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Summary

• Workspaces created for session-mode automations (and CLI project-less sessions) never showed up in the sidebar's Sessions section. The sidebar's placement reconciler now auto-places session-type workspaces the same way it places worktrees.

Why / Context

The sidebar only renders workspaces that have a renderer-local v2WorkspaceLocalState placement row. Creations that happen outside the renderer (automations dispatch workspaces.createSession on the host over the relay; the CLI goes through the host service too) can't write that row, so usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar reconciles them in — but its gate (selectWorktreesToPlace) only admitted type === "worktree" with a project. A session-mode automation run produces type: "session", projectId: null, which failed both clauses: the workspace existed on the host and in the fan-out, but the Sessions section never saw it unless you navigated to the workspace directly (the workspace route places on open). Baked in since project-less sessions shipped (#6274/#6280) — surfaced once automations started running in session mode.

How It Works

• selectWorktreesToPlace now also returns session workspaces (with projectId: null, landing them in the top-level Sessions section). Return type widens to projectId: string | null; ensureWorkspaceInSidebar already accepts null for sessions.
• main stays excluded: the host mints one per locally-known project, so placing those would drag every known project into the sidebar. They keep surfacing via the gated isAutoIncludedLocalMainWorkspace path.
• "Placed once, then respected" is unchanged — hidden/moved/removed rows keep their tombstone and are never re-placed.

Manual QA Checklist

Verified end-to-end over CDP against the dev desktop app (real host-service, same tRPC procedures automations hit):

• Pre-fix baseline (control alive): workspaces.createSession + a control workspaces.create worktree issued side by side — control placed and rendered in ~7s; session never placed after 42s+ despite appearing in the renderer's host workspace.list
• Post-fix, existing orphans: previously-created row-less sessions get placed on boot and render in the Sessions section
• Post-fix, live journey: a new createSession while the app is running gets its v2WorkspaceLocalState row in ~195ms, projectId: null, row visible in the Sessions section with no reload
• Worktree auto-placement unchanged (control workspace placed under its project)
• Screenshots captured of Sessions section before (rows absent) and after (rows present)

Testing

• bun test selectWorktreesToPlace.test.ts — 6 pass (3 new: session placed, already-placed session skipped, worktree-without-project still skipped)
• bun run typecheck (apps/desktop)
• bunx biome check on the touched directory

Known Limitations

• The reconciler (pre-existing behavior) only places workspaces whose hostId matches this machine — an automation dispatched to a different host still won't auto-appear in this device's sidebar. Applies equally to worktrees; out of scope here.

Follow-ups

• While verifying, found that useHostWorkspaces.isReady waits on every online-flagged host's workspace.list; a stale v2_hosts.is_online = true row for an unreachable relay host held it false indefinitely, which silences the reconciler for all workspace types. Worth a separate ticket.

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Summary by cubic

Auto-places session workspaces in the sidebar’s Sessions section. Previously, sessions created via automations or the CLI never appeared unless opened directly; now they place automatically like worktrees.

• Expands selectWorktreesToPlace to include session workspaces and return { id, projectId: string | null }.
• Sessions place with projectId: null in the top-level Sessions section; main remains excluded; worktrees without a project remain skipped.
• Placement policy unchanged: placed once and respected; previously orphaned sessions are placed on boot.
• Adds unit tests for session placement and skip cases.
• Annotates the flatMap callback return to unify TypeScript inference; no runtime behavior change.

^{Written for commit 7379004. Summary will update on new commits.}

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Session workspaces can now appear in the sidebar alongside worktrees, including sessions without an associated project.
  • Sessions and worktrees are placed only once, while main and invalid workspaces remain excluded.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for project-less sessions, already displayed sessions, and worktrees without projects.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The sidebar placement selector now includes eligible project-less session workspaces. It returns nullable project IDs, skips existing entries, excludes invalid workspaces, and updates hook documentation.

Changes

Sidebar placement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Select eligible sidebar workspaces apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/*	The selector includes project-backed worktrees and project-less sessions, returns null for session project IDs, skips existing local-state entries, and excludes invalid workspaces. Tests cover these cases. Hook documentation describes placement for deliberately created worktrees and sessions.

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This change adds automatic sidebar placement for session workspaces while preserving existing placement rules; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/selectWorktreesToPlace.ts (1)

21-24: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use workspace terminology consistently. The selector now handles both worktree and session workspaces, so rename selectWorktreesToPlace to selectWorkspacesToPlace and update its call sites/tests. Also update the hook documentation to describe both workspace types rather than only worktrees.

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In
`@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/selectWorktreesToPlace.ts`
around lines 21 - 24, Rename the exported selector function
selectWorktreesToPlace to selectWorkspacesToPlace and update all references
accordingly. In usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar, revise the documentation near
Line 25 to describe placing sessions as well as workspaces, keeping the
terminology consistent with the expanded selector scope.

Apply the same fix in
`@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar.ts`
around lines 10 - 20: Covers the related hook documentation wording update.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Nitpick comments:
In
`@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/selectWorktreesToPlace.ts`:
- Around line 21-24: Rename the exported selector function
selectWorktreesToPlace to selectWorkspacesToPlace and update all references
accordingly. In usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar, revise the documentation near
Line 25 to describe placing sessions as well as workspaces, keeping the
terminology consistent with the expanded selector scope.

Apply the same fix in
`@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/AgentHooks/hooks/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar/usePlaceLocalWorktreesInSidebar.ts`
around lines 10 - 20: Covers the related hook documentation wording update.

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