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feat(desktop): show GitHub star pill on the new workspace screen - #6575

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Summary

  • Show the existing GitHubStarPill on the new full-screen "new workspace" screen (the new-workspace-screen PostHog-flagged variant), under the "What should we build next?" heading.

Why / Context

The new workspace screen is one of the highest-traffic surfaces in the app but had no star nudge, unlike the empty paneless views (EmptyTabView, WorkspaceEmptyState).

How It Works

  • GitHubStarPill already encapsulates the "only show if not starred" behavior via useGithubStarAction() — it hides itself once state === "starred", so no new star-check logic was needed. It's rendered here the same way it is on the two existing empty-state screens.
  • Added an optional surface prop to GitHubStarPill (default "empty_state", preserving existing behavior for the two current callers) so the star_nag_shown / star_nag_starred / star_nag_opened_web analytics events can distinguish this new placement ("new_workspace") from the original ones.

Manual QA Checklist

  • App launches without errors (dev mode)
  • No console errors during Electron main/renderer build
  • Pill hides automatically once starred (existing GitHubStarPill behavior, unchanged)

Testing

  • npx tsc --noEmit -p apps/desktop/tsconfig.json — no new errors introduced by either changed file (pre-existing unrelated errors come from a missing generated routeTree.gen in this worktree)
  • Manual: ran bun run dev:desktop end-to-end; API + Electron renderer + local DB all started cleanly with the new import/component in place

Summary by cubic

Shows the GitHub star pill on the PostHog‑flagged new workspace screen and keeps layout and focus stable when it hides. Differentiates analytics by surface and fixes missed “shown” impressions when the surface changes.

  • Adds optional surface prop (default "empty_state") to GitHubStarPill; tracks star_nag_shown, star_nag_starred, and star_nag_opened_web with this surface; resets the shown‑impression guard per surface and after starring.
  • Adds optional reserveSpace prop (default false) to keep the pill’s wrapper mounted and fade opacity; disables interaction and focus when hidden (pointer-events: none, aria-hidden, inert), preventing re-centering and focus traps; holds space during loading.
  • Renders GitHubStarPill on NewWorkspaceScreen with surface="new_workspace" and reserveSpace; pill still auto‑hides after starring.

Written for commit 0fbc0e5. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a GitHub star prompt to the new workspace screen.
    • Improved tracking for GitHub star prompt impressions and clicks across different app surfaces.
    • Preserved layout space while the prompt loads or reflects a starred state.

Reuses the existing GitHubStarPill (already shown on the empty
paneless views) under the heading of the new full-screen "new
workspace" screen. It hides itself once the user has starred
superset-sh/superset, so no additional not-starred check was needed.

Adds a `surface` prop to GitHubStarPill so its analytics events can
distinguish this placement ("new_workspace") from the original two.
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

GitHubStarPill now supports configurable analytics surfaces and reserved-space rendering. NewWorkspaceScreen renders the pill with the new_workspace surface.

Changes

GitHub Star Pill integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configurable analytics and reserved-space behavior
apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/GitHubStarPill/GitHubStarPill.tsx
GitHubStarPill accepts a surface prop, uses it for impression and click tracking, and can remain mounted while hidden to preserve layout space.
New-workspace rendering
apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/components/DashboardNewWorkspaceModal/components/NewWorkspaceScreen/NewWorkspaceScreen.tsx
NewWorkspaceScreen renders GitHubStarPill with the new_workspace surface and reserved space.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0fbc0

This localized change adds the existing GitHub star pill to the new workspace screen and distinguishes its analytics surface; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/GitHubStarPill/GitHubStarPill.tsx`:
- Around line 89-90: Update the impression guard in the GitHubStarPill effect so
a surface change resets eligibility and emits star_nag_shown for the new
surface. Prefer tracking the last surface rather than a single boolean, while
preserving the existing one-impression-per-surface behavior.
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GitHubStarPill previously unmounted on hide, collapsing its height.
On the empty paneless views that's harmless, but the new-workspace
screen centers its content with justify-center, so the collapse
re-centered everything above it whenever the pill hid (e.g. once
already starred).

Adds an opt-in `reserveSpace` prop that keeps the pill's wrapper
permanently mounted and only fades its opacity/pointer-events,
so its box keeps occupying the same slot. Off by default — the two
existing empty-state callers are unaffected. Verified live over CDP:
wrapper stays at its full height (38px) with opacity 0 and
pointer-events none once starred.
Addresses CodeRabbit review on #6575: the shown-impression guard was
a single boolean, so a mounted pill whose `surface` prop changed
would inherit the prior surface's "already shown" state and silently
skip the star_nag_shown event for the new surface. Track the last
surface instead.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/GitHubStarPill/GitHubStarPill.tsx`:
- Around line 115-131: Update the reserveSpace wrapper around AnimatedStarButton
to make the hidden subtree non-focusable by applying inert when isVisible is
false, while preserving the existing opacity and pointer-events behavior.
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CI lint caught a formatting mismatch on the type annotation from the
previous commit.
Addresses CodeRabbit review on #6575: pointerEvents:"none" and
aria-hidden don't remove a hidden descendant button from the tab
order, so a keyboard user could still Tab to and activate the
invisible, already-starred pill. inert removes it from focus, hit
testing, and the accessibility tree together.
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