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Problem

A Markdown <picture> with a (prefers-color-scheme: dark) <source> shows Image unavailable in a dark color scheme. This is the pattern GitHub documents for theme-aware README images. The sanitizer keeps <source media srcset>, so when the media matches, the browser loads the raw srcset (for example docs/screenshot-dark.png) relative to the app's own URL. ChatMarkdown's img renderer resolves only the <img>'s src (workspace file, host image route, source-control media proxy), so that load fails and the <img>'s error handler shows the fallback. Light mode works because the <img> is used. Reproduction steps and screenshots: #26397.

Change

• packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.ts: before sanitizing, each <picture>'s color-scheme <source> moves onto its <img> as dataDarkSrc / dataLightSrc, using the first srcset candidate. As in a browser, the first source for each scheme wins. Then every <source> is dropped, so the browser can't load an unresolved candidate. The two new properties get the same protocol allow-list as src, so a javascript: srcset is removed. A Windows drive-path variant (C:\shots\dark.png) becomes file:///C:/shots/dark.png, which resolves to the same host path as a drive-path <img src>. A source with another media query (such as min-width) would load unresolved in the same way, and the media query tests the viewport rather than the chat column, so the <img> stands in for it. A responsive picture shows its fallback image instead of a broken one.
• apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx: the img renderer uses the variant for the rendered theme (resolvedTheme) as the authored source when there is one. It then resolves it exactly like an <img src>.
• chatMarkdownImageSources (the guest-share image allow-list) also lists both variants. A guest viewing the reply in either theme can then load the one the renderer picks. The allow-list is documented to read images "as ChatMarkdown's img renderer reads them".

Mobile doesn't render raw HTML in Markdown, so it isn't affected.

Scope and approval

Fixes #26397. This is a focused fix for an obvious rendering bug: a valid, GitHub-documented <picture> shows Image unavailable in dark mode, while the same Markdown renders on GitHub and in T3 Code's light theme. It keeps the existing behavior (the theme picks the variant) and routes that variant through the existing image resolution. It adds no new capability or setting.

Verification

Failing tests first, then the fix:

• vp test run packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.test.ts: the new case fails on main because the sources survive and nothing moves to the <img>:

  AssertionError: expected [ 'picture', 'source', 'source', …(5) ] to deeply equal [ 'picture', 'img', 'p', …(2) ]
  

  It passes with the fix (4/4). The case covers a 1x, 2x srcset, a non-color-scheme source, a javascript: srcset that the protocol check drops, and a Windows drive-path variant.
• vp test run apps/server/src/guest/guestAttachments.test.ts: the new rows (POSIX and drive-path variants) fail on main (expected null to be 'image/png') and pass with the fix (23/23).
• ChatMarkdown.browser.test.tsx: a new case renders a theme-aware <picture> through the host image route. It checks the light src, switches the rendered theme to dark, and checks the dark src. It fails without the renderer change and passes with it (11/11 in the file).
• The tests beside the changed files pass together: markdownPipeline.test.ts, guestAttachments.test.ts, ChatMarkdown.browser.test.tsx, ChatMarkdown.permissions.browser.test.tsx, and chat/ChatMarkdownMedia.browser.test.tsx: 5 files, 48 tests (after the merge from main).
• tsc --noEmit is clean for packages/shared and apps/web. apps/server/src is clean too; its only errors are in apps/server/scripts and scripts/lib, from modules my partial install lacks, which this PR doesn't touch. vp lint and vp fmt --check are clean on the changed files.

Before/after: the real ChatMarkdown with the app's CSS in Chromium, rendering the snippet from #26397. Workspace paths resolve through HostImageUrlContext, and the color scheme is set with Playwright's page.emulateMedia plus the T3 theme. This came from a temporary harness that is not part of the PR.

	Before (main)	After
Dark
Light

Not checked:

• The desktop app and the full web app, end to end. The bug was first seen in the file viewer's Markdown preview, which uses this renderer. The captures above come from the component, not the whole app.
• The full vp run check:changed. On this machine (Ubuntu 26.04 arm64) I installed only the shared, web and server workspaces, so knip and the 31-package typecheck stop on missing astro/expo. Playwright 1.60 has no headless-shell build for this platform, so the browser tests ran on Chromium headless shell build 1248.

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merged current main in 25deee9380, preserving the theme-switch test and main's parse-cache tests. the change remains five files, +148/-5. both independent read-only reviews approved this head.

blacksmith vp run check:changed github/main passed: format, lint, knip, graphql, all 33 affected package typechecks, 48 tests across five files, and the react compiler check. the existing windows-path fix is verified and its review thread resolved.

the real web app's file preview reproduces the broken dark source on main and loads it through the asset route on this head. switching to light selects the fallback image; an ordinary image also loads in both themes. desktop and mobile runtime were not exercised.

before, dark theme:

after, same markdown and dark theme:

after switching to light:

full github ci is running on this head: ci run 41265955940. github has reported this head mergeable.

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Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Theme-specific picture images now use the existing sanitized media-resolution path, and image discovery includes those variants. The Windows-path finding remains subject to the separate correctness gate; no additional material risk requires human judgment.

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Walkthrough

The Markdown pipeline extracts dark and light image sources from <picture> elements. The renderer selects the source that matches the resolved theme. Tests cover pipeline processing, browser rendering, and guest image handling.

Changes: Theme-aware Markdown images

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Extract and enumerate picture image sources packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.ts, packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.test.ts, apps/server/src/guest/guestAttachments.test.ts	The pipeline moves color-scheme <picture> sources onto image properties and removes <source> elements. Sanitization permits the theme-specific properties, and image-source enumeration includes their URLs. Tests cover variant extraction, unsafe URLs, Windows paths, and guest handling of dark sources.
Select the rendered image source apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.browser.test.tsx	MarkdownImage selects the variant for the resolved theme when available. Otherwise, it uses dataLocalSrc when it is a string, then falls back to src. Browser tests check that the image URL changes when appearance changes.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26323 — This PR adds theme-specific picture sources to image-source enumeration used for guest handling.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to 7aa5c

Some valid theme-aware Markdown images can still show “Image unavailable” when their srcset candidates are comma-separated.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: fixing dark-mode picture images that incorrectly show “Image unavailable.”
Linked Issues check		Issue #26397 is the only active directly linked issue. The implementation meets its coding requirements. markdownPipeline.ts moves the first color-scheme srcset candidate to dataDarkSrc or `data…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed production files directly support #26397. The pipeline change prevents unresolved <source srcset> requests. The renderer change selects the theme-specific source. The guest allow-list ch…
Description check		The pull request description covers all required template sections. The Problem section explains the dark-mode failure with a <picture> element, expected behavior, and reproduction reference (#26397…

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Issue #26397 is the only active directly linked issue. The implementation meets its coding requirements. markdownPipeline.ts moves the first color-scheme srcset candidate to dataDarkSrc or dataLightSrc, removes every <source>, and applies the src protocol allow-list to both attributes. ChatMarkdown selects the variant for resolvedTheme and sends it through the existing image resolution. chatMarkdownImageSources includes both variants for guest replies. The supplied test evidence covers pipeline transformation, guest image loading, and light-to-dark renderer selection. No mobile requirement applies because mobile does not render raw Markdown HTML.

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The changed production files directly support #26397. The pipeline change prevents unresolved <source srcset> requests. The renderer change selects the theme-specific source. The guest allow-list change permits the selected variant. The Windows drive-path handling and protocol checks support the same image-resolution path. The added tests verify these changes. No unrelated feature, setting, or behavior is identified.

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The pull request description covers all required template sections. The Problem section explains the dark-mode failure with a <picture> element, expected behavior, and reproduction reference (#26397). The Change section lists the affected files and explains why each change is needed. The Scope and approval section links the issue #26397 and justifies the fix as a focused bug fix for an obvious rendering defect. The Verification section lists specific test commands, observed pass/fail results, before/after screenshots in a table, and states what was not checked. The template's closing request for the model and harness is also met by the 'Written with Claude Opus 5.5' line.

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apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx: 1

1367-1373: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add browser coverage for theme-aware image selection.

The new tests verify source extraction and guest enumeration. The existing browser tests verify ordinary image and favicon rendering, but none renders a theme-aware <picture> through MarkdownImage and asserts the selected src. No test changes the theme and checks the result. A regression that ignores dataDarkSrc, selects it in light mode, or fails to update after a theme change can pass the current tests.

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pictures with only width-based sources unchanged. Update the width-source
expectation in the related markdown pipeline test to verify the matching source
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Minor · Split comma-separated srcset candidates. · markdownPipeline.ts:126-136

packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.ts:126-136
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Split comma-separated srcset candidates.

For a valid srcset="a.png,b.png", srcSet remains a string. The current code splits only on whitespace, so it stores a.png,b.png as dataDarkSrc.

The renderer then requests that combined path instead of either candidate and can show “Image unavailable”. The guest allow-list stores the same combined path, so neither candidate is authorized. Split the selected candidate on commas at this shared boundary; no separate allow-list change is needed.

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+      typeof candidate === "string" ? candidate.trim().split(/[\s,]/, 1)[0] ?? "" : "";

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Update the URL extraction in the shared image-processing logic to split
string-valued `srcSet` candidates on commas as well as whitespace, so
`dataDarkSrc` and `dataLightSrc` contain only the selected candidate URL.
Preserve the existing handling of non-string candidates and avoid a separate
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Verified in a real dev environment

verified head 7aa5c8e8a94106059cde5a57615bf39489cd4509 on a linux boat vm, using the repo's playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome against the real dev web app. no application changes were needed.

• installed and ran github/main (7195b69954) in a separate worktree first. created a project and thread through the ui, then used codex gpt-6.1-sol to create the pngs and readme in the real git workspace. dark mode reproduced "image unavailable" in both the provider reply and the readme preview; the browser requested the unresolved source path. light mode and the ordinary image loaded.
• stopped main, installed the exact pr head, and started its dev server with isolated state. created its project and thread through the ui and ran real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns against the same files. the dark image now loads through /api/assets/ in both the reply and file preview. switching light/dark updates the image; clicking it opens the matching expanded image.
• ordinary images still load. width-only pictures show the intended fallback. a 1x, 2x source list loads its first candidate, and a second dark source pointing at a missing file does not override the first working source.
• checked the remaining comma claim against native chrome: srcset="a.png,b.png" selects the literal combined url in chrome too. the pr matches that behavior; splitting every comma would change valid comma-containing urls.
• blacksmith: the five existing pipeline, guest attachment, and markdown browser test files passed, 48/48 tests. the worker initially lacked chromium; installed it there and reran successfully. github ci is green on this head.

before, main in dark mode:

after, same files on the pr head:

after switching to light:

theme switching and image expansion, recorded from the running app; animation inspected in this comment:

Not verified

native desktop shells, ios/android, windows drive paths at runtime, other providers, remote/tunnel connections, and authenticated source-control media were not exercised. the guest-link client path requires a configured t3 connect account and linked machine, which this vm lacks; its image allow-list tests passed on blacksmith.