fix(clients): recognize line ranges in file chips

[ethanblake4]

Problem

Backticked file references such as src/main.ts:49-74 do not become clickable chips, although src/main.ts:49 does. Absolute references with a colon range can also leave the range attached to the filename and fail to open.

Change

Recognize :start-end in the shared Markdown file parser. Web, desktop, and mobile chips retain the range for display and copying, resolve relative paths against the thread directory, and open the file at the start line. Chip labels and thread search use the same range-aware formatter. Existing line/column references and the hostname, model-ID, and authored-label safeguards remain covered by the existing test suites.

Scope and approval

Related report: #6295, converted to Ideas discussion #7006. I reused that report instead of opening a duplicate issue.

This submission uses the small, focused bug-fix exception in CONTRIBUTING.md: it repairs recognition and opening of file references in the existing chip flow. The scope is colon-suffix parsing and chip presentation. The broader range highlighting and GitHub #Lstart-Lend syntax proposed in #6298 are outside this patch. That PR was closed for missing UI evidence; this submission includes it.

Verification

On Windows, 12 focused suites passed 455 tests. They cover relative and absolute references, copied Markdown, editor start-line targets, file-preview routing, and false-positive guards. Thread search matches the visible range label and keeps an authored label when its range differs.

vp test run packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts packages/shared/src/fileLinks.test.ts packages/shared/src/threadFindText.test.ts apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts apps/web/src/filePathDisplay.test.ts apps/web/src/terminal-links.test.ts apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.permissions.test.tsx apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx apps/mobile/src/lib/markdownLinks.test.ts apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts apps/mobile/src/features/threads/fileChipMenu.test.ts packages/client-runtime/src/mediaSource.test.ts
vp run --filter @t3tools/shared --filter @t3tools/web --filter @t3tools/mobile --concurrency-limit 2 typecheck

Scoped shared, web, and mobile typechecks passed. Targeted formatting and lint passed, with existing ChatMarkdown warnings. git diff origin/main --check passed.

Manual verification used T3 Browser on Windows at 1280x800 with an isolated database and generated 100-line TypeScript files. Before, the single-line reference was a chip while both relative colon ranges stayed plain code. After, both ranges became chips; clicking the nested reference opened src/main.ts with line 49 highlighted. No provider turn was started.

Short recording opening the range.

Desktop and native mobile were not manually exercised.

Model: GPT-6.1 Sol. Harness: Codex.

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• apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/markdownLinks.ts
• apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
• apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts
• apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts
• packages/shared/src/fileLinks.test.ts
• packages/shared/src/fileLinks.ts
• packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Shared file-link parsing now supports start-to-end line ranges. Markdown link recognition, web link handling, and mobile file-link presentations carry range data through labels, metadata, and editor opening.

Changes

Markdown Line Ranges

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse and format file positions packages/shared/src/fileLinks.ts, packages/shared/src/fileLinks.test.ts	File positions support an optional end line. Parsing accepts valid ranges, formatting emits them, and file-link labels display them. Tests cover valid and malformed ranges.
Recognize ranged Markdown links packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.ts, packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts, packages/shared/src/threadFindText.test.ts	Markdown link patterns accept range suffixes and check that ranged labels match their destinations. Tests cover path recognition, range parsing and formatting, and assistant search labels.
Display and open ranged links apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.permissions.test.tsx	Web link metadata includes the end line. ChatMarkdown includes range data in labels and removes the range when opening a file in an editor. Tests cover path resolution and permission revocation.
Render ranged links on mobile apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/markdownLinks.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/markdownLinks.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts	Mobile file-link presentations include end lines and use parsed paths for icon selection. Tests cover presentation, inline rendering, and copied Markdown.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: noojuno, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1c224

The supplied evidence identifies no issue that needs correction before merging; normal checks remain appropriate.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1c224

Line ranges extend file-reference recognition and presentation without adding file-access authority. The inspected flows preserve existing interaction and authorization controls, and opening a range uses its starting line. No material security risk introduced or worsened by this change was identified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — Attacker-controlled Markdown can supply additional range-bearing spellings of file references, but the inspected change does not enlarge the maximum file-action authority. Parsed paths continue through existing thread and environment contexts; endLine is presentation metadata rather than a new resource identity or privilege.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The shared classifier still rejects external-scheme destinations and retains hostname and model-ID guards for inline code. Recognizing a range does not itself invoke a file or editor operation.
• observed — Web editor and reveal callbacks remain gated by shell-action availability, and browser preview remains capability-gated. Editor invocation checks the selected environment's operate scope before issuing the command. The PR adds range-bearing revocation assertions covering retained copying and file preview without editor access; these assertions were inspected, not executed.

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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.ts:
- Line 281: Update the labelPosition and destination range comparison so a label
that specifies a line only matches when its endLine state and value also match
the destination; keep plain filename labels eligible for the chip.

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• apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/markdownLinks.ts
• apps/mobile/src/lib/markdownLinks.test.ts
• apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.permissions.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
• apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts
• apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.ts

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