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fix(web): subagent previews drop image marks and full link URLs - #29637

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Problem

A subagent row in the web chat timeline shows a one-line preview of the subagent's result. When that result contains a Markdown image or a link whose URL has parentheses, the preview keeps stray punctuation:

  • ![screenshot](shot.png) Verified shows as !screenshot Verified
  • [docs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T3_(protocol)) shows as docs)
  • [report](outputs/report%20(final).md) shows as report.md)

Mobile had the same bug and fixed it in #23538. The web copy of that helper (plainDetail in V2LifecycleRow.tsx) was not updated, so web still shows the broken preview.

Change

Move plainDetail unchanged into the existing V2LifecycleRow.logic.ts so it can be tested, then use the link regex from #23538 (identical to mobile's subagentCardDetail). It drops the optional leading ! and accepts escaped or balanced parentheses inside the URL. The test reuses mobile's four cases.

Scope and approval

Very small, focused fix for an obvious bug, so no prior issue: web keeps a parity gap that #23538 already fixed on mobile, and the fix is the same one-line regex. Similar to the #25468 → #29601 follow-up. Overlap search: the local PR index and gh search prs ("subagent preview link", "V2LifecycleRow plainDetail") found no open PR touching this helper. #17420 (open) edits subagent rows but not this function.

Verification

  • Red on main (with only the move applied): vp test run src/components/chat/V2LifecycleRow.logic.test.ts: 3 of 4 new cases fail, e.g. AssertionError: expected 'docs)' to be 'docs' and expected 'report.md)' to be 'report'.
  • Green: 7/7 pass in that file.
  • vp run check:changed: pass (format, lint, knip, typecheck, test, react compiler).
  • Not checked: a real-client capture. The change is text the preview derives, covered by the unit test. Hover tooltips still use the shared subagentDetailPreview, which keeps raw Markdown on both clients. That behavior is unchanged here.

Reviewed with sol-loop: 1 round with GPT-6.1 Sol on high. Sol verdict: approved.

Created with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code).

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Verdict: Approved at 89f727d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Subagent previews share one formatter across web and mobile, removing Markdown image markers and link destinations from web preview text. The change is presentation-only and leaves stored content and navigation unchanged.

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Walkthrough

Subagent detail formatting now resides in the shared client-runtime module. Mobile and web lifecycle components use the shared helper instead of local formatting logic.

Changes: Subagent detail formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add shared detail formatting
packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentDisplay.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentDisplay.test.ts
The shared helper filters empty and child-status details, removes link and image syntax, and normalizes whitespace. Tests cover image and link examples.
Update lifecycle consumers
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/SubagentRow.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/threadAgentsPresentation.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/subagent-card-presentation.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/subagent-card-presentation.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/V2LifecycleRow.tsx
Mobile and web components now use the shared helper. The local mobile helper and web inline formatting logic were removed.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: bil0000, juliusmarminge, only21mil

Merge Risk: Low · up to 89f72

Subagent previews now strip most image and link markup. Images with an empty alt label and links with deeply nested parentheses still show raw Markdown in the one-line preview. This is a minor display issue that does not block merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: subagent previews in the web client no longer drop image marks or full link URLs. It uses a conventional commit prefix and is specific. Its wording is slightly off fro…
Description check Passed The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. It states the bug with examples and reproduction inputs. It explains the change and links the related mobile fi…
Linked Issues check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The title names the main change: subagent previews in the web client no longer drop image marks or full link URLs. It uses a conventional commit prefix and is specific. Its wording is slightly off from the diff, which moves a helper into a logic file and changes the link regex. The title still describes the user-visible fix.

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The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. It states the bug with examples and reproduction inputs. It explains the change and links the related mobile fix (#23538). It justifies the absence of an issue for a small obvious bug. Verification lists focused test results (3 of 4 new cases red before the fix, 7/7 green after) and the broader check run. It names what was not checked. The template's optional agent-model line is present. Screenshots are not embedded in the description, but the PR objectives indicate that screenshots were added in a comment. The description is mostly complete.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Verified as-is at 292b9bbfd451d15f715a087f63bb930dfde941e7 on Linux with repository Playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome.

  • Installed and ran github/main (5b9731cedc) in a separate worktree first. Created a local Git project through the app and selected Codex gpt-6.1-sol. A real delegated child returned Markdown containing an image, a parenthesized URL, an encoded-space filename with parentheses, and an escaped parenthesis. Main displayed !screenshot Verified docs) report.md) escaped plain code..
  • Stopped main before starting the exact PR head. The same persisted conversation displayed screenshot Verified docs report escaped plain code.. A fresh Codex parent/child turn on the PR produced the same corrected preview.
  • Neighboring behavior passed: a fresh child containing list markers, inline code, a normal link, and a newline displayed plain code normal second line. Clicking the child row opened its thread, browser Back returned to the parent, and the child's rendered links retained their complete destinations. Collapse/expand continued to show the corrected preview. The hover preview retains raw Markdown, as described in this PR.
  • Blacksmith vp run check:changed 065a43355c76ebf4abc6471ada818c25668b01b9 passed format, lint, both knip passes, affected typechecks, all 7 lifecycle logic tests, and scoped React compiler checks. The worker needed a depth-2 fetch of this head for comparison history. No source changes or pushes were needed.

main: subagent result includes stray image marker and URL punctuation

pr: the same subagent result keeps labels and removes image and URL markup

fresh codex result: collapse and expand the corrected subagent preview

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Not verified

Native desktop, iOS/Android, other providers, and remote/tunnel connections were not exercised on this Linux web-client pass. Actual image retrieval and external destination availability were not tested; the change formats the result text. Deeper nested-parenthesis parsing remains the explicitly deferred limitation discussed above.

juliusmarminge and others added 2 commits November 14, 2026 14:21
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Move mobile's subagentCardDetail into client-runtime and use it from
the web lifecycle row, so both clients strip image marks and links with
nested parentheses the same way, tested once.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Line 154: Update the Markdown image/link replacement in the visible `replace`
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  • apps/mobile/src/features/threads/threadAgentsPresentation.ts
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/V2LifecycleRow.tsx
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if (!detail || /^Child task ended with status\b/i.test(detail)) return null;
return (
detail
.replace(/!?\[([^\]]+)\]\((?:\\.|[^\\()]|\((?:\\.|[^\\()])*\))*\)/g, "$1")

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Strip images with an empty alt label.

For ![](screenshots/shot.png) Verified, [^\]]+ prevents a match. The preview therefore retains the image syntax and destination. Allow an empty label and add this input to the existing shared test table. The expected result is "Verified".

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Review comment at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentDisplay.ts at line 154:
Update the Markdown image/link replacement in the visible `replace` expression to match empty labels, so `![](screenshots/shot.png) Verified` becomes `Verified`. Add this input and expected result to the existing shared test table.

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Evidence

Expanded the completed subagent's “Worked for” section after replaying the exact reported markdown result. Both sides use Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, and fresh synthetic databases.

Proven: the scenario fails on base and passes on head; scenarios:prove exited 0.

Before After
313f601fb2 89f727dfc8
!screenshot Verified docs) report.md) screenshot Verified docs report
Before: stray image marker and incomplete link removal After: preserved alt text and link labels

Scenario source · Reproduction bundle with replay fixture setup · Before recording · After recording

Not shown:

  • Escaped-parenthesis destinations were not separately exercised; the supplied reproduction covers balanced parentheses.
  • Mobile rendering was not exercised; this proof covers the reported web preview.

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