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perf(desktop): agent events and workspace switches stop re-rendering and refetching the whole UI - #9202
Agent hook events no longer re-render the whole open workspace page. Script time under steady hook events drops from 2.2 s to 0.7 s per 10 s.
Workspace switches no longer re-render every sidebar row: 353 → 66 row renders over 4 switches. The median switch with live sessions goes from about 337 ms to about 231 ms.
One agent event now causes one bindings refetch, not one per subscribing component: 720 → 34 invalidations for 20 events with a few tabs open.
Why / Context
A stress test for #9136 (fake Claude sessions sending real hook events through notify.sh, in up to 12 worktrees) found two places where React does much more work than the change needs:
Every agent hook event re-rendered V2WorkspaceContent, the top component of the open workspace, about 800 components per event. It read the workspace's agent bindings through useClearActivePaneAttention (twice) and useAutoAdoptChatSessions, and each event refetches the bindings with a new lastEventAt.
Every workspace switch re-rendered every sidebar row, several times. Four values changed identity on each navigation even when their content had not.
Every component reading the bindings refetched them itself. Each one subscribed to the agent events and ran its own cancel-then-invalidate, and each call cancelled the previous fetch. With a few tabs open, one hook event caused about 36 invalidations and cancelled requests.
How It Works
Agent bindings: the three hook calls move into a new WorkspaceAgentEffects component that renders null, with the same arguments. An event now re-renders that component and the status indicators, not the page.
useHostWorkspaces and SandboxAccessProvider: both built their context values from useQueries arrays, which are new on every render. Both now pass a module-level combine, which TanStack caches and structurally shares while the query results are unchanged. The host value is memoized, and sandbox targets has its own memo.
Sidebar active row: each row called useMatchRoute(), which subscribes to every navigation. It now uses useRouterState with a selector that returns only that row's active flag, using the same rule: the path is /v2-workspace/<id> or below it.
Bindings refetch:useWorkspaceConnectionRefresh now calls a new refreshQuery util. Calls for the same query key in one task collapse into a single cancel-then-invalidate, run in a microtask. Every subscriber hears an event in the same task, so they share one refetch, and that refetch still starts after the event: a fetch in flight from before the event is cancelled and cannot settle.
selectWorkspaceFromEvent: it depended on activeWorkspaceId, which it only reads on click. It now reads the id from a ref that an effect updates, so the selection context and each row's onSelectionClick stay stable.
Measurements
Dev build over CDP, with React DevTools and session replay turned off. Production numbers should be lower on both sides.
Main-thread stalls were measured with a 16 ms heartbeat inside the renderer. A PerformanceObserver long-task count is not used: it reported 70 ms tasks that the heartbeat never saw.
Manual QA Checklist
The sidebar highlight follows navigation: the new row lights up and the old one clears
Shift-click range selection matches the old code (2 workspaces in both versions) and starts from the new active workspace after a switch
A new terminal opens and runs in each of 8 workspaces after switching to it
After each hook event, the cached bindings show the new event within about 150–250 ms of the hook being sent (prompt, stop, tool events)
Steady tool events (status stays "working") cause no main-thread stalls beyond idle (≤75 ms on the heartbeat)
Cloud workspace open and wake. Not tested: no cloud workspaces in the dev profile. agentCredentialsChangedWorkspaceId and usageRefusal are built the same way as before.
Testing
bun test on the sidebar, host-workspaces, SandboxAccessProvider, useAutoAdoptChatSessions, useClearActivePaneAttention, and hooks/host-service suites: 257 pass
New refreshQuery.test.ts (real QueryClient, no module mocks): calls in one task share one refetch, and a fetch in flight when the event lands does not settle the query. The first test fails against the old per-call behavior (13 reads instead of 2).
bun run typecheck in apps/desktop
biome check on the changed files
Known Limitations
The worst switch stall did not improve. Mounting a workspace with many terminal tabs still costs about 0.5 s in the dev build. That is the next target.
Earlier stress runs with heavier load (11 sessions and a 3,000-file change set) showed stalls of 1.1 s. The "before" run for this PR did not reproduce them, so this PR does not claim to fix them.
No test guards render counts, so a later change could bring back an unstable context value without a test failing.
Tab status indicators still re-render once per tab per event (about 0.5 ms per event in the dev build). A per-terminal subscription would remove that, but it changes a shared status hook for little gain.
Risks / Rollout
Risk: WorkspaceAgentEffects runs its effects before the page's own effects, because children's effects run before their parent's. These hooks don't read state that the page's effects write. The auto-adopt and clear-attention tests pass.
Risk: a refetch now runs in a microtask after the event instead of synchronously in each subscriber, a delay well under a millisecond.
Rollback: revert any of the three commits. Each fix is its own commit.
Summary by cubic
Speeds up the desktop UI by scoping re-renders to what actually changed: agent hook events no longer re-render the whole workspace page, and workspace switches no longer re-render every sidebar row. Script time under steady hook events drops from 2.2s to 0.7s per 10s, and median workspace switch with live sessions goes from about 337ms to about 231ms.
Refactors
Agent binding hooks move from the workspace page into WorkspaceAgentEffects, which renders null; their events now re-render only that component and the status indicators.
useHostWorkspaces and SandboxAccessProvider pass stable module-level combine functions to useQueries and memoize their context values.
Each sidebar row selects only its own active flag from the router state instead of subscribing to every navigation with useMatchRoute; while a navigation loads it reads the resolved location, so a slow switch lights the destination row only when its page shows.
selectWorkspaceFromEvent reads the active workspace id from a ref updated by a layout effect, so the ref is fresh at click time and each row's click callback stays stable.
A new refreshQuery collapses bindings refetches for the same query key in one task into a single cancel-then-invalidate, run in a microtask.
Follows up on #9149 for #9136 but does not close it: the reported freeze was not reproduced. The worst switch stall did not improve, and mounting a workspace with many terminal tabs still takes about 0.5s in the dev build. WorkspaceAgentEffects runs its effects before the page's own effects, but the moved hooks don't read state those effects write.
Written for commit 8a66c17. Summary will update on new commits.
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Bug Fixes
The sidebar now highlights a workspace when its page or a nested page is open.
Workspace selection remains consistent as the active workspace changes.
Workspace panes clear attention indicators and can automatically adopt chat sessions when the layout is ready.
Sandbox access is marked ready only after all access information has loaded.
Improvements
Workspace and sandbox information is presented more consistently while loading.
Repeated workspace refresh requests are combined, reducing redundant updates.
V2WorkspaceContent read the workspace's agent bindings through
useClearActivePaneAttention (twice) and useAutoAdoptChatSessions. Every
hook event refetches the bindings with a new lastEventAt, so each event
re-rendered the whole page, about 800 components. The hooks now run in
WorkspaceAgentEffects, which renders nothing.
Refs #9136
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Four values changed identity on each switch and re-rendered every row:
- useHostWorkspaces and SandboxAccessProvider built their context values
from useQueries arrays, which are new on every render. Both now use a
stable module-level combine, and the host value is memoized.
- Each row called useMatchRoute, which subscribes to every navigation.
It now selects only its own active flag from the router state.
- selectWorkspaceFromEvent depended on the active workspace id, which it
only reads on click. It now reads the id from a ref.
Refs #9136
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Combine workspace query state apps/desktop/src/renderer/hooks/host-workspaces/useHostWorkspaces/useHostWorkspaces.ts
Live and archived workspace queries use a shared callback to select query data and status fields. The hook memoizes its result object.
Dashboard sidebar workspace selection
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Summary
Match the active workspace row apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/components/DashboardSidebarWorkspaceItem/hooks/...
The sidebar hook uses router state to check the workspace path and its descendants. During navigation, it uses the resolved location when available and otherwise uses the current location.
Read active workspace state during selection apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/providers/.../DashboardSidebarSelectionProvider.tsx
The provider stores the current active workspace ID in a ref. The selection callback reads that ref and no longer depends on the active workspace ID.
Workspace agent effects
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Summary
Define and render workspace effects apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/components/WorkspaceAgentEffects/*, apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/page.tsx
WorkspaceAgentEffects invokes attention-clearing hooks for the primary and right stores and invokes chat-session auto-adoption. The workspace page renders it with workspace, store, linked-store, and layout-readiness values.
Sandbox access state
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Summary
Combine access queries and build provider value apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/providers/SandboxAccessProvider/SandboxAccessProvider.tsx
The provider combines query data with an all-fetched status, memoizes target construction, and derives readiness from the combined status.
Workspace connection refresh
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Summary
Coalesce and test query refresh apps/desktop/src/renderer/hooks/host-service/useWorkspaceConnectionRefresh/...
The connection refresh hook calls refreshQuery. The helper coalesces calls for the same query hash before a queued microtask, then cancels and invalidates matching queries. Tests cover repeated calls and refreshes during a pending read.
Issue 9136: The pull request reduces repeated refresh work and changes workspace state memoization. It does not claim to fix the reported desktop freezes.
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Summary
This PR reduces unnecessary desktop renders without changing the workspace APIs.
Agent hook events no longer re-render the whole workspace page.
Workspace switches update only the sidebar rows that need it.
Workspace and cloud-access values stay steady when their query results do.
No actionable issues were found. Tests and runtime checks were not run during this review.
Acknowledged limitations from Kitenite:
Render-count tests are absent, so the performance gains are not guarded by tests.
The worst workspace-switch stall remains; mounting many terminal tabs is deferred work.
Cloud open and wake were not manually tested because the dev profile had no cloud workspaces.
Diagram
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flowchart LR
A[Agent hook event] --> B[Agent bindings update]
B --> C[WorkspaceAgentEffects]
B --> D[Status indicators]
C --> E[Clear attention or adopt chats]
E --> F[Pane stores]
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@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/providers/DashboardSidebarSelectionProvider/DashboardSidebarSelectionProvider.tsx:
- Around line 112-114: Update the effect that synchronizes activeWorkspaceIdRef
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current before later event handlers read it. Add a regression test for a
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Review verdict: minor issues. The approach is correct and CI is green. 251 related tests pass, typecheck is clean, and I checked the sidebar highlight in the dev desktop app over CDP.
Minor:useDashboardSidebarWorkspaceItemActions.ts:97: the highlight now reads state.location, but the old matchRoute read resolvedLocation while a navigation was loading. During a slow navigation, the destination row is lit while the old page is still on screen (seen live, pending for more than 8 s). Mention it in the PR if it is intended; otherwise read resolvedLocation while isLoading.
Nit:DashboardSidebarSelectionProvider.tsx:111: update activeWorkspaceIdRef in useLayoutEffect or during render, so an eager setSelection updater cannot read the previous id.
Nit: No test guards the stable return values. A test that checks Object.is on useHostWorkspacesSource's result across re-renders would catch a regression.
Not verified: the agent-event path (WorkspaceAgentEffects) and shift-click range selection. The dev org has only cloud workspaces, which the dev app can't reach, and cloud rows are not bulk-selectable.
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Every component reading a workspace's agent bindings subscribed to the
agent events and ran its own cancel-then-invalidate. Each call cancelled
the previous fetch, so one hook event caused about 36 invalidations and
cancelled requests with a few tabs open. refreshQuery now collapses calls
for the same key in one task into a single cancel-then-invalidate, which
still starts after the event.
Refs #9136
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Kitenite
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perf(desktop): agent events and workspace switches stop re-rendering the whole UI
perf(desktop): agent events and workspace switches stop re-rendering and refetching the whole UI
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- The active-row selector read the pending location, so a slow navigation
lit the destination row before its page showed. It now reads the
resolved location while loading, as useMatchRoute did.
- The active workspace ref is set in a layout effect, so a modifier click
right after a switch cannot read the previous id.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Why / Context
A stress test for #9136 (fake Claude sessions sending real hook events through
notify.sh, in up to 12 worktrees) found two places where React does much more work than the change needs:V2WorkspaceContent, the top component of the open workspace, about 800 components per event. It read the workspace's agent bindings throughuseClearActivePaneAttention(twice) anduseAutoAdoptChatSessions, and each event refetches the bindings with a newlastEventAt.How It Works
WorkspaceAgentEffectscomponent that rendersnull, with the same arguments. An event now re-renders that component and the status indicators, not the page.useHostWorkspacesandSandboxAccessProvider: both built their context values fromuseQueriesarrays, which are new on every render. Both now pass a module-levelcombine, which TanStack caches and structurally shares while the query results are unchanged. The host value is memoized, and sandboxtargetshas its own memo.useMatchRoute(), which subscribes to every navigation. It now usesuseRouterStatewith a selector that returns only that row's active flag, using the same rule: the path is/v2-workspace/<id>or below it.useWorkspaceConnectionRefreshnow calls a newrefreshQueryutil. Calls for the same query key in one task collapse into a single cancel-then-invalidate, run in a microtask. Every subscriber hears an event in the same task, so they share one refetch, and that refetch still starts after the event: a fetch in flight from before the event is cancelled and cannot settle.selectWorkspaceFromEvent: it depended onactiveWorkspaceId, which it only reads on click. It now reads the id from a ref that an effect updates, so the selection context and each row'sonSelectionClickstay stable.Measurements
Dev build over CDP, with React DevTools and session replay turned off. Production numbers should be lower on both sides.
Main-thread stalls were measured with a 16 ms heartbeat inside the renderer. A
PerformanceObserverlong-task count is not used: it reported 70 ms tasks that the heartbeat never saw.Manual QA Checklist
agentCredentialsChangedWorkspaceIdandusageRefusalare built the same way as before.Testing
bun teston the sidebar, host-workspaces,SandboxAccessProvider,useAutoAdoptChatSessions,useClearActivePaneAttention, andhooks/host-servicesuites: 257 passrefreshQuery.test.ts(realQueryClient, no module mocks): calls in one task share one refetch, and a fetch in flight when the event lands does not settle the query. The first test fails against the old per-call behavior (13 reads instead of 2).bun run typecheckinapps/desktopbiome checkon the changed filesKnown Limitations
Risks / Rollout
WorkspaceAgentEffectsruns its effects before the page's own effects, because children's effects run before their parent's. These hooks don't read state that the page's effects write. The auto-adopt and clear-attention tests pass.Summary by cubic
Speeds up the desktop UI by scoping re-renders to what actually changed: agent hook events no longer re-render the whole workspace page, and workspace switches no longer re-render every sidebar row. Script time under steady hook events drops from 2.2s to 0.7s per 10s, and median workspace switch with live sessions goes from about 337ms to about 231ms.
Refactors
WorkspaceAgentEffects, which rendersnull; their events now re-render only that component and the status indicators.useHostWorkspacesandSandboxAccessProviderpass stable module-levelcombinefunctions touseQueriesand memoize their context values.useMatchRoute; while a navigation loads it reads the resolved location, so a slow switch lights the destination row only when its page shows.selectWorkspaceFromEventreads the active workspace id from a ref updated by a layout effect, so the ref is fresh at click time and each row's click callback stays stable.refreshQuerycollapses bindings refetches for the same query key in one task into a single cancel-then-invalidate, run in a microtask.Follows up on #9149 for #9136 but does not close it: the reported freeze was not reproduced. The worst switch stall did not improve, and mounting a workspace with many terminal tabs still takes about 0.5s in the dev build.
WorkspaceAgentEffectsruns its effects before the page's own effects, but the moved hooks don't read state those effects write.Written for commit 8a66c17. Summary will update on new commits.
Summary by CodeRabbit