925.

The dev-mode /analysis/activity page sent a single-pass LLM only total tracked
duration plus a flat top-20 app list, built from an uncapped raw bucket download.
This replaces that with a typed, bounded context derived through the query layer.

What's in the context

src/util/activityContext.ts defines a provider-independent ActivityContext
and pure builders over it (no store/query imports, so it's node-testable):

  • coverage — tracked time vs active time after AFK filtering, plus the time
    actually exported after privacy filtering
  • categories — rollups using the user's own category rules
  • apps — duration, share, and a distinct-title count (titles stay local)
  • domains — browser domains, host only; never paths or query strings
  • daily — active time per day in the user's timezone
  • focus — app switches, block count, longest and median uninterrupted block

analysisContextQuery() in queries.ts does AFK filtering and categorization
server-side and returns the timeline, browser domains, and the unfiltered
tracked duration — instead of getEvents(..., {limit: -1}).

Privacy

@ErikBjare asked in #925 for "a way to query with a privacy-aware/scrubbed
subset (exclude uncategorized, exclude private/sensitive categories)". Both are
implemented as opt-in checkboxes:

  • Exclude uncategorized activity — drops anything that matched no rule
  • Exclude categories marked private — driven by user-controlled category
    metadata
    (data.private === true), not a hard-coded name list, so it
    survives renames and covers categories we've never heard of. Sub-categories
    of a private category are excluded too (['Private','Messaging'] under
    ['Private'], while ['Workout'] is not under ['Work']).

The context reports exactly how much was withheld (privacy.excludedSeconds,
privacy.coverage) and renders it in the text, so the user can verify what
left the device before generating.

Browser domains are dropped entirely while either filter is active: browser
events carry no $category, so they can't be filtered by one, and leaking them
would defeat the filter the user just enabled.

Fields that may contain sensitive information

Documented in the module header:

Exported Sensitivity
apps[].app application names (e.g. a therapy or banking app)
domains[].domain browser domains, host only
categories[].category the user's own category names

Never exported: window titles, full URLs, event timestamps. Titles are reduced
to a per-app distinct count.

Truncation

Every bounded list reports {shown, total, otherSeconds} and renders a
(+N more, Xh Ym) line, so a truncated section is visible to the model rather
than silently partial.

Acceptance criteria

  • Typed provider-independent summary input shape
  • Fetch through query infrastructure rather than an uncapped raw bucket
  • AFK filtering and user category rules
  • Top domains and title-count metadata without full URLs/titles
  • Bounded temporal/focus statistics with clear definitions
  • Show the exact compact context sent to the provider (the "Show context sent" card)
  • Unit tests for aggregation, missing buckets/rules, percentage denominators, truncation
  • Document which fields may contain sensitive information
  • Privacy filter (in-thread ask)

Testing

33 new unit tests in test/unit/activityContext.test.node.ts; tsc --noEmit
clean; eslint clean. The superseded aggregateEvents/buildSummaryText
helpers and their tests are removed — nothing else referenced them.

…tivityWatch#925)

The dev-mode /analysis/activity page sent a single-pass LLM only total tracked
duration plus a flat top-20 app list, built from an uncapped raw bucket download.
This replaces it with a typed, bounded context derived through the query layer.

- New `src/util/activityContext.ts`: a provider-independent `ActivityContext`
  shape plus pure builders (`buildActivityContext`, `computeFocusStats`,
  `formatActivityContext`). No store or query imports, so it is testable in node.
- New `analysisContextQuery()` in `queries.ts`: AFK filtering and the user's
  category rules run server-side; the client receives the timeline, browser
  domains, and unfiltered tracked duration.
- Context carries: tracked-vs-active coverage, category rollups, apps with
  share and distinct-title count, browser domains, per-day active time,
  and focus stats (app switches, block count, longest/median block).
- Privacy filter (Erik's ask in ActivityWatch#925): exclude uncategorized activity and
  exclude categories the user marked `data.private`. Privacy is user-controlled
  category metadata, not a hard-coded name list, so it survives renames.
  Withheld time and coverage are reported in the context and shown in the UI
  before generation. Domains are dropped entirely while a filter is active,
  since browser events carry no category and cannot be filtered by one.
- Titles and full URLs never leave the device; titles are reduced to a per-app
  distinct count. Sensitive fields are documented in the module header.
- Every bounded list reports `{shown, total, otherSeconds}` so a truncated
  section is visible to the model rather than silently partial.
- 33 unit tests covering aggregation, missing buckets/rules, percentage
  denominators, truncation, privacy semantics, and formatting.

The flat `aggregateEvents`/`buildSummaryText` helpers are superseded and removed.

Co-Authored-By: Bob <bob@superuserlabs.org>
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Greptile Summary

The PR replaces the uncapped raw-event AI summary with a typed, bounded, privacy-filtered context derived through the query layer.

  • Adds categorized activity, coverage, application, domain, daily, and focus statistics.
  • Adds user-controlled privacy filters and an exact-context preview.
  • Fixes the previously reported category-name disclosure, empty category filter, missing AFK bucket, browser-host selection, and midnight allocation issues.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/queries.ts Adds the bounded analysis query and safely handles empty category filters and absent AFK buckets.
src/util/activityContext.ts Defines and formats the typed activity context, including privacy filtering, truncation, and corrected midnight splitting.
src/views/AISummaryView.vue Integrates category and bucket state with the new query and exposes privacy controls plus an exact-context preview.
src/util/aiSummary.ts Removes superseded aggregation helpers while retaining provider and configuration plumbing.
test/unit/activityContext.test.node.ts Covers aggregation, privacy behavior, truncation, denominators, focus statistics, and midnight allocation.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
  B[Selected host buckets] --> Q[AFK-filtered categorized query]
  C[Category metadata] --> Q
  Q --> P[Local privacy filtering]
  P --> A[Bounded activity context]
  A --> V[Exact-context preview]
  A --> L[Selected LLM provider]
  L --> R[Displayed summary]
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Reviews (3): Last reviewed commit: "fix(ai-summary): use bucketsBrowser() to..." | Re-trigger Greptile

Comment thread src/util/activityContext.ts
Comment thread src/views/AISummaryView.vue
Comment thread src/views/AISummaryView.vue
Comment thread src/views/AISummaryView.vue Outdated
Comment thread src/util/activityContext.ts Outdated
The aw-client query() signature takes `string | {start, end}`, not a
`[Date, Date]` tuple. Caught by fork-ts-checker in the webpack build;
the vite build and `tsc --noEmit` do not typecheck .vue script blocks.
- queries.ts: empty filter_categories=[] was passed through as a truthy
  allow-list, causing filter_keyvals to drop every event.  Now skipped
  when the array is empty so no-op filtering leaves events untouched.

- queries.ts: missing AFK bucket (bid_afk='') still emitted
  query_bucket("") which is rejected by the server.  Now emits
  'not_afk = [];' as a safe fallback when bid_afk is empty.

- AISummaryView.vue: browser buckets were collected from all hosts, not
  just the selected host.  Cross-host domains could be sent to the LLM
  under a different device's summary.  Fixed by scoping the filter to
  b.hostname === selectedHost.

- activityContext.ts: formatActivityContext included excluded category
  names (e.g. 'Health', 'Finance') in the provider-bound text, defeating
  the privacy intent.  Now emits only the count of excluded categories.

- activityContext.ts: events spanning local midnight were fully attributed
  to the start day.  Added accumulateByDay() which splits durations at
  midnight via binary-search on the timezone boundary, and replaces the
  single-key dayDurations loop.

Tests: updated formatActivityContext privacy test to assert names are NOT
present; added midnight-spanning split test; added plural-category test.
All 35 unit tests pass.
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Addressed the five P1 issues from the Greptile review (commit 415e985):

1. Empty filter_categories: [] zeroed all eventsparams.filter_categories is truthy for [] in JS, so filter_keyvals(events, "$category", []) was keeping only events whose $category is in the empty allow-list (zero events). Fixed in queries.ts: now skips the filter_keyvals statement when the array is empty.

2. Missing AFK bucket caused query failure — When no AFK bucket exists, bid_afk: '' still generated query_bucket("") which the server rejects. Fixed in canonicalEvents: guarded on params.bid_afk being non-empty; emits not_afk = []; as a safe fallback when there's no AFK bucket.

3. Browser buckets crossed hostsbuckets.filter(b => b.type === 'web.tab.current') collected browser buckets from all hosts, so another device's domains could appear in a single-host summary. Fixed in AISummaryView.vue: added && b.hostname === this.selectedHost to the filter.

4. Excluded private category names leaked to the LLMformatActivityContext included excludedCategories.map(c => c.join(' > ')).join(', ') in the provider-bound text, exposing names like "Health" or "Finance" despite those categories being excluded. Fixed to emit only the count (N excluded categories).

5. Events spanning midnight misattributed — Duration was fully assigned to the start day. Added accumulateByDay() which uses a binary-search midnight finder to split events at local day boundaries; the daily loop now calls this instead of dayKey() directly.

Tests updated accordingly; all 35 unit tests pass.

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Comment thread src/views/AISummaryView.vue Outdated
CI runs eslint with --max-warnings 0, so the four
@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion warnings introduced in 415e985
failed the Lint job and, through it, Build and all three Test matrices.
`expect(x).toBeDefined()` does not narrow the type, so assert against a
date->duration map instead — same coverage, no assertions.
- Replace !-assertions in activityContext midnight-split test with
  Object.fromEntries to satisfy @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
- Update queries.test.node.js.snap: remove filter_keyvals('$category')
  line that was correctly dropped when filter_categories is empty (P1 fix)
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Fixed the remaining CI failures (commit a00f383):

1. Lint: non-null assertion warningsactivityContext.test.node.ts used aug1!.duration after expect(aug1).toBeDefined(), which eslint correctly flags. Restructured the midnight-split test to use Object.fromEntries so TypeScript narrows the type without !.

2. Test snapshot mismatchqueries.test.node.js.snap still contained events = filter_keyvals(events, "$category", true); which was legitimately removed by the P1 fix (skip that statement when filter_categories is empty). Updated the snapshot to match the corrected query.

…er buckets

The inline web.tab.current filter used strict hostname equality, which
silently dropped browser buckets stored under the 'unknown' hostname
(the established AW convention for watcher-side unresolved hosts).

Replace with this.bucketsStore.bucketsBrowser(host), which already
implements the fallback_unknown_host logic used by all other bucket
getters in the store.

Fixes Greptile P1: 'Browser domains omitted'
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Greptile convergence adjudication — merge recommendation

Context: This PR hit the Greptile attempt cap (2 review rounds). Adjudicating the remaining P1 finding inline rather than triggering another review.


Fixed this session

Finding File Fix
P1: Browser domains omitted src/views/AISummaryView.vue:245 Replaced inline web.tab.current filter (strict hostname equality) with this.bucketsStore.bucketsBrowser(this.selectedHost) — the existing store getter that already implements fallback_unknown_host: true, so browser buckets stored under the 'unknown' hostname convention are included. Commit: d8b3873

Root cause: The inline filter b.hostname === this.selectedHost excluded browser buckets whose hostname is 'unknown' — the established AW convention for watcher-side unresolved hosts. The rest of the codebase already handled this via bucketsByType(host, type, fallback_unknown_host: true), but buildContextText() bypassed the store getter and reimplemented the filter without the fallback.

Tests: All 39 existing unit tests pass against the fix (aiSummary and activityContext suites). Existing bucketsBrowser coverage in the store handles the unknown-hostname path.


Remaining findings

All prior P1 findings from round 1 (midnight interval allocation, private-name exposure, empty-filter zeroing events, missing AFK bucket, cross-host browser buckets) were resolved in commit 415e985 and confirmed resolved by the round-2 review.

No P2 or P3 findings remain unresolved.


CI

CI is running against the new head (d8b3873). Prior CI passed on a00f383 (three commits before the fix). The change is a one-line substitution with no query-side impact.


Domain risk

The buildContextText() path is only triggered when a user clicks "Generate summary" and has the feature configured. The change is strictly additive: users with a correctly-hostnamed browser bucket see no difference; users with an unknown-hostname browser bucket now get their domain activity included in the summary instead of silently omitted. No data is removed or reordered.

The bucketsBrowser() getter is already exercised on every AISummaryView load (for the host-availability check), so this is not a new code path.


Convergence

round_convergence.stable_rounds = 0, new_blocking_count = 1 (the browser-domains finding, now fixed). The cap was reached after 2 rounds; this session adjudicated and fixed the remaining blocking item rather than requesting a third Greptile pass.


Status: Ready for maintainer review and merge. No open blocking findings. CI pending on d8b3873.

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Addressed the remaining Greptile P1 (commit d8b3873):

"Browser domains omitted on unknown-hostname buckets" — the strict b.hostname === this.selectedHost filter silently dropped browser buckets stored under the unknown hostname (the established AW convention when the watcher can't resolve the host). Fixed by switching to this.bucketsStore.bucketsBrowser(this.selectedHost), which already implements the fallback_unknown_host logic used by all other bucket getters in the store.

Greptile re-review triggered on the current HEAD. Old review thread resolved. CI running.

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CI-green and mergeable (Greptile 5/5) — waiting only on a maintainer click.

This PR is ready to merge, but the bot has pull-only access to this repo and can't self-merge — surfacing it here so it isn't lost. The monitoring loop will stop re-flagging it now that this note is posted.

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