fix(desktop): select the agent tab when opening a CLI-created workspace by aaronrosenthal · Pull Request #9488 · ParadevAI/Paradev

aaronrosenthal · 2026-11-07T10:12:59Z

What & why

Fixes the remaining case of #9260. #9344 fixed tab order for workspaces created from the desktop New Workspace flow. Workspaces created outside the desktop (superset ws create --agent …, automations, orchestration) still open on the setup tab.

Those workspaces never reach appendLaunchesToPaneLayout. useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions gives each running terminal a tab, oldest first, so the agent does land in tab 1. But addTab always makes the new tab active, and the hook restored the previous selection only when the layout already had tabs. In a new workspace the last adopted tab, which is setup, stayed selected.

The new adoptTerminalPanes util keeps the user's tab when one exists. In an empty layout it selects the oldest terminal, which is the agent because the host starts an independent agent before the setup terminal (#7041).

Not in this PR: on this path the adopted tabs still show the raw command / "Terminal" instead of "Claude" / "Workspace Setup", because the labels exist only in the create result. That can be a follow-up.

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Local dev stack (setup.local.sh), test repo with a .paradev/config.json setup script (sleep 5), driven over CDP:

Flow	Before	After
Desktop New Workspace + Claude	Claude tab 1, selected	unchanged
`superset ws create --agent claude`, then open from sidebar	Claude tab 1, Setup tab selected	Claude tab 1, Claude selected

The before/after for the CLI flow was confirmed by reading the pane store's activeTabId over CDP and with screenshots of the dev app:

Before: CLI-created workspace opens on the setup tab (tab 1 is the Claude terminal, tab 2 the setup terminal)

After: CLI-created workspace opens on the Claude tab

Desktop New Workspace flow (unchanged): Claude first and selected

New unit tests: adoptTerminalPanes.test.ts (empty layout selects the oldest terminal; an existing selection is kept)
bun run lint, desktop bun run typecheck, desktop bun test (9411 pass, 0 fail)

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Bug Fixes
- Background terminal sessions are added in the intended order. When existing tabs are present, their active selection is preserved; otherwise, the first new terminal is selected.

Auto-adopted terminals each became the active tab, and the previous tab was restored only when the layout already had tabs. A new workspace from `superset ws create --agent` therefore opened on the setup tab. In an empty layout, select the oldest terminal; the host starts the agent first. Refs ParadevAI#9260

coderabbitai · 2026-11-07T10:13:29Z

Walkthrough

The change adds adoptTerminalPanes to adopt terminal panes while preserving or setting the active tab. The background-session hook now uses this utility.

Changes: Terminal pane adoption

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Terminal adoption behavior `apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/utils/adoptTerminalPanes/*`	`adoptTerminalPanes` adds terminal panes without focusing each one. It preserves an existing active tab or selects the tab for the first terminal when no tab was active. Tests cover both cases.
Background-session integration `apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/hooks/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions.ts`	The hook passes reversed terminal IDs to `adoptTerminalPanes` instead of adding panes individually and restoring the prior active tab.

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

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

ParadevAI/Paradev#9344: Both changes affect terminal auto-adoption in desktop workspaces.
ParadevAI/Paradev#9399: Both changes affect active-tab selection during initial adoption.

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 03068

A CLI-created workspace may select Setup instead of the agent when session timestamps tie. The change is otherwise mergeable with awareness of this edge case.

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Architecture diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant CLI as CLI / Automation
    participant Workspace as Workspace Session
    participant Host as Host Process
    participant Hook as useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions
    participant PaneUtil as adoptTerminalPanes
    participant Store as Pane Store (Zustand)

    Note over CLI,Host: Workspace creation (external to desktop)
    CLI->>Host: Spawn workspace with agent + setup terminals
    Host->>Hook: Signal background terminal sessions ready

    Note over Hook,Store: Desktop opens existing workspace (empty tab layout)
    Hook->>PaneUtil: NEW: adoptTerminalPanes(store, [agent, setup])
    PaneUtil->>Store: Read activeTabId
    Store-->>PaneUtil: activeTabId = null (new workspace)

    loop For each terminal (oldest first)
        PaneUtil->>PaneUtil: focusOrAddTerminalPane (focus: false)
        PaneUtil->>Store: Add tab for terminal (agent, then setup)
        Store-->>PaneUtil: Tab added (setup remains active)
    end

    PaneUtil->>Store: Read updated state (tabs, activeTabId)
    Store-->>PaneUtil: activeTabId = setup (last added tab)

    alt Workspace had activeTabId before adoption
        Note over PaneUtil: CHANGED: Keep user's original selection
        PaneUtil->>Store: setActiveTab(previousActiveTabId)
    else Empty layout (new workspace)
        Note over PaneUtil: NEW: Select oldest terminal (agent)
        PaneUtil->>Store: Find tab containing agent terminal
        PaneUtil->>Store: setActiveTab(agent tab ID)
    end

    Store-->>Hook: Adoption complete, agent tab selected

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@apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/hooks/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions.ts:
- Line 80: Update the ordering of toAdopt before mapping session.terminalId so
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`apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/hooks/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions/useAutoAdoptBackgroundSessions.ts`

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-07T10:18:36Z

-		}
+		adoptTerminalPanes(
+			store,
+			toAdopt.reverse().map((session) => session.terminalId),


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Preserve tied session order when selecting the oldest tab.

If the agent and setup sessions receive the same createdAt, reversing the stable sort can put setup first. An empty workspace then selects setup instead of the earlier agent. Sort oldest-first without reversing tied sessions.

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