feat(web): mark the active thread unread from the keyboard

[id0Sch]

Problem

Mark unread is available from a thread's menu but cannot be assigned a keyboard shortcut. Keyboard users should be able to invoke the same action for the active thread.

Change

Add the unbound thread.markUnread command for web and the desktop wrapper. The handler beside pin/settle in ChatView calls the sidebar's existing useThreadActions().markThreadUnread, including V2 server synchronization and the older-server fallback. Without a completed run, it leaves the key event alone.

V2 verification found that the first mark-unread on an already-read mount could immediately reset. Remembering that mount and applying the same visit guard to the older-server fallback keeps manual unread sticky. Tests cover custom binding resolution, Settings discovery, and no default binding. User docs explain assignment and !terminalFocus.

Scope and approval

Rebuilt on current main following Julius's request on #12216 after the V2 rewrite. Original proposal: Ideas #10723.

This configures access to the existing Mark unread capability; it does not change default shortcuts or add a navigation workflow. No mobile changes. I understand this may still be closed or deferred.

Verification

• vp test run apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts apps/web/src/components/settings/KeybindingsSettings.logic.test.ts packages/contracts/src/keybindings.test.ts: 170 tests passed.
• vp run --filter @t3tools/web typecheck, targeted lint and formatting passed. Existing ChatView lint warnings remain.
• Linux headless Chromium against isolated V2 state: create a completed response, assign Ctrl+Shift+U with !terminalFocus in Settings, and invoke it while the composer is focused. The Done marker appears and stays while typing. Repeated presses preserve it; reopening clears it. An empty thread leaves default handling and propagation intact. Terminal focus excludes the shortcut. A fresh browser context sees the server-side unread marker. Context-menu marking was checked too.
• Legacy fallback in headless Chromium, with visited tracking disabled and server watermarks omitted: after reloading an already-read thread, shortcut and context-menu unread marks persist through typing and repeated shortcuts; reopening clears them. No server unread request is sent. This emulates the legacy protocol rather than running a historical server.
• Native Electron and remote connections were not rerun. The recording uses a custom binding, not a shipped default.

Short V2 recording

Before shortcut	After shortcut and typing

Model: GPT-6-Astra. Harness: Codex.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR adds a new keyboard-accessible user capability and changes shared thread visit-state handling to keep manually marked threads unread. Although the command is off by default and covered by tests, the shared production-path behavior warrants human review.

No code changes detected at e79f222. Prior analysis still applies.

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Walkthrough

Adds the thread.markUnread keybinding command. ChatView handles it for server threads with a completed latest run. Visit tracking records and checks dispatch keys based on the route and update timestamp.

Changes

Unread thread shortcut

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command contract and shortcut guidance packages/contracts/src/keybindings.ts, apps/web/src/keybindings.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/KeybindingsSettings.logic.test.ts, docs/user/keybindings.md	Adds thread.markUnread to the thread keybinding commands. Tests cover custom shortcut resolution and its absence from default keybindings. The documentation describes assignment and unread-state behavior.
ChatView unread handling apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx	Handles the shortcut for eligible server threads and marks them unread. Visit tracking records and checks dispatch keys based on the route and update timestamp.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Shortcut as thread.markUnread shortcut
  participant ChatView
  participant ThreadAction as markThreadUnread
  Shortcut->>ChatView: Invoke shortcut handler
  ChatView->>ChatView: Check server thread and completed latest run
  ChatView->>ThreadAction: Mark eligible thread unread

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Merge Risk | 🔵 Low · up to a307c

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a307c

In a narrow route transition, reopening a thread can leave it marked unread. This is a localized UI-state issue; merge risk is low with owner follow-up.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to a307c

The shortcut targets the active thread and reuses the existing unread action without adding a more privileged operation. Remaining uncertainty concerns capability-loading timing and end-to-end ordering across devices, rather than a demonstrated security defect.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The newly reachable operation is bounded to the active thread's unread metadata. Server-tracked markers can affect other devices connected to that environment; the legacy fallback affects browser-local state. The inspected new caller adds no alternate target selection or privileged command payload.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The keyboard and existing menu callers converge on the same unread hook. Environment selection remains in the existing command wrapper, and the server retains its completed-run precondition. No separate mutation authority is introduced by the shortcut.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The unchanged capability predicate treats missing configuration as unsupported, and the unchanged unread hook suppresses ordinary failure reporting and discards the command result. These behaviors predate the PR. Configuration readiness before shortcut use and end-to-end recovery remain unproven; they are not established new security findings.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: assigning a keyboard shortcut to mark the active thread unread.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description covers the problem, implementation, scope and approval context, focused verification results, UI evidence, and untested areas. It follows the repository template.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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- Line 2800: In the legacy branch of the ChatView effect, guard the
markThreadVisited call with the same routeThreadKey and serverThread.updatedAt
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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Thanks for wiring the existing action into keybindings and checking unread persistence. Right now we are only taking focused bug fixes from outside contributors under Read this first. This PR adds the unbound thread.markUnread command, which is outside that scope even though it reuses an existing action. Please submit the unread-reset fix separately for reconsideration and keep the shortcut proposal in the linked Ideas discussion.