[Abhishek-B-R]

Problem

tailClaudeTaskOutput streams a Claude task's .output file as live command output. When the file shrinks, it rewinds the read offset to 0 but keeps the same streaming TextDecoder. If the previous read ended inside a multi-byte character, the decoder still holds those bytes, so they get joined to the first byte of the rewritten file and the new output starts with �.

Expected: output after a truncation decodes on its own.

Change

Create a new decoder when the rewind happens. The skip-ahead path right below already resets the decoder for the same reason (its comment says "Reset partial UTF-8 bytes when skipping output"); the truncation path was the one place the offset jumped without it.

Scope and approval

No prior issue, under the very small, focused fix for an obvious bug route. The function already handles a shrinking file, and that handling has a defect: bytes from the old contents leak into the new contents. The fix is 3 lines in one function and changes nothing else about tailing, including the unbroken and skip-ahead paths.

Verification

Added one case to ClaudeTaskOutputTail.test.ts: write the first 4 bytes of café (ends inside the é), take the caf chunk, overwrite the file with ok\n, then assert the next chunk. It uses a real temp file under it.effect, and completes the stop deferred after the rewrite, so the final read happens without waiting for a poll.

cd apps/server && vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeTaskOutputTail.test.ts

• Before the fix: 1 failed, 4 passed. AssertionError: expected '�ok\n' to equal 'ok\n'
• After the fix: 5 passed.

vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests beside the change).

Not checked: a real Claude session truncating its output file. I reproduced this at the tail function with a real file, and I do not know how often Claude Code truncates these files in practice, so the visible effect is one wrong character in live output, in an uncommon case. The final tool result is not affected.

Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 3a6b3e8

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The change resets UTF-8 decoding state when a Claude task output file is truncated, preventing stale partial characters from affecting subsequent live output. Its effects are limited to text presentation, with existing file-reading behavior unchanged.

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The output tailer now resets its UTF-8 decoder when the file shrinks below its read offset. A test verifies that rewritten content is emitted after truncation during an incomplete multibyte character.

Changes: Claude task output tailing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reset decoder state on truncation apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeTaskOutputTail.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeTaskOutputTail.test.ts	When the output file shrinks below the current read offset, the tailer resets the offset and decoder. A test checks that rewritten content is received after truncation during a split character.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#24176: Introduced the live Claude task-output tailing path that this change updates.

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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to dc775

No material current-head risk remains; the truncation fix is ready to merge.

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The title names the main change: truncated Claude task output no longer starts with a replacement character. The raw summary says tailClaudeTaskOutput now resets its UTF-8 decoder when the file shrinks, which matches the title. The title follows conventional commit style and is specific enough for a teammate to understand the change.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head 3a6b3e8d5cc953fea3c148b286fab6f4ecd9bc47 on linux, against github/main at 2b1021ce41. each revision ran separately with vp run dev and isolated state. i created local git projects and submitted real provider turns through the web composer using repository playwright and google chrome.

claude haiku 5.5 ran a foreground bash command that wrote an incomplete utf-8 character, paused, rewrote its own actual claude task output file to ok\n, then appended unicode output. this exercised real task_started frames, the tailer, server, and live client output.

• main reproduced pr28643:caf�ok in live command output.
• the pr showed pr28643:cafok, without the replacement character.
• later append café 😀 streamed correctly. the final tool result remained ok, append café 😀, finish-ok.
• ordinary streaming preserved é and 😀 split across separate writes without truncation.
• real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns returned the expected unicode command output and exit code 0 on both revisions.
• all five existing tailer tests passed on blacksmith after remote dependency installation. the pr's ci checks have no failures or pending runs.

command transcript and reproduction command

Not verified

electron shell, native ios/android, macos/windows, and relay/tunnel connections were not exercised on this linux vm. the truncation was deliberately caused by a real provider task; i did not establish when claude spontaneously truncates these files. the recording demonstrates output states, not performance.