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fix: preserve new chats created before history loading finishes - #347

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There is a bug where new chats (including quick prompts) created before chat history finishes loading results in a "Chat not found" page. This is because the chat thread gets overwritten by the loaded history. This PR fixes the bug by preserving chats created while history is loading, along with chats still connecting when loading begins, so an older history response cannot remove them. It snapshots the existing chat IDs and client-created markers before loading history, then keeps chats marked in that snapshot or created afterward when merging the history response.

Fixes #346

How

  • src/frontend/pages/HomePage.tsx: for new chats created with the "quick prompt" option, it marks the new chat threads as created using the markChatAsClientCreated function and passing the chat ID
  • src/frontend/components/layout/AppLayout.tsx: snapshots initialChatIds and initialClientCreatedIds before fetching history, then updates the reconciliation filter to also keep chats in initialClientCreatedIds or absent from initialChatIds.
  • src/frontend/components/layout/AppLayout.test.tsx: tests/validates the fix

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  • No breaking changes (or documented above with a migration path)
  • Lint and tests pass (npm run lint && npm run test)

Signed-off-by: Anish701 <anish2sinha@gmail.com>
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HomePage marks each new chat ID as client-created before dispatching the chat. AppLayout reads chat state from the Redux store and retains chats created while startup history loads. It limits message prefetching to empty chats present in backend history that are not client-created. StreamingManager unmarks a thread after a streaming error. Tests cover chat creation, history reconciliation, and streaming failure or cancellation.

Suggested reviewers: np-compete

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Low · up to 4ad02

Startup chats are now retained during history loading. One edge case remains: if a first message fails after the user assigned the chat to a project, a retry may leave the chat outside that project. This is narrow and recoverable, so the change is mergeable with awareness of it.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes preserving new chats while history loading finishes.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the chat-history bug, the preservation logic, affected files, and testing.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #346 requires preserving chats created before history loading finishes. AppLayout snapshots initial IDs and client-created IDs, then retains chats created during loading or present in the init…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The AppLayout, HomePage, and streaming-marker changes support issue #346. The added tests verify the preservation and cleanup logic. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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Explanation

Issue #346 requires preserving chats created before history loading finishes. AppLayout snapshots initial IDs and client-created IDs, then retains chats created during loading or present in the initial client-created snapshot. HomePage marks quick-prompt chats. Existing sidebar creation already marks chats. Regression tests cover quick prompts, typed prompts, sidebar creation, connecting chats, and removal of stale local chats.

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Review comments at @src/frontend/pages/HomePage.tsx:
- Line 39: Update the startup hydration flow associated with
markChatAsClientCreated(newChatId) so an older history response cannot remove a
chat created by a successful quick-prompt stream; preserve the chat until
hydration confirms it is represented, and only then clear its client-created
marker.

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Prompt to fix all issues
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @src/frontend/components/layout/AppLayout.tsx:
- Around line 156-167: Update the chat-history reconciliation around
initialChatIds and the surviving filter to preserve chats that were marked
client-created when the history snapshot began, even if that marker clears while
awaiting getAllThreadsByUserId. Capture those IDs from the initial chat snapshot
and include them in the surviving predicate, while retaining the existing
backend, current client-created, and newly added chat checks.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage
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Anish701 and others added 2 commits November 11, 2026 06:40
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Prompt to fix all issues
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/frontend/lib/streaming/StreamingManager.ts:
- Line 217: Update the failure handling around
unmarkChatAsClientCreated(request.threadId) so a failed first send retains the
client-created marker for manual retry; clear it only after the pending project
assignment can be applied, preserving the existing successful-send behavior.

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LGTM

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nirmchan merged commit 52d01cd into redhat-data-and-ai:main Nov 11, 2026
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Anish701 deleted the fix/new-chat-rendering branch November 11, 2026 12:25
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fix: preserve new chats created before history loading finishes

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