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turnDetail (apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.ts) set the announced step to null for every work entry whose sourceActivityKind is 'context-compaction', so a running compaction was never spoken at the Everything level. It now uses the entry's label as the step while toolLifecycleStatus is 'inProgress' (that label is 'Compacting context', from contextCompactionLabel in client-runtime). A finished, failed or stopped compaction still names no step, as before. The Codex and Claude adapters both emit compaction items with status 'running', so this covers /compact and compactions the provider starts mid-turn. The repro branch's test, which expects 'Compacting context', now passes. I added one row to the same it.each table so a completed compaction still announces nothing: the repro branch had replaced the only case that covered it. No new regex or parser.

Fixes #35724

Reproduction on main

Commit 48a56fa (origin/main). Started the web dev server on a fresh database (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev), paired a headless Chromium through Playwright, and set Settings > Chat > Screen reader announcements to Everything. Added a git project and started a Codex thread (gpt-5.6-luna) from the server CLI. Opened that thread in the browser and recorded every write to its aria-live regions with a MutationObserver. Control turn ('run sleep 4, then reply done'): the regions got 'Working', then the step 'Running sleep', then 'Done'. Then sent '/compact' to the same thread: the timeline showed the 'Compacting context' row with a Working spinner (captured), but the regions only got 'Working' and then 'Done'; no step was ever announced for the compaction. The steps announced during a normal turn show the 'Everything' level was working. Not tried: a compaction that the provider starts on its own in the middle of a long turn (the reporter's case), but the same code path clears the step there too.

Evidence

Set screen reader announcements to Everything, open a seeded replay thread, observe actual aria-live writes, and replay Running sleep followed by context compaction. Both sides use Chromium at 1280×800, light theme, and fresh isolated databases. The visible panel mirrors live-region mutations; it does not generate announcements.

Before	After
48a56faaa2	99640c83d5
Working → Running sleep; no compaction announcement	Working → Running sleep → Compacting context
Before recording	After recording

Scenario and replay driver. Identical replay-only fixture changes enable compaction events on both commits; application announcement code is unchanged beyond the supplied fix.

Not shown:

• Codex's literal /compact command and provider-triggered compaction generation were not exercised; the proof uses synthetic ACP compaction events during a turn.
• Screen-reader audio was not recorded; evidence observes the real DOM aria-live writes.

Tests

vp test run src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.test.ts (apps/web): before the fix, 1 failed ('names the context being compacted': got null, expected 'Compacting context'); after the fix, 28/28 passed. vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (2 packages), tests and react compiler all passed.

Not in this change

• For an idle-triggered compaction, the timeline row shows the IDLE_COMPACTING_LABELS wording, but the announcement uses the work entry's own label ('Compacting context'). I left the two unaligned.

Who did the work

• Written by Claude Opus 5.5, in Claude Code
• Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
• Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 99640c8

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Screen readers using Everything announcements can now hear when context compaction starts. The change preserves existing announcement settings and does not affect compaction execution or stored data.

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Walkthrough

In-progress context-compaction entries now produce an activity announcement using their work label. Completed context-compaction entries continue to produce no activity.

Changes: Context-compaction announcements

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Announce in-progress compaction apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.test.ts	In-progress context-compaction entries use the work label as the activity. Tests verify that completed entries produce no activity.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#33900: This PR adds the announcement logic and test file that this change modifies.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: shivamhwp

Merge Risk: Low · up to 99640

A screen reader may announce compaction after the assistant has resumed replying. The issue is bounded but merits follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: screen readers set to Everything now announce when context compaction starts. It also identifies the affected component (web). It follows the conventional commit forma…
Linked Issues check		[#35724] requires that, at the Everything level, a context compaction start is announced (for example, "Compacting context"), for both manual and provider-started compactions. The reviewed head change…
Out of Scope Changes check		The source change is a single line in turnDetailAnnouncement.ts that directly implements #35724. The test change adds coverage for the in-progress and completed compaction cases. The PR description st…
Description check		The description is thorough and covers the template's core sections. The Problem is stated clearly: a running context compaction was never announced at the Everything level, because turnDetail set the…

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Explanation

The title names the main change: screen readers set to Everything now announce when context compaction starts. It also identifies the affected component (web). It follows the conventional commit format the template recommends. It matches the linked issue and the code change, which sets the announced step to the in-progress compaction label.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

[#35724] requires that, at the Everything level, a context compaction start is announced (for example, "Compacting context"), for both manual and provider-started compactions. The reviewed head changes apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.ts so that a context-compaction work entry sets the announced activity to work.label when toolLifecycleStatus is "inProgress". Otherwise it stays null. The PR description states that Codex and Claude adapters emit compaction items with status "running", so this path covers both trigger types. The test file adds a case expecting "Compacting context" for an in-progress entry and no activity for a completed entry. The PR reports 28/28 passing. The requirement is a coding requirement and the code change matches it. The mid-turn provider-started case was not reproduced in the PR, but it uses the same code path. The evidence capture section is pending, but that is not a coding requirement.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The source change is a single line in turnDetailAnnouncement.ts that directly implements #35724. The test change adds coverage for the in-progress and completed compaction cases. The PR description states that aligning idle-triggered timeline wording with the announcement is not part of this change, and the diff contains no such alignment. No unrelated file or behavior change was identified in the reviewed diff.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description is thorough and covers the template's core sections. The Problem is stated clearly: a running context compaction was never announced at the Everything level, because turnDetail set the step to null for context-compaction entries. The Change section explains the fix: the work label is used while toolLifecycleStatus is 'inProgress', and finished, failed, or stopped compactions still announce no step. Scope links the issue #35724 and describes a bug fix, not a feature. Verification gives focused test results (28/28 after the fix, 1 failure before), a 'vp run check:changed' run, and before/after aria-live evidence with commit hashes, screenshots, and recordings. It also states what was not checked: the literal /compact command and provider-triggered compaction were not exercised, and screen-reader audio was not recorded. The author lists the model and harness used. Minor gaps: the title line in the template comment is a conventional commit title, and the PR body does not show one, though the PR title is outside this description. The description meets the template requirements.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.ts:
- Line 109: In the reverse scan that computes turn-detail announcement activity,
update the compaction activity assignment so it only applies when activity is
undefined, preserving a newer entry’s explicit null. Extend the existing test
table with the prompt, runningCompaction, assistantReply ordering and verify the
reply does not announce compaction.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not replace a newer entry's null activity.

With entries ordered as [prompt, runningCompaction, assistantReply], the reverse scan first sets activity to null for the reply. This ??= then replaces that value with the older compaction label. The result announces compaction even though the newest output is a reply.

Assign the compaction activity only when activity === undefined, as the normal work branch does. Extend the existing test table with this ordering.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/turnDetailAnnouncement.ts at line 109:
In the reverse scan that computes turn-detail announcement activity, update the compaction activity assignment so it only applies when activity is undefined, preserving a newer entry’s explicit null. Extend the existing test table with the prompt, runningCompaction, assistantReply ordering and verify the reply does not announce compaction.

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