fix(web): attach dropped threads to pending answers

[Yash-Singh1]

Problem

Dropping a thread reference while answering a pending question did not attach it to the answer. The reference could end up in the main composer draft, leaving the answer without the thread context.

Change

Store dropped thread references with the active question’s attachment draft and insert their links into the answer text. Project those references to thread links when submitting the answer, and carry them into the main draft if a displaced custom answer moves there.

Scope and approval

This is a focused fix for thread drops going to the wrong draft while a pending question is active. The drop handler keeps the existing main-draft behavior when no question is active.

Verification

Added focused tests for inserting dropped references into an answer, keeping references separate across questions, rejecting drops when the answer cannot accept them, and adding references to the main draft after a question closes. The diff does not include test run results. UI screenshots are not included.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at c41f5af

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a localized web bug fix that keeps dropped thread references with pending answers, converts them to existing thread-link syntax on submission, and preserves the normal composer path. The new projection behavior has focused unit coverage, with no changes to product defaults, schemas, infrastructure, or static-analysis settings.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+24 B (+0.5%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+24 B (+2.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: a3c4e9e · PR result: c41f5af · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Pending-question drafts now retain thread contexts. Eligible thread drops can add references to custom answers. Before submission, matching references are projected into links that use the thread records’ IDs.

Changes

Pending-answer thread contexts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Attach thread contexts to question drafts apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx	Thread contexts from imports, suggestions, and drops now follow the active attachment draft. Eligible drops can insert references into custom answers. When an option displaces a custom answer, its thread contexts transfer to the composer draft.
Project thread contexts into pending answers apps/web/src/pendingUserInput.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/pendingUserInput.test.ts	Matching thread references are projected into links before submission. Tests cover link formatting, unchanged answers, and preservation of option values and answer text.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatComposer
  participant QuestionDraft
  participant ChatView
  participant projectPendingUserInputAnswer
  participant Server
  ChatComposer->>QuestionDraft: Store thread contexts with question draft
  ChatView->>projectPendingUserInputAnswer: Pass answer and question thread contexts
  projectPendingUserInputAnswer-->>ChatView: Return projected answer
  ChatView->>Server: Submit providerAnswers

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c41f5

Thread references remain associated with their question drafts and are preserved for copying and submission; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains in the reviewed changes.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: attaching dropped threads to pending answers.
Description check		The description includes all required sections and explains the problem, implementation, scope, and focused verification. It notes that test results and UI screenshots are unavailable, but the descrip…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadDrop.test.ts (1)

133-142: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Test names do not match their assertions.

"omits a deleted reference and retains its payload for undo" asserts only that a plain answer passes through unchanged. It does not test a deleted reference or undo. Rename the test, or add an answer that holds a reference with no matching record. Then assert the output for that case.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadDrop.test.ts
around lines 133 - 142:
The test name claims to cover deleted references and undo, but its assertion
only checks plain-answer passthrough. In the `projectPendingUserInputAnswer`
tests, rename the test to match what it verifies, or add an answer containing a
reference with no matching record and assert the projected output.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:
- Around line 6306-6354: Update the rejected-drop toast in the
THREAD_CONTEXT_DROP_EVENT handler to use a choice-only message when the active
pending question disallows custom answers; otherwise retain the existing busy
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/composerThreadDrop.test.ts:
- Around line 133-142: The test name claims to cover deleted references and
undo, but its assertion only checks plain-answer passthrough. In the
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verifies, or add an answer containing a reference with no matching record and
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🟡 Minor · Include thread records when copying pending-answer references. · ChatComposer.tsx:3189

apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:3189
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include thread records when copying pending-answer references.

buildContextClipboardFragment does not add referenced composerThreadContexts, and its dependency list omits that value. When a pending answer contains only a thread reference, the builder can return null. ComposerPromptEditorTiptap sets the structured clipboard data only when the builder returns a fragment, so pasting the reference into another question can omit the thread record required for answer projection. Add the matching composerThreadContexts records and include them in the callback dependencies.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx at line 3189:
Update buildContextClipboardFragment to include the composerThreadContexts
records referenced by the pending answer, so thread-only references produce a
clipboard fragment containing the records needed for answer projection. Add
composerThreadContexts to the callback’s dependency list.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:
- Line 3189: Update buildContextClipboardFragment to include the
composerThreadContexts records referenced by the pending answer, so thread-only
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Addressed the clipboard finding in the CodeRabbit review with c41f5af. The existing clipboard builder now includes referenced thread records and lists composerThreadContexts as a dependency. Copying a dropped thread chip can therefore preserve its actual thread ID when pasted into another answer. This is a two-line change in ChatComposer, with no new helper or file. All 33 focused clipboard and pending-answer tests, web typechecking, and formatting passed. Targeted lint completed without errors.

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