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docket graph --web is replaced with a prebuilt React app. The old page laid out every record with Graphviz, which left nodes unreadable at fit-to-window, and its Force, Radial and Circular engines tangled the arrows.

What changes

  • Timeline view (default). Records are listed oldest first under day headers, with git branches drawn as lanes like git log --graph. The timeline draws no link lines. Each row has link chips instead ("replaces d9", "answered by d6", "supported by 2"), and pills at the viewport edges point to linked rows that are scrolled out of view.
  • Graph view. Records are readable cards laid out by ELK's layered algorithm in a web worker, with right-angled edges. The view opens at 100% zoom on the largest connected component. Records with no relation are listed beside the canvas. Direction is the only layout setting.
  • Lineage. "Show lineage" opens one record's supersession chain and direct links as a fitted subgraph.
  • Shared chrome. shadcn components and lucide icons, ⌘K search, kind filters, a detail panel, light/dark/system themes, PNG/SVG export, and view state kept in the URL.
  • Server. The server serves docket/web/dist/ from a route table built at startup. /api/graph returns records, shown (set when --where, --kind, --state or --find filters) and title. DOT and the layout query parameters are gone. docket export is unchanged.

Shipping

The source is in web/, and the build is committed to docket/web/dist/, so a git-checkout install still needs only Python. A new CI job runs the vitest suite, rebuilds the bundle and fails if it differs from the committed one, and checks a 750 KB gzip budget. The current total is 667 KB, most of it the ELK worker. just web-build rebuilds it. The vendored Graphviz WASM is removed.

Testing

  • 32 vitest tests cover the link index, lineage, lanes, URL state, row geometry, off-screen pills and the ELK input.
  • tests/test_web.py covers the dist route table, cache headers, 404s, and the new payload, including --where and --find.
  • The full Python suite passes except test_guard_ledger … test_without_a_session_every_edit_surfaces, which also fails on main when run inside a Claude Code session.
  • I checked by hand against this ledger and a synthetic 1,000-record one. The timeline paints in 0.75 s and scrolls at about 18 ms per frame. The graph lays out 831 cards in 3.2 s. Polls keep the scroll position and the graph viewport.

Note for contributors

The server reads the dist file list at startup, so restart docket graph --web after npm run build. npm run dev proxies /api to a server on port 7347.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Reworked docket graph --web with Timeline and Graph views, lineage navigation, record search, filters, and light, dark, or system themes.
    • View settings and filters persist in the URL. The viewer refreshes with new records and supports PNG and SVG graph exports.
  • Changes
    • The web view no longer offers Force, Radial, or Circular layouts, grouping, focus, or hops controls. Lineage navigation replaces focus; docket export retains its grouping, focus, hops, and orphan options.
    • Web graph API requests no longer use query parameters or return DOT output.

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The server builds its route table from docket/web/dist at startup and
serves hashed assets as immutable. /api/graph returns records, the ids a
--where/--kind/--state/--find selection keeps, and the title; layout
query parameters from older pages are ignored.

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The pull request replaces the existing web graph page with a React viewer that has Timeline and ELK-based Graph views. It adds ledger modeling, URL-persisted view state, record search, lineage navigation, theme controls, and static asset serving from a built distribution.

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Ledger model and view state
web/src/lib/model.ts, web/src/lib/model.test.ts, web/src/lib/url-state.ts, web/src/lib/url-state.test.ts, web/src/lib/theme.ts, web/src/lib/use-ledger.ts
Adds ledger record and relationship types, filtering and lineage utilities, URL state parsing and serialization, theme selection, and conditional polling. Tests cover model and URL-state behavior.
Timeline layout and interaction
web/src/lib/lanes.ts, web/src/lib/lanes.test.ts, web/src/timeline/*
Adds branch lane assignment, dated row geometry, lane gutters, relationship indicators, filtering, and selection behavior. Tests cover lane assignment and timeline geometry.
ELK graph layout and rendering
web/src/graph/*
Adds graph input selection, ELK layout, routed edges, record nodes, unlinked-record listing, and PNG/SVG export. Tests cover graph input and layout helpers.
Viewer shell and shared controls
web/src/App.tsx, web/src/components/*, web/src/index.css, web/src/main.tsx, web/index.html, docket/web/index.html
Adds the application shell, detail panel, search, toolbar, UI primitives, and theme styles. Removes the previous single-file viewer.
API, asset serving, and build integration
docket/cli/web.py, docket/web/server.py, tests/test_graph_cli.py, tests/test_web.py, web/package.json, web/vite.config.ts, web/tsconfig.json, .github/workflows/ci.yml, justfile, docs/reading.md, CHANGELOG.md, .gitattributes, .gitignore
Changes the API payload to return records and optional shown IDs. Serves built assets from dist/ and adds web build, test, and bundle-size checks. Updates documentation and server tests. Removes the vendored Graphviz notice.

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  participant useLedger
  participant make_server
  participant _payload
  useLedger->>make_server: GET /api/graph with If-None-Match when available
  make_server->>_payload: Build ledger payload
  _payload-->>make_server: Return records and optional shown IDs
  make_server-->>useLedger: Return payload and ETag
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- Around line 73-78: Update openLineage to read lineage and view from the render
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Comment on lines +73 to +78
const openLineage = useCallback((id: string) => {
setState(s => {
if (!s.lineage) setFrom(s.view)
return { ...s, view: 'graph', lineage: id, selected: id }
})
}, [])

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move setFrom out of the state updater.

setFrom runs inside the setState updater. React can call an updater more than once, and in StrictMode React calls it twice. The code queues a state update from inside another updater. Read state.lineage and state.view from the render closure, call setFrom there, and keep the updater pure.

Proposed fix
--- "a/web/src/App.tsx"
+++ "b/web/src/App.tsx"
@@ -70,12 +70,10 @@
       return { ...s, selected: id, hidden }
     })
   }, [ix])
   const openLineage = useCallback((id: string) => {
-    setState(s => {
-      if (!s.lineage) setFrom(s.view)
-      return { ...s, view: 'graph', lineage: id, selected: id }
-    })
-  }, [])
+    if (!state.lineage) setFrom(state.view)
+    setState(s => ({ ...s, view: 'graph', lineage: id, selected: id }))
+  }, [state.lineage, state.view])
   const exitLineage = useCallback(() => setState(s => ({ ...s, lineage: null, view: from })), [from])
 
   useEffect(() => {
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const openLineage = useCallback((id: string) => {
setState(s => {
if (!s.lineage) setFrom(s.view)
return { ...s, view: 'graph', lineage: id, selected: id }
})
}, [])
const openLineage = useCallback((id: string) => {
if (!state.lineage) setFrom(state.view)
setState(s => ({ ...s, view: 'graph', lineage: id, selected: id }))
}, [state.lineage, state.view])
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[error] 74-74: This state updater performs the nested state update "setFrom()". React may run updater functions more than once, so side effects here can repeat or observe inconsistent external state.

Keep state updater callbacks pure and return only the next state. Move notifications, storage, timers, ref writes, and other external work into the event or effect that queues the update.

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[warning] 75-75: This side-effecting call runs inside a state updater, which React may invoke more than once. Move it outside the setter after computing the next state.

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Update openLineage to read lineage and view from the render closure and call
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Comment on lines +48 to +55
useEffect(() => {
if (laid?.sig === sig) return
let stale = false
runLayout(input, dir).then(layout => {
if (!stale) setLaid({ sig, layout, input })
})
return () => { stale = true }
}, [sig])

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle runLayout rejection.

The promise from runLayout has no rejection handler. If the ELK worker fails, laid.sig never matches sig. The "Laying out…" overlay then stays on screen with no error, and the rejection is unhandled. Add a .catch that records an error state.

Proposed fix
-    runLayout(input, dir).then(layout => {
-      if (!stale) setLaid({ sig, layout, input })
-    })
+    runLayout(input, dir)
+      .then(layout => { if (!stale) setLaid({ sig, layout, input }) })
+      .catch(err => { if (!stale) console.error('ELK layout failed', err) })
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useEffect(() => {
if (laid?.sig === sig) return
let stale = false
runLayout(input, dir).then(layout => {
if (!stale) setLaid({ sig, layout, input })
})
return () => { stale = true }
}, [sig])
useEffect(() => {
if (laid?.sig === sig) return
let stale = false
runLayout(input, dir)
.then(layout => { if (!stale) setLaid({ sig, layout, input }) })
.catch(err => { if (!stale) console.error('ELK layout failed', err) })
return () => { stale = true }
}, [sig])
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[warning] 55-55: useEffect can run with a stale laid.sig, input, state.dir & show your users old data.

Don't blindly add missing dependencies. Read the hook callback first.

Bad:
useEffect(() => {
setCount(count + 1);
}, [count]);

Better:
useEffect(() => {
setCount((currentCount) => currentCount + 1);
}, []);

If the missing value is recreated every render, move it inside the hook or stabilize it before adding it to deps.

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the loading overlay does not remain indefinitely. Ignore errors from stale
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plugins: [react(), tailwindcss()],
resolve: { alias: { '@': path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, 'src') } },
// `npm run dev` proxies the API to a running `docket graph --web --port 7347`.
server: { proxy: { '/api': 'http://127.0.0.1:7347' } },

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Set the API proxy's target Host header.

When npm run dev proxies /api/graph, the proxy keeps the development server's Host header by default. docket/web/server.py accepts only the Python server's hostname and bound port, so the API returns 403 and the development viewer cannot load records. Set changeOrigin: true on this proxy target. (vite.dev)

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--- "a/web/vite.config.ts"
+++ "b/web/vite.config.ts"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   plugins: [react(), tailwindcss()],
   resolve: { alias: { '@': path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, 'src') } },
   // `npm run dev` proxies the API to a running `docket graph --web --port 7347`.
-  server: { proxy: { '/api': 'http://127.0.0.1:7347' } },
+  server: { proxy: { '/api': { target: 'http://127.0.0.1:7347', changeOrigin: true } } },
   build: {
     outDir: '../docket/web/dist',
     emptyOutDir: true,
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server: { proxy: { '/api': 'http://127.0.0.1:7347' } },
server: { proxy: { '/api': { target: 'http://127.0.0.1:7347', changeOrigin: true } } },
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Update the `/api` proxy in the Vite `server` configuration to use an options
object with the existing target and `changeOrigin: true`, so proxied requests
send the target server’s Host header.

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