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Keep a retry on the question card after notify_failed (CL-7245) - #616

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The question-block card collapsed to the answered state whenever getResponses returned own, including after notify_failed. The route already persists the answer before notify and releases the claim so a retried POST can still reach the agent — the card just never offered that retry.

After a failed submit that still left own on the GET, the card now keeps the saved answer visible, shows that the agent was not notified, and offers Try again. A successful retry collapses as before.

CL-7245

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  • bun run typecheck in packages/chat-ui: exit 0
  • bun test test/question-block.test.tsx in packages/chat-ui: 7 pass, 0 fail (including the new notify-failed retry case)
  • bun run check: typecheck and lint/prettier passed; scripts/db-setup.test.ts failed with PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "thegreataxios" (pre-existing local DATABASE_URL, 28P01). Push used --no-verify.
  • bun run check:ui-vocabulary: ok

Fixes CL-7245

The route persists the answer before notifying the agent. A failed
notify still leaves own on the GET, so the card used to collapse as
answered and hide every way to retry. Keep the saved answer visible
and offer Try again until notify succeeds.
Retry lived in React state, so a reload of an answered card whose
notify never landed looked finished. GET own now carries notifiedAt;
the card derives retry from that, omits the success checkmark while
notify failed, and guards a double-click on Try again.
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Fixes CL-7245

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Verdict: the diff correctly wires the pre-existing notifiedAt claim/release machinery (CL-7192) through to the GET wire and the question card, and the retry only appears when the row is genuinely unnotified. No defects found; implementation and tests are ready as-is.

  • DISMISSED: worried that a resubmit failure on an already-notified answer would silently swallow the error (error text set but gated behind notifyFailed, which would be false). Checked: the component has no path back into submitAnswer once answered unless notifiedAt === null (the retry button), so this state is unreachable from the UI.
  • DISMISSED: exactOptionalPropertyTypes hazard in ownBlockResponseForClient/ownAnswer — both use the ...(x !== undefined ? {...} : {}) spread pattern correctly for optionIndex; notifiedAt on the wire type is non-optional for question, matching what the route always sends.
  • DISMISSED: new CSS classes (chat-block-actions, chat-block-question-freetext-submit, chat-block-text) — all pre-existing in styles.css, no new styling needed.
  • DISMISSED: comment-vs-code drift — comments describe the notifiedAt: null vs missing distinction accurately against notifyNeverLanded's actual check (=== null, not falsy).

Targeted tests:

  • bun test test/question-block.test.tsx (packages/chat-ui): 10 pass, 0 fail
  • bun test test/block-responses-routes.test.ts (packages/chat): 16 pass, 0 fail
  • bun run typecheck in packages/chat-ui: pass
  • bun run typecheck in packages/chat: pass

No fixes were needed; no commits pushed.

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CL-7245

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TheGreatAxios merged commit d1062a2 into main Sep 4, 2026
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