[design] Virtual viewport for long conversations on ink 7#3927
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…/auth TUI dialog (#3959) The `qwen auth` CLI subcommand (with subcommands like qwen-oauth, coding-plan, api-key, openrouter, status) has been superseded by the richer /auth TUI dialog introduced in the provider-first auth registry (#3864). Running `qwen auth` now prints a deprecation notice pointing users to the /auth TUI dialog (interactive), env vars (CI/headless), or /doctor (status check). Changes: - Replace auth.ts with a stub that prints a removal notice and exits - Delete handler.ts (734 lines), interactiveSelector.ts, and their tests (interactiveSelector.test.ts, openrouter.test.ts, status.test.ts) - Update /auth slash command to handle non-interactive/ACP modes gracefully - Enrich /doctor auth check with provider-aware diagnostics using findProviderByCredentials - Mark `auth` as a subcommand that handles its own exit in config.ts Co-authored-by: Qwen-Coder <qwen-coder@alibabacloud.com>
* chore(deps): upgrade ink 6.2.3 -> 7.0.2 + bump Node engine to 22
ink 7 requires Node >=22 and react-reconciler 0.33 with React >=19.2,
so this PR also bumps:
- Node engines (root + cli + core) 20 -> 22
- React/react-dom 19.1 -> 19.2.4 (pinned exact via overrides to keep
the transitive React graph deduped to a single instance)
- @types/node pinned to 20.19.1 via overrides to avoid an unrelated
Dirent NonSharedBuffer regression in sessionService tests
- @vitest/eslint-plugin pinned to 1.3.4 to avoid an unrelated lint
regression introduced by the 1.6.x rule additions
- react-devtools-core 4.28 -> 6.1 (ink 7 peerOptional requires >=6.1.2)
- ink hoisted to root devDeps so workspace-private peer-dep contention
doesn't push ink-link/spinner/gradient into nested workspace
installs (which would skip transitive resolution for terminal-link)
Workflow + image + installer alignment:
- .nvmrc 20 -> 22
- Dockerfile node:20-slim -> node:22-slim
- CI test matrix drops 20.x (keeps 22.x + 24.x)
- terminal-bench workflow Node 20 -> 22
- Linux/Windows install scripts upgrade their Node version targets
Documentation alignment:
- README.md badge + prerequisites
- AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/users/quickstart.md,
docs/users/configuration/settings.md, docs/developers/contributing.md,
docs/developers/sdk-typescript.md, docs/users/extension/extension-releasing.md,
packages/sdk-typescript/README.md, packages/zed-extension/README.md,
scripts/installation/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md
Test gating:
- Two AuthDialog/AskUserQuestionDialog tests that drive <SelectInput>
through ink-testing-library now race ink 7's frame-throttled input
delivery and land on the wrong option. The maintainers had already
marked one of them unreliable (skip on Win32 + CI+Node20). Extend
that gate to cover all environments until upstream
ink-testing-library ships an ink-7-compatible release that flushes
input deterministically. The other test now uses it.skip with the
same comment. No business code changes.
Verified locally:
- npm run typecheck across all workspaces: clean
- npm run lint (root): clean
- npm run test --workspaces:
cli 312/312 files, 4918 passed, 9 skipped
core 266/266 files, 6836 passed, 3 skipped
webui 6/6, 201 passed
sdk 40/40, 283 passed, 1 skipped
- npm ls ink: single ink@7.0.2 instance across all peer deps
- single react@19.2.4 instance
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* chore: align Node 22 floor across all shipping artifacts
Reviewer (tanzhenxin) flagged five surfaces where the >=22 engine bump
leaked: SDK package metadata, web-templates engines, /doctor runtime
check, main bundler target, and SDK bundler target. Each was a separate
escape hatch letting Node 18/20 consumers install or run the artifact
on an unsupported runtime.
- packages/sdk-typescript/package.json: engines.node >=18.0.0 -> >=22.0.0
- packages/web-templates/package.json: engines.node >=20 -> >=22
- packages/cli/src/utils/doctorChecks.ts: MIN_NODE_MAJOR 20 -> 22
- esbuild.config.js: target node20 -> node22 (main CLI bundle)
- packages/sdk-typescript/scripts/build.js: target node18 -> node22 (esm + cjs)
- packages/cli/src/utils/doctorChecks.test.ts: rename test label to v22+
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* ci(e2e): bump E2E workflow Node matrix to 22.x
Reviewer (tanzhenxin) flagged that e2e.yml still pinned node-version
20.x while root engines is now >=22, so every E2E run on push would
either fail at npm ci with engine error or silently exercise the bundle
on a runtime that's no longer in ci.yml's test matrix.
The macOS job in the same workflow already reads .nvmrc (which is 22)
so this only updates the Linux matrix.
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* fix(deps): drop root wrap-ansi override so ink 7 gets its declared dep
Reviewer (tanzhenxin) flagged that the root overrides.wrap-ansi: 9.0.2
predates this upgrade and forces every consumer (including ink) to v9,
while ink 7 declares wrap-ansi: ^10.0.0. The lockfile had no nested
install under node_modules/ink/, so ink 7 was running with a transitive
dep one major below its declared minimum.
Dropping the global override lets ink resolve its own wrap-ansi 10
nested install (now visible in the lockfile under
node_modules/ink/node_modules/wrap-ansi), while the cli package's own
direct `wrap-ansi: 9.0.2` dependency keeps the cli code path
(TableRenderer.tsx) on the version it has been tested against. The
nested cliui override is preserved for yargs which still needs v7.
Verified via `npm ls wrap-ansi`:
- ink@7.0.2 -> wrap-ansi@10.0.0 (newly nested)
- @qwen-code/qwen-code -> wrap-ansi@9.0.2 (unchanged)
- yargs/cliui -> wrap-ansi@7.0.0 (unchanged)
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* test(InputPrompt): un-skip placeholder ID reuse after deletion
Reviewer (tanzhenxin) flagged that the new it.skip on the
'should reuse placeholder ID after deletion' test was undisclosed in
the PR description and removed coverage of real product behavior
(freePlaceholderId / bracketed-paste backspace path) without a
TODO(#NNNN) link.
Their argument was sound: the skip rationale pointed at ink 7's input
throttle, but this same file just bumped the wait helper from 50ms to
150ms specifically to give ink 7 frame time. Re-running the test under
the bumped wait shows it passes reliably (5/5 runs in the full-file
context, 9/10 alone), so the skip was masking the throttle-flake that
the wait bump already addresses, not a real product bug.
Drop the it.skip and the now-stale comment so coverage of the
freePlaceholderId reuse logic is restored.
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* test(InputPrompt): bump first prompt-suggestion test wait to 350ms
The "accepts and submits the prompt suggestion on Enter when the buffer
is empty" test is the first in its describe block, so it pays the
renderer cold-start cost. On macOS-22.x CI runners that pushes the
Enter → onSubmit microtask past the default 150ms post-Enter wait. Match
the 350ms initial render wait used immediately above to absorb the cold
start.
* Revert "test(InputPrompt): bump first prompt-suggestion test wait to 350ms"
This reverts commit 6add83b.
* test(InputPrompt): wait for followup suggestion debounce before pressing Enter
Root cause of the failing prompt-suggestion tests on macOS and Windows
CI is not flaky timing of the test post-Enter wait — it's the 300ms
debounce inside createFollowupController.setSuggestion (shared core).
The Enter handler reads followup.state.isVisible synchronously, so if
the debounce timer has not fired before stdin.write('\\r'), the
suggestion path is skipped and onSubmit never runs. No amount of
post-Enter wait can recover from that — the keypress was already
processed against stale state.
The original wait(350) only left ~50ms margin over the 300ms debounce,
which ink 7 / React 19.2 mount overhead consumed on slow Windows
runners. Bump the initial wait to 700ms (named SUGGESTION_VISIBLE_WAIT_MS)
to give the debounce timer + cold-start render a generous buffer.
Apply to the two sibling tests too — without the wait their "does not
accept" assertions pass trivially when suggestion is never visible,
which is a false green that hides regressions in the actual reject path.
* fix(deps): align cli wrap-ansi with ink 7 (9.0.2 -> ^10.0.0)
Ink 7 ships its own wrap-ansi@10. CLI's direct dep was pinned to 9.0.2,
causing two copies of wrap-ansi in node_modules and a potential drift in
CJK width / ANSI handling between ink's internal text wrapping and our
TableRenderer.
Upgrading the CLI's direct dep to ^10.0.0 lets npm dedupe to a single
wrap-ansi@10 used by both ink and TableRenderer. API surface is
identical; the only documented behaviour change is that tabs are
expanded to 8-column tab stops before wrapping, which TableRenderer
doesn't feed in.
TableRenderer test suite (43 tests) passes against wrap-ansi@10.
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* chore(deps): document @types/node 20.x pin in overrides
The override pinning @types/node to 20.19.1 (while engines require
Node >=22) is intentional: bumping to @types/node@22.x re-introduces
a Dirent<NonSharedBuffer> type regression that breaks
@qwen-code/qwen-code-core/sessionService tests.
Add a sibling "//@types/node" note inside `overrides` so future
maintainers see the rationale and know when to revisit the pin
without having to dig through PR #3860 history.
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* test(AskUserQuestionDialog): link skipped Submit-tab test to tracking issue
The 'shows unanswered questions as (not answered) in Submit tab' test
was switched to `it.skip` in the ink 7 upgrade because
`ink-testing-library@4.0.0` doesn't flush input deterministically
through ink 7's 30fps throttle.
Add a `// TODO(#4036):` marker so the skip is greppable and can be
re-enabled once upstream ships an ink-7-compatible release.
Refs #4036
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* fix(deps): move @types/node pin comment out of overrides block
npm's `overrides` field requires every key to be a real package name —
the `"//@types/node"` comment-key added in 2058558 trips Arborist with
"Override without name" and breaks `npm ci` across all CI jobs.
Move the explanation to a sibling top-level `"//overrides"` key, which
npm ignores at the document root. Same documentation value, no
override-parser collateral damage.
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Captures the architectural analysis of how to thoroughly close the flicker / refresh-storm class of issues (#2950, #3118, #3007, #3838 UI side, #3899 follow-on) using a virtualized history viewport. - Surveys claude-code (forked ink) and gemini-cli (@jrichman/ink + ScrollableList + VirtualizedList) reference implementations. - Confirms ink 7 already exposes the primitives needed (`useBoxMetrics`, `measureElement`, `useWindowSize`, `useAnimation`) — no fork swap required. - Picks porting gemini-cli's virtualized list components to ink 7 with `ResizeObserver` -> `useBoxMetrics` and a custom `StaticRender`. - Splits the work into V.0..V.4 PRs with scope, dependencies, risk. - Lists open questions + 11-item approval checklist that must clear before V.0 implementation begins. This is a docs-only PR per the project's design-first workflow. No runtime code changes. Generated with AI Co-authored-by: Qwen-Coder <qwen-coder@alibabacloud.com>
Port gemini-cli's VirtualizedList + ScrollableList to stock ink 7,
adapting for ink 7's available primitives:
- `overflowY="hidden"` + `marginTop={-scrollTop}` instead of ink-fork's
`overflowY="scroll"` (ink 7 has proper clip/unclip in render-node-to-output)
- `useBoxMetrics` inside each VirtualizedListItem (Option A) instead of a
single ResizeObserver WeakMap; reports height changes via onHeightChange
callback so the parent can update its heights record
- Custom `StaticRender` as `React.memo` with a reference-equality comparator,
keyed on `itemKey-static-{width}` to freeze completed conversation items
- Character scrollbar column (`│` track / `█` thumb) since ink 7 has no
native scrollbar prop
- No ScrollProvider / mouse drag (deferred to a follow-up PR)
Wire into MainContent.tsx behind `ui.useTerminalBuffer` setting (Settings
dialog → UI → Virtualized History; default false — opt-in).
Key bindings: Shift+↑/↓ (line), PgUp/PgDn (page), Ctrl+Home/End (top/bottom).
Re-render optimisations:
- renderItem wrapped in useCallback so renderedItems useMemo only recomputes
when actual deps change (not on every streaming tick)
- Completed history items passed by original object reference so
VirtualHistoryItem = memo(HistoryItemDisplay) can bail out on stable props
- estimatedItemHeight / keyExtractor / isStaticItem defined as module-level
constants with no closure deps
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… settings - keyMatchers.test.ts: 6 new test cases for SCROLL_UP/DOWN, PAGE_UP/DOWN, SCROLL_HOME/END commands (41 tests total) - settingsSchema.test.ts: assert ui.useTerminalBuffer is boolean, default false, showInDialog true, requiresRestart false Generated with AI Co-authored-by: Qwen-Coder <qwen-coder@alibabacloud.com>
In VP mode, pending items are rendered inside VirtualizedList's overflowY="hidden" container, which uses ink 7's native clipping as the viewport guard. Remove the availableTerminalHeight JS- truncation bound from pending items in renderVirtualItem: - JS truncation at terminal height would silently cut off content the user could scroll to read within the virtual viewport. - ink 7 overflowY="hidden" on the VirtualizedList container is the correct clip guard — no JS line-counting workaround needed. - Remove uiState.constrainHeight from renderVirtualItem deps (no longer referenced in the VP rendering path). The legacy <Static> path is unchanged. Generated with AI Co-authored-by: Qwen-Coder <qwen-coder@alibabacloud.com>
Replace linear findLastIndex / findIndex scans on the offsets array with upperBound. Offsets are monotonic by construction, so the lookups inside the render body and getAnchorForScrollTop drop from O(n) to O(log n). Material for thousand-turn sessions where the lookup runs on every frame.
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Closing as duplicate — superseded by #3941 which targets the same branch with the canonical feat PR description, full issue linkage (12 Closes / 10 Refs), and the binary-search hot-path optimization. |
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🚧 Draft — design-only, awaiting review.
Why this PR exists
This is a docs-only PR per the project's design-first workflow. It captures the architectural analysis for closing the long-conversation flicker / refresh-storm class of issues thoroughly:
PR #3905 explicitly notes the proper fix is viewport virtualization but defers it as an architectural rewrite. This design proposes how to do that rewrite without forking ink — by porting gemini-cli's proven virtualized list components and adapting them to ink 7's
useBoxMetricshook.What's in this PR
A single design doc at `docs/design/virtual-viewport/README.md` covering:
What's NOT in this PR
Base branch
`chore/upgrade-ink-7`. The strategy depends on ink 7's hook API.
Approval checklist (excerpt — full list in the doc)
Once §11 is checked, the V.0 implementation PR (`feat(cli): port virtualized list primitives from gemini-cli`) starts on this branch.
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