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Problem

The "Open diff" action on a tool call did not open its recorded file changes in the diff panel. Turn diffs also depend on Git checkpoints, so this did not work for projects outside a Git repository.

Change

Open the selected tool call's recorded patch directly in the diff panel. Fetch the file change details on demand, format bare hunks and added or deleted file contents for display, and label the current view "Tool call" without adding it to the scope dropdown. Tool call diffs work in non-Git projects.

Scope and approval

This is a focused fix to the existing "Open diff" action. It displays file changes already recorded for a tool call and does not add a new workflow or setting.

Verification

Focused tests for wire projection, diff panel selection, and tool call patch rendering passed. Server and web typechecks passed. Formatting and lint passed. Verified the action in a non-Git development thread. The interface change was also checked in the browser.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at de2ebcf

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Tool-call file changes now open their recorded patch directly in the diff panel, with content fallbacks and incomplete-patch notices. The change is confined to viewing recorded changes and does not alter workspace files or product defaults.

No code changes detected at b6831da. Prior analysis still applies.

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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	+6 B (+0.1%)	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	1.3 KiB	+6 B (+0.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	−29 B (−0.6%)	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	1.3 KiB	1.2 KiB	−29 B (−2.3%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	−41 B (−0.2%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	1	−1 (−50.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: f6d3700 · PR result: b6831da · 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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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/AcpAdapterV2.test.ts
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Walkthrough

The change adds tool-call file diffs to the diff panel. File-change detail projections include bounded diff or recorded content. The timeline can select a tool-call diff, and the panel loads and renders its patch or recorded content.

Changes: Tool-call diff viewing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Project and normalize tool-call diff data apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WireProjection.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WireProjection.test.ts, packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/AcpAdapterV2.test.ts, apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts, apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.test.ts	Detail projections include bounded diffStr, or bounded oldStr and newStr when the diff is absent or blank. The ACP adapter and toolCallDiff prepare patches and recorded content. Tests cover projection, conversion, truncation markers, and add/delete cases.
Select and open a tool-call diff apps/web/src/diffPanelStore.ts, apps/web/src/diffPanelStore.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/timelineRowContext.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkEntryRow.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/V2ItemInspector.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/useRightPanelActions.ts, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx	The store adds a tool-call selection containing thread, item, and revision. Timeline callbacks pass that target to the right-panel action, which selects it and opens the panel.
Load and render the selected tool-call diff apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx	The panel loads the selected item and renders its patch or recorded content. Git-specific loading, controls, and status paths now require a Git selection.

Priority: Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant V2ItemInspector
  participant useRightPanelActions
  participant diffPanelStore
  participant DiffPanel
  participant useTurnItemDetail
  V2ItemInspector->>useRightPanelActions: Open diff with thread, item, and revision
  useRightPanelActions->>diffPanelStore: Select tool-call target
  useRightPanelActions->>DiffPanel: Open diff panel
  DiffPanel->>useTurnItemDetail: Load selected item details
  useTurnItemDetail-->>DiffPanel: Return file-change data
  DiffPanel->>DiffPanel: Normalize and render patch or recorded content

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review de2eb

The change adds tool-call diffs to the panel. No actionable merge-blocking risk was established.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: opening tool call diffs in the web diff panel.
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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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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WireProjection.ts:
- Around line 203-210: Update the file_change projection around
projectTurnItemForWire to preserve available oldStr and newStr in the detail
response when diffStr and changes are absent. Render these values as
content-only data when no patch or operation is available; do not infer file
creation or deletion from newStr.

Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx:
- Around line 374-376: In the selected tool-call diff path, detect the `… output
truncated for transport` marker before passing data to `toolCallPatch`; show an
incomplete-preview notice and ensure the marker is not converted or displayed as
file content. Extend the truncation handling used by `isSelectedPatchTruncated`
to cover tool-call diffs.

Review comments at @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts:
- Around line 19-24: Update the Open diff panel to disclose when a tool call
contains multiple recorded files, since its renderer shows only the first file’s
patch. Use the `toolCallItem` file-change type and `changes` count to show a
notice when more than one file is recorded; preserve the existing single-file
display behavior.

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• apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.test.ts
• apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts

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Minor · Refresh the selected tool-call detail when the item finishes. · DiffPanel.tsx:256-263

apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx:256-263
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Refresh the selected tool-call detail when the item finishes.

DiffPanel stores the revision when the user opens the diff. An active item uses "live", but the selected target does not change when the item completes. The query has no completion refresh trigger or interval, so the open panel can keep rendering the incomplete detail until another revalidation occurs.

Update the selected target or explicitly refresh it when the selected item changes status.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx around lines 256 - 263:
Update DiffPanel’s selected tool-call detail flow around toolCallSelection and
useTurnItemDetail so the query target changes or is explicitly revalidated when
the selected item transitions from active/live to completed. Ensure the open
panel refreshes the completed detail without relying on unrelated revalidation,
while preserving existing behavior for unchanged selections.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts:
- Line 7: Update getRenderablePatch’s patch classification to use the recorded
operation and a validated complete-patch format instead of treating a matching
first line as proof that the content is a patch. Preserve added `.patch` file
contents as the recorded file addition, even when they begin with `--- `.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx:
- Around line 256-263: Update DiffPanel’s selected tool-call detail flow around
toolCallSelection and useTurnItemDetail so the query target changes or is
explicitly revalidated when the selected item transitions from active/live to
completed. Ensure the open panel refreshes the completed detail without relying
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• apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.test.ts
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The outside-diff refresh finding in this review is fixed in 7b33a7b. The selected query target now derives its revision from the matching source item in the live thread projection, so completion fetches the final detail. Running items retain the stable live revision. Added a regression test for completion and source-thread matching. check:changed passes, including 179 tests.

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Minor · Preserve empty add/delete content in toolCallDiff. · toolCallDiff.ts:59-75

apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts:59-75
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve empty add/delete content in toolCallDiff.

When a provider records an empty added or deleted file, WireProjection preserves diffStr: "" without adding oldStr or newStr. toolCallPatch returns the empty string before normalizing the file operation. getRenderablePatch then returns null, and DiffPanel has no content entry to render, so it shows “No patch available for this selection.”

Include an empty add/delete diffStr in the corresponding recorded-content entry, or represent it with an equivalent zero-line file patch.

Suggested fix

   const diff = recordedText(item.diffStr);
   const before = recordedText(item.oldStr);
   const after = recordedText(item.newStr);
+  const change = item.changes?.[0];
+  const rawFileOperation = change?.operation === "add" || change?.operation === "delete";
   return {
     patch: toolCallPatch({ ...item, ...(diff.text === undefined ? {} : { diffStr: diff.text }) }),
     content: diff.text?.trim()
       ? []
       : [
+          ...(diff.text !== undefined &&
+          rawFileOperation &&
+          (change?.operation === "add" ? after.text === undefined : before.text === undefined)
+            ? [
+                {
+                  label:
+                    change?.operation === "add"
+                      ? "Recorded content after"
+                      : "Recorded content before",
+                  text: diff.text,
+                },
+              ]
+            : []),
           { label: "Recorded content before", text: before.text },
           { label: "Recorded content after", text: after.text },
         ].filter((entry): entry is { label: string; text: string } => entry.text !== undefined),

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts around lines 59 - 75:
Update toolCallDiff to preserve an explicitly recorded empty diffStr for add and
delete operations when the corresponding oldStr or newStr is absent. Include it
in the matching recorded-content entry, or provide an equivalent zero-line file
patch, so DiffPanel can render the empty-file change.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts:
- Line 37: Update the `rawFileOperation` handling in `toolCallDiff` to use
explicit format information from the producer, or normalize provider payloads
before they reach this code, rather than inferring format from patch text.
Preserve bare hunks as diffs when marked as such while treating identical
literal file content as content, and add paired tests for both cases.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts:
- Around line 59-75: Update toolCallDiff to preserve an explicitly recorded
empty diffStr for add and delete operations when the corresponding oldStr or
newStr is absent. Include it in the matching recorded-content entry, or provide
an equivalent zero-line file patch, so DiffPanel can render the empty-file
change.

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