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Follow-up to #762. CodeRabbit's last review there left one finding open, outside the diff, on the popstate handler. Using deep links turned up a second case next to it, after a pane move.

  • Back to a PC removed since. When a history entry names a PC that is no longer configured, the handler took the entry's pane id and selected the missing PC, which left the pane blank. It now stays on the pane shown and shows the note a link to that PC gets ("That link's PC is not set up here"). It also writes the shown pane over the entry, so the address is true again.
  • Back and Forward after a pane move. A move gives the pane a new id (feat(ui): move a pane from the tab strip and the sidebar row menus #734), and the address writer pushed that as a new history entry. An entry written before the move named the old id, so Back fell back to the old workspace's row pane, or to "That agent has closed" when the move emptied it. lib/paneMove.ts now records, for this tab, the ids that moves give panes. The writer uses that record to write the new id over the pane's own entry. The popstate handler follows an old id to the pane wherever it went.
  • Forward is kept. When Back or Forward lands somewhere other than the place its entry named, the writer replaced nothing and pushed a new entry, which cut off every entry after it. That place is now written over the entry.

No new UI strings, and nothing changes for an entry that lands where it says.

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  • bun run check fast: generated types, typecheck, build and unit tests pass. The unit tests include new paneMovedTo tests covering a chain of moves, another PC, an id kept by the move, and a cycle.
  • bun run check browser: all scripts pass. scripts/deep-link-demo-regression.ts has two new checks:
    • A pane moved into another workspace keeps its history entry. Back and Back again reach the entry from before the move, which opens the pane under its new id. Forward and Forward again walk back, and history.length is unchanged throughout.
    • Back to an entry for a PC that is not set up stays on the pane, shows the note, takes machine off the address, and keeps the Forward entry.
  • With the App.tsx change reverted, the move check fails ("the moved pane's new id is written over its entry").

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phirschybar and others added 2 commits October 11, 2026 10:20
…oved PC

From devswha#762's last review (CodeRabbit's outside-diff finding on the popstate
handler), and a case found while using deep links:

- A move gives a pane a new id. The address writer pushed it as another
  history entry, and an older entry naming the old id fell back to the
  workspace's row. The moves this tab saw are recorded (lib/paneMove.ts):
  the move is written over the pane's own entry, and Back to an older
  entry opens the pane under its new id.
- Back to an entry for a PC removed since selected that PC and left the
  pane blank. It now stays on the pane shown, says the PC is not set up
  here (as a link to it does), and writes that pane over the entry.
- Back or Forward that lands somewhere other than its entry named writes
  that place over the entry instead of pushing a new one, so the entries
  after it stay reachable by Forward.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Moving a pane no longer creates an extra browser-history entry. Existing entries follow the pane to its new location.
    • Back and Forward navigation preserve later history entries when the selected destination differs from the entry’s original target.
    • If a history entry points to a PC that is no longer configured, navigation keeps the current pane selected, removes the unavailable PC from the address, and displays a notice.
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Pane moves now record pane-ID changes. Browser navigation resolves older entries to the pane’s latest ID and avoids adding a history entry for a move. Entries for machines that are no longer configured leave the current selection in place and display a notice.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Pane move resolution
src/lib/paneMove.ts, src/lib/paneMove.test.ts, src/lib/deepLink.ts, src/lib/deepLink.test.ts
Helpers record machine-scoped pane-ID changes and follow chained moves. Deep-link handling updates a link to a moved pane when the snapshot contains it. Tests cover move chains, cycle termination, and link resolution.
Browser history integration
src/App.tsx, scripts/deep-link-demo-regression.ts, CHANGELOG.md
App resolves moved pane IDs during Back and Forward navigation, avoids adding a history entry for a move, and keeps the current selection when an entry names an unavailable machine. Browser regression checks cover moved panes, unavailable machines, delayed machine-roster loading, and retained Forward navigation. The changelog records these behaviors.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: devswha



Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5e4c5

Back and Forward retain the documented fallbacks for closed moved panes and removed PCs. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: Back and Forward now follow moved panes and remain on the current pane when a PC was removed.
Description check Passed The description includes the required Change and Validation sections. It explains the problem, resulting behavior, test coverage, and reported check results. It does not include the template-requested…
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- Line 796: Validate the machine before queuing the link.create request for
history entries in the create-request flow; when the entry references a removed
PC, do not leave a request that can open a dialog on the selected PC.
Alternatively, clear the queued request in the machine-missing branch that calls
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- Line 800: Update the moved-link handling so it clears the original workspace
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The one red job is settings-pages-demo-regression.ts timing out right after "the Back control in the dialog and the system Back button share one history". It looks like an existing flake under parallel load rather than this change: running it 4 at a time locally, it failed 1 of 8 runs on this branch and 3 of 12 on main at the merge base, always at that same step. A re-run of the failed job should clear it. Happy to look into the flake separately if useful.

…ane opens its workspace

From CodeRabbit's review of devswha#804:

- Back to an entry that names a removed PC and the New workspace dialog
  queued the dialog before the PC was checked, so it opened on the PC
  shown. The PC is checked first.
- Back to an entry from before a move, once the moved pane has closed,
  followed the new id with the entry's workspace dropped and opened
  nothing. followMoved (lib/deepLink.ts) follows the new id only while
  that pane is on the roster; otherwise the entry stays as written and
  its workspace opens, as for any closed pane.

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- Line 792: Update the popstate handling around `onPop` so it keeps the
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Comment thread src/App.tsx
From CodeRabbit's second review of devswha#804: with no PCs in yet, nothing could
say an entry's PC was removed, so Back selected it and the app stayed on a
PC with no roster. The entry now waits as a link opened with the page
does: it lands against its PC's roster, or on this PC with the note once
the list says its PC is gone. The deep-link script holds the PC list
across a reload to check it.

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The one red job this time is a different one: terminal-command-backspace-regression.ts's non-macOS Meta+Backspace step got no input within its 300ms wait. That looks timing-related rather than from this change: ui-regression passed 5/5 locally with this branch merged into current main, and plain main had its own intermittent failure there (1 in 5). A re-run should clear it.

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