## Summary
- launch the Electron-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by
default
- launch the Tauri-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by default
- stop relying on the server's `process.cwd()` fallback for desktop
filesystem browsing
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## Summary
- add SideCar support across the server and UI, including proxied tabs,
picker/settings flows, and websocket-aware proxying
- unify top-level tab handling so workspace instances and SideCars share
the same tab model and navigation flows
- limit SideCars to port-based services only, removing server-managed
process control from the final API and UI
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Co-authored-by: Shantur <shantur@Mac.home>
Co-authored-by: Shantur <shantur@Shanturs-MacBook-Pro-M5.local>
## Summary
- add a remote CodeNomad server launcher flow in the home screen,
including saved server profiles, probe-before-connect behavior, and
desktop bridge APIs for opening remote windows
- add Electron support for remote server windows with per-window origin
handling and self-signed certificate bypass, plus Tauri support for
remote windows with clearer self-signed guidance
- fix Tauri dev server resolution and window shutdown behavior so dev
mode prefers the source server entry and the app only exits after the
last window closes
# PR Title
Implement shared compact split and unified tool-call diff layout
---
Fixes#268
# PR Description
## Summary
This PR makes tool-call diffs more compact in both `Unified` and `Split`
views by reducing wasted horizontal space in line-number gutters and
content indentation.
## What changed
- introduced a shared compact-diff framework for tool-call diffs
- kept mobile-specific policy limited to:
- forcing unified mode below the breakpoint
- enabling wrap only in mobile unified mode
- added mode-specific compact applicators in the diff viewer:
- unified applicator
- split applicator
- reduced gutter width waste by measuring rendered line-number text and
tightening column width around it
- removed unnecessary right-side content padding
- aligned `+` / `-` markers closer to the left edge across both views
- simplified cleanup after gatekeeper review by removing extra plumbing
and residue
## Screenshots
### Before
<img width="581" height="341" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ec47b256-749a-4afc-8879-aaf33f0b46b6"
/>
### After
<img width="470" height="586" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7258a5a2-47c4-408d-84bc-1b497761c7ad"
/>
## Architectural approach
This change intentionally uses:
- shared policy in
`packages/ui/src/components/tool-call/diff-render.tsx`
- shared helper/measurement logic in
`packages/ui/src/components/diff-viewer.tsx`
- mode-specific applicators where unified and split DOM differ
- CSS for shared visual spacing and alignment cleanup
The goal was to keep the implementation architecturally clean and avoid
building separate duplicated compact-diff features for:
- mobile vs desktop
- unified vs split
Instead, the feature shares one compact-diff concept and only diverges
where the upstream diff DOM requires separate handling.
## Files changed
- `packages/ui/src/components/tool-call/diff-render.tsx`
- `packages/ui/src/components/diff-viewer.tsx`
- `packages/ui/src/styles/messaging/tool-call.css`
- `packages/ui/src/types/message.ts`
## Validation
Manual validation was performed in the running UI.
Verified manually:
- compact unified gutters on mobile
- compact unified gutters on desktop
- compact split gutters on desktop
- tighter operator alignment in both modes
Also verified:
- `npm run typecheck` passes
## Notes
- This PR is intended to address the compact diff layout problem
described in the related issue.
- Diff-specific CSS still lives in `tool-call.css`; future extraction
into a smaller dedicated stylesheet is possible but not required for
this change.
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Closes#261
## Summary
- improve startup remote URL selection when the server binds to
`0.0.0.0`
- print additional reachable remote URLs instead of advertising only the
first external address
- add targeted tests for address ordering and advertisability behavior
## Problem
When CodeNomad was started with `--host 0.0.0.0`, the CLI chose the
first external IPv4 address it discovered and displayed only that one as
the remote URL.
On Windows machines with WSL, Hyper-V, Docker, or other virtual
adapters, that often surfaced a virtual `172.x.x.x` address even though
a more useful LAN address such as `192.168.x.x` was also reachable and
usable from other devices.
That made remote access look broken or confusing even though the server
itself was accessible.
## What changed
- reuse the resolved network-address list for both:
- primary remote URL selection
- startup logging of additional reachable URLs
- choose the primary remote URL from the **advertisable** external
addresses instead of any external address
- print `Other Accessible URLs` when multiple useful remote URLs are
available
- avoid hard-coding a preference like `192.168 > 10 > 172`
- suppress link-local `169.254.*` addresses from user-facing advertised
URLs
- add tests covering:
- stable ordering across RFC1918 address ranges
- link-local addresses being non-advertisable
- link-local-first discovery not stealing the primary LAN URL
## Why this approach
This keeps address derivation in the network-address resolver layer and
limits `index.ts` to startup wiring and presentation.
It also fixes the misleading terminal output without redesigning binding
behavior, TLS behavior, or the server API contract.
## Validation
- `npm run typecheck --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad`
- `npx tsx --test
'.\\src\\server\\__tests__\\network-addresses.test.ts'`
## Notes
- this change is intentionally focused on selection and presentation of
reachable addresses
- it does not attempt a broader virtual-adapter classification policy
beyond suppressing clearly low-value link-local addresses in user-facing
output
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## Thanks for contributions
- PR #252 “feat: Enable file editing and saving” by @jchadwick
- PR #256 “feat(ui): add session yolo mode controls” by @pascalandr
- PR #257 “fix(tauri): sync native app version with package releases” by
@pascalandr
- PR #258 “fix(tauri): stop stale UI assets from shadowing desktop
builds” by @pascalandr
- PR #260 “fix(ui): escape raw HTML in user prompt messages” by
@app/codenomadbot
## Highlights
- **Edit and save files directly in CodeNomad**: Update workspace files
in the built-in editor, save them without leaving the app, and get safer
handling for unsaved changes or edit conflicts.
- **More control over session automation**: Turn on per-session YOLO
mode from the Status tab, keep it visible with a clear badge, and let
long-running sessions continue auto-accepting prompts as expected.
- **Better voice conversation options**: Use spoken summary mode for
replies and keep conversation speech settings isolated per client, so
one device’s voice preferences do not unexpectedly affect another.
- **Faster session recovery**: Reload a session transcript from the
sidebar and see when a session is retrying, including live status
feedback.
## What’s Improved
- **Smoother desktop setup**: Desktop builds now bundle the right CLI
resources and handle microphone access more cleanly.
- **More reliable cross-platform desktop behavior**: Windows process
handling and npm invocation are safer, reducing environment-specific
issues.
- **Clearer session status visibility**: Retrying sessions now show more
useful state in the sidebar and header, so it is easier to tell what is
happening.
- **Cleaner in-app feedback**: Long toast messages wrap properly, GitHub
star counts display more cleanly, and message/code rendering behaves
more predictably.
## Fixes
- **Safer prompt rendering**: Raw HTML in user prompts is escaped so
messages display safely instead of being interpreted.
- **More reliable code previews**: Incomplete syntax highlighting
results are no longer cached, which helps prevent broken-looking file
views.
- **Better voice handoff**: Conversation playback stops when voice input
starts, avoiding overlapping speech.
- **More dependable desktop releases**: Native app versions now stay
aligned with package releases, and stale UI assets no longer shadow new
desktop builds.
### Contributors
- @jchadwick
- @pascalandr
Preserve retry metadata from session.status events so the session list and header can show a live retry countdown with context. Notify users when a session enters retry and reuse the existing error styling so retrying feels actionable without losing the current badge layout.
Only cache markdown HTML after Shiki has the required fence languages loaded so virtualized assistant messages can re-render with syntax highlighting when remounted.
## Summary
- add a per-session Yolo mode toggle for permission prompts and persist
its state
- move the control into the Status tab with clearer copy, an info
tooltip, and a visible header badge when it is enabled
- auto-accept queued permissions for any yolo-enabled session in the
instance, not only the currently focused session
## Why
- keeps this risky mode explicit and easy to audit from the session
status area
- matches the expected multi-session desktop behavior when several
sessions stay active in parallel
## Testing
- npm run typecheck --workspace @codenomad/ui
- npm run build --workspace @codenomad/ui
Closes#18
Let users refresh a session transcript from the sidebar without reopening it. Reuse the existing forced message loading path so the reload behavior stays aligned with normal session hydration.
## Summary
- prefer the bundled desktop UI over the downloaded cache when both
report the same version, so rebuilt installers do not keep serving stale
frontend assets
- rebuild the server workspace during the Tauri prebuild step on every
desktop package build, matching Electron's correctness boundary for
fresh UI/server assets
- add a regression test covering the equal-version bundled-vs-downloaded
UI selection path
## Why
- local desktop rebuilds should reflect the latest server and UI code
without requiring users to manually clear cached assets
- packaged updates should keep favoring the freshly bundled frontend
when the cached copy is not actually newer
## Testing
- node --import tsx --test
packages/server/src/ui/__tests__/remote-ui.test.ts
- npm run build:tauri
## Summary
- sync the Tauri native version metadata from
`packages/tauri-app/package.json` so release builds pick up workspace
version bumps like `0.13.1`
- update the checked-in Tauri `Cargo.toml` and `tauri.conf.json`
versions from `0.12.3` to `0.13.1`
- document the prebuild sync behavior in `BUILD.md`
## Testing
- `node packages/tauri-app/scripts/sync-tauri-version.js`
## Summary
- escape raw HTML when rendering user message markdown so prompt input
is shown as text instead of injected HTML
- keep assistant and tool markdown behavior unchanged by scoping the
escape behavior to user messages
- update markdown cache keys so escaped and non-escaped render output do
not collide
## Verification
- `npm run typecheck --workspace @codenomad/ui` *(fails in this
workspace because frontend dependencies are not installed)*
- `npm run build --workspace @codenomad/ui` *(fails in this workspace
because `vite` is not installed)*
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## Summary
- Adds file writing capability to Monaco editor in the file viewer
- Implements writeFile API on the server for workspace files
- Integrates save functionality into the file viewer UI with proper
state management
## Bug Fixes (Review Feedback)
- Fixed failed save discarding edits when switching files - now checks
save result and only proceeds if successful
- Fixed refresh overwriting dirty editor state - now prompts for
confirmation before discarding edits
- Fixed save button unable to save empty files - changed check from `if
(content)` to `if (content !== undefined && content !== null)`
- Added agent edit conflict detection - when agent edits file while user
has unsaved changes, shows conflict dialog with Overwrite/Cancel options
- Fixed dialog appearing behind unpinned sidebar - increased alert
dialog z-index to z-100
## Related Issues
- Closes#251
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Co-authored-by: Jess Chadwick <jchadwick@gmail.com>
## Thanks for contributions
- PR [#249](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/249)
"feat(speech): add prompt voice input" by
[@shantur](https://github.com/shantur)
- PR [#243](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/243)
"feat(i18n): Hebrew locale + full RTL support" by
[@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- PR [#241](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/241)
"feat(lazy loading): Implement virtual list with virtua" by
[@pixellos](https://github.com/pixellos)
- PR [#240](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/240)
"fix(tauri): force Windows process tree shutdown" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#239](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/239)
"perf(ui): split right panel and secondary viewer chunks" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#238](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/238)
"perf(ui): defer locale and overlay bundles" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#236](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/236)
"Suppress OS notifications for subagent (child) sessions" by
`@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#235](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/235)
"fix(ui): unwrap pasted placeholders in slash commands" by
`@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#232](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/232)
"fix(tauri): stop CLI process group on exit" by `@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#229](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/229)
"feat(ui): add RTL support for Hebrew/Arabic text" by
[@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- PR [#227](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/227)
"fix(tauri): improve Windows desktop runtime behavior" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#226](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/226)
"fix(tauri): restore desktop menu controls and fullscreen shortcut" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#225](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/225)
"fix(tauri): restore external links in the folder picker" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#224](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/224)
"fix(tauri): sync server UI bundle during prebuild" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#215](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/215)
"perf(ui): lazy-load markdown and defer diff rendering" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
## Highlights
- **Voice-first conversations**: Start prompts with voice input,
configure speech behavior from settings, and listen back to assistant
responses with message playback and conversation playback controls.
- **A complete Hebrew + RTL experience**: CodeNomad now ships with a
full Hebrew locale and much broader right-to-left support, making the
app feel natural for Hebrew users while improving Arabic text rendering
too.
- **A much faster experience in long chats**: The new virtualized
message list, deferred markdown and diff rendering, and more selective
loading for heavy UI surfaces make large sessions feel noticeably
smoother.
## What's Improved
- **More flexible speech controls**: Speech settings and playback modes
now adapt better to different browsers and platform capabilities.
- **Cleaner prompt workflow**: The prompt includes a quick clear action,
a simpler recording indicator, and a more polished mic control layout.
- **Faster startup and lighter heavy views**: Locale bundles, overlays,
right-panel viewers, picker flows, markdown, and diff surfaces all load
more lazily to reduce upfront UI work.
- **Less notification spam**: Subagent sessions no longer fire OS
notifications, so important interruptions are easier to notice.
- **Better RTL behavior across the whole interface**: Session names,
tool outputs, markdown blocks, file views, selectors, and layout
controls behave more consistently in right-to-left contexts.
## Fixes
- **More reliable Windows desktop behavior**: Process cleanup is
stronger during app shutdown, background CLI process trees are
terminated more reliably, desktop identity/metadata is aligned more
cleanly, and stray console windows are hidden during startup and exit.
- **Cleaner shutdown on macOS and Linux**: Desktop quit/close now stops
the spawned CLI process group more reliably, reducing leftover
background processes after exit.
- **Restored desktop actions**: External links in the folder picker work
again, and the desktop View/Window controls plus the fullscreen shortcut
are back.
- **More stable streaming and scrolling**: Reasoning streams stay pinned
more consistently, follow behavior is less jumpy, spacing is cleaner in
virtualized conversations, and session switching retains position more
smoothly.
- **Safer slash command pasting**: Pasted placeholders are resolved
correctly before slash commands run, so long pasted inputs behave like
normal prompts.
- **More dependable desktop packaging**: Tauri prebuild now refreshes
the server UI bundle correctly, which avoids packaged desktop builds
picking up stale UI assets.
- **Clearer speech compatibility handling**: Streaming playback
limitations are surfaced more cleanly instead of failing in a confusing
way.
### Contributors
- [@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- [@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- [@pixellos](https://github.com/pixellos)
