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Summary

The agent's final response no longer blocks on CPU-heavy office-format HTML extraction. Phase-1 (download + storage save + DB record) is awaited as before; phase-2 (HTML extraction) runs in the background with a 60s ceiling. The user can keep messaging the moment the model finishes generating, even while previews are still rendering. If a preview never resolves (timeout, parser error, process restart) the file remains downloadable and the LLM is told on the next turn so it can volunteer "the spreadsheet preview didn't render, but you can still download it."

Follow-up to #12951 (which capped parser concurrency) — this PR addresses the deeper issue: end-of-run wait latency. Every non-streaming flow (BaseClient.js:682, responses.js:933, tools.js:216) previously did await Promise.all(artifactPromises) covering both file persistence AND extraction; this PR reduces that to phase-1 only.

How it works

Backend (processCodeOutput returns { file, finalize? }):

  • file: phase-1 metadata, persisted with status: 'pending' for office buckets and null text. Caller emits the attachment to the client immediately.
  • finalize(): thunk for phase-2 work. Caller fires it without awaiting; the promise survives HTTP response close (Node doesn't kill in-flight promises). Wraps the existing 12s per-render timeout in a 60s outer withTimeout ceiling.
  • On phase-2 success: updateFile({ status: 'ready', text, textFormat }). On failure: updateFile({ status: 'failed', previewError }). The HTML-or-null contract from 📄 feat: Rich File Artifact Previews for DOCX, CSV, XLSX, PPTX #12934 is preserved — failed office types do NOT fall back to plain text.

SSE (no new event type):

  • Phase-1 emit fires the existing attachment event with status: 'pending'.
  • Phase-2 emits the same attachment event with the same file_id. Client's useAttachmentHandler upserts by file_id so the second event merges over the placeholder in place — appending would render the artifact twice.
  • If the stream has already closed when phase-2 lands, the SSE write is skipped; the frontend's useFilePreview polling picks up the resolved record on its next tick.

GET /api/files/:file_id/preview:

  • Returns { status, text?, textFormat?, previewError? }. ACL identical to the download route (reuses fileAccess middleware).
  • Defaults status to 'ready' for legacy records — back-compat is implicit, the field is opt-in.
  • text only included when status === 'ready' AND non-null (matches the security contract: never ship office-bucket text under a status that wouldn't gate it).

Frontend useFilePreview (React Query):

  • refetchInterval: (data) => data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false — polling auto-stops on the first terminal response without the caller having to flip enabled.
  • Wrapped by useAttachmentPreviewSync(attachment) which gates polling on status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting (per the explicit design ask: active polling while the LLM generates, then quiet) and merges polled data into messageAttachmentsMap.

UI (PreviewStatusIndicator):

  • Pending: spinner + "Preparing preview…"
  • Failed: alert icon + "Preview unavailable" with previewError as tooltip
  • Download stays fully functional in both states. File chip transitions to the rich preview card automatically when phase-2 lands (existing self-heal effect re-fires on drift).

LLM context (primeFiles):

  • Pending file → suffix (preview not yet generated)
  • Failed file → suffix (preview unavailable: <reason>)
  • Lets the model tell the user about the situation instead of pretending everything is fine.

Process-restart safety:

  • sweepOrphanedPreviews() runs on backend boot (both server/index.js and server/experimental.js). Stale pending records older than 5 min → failed with previewError: 'orphaned'. ~10 lines, no new infra. Index on status keeps the query cheap.

What's NOT in this PR

  • A real job queue (BullMQ etc). Out of scope per design discussion — extraction is best-effort UX, not durable state. The orphan sweep covers the only failure mode (process restart).
  • Worker-thread isolation for the parsers themselves. Orthogonal defense-in-depth on top of ⚡ refactor: Bound Concurrent Office-HTML Rendering for Code Artifacts #12951's bounded concurrency.
  • Retry behavior for failed records. Terminal until the next time the file is re-emitted by a tool call (parser is deterministic; retry on the same buffer wouldn't change the outcome).

Test plan

368 tests pass across the touched areas:

  • cd api && npx jest server/services/Files/Code server/controllers/agents server/routes/files/preview.spec.js server/controllers/__tests__/tools.verifyToolAuth.spec.js — 317/317 (16 suites). Includes 9 new two-phase + 5 single-phase guard + 5 LLM-context-surfacing + 9 endpoint tests.
  • cd packages/data-schemas && npx jest src/methods/file — 34/34. 5 new sweepOrphanedPreviews tests.
  • cd client && npx jest src/hooks/SSE/__tests__/useAttachmentHandler src/hooks/Files/__tests__/useAttachmentPreviewSync — 17/17. 6 upsert-by-file_id + 11 polling-gate + upsert tests.
  • tsc --noEmit clean on touched files in packages/api, packages/data-provider, packages/data-schemas, client.
  • ESLint clean across all 25 touched files.

Manual smoke (TODO before merge):

  • Run an agent that emits a multi-file XLSX/DOCX/CSV bundle through chat-completions. Confirm: agent's "done" moment fires immediately; download chip shows "Preparing preview…"; preview transitions to full Sandpack card when extraction completes; user can submit a follow-up message during phase-2 without it blocking on file processing.
  • Force a parser failure (large/malformed XLSX) — confirm "Preview unavailable" indicator appears and download still works.
  • Restart backend mid-extraction — confirm boot sweep marks any leftover pending records as failed.
  • Reload a conversation with a prior-turn pending/failed file — confirm next-turn LLM context includes the status suffix.

Commits

  1. 🗂️ feat: add status lifecycle to file records for two-phase previews — schema + model + sweep method.
  2. ⚡ feat: two-phase code-execution preview flow (unblocks final response) — processCodeOutput split, callbacks.js/tools.js wiring, LLM context surfacing.
  3. 🔍 feat: GET /api/files/:file_id/preview endpoint and boot orphan sweep — polling endpoint + boot wiring.
  4. 🖥️ feat: frontend two-phase preview consumer (polling + UI states) — data-provider scaffolding, hooks, attachment handler upsert, UI indicators.

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P1 Badge Emit phase-2 updates with current messageId

Use the current run's messageId when sending the phase-2 attachment update. processCodeOutput intentionally preserves the original DB messageId on filename reuse, so updated can belong to an older turn; passing it directly here causes the follow-up SSE event to be routed to the old message instead of the newly emitted pending attachment. In runs that reuse common names like output.csv, the current message can stay stuck at pending while a past message gets patched.

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Pull request overview

This PR decouples code-execution file persistence (download + storage + DB record) from CPU-heavy office-format preview rendering, so the agent’s final response is no longer blocked on HTML extraction. It introduces a two-phase lifecycle (pending → ready|failed) for office preview generation, adds a polling preview endpoint for post-stream completion, and updates the client to upsert/refresh attachments in place.

Changes:

  • Add status/previewError lifecycle fields to file records plus a boot-time sweep to fail orphaned pending previews.
  • Split code-output processing into phase-1 persist + optional phase-2 background finalize, with SSE upsert-by-file_id and a new GET /api/files/:file_id/preview polling endpoint.
  • Add client-side polling + UI indicators for pending/failed previews, and ensure attachment events upsert rather than append duplicates.

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packages/data-schemas/src/types/file.ts Adds status and previewError to the persisted file type.
packages/data-schemas/src/schema/file.ts Persists/indexes status and adds previewError to the Mongoose schema.
packages/data-schemas/src/methods/file.ts Adds sweepOrphanedPreviews() to fail stale pending previews.
packages/data-schemas/src/methods/file.spec.ts Tests orphan sweep behavior (stale/fresh/legacy/custom cutoff).
packages/data-provider/src/types/files.ts Extends shared file types + introduces TFilePreview response shape.
packages/data-provider/src/keys.ts Adds a React Query key for file preview polling.
packages/data-provider/src/data-service.ts Adds getFilePreview() data-service call.
packages/data-provider/src/api-endpoints.ts Adds /api/files/:file_id/preview endpoint helper.
packages/api/src/files/code/extract.ts Exports hasOfficeHtmlPath() for two-phase gating.
api/server/services/Files/Code/process.js Implements phase-1/phase-2 split and background finalize with timeout + DB update.
api/server/services/Files/Code/process.spec.js Updates tests for new { file, finalize? } contract and lifecycle transitions.
api/server/services/Files/Code/tests/process-traversal.spec.js Updates mocks to keep traversal tests on the single-phase path.
api/server/controllers/tools.js Fires phase-2 finalize in background for the non-streaming tools endpoint.
api/server/controllers/agents/callbacks.js Emits phase-1 attachment immediately and emits phase-2 attachment updates (same event name) for upsert.
api/server/routes/files/files.js Adds GET /files/:file_id/preview route gated by fileAccess.
api/server/routes/files/preview.spec.js Tests preview endpoint behavior for pending/ready/failed/legacy + auth boundaries.
api/server/index.js Triggers boot-time orphan sweep (fire-and-forget).
api/server/experimental.js Triggers boot-time orphan sweep in the experimental clustered server path.
client/src/locales/en/translation.json Adds localized strings for preview “preparing”/“failed” UI.
client/src/hooks/SSE/useAttachmentHandler.ts Upserts attachments by file_id to prevent duplicate cards across phase-1/phase-2 events.
client/src/hooks/SSE/tests/useAttachmentHandler.spec.tsx Tests upsert-by-file_id behavior and legacy append behavior for non-file attachments.
client/src/hooks/Files/useAttachmentPreviewSync.ts Adds polling-based cache sync for phase-2 when SSE is closed.
client/src/hooks/Files/index.ts Exports useAttachmentPreviewSync.
client/src/hooks/Files/tests/useAttachmentPreviewSync.spec.tsx Tests polling gate and attachment upsert behavior.
client/src/data-provider/Files/queries.ts Adds useFilePreview() React Query polling hook.
client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/Attachment.tsx Renders pending/failed preview indicator next to file chips; wires preview sync hook.

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@codex Addressed in 01704d4f0 — phase-2 emit now passes metadata.run_id as a runtime override to attachmentFromFileMetadata, mirroring how phase-1 sources its messageId via processCodeOutput's Object.assign overlay. Added 4 callbacks tests covering cross-turn filename reuse, null-finalize, writableEnded, and no-finalize paths.

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P1 Badge Refetch preview state when pending attachment remounts

When a tool reuses the same filename, backend dedup keeps the same file_id, so this query key can contain a prior run's cached status: 'ready'. With refetchOnMount: false, a new pending attachment can mount from stale cache without fetching fresh state; combined with interval logic that only polls on pending, polling may never start and the new message can show stale/incorrect preview status/content until another event arrives.

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P2 Badge Prevent stale finalize writes from older runs

This background phase updates by file_id only, but claimCodeFile intentionally reuses file_id across turns for the same filename. If two runs of that file overlap, an older run's finalizePreview can finish after a newer run and overwrite the newer preview text/status with stale data. This ordering bug is introduced by the new fire-and-forget phase-2 flow, where concurrent finalizers are now possible.

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Audit findings addressed in 7831ab6e2:

Fixed (5 of 9):

  • Finding 1 (MAJOR, wire-shape parity): dropped attachmentFromFileMetadata projection; phase-2 now spreads {...updated, messageId, toolCallId} so it matches phase-1's full-record shape. Both events now expose the same fields to the client.
  • Finding 2 (MAJOR, DRY): extracted runPhase2Finalize({ finalize, fileId, onResolved }) into process.js (next to processCodeOutput whose contract it pairs with). All three callsites — chat-completions createToolEndCallback, Open Responses createResponsesToolEndCallback, and the direct tools.js endpoint — now flow through it.
  • Finding 3 (MINOR, JSDoc): finalizePreview's buffer is bounded by fileSizeLimit, not the 1MB extractor cap. Doc updated and a peak-heap note added.
  • Finding 4 (MINOR, defensive catch): runPhase2Finalize's catch best-effort marks the record status: 'failed' with previewError: 'unexpected', so a programming error in finalizePreview no longer leaves the record stuck pending until the boot-time orphan sweep.
  • Finding 6 (NIT, stale PR refs): 12952 → 12957 in 3 places.
  • Finding 7 (NIT, schema bound): previewError capped at maxlength: 200.

Skipped per audit verdict (non-blocking):

  • Finding 5 (memory pressure): documented as a known tradeoff in finalizePreview's JSDoc; the impl change (re-read from storage) was reviewer's "consider", not actionable.
  • Finding 8 (double DB query per poll): cost is low (indexed by_id), polling is narrowly gated.
  • Finding 9 (TAttachment casts): the union type is intentional — the variants without file_id are real (citations etc.). The casts are safe widening; refactoring TAttachment itself is invasive and out of scope.

Tests: 11 new (7 runPhase2Finalize unit tests + 4 wire-shape parity assertions in the cross-turn test). Backend 328/328, frontend 528/528, lint and typecheck clean.

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P1 Badge Prevent stale finalize from overwriting newer file revisions

Because phase-2 is now fire-and-forget, two turns can overlap on the same (conversationId, filename) and therefore the same file_id; if an older finalize resolves after a newer run has already re-persisted that file, this unconditional update will write stale text/status back over the latest record. In practice this can make the current attachment show the previous turn’s preview (or stale failure state). Please guard this update with a revision check (for example expected updatedAt/version/message marker from phase-1) so only the latest generation can commit.

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P2 Badge Schedule a follow-up orphan sweep after boot

This sweep runs only once at startup, but sweepOrphanedPreviews() only marks records older than 5 minutes. If the process crashes and restarts quickly, orphaned pending rows that are younger than 5 minutes are skipped and then never revisited, so they can remain pending indefinitely until another restart. Consider a delayed/periodic re-sweep (or an initial zero-threshold pass for clearly dead in-flight work) so quick restarts don’t leave permanent pending records.

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P2 Badge Schedule a follow-up orphan sweep after boot

This sweep runs only once at startup, but sweepOrphanedPreviews() only marks records older than 5 minutes. If the process crashes and restarts quickly, orphaned pending rows that are younger than 5 minutes are skipped and then never revisited, so they can remain pending indefinitely until another restart. Consider a delayed/periodic re-sweep (or an initial zero-threshold pass for clearly dead in-flight work) so quick restarts don’t leave permanent pending records.

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Addressed in d54efada0:

Codex round-2 findings (3 of 3 fixed):

  • P1 — stale render overwrites newer revision (process.js): Cross-turn filename reuse keeps the same file_id. If turn-1's background render resolves after turn-2's persist step, the unconditional updateFile writes turn-1's stale text/status over turn-2's pending placeholder. Fix: stamp a fresh previewRevision UUID on every emit, thread it through finalizePreview, and make the commit conditional via a new optional extraFilter argument on updateFile ({ previewRevision: <expected> }). The defensive updateFile in runPreviewFinalize's catch uses the same guard.

  • P1 — stale React Query cache on pending remount (queries.ts): Same root cause from the frontend side. Cache key may hold a prior turn's 'ready' payload; with refetchOnMount: false and the polling gate on pending, polling never starts for the new placeholder. Fix: useAttachmentHandler invalidates the [QueryKeys.filePreview, file_id] query whenever an attachment with a file_id arrives (uniform across initial-emit and update events).

  • P2 — quick-restart orphans skipped by boot sweep (index.js / files.js): Boot sweep uses a 5-min cutoff for multi-instance safety; a crash + restart inside that window leaves pending records that never get touched. Fix: lazy sweep in the preview endpoint — if a polled record is pending and updatedAt is older than 5 min, mark it failed:orphaned on the spot (conditional on the same updatedAt we observed so a concurrent legitimate update wins).

Naming cleanup (per design discussion — "phase 1 / phase 2" jargon decays across sprints):

  • runPhase2Finalize → runPreviewFinalize
  • PHASE_TWO_TIMEOUT_MS → PREVIEW_FINALIZE_TIMEOUT_MS
  • All phase-1 / phase-2 / two-phase prose replaced with "the immediate emit", "the deferred render", "the persist step", "the deferred preview". Skill-feature phase 1/2 (different feature) left alone.

Tests: 10 new (4 lazy-sweep × preview endpoint, 3 cache-invalidation × useAttachmentHandler, 3 extraFilter × updateFile data-schemas). Backend 332/332, frontend 531/531, data-schemas 37/37, lint clean.

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P1 Badge Re-enable mount refetch for preview polling query

With cross-turn filename reuse, file_id is stable and [QueryKeys.filePreview, file_id] can hold a stale 'ready' result from an earlier turn. useAttachmentHandler now invalidates that key, but invalidation only marks it stale; because this query sets refetchOnMount: false, a newly mounted pending attachment can reuse stale cached data without fetching. In that state refetchInterval evaluates against stale 'ready', returns false, and polling never starts, leaving the new pending preview stuck (or showing stale preview content) until a manual refresh.

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Addressed in 11596fc7f:

MAJOR (Finding 1 — stale React Query cache not actually fixed by invalidateQueries)
The previous fix called invalidateQueries which only marks data stale; useFilePreview's refetchOnMount: false then let new observers read the stale 'ready' value, and the polling refetchInterval (which short-circuits on non-pending) never started. Belt-and-suspenders fix:

  • useAttachmentHandler now calls removeQueries — drops the entry entirely so the next observer mount has nothing to read and must fetch.
  • useFilePreview no longer sets refetchOnMount: false so the React Query default (true) handles any future codepath that observes stale data before the handler runs.

MINOR (Finding 2 — JSDoc): finalizePreview's previewRevision param is now documented with the conditional-update guard rationale.

MINOR (Finding 3 — asymmetric stream guards): Extracted isStreamWritable(res, streamId) predicate. writeAttachmentUpdate, the chat-completions phase-1 emit, and the Open Responses paths all share the same gate now.

NIT (Finding 5 — repeated cast): fileId extracted to a local at the top of useAttachmentHandler; used in both the removeQueries call and the upsert.

Skipped (with rationale):

  • Finding 4 (post-submission pending has no auto-recovery): the isAnySubmitting polling gate was your explicit design ask; LLM context already surfaces failed/pending status so the model can volunteer to the user. Worth a follow-up if real users hit the gap.
  • Finding 6 (double DB query per poll): reviewer marked acceptable; changing fileAccess middleware shape is out of scope.

Tests: 9 existing handler tests rewritten as removeQueries assertions, plus 1 new lock-in test that asserts removeQueries is called AND invalidateQueries is NOT (regression guard). 332 backend, 532 frontend tests pass; lint clean.

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* Quick-restart edge case (records younger than the sweep cutoff)
* is covered by a lazy sweep inside the preview endpoint itself —
* see `PREVIEW_LAZY_SWEEP_CUTOFF_MS` in `routes/files/files.js`. */
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P2 Badge Run orphan sweep under system tenant context

Call this sweep through runAsSystem(...) (and mirror that in experimental.js) because File is tenant-isolated; when TENANT_ISOLATION_STRICT=true, queries without tenant context throw ([TenantIsolation] Query attempted without tenant context in strict mode). In that configuration this startup recovery path always fails (and is only logged), so stale status: 'pending' records are never bulk-recovered after restart and can remain stuck until a user happens to poll the preview endpoint.

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Codex P2 finding on PR #12957: `File` is tenant-isolated, so under
`TENANT_ISOLATION_STRICT=true` the boot-time `sweepOrphanedPreviews`
threw `[TenantIsolation] Query attempted without tenant context in
strict mode` and the recovery path silently failed every restart.
Stale `status: 'pending'` records would be stuck until a user happened
to poll the preview endpoint and trigger the lazy sweep — which only
covers the file the user is currently looking at, not the bulk
candidate set the boot sweep is designed to recover.

Wraps the sweep in `runAsSystem(...)` in both boot paths
(`api/server/index.js` and `api/server/experimental.js`) and pins the
contract with regression tests in `file.spec.ts` — one test asserts
the bare call throws under strict mode, the other asserts the
`runAsSystem`-wrapped call succeeds.
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const file = {
...baseFile,
// Always set explicitly so an update which produces a binary or
// oversized artifact clears any previously cached text — createFile
// uses findOneAndUpdate with $set semantics.

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P2 Badge Clear preview lifecycle fields on non-office updates

When the non-office branch updates an existing file_id, it only writes text/textFormat and omits status, previewError, and previewRevision. Because createFile uses findOneAndUpdate with $set semantics, those omitted fields keep their previous values; if the same (filename, conversationId) was previously an office artifact, stale status: 'pending'|'failed' can persist and make the client render the wrong state (e.g., stuck "preview unavailable"/pending for a now non-office file). This is introduced by the two-phase lifecycle and should explicitly clear or reset lifecycle fields in this branch.

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…le JSDoc)

- finalizePreview: drop unreachable !isOfficeBucket branch (caller
  already gates on hasOfficeHtmlPath, so this path is always office)
- preview endpoint: drop lazy-sweep cutoff from 5min to 2min — anything
  past the 60s render ceiling is definitively orphaned, and per-request
  sweep can be tighter than the per-instance boot sweep
- strip stale `isSubmitting` references from JSDoc in 3 spots (the
  client-side gate was removed in 9a65840)

Skipped: function-length (#3) and client-side polling cap (#4) —
refactors without correctness/perf wins; remaining NITs.
…s-shape updates

- Preview endpoint: reuse fileAccess middleware's record for the
  lifecycle check; only re-fetch with text on the terminal ready
  response. Cuts the typical poll lifecycle from 2(N+1) to N+1
  queries, since the vast majority of polls hit while pending and
  don't need text at all.
- processCodeOutput non-office branch: explicitly null out status,
  previewError, previewRevision (codex P2). Without this, an update at
  the same (filename, conversationId) where the prior emit was an
  office file leaves stale lifecycle fields and the client renders
  the wrong state for the now non-office artifact.
- Tests: rewire preview.spec mocks for the new shape, add boundary
  test pinning the 2min cutoff, add regression test for the
  cross-shape update.
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retry: false,
/* Function form: poll only while the server says 'pending'.
* Returning `false` disables the interval, so a single 'ready'
* or 'failed' response naturally terminates polling without the
* caller having to also flip `enabled`. */
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P2 Badge Keep preview polling alive when a poll request errors

When useFilePreview hits a transient error (for example a temporary 500 from /api/files/:file_id/preview after SSE already closed), polling stops permanently because retry is disabled and refetchInterval returns false whenever data is not a pending payload. In TanStack Query v4 the interval callback also runs on error states, so this branch disables future polls on the first failure and leaves attachments stuck in "pending" until a manual refresh. The interval logic should continue scheduling retries while the query is in an error state (or enable query retries).

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Codex P2: the previous `data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false` gate
killed polling on the first transient error. With `retry: false`, a 500
left `data` undefined, the callback returned false, and the chip was
stuck "Preparing preview…" forever — exactly the bug the polling layer
was supposed to recover from.

Inverts the gate: stop on terminal success (`ready`/`failed`) or after
5 consecutive errors. Transient errors keep retrying; a permanently
broken endpoint caps at ~12.5s instead of polling forever. Predicate
extracted as `previewRefetchInterval` for direct unit testing without
fighting React Query's timer machinery.
Pending deferred-preview chips now bucket into a separate row above
the resolved attachments — reads as "this is still happening" rather
than mixing with completed downloads. Once status flips to ready, the
chip re-buckets into panelArtifacts; failed re-buckets into the file
row alongside other downloads.
…e file row

Previous bucketing put pending chips in the file row (since
`artifactTypeForAttachment` returns null for empty-text records). The
pending placeholder is a future panel artifact — sharing the row keeps
the chip in place when it resolves instead of jumping rows.

Plain files still get their own row.
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if (existingIndex > -1) {
const merged = [...messageAttachments];
merged[existingIndex] = { ...messageAttachments[existingIndex], ...data };

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P1 Badge Preserve terminal preview status when upserting attachments

Guard this merge against status regression: useEventHandlers.finalHandler() replays responseMessage.attachments at stream end, and those records are commonly the phase-1 snapshot (status: 'pending', text: null) while a deferred attachment update may already have moved the same file_id to ready/failed. Because this line always lets incoming fields win, a late final replay can downgrade an already-resolved attachment back to pending, causing preview flicker and unnecessary re-polling until /files/:file_id/preview corrects it again.

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Codex P1: useEventHandlers.finalHandler iterates
responseMessage.attachments at stream end and dispatches each through
the attachment handler. Those records are the immediate-persist
snapshot (status:pending, text:null) — if a deferred update has
already moved the same file_id to ready/failed, the existing merge
let the pending fields win and downgraded the resolved record. Result:
chip flickers back to pending and polling restarts until the lazy
sweep corrects.

Pin the terminal lifecycle fields (status, text, textFormat,
previewError) when existing is ready/failed and incoming is pending.
Other field updates still go through.
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runPreviewFinalize({
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fileId: fileMetadata.file_id,
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P1 Badge Return finalized previews for direct tool-call attachments

This path now starts deferred preview rendering but never sends the resolved attachment back to the caller: runPreviewFinalize is invoked without onResolved, so /api/tools responds with the initial status: 'pending' snapshot only. The main consumer (client/src/data-provider/Tools/mutations.ts lines 22-35) stores response.attachments as static tool-call output, and LogContent (client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/LogContent.tsx lines 53-138) has no polling/merge hook like useAttachmentPreviewSync. As a result, office artifacts from direct “Run Code” tool calls never transition from download-only/pending to rendered previews in the code-block output UI.

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Codex P2: the previous cap relied on `query.state.fetchFailureCount`,
but React Query v4's reducer resets that to 0 on every fetch dispatch
(the `'fetch'` action). With `retry: false`, each failed poll left
count at 1 and the next dispatch reset it back to 0, so the `>= 5`
branch never fired and a permanently-broken endpoint polled forever.

Track consecutive errors in a module-level Map keyed by file_id,
incremented in a thin `fetchFilePreview` wrapper around the data
service call. The Map is cleared on success and on cap-stop, so
memory is bounded by in-flight pending file_ids per session.
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* 🗂️ feat: add `status` lifecycle to file records for two-phase previews

Schema and model foundation for decoupling the agent's final response
from CPU-heavy office-format HTML extraction.

- `MongoFile.status: 'pending' | 'ready' | 'failed'` (indexed) and
  `previewError?: string` mirror the lifecycle: phase-1 emits the file
  record at `pending` so the response is unblocked; phase-2 transitions
  to `ready` (with text/textFormat) or `failed` (with previewError) in
  the background. Absent for legacy records — clients treat that as
  `ready` for back-compat.
- Mirror types added to `TFile` in data-provider so frontend cache
  consumers see the new fields.
- New `sweepOrphanedPreviews(maxAgeMs)` method on the file model
  recovers stale `pending` records left behind by a process restart
  mid-extraction; transitions them to `failed` with
  `previewError: 'orphaned'`. Cheap because `status` is indexed.

* ⚡ feat: two-phase code-execution preview flow (unblocks final response)

The agent's final response no longer waits on CPU-heavy office HTML
extraction. Phase-1 (download + storage save + DB record at
`status: 'pending'`) is awaited as before; phase-2 (extract +
`updateFile`) runs in the background with a hard 60s ceiling.

Three flows, all funneling through `processCodeOutput` and updated to
the new `{ file, finalize? }` return shape:

- `callbacks.js` (chat-completions + Open Responses streaming): emit
  the phase-1 attachment immediately (carries `status: 'pending'` for
  office buckets so the UI shows "preparing preview…"), then
  fire-and-forget `finalize()`. If the SSE stream is still open when
  phase-2 lands, push an `attachment` update event with the same
  `file_id` so the client merges over the placeholder in place.

- `tools.js` direct endpoint: same split — return the phase-1
  metadata immediately, run extraction in the background. Client
  polls for the resolved record.

`finalize()` wraps the existing 12s per-render timeout in a 60s outer
`withTimeout`. The HTML-or-null contract from LibreChat-AI#12934 is preserved:
office types that fail extraction transition to `status: 'failed'`
with `previewError: 'parser-error' | 'timeout'` rather than falling
back to plain text (would be an XSS vector).

Promises continue running after the HTTP response closes (Node
doesn't kill them). The boot-time orphan sweep covers the only case
that loses progress — actual process restart mid-extraction.

`primeFiles` annotates the agent's `toolContext` line for prior-turn
files: `(preview not yet generated)` for pending, `(preview
unavailable: <reason>)` for failed. The model can volunteer "you can
still download it" instead of pretending the preview is fine.

`hasOfficeHtmlPath` exported from `@librechat/api` so `processCodeOutput`
can decide whether a file expects a preview at all.

* 🔍 feat: `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` endpoint and boot orphan sweep

- New `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` route returns
  `{ status, text?, textFormat?, previewError? }`. The frontend's
  `useFilePreview` React Query hook polls this while phase-2 is in
  flight, then auto-stops on terminal status. ACL identical to the
  download route (reuses `fileAccess` middleware). Defaults `status`
  to `'ready'` for legacy records so back-compat is implicit.
  `text` only included when `status === 'ready'` and non-null —
  preserves the HTML-or-null security contract from LibreChat-AI#12934.

- `sweepOrphanedPreviews()` invoked on boot in both `server/index.js`
  and `server/experimental.js`. Recovers any `pending` records left
  behind by a process restart mid-extraction (the only case the
  in-process two-phase flow can't handle on its own). Fire-and-forget
  so a transient sweep failure doesn't block startup.

* 🖥️ feat: frontend two-phase preview consumer (polling + UI states)

Wires the React side to the new lifecycle so the user sees what's
happening with their file while phase-2 extraction runs in the
background and after the response stream closes.

- `useAttachmentHandler` upserts by `file_id` (was append-only) so
  the phase-2 SSE update event merges over the pending placeholder
  in place. Lightweight attachments without a `file_id`
  (web_search / file_search citations) keep the legacy append path.

- `useFilePreview(file_id)` React Query hook with
  `refetchInterval: (data) => data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false`
  so polling auto-stops on the first terminal response without the
  caller having to flip `enabled`.

- `useAttachmentPreviewSync(attachment)` bridges polled data into
  `messageAttachmentsMap`. Polling enabled iff
  `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting` — per the design ask:
  active polling while the LLM is still generating, then quiet.
  Process-restart and post-stream cases are covered by polling on
  the next interaction.

- `Attachment.tsx` renders a small `PreviewStatusIndicator` (spinner +
  "Preparing preview…" for pending, alert icon + "Preview unavailable"
  for failed) inside `FileAttachment`. Download button stays fully
  functional in both states. Two new English locale keys.

- Data-provider scaffolding: `TFilePreview` type, `endpoints.filePreview`,
  `dataService.getFilePreview`, `QueryKeys.filePreview`.

* 🧪 fix: stub `useAttachmentPreviewSync` in pre-existing Attachment test mocks

The new `useAttachmentPreviewSync` hook is called unconditionally inside
`FileAttachment` (added in the prior commit). Two pre-existing test
files mock `~/hooks` to provide `useLocalize` only — the un-mocked
preview hook reference resolved to undefined and crashed render with
`(0 , _hooks.useAttachmentPreviewSync) is not a function` on the
Ubuntu/Windows CI runners.

Fix is local to the test mocks: add a no-op stub that returns
`{ status: 'ready' }` so the component renders the legacy chip path.
The two-phase preview behavior itself has its own dedicated suites
(`useAttachmentHandler.spec.tsx`, `useAttachmentPreviewSync.spec.tsx`).

* 🐛 fix: route phase-2 attachment update to current-run messageId

Codex P1 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. `processCodeOutput` intentionally
preserves the original DB `messageId` across cross-turn filename reuse
so `getCodeGeneratedFiles` can still trace a file back to the
assistant message that originally produced it. The phase-1 SSE emit
already routes by the current run's messageId — `processCodeOutput`
runtime-overlays it via `Object.assign(file, { messageId, toolCallId })`
and the callback writes `result.file` directly.

Phase-2 was passing the raw `updateFile` return through
`attachmentFromFileMetadata`, which read `messageId` straight off the
DB record. On a turn-N run that re-emitted a filename from turn-1
(e.g. agent writes `output.csv` again), the phase-2 SSE update
routed to `turn-1-msg` instead of `turn-N-msg`. Frontend's
`useAttachmentHandler` upserts under the wrong messageAttachmentsMap
slot — turn-N's pending chip stays stuck at "preparing preview…"
while turn-1's already-resolved attachment gets re-merged.

Fix: thread `runtimeMessageId` through `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
and pass `metadata.run_id` from the phase-2 emit site. Mirrors how
phase-1 sources its messageId. Tests cover the cross-turn reuse case
plus the writableEnded / null-finalize / no-finalize paths to lock
in the broader phase-2 emit contract.

* 🛠️ refactor: address codex audit findings (wire-shape parity, DRY, defensive catch)

Comprehensive audit on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. Resolves all valid findings:

- **MAJOR LibreChat-AI#1 — Wire-shape parity**: phase-1 ships the full `fileMetadata`
  record over SSE; phase-2 was using a tight `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
  projection. Drop the projection and have phase-2 spread `{...updated,
  messageId, toolCallId}` so both events match the long-standing
  legacy phase-1 shape clients depend on.

- **MAJOR LibreChat-AI#2 — DRY**: extract `runPhase2Finalize({ finalize, fileId,
  onResolved })` into `process.js` (alongside `processCodeOutput` whose
  contract it pairs with). Both `callbacks.js` paths and `tools.js`
  now flow through it. Single catch path eliminates divergence
  surface — the fix landed in 01704d4f0 (cross-turn messageId routing)
  was a symptom of this duplication risk.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#3 — JSDoc accuracy**: `finalizePreview`'s buffer is bounded
  by `fileSizeLimit`, not the 1MB extractor cap. Updated and added a
  note about peak heap from queued buffers.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#4 — Defensive catch**: `runPhase2Finalize`'s catch attempts
  a best-effort `updateFile({ status: 'failed', previewError:
  'unexpected' })` for the file_id, so a programming bug in
  `finalizePreview` doesn't leave the record stuck `'pending'` until
  the next boot-time orphan sweep.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#6 — Stale PR refs**: 12952 → 12957 in 3 places.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#7 — Schema bound**: `previewError` capped at `maxlength: 200`
  to prevent a future codepath from accidentally persisting a stack
  trace.

Skipped per audit verdict (non-blocking):
- LibreChat-AI#5 (memory pressure): documented in JSDoc; impl change was reviewer's
  "consider", not actionable.
- LibreChat-AI#8 (double DB query per poll): low cost, indexed by_id, polling is
  gated narrow.
- LibreChat-AI#9 (TAttachment cast): the union type is intentional; the casts are
  safe widening, refactoring TAttachment is invasive and out of scope.

Tests: 11 new (7 `runPhase2Finalize` unit tests covering happy path,
null-finalize, throws, double-fail, no-fileId, no-onResolved; +4
wire-shape parity assertions in the existing cross-turn test). 328
backend tests pass; 528 frontend tests pass; lint and typecheck clean.

* 🛡️ refactor: address codex P1+P2 + rename to drop phase-1/2 jargon

Codex round 2 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught two race conditions and one
recovery gap, all triggered by cross-turn filename reuse (`claimCodeFile`
intentionally returns the same `file_id` for the same
`(filename, conversationId)` across turns). Plus naming cleanup the
user requested — internal "phase 1 / phase 2" vocabulary leaks across
sprints, replace it everywhere with terms describing what's actually
happening.

P1 — stale render overwrites newer revision (process.js)
  Two turns reusing `output.csv` share a `file_id`. If turn-1's
  background render resolves AFTER turn-2's persist step, the
  unconditional `updateFile` writes turn-1's stale text/status over
  turn-2's pending placeholder. Fix: stamp a fresh `previewRevision`
  UUID on every emit, thread it through `finalizePreview`, and make
  the commit conditional via a new optional `extraFilter` argument
  on `updateFile` (`{ previewRevision: <expected> }`). The defensive
  `updateFile` in `runPreviewFinalize`'s catch uses the same guard
  so a programming error from an older render also can't override a
  newer turn.

P1 — stale React Query cache on pending remount (queries.ts)
  Same root cause from the frontend side. Cache key
  `[QueryKeys.filePreview, file_id]` may hold a prior turn's `'ready'`
  payload; with `refetchOnMount: false` and the polling gate on
  `pending`, polling never starts for the new placeholder. Fix:
  `useAttachmentHandler` invalidates that query whenever an attachment
  with a `file_id` arrives. Both initial-emit and update events
  trigger invalidation — uniform gate.

P2 — quick-restart orphans skipped by boot sweep (files.js)
  Boot `sweepOrphanedPreviews` uses a 5-min cutoff for multi-instance
  safety. A crash + restart inside the cutoff leaves `pending` records
  that never get touched again. Fix: lazy sweep inside the preview
  endpoint — if a polled record is `pending` and `updatedAt` is older
  than 5 min, mark it `failed:orphaned` on the spot before responding.
  Conditional on the same `updatedAt` we observed so a concurrent
  legitimate update wins. Cheap, bounded by user activity.

Naming cleanup
  - `runPhase2Finalize` → `runPreviewFinalize`
  - `PHASE_TWO_TIMEOUT_MS` → `PREVIEW_FINALIZE_TIMEOUT_MS`
  - All `phase-1` / `phase-2` / `two-phase` prose replaced with
    "the immediate emit", "the deferred render", "the persist step",
    "the deferred preview", etc. Skill-feature `phase 1/2` references
    (different feature) left alone.

Tests: 10 new (4 lazy-sweep × preview endpoint, 3 cache-invalidation ×
useAttachmentHandler, 3 extraFilter × updateFile data-schemas).
Backend 332/332, frontend 531/531, data-schemas 37/37, lint clean.

* 🛠️ refactor: address comprehensive review (round 3) — stale-cache MAJOR + 3 minors

Comprehensive review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught a P1 follow-on bug from the
prior `invalidateQueries` fix, plus 3 maintainability findings.

MAJOR: stale React Query cache not actually fixed by `invalidateQueries`
  The previous fix called `invalidateQueries` to flush stale cached
  preview data on cross-turn filename reuse. But `useFilePreview` had
  `refetchOnMount: false`, which made the new observer read the
  stale-marked 'ready' data without refetching. The polling
  `refetchInterval` then evaluated against stale 'ready' → returned
  `false` → polling never started → user stuck on stale content.

  Fix (belt-and-suspenders):
    a) `useAttachmentHandler` switched to `removeQueries` — drops the
       cache entry entirely so the next mount has nothing to read and
       must fetch.
    b) `useFilePreview` no longer sets `refetchOnMount: false`, so the
       React Query default (`true`) kicks in — second line of defense
       if any future codepath observes stale data before the handler
       has a chance to evict.

MINOR: `finalizePreview` JSDoc missing `previewRevision` param
  Added with explanation of the conditional update guard.

MINOR: asymmetric stream-writable guard between SSE protocols
  Chat-completions delegated the gate to `writeAttachmentUpdate`;
  Open Responses inlined `!res.writableEnded && res.headersSent`.
  Extracted `isStreamWritable(res, streamId)` predicate; both paths
  + `writeAttachmentUpdate` now share the single source of truth.

NIT: `(data as Partial<TFile>).file_id` cast repeated 4 times
  Extracted to a `fileId` local at the top of the handler.

Tests: existing 9 invalidate-tests rewritten as remove-tests; +1 new
lock-in test asserts removeQueries is called and invalidateQueries
is NOT (regression guard against round-3 finding). 332 backend pass,
532 frontend pass, lint clean.

Skipped findings (deferred / acceptable):
- MINOR: post-submission pending state has no auto-recovery — the
  `isAnySubmitting` polling gate was the user's explicit design;
  LLM context surfaces failed/pending so the model can volunteer.
  Worth a follow-up if real users hit it.
- NIT: double DB query per preview poll — reviewer marked acceptable;
  changing `fileAccess` middleware is out of scope.

* 🛡️ test: address comprehensive review NITs (initial-emit guard + isStreamWritable coverage)

NIT — chat-completions initial emit skips writableEnded check
  The Open Responses initial emit was switched to use the new
  `isStreamWritable` predicate in the round-3 commit, but the
  chat-completions initial emit kept the older narrower check
  (`streamId || res.headersSent`). On a client disconnect mid-stream
  (`writableEnded === true`) it would still hit `res.write` and
  raise `ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END` — caught by the outer IIFE
  catch but logged as noise. Switch this site to `isStreamWritable`
  too so both initial-emit paths share the same gate as the
  deferred update emits.

NIT — `isStreamWritable` not directly unit-tested
  The predicate was only covered indirectly via the deferred-preview
  SSE tests (writableEnded skip, headersSent check). Export from
  `callbacks.js` and add 5 parametric tests pinning down each branch
  (streamId truthy, res null, !headersSent, writableEnded, happy
  path) so a future condition addition can't silently regress.

* 🐛 fix: stuck "Preparing preview…" + inline the chip subtitle

Two related fixes for a stuck-spinner bug a user reported in manual
testing of PR LibreChat-AI#12957.

**Stuck spinner (the bug)**
The deferred preview render can complete a few seconds AFTER the SSE
stream closes (typical case: PPTX render finishes ~3s after the LLM
emits FINAL). When that happens, the SSE update is silently dropped
(`isStreamWritable` returns false on a closed stream) and polling is
the only recovery path.

The earlier polling gate was `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting`,
which mirrored the original design intent ("only query while the LLM
is still generating"). But `isAnySubmitting` flips false the moment
the model emits FINAL — milliseconds before the deferred render
commits. Polling never runs, the chip stays "Preparing preview…"
forever even though the DB has `status: 'ready'` with valid HTML.

Drop the `isAnySubmitting` part of the gate. `useFilePreview`'s
`refetchInterval` is already a function-form that returns `false` on
the first terminal response, so polling auto-stops within one tick of
resolution. The server-side render ceiling (60s) plus the lazy sweep
in the preview endpoint cap the worst case to ~24 polls per pending
attachment. Polling itself never blocks UX — the gate's purpose was
"don't waste cycles", and capping by terminal status is the correct
expression of that.

**Inline the chip subtitle (the visual)**
The previous design rendered "Preparing preview…" as a loose-feeling
spinner+text BELOW the file chip. The chip itself looked done while a
floating annotation said it wasn't.

`FileContainer` gains an optional `subtitle?: ReactNode` prop that
overrides the default file-type label. `Attachment.tsx` passes a
`PreviewStatusSubtitle` (spinner + "Preparing preview…" / alert +
"Preview unavailable") into that slot when the file's preview is
pending or failed. The chip footprint stays identical to its `'ready'`
form — just the second row swaps from "PowerPoint Presentation" to
the status indicator. No floating element, no layout shift.

Tests: regression test pinning down "polling stays enabled after the
LLM finishes" so a future revert can't reintroduce the stuck-spinner
bug. Existing FileContainer tests pass unchanged (subtitle override
is opt-in). 522 frontend tests pass; lint clean.

* 🐛 fix: deferred-preview survives reload + matches artifact card chrome

Fixes the remaining stuck-pending case after the polling gate fix: on
a reloaded conversation, message.attachments come from the DB frozen at
the immediate-persist `status: 'pending'`, but `messageAttachmentsMap`
is empty because no SSE handler ever fired for that messageId. Polling
now INSERTS a new live entry when no record matches the file_id, and
`useAttachments` merges live entries onto DB entries by file_id so the
resolved text/textFormat reach `artifactTypeForAttachment` and the
chip routes through the proper PanelArtifact card.

Also replaces the small file chip used during the pending state with
a PreviewPlaceholderCard that mirrors ToolArtifactCard chrome, so the
transition to the resolved PanelArtifact no longer reshapes the UI.

* ✨ feat: auto-open panel when deferred preview resolves pending→ready

The legacy auto-open path is gated only on `isSubmitting`, so an
office-file preview that resolves *after* the SSE stream closes would
render in place but never auto-open the panel — even though that's
exactly the moment the result becomes meaningful to the user. Adds a
per-file_id one-shot signal that `useAttachmentPreviewSync` flips on
the pending→ready edge; `ToolArtifactCard` consumes it on mount and
auto-opens regardless of submission state. The signal is *only* set on
the actual transition (history loads of pre-resolved files don't
trigger it) and is consumed once (panel close + reopen on the same
card stays user-controlled).

* 🐛 fix: drop placeholder Terminal overlay + scope auto-open to fresh resolutions

Two fixes for issues spotted in manual testing of the deferred-preview
auto-open feature:

1. PreviewPlaceholderCard was passing `file={attachment}` to FilePreview,
   which triggered SourceIcon's Terminal overlay (`metadata.fileIdentifier`
   is set on every code-execution file). The artifact card itself doesn't
   show that overlay; the placeholder shouldn't either, so the
   pending→resolved transition is visually seamless.

2. The `previewJustResolved` flag flipped on every pending→ready
   transition observed by the polling hook — including stale-pending
   DB records that resolve via the first poll on a *history load*.
   Conversations whose immediate-persist snapshot left attachments at
   `status: 'pending'` would yank the panel open every revisit.
   Adds `mountedDuringStreamRef` to the hook (mirroring ToolArtifactCard)
   so the flag fires only when the hook itself was mounted during an
   active turn — preserving the pre-PR contract that the panel only
   auto-opens for results the user is actively waiting on, never for
   history.

* 🐛 fix: don't downgrade preview to failed when only the SSE emit throws

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: the original chain placed `.catch` after
`.then(onResolved)`, so a throw inside `onResolved` (transport-side
errors — SSE write race after stream close, an emitter listener
throwing) would propagate into the finalize catch and persist
`status: 'failed'` / `previewError: 'unexpected'`. That surfaced
"preview unavailable" in the UI for a perfectly valid file, and
degraded next-turn LLM context to reflect a non-existent failure.

Wraps `onResolved` in its own try/catch so emit errors are logged but
do not affect the file's persisted status. Extraction success and
emit success are now independent: if extraction succeeds and
`finalizePreview` writes the terminal status, the polling layer / next
page load surfaces the resolved preview even if this turn's SSE emit
didn't land.

* 🛡️ fix: run boot-time orphan sweep under system tenant context

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: `File` is tenant-isolated, so under
`TENANT_ISOLATION_STRICT=true` the boot-time `sweepOrphanedPreviews`
threw `[TenantIsolation] Query attempted without tenant context in
strict mode` and the recovery path silently failed every restart.
Stale `status: 'pending'` records would be stuck until a user happened
to poll the preview endpoint and trigger the lazy sweep — which only
covers the file the user is currently looking at, not the bulk
candidate set the boot sweep is designed to recover.

Wraps the sweep in `runAsSystem(...)` in both boot paths
(`api/server/index.js` and `api/server/experimental.js`) and pins the
contract with regression tests in `file.spec.ts` — one test asserts
the bare call throws under strict mode, the other asserts the
`runAsSystem`-wrapped call succeeds.

* 🧹 chore: trim verbose comments from previous commit

* 🧹 chore: address review findings (dead branch, lazy-sweep cutoff, stale JSDoc)

- finalizePreview: drop unreachable !isOfficeBucket branch (caller
  already gates on hasOfficeHtmlPath, so this path is always office)
- preview endpoint: drop lazy-sweep cutoff from 5min to 2min — anything
  past the 60s render ceiling is definitively orphaned, and per-request
  sweep can be tighter than the per-instance boot sweep
- strip stale `isSubmitting` references from JSDoc in 3 spots (the
  client-side gate was removed in 9a65840)

Skipped: function-length (LibreChat-AI#3) and client-side polling cap (LibreChat-AI#4) —
refactors without correctness/perf wins; remaining NITs.

* 🧹 fix: trim 1 query off pending polls + clear stale lifecycle on cross-shape updates

- Preview endpoint: reuse fileAccess middleware's record for the
  lifecycle check; only re-fetch with text on the terminal ready
  response. Cuts the typical poll lifecycle from 2(N+1) to N+1
  queries, since the vast majority of polls hit while pending and
  don't need text at all.
- processCodeOutput non-office branch: explicitly null out status,
  previewError, previewRevision (codex P2). Without this, an update at
  the same (filename, conversationId) where the prior emit was an
  office file leaves stale lifecycle fields and the client renders
  the wrong state for the now non-office artifact.
- Tests: rewire preview.spec mocks for the new shape, add boundary
  test pinning the 2min cutoff, add regression test for the
  cross-shape update.

* 🐛 fix: keep polling on transient errors but cap permanently-broken endpoint

Codex P2: the previous `data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false` gate
killed polling on the first transient error. With `retry: false`, a 500
left `data` undefined, the callback returned false, and the chip was
stuck "Preparing preview…" forever — exactly the bug the polling layer
was supposed to recover from.

Inverts the gate: stop on terminal success (`ready`/`failed`) or after
5 consecutive errors. Transient errors keep retrying; a permanently
broken endpoint caps at ~12.5s instead of polling forever. Predicate
extracted as `previewRefetchInterval` for direct unit testing without
fighting React Query's timer machinery.

* ✨ feat: render pending-preview files in their own row

Pending deferred-preview chips now bucket into a separate row above
the resolved attachments — reads as "this is still happening" rather
than mixing with completed downloads. Once status flips to ready, the
chip re-buckets into panelArtifacts; failed re-buckets into the file
row alongside other downloads.

* 🎨 fix: render pending-preview chips in the panel-artifact row, not the file row

Previous bucketing put pending chips in the file row (since
`artifactTypeForAttachment` returns null for empty-text records). The
pending placeholder is a future panel artifact — sharing the row keeps
the chip in place when it resolves instead of jumping rows.

Plain files still get their own row.

* 🐛 fix: phase-1 SSE replay must not regress a resolved attachment

Codex P1: useEventHandlers.finalHandler iterates
responseMessage.attachments at stream end and dispatches each through
the attachment handler. Those records are the immediate-persist
snapshot (status:pending, text:null) — if a deferred update has
already moved the same file_id to ready/failed, the existing merge
let the pending fields win and downgraded the resolved record. Result:
chip flickers back to pending and polling restarts until the lazy
sweep corrects.

Pin the terminal lifecycle fields (status, text, textFormat,
previewError) when existing is ready/failed and incoming is pending.
Other field updates still go through.

* 🐛 fix: track preview-poll error cap outside React Query state

Codex P2: the previous cap relied on `query.state.fetchFailureCount`,
but React Query v4's reducer resets that to 0 on every fetch dispatch
(the `'fetch'` action). With `retry: false`, each failed poll left
count at 1 and the next dispatch reset it back to 0, so the `>= 5`
branch never fired and a permanently-broken endpoint polled forever.

Track consecutive errors in a module-level Map keyed by file_id,
incremented in a thin `fetchFilePreview` wrapper around the data
service call. The Map is cleared on success and on cap-stop, so
memory is bounded by in-flight pending file_ids per session.
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* 🗂️ feat: add `status` lifecycle to file records for two-phase previews

Schema and model foundation for decoupling the agent's final response
from CPU-heavy office-format HTML extraction.

- `MongoFile.status: 'pending' | 'ready' | 'failed'` (indexed) and
  `previewError?: string` mirror the lifecycle: phase-1 emits the file
  record at `pending` so the response is unblocked; phase-2 transitions
  to `ready` (with text/textFormat) or `failed` (with previewError) in
  the background. Absent for legacy records — clients treat that as
  `ready` for back-compat.
- Mirror types added to `TFile` in data-provider so frontend cache
  consumers see the new fields.
- New `sweepOrphanedPreviews(maxAgeMs)` method on the file model
  recovers stale `pending` records left behind by a process restart
  mid-extraction; transitions them to `failed` with
  `previewError: 'orphaned'`. Cheap because `status` is indexed.

* ⚡ feat: two-phase code-execution preview flow (unblocks final response)

The agent's final response no longer waits on CPU-heavy office HTML
extraction. Phase-1 (download + storage save + DB record at
`status: 'pending'`) is awaited as before; phase-2 (extract +
`updateFile`) runs in the background with a hard 60s ceiling.

Three flows, all funneling through `processCodeOutput` and updated to
the new `{ file, finalize? }` return shape:

- `callbacks.js` (chat-completions + Open Responses streaming): emit
  the phase-1 attachment immediately (carries `status: 'pending'` for
  office buckets so the UI shows "preparing preview…"), then
  fire-and-forget `finalize()`. If the SSE stream is still open when
  phase-2 lands, push an `attachment` update event with the same
  `file_id` so the client merges over the placeholder in place.

- `tools.js` direct endpoint: same split — return the phase-1
  metadata immediately, run extraction in the background. Client
  polls for the resolved record.

`finalize()` wraps the existing 12s per-render timeout in a 60s outer
`withTimeout`. The HTML-or-null contract from LibreChat-AI#12934 is preserved:
office types that fail extraction transition to `status: 'failed'`
with `previewError: 'parser-error' | 'timeout'` rather than falling
back to plain text (would be an XSS vector).

Promises continue running after the HTTP response closes (Node
doesn't kill them). The boot-time orphan sweep covers the only case
that loses progress — actual process restart mid-extraction.

`primeFiles` annotates the agent's `toolContext` line for prior-turn
files: `(preview not yet generated)` for pending, `(preview
unavailable: <reason>)` for failed. The model can volunteer "you can
still download it" instead of pretending the preview is fine.

`hasOfficeHtmlPath` exported from `@librechat/api` so `processCodeOutput`
can decide whether a file expects a preview at all.

* 🔍 feat: `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` endpoint and boot orphan sweep

- New `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` route returns
  `{ status, text?, textFormat?, previewError? }`. The frontend's
  `useFilePreview` React Query hook polls this while phase-2 is in
  flight, then auto-stops on terminal status. ACL identical to the
  download route (reuses `fileAccess` middleware). Defaults `status`
  to `'ready'` for legacy records so back-compat is implicit.
  `text` only included when `status === 'ready'` and non-null —
  preserves the HTML-or-null security contract from LibreChat-AI#12934.

- `sweepOrphanedPreviews()` invoked on boot in both `server/index.js`
  and `server/experimental.js`. Recovers any `pending` records left
  behind by a process restart mid-extraction (the only case the
  in-process two-phase flow can't handle on its own). Fire-and-forget
  so a transient sweep failure doesn't block startup.

* 🖥️ feat: frontend two-phase preview consumer (polling + UI states)

Wires the React side to the new lifecycle so the user sees what's
happening with their file while phase-2 extraction runs in the
background and after the response stream closes.

- `useAttachmentHandler` upserts by `file_id` (was append-only) so
  the phase-2 SSE update event merges over the pending placeholder
  in place. Lightweight attachments without a `file_id`
  (web_search / file_search citations) keep the legacy append path.

- `useFilePreview(file_id)` React Query hook with
  `refetchInterval: (data) => data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false`
  so polling auto-stops on the first terminal response without the
  caller having to flip `enabled`.

- `useAttachmentPreviewSync(attachment)` bridges polled data into
  `messageAttachmentsMap`. Polling enabled iff
  `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting` — per the design ask:
  active polling while the LLM is still generating, then quiet.
  Process-restart and post-stream cases are covered by polling on
  the next interaction.

- `Attachment.tsx` renders a small `PreviewStatusIndicator` (spinner +
  "Preparing preview…" for pending, alert icon + "Preview unavailable"
  for failed) inside `FileAttachment`. Download button stays fully
  functional in both states. Two new English locale keys.

- Data-provider scaffolding: `TFilePreview` type, `endpoints.filePreview`,
  `dataService.getFilePreview`, `QueryKeys.filePreview`.

* 🧪 fix: stub `useAttachmentPreviewSync` in pre-existing Attachment test mocks

The new `useAttachmentPreviewSync` hook is called unconditionally inside
`FileAttachment` (added in the prior commit). Two pre-existing test
files mock `~/hooks` to provide `useLocalize` only — the un-mocked
preview hook reference resolved to undefined and crashed render with
`(0 , _hooks.useAttachmentPreviewSync) is not a function` on the
Ubuntu/Windows CI runners.

Fix is local to the test mocks: add a no-op stub that returns
`{ status: 'ready' }` so the component renders the legacy chip path.
The two-phase preview behavior itself has its own dedicated suites
(`useAttachmentHandler.spec.tsx`, `useAttachmentPreviewSync.spec.tsx`).

* 🐛 fix: route phase-2 attachment update to current-run messageId

Codex P1 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. `processCodeOutput` intentionally
preserves the original DB `messageId` across cross-turn filename reuse
so `getCodeGeneratedFiles` can still trace a file back to the
assistant message that originally produced it. The phase-1 SSE emit
already routes by the current run's messageId — `processCodeOutput`
runtime-overlays it via `Object.assign(file, { messageId, toolCallId })`
and the callback writes `result.file` directly.

Phase-2 was passing the raw `updateFile` return through
`attachmentFromFileMetadata`, which read `messageId` straight off the
DB record. On a turn-N run that re-emitted a filename from turn-1
(e.g. agent writes `output.csv` again), the phase-2 SSE update
routed to `turn-1-msg` instead of `turn-N-msg`. Frontend's
`useAttachmentHandler` upserts under the wrong messageAttachmentsMap
slot — turn-N's pending chip stays stuck at "preparing preview…"
while turn-1's already-resolved attachment gets re-merged.

Fix: thread `runtimeMessageId` through `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
and pass `metadata.run_id` from the phase-2 emit site. Mirrors how
phase-1 sources its messageId. Tests cover the cross-turn reuse case
plus the writableEnded / null-finalize / no-finalize paths to lock
in the broader phase-2 emit contract.

* 🛠️ refactor: address codex audit findings (wire-shape parity, DRY, defensive catch)

Comprehensive audit on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. Resolves all valid findings:

- **MAJOR LibreChat-AI#1 — Wire-shape parity**: phase-1 ships the full `fileMetadata`
  record over SSE; phase-2 was using a tight `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
  projection. Drop the projection and have phase-2 spread `{...updated,
  messageId, toolCallId}` so both events match the long-standing
  legacy phase-1 shape clients depend on.

- **MAJOR LibreChat-AI#2 — DRY**: extract `runPhase2Finalize({ finalize, fileId,
  onResolved })` into `process.js` (alongside `processCodeOutput` whose
  contract it pairs with). Both `callbacks.js` paths and `tools.js`
  now flow through it. Single catch path eliminates divergence
  surface — the fix landed in 01704d4f0 (cross-turn messageId routing)
  was a symptom of this duplication risk.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#3 — JSDoc accuracy**: `finalizePreview`'s buffer is bounded
  by `fileSizeLimit`, not the 1MB extractor cap. Updated and added a
  note about peak heap from queued buffers.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#4 — Defensive catch**: `runPhase2Finalize`'s catch attempts
  a best-effort `updateFile({ status: 'failed', previewError:
  'unexpected' })` for the file_id, so a programming bug in
  `finalizePreview` doesn't leave the record stuck `'pending'` until
  the next boot-time orphan sweep.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#6 — Stale PR refs**: 12952 → 12957 in 3 places.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#7 — Schema bound**: `previewError` capped at `maxlength: 200`
  to prevent a future codepath from accidentally persisting a stack
  trace.

Skipped per audit verdict (non-blocking):
- LibreChat-AI#5 (memory pressure): documented in JSDoc; impl change was reviewer's
  "consider", not actionable.
- LibreChat-AI#8 (double DB query per poll): low cost, indexed by_id, polling is
  gated narrow.
- LibreChat-AI#9 (TAttachment cast): the union type is intentional; the casts are
  safe widening, refactoring TAttachment is invasive and out of scope.

Tests: 11 new (7 `runPhase2Finalize` unit tests covering happy path,
null-finalize, throws, double-fail, no-fileId, no-onResolved; +4
wire-shape parity assertions in the existing cross-turn test). 328
backend tests pass; 528 frontend tests pass; lint and typecheck clean.

* 🛡️ refactor: address codex P1+P2 + rename to drop phase-1/2 jargon

Codex round 2 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught two race conditions and one
recovery gap, all triggered by cross-turn filename reuse (`claimCodeFile`
intentionally returns the same `file_id` for the same
`(filename, conversationId)` across turns). Plus naming cleanup the
user requested — internal "phase 1 / phase 2" vocabulary leaks across
sprints, replace it everywhere with terms describing what's actually
happening.

P1 — stale render overwrites newer revision (process.js)
  Two turns reusing `output.csv` share a `file_id`. If turn-1's
  background render resolves AFTER turn-2's persist step, the
  unconditional `updateFile` writes turn-1's stale text/status over
  turn-2's pending placeholder. Fix: stamp a fresh `previewRevision`
  UUID on every emit, thread it through `finalizePreview`, and make
  the commit conditional via a new optional `extraFilter` argument
  on `updateFile` (`{ previewRevision: <expected> }`). The defensive
  `updateFile` in `runPreviewFinalize`'s catch uses the same guard
  so a programming error from an older render also can't override a
  newer turn.

P1 — stale React Query cache on pending remount (queries.ts)
  Same root cause from the frontend side. Cache key
  `[QueryKeys.filePreview, file_id]` may hold a prior turn's `'ready'`
  payload; with `refetchOnMount: false` and the polling gate on
  `pending`, polling never starts for the new placeholder. Fix:
  `useAttachmentHandler` invalidates that query whenever an attachment
  with a `file_id` arrives. Both initial-emit and update events
  trigger invalidation — uniform gate.

P2 — quick-restart orphans skipped by boot sweep (files.js)
  Boot `sweepOrphanedPreviews` uses a 5-min cutoff for multi-instance
  safety. A crash + restart inside the cutoff leaves `pending` records
  that never get touched again. Fix: lazy sweep inside the preview
  endpoint — if a polled record is `pending` and `updatedAt` is older
  than 5 min, mark it `failed:orphaned` on the spot before responding.
  Conditional on the same `updatedAt` we observed so a concurrent
  legitimate update wins. Cheap, bounded by user activity.

Naming cleanup
  - `runPhase2Finalize` → `runPreviewFinalize`
  - `PHASE_TWO_TIMEOUT_MS` → `PREVIEW_FINALIZE_TIMEOUT_MS`
  - All `phase-1` / `phase-2` / `two-phase` prose replaced with
    "the immediate emit", "the deferred render", "the persist step",
    "the deferred preview", etc. Skill-feature `phase 1/2` references
    (different feature) left alone.

Tests: 10 new (4 lazy-sweep × preview endpoint, 3 cache-invalidation ×
useAttachmentHandler, 3 extraFilter × updateFile data-schemas).
Backend 332/332, frontend 531/531, data-schemas 37/37, lint clean.

* 🛠️ refactor: address comprehensive review (round 3) — stale-cache MAJOR + 3 minors

Comprehensive review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught a P1 follow-on bug from the
prior `invalidateQueries` fix, plus 3 maintainability findings.

MAJOR: stale React Query cache not actually fixed by `invalidateQueries`
  The previous fix called `invalidateQueries` to flush stale cached
  preview data on cross-turn filename reuse. But `useFilePreview` had
  `refetchOnMount: false`, which made the new observer read the
  stale-marked 'ready' data without refetching. The polling
  `refetchInterval` then evaluated against stale 'ready' → returned
  `false` → polling never started → user stuck on stale content.

  Fix (belt-and-suspenders):
    a) `useAttachmentHandler` switched to `removeQueries` — drops the
       cache entry entirely so the next mount has nothing to read and
       must fetch.
    b) `useFilePreview` no longer sets `refetchOnMount: false`, so the
       React Query default (`true`) kicks in — second line of defense
       if any future codepath observes stale data before the handler
       has a chance to evict.

MINOR: `finalizePreview` JSDoc missing `previewRevision` param
  Added with explanation of the conditional update guard.

MINOR: asymmetric stream-writable guard between SSE protocols
  Chat-completions delegated the gate to `writeAttachmentUpdate`;
  Open Responses inlined `!res.writableEnded && res.headersSent`.
  Extracted `isStreamWritable(res, streamId)` predicate; both paths
  + `writeAttachmentUpdate` now share the single source of truth.

NIT: `(data as Partial<TFile>).file_id` cast repeated 4 times
  Extracted to a `fileId` local at the top of the handler.

Tests: existing 9 invalidate-tests rewritten as remove-tests; +1 new
lock-in test asserts removeQueries is called and invalidateQueries
is NOT (regression guard against round-3 finding). 332 backend pass,
532 frontend pass, lint clean.

Skipped findings (deferred / acceptable):
- MINOR: post-submission pending state has no auto-recovery — the
  `isAnySubmitting` polling gate was the user's explicit design;
  LLM context surfaces failed/pending so the model can volunteer.
  Worth a follow-up if real users hit it.
- NIT: double DB query per preview poll — reviewer marked acceptable;
  changing `fileAccess` middleware is out of scope.

* 🛡️ test: address comprehensive review NITs (initial-emit guard + isStreamWritable coverage)

NIT — chat-completions initial emit skips writableEnded check
  The Open Responses initial emit was switched to use the new
  `isStreamWritable` predicate in the round-3 commit, but the
  chat-completions initial emit kept the older narrower check
  (`streamId || res.headersSent`). On a client disconnect mid-stream
  (`writableEnded === true`) it would still hit `res.write` and
  raise `ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END` — caught by the outer IIFE
  catch but logged as noise. Switch this site to `isStreamWritable`
  too so both initial-emit paths share the same gate as the
  deferred update emits.

NIT — `isStreamWritable` not directly unit-tested
  The predicate was only covered indirectly via the deferred-preview
  SSE tests (writableEnded skip, headersSent check). Export from
  `callbacks.js` and add 5 parametric tests pinning down each branch
  (streamId truthy, res null, !headersSent, writableEnded, happy
  path) so a future condition addition can't silently regress.

* 🐛 fix: stuck "Preparing preview…" + inline the chip subtitle

Two related fixes for a stuck-spinner bug a user reported in manual
testing of PR LibreChat-AI#12957.

**Stuck spinner (the bug)**
The deferred preview render can complete a few seconds AFTER the SSE
stream closes (typical case: PPTX render finishes ~3s after the LLM
emits FINAL). When that happens, the SSE update is silently dropped
(`isStreamWritable` returns false on a closed stream) and polling is
the only recovery path.

The earlier polling gate was `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting`,
which mirrored the original design intent ("only query while the LLM
is still generating"). But `isAnySubmitting` flips false the moment
the model emits FINAL — milliseconds before the deferred render
commits. Polling never runs, the chip stays "Preparing preview…"
forever even though the DB has `status: 'ready'` with valid HTML.

Drop the `isAnySubmitting` part of the gate. `useFilePreview`'s
`refetchInterval` is already a function-form that returns `false` on
the first terminal response, so polling auto-stops within one tick of
resolution. The server-side render ceiling (60s) plus the lazy sweep
in the preview endpoint cap the worst case to ~24 polls per pending
attachment. Polling itself never blocks UX — the gate's purpose was
"don't waste cycles", and capping by terminal status is the correct
expression of that.

**Inline the chip subtitle (the visual)**
The previous design rendered "Preparing preview…" as a loose-feeling
spinner+text BELOW the file chip. The chip itself looked done while a
floating annotation said it wasn't.

`FileContainer` gains an optional `subtitle?: ReactNode` prop that
overrides the default file-type label. `Attachment.tsx` passes a
`PreviewStatusSubtitle` (spinner + "Preparing preview…" / alert +
"Preview unavailable") into that slot when the file's preview is
pending or failed. The chip footprint stays identical to its `'ready'`
form — just the second row swaps from "PowerPoint Presentation" to
the status indicator. No floating element, no layout shift.

Tests: regression test pinning down "polling stays enabled after the
LLM finishes" so a future revert can't reintroduce the stuck-spinner
bug. Existing FileContainer tests pass unchanged (subtitle override
is opt-in). 522 frontend tests pass; lint clean.

* 🐛 fix: deferred-preview survives reload + matches artifact card chrome

Fixes the remaining stuck-pending case after the polling gate fix: on
a reloaded conversation, message.attachments come from the DB frozen at
the immediate-persist `status: 'pending'`, but `messageAttachmentsMap`
is empty because no SSE handler ever fired for that messageId. Polling
now INSERTS a new live entry when no record matches the file_id, and
`useAttachments` merges live entries onto DB entries by file_id so the
resolved text/textFormat reach `artifactTypeForAttachment` and the
chip routes through the proper PanelArtifact card.

Also replaces the small file chip used during the pending state with
a PreviewPlaceholderCard that mirrors ToolArtifactCard chrome, so the
transition to the resolved PanelArtifact no longer reshapes the UI.

* ✨ feat: auto-open panel when deferred preview resolves pending→ready

The legacy auto-open path is gated only on `isSubmitting`, so an
office-file preview that resolves *after* the SSE stream closes would
render in place but never auto-open the panel — even though that's
exactly the moment the result becomes meaningful to the user. Adds a
per-file_id one-shot signal that `useAttachmentPreviewSync` flips on
the pending→ready edge; `ToolArtifactCard` consumes it on mount and
auto-opens regardless of submission state. The signal is *only* set on
the actual transition (history loads of pre-resolved files don't
trigger it) and is consumed once (panel close + reopen on the same
card stays user-controlled).

* 🐛 fix: drop placeholder Terminal overlay + scope auto-open to fresh resolutions

Two fixes for issues spotted in manual testing of the deferred-preview
auto-open feature:

1. PreviewPlaceholderCard was passing `file={attachment}` to FilePreview,
   which triggered SourceIcon's Terminal overlay (`metadata.fileIdentifier`
   is set on every code-execution file). The artifact card itself doesn't
   show that overlay; the placeholder shouldn't either, so the
   pending→resolved transition is visually seamless.

2. The `previewJustResolved` flag flipped on every pending→ready
   transition observed by the polling hook — including stale-pending
   DB records that resolve via the first poll on a *history load*.
   Conversations whose immediate-persist snapshot left attachments at
   `status: 'pending'` would yank the panel open every revisit.
   Adds `mountedDuringStreamRef` to the hook (mirroring ToolArtifactCard)
   so the flag fires only when the hook itself was mounted during an
   active turn — preserving the pre-PR contract that the panel only
   auto-opens for results the user is actively waiting on, never for
   history.

* 🐛 fix: don't downgrade preview to failed when only the SSE emit throws

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: the original chain placed `.catch` after
`.then(onResolved)`, so a throw inside `onResolved` (transport-side
errors — SSE write race after stream close, an emitter listener
throwing) would propagate into the finalize catch and persist
`status: 'failed'` / `previewError: 'unexpected'`. That surfaced
"preview unavailable" in the UI for a perfectly valid file, and
degraded next-turn LLM context to reflect a non-existent failure.

Wraps `onResolved` in its own try/catch so emit errors are logged but
do not affect the file's persisted status. Extraction success and
emit success are now independent: if extraction succeeds and
`finalizePreview` writes the terminal status, the polling layer / next
page load surfaces the resolved preview even if this turn's SSE emit
didn't land.

* 🛡️ fix: run boot-time orphan sweep under system tenant context

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: `File` is tenant-isolated, so under
`TENANT_ISOLATION_STRICT=true` the boot-time `sweepOrphanedPreviews`
threw `[TenantIsolation] Query attempted without tenant context in
strict mode` and the recovery path silently failed every restart.
Stale `status: 'pending'` records would be stuck until a user happened
to poll the preview endpoint and trigger the lazy sweep — which only
covers the file the user is currently looking at, not the bulk
candidate set the boot sweep is designed to recover.

Wraps the sweep in `runAsSystem(...)` in both boot paths
(`api/server/index.js` and `api/server/experimental.js`) and pins the
contract with regression tests in `file.spec.ts` — one test asserts
the bare call throws under strict mode, the other asserts the
`runAsSystem`-wrapped call succeeds.

* 🧹 chore: trim verbose comments from previous commit

* 🧹 chore: address review findings (dead branch, lazy-sweep cutoff, stale JSDoc)

- finalizePreview: drop unreachable !isOfficeBucket branch (caller
  already gates on hasOfficeHtmlPath, so this path is always office)
- preview endpoint: drop lazy-sweep cutoff from 5min to 2min — anything
  past the 60s render ceiling is definitively orphaned, and per-request
  sweep can be tighter than the per-instance boot sweep
- strip stale `isSubmitting` references from JSDoc in 3 spots (the
  client-side gate was removed in 9a65840)

Skipped: function-length (LibreChat-AI#3) and client-side polling cap (LibreChat-AI#4) —
refactors without correctness/perf wins; remaining NITs.

* 🧹 fix: trim 1 query off pending polls + clear stale lifecycle on cross-shape updates

- Preview endpoint: reuse fileAccess middleware's record for the
  lifecycle check; only re-fetch with text on the terminal ready
  response. Cuts the typical poll lifecycle from 2(N+1) to N+1
  queries, since the vast majority of polls hit while pending and
  don't need text at all.
- processCodeOutput non-office branch: explicitly null out status,
  previewError, previewRevision (codex P2). Without this, an update at
  the same (filename, conversationId) where the prior emit was an
  office file leaves stale lifecycle fields and the client renders
  the wrong state for the now non-office artifact.
- Tests: rewire preview.spec mocks for the new shape, add boundary
  test pinning the 2min cutoff, add regression test for the
  cross-shape update.

* 🐛 fix: keep polling on transient errors but cap permanently-broken endpoint

Codex P2: the previous `data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false` gate
killed polling on the first transient error. With `retry: false`, a 500
left `data` undefined, the callback returned false, and the chip was
stuck "Preparing preview…" forever — exactly the bug the polling layer
was supposed to recover from.

Inverts the gate: stop on terminal success (`ready`/`failed`) or after
5 consecutive errors. Transient errors keep retrying; a permanently
broken endpoint caps at ~12.5s instead of polling forever. Predicate
extracted as `previewRefetchInterval` for direct unit testing without
fighting React Query's timer machinery.

* ✨ feat: render pending-preview files in their own row

Pending deferred-preview chips now bucket into a separate row above
the resolved attachments — reads as "this is still happening" rather
than mixing with completed downloads. Once status flips to ready, the
chip re-buckets into panelArtifacts; failed re-buckets into the file
row alongside other downloads.

* 🎨 fix: render pending-preview chips in the panel-artifact row, not the file row

Previous bucketing put pending chips in the file row (since
`artifactTypeForAttachment` returns null for empty-text records). The
pending placeholder is a future panel artifact — sharing the row keeps
the chip in place when it resolves instead of jumping rows.

Plain files still get their own row.

* 🐛 fix: phase-1 SSE replay must not regress a resolved attachment

Codex P1: useEventHandlers.finalHandler iterates
responseMessage.attachments at stream end and dispatches each through
the attachment handler. Those records are the immediate-persist
snapshot (status:pending, text:null) — if a deferred update has
already moved the same file_id to ready/failed, the existing merge
let the pending fields win and downgraded the resolved record. Result:
chip flickers back to pending and polling restarts until the lazy
sweep corrects.

Pin the terminal lifecycle fields (status, text, textFormat,
previewError) when existing is ready/failed and incoming is pending.
Other field updates still go through.

* 🐛 fix: track preview-poll error cap outside React Query state

Codex P2: the previous cap relied on `query.state.fetchFailureCount`,
but React Query v4's reducer resets that to 0 on every fetch dispatch
(the `'fetch'` action). With `retry: false`, each failed poll left
count at 1 and the next dispatch reset it back to 0, so the `>= 5`
branch never fired and a permanently-broken endpoint polled forever.

Track consecutive errors in a module-level Map keyed by file_id,
incremented in a thin `fetchFilePreview` wrapper around the data
service call. The Map is cleared on success and on cap-stop, so
memory is bounded by in-flight pending file_ids per session.
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* 🗂️ feat: add `status` lifecycle to file records for two-phase previews

Schema and model foundation for decoupling the agent's final response
from CPU-heavy office-format HTML extraction.

- `MongoFile.status: 'pending' | 'ready' | 'failed'` (indexed) and
  `previewError?: string` mirror the lifecycle: phase-1 emits the file
  record at `pending` so the response is unblocked; phase-2 transitions
  to `ready` (with text/textFormat) or `failed` (with previewError) in
  the background. Absent for legacy records — clients treat that as
  `ready` for back-compat.
- Mirror types added to `TFile` in data-provider so frontend cache
  consumers see the new fields.
- New `sweepOrphanedPreviews(maxAgeMs)` method on the file model
  recovers stale `pending` records left behind by a process restart
  mid-extraction; transitions them to `failed` with
  `previewError: 'orphaned'`. Cheap because `status` is indexed.

* ⚡ feat: two-phase code-execution preview flow (unblocks final response)

The agent's final response no longer waits on CPU-heavy office HTML
extraction. Phase-1 (download + storage save + DB record at
`status: 'pending'`) is awaited as before; phase-2 (extract +
`updateFile`) runs in the background with a hard 60s ceiling.

Three flows, all funneling through `processCodeOutput` and updated to
the new `{ file, finalize? }` return shape:

- `callbacks.js` (chat-completions + Open Responses streaming): emit
  the phase-1 attachment immediately (carries `status: 'pending'` for
  office buckets so the UI shows "preparing preview…"), then
  fire-and-forget `finalize()`. If the SSE stream is still open when
  phase-2 lands, push an `attachment` update event with the same
  `file_id` so the client merges over the placeholder in place.

- `tools.js` direct endpoint: same split — return the phase-1
  metadata immediately, run extraction in the background. Client
  polls for the resolved record.

`finalize()` wraps the existing 12s per-render timeout in a 60s outer
`withTimeout`. The HTML-or-null contract from LibreChat-AI#12934 is preserved:
office types that fail extraction transition to `status: 'failed'`
with `previewError: 'parser-error' | 'timeout'` rather than falling
back to plain text (would be an XSS vector).

Promises continue running after the HTTP response closes (Node
doesn't kill them). The boot-time orphan sweep covers the only case
that loses progress — actual process restart mid-extraction.

`primeFiles` annotates the agent's `toolContext` line for prior-turn
files: `(preview not yet generated)` for pending, `(preview
unavailable: <reason>)` for failed. The model can volunteer "you can
still download it" instead of pretending the preview is fine.

`hasOfficeHtmlPath` exported from `@librechat/api` so `processCodeOutput`
can decide whether a file expects a preview at all.

* 🔍 feat: `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` endpoint and boot orphan sweep

- New `GET /api/files/:file_id/preview` route returns
  `{ status, text?, textFormat?, previewError? }`. The frontend's
  `useFilePreview` React Query hook polls this while phase-2 is in
  flight, then auto-stops on terminal status. ACL identical to the
  download route (reuses `fileAccess` middleware). Defaults `status`
  to `'ready'` for legacy records so back-compat is implicit.
  `text` only included when `status === 'ready'` and non-null —
  preserves the HTML-or-null security contract from LibreChat-AI#12934.

- `sweepOrphanedPreviews()` invoked on boot in both `server/index.js`
  and `server/experimental.js`. Recovers any `pending` records left
  behind by a process restart mid-extraction (the only case the
  in-process two-phase flow can't handle on its own). Fire-and-forget
  so a transient sweep failure doesn't block startup.

* 🖥️ feat: frontend two-phase preview consumer (polling + UI states)

Wires the React side to the new lifecycle so the user sees what's
happening with their file while phase-2 extraction runs in the
background and after the response stream closes.

- `useAttachmentHandler` upserts by `file_id` (was append-only) so
  the phase-2 SSE update event merges over the pending placeholder
  in place. Lightweight attachments without a `file_id`
  (web_search / file_search citations) keep the legacy append path.

- `useFilePreview(file_id)` React Query hook with
  `refetchInterval: (data) => data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false`
  so polling auto-stops on the first terminal response without the
  caller having to flip `enabled`.

- `useAttachmentPreviewSync(attachment)` bridges polled data into
  `messageAttachmentsMap`. Polling enabled iff
  `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting` — per the design ask:
  active polling while the LLM is still generating, then quiet.
  Process-restart and post-stream cases are covered by polling on
  the next interaction.

- `Attachment.tsx` renders a small `PreviewStatusIndicator` (spinner +
  "Preparing preview…" for pending, alert icon + "Preview unavailable"
  for failed) inside `FileAttachment`. Download button stays fully
  functional in both states. Two new English locale keys.

- Data-provider scaffolding: `TFilePreview` type, `endpoints.filePreview`,
  `dataService.getFilePreview`, `QueryKeys.filePreview`.

* 🧪 fix: stub `useAttachmentPreviewSync` in pre-existing Attachment test mocks

The new `useAttachmentPreviewSync` hook is called unconditionally inside
`FileAttachment` (added in the prior commit). Two pre-existing test
files mock `~/hooks` to provide `useLocalize` only — the un-mocked
preview hook reference resolved to undefined and crashed render with
`(0 , _hooks.useAttachmentPreviewSync) is not a function` on the
Ubuntu/Windows CI runners.

Fix is local to the test mocks: add a no-op stub that returns
`{ status: 'ready' }` so the component renders the legacy chip path.
The two-phase preview behavior itself has its own dedicated suites
(`useAttachmentHandler.spec.tsx`, `useAttachmentPreviewSync.spec.tsx`).

* 🐛 fix: route phase-2 attachment update to current-run messageId

Codex P1 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. `processCodeOutput` intentionally
preserves the original DB `messageId` across cross-turn filename reuse
so `getCodeGeneratedFiles` can still trace a file back to the
assistant message that originally produced it. The phase-1 SSE emit
already routes by the current run's messageId — `processCodeOutput`
runtime-overlays it via `Object.assign(file, { messageId, toolCallId })`
and the callback writes `result.file` directly.

Phase-2 was passing the raw `updateFile` return through
`attachmentFromFileMetadata`, which read `messageId` straight off the
DB record. On a turn-N run that re-emitted a filename from turn-1
(e.g. agent writes `output.csv` again), the phase-2 SSE update
routed to `turn-1-msg` instead of `turn-N-msg`. Frontend's
`useAttachmentHandler` upserts under the wrong messageAttachmentsMap
slot — turn-N's pending chip stays stuck at "preparing preview…"
while turn-1's already-resolved attachment gets re-merged.

Fix: thread `runtimeMessageId` through `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
and pass `metadata.run_id` from the phase-2 emit site. Mirrors how
phase-1 sources its messageId. Tests cover the cross-turn reuse case
plus the writableEnded / null-finalize / no-finalize paths to lock
in the broader phase-2 emit contract.

* 🛠️ refactor: address codex audit findings (wire-shape parity, DRY, defensive catch)

Comprehensive audit on PR LibreChat-AI#12957. Resolves all valid findings:

- **MAJOR #1 — Wire-shape parity**: phase-1 ships the full `fileMetadata`
  record over SSE; phase-2 was using a tight `attachmentFromFileMetadata`
  projection. Drop the projection and have phase-2 spread `{...updated,
  messageId, toolCallId}` so both events match the long-standing
  legacy phase-1 shape clients depend on.

- **MAJOR #2 — DRY**: extract `runPhase2Finalize({ finalize, fileId,
  onResolved })` into `process.js` (alongside `processCodeOutput` whose
  contract it pairs with). Both `callbacks.js` paths and `tools.js`
  now flow through it. Single catch path eliminates divergence
  surface — the fix landed in 01704d4f0 (cross-turn messageId routing)
  was a symptom of this duplication risk.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#3 — JSDoc accuracy**: `finalizePreview`'s buffer is bounded
  by `fileSizeLimit`, not the 1MB extractor cap. Updated and added a
  note about peak heap from queued buffers.

- **MINOR LibreChat-AI#4 — Defensive catch**: `runPhase2Finalize`'s catch attempts
  a best-effort `updateFile({ status: 'failed', previewError:
  'unexpected' })` for the file_id, so a programming bug in
  `finalizePreview` doesn't leave the record stuck `'pending'` until
  the next boot-time orphan sweep.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#6 — Stale PR refs**: 12952 → 12957 in 3 places.

- **NIT LibreChat-AI#7 — Schema bound**: `previewError` capped at `maxlength: 200`
  to prevent a future codepath from accidentally persisting a stack
  trace.

Skipped per audit verdict (non-blocking):
- LibreChat-AI#5 (memory pressure): documented in JSDoc; impl change was reviewer's
  "consider", not actionable.
- LibreChat-AI#8 (double DB query per poll): low cost, indexed by_id, polling is
  gated narrow.
- LibreChat-AI#9 (TAttachment cast): the union type is intentional; the casts are
  safe widening, refactoring TAttachment is invasive and out of scope.

Tests: 11 new (7 `runPhase2Finalize` unit tests covering happy path,
null-finalize, throws, double-fail, no-fileId, no-onResolved; +4
wire-shape parity assertions in the existing cross-turn test). 328
backend tests pass; 528 frontend tests pass; lint and typecheck clean.

* 🛡️ refactor: address codex P1+P2 + rename to drop phase-1/2 jargon

Codex round 2 review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught two race conditions and one
recovery gap, all triggered by cross-turn filename reuse (`claimCodeFile`
intentionally returns the same `file_id` for the same
`(filename, conversationId)` across turns). Plus naming cleanup the
user requested — internal "phase 1 / phase 2" vocabulary leaks across
sprints, replace it everywhere with terms describing what's actually
happening.

P1 — stale render overwrites newer revision (process.js)
  Two turns reusing `output.csv` share a `file_id`. If turn-1's
  background render resolves AFTER turn-2's persist step, the
  unconditional `updateFile` writes turn-1's stale text/status over
  turn-2's pending placeholder. Fix: stamp a fresh `previewRevision`
  UUID on every emit, thread it through `finalizePreview`, and make
  the commit conditional via a new optional `extraFilter` argument
  on `updateFile` (`{ previewRevision: <expected> }`). The defensive
  `updateFile` in `runPreviewFinalize`'s catch uses the same guard
  so a programming error from an older render also can't override a
  newer turn.

P1 — stale React Query cache on pending remount (queries.ts)
  Same root cause from the frontend side. Cache key
  `[QueryKeys.filePreview, file_id]` may hold a prior turn's `'ready'`
  payload; with `refetchOnMount: false` and the polling gate on
  `pending`, polling never starts for the new placeholder. Fix:
  `useAttachmentHandler` invalidates that query whenever an attachment
  with a `file_id` arrives. Both initial-emit and update events
  trigger invalidation — uniform gate.

P2 — quick-restart orphans skipped by boot sweep (files.js)
  Boot `sweepOrphanedPreviews` uses a 5-min cutoff for multi-instance
  safety. A crash + restart inside the cutoff leaves `pending` records
  that never get touched again. Fix: lazy sweep inside the preview
  endpoint — if a polled record is `pending` and `updatedAt` is older
  than 5 min, mark it `failed:orphaned` on the spot before responding.
  Conditional on the same `updatedAt` we observed so a concurrent
  legitimate update wins. Cheap, bounded by user activity.

Naming cleanup
  - `runPhase2Finalize` → `runPreviewFinalize`
  - `PHASE_TWO_TIMEOUT_MS` → `PREVIEW_FINALIZE_TIMEOUT_MS`
  - All `phase-1` / `phase-2` / `two-phase` prose replaced with
    "the immediate emit", "the deferred render", "the persist step",
    "the deferred preview", etc. Skill-feature `phase 1/2` references
    (different feature) left alone.

Tests: 10 new (4 lazy-sweep × preview endpoint, 3 cache-invalidation ×
useAttachmentHandler, 3 extraFilter × updateFile data-schemas).
Backend 332/332, frontend 531/531, data-schemas 37/37, lint clean.

* 🛠️ refactor: address comprehensive review (round 3) — stale-cache MAJOR + 3 minors

Comprehensive review on PR LibreChat-AI#12957 caught a P1 follow-on bug from the
prior `invalidateQueries` fix, plus 3 maintainability findings.

MAJOR: stale React Query cache not actually fixed by `invalidateQueries`
  The previous fix called `invalidateQueries` to flush stale cached
  preview data on cross-turn filename reuse. But `useFilePreview` had
  `refetchOnMount: false`, which made the new observer read the
  stale-marked 'ready' data without refetching. The polling
  `refetchInterval` then evaluated against stale 'ready' → returned
  `false` → polling never started → user stuck on stale content.

  Fix (belt-and-suspenders):
    a) `useAttachmentHandler` switched to `removeQueries` — drops the
       cache entry entirely so the next mount has nothing to read and
       must fetch.
    b) `useFilePreview` no longer sets `refetchOnMount: false`, so the
       React Query default (`true`) kicks in — second line of defense
       if any future codepath observes stale data before the handler
       has a chance to evict.

MINOR: `finalizePreview` JSDoc missing `previewRevision` param
  Added with explanation of the conditional update guard.

MINOR: asymmetric stream-writable guard between SSE protocols
  Chat-completions delegated the gate to `writeAttachmentUpdate`;
  Open Responses inlined `!res.writableEnded && res.headersSent`.
  Extracted `isStreamWritable(res, streamId)` predicate; both paths
  + `writeAttachmentUpdate` now share the single source of truth.

NIT: `(data as Partial<TFile>).file_id` cast repeated 4 times
  Extracted to a `fileId` local at the top of the handler.

Tests: existing 9 invalidate-tests rewritten as remove-tests; +1 new
lock-in test asserts removeQueries is called and invalidateQueries
is NOT (regression guard against round-3 finding). 332 backend pass,
532 frontend pass, lint clean.

Skipped findings (deferred / acceptable):
- MINOR: post-submission pending state has no auto-recovery — the
  `isAnySubmitting` polling gate was the user's explicit design;
  LLM context surfaces failed/pending so the model can volunteer.
  Worth a follow-up if real users hit it.
- NIT: double DB query per preview poll — reviewer marked acceptable;
  changing `fileAccess` middleware is out of scope.

* 🛡️ test: address comprehensive review NITs (initial-emit guard + isStreamWritable coverage)

NIT — chat-completions initial emit skips writableEnded check
  The Open Responses initial emit was switched to use the new
  `isStreamWritable` predicate in the round-3 commit, but the
  chat-completions initial emit kept the older narrower check
  (`streamId || res.headersSent`). On a client disconnect mid-stream
  (`writableEnded === true`) it would still hit `res.write` and
  raise `ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END` — caught by the outer IIFE
  catch but logged as noise. Switch this site to `isStreamWritable`
  too so both initial-emit paths share the same gate as the
  deferred update emits.

NIT — `isStreamWritable` not directly unit-tested
  The predicate was only covered indirectly via the deferred-preview
  SSE tests (writableEnded skip, headersSent check). Export from
  `callbacks.js` and add 5 parametric tests pinning down each branch
  (streamId truthy, res null, !headersSent, writableEnded, happy
  path) so a future condition addition can't silently regress.

* 🐛 fix: stuck "Preparing preview…" + inline the chip subtitle

Two related fixes for a stuck-spinner bug a user reported in manual
testing of PR LibreChat-AI#12957.

**Stuck spinner (the bug)**
The deferred preview render can complete a few seconds AFTER the SSE
stream closes (typical case: PPTX render finishes ~3s after the LLM
emits FINAL). When that happens, the SSE update is silently dropped
(`isStreamWritable` returns false on a closed stream) and polling is
the only recovery path.

The earlier polling gate was `status === 'pending' && isAnySubmitting`,
which mirrored the original design intent ("only query while the LLM
is still generating"). But `isAnySubmitting` flips false the moment
the model emits FINAL — milliseconds before the deferred render
commits. Polling never runs, the chip stays "Preparing preview…"
forever even though the DB has `status: 'ready'` with valid HTML.

Drop the `isAnySubmitting` part of the gate. `useFilePreview`'s
`refetchInterval` is already a function-form that returns `false` on
the first terminal response, so polling auto-stops within one tick of
resolution. The server-side render ceiling (60s) plus the lazy sweep
in the preview endpoint cap the worst case to ~24 polls per pending
attachment. Polling itself never blocks UX — the gate's purpose was
"don't waste cycles", and capping by terminal status is the correct
expression of that.

**Inline the chip subtitle (the visual)**
The previous design rendered "Preparing preview…" as a loose-feeling
spinner+text BELOW the file chip. The chip itself looked done while a
floating annotation said it wasn't.

`FileContainer` gains an optional `subtitle?: ReactNode` prop that
overrides the default file-type label. `Attachment.tsx` passes a
`PreviewStatusSubtitle` (spinner + "Preparing preview…" / alert +
"Preview unavailable") into that slot when the file's preview is
pending or failed. The chip footprint stays identical to its `'ready'`
form — just the second row swaps from "PowerPoint Presentation" to
the status indicator. No floating element, no layout shift.

Tests: regression test pinning down "polling stays enabled after the
LLM finishes" so a future revert can't reintroduce the stuck-spinner
bug. Existing FileContainer tests pass unchanged (subtitle override
is opt-in). 522 frontend tests pass; lint clean.

* 🐛 fix: deferred-preview survives reload + matches artifact card chrome

Fixes the remaining stuck-pending case after the polling gate fix: on
a reloaded conversation, message.attachments come from the DB frozen at
the immediate-persist `status: 'pending'`, but `messageAttachmentsMap`
is empty because no SSE handler ever fired for that messageId. Polling
now INSERTS a new live entry when no record matches the file_id, and
`useAttachments` merges live entries onto DB entries by file_id so the
resolved text/textFormat reach `artifactTypeForAttachment` and the
chip routes through the proper PanelArtifact card.

Also replaces the small file chip used during the pending state with
a PreviewPlaceholderCard that mirrors ToolArtifactCard chrome, so the
transition to the resolved PanelArtifact no longer reshapes the UI.

* ✨ feat: auto-open panel when deferred preview resolves pending→ready

The legacy auto-open path is gated only on `isSubmitting`, so an
office-file preview that resolves *after* the SSE stream closes would
render in place but never auto-open the panel — even though that's
exactly the moment the result becomes meaningful to the user. Adds a
per-file_id one-shot signal that `useAttachmentPreviewSync` flips on
the pending→ready edge; `ToolArtifactCard` consumes it on mount and
auto-opens regardless of submission state. The signal is *only* set on
the actual transition (history loads of pre-resolved files don't
trigger it) and is consumed once (panel close + reopen on the same
card stays user-controlled).

* 🐛 fix: drop placeholder Terminal overlay + scope auto-open to fresh resolutions

Two fixes for issues spotted in manual testing of the deferred-preview
auto-open feature:

1. PreviewPlaceholderCard was passing `file={attachment}` to FilePreview,
   which triggered SourceIcon's Terminal overlay (`metadata.fileIdentifier`
   is set on every code-execution file). The artifact card itself doesn't
   show that overlay; the placeholder shouldn't either, so the
   pending→resolved transition is visually seamless.

2. The `previewJustResolved` flag flipped on every pending→ready
   transition observed by the polling hook — including stale-pending
   DB records that resolve via the first poll on a *history load*.
   Conversations whose immediate-persist snapshot left attachments at
   `status: 'pending'` would yank the panel open every revisit.
   Adds `mountedDuringStreamRef` to the hook (mirroring ToolArtifactCard)
   so the flag fires only when the hook itself was mounted during an
   active turn — preserving the pre-PR contract that the panel only
   auto-opens for results the user is actively waiting on, never for
   history.

* 🐛 fix: don't downgrade preview to failed when only the SSE emit throws

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: the original chain placed `.catch` after
`.then(onResolved)`, so a throw inside `onResolved` (transport-side
errors — SSE write race after stream close, an emitter listener
throwing) would propagate into the finalize catch and persist
`status: 'failed'` / `previewError: 'unexpected'`. That surfaced
"preview unavailable" in the UI for a perfectly valid file, and
degraded next-turn LLM context to reflect a non-existent failure.

Wraps `onResolved` in its own try/catch so emit errors are logged but
do not affect the file's persisted status. Extraction success and
emit success are now independent: if extraction succeeds and
`finalizePreview` writes the terminal status, the polling layer / next
page load surfaces the resolved preview even if this turn's SSE emit
didn't land.

* 🛡️ fix: run boot-time orphan sweep under system tenant context

Codex P2 finding on PR LibreChat-AI#12957: `File` is tenant-isolated, so under
`TENANT_ISOLATION_STRICT=true` the boot-time `sweepOrphanedPreviews`
threw `[TenantIsolation] Query attempted without tenant context in
strict mode` and the recovery path silently failed every restart.
Stale `status: 'pending'` records would be stuck until a user happened
to poll the preview endpoint and trigger the lazy sweep — which only
covers the file the user is currently looking at, not the bulk
candidate set the boot sweep is designed to recover.

Wraps the sweep in `runAsSystem(...)` in both boot paths
(`api/server/index.js` and `api/server/experimental.js`) and pins the
contract with regression tests in `file.spec.ts` — one test asserts
the bare call throws under strict mode, the other asserts the
`runAsSystem`-wrapped call succeeds.

* 🧹 chore: trim verbose comments from previous commit

* 🧹 chore: address review findings (dead branch, lazy-sweep cutoff, stale JSDoc)

- finalizePreview: drop unreachable !isOfficeBucket branch (caller
  already gates on hasOfficeHtmlPath, so this path is always office)
- preview endpoint: drop lazy-sweep cutoff from 5min to 2min — anything
  past the 60s render ceiling is definitively orphaned, and per-request
  sweep can be tighter than the per-instance boot sweep
- strip stale `isSubmitting` references from JSDoc in 3 spots (the
  client-side gate was removed in 9a65840)

Skipped: function-length (LibreChat-AI#3) and client-side polling cap (LibreChat-AI#4) —
refactors without correctness/perf wins; remaining NITs.

* 🧹 fix: trim 1 query off pending polls + clear stale lifecycle on cross-shape updates

- Preview endpoint: reuse fileAccess middleware's record for the
  lifecycle check; only re-fetch with text on the terminal ready
  response. Cuts the typical poll lifecycle from 2(N+1) to N+1
  queries, since the vast majority of polls hit while pending and
  don't need text at all.
- processCodeOutput non-office branch: explicitly null out status,
  previewError, previewRevision (codex P2). Without this, an update at
  the same (filename, conversationId) where the prior emit was an
  office file leaves stale lifecycle fields and the client renders
  the wrong state for the now non-office artifact.
- Tests: rewire preview.spec mocks for the new shape, add boundary
  test pinning the 2min cutoff, add regression test for the
  cross-shape update.

* 🐛 fix: keep polling on transient errors but cap permanently-broken endpoint

Codex P2: the previous `data?.status === 'pending' ? 2500 : false` gate
killed polling on the first transient error. With `retry: false`, a 500
left `data` undefined, the callback returned false, and the chip was
stuck "Preparing preview…" forever — exactly the bug the polling layer
was supposed to recover from.

Inverts the gate: stop on terminal success (`ready`/`failed`) or after
5 consecutive errors. Transient errors keep retrying; a permanently
broken endpoint caps at ~12.5s instead of polling forever. Predicate
extracted as `previewRefetchInterval` for direct unit testing without
fighting React Query's timer machinery.

* ✨ feat: render pending-preview files in their own row

Pending deferred-preview chips now bucket into a separate row above
the resolved attachments — reads as "this is still happening" rather
than mixing with completed downloads. Once status flips to ready, the
chip re-buckets into panelArtifacts; failed re-buckets into the file
row alongside other downloads.

* 🎨 fix: render pending-preview chips in the panel-artifact row, not the file row

Previous bucketing put pending chips in the file row (since
`artifactTypeForAttachment` returns null for empty-text records). The
pending placeholder is a future panel artifact — sharing the row keeps
the chip in place when it resolves instead of jumping rows.

Plain files still get their own row.

* 🐛 fix: phase-1 SSE replay must not regress a resolved attachment

Codex P1: useEventHandlers.finalHandler iterates
responseMessage.attachments at stream end and dispatches each through
the attachment handler. Those records are the immediate-persist
snapshot (status:pending, text:null) — if a deferred update has
already moved the same file_id to ready/failed, the existing merge
let the pending fields win and downgraded the resolved record. Result:
chip flickers back to pending and polling restarts until the lazy
sweep corrects.

Pin the terminal lifecycle fields (status, text, textFormat,
previewError) when existing is ready/failed and incoming is pending.
Other field updates still go through.

* 🐛 fix: track preview-poll error cap outside React Query state

Codex P2: the previous cap relied on `query.state.fetchFailureCount`,
but React Query v4's reducer resets that to 0 on every fetch dispatch
(the `'fetch'` action). With `retry: false`, each failed poll left
count at 1 and the next dispatch reset it back to 0, so the `>= 5`
branch never fired and a permanently-broken endpoint polled forever.

Track consecutive errors in a module-level Map keyed by file_id,
incremented in a thin `fetchFilePreview` wrapper around the data
service call. The Map is cleared on success and on cap-stop, so
memory is bounded by in-flight pending file_ids per session.
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