From 234e74022446b7af581b8bb0db8e8bc824e8efb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude Belizaire <139932571+Claudesaul@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 00:49:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(mobile): allow starting a task with only an image

---
 .../features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx   |  4 ++--
 .../threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx        |  3 ++-
 apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts  |  3 ++-
 apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox.test.ts   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx
index 181c257cbc17..cfb12bfd72a8 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ export function NewTaskDraftScreen(props: {
     if (
       attachmentBlockReason !== null ||
       !modelSelection ||
-      initialMessageText.length === 0 ||
+      (initialMessageText.length === 0 && draft.attachments.length === 0) ||
       flow.submitting ||
       (workspaceMode === "worktree" && !selectedBranchName)
     ) {
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ export function NewTaskDraftScreen(props: {
     !modelUnavailable &&
     Boolean(flow.selectedProject) &&
     Boolean(flow.selectedModel) &&
-    flow.prompt.trim().length > 0 &&
+    (flow.prompt.trim().length > 0 || flow.attachments.length > 0) &&
     isIncomingShareReady &&
     !isImportingShare &&
     !flow.submitting &&
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx
index 9a523c6bb0b0..9b0699c0f740 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx
@@ -1105,7 +1105,8 @@ export function NewTaskFlowProvider(props: React.PropsWithChildren) {
           selectedEnvironmentServerConfig,
           draft.modelSelection ?? null,
         ) ?? selectedModel;
-      if (text.length === 0 || !draftModelSelection) {
+      // A shared image or file is a task on its own; text is optional.
+      if ((text.length === 0 && draft.attachments.length === 0) || !draftModelSelection) {
         return null;
       }
       // A saved choice from before the project went no-project must not
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts
index 57a788cf5188..3c1527e04131 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox-model.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ export function isQueuedThreadCreationSendable(message: QueuedThreadMessage): bo
   if (!message.creation) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (message.text.trim().length === 0 || message.modelSelection === undefined) {
+  const hasContent = message.text.trim().length > 0 || message.attachments.length > 0;
+  if (!hasContent || message.modelSelection === undefined) {
     return false;
   }
   return message.creation.workspaceMode !== "worktree" || Boolean(message.creation.branch);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox.test.ts
index cbaffbbe5041..7cf10884f293 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-outbox.test.ts
@@ -1430,6 +1430,26 @@ describe("thread outbox", () => {
       false,
     );
     expect(isQueuedThreadCreationSendable(base)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isQueuedThreadCreationSendable({ ...creationMessage, text: "  " })).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      isQueuedThreadCreationSendable({
+        ...creationMessage,
+        text: "",
+        attachments: [
+          {
+            id: "image-1",
+            type: "image",
+            name: "photo.png",
+            mimeType: "image/png",
+            sizeBytes: 3,
+            fileUri: "file:///documents/t3-composer-attachments/photo.png",
+            previewUri: "file:///documents/t3-composer-attachments/photo.png",
+            uploadedAttachmentId: "pending-photo-png",
+            uploadEnvironmentId: EnvironmentId.make("environment-1"),
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("retries transport failures but drops deterministic command failures", () => {