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fix(chat): unclosed Codex angle-bracket links render as file chips - #15590

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Fixes #11810.

Problem

Codex can persist assistant text as [file](<local/path/file.md) — an opening < with no closing > before ). CommonMark then does not parse a link, so web/desktop ChatMarkdown and the mobile Markdown renderer both show the raw source instead of a file chip. Triaged by juliusmarminge as a distinct malformed-source case (not a replay of #5158).

Fix

Render-time repair in shared client-runtime (repairUnclosedAngleLinkDestinations in packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.ts): close [label](<path) → [label](<path>) only when the destination already reads as a file path (existing parseMarkdownFileLink gate). Stored transcripts are untouched. Fenced code, inline code, well-formed links, real HTML, and every other malformed shape stay exactly as written. Web ChatMarkdown and the native mobile renderer (SelectableMarkdownText, covering all chat and file-preview call sites) both apply it before parsing; desktop inherits the web path.

Verification

Focused suites, all passing with the fix (and failing without it — new tests fail on main: shared 20 failed, web 4 failed, mobile 9 failed):

  • vp test run packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts — 117 passed
  • vp test run apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx — 58 passed
  • vp test run apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/markdownLinks.test.ts — 9 passed
  • Neighbors: web markdown-links + client-runtime codexMarkdownDirectives/codexFileCitations — 100 passed
  • tsc --noEmit clean for packages/client-runtime, apps/web, apps/mobile; vp lint clean on all touched files (the 3 ChatMarkdown.tsx warnings are pre-existing on main)

Could not verify: native on-device rendering (needs a mobile build); the nitro parser itself is unchanged and already parses the repaired well-formed shape. No before/after screenshots captured — no dev server or browser was used; happy to capture the two states (raw [file](<local/path/file.md) text vs file chip) on request.

Codex can persist assistant text as `[file](<local/path/file.md)` — an
opening `<` with no closing `>` before `)`. CommonMark then leaves the raw
source as text instead of a link on web/desktop and mobile.

Repair the source at render time in shared client-runtime: close the
destination when it already reads as a file path, and leave fenced code,
inline code, and every other malformed shape exactly as written. Both web
ChatMarkdown and the native mobile renderer apply the repair before
parsing, so the same input yields the same file chip everywhere.
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return normalizedPath.slice(normalizedRoot.length + 1);
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const FENCED_CODE_SEGMENT_PATTERN = /(```[\s\S]*?(?:```|$))/;

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🟡 Medium src/markdownLinks.ts:348

repairUnclosedAngleLinkDestinations rewrites link-looking text inside ~~~ and indented code blocks, so a code sample such as ~~~\n[file](<src/a.ts)\n~~~ is changed to include a closing > that the user never wrote. Because the replacement only skips segments matched by FENCED_CODE_SEGMENT_PATTERN, it must recognize all Markdown code-block forms, including tilde fences and indented blocks, before applying PROSE_UNCLOSED_ANGLE_LINK_PATTERN.

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`repairUnclosedAngleLinkDestinations` rewrites link-looking text inside `~~~` and indented code blocks, so a code sample such as `~~~\n[file](<src/a.ts)\n~~~` is changed to include a closing `>` that the user never wrote. Because the replacement only skips segments matched by `FENCED_CODE_SEGMENT_PATTERN`, it must recognize all Markdown code-block forms, including tilde fences and indented blocks, before applying `PROSE_UNCLOSED_ANGLE_LINK_PATTERN`.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This is a focused render-time fix for malformed file links across web and native Markdown rendering. The repair also changes matching content inside tilde-fenced and indented code blocks, so that unintended behavior should be addressed before merging.

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Walkthrough

The change adds a helper that repairs eligible unclosed angle-bracket file-link destinations. The web and mobile Markdown renderers use repaired text. The web renderer maps task-marker positions to the original text. Tests cover repair behavior and rendering.

Changes

Markdown file-link repair

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repair destinations and preserve source offsets
packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
Adds repair functions for eligible unclosed file-link destinations, a detailed result with inserted offsets, and an offset mapper. Tests cover eligible and unchanged inputs and offset mapping.
Use repaired Markdown in renderers
apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.tsx, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
The web and mobile renderers use repaired Markdown. The web renderer maps task-marker positions back to the original text. Tests cover file-chip rendering, unchanged destinations and code content, and task toggles.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fd4e8

This change repairs unclosed angle-bracket file links at render time in the web and mobile renderers. No concrete merge-blocking issue was found, and stored transcripts are unchanged. The only gap is that on-device mobile rendering has not been checked.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to fd4e8

Malformed links can shift checkbox positions, allowing a toggle to change a different task in the same editable file. The impact is confined to the active writable file and requires user interaction.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: The new render-to-source contract assumes each repair adds exactly one character, but the replacement also removes destination whitespace. In editable file previews, a clicked checkbox can consequently address another valid task marker and submit the wrong task state for persistence. The marker-shape guard contains invalid offsets but does not verify the identity of the task the user selected.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated integrity risk requires control over Markdown contents and a user checkbox action in an editable file preview. Its write destination remains the active file’s captured environment, working directory, and relative path; the repair does not select another file or grant additional authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — Crafted whitespace in an eligible malformed link can alter rendered task coordinates. A user toggling a later task can then trigger a source edit of an earlier valid task marker. This is newly reachable through the repair-to-edit flow; the downstream mutation and save mechanisms predate the PR.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Eligible repaired destinations enter the existing file-link handling paths. Web retains citation and composer-context checks before generic link handling, while mobile retains its file, HTTP(S), and restricted generic-link presentation classification.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Read-only previews omit the task mutation callback. Invalid source offsets return unchanged contents and skip saving. However, an offset that coincides with another valid checkbox passes the guard, so these controls do not contain the identified marker-identity mismatch.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Preserve original source characters when inserting the closing bracket, or represent every insertion and deletion in the source map. Validate the resulting contract with whitespace-bearing links followed by multiple editable tasks, including a case where an incorrect offset would otherwise match another valid marker.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 36.36% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the fix: unclosed Codex angle-bracket links now render as file chips.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the problem, fix, affected renderers, and focused verification. It links issue #11810 and identifies triage, but does not include an explicit approval comment or the requested b…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #11810 requires malformed Codex local-file links to render as file links or a clear fallback. repairUnclosedAngleLinkDestinationsDetailed repairs only destinations accepted by `parseMarkdownFi…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The shared repair, web and mobile integration, tests, and task-marker offset mapping support issue #11810. The offset mapping preserves task editing when a link repair inserts a character before a tas…
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx:
- Line 3374: Map each task checkbox’s markerOffset from repairedText back to the
original text before invoking setMarkdownTaskChecked, so inserted link-escaping
characters do not shift the offset used to update the original file.

Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.ts:
- Line 349: Update PROSE_UNCLOSED_ANGLE_LINK_PATTERN and its repair logic to
recognize complete inline-code spans that contain newlines before matching
unclosed-angle links. Ensure link-shaped text inside a multiline span is left
unchanged, while eligible links outside code spans are still repaired.
- Line 348: Update FENCED_CODE_SEGMENT_PATTERN and the splitting logic that uses
it to recognize both backtick and tilde fences, tracking each opener’s character
and length. Treat a fence as closed only by a line using the same character with
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Address review on pingdotgg#11810: the render-time repair now skips tilde fences
(with proper same-char/length/whitespace closing rules), indented code
blocks, and multiline inline code spans via a line scanner instead of only
triple-backtick segments. Task-checkbox markers are mapped back to source
offsets so toggling a task after a repaired link still edits the right
characters in file previews.
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Grok responding on behalf of Julius.

Closing as superseded by merged #15520 (fix(chat): repair unclosed local file links in assistant responses), which already closed #11810. Thanks for the contribution — please open a fresh PR against current main if anything remains after that landing.

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[Bug]: Malformed Markdown links from Codex output render as raw text

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