Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad into dev

## Summary
- Follow-up to #240 to make Windows desktop shutdown reliable this time,
even when the tracked CLI wrapper PID exits before its descendants
- Attach the spawned CLI process to a Windows Job Object with
`KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE`, so the desktop app owns the whole subtree instead
of relying only on `taskkill /PID <wrapper> /T`
- Keep the current graceful-then-force shutdown path, but add a robust
OS-level fallback that reaps orphaned workspace processes when the
wrapper is already gone

## Root Cause
The previous Windows shutdown logic still depended on the PID tracked by
Tauri. In practice that PID can be a short-lived Node wrapper. Once that
wrapper exits, `taskkill` can report success or PID-not-found while
descendants remain alive, and the desktop app no longer has a reliable
handle to reap them.

## Validation
- `cargo check --manifest-path packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml`
- `cargo build --release --manifest-path
packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml`
- Manual local test: orphaned processes are cleaned up after desktop
shutdown

.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yml

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build macOS bundle (Tauri)
         working-directory: packages/tauri-app
-        run: npm exec -- tauri build --bundles app,zip
+        run: npm exec -- tauri build
 
       - name: Package Tauri artifacts (macOS)
         if: ${{ inputs.upload || inputs.upload_actions_artifacts }}
@@ -388,9 +388,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTIFACT_DIR="packages/tauri-app/release-tauri"
           rm -rf "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
           mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
-          if [ -f "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app.zip" ]; then
+          if [ -d "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" ]; then
-            mv "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app.zip" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/CodeNomad-Tauri-${VERSION}-macos-x64.zip"
-          elif [ -d "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" ]; then
             ditto -ck --sequesterRsrc --keepParent "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/CodeNomad-Tauri-${VERSION}-macos-x64.zip"
           fi
 
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build macOS bundle (Tauri, arm64)
         working-directory: packages/tauri-app
-        run: npm exec -- tauri build --bundles app,zip
+        run: npm exec -- tauri build
 
       - name: Package Tauri artifacts (macOS arm64)
         if: ${{ inputs.upload || inputs.upload_actions_artifacts }}
@@ -474,9 +472,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTIFACT_DIR="packages/tauri-app/release-tauri"
           rm -rf "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
           mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
-          if [ -f "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app.zip" ]; then
+          if [ -d "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" ]; then
-            mv "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app.zip" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/CodeNomad-Tauri-${VERSION}-macos-arm64.zip"
-          elif [ -d "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" ]; then
             ditto -ck --sequesterRsrc --keepParent "$BUNDLE_ROOT/macos/CodeNomad.app" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/CodeNomad-Tauri-${VERSION}-macos-arm64.zip"
           fi
 
@@ -553,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Windows bundle (Tauri)
         shell: bash
         working-directory: packages/tauri-app
-        run: npm exec -- tauri build --bundles nsis,zip
+        run: npm exec -- tauri build
 
       - name: Package Tauri artifacts (Windows)
         if: ${{ inputs.upload || inputs.upload_actions_artifacts }}
@@ -563,19 +559,10 @@ jobs:
           $artifactDir = "packages/tauri-app/release-tauri"
           if (Test-Path $artifactDir) { Remove-Item $artifactDir -Recurse -Force }
           New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $artifactDir | Out-Null
-          
+          $exe = Get-ChildItem -Path $bundleRoot -Recurse -File -Filter *.exe | Select-Object -First 1
-          # Use Tauri-generated zip if available
+          if ($null -ne $exe) {
-          $tauriZip = Get-ChildItem -Path "$bundleRoot/nsis" -Filter "*.zip" -File | Select-Object -First 1
-          if ($null -ne $tauriZip) {
             $dest = Join-Path $artifactDir ("CodeNomad-Tauri-$env:VERSION-windows-x64.zip")
-            Move-Item $tauriZip.FullName $dest -Force
+            Compress-Archive -Path $exe.Directory.FullName -DestinationPath $dest -Force
-          } else {
-            # Fallback: manually zip the exe
-            $exe = Get-ChildItem -Path $bundleRoot -Recurse -File -Filter *.exe | Select-Object -First 1
-            if ($null -ne $exe) {
-              $dest = Join-Path $artifactDir ("CodeNomad-Tauri-$env:VERSION-windows-x64.zip")
-              Compress-Archive -Path $exe.Directory.FullName -DestinationPath $dest -Force
-            }
           }
 
       - name: Upload Actions artifacts (Tauri Windows)
@@ -661,7 +648,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Linux bundle (Tauri)
         working-directory: packages/tauri-app
-        run: npm exec -- tauri build --bundles appimage,deb,rpm
+        run: npm exec -- tauri build
 
       - name: Package Tauri artifacts (Linux)
         if: ${{ inputs.upload || inputs.upload_actions_artifacts }}

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "7zip-bin": "^5.2.0",
@@ -12068,7 +12068,7 @@
     },
     "packages/electron-app": {
       "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@codenomad/ui": "file:../ui",
@@ -12105,7 +12105,7 @@
     },
     "packages/server": {
       "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/cors": "^8.5.0",
@@ -12147,7 +12147,7 @@
     },
     "packages/tauri-app": {
       "name": "@codenomad/tauri-app",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@tauri-apps/cli": "^2.9.4"
@@ -12155,7 +12155,7 @@
     },
     "packages/ui": {
       "name": "@codenomad/ui",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@git-diff-view/solid": "^0.0.8",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "CodeNomad monorepo workspace",
   "license": "MIT",

packages/cloudflare/release-config.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "minServerVersion": "0.13.3",
+  "minServerVersion": "0.14.0",
   "latestServerUrl": "https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/releases/latest"
 }

packages/electron-app/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "description": "CodeNomad - AI coding assistant",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {

packages/server/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-      "version": "0.13.3",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/cors": "^8.5.0",
         "@fastify/reply-from": "^9.8.0",

packages/server/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "description": "CodeNomad Server",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {

packages/server/src/index.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import { resolveNetworkAddresses, resolveRemoteAddresses } from "./server/networ
 import { startDevReleaseMonitor } from "./releases/dev-release-monitor"
 import { SpeechService } from "./speech/service"
 import { SideCarManager } from "./sidecars/manager"
+import { ClientConnectionManager } from "./clients/connection-manager"
+import { PluginChannelManager } from "./plugins/channel"
+import { VoiceModeManager } from "./plugins/voice-mode"
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 
@@ -378,6 +381,14 @@ async function main() {
 
   const remoteAccessEnabled = options.host === "0.0.0.0" || !isLoopbackHost(options.host)
 
+  const clientConnectionManager = new ClientConnectionManager(logger.child({ component: "client-connections" }))
+  const pluginChannel = new PluginChannelManager(logger.child({ component: "plugin-channel" }))
+  const voiceModeManager = new VoiceModeManager({
+    connections: clientConnectionManager,
+    channel: pluginChannel,
+    logger: logger.child({ component: "voice-mode" }),
+  })
+
   const httpsPortExplicit = programHasArg(process.argv.slice(2), "--https-port") || Boolean(process.env.CLI_HTTPS_PORT)
   const httpPortExplicit = programHasArg(process.argv.slice(2), "--http-port") || Boolean(process.env.CLI_HTTP_PORT)
 
@@ -408,6 +419,9 @@ async function main() {
         speechService,
         sidecarManager,
         authManager,
+        clientConnectionManager,
+        pluginChannel,
+        voiceModeManager,
         uiStaticDir: uiResolution.uiStaticDir ?? DEFAULT_UI_STATIC_DIR,
         uiDevServerUrl: uiResolution.uiDevServerUrl,
         logger,
@@ -430,6 +444,9 @@ async function main() {
         speechService,
         sidecarManager,
         authManager,
+        clientConnectionManager,
+        pluginChannel,
+        voiceModeManager,
         uiStaticDir: uiResolution.uiStaticDir ?? DEFAULT_UI_STATIC_DIR,
         uiDevServerUrl: undefined,
         logger,
@@ -534,6 +551,12 @@ async function main() {
         logger.error({ err: error }, "SideCar manager shutdown failed")
       }
 
+      try {
+        clientConnectionManager.shutdown()
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.warn({ err: error }, "Client connection manager shutdown failed")
+      }
+
       try {
         await workspaceManager.shutdown()
         logger.info("Workspace manager shutdown complete")

packages/server/src/plugins/voice-mode.ts

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ export class VoiceModeManager {
     })
   }
 
-  setEnabled(instanceId: string, connection: ClientConnectionRef, enabled: boolean): void {
+  setEnabled(instanceId: string, connection: ClientConnectionRef, enabled: boolean): boolean {
     if (enabled && !this.options.connections.isConnected(connection)) {
       this.options.logger.debug(
         { instanceId, clientId: connection.clientId, connectionId: connection.connectionId },
         "Ignoring voice mode enable for disconnected client connection",
       )
-      return
+      return false
     }
 
     const key = getConnectionKey(connection)
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export class VoiceModeManager {
 
     this.options.logger.debug({ instanceId, clientId: connection.clientId, connectionId: connection.connectionId, enabled }, "Voice mode updated for client connection")
     this.publishIfChanged(instanceId)
+    return true
   }
 
   syncInstance(instanceId: string): void {
@@ -76,7 +77,10 @@ export class VoiceModeManager {
       this.aggregateByInstance.delete(instanceId)
     }
 
-    this.options.logger.debug({ instanceId, enabled }, "Broadcasting aggregate voice mode")
+    this.options.logger.debug(
+      { instanceId, enabled },
+      "Broadcasting aggregate voice mode",
+    )
     this.options.channel.send(instanceId, buildVoiceModeEvent(enabled))
   }
 }

packages/server/src/server/http-server.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ interface HttpServerDeps {
   speechService: SpeechService
   sidecarManager: SideCarManager
   authManager: AuthManager
+  clientConnectionManager: ClientConnectionManager
+  pluginChannel: PluginChannelManager
+  voiceModeManager: VoiceModeManager
   uiStaticDir: string
   uiDevServerUrl?: string
   logger: Logger
@@ -182,13 +185,6 @@ export function createHttpServer(deps: HttpServerDeps) {
     eventBus: deps.eventBus,
     logger: deps.logger.child({ component: "background-processes" }),
   })
-  const clientConnectionManager = new ClientConnectionManager(deps.logger.child({ component: "client-connections" }))
-  const pluginChannel = new PluginChannelManager(deps.logger.child({ component: "plugin-channel" }))
-  const voiceModeManager = new VoiceModeManager({
-    connections: clientConnectionManager,
-    channel: pluginChannel,
-    logger: deps.logger.child({ component: "voice-mode" }),
-  })
 
   registerAuthRoutes(app, { authManager: deps.authManager })
 
@@ -268,7 +264,7 @@ export function createHttpServer(deps: HttpServerDeps) {
     eventBus: deps.eventBus,
     registerClient: registerSseClient,
     logger: sseLogger,
-    connectionManager: clientConnectionManager,
+    connectionManager: deps.clientConnectionManager,
   })
   registerWorktreeRoutes(app, { workspaceManager: deps.workspaceManager })
   registerStorageRoutes(app, {
@@ -289,8 +285,8 @@ export function createHttpServer(deps: HttpServerDeps) {
     workspaceManager: deps.workspaceManager,
     eventBus: deps.eventBus,
     logger: proxyLogger,
-    channel: pluginChannel,
+    channel: deps.pluginChannel,
-    voiceModeManager,
+    voiceModeManager: deps.voiceModeManager,
   })
   registerBackgroundProcessRoutes(app, { backgroundProcessManager })
   registerInstanceProxyRoutes(app, { workspaceManager: deps.workspaceManager, logger: proxyLogger })
@@ -356,7 +352,6 @@ export function createHttpServer(deps: HttpServerDeps) {
     },
     stop: () => {
       closeSseClients()
-      clientConnectionManager.shutdown()
       return app.close()
     },
   }

packages/server/src/server/routes/plugin.ts

@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ export function registerPluginRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, deps: RouteDeps) {
     }
 
     const payload = VoiceModeStateSchema.parse(request.body ?? {})
-    deps.voiceModeManager.setEnabled(
+    const applied = deps.voiceModeManager.setEnabled(
       request.params.id,
       { clientId: payload.clientId, connectionId: payload.connectionId },
       payload.enabled,
     )
+
+    if (payload.enabled && !applied) {
+      reply.code(409).send({ error: "Client connection not active for voice mode enable" })
+      return
+    }
+
     return { enabled: payload.enabled }
   })
 

packages/tauri-app/Cargo.lock

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codenomad-tauri"
-version = "0.13.3"
+version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "dirs 5.0.1",

packages/tauri-app/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@codenomad/tauri-app",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@
     "sync:version": "node ./scripts/sync-tauri-version.js",
     "prebuild": "node ./scripts/prebuild.js",
     "bundle:server": "npm run prebuild",
-    "build": "tauri build",
+    "build": "tauri build"
-    "build:mac": "tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin --bundles app,zip",
-    "build:mac-arm": "tauri build --target aarch64-apple-darwin --bundles app,zip",
-    "build:mac-intel": "tauri build --target x86_64-apple-darwin --bundles app,zip",
-    "build:mac-zip": "tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin --bundles zip",
-    "build:win": "tauri build --bundles nsis,zip",
-    "build:win-zip": "tauri build --bundles zip",
-    "build:linux": "tauri build --bundles appimage,deb,rpm"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tauri-apps/cli": "^2.9.4"

packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "codenomad-tauri"
-version = "0.13.3"
+version = "0.14.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ url = "2"
 tauri-plugin-notification = "2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_Security", "Win32_System_JobObjects"] }

packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs

@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::env;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use std::mem::{size_of, zeroed};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
@@ -19,12 +23,95 @@ use std::thread;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use tauri::{webview::cookie::Cookie, AppHandle, Emitter, Manager, Url};
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::{CloseHandle, HANDLE};
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::JobObjects::{
+    AssignProcessToJobObject, CreateJobObjectW, JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation,
+    SetInformationJobObject, JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION,
+    JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE,
+};
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
 const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x08000000;
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct WindowsJobObject {
+    // The desktop wrapper may observe only a short-lived Node wrapper PID while the real
+    // server and workspace descendants continue running below it. KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE gives
+    // Tauri an OS-owned handle for the whole subtree instead of relying on a single PID.
+    handle: HANDLE,
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+impl WindowsJobObject {
+    fn create() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let handle = unsafe { CreateJobObjectW(std::ptr::null_mut(), std::ptr::null()) };
+        if handle.is_null() {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                "CreateJobObjectW failed: {}",
+                std::io::Error::last_os_error()
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let mut info: JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION = unsafe { zeroed() };
+        info.BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags = JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE;
+
+        let ok = unsafe {
+            SetInformationJobObject(
+                handle,
+                JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation,
+                &mut info as *mut _ as *mut c_void,
+                size_of::<JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION>() as u32,
+            )
+        };
+        if ok == 0 {
+            let err = std::io::Error::last_os_error();
+            unsafe {
+                CloseHandle(handle);
+            }
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("SetInformationJobObject failed: {}", err));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self { handle })
+    }
+
+    fn assign_child(&self, child: &Child) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let process_handle = child.as_raw_handle() as HANDLE;
+        let ok = unsafe { AssignProcessToJobObject(self.handle, process_handle) };
+        if ok == 0 {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                "AssignProcessToJobObject failed: {}",
+                std::io::Error::last_os_error()
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+impl Drop for WindowsJobObject {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if !self.handle.is_null() {
+            unsafe {
+                CloseHandle(self.handle);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe impl Send for WindowsJobObject {}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe impl Sync for WindowsJobObject {}
+
 fn log_line(message: &str) {
     println!("[tauri-cli] {message}");
 }
@@ -363,6 +450,8 @@ impl Default for CliStatus {
 pub struct CliProcessManager {
     status: Arc<Mutex<CliStatus>>,
     child: Arc<Mutex<Option<Child>>>,
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    job: Arc<Mutex<Option<WindowsJobObject>>>,
     ready: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     bootstrap_token: Arc<Mutex<Option<String>>>,
 }
@@ -372,6 +461,8 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
         Self {
             status: Arc::new(Mutex::new(CliStatus::default())),
             child: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            job: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
             ready: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
             bootstrap_token: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
         }
@@ -394,6 +485,8 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
 
         let status_arc = self.status.clone();
         let child_arc = self.child.clone();
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let job_arc = self.job.clone();
         let ready_flag = self.ready.clone();
         let token_arc = self.bootstrap_token.clone();
         thread::spawn(move || {
@@ -401,6 +494,8 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                 app.clone(),
                 status_arc.clone(),
                 child_arc,
+                #[cfg(windows)]
+                job_arc,
                 ready_flag,
                 token_arc,
                 dev,
@@ -420,11 +515,12 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
     }
 
     pub fn stop(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let _job = self.job.lock().take();
+
         let mut child_opt = self.child.lock();
         if let Some(mut child) = child_opt.take() {
             log_line(&format!("stopping CLI pid={}", child.id()));
-            #[cfg(windows)]
-            let mut forced_tree_shutdown = false;
             #[cfg(unix)]
             unsafe {
                 let pid = child.id() as i32;
@@ -446,18 +542,16 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                     Ok(Some(_)) => break,
                     Ok(None) => {
                         #[cfg(windows)]
-                        if !forced_tree_shutdown
+                        if start.elapsed() > Duration::from_millis(CLI_WINDOWS_FORCE_GRACE_MS) {
-                            && start.elapsed() > Duration::from_millis(CLI_WINDOWS_FORCE_GRACE_MS)
-                        {
                             log_line(&format!(
                                 "regular Windows shutdown still running after {}ms; escalating pid={}",
                                 CLI_WINDOWS_FORCE_GRACE_MS,
                                 child.id()
                             ));
-                            forced_tree_shutdown = true;
                             if !kill_process_tree_windows(child.id(), true) {
                                 let _ = child.kill();
                             }
+                            break;
                         }
 
                         if start.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(CLI_STOP_GRACE_SECS) {
@@ -476,11 +570,7 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                             }
                             #[cfg(windows)]
                             {
-                                if !forced_tree_shutdown
+                                if !kill_process_tree_windows(child.id(), true) {
-                                    && !kill_process_tree_windows(child.id(), true)
-                                {
-                                    let _ = child.kill();
-                                } else if forced_tree_shutdown {
                                     let _ = child.kill();
                                 }
                             }
@@ -491,6 +581,9 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                     Err(_) => break,
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            log_line("tracked CLI process already exited; dropping Windows job object to reap descendants");
         }
 
         let mut status = self.status.lock();
@@ -511,6 +604,7 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
         app: AppHandle,
         status: Arc<Mutex<CliStatus>>,
         child_holder: Arc<Mutex<Option<Child>>>,
+        #[cfg(windows)] job_holder: Arc<Mutex<Option<WindowsJobObject>>>,
         ready: Arc<AtomicBool>,
         bootstrap_token: Arc<Mutex<Option<String>>>,
         dev: bool,
@@ -592,6 +686,22 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
 
         let pid = child.id();
         log_line(&format!("spawned pid={pid}"));
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        match WindowsJobObject::create().and_then(|job| {
+            job.assign_child(&child)?;
+            Ok(job)
+        }) {
+            Ok(job) => {
+                log_line(&format!("attached pid={pid} to Windows job object"));
+                *job_holder.lock() = Some(job);
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                log_line(&format!(
+                    "failed to attach pid={pid} to Windows job object; falling back to taskkill-only cleanup: {err}"
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+
         {
             let mut locked = status.lock();
             locked.pid = Some(pid);
@@ -665,6 +775,8 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
         let status_clone = status.clone();
         let ready_clone = ready.clone();
         let child_holder_clone = child_holder.clone();
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let job_holder_clone = job_holder.clone();
         thread::spawn(move || {
             let timeout = Duration::from_secs(60);
             thread::sleep(timeout);
@@ -719,6 +831,10 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                             // Drop the handle after the process exits so other callers
                             // don't attempt to stop/kill a finished process.
                             *guard = None;
+                            #[cfg(windows)]
+                            {
+                                let _ = job_holder_clone.lock().take();
+                            }
                             Some(status)
                         }
                         None => None,
@@ -776,7 +892,8 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
         auth_cookie_name: &str,
     ) {
         let mut buffer = String::new();
-        let local_url_regex = Regex::new(r"^Local\s+Connection\s+URL\s*:\s*(https?://\S+)\s*$").ok();
+        let local_url_regex =
+            Regex::new(r"^Local\s+Connection\s+URL\s*:\s*(https?://\S+)\s*$").ok();
         let token_prefix = "CODENOMAD_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN:";
 
         loop {
@@ -818,7 +935,6 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                             );
                             continue;
                         }
-
                     }
                 }
                 Err(_) => break,
@@ -1022,15 +1138,23 @@ fn resolve_tsx(_app: &AppHandle) -> Option<String> {
     let cwd = std::env::current_dir().ok();
     let workspace = workspace_root();
     let mut candidates = vec![
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
+            .map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
+            .map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
         cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js")),
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
+            .map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
+            .map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
-        cwd.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js")),
+            .map(|p| p.join("../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
+            .map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
+            .map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.cjs")),
+        cwd.as_ref()
+            .map(|p| p.join("../../node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js")),
         workspace
             .as_ref()
             .map(|p| p.join("node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs")),

packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde_json::json;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Mutex;
-use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use tauri::menu::{MenuBuilder, MenuItem, SubmenuBuilder};
 use tauri::plugin::{Builder as PluginBuilder, TauriPlugin};
 use tauri::webview::Webview;
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use windows_sys::Win32::UI::Shell::SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID;
 
 static QUIT_REQUESTED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-static LAST_ZOOM_TIME: Mutex<Option<Instant>> = Mutex::new(None);
 const DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL: f64 = 1.0;
 const ZOOM_STEP: f64 = 0.1;
 const MIN_ZOOM_LEVEL: f64 = 0.2;
 const MAX_ZOOM_LEVEL: f64 = 5.0;
-const ZOOM_DEBOUNCE_MS: u64 = 50;
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
 const WINDOWS_APP_USER_MODEL_ID: &str = "ai.neuralnomads.codenomad.client";
@@ -259,15 +257,6 @@ fn clamp_zoom_level(value: f64) -> f64 {
 }
 
 fn set_main_window_zoom(app_handle: &AppHandle, next_zoom: f64) {
-    if let Ok(mut last_zoom_time) = LAST_ZOOM_TIME.lock() {
-        if let Some(last_time) = *last_zoom_time {
-            if last_time.elapsed().as_millis() < ZOOM_DEBOUNCE_MS as u128 {
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        *last_zoom_time = Some(Instant::now());
-    }
-
     if let Some(window) = app_handle.get_webview_window("main") {
         let normalized = clamp_zoom_level(next_zoom);
         if window.set_zoom(normalized).is_ok() {

packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "CodeNomad",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "identifier": "ai.neuralnomads.codenomad.client",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev:bootstrap",
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "resizable": true,
         "fullscreen": false,
         "decorations": true,
-        "transparent": true,
         "theme": "Dark",
         "backgroundColor": "#1a1a1a",
         "zoomHotkeysEnabled": true
@@ -53,11 +52,10 @@
     ],
     "targets": [
       "app",
-      "zip",
       "appimage",
       "deb",
       "rpm",
       "nsis"
     ]
   }
-}
+}

packages/ui/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@codenomad/ui",
-  "version": "0.13.3",
+  "version": "0.14.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

packages/ui/src/components/message-block.tsx

@@ -629,13 +629,12 @@ export default function MessageBlock(props: MessageBlockProps) {
     const lastAssistantIdx = props.lastAssistantIndex()
     const isQueued = current.role === "user" && (lastAssistantIdx === -1 || index > lastAssistantIdx)
 
-    // Intentionally untracked: messageInfoVersion updates should not trigger
+    const messageInfoVersion = props.store().state.messageInfoVersion[current.id] ?? 0
-    // a full message block rebuild; record revision is the invalidation key.
-    const info = untrack(messageInfo)
 
     const cacheSignature = [
       current.id,
       current.revision,
+      messageInfoVersion,
       isQueued ? 1 : 0,
       props.showThinking() ? 1 : 0,
       props.thinkingDefaultExpanded() ? 1 : 0,
@@ -647,6 +646,9 @@ export default function MessageBlock(props: MessageBlockProps) {
       return cachedBlock.block
     }
 
+    // Only capture info after cache check fails - ensures fresh data on version bump
+    const info = untrack(messageInfo)
+
     const { orderedParts } = buildRecordDisplayData(props.instanceId, current)
     const items: MessageBlockItem[] = []
     const blockContentKeys: string[] = []
@@ -1108,17 +1110,23 @@ function StepCard(props: StepCardProps) {
       return null
     }
     const info = props.messageInfo
-    if (!info || info.role !== "assistant" || !info.tokens) {
+    const part = props.part as any
+    
+    // step-finish parts have tokens embedded; also check messageInfo
+    const partTokens = part?.tokens
+    const infoTokens = info && info.role === "assistant" ? info.tokens : undefined
+    const tokens = partTokens ?? infoTokens
+    if (!tokens) {
       return null
     }
-    const tokens = info.tokens
+    
     return {
       input: tokens.input ?? 0,
       output: tokens.output ?? 0,
       reasoning: tokens.reasoning ?? 0,
       cacheRead: tokens.cache?.read ?? 0,
       cacheWrite: tokens.cache?.write ?? 0,
-      cost: info.cost ?? 0,
+      cost: (part?.cost ?? (info && info.role === "assistant" ? info.cost : 0)) ?? 0,
     }
   }
 
@@ -1336,9 +1344,7 @@ function ReasoningStreamOutput(props: {
     if (preRef && preRef.textContent !== nextText) {
       preRef.textContent = nextText
     }
-    if (followScroll.autoScroll()) {
+    followScroll.restoreAfterRender()
-      followScroll.restoreAfterRender({ forceBottom: true })
-    }
     notifyContentRendered()
   })
 

packages/ui/src/components/message-section.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Show, createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup, on, untrack } from "solid-js"
-import { MoreHorizontal, Trash, X } from "lucide-solid"
+import { MoreHorizontal, Pause, Trash, X } from "lucide-solid"
 import Kbd from "./kbd"
 import MessageBlock from "./message-block"
 import { getMessageAnchorId, getMessageIdFromAnchorId } from "./message-anchors"
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ import { showAlertDialog } from "../stores/alerts"
 import { deleteMessage, deleteMessagePart } from "../stores/session-actions"
 import type { InstanceMessageStore } from "../stores/message-v2/instance-store"
 import type { DeleteHoverState } from "../types/delete-hover"
+import { partHasRenderableText } from "../types/message"
 import { buildRecordDisplayData } from "../stores/message-v2/record-display-cache"
 import { getPartCharCount } from "../lib/token-utils"
 
 const SCROLL_SENTINEL_MARGIN_PX = 8
 const MESSAGE_SCROLL_CACHE_SCOPE = "message-stream"
 const QUOTE_SELECTION_MAX_LENGTH = 2000
+const STREAMING_TEXT_HOLD_TOP_THRESHOLD_PX = 8
 const codeNomadLogo = new URL("../images/CodeNomad-Icon.png", import.meta.url).href
 
 export interface MessageSectionProps {
@@ -40,10 +42,11 @@ export interface MessageSectionProps {
 }
 
 export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
-  const { preferences } = useConfig()
+  const { preferences, updatePreferences } = useConfig()
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const showUsagePreference = () => preferences().showUsageMetrics ?? true
   const showTimelineToolsPreference = () => preferences().showTimelineTools ?? true
+  const holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled = () => preferences().holdLongAssistantReplies ?? true
   const store = createMemo<InstanceMessageStore>(() => messageStoreBus.getOrCreate(props.instanceId))
   const messageIds = createMemo(() => store().getSessionMessageIds(props.sessionId))
   const visibleMessageIds = createMemo(() => {
@@ -594,7 +597,10 @@ export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
   const [streamElement, setStreamElement] = createSignal<HTMLDivElement | undefined>()
   const [streamShellElement, setStreamShellElement] = createSignal<HTMLDivElement | undefined>()
 
-  const followToken = createMemo(() => `${sessionRevision()}|${preferenceSignature()}`)
+  // Only preferences should force a follow-token re-anchor. Message/session
+  // revision churn at the end of a turn (message.updated, session.idle, etc.)
+  // should not trigger an immediate scroll-to-bottom.
+  const followToken = createMemo(() => preferenceSignature())
 
   const initialScrollSnapshot = createMemo(() => store().getScrollSnapshot(props.sessionId, MESSAGE_SCROLL_CACHE_SCOPE))
   const initialAutoScroll = createMemo(() => initialScrollSnapshot()?.atBottom ?? true)
@@ -624,6 +630,35 @@ export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
 
   const [quoteSelection, setQuoteSelection] = createSignal<{ text: string; top: number; left: number } | null>(null)
 
+  const lastVisibleMessageId = createMemo(() => {
+    const ids = visibleMessageIds()
+    return ids[ids.length - 1] ?? null
+  })
+
+  const autoPinHoldTargetKey = createMemo(() => {
+    if (!holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled()) return null
+    const messageId = lastVisibleMessageId()
+    return isAssistantTextMessage(messageId) ? messageId : null
+  })
+
+  function toggleHoldLongAssistantReplies() {
+    updatePreferences({ holdLongAssistantReplies: !holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled() })
+  }
+
+  function isAssistantTextMessage(messageId: string | null | undefined) {
+    if (!messageId) return false
+    const resolvedStore = store()
+    const record = resolvedStore.getMessage(messageId)
+    if (!record || record.role !== "assistant") return false
+
+    const { orderedParts } = buildRecordDisplayData(props.instanceId, record)
+    return orderedParts.some((part) => {
+      if ((part as any)?.type !== "text") return false
+      if (partHasRenderableText(part)) return true
+      return typeof (part as { text?: unknown }).text === "string"
+    })
+  }
+
   createEffect(() => {
     const api = listApi()
     if (!api) return
@@ -1044,6 +1079,12 @@ export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
           initialAutoScroll={initialAutoScroll}
           resetKey={() => props.sessionId}
           followToken={followToken}
+          autoPinHoldTargetKey={autoPinHoldTargetKey}
+          autoPinHoldTopThresholdPx={STREAMING_TEXT_HOLD_TOP_THRESHOLD_PX}
+          resolveAutoPinHoldElement={(itemWrapper, key) => {
+            const candidates = Array.from(itemWrapper.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(`.message-item-base[data-message-id="${key}"][data-message-role="assistant"]`))
+            return candidates[candidates.length - 1] ?? null
+          }}
           onScroll={() => {
             clearQuoteSelection()
             scrollCache.persist(streamElement())
@@ -1074,6 +1115,52 @@ export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
           scrollToBottomAriaLabel={() => t("messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel")}
           registerApi={(api) => setListApi(api)}
           registerState={(state) => setListState(state)}
+          renderControls={(state, api) => (
+            <div class="message-scroll-button-wrapper">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                class="message-scroll-button"
+                data-active={holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled() ? "true" : "false"}
+                onClick={toggleHoldLongAssistantReplies}
+                aria-label={
+                  holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled()
+                    ? t("messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel")
+                    : t("messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel")
+                }
+                title={
+                  holdLongAssistantRepliesEnabled()
+                    ? t("messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel")
+                    : t("messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel")
+                }
+              >
+                <Pause class="message-scroll-icon message-scroll-icon--toggle w-4 h-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+              </button>
+              <Show when={state.showScrollTopButton()}>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  class="message-scroll-button"
+                  onClick={() => api.scrollToTop()}
+                  aria-label={t("messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel")}
+                >
+                  <span class="message-scroll-icon" aria-hidden="true">
+                    ↑
+                  </span>
+                </button>
+              </Show>
+              <Show when={state.showScrollBottomButton()}>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  class="message-scroll-button"
+                  onClick={() => api.scrollToBottom()}
+                  aria-label={t("messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel")}
+                >
+                  <span class="message-scroll-icon" aria-hidden="true">
+                    ↓
+                  </span>
+                </button>
+              </Show>
+            </div>
+          )}
           renderBeforeItems={() => (
             <>
               <Show when={!props.loading && visibleMessageIds().length === 0}>

packages/ui/src/components/message-timeline.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { For, Show, createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup, on, untrack, type Component, type Accessor } from "solid-js"
+import { Virtualizer, type VirtualizerHandle } from "virtua/solid"
+import { Portal } from "solid-js/web"
 import MessagePreview from "./message-preview"
 import { messageStoreBus } from "../stores/message-v2/bus"
 import type { ClientPart } from "../types/message"
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ const MAX_TOOLTIP_LENGTH = 220
 const LONG_PRESS_MS = 500
 const JITTER_THRESHOLD = 10
 const ABSOLUTE_TOKEN_CAP = 10000
+const TIMELINE_VIRTUALIZER_BUFFER_PX = 240
 
 type ToolCallPart = Extract<ClientPart, { type: "tool" }>
 
@@ -66,6 +69,13 @@ interface PendingSegment {
   hasPrimaryText: boolean
 }
 
+interface TimelineSegmentState {
+  deleteHovered: boolean
+  deleteSelected: boolean
+  hasActivePermission: boolean
+  hidden: boolean
+}
+
 function truncateText(value: string): string {
   if (value.length <= MAX_TOOLTIP_LENGTH) {
     return value
@@ -351,6 +361,13 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
     }
   }
 
+  const clearHoverPreview = () => {
+    clearHoverTimer()
+    clearCloseTimer()
+    setHoveredSegment(null)
+    setHoverAnchorRect(null)
+  }
+
   const scheduleClose = () => {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return
     clearHoverTimer()
@@ -358,8 +375,7 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
     // Small delay so the pointer can travel from the segment to the tooltip.
     closeTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
       closeTimer = null
-      setHoveredSegment(null)
+      clearHoverPreview()
-      setHoverAnchorRect(null)
     }, 160)
   }
 
@@ -399,8 +415,7 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
   })
 
   onCleanup(() => {
-    clearHoverTimer()
+    clearHoverPreview()
-    clearCloseTimer()
   })
 
   // --- Selection & histogram rib state ---
@@ -418,6 +433,8 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
   // on activation, resize, or expansion — NOT on every scroll frame.
   const [badgeOffsets, setBadgeOffsets] = createSignal<Record<string, { layoutTop: number; height: number }>>({})
   const [windowWidth, setWindowWidth] = createSignal(typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.innerWidth : 1200)
+  const [scrollElement, setScrollElement] = createSignal<HTMLDivElement | undefined>()
+  const [virtualizerHandle, setVirtualizerHandle] = createSignal<VirtualizerHandle | undefined>()
   let scrollContainerRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
   let xrayOverlayRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
 
@@ -449,6 +466,12 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
   }
 
   const handleScroll = () => {
+    if (renderVirtualizedTimeline()) {
+      if (hoveredSegment()) {
+        clearHoverPreview()
+      }
+      return
+    }
     if (!isSelectionActive()) return
     if (!scrollContainerRef || !xrayOverlayRef) return
     xrayOverlayRef.style.setProperty("--xray-scroll-y", `${-scrollContainerRef.scrollTop}px`)
@@ -477,6 +500,12 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
     }
   })
 
+  const renderVirtualizedTimeline = createMemo(() => !isSelectionActive())
+
+  createEffect(on(renderVirtualizedTimeline, () => {
+    clearHoverPreview()
+  }))
+
   const maxRibWidth = createMemo(() => Math.round(windowWidth() * 0.5))
 
   // Compute fresh char counts from the store. segment.totalChars can be stale for
@@ -579,7 +608,7 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
         wasLongPress = true
 
         // Scroll anchoring: preserve visual position of the pressed badge.
-        const btn = buttonRefs.get(segment.id)
+        const btn = renderVirtualizedTimeline() ? null : buttonRefs.get(segment.id)
         let anchorOffset: number | null = null
         if (btn && scrollContainerRef) {
           anchorOffset = btn.offsetTop - scrollContainerRef.scrollTop
@@ -631,9 +660,17 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
 
   createEffect(on(() => props.activeSegmentId, (activeId) => {
     if (!activeId) return
-    const element = buttonRefs.get(activeId)
-    if (!element) return
     const timer = typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.setTimeout(() => {
+      if (renderVirtualizedTimeline()) {
+        const index = segmentIndexById().get(activeId)
+        if (index !== undefined) {
+          virtualizerHandle()?.scrollToIndex(index, { align: "nearest", smooth: true })
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      const element = buttonRefs.get(activeId)
+      if (!element) return
       element.scrollIntoView({ block: "nearest", behavior: "smooth" })
     }, 120) : null
     onCleanup(() => {
@@ -684,60 +721,239 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
     return map
   })
 
+  const segmentIndexById = createMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, number>()
+    for (let i = 0; i < props.segments.length; i++) map.set(props.segments[i].id, i)
+    return map
+  })
+
+  const segmentStates = createMemo(() => {
+    const hover = deleteHover()
+    const selectedMessages = props.selectedMessageIds?.()
+    const expandedMessages = props.expandedMessageIds?.()
+    const resolvedStore = store()
+    const indexMap = messageIdToSessionIndex()
+    const selectionActive = isSelectionActive()
+    const result = new Map<string, TimelineSegmentState>()
+
+    for (const segment of props.segments) {
+      let deleteHovered = false
+      if (hover.kind === "message") {
+        deleteHovered = hover.messageId === segment.messageId
+      } else if (hover.kind === "deleteUpTo") {
+        const targetIndex = indexMap.get(hover.messageId)
+        const segmentIndex = indexMap.get(segment.messageId)
+        deleteHovered = targetIndex !== undefined && segmentIndex !== undefined && segmentIndex >= targetIndex
+      }
+
+      const deleteSelected = selectedMessages?.has(segment.messageId) ?? false
+
+      let hasActivePermission = false
+      if (segment.type === "tool") {
+        const partIds = segment.toolPartIds ?? []
+        for (const partId of partIds) {
+          const permissionState = resolvedStore.getPermissionState(segment.messageId, partId)
+          if (permissionState?.active) {
+            hasActivePermission = true
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      const hidden = segment.type === "tool" && !(
+        showTools()
+        || expandedMessages?.has(segment.messageId)
+        || selectionActive
+        || props.activeSegmentId === segment.id
+        || hasActivePermission
+        || deleteHovered
+        || deleteSelected
+      )
+
+      result.set(segment.id, {
+        deleteHovered,
+        deleteSelected,
+        hasActivePermission,
+        hidden,
+      })
+    }
+
+    return result
+  })
+
+  const segmentStateFor = (segmentId: string): TimelineSegmentState => {
+    return segmentStates().get(segmentId) ?? {
+      deleteHovered: false,
+      deleteSelected: false,
+      hasActivePermission: false,
+      hidden: false,
+    }
+  }
+
+  const segmentSpacerHeights = createMemo(() => {
+    const states = segmentStates()
+    const result = new Map<string, string>()
+    let previousVisible: TimelineSegment | null = null
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < props.segments.length; index += 1) {
+      const segment = props.segments[index]
+      const state = states.get(segment.id)
+
+      if (state?.hidden) {
+        result.set(segment.id, "0")
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if (!previousVisible) {
+        result.set(segment.id, "0")
+        previousVisible = segment
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const previousRaw = index > 0 ? props.segments[index - 1] : null
+      const startsVisibleToolGroup = segment.type === "tool"
+        && (previousVisible.type !== "tool" || previousVisible.messageId !== segment.messageId)
+      const startsCollapsedToolGroup = segment.type === "assistant"
+        && previousVisible.messageId !== segment.messageId
+        && messagesWithTools().has(segment.messageId)
+        && previousRaw?.type === "tool"
+        && previousRaw.messageId === segment.messageId
+      const followsVisibleGroupParent = (segment.type === "user" || segment.type === "compaction")
+        && previousVisible.type === "assistant"
+        && messagesWithTools().has(previousVisible.messageId)
+
+      const gapUnits = 1 + (startsVisibleToolGroup || startsCollapsedToolGroup || followsVisibleGroupParent ? 1 : 0)
+      result.set(
+        segment.id,
+        gapUnits === 1
+          ? "var(--message-timeline-segment-gap)"
+          : "calc(var(--message-timeline-segment-gap) * 2)",
+      )
+
+      previousVisible = segment
+    }
+
+    return result
+  })
+
   return (
     <div class="message-timeline-container">
       <div
-        ref={scrollContainerRef}
+        ref={(element) => {
+          scrollContainerRef = element
+          setScrollElement(element)
+        }}
         class={`message-timeline${isSelectionActive() ? " message-timeline--selection-active" : ""}`}
         role="navigation"
         aria-label={t("messageTimeline.ariaLabel")}
         onScroll={handleScroll}
       >
-        <For each={props.segments}>
+        <Show
-          {(segment, segIndex) => {
+          when={renderVirtualizedTimeline()}
-            onCleanup(() => buttonRefs.delete(segment.id))
+          fallback={(
+            <For each={props.segments}>
+              {(segment, segIndex) => {
+                onCleanup(() => buttonRefs.delete(segment.id))
+                const isActive = () => props.activeSegmentId === segment.id
+                const isSelected = () => props.selectedIds?.().has(segment.id)
+                const state = () => segmentStateFor(segment.id)
+                const isDeleteHovered = () => state().deleteHovered
+                const isDeleteSelected = () => state().deleteSelected
+                const hasActivePermission = () => state().hasActivePermission
+                const isHidden = () => state().hidden
+
+                const groupRole = (): "child" | "parent" | "none" => {
+                  if (segment.type === "tool") return "child"
+                  if (segment.type === "assistant" && messagesWithTools().has(segment.messageId)) return "parent"
+                  return "none"
+                }
+
+                const shortLabelContent = () => {
+                  if (segment.type === "tool") {
+                    if (hasActivePermission()) {
+                      return <ShieldAlert class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
+                    }
+                    return segment.shortLabel ?? getToolIcon("tool")
+                  }
+                  if (segment.type === "compaction") {
+                    return <FoldVertical class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
+                  }
+                  if (segment.type === "user") {
+                    return <UserIcon class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
+                  }
+                  return <BotIcon class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
+                }
+
+                return (
+                  <div class="message-timeline-item">
+                    <div aria-hidden="true" class="message-timeline-item-spacer" style={{ height: segmentSpacerHeights().get(segment.id) ?? "0" }} />
+                    <button
+                      ref={(el) => registerButtonRef(segment.id, el)}
+                      type="button"
+                      data-variant={segment.variant}
+                      class={`message-timeline-segment message-timeline-${segment.type} ${hasActivePermission() ? "message-timeline-segment-permission" : ""} ${segment.type === "compaction" ? `message-timeline-compaction-${segment.variant ?? "manual"}` : ""} ${isActive() ? "message-timeline-segment-active" : ""} ${isHidden() ? "message-timeline-segment-hidden" : ""} ${isSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-selected" : ""} ${isDeleteSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-delete-selected" : ""} ${groupRole() !== "none" ? `message-timeline-group-${groupRole()}` : ""}`}
+                      data-delete-hover={isDeleteHovered() || isDeleteSelected() || isSelected() ? "true" : undefined}
+                      aria-current={isActive() ? "true" : undefined}
+                      aria-hidden={isHidden() ? "true" : undefined}
+                      onClick={(event) => {
+                        if (wasLongPress) {
+                          wasLongPress = false
+                          return
+                        }
+
+                        const btn = buttonRefs.get(segment.id)
+                        const stableBtn = renderVirtualizedTimeline() ? null : btn
+                        let anchorOffset: number | null = null
+                        if (stableBtn && scrollContainerRef) {
+                          anchorOffset = stableBtn.offsetTop - scrollContainerRef.scrollTop
+                        }
+
+                        const isMultiSelectActive = (props.selectedIds?.().size ?? 0) > 0
+
+                        if (event.shiftKey) {
+                          props.onSelectRange?.(segment.id)
+                        } else if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
+                          props.onToggleSelection?.(segment.id)
+                        } else if (isMultiSelectActive) {
+                          props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
+                        } else {
+                          props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
+                        }
+
+                        if (anchorOffset !== null && stableBtn && scrollContainerRef) {
+                          const desired = stableBtn.offsetTop - anchorOffset
+                          if (Math.abs(scrollContainerRef.scrollTop - desired) > 1) {
+                            scrollContainerRef.scrollTop = desired
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }}
+                      onPointerDown={(e) => handlePointerDown(segment, e)}
+                      onPointerUp={handlePointerUp}
+                      onPointerCancel={handlePointerUp}
+                      onPointerMove={handlePointerMove}
+                      onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
+                      onMouseEnter={(event) => handleMouseEnter(segment, event)}
+                      onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+                    >
+                      <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-full">{segment.label}</span>
+                      <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-short">{shortLabelContent()}</span>
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                )
+              }}
+            </For>
+          )}
+        >
+          <Virtualizer ref={setVirtualizerHandle} data={props.segments} scrollRef={scrollElement()} bufferSize={TIMELINE_VIRTUALIZER_BUFFER_PX}>
+            {(segment, index) => {
+              const segIndex = () => index()
             const isActive = () => props.activeSegmentId === segment.id
             const isSelected = () => props.selectedIds?.().has(segment.id)
-
+            const state = () => segmentStateFor(segment.id)
-            const isDeleteHovered = () => {
+            const isDeleteHovered = () => state().deleteHovered
-              const hover = deleteHover() as DeleteHoverState
+            const isDeleteSelected = () => state().deleteSelected
-              if (hover.kind === "message") {
+            const hasActivePermission = () => state().hasActivePermission
-                return hover.messageId === segment.messageId
+            const isHidden = () => state().hidden
-              }
-
-              if (hover.kind === "deleteUpTo") {
-                const indexMap = messageIdToSessionIndex()
-                const targetIndex = indexMap.get(hover.messageId)
-                if (targetIndex === undefined) return false
-                const segmentIndex = indexMap.get(segment.messageId)
-                if (segmentIndex === undefined) return false
-                return segmentIndex >= targetIndex
-              }
-
-              return false
-            }
-
-            const isDeleteSelected = () => {
-              const selected = props.selectedMessageIds?.()
-              if (!selected) return false
-              return selected.has(segment.messageId)
-            }
-
-            const hasActivePermission = () => {
-              if (segment.type !== "tool") return false
-              const partIds = segment.toolPartIds ?? []
-              if (partIds.length === 0) return false
-              for (const partId of partIds) {
-                const permissionState = store().getPermissionState(segment.messageId, partId)
-                if (permissionState?.active) return true
-              }
-              return false
-            }
-
-            const isExpanded = () => props.expandedMessageIds?.().has(segment.messageId) ?? false
-            const isHidden = () =>
-              segment.type === "tool" &&
-              !(showTools() || isExpanded() || isSelectionActive() || isActive() || hasActivePermission() || isDeleteHovered() || isDeleteSelected())
 
             // Group visual indicators: tools belong to the same message as their
             // assistant.  Uses messageId for correctness (not positional adjacency).
@@ -746,18 +962,10 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
               if (segment.type === "assistant" && messagesWithTools().has(segment.messageId)) return "parent"
               return "none"
             }
-            const isGroupStart = () => {
-              if (segment.type !== "tool") return false
-              const idx = segIndex()
-              const prev = idx > 0 ? props.segments[idx - 1] : null
-              // First tool in the message's run: either nothing before, or previous
-              // segment is from a different message or is not a tool.
-              return !prev || prev.type !== "tool" || prev.messageId !== segment.messageId
-            }
 
              const shortLabelContent = () => {
                if (segment.type === "tool") {
-                 if (hasActivePermission()) {
+                  if (hasActivePermission()) {
                    return <ShieldAlert class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
                  }
                  return segment.shortLabel ?? getToolIcon("tool")
@@ -767,95 +975,92 @@ const MessageTimeline: Component<MessageTimelineProps> = (props) => {
                }
                if (segment.type === "user") {
                  return <UserIcon class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
-               }
+                }
-               return <BotIcon class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
+                return <BotIcon class="message-timeline-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
-             }
+              }
 
-            return (
+              return (
-              <button
+               <div class="message-timeline-item">
-                  ref={(el) => registerButtonRef(segment.id, el)}
+                  <div aria-hidden="true" class="message-timeline-item-spacer" style={{ height: segmentSpacerHeights().get(segment.id) ?? "0" }} />
-                  type="button"
+                  <button
-                  data-variant={segment.variant}
+                    type="button"
-                  class={`message-timeline-segment message-timeline-${segment.type} ${hasActivePermission() ? "message-timeline-segment-permission" : ""} ${segment.type === "compaction" ? `message-timeline-compaction-${segment.variant ?? "manual"}` : ""} ${isActive() ? "message-timeline-segment-active" : ""} ${isHidden() ? "message-timeline-segment-hidden" : ""} ${isSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-selected" : ""} ${isDeleteSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-delete-selected" : ""} ${groupRole() !== "none" ? `message-timeline-group-${groupRole()}` : ""} ${isGroupStart() ? "message-timeline-group-start" : ""}`}
+                    data-variant={segment.variant}
-
+                   class={`message-timeline-segment message-timeline-${segment.type} ${hasActivePermission() ? "message-timeline-segment-permission" : ""} ${segment.type === "compaction" ? `message-timeline-compaction-${segment.variant ?? "manual"}` : ""} ${isActive() ? "message-timeline-segment-active" : ""} ${isHidden() ? "message-timeline-segment-hidden" : ""} ${isSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-selected" : ""} ${isDeleteSelected() ? "message-timeline-segment-delete-selected" : ""} ${groupRole() !== "none" ? `message-timeline-group-${groupRole()}` : ""}`}
-                  data-delete-hover={isDeleteHovered() || isDeleteSelected() || isSelected() ? "true" : undefined}
+                   data-delete-hover={isDeleteHovered() || isDeleteSelected() || isSelected() ? "true" : undefined}
-
+                   aria-current={isActive() ? "true" : undefined}
-                 aria-current={isActive() ? "true" : undefined}
+                   aria-hidden={isHidden() ? "true" : undefined}
-                 aria-hidden={isHidden() ? "true" : undefined}
+                   onClick={(event) => {
-                 onClick={(event) => {
+                     if (wasLongPress) {
-                   if (wasLongPress) {
+                       wasLongPress = false
-                     wasLongPress = false
+                       return
-                     return
-                   }
-
-                   // Capture scroll anchor before selection changes may toggle
-                   // tool segment visibility, which shifts timeline layout.
-                   const btn = buttonRefs.get(segment.id)
-                   let anchorOffset: number | null = null
-                   if (btn && scrollContainerRef) {
-                     anchorOffset = btn.offsetTop - scrollContainerRef.scrollTop
-                   }
-
-                   const isMultiSelectActive = (props.selectedIds?.().size ?? 0) > 0
-
-                   if (event.shiftKey) {
-                     props.onSelectRange?.(segment.id)
-                   } else if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
-                     props.onToggleSelection?.(segment.id)
-                   } else if (isMultiSelectActive) {
-                     // In selection mode, plain click scrolls to the message
-                     // instead of clearing. Selection is cleared by clicking
-                     // anywhere inside the chat container or pressing Esc.
-                     props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
-                   } else {
-                     props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
-                   }
-
-                   // Restore scroll anchor: keep the clicked badge at the same
-                   // visual position after hidden tools appear or disappear.
-                   if (anchorOffset !== null && btn && scrollContainerRef) {
-                     const desired = btn.offsetTop - anchorOffset
-                     if (Math.abs(scrollContainerRef.scrollTop - desired) > 1) {
-                       scrollContainerRef.scrollTop = desired
                      }
-                   }
+
-                 }}
+                     const btn = buttonRefs.get(segment.id)
-                onPointerDown={(e) => handlePointerDown(segment, e)}
+                     const stableBtn = renderVirtualizedTimeline() ? null : btn
-                 onPointerUp={handlePointerUp}
+                     let anchorOffset: number | null = null
-                 onPointerCancel={handlePointerUp}
+                     if (stableBtn && scrollContainerRef) {
-                 onPointerMove={handlePointerMove}
+                       anchorOffset = stableBtn.offsetTop - scrollContainerRef.scrollTop
-                 onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
+                     }
-                 onMouseEnter={(event) => handleMouseEnter(segment, event)}
+
-                 onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+                     const isMultiSelectActive = (props.selectedIds?.().size ?? 0) > 0
-              >
+
-                <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-full">{segment.label}</span>
+                     if (event.shiftKey) {
-                <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-short">{shortLabelContent()}</span>
+                       props.onSelectRange?.(segment.id)
-              </button>
+                     } else if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
-            )
+                       props.onToggleSelection?.(segment.id)
-          }}
+                     } else if (isMultiSelectActive) {
-        </For>
+                       props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
+                     } else {
+                       props.onSegmentClick?.(segment)
+                     }
+
+                     if (anchorOffset !== null && stableBtn && scrollContainerRef) {
+                       const desired = stableBtn.offsetTop - anchorOffset
+                       if (Math.abs(scrollContainerRef.scrollTop - desired) > 1) {
+                         scrollContainerRef.scrollTop = desired
+                       }
+                     }
+                   }}
+                   onPointerDown={(e) => handlePointerDown(segment, e)}
+                   onPointerUp={handlePointerUp}
+                   onPointerCancel={handlePointerUp}
+                   onPointerMove={handlePointerMove}
+                   onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
+                   onMouseEnter={(event) => handleMouseEnter(segment, event)}
+                   onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+                 >
+                   <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-full">{segment.label}</span>
+                   <span class="message-timeline-label message-timeline-label-short">{shortLabelContent()}</span>
+                 </button>
+               </div>
+             )
+            }}
+          </Virtualizer>
+        </Show>
         <Show when={previewData()}>
           {(data) => {
             onCleanup(() => setTooltipElement(null))
             return (
-              <div
+              <Portal>
-                ref={(element) => setTooltipElement(element)}
+                <div
-                class="message-timeline-tooltip"
+                  ref={(element) => setTooltipElement(element)}
-                style={{ top: `${tooltipCoords().top}px`, left: `${tooltipCoords().left}px` }}
+                  class="message-timeline-tooltip"
-                onMouseEnter={() => clearCloseTimer()}
+                  style={{ top: `${tooltipCoords().top}px`, left: `${tooltipCoords().left}px` }}
-                onMouseLeave={() => scheduleClose()}
+                  onMouseEnter={() => clearCloseTimer()}
-              >
+                  onMouseLeave={() => scheduleClose()}
-                <MessagePreview
+                >
-                  messageId={data().messageId}
+                  <MessagePreview
-                  instanceId={props.instanceId}
+                    messageId={data().messageId}
-                  sessionId={props.sessionId}
+                    instanceId={props.instanceId}
-                  store={store}
+                    sessionId={props.sessionId}
-                  deleteHover={props.deleteHover}
+                    store={store}
-                  onDeleteHoverChange={props.onDeleteHoverChange}
+                    deleteHover={props.deleteHover}
-                  onDeleteMessagesUpTo={props.onDeleteMessagesUpTo}
+                    onDeleteHoverChange={props.onDeleteHoverChange}
-                  selectedMessageIds={props.selectedMessageIds}
+                    onDeleteMessagesUpTo={props.onDeleteMessagesUpTo}
-                />
+                    selectedMessageIds={props.selectedMessageIds}
-              </div>
+                  />
+                </div>
+              </Portal>
             )
           }}
         </Show>

packages/ui/src/components/prompt-input/usePromptVoiceInput.ts

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function usePromptVoiceInput(options: UsePromptVoiceInputOptions) {
     const before = current.slice(0, start)
     const after = current.slice(end)
     const prefix = ""
-    const suffix = after.length > 0 && !after.startsWith("\n") ? "\n" : ""
+    const suffix = after.length > 0 ? (/^\s/.test(after) ? "" : " ") : " "
     const nextValue = `${before}${prefix}${text}${suffix}${after}`
     const cursor = before.length + prefix.length + text.length + suffix.length
 

packages/ui/src/components/session/session-view.tsx

@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ export const SessionView: Component<SessionViewProps> = (props) => {
       requestAnimationFrame(() => scrollToBottomHandle?.())
     })
   }
-  createEffect(() => {
+  createEffect(
-    if (!props.isActive) return
+    on(
-    if (!shouldScrollToBottomOnActivate()) return
+      () => props.isActive,
-    scheduleScrollToBottom()
+      (isActive, wasActive) => {
-  })
+        if (!isActive) return
+        if (wasActive === true) return
+        if (!shouldScrollToBottomOnActivate()) return
+        scheduleScrollToBottom()
+      },
+    ),
+  )
 
   createEffect(
     on(
@@ -332,16 +338,11 @@ export const SessionView: Component<SessionViewProps> = (props) => {
                 loading={messagesLoading()}
                 onRevert={handleRevert}
                 onDeleteMessagesUpTo={handleDeleteMessagesUpTo}
-                onFork={handleFork}
+                 onFork={handleFork}
-                isActive={props.isActive}
+                 isActive={props.isActive}
-                registerScrollToBottom={(fn) => {
+                 registerScrollToBottom={(fn) => {
-                  scrollToBottomHandle = fn
+                   scrollToBottomHandle = fn
-                  if (props.isActive) {
+                 }}
-                    if (shouldScrollToBottomOnActivate()) {
-                      scheduleScrollToBottom()
-                    }
-                  }
-                }}
 
 
 

packages/ui/src/components/settings/speech-settings-card.tsx

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ const Field: Component<{
         <div class="settings-toggle-title">{props.label}</div>
         <div class="settings-toggle-caption">{props.caption}</div>
       </div>
-      <div class="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-[18rem] max-w-[24rem] w-full">
+      <div class="flex items-center gap-2 w-full min-w-0 sm:min-w-[18rem] sm:max-w-[24rem]">
         {props.icon}
         <input
           type={props.type ?? "text"}
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ const SelectField: Component<{
         <div class="settings-toggle-title">{props.label}</div>
         <div class="settings-toggle-caption">{props.caption}</div>
       </div>
-      <div class="min-w-[18rem] max-w-[24rem] w-full">
+      <div class="w-full min-w-0 sm:min-w-[18rem] sm:max-w-[24rem]">
         <select value={props.value} onInput={(event) => props.onInput(event.currentTarget.value)} class="selector-input w-full">
           <For each={props.options}>{(option) => <option value={option.value}>{option.label}</option>}</For>
         </select>

packages/ui/src/components/tool-call.tsx

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function ToolCallDetails(props: {
 
   createEffect(() => {
     if (followScroll.autoScroll()) {
-      scrollHelpers.restoreAfterRender({ forceBottom: true })
+      scrollHelpers.restoreAfterRender()
     }
   })
 

packages/ui/src/components/tool-call/types.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface ToolScrollHelpers {
   registerContainer(element: HTMLDivElement | null, options?: { disableTracking?: boolean }): void
   handleScroll(event: Event & { currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): void
   renderSentinel(options?: { disableTracking?: boolean }): JSXElement | null
-  restoreAfterRender(options?: { forceBottom?: boolean }): void
+  restoreAfterRender(): void
 }
 
 export interface ToolRendererContext {

packages/ui/src/components/virtual-follow-list.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Show, createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup, type Accessor,
 import { Virtualizer, type VirtualizerHandle } from "virtua/solid"
 
 const DEFAULT_SCROLL_SENTINEL_MARGIN_PX = 48
+const DEFAULT_HOLD_TARGET_TOP_THRESHOLD_PX = 8
+const DEFAULT_HOLD_TARGET_TOP_OVERSHOOT_PX = 128
 const USER_SCROLL_INTENT_WINDOW_MS = 600
 const SCROLL_INTENT_KEYS = new Set(["ArrowUp", "ArrowDown", "PageUp", "PageDown", "Home", "End", " ", "Spacebar"])
 
@@ -85,6 +87,28 @@ export interface VirtualFollowListProps<T> {
    */
   followToken?: Accessor<string | number>
 
+  /**
+   * Optional item key whose geometry can temporarily hold auto-follow when the
+   * rendered item grows taller than the viewport and reaches the top edge.
+   */
+  autoPinHoldTargetKey?: Accessor<string | null>
+
+  /**
+   * Optional resolver for the specific element inside an item wrapper that
+   * should be measured for hold-target geometry.
+   */
+  resolveAutoPinHoldElement?: (itemWrapper: HTMLDivElement, key: string) => HTMLElement | null | undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Top-edge threshold for the hold target in pixels.
+   */
+  autoPinHoldTopThresholdPx?: number
+
+  /**
+   * Temporarily suppress automatic bottom pinning while keeping follow mode enabled.
+   */
+  suspendAutoPinToBottom?: Accessor<boolean>
+
   /**
    * Optional hooks to render content inside the scroll container.
    * Useful for empty/loading states that should scroll with the list.
@@ -130,13 +154,19 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
   const scrollToBottomOnActivate = () => (props.scrollToBottomOnActivate ? props.scrollToBottomOnActivate() : true)
   const initialScrollToBottom = () => (props.initialScrollToBottom ? props.initialScrollToBottom() : true)
   const initialAutoScroll = () => (props.initialAutoScroll ? props.initialAutoScroll() : true)
+  const externalSuspendAutoPinToBottom = () => (props.suspendAutoPinToBottom ? props.suspendAutoPinToBottom() : false)
+  const holdTargetKey = () => (props.autoPinHoldTargetKey ? props.autoPinHoldTargetKey() : null)
+  const holdTargetTopThresholdPx = () => props.autoPinHoldTopThresholdPx ?? DEFAULT_HOLD_TARGET_TOP_THRESHOLD_PX
 
   const [autoScroll, setAutoScroll] = createSignal(Boolean(initialAutoScroll()))
   const [showScrollTopButton, setShowScrollTopButton] = createSignal(false)
   const [showScrollBottomButton, setShowScrollBottomButton] = createSignal(false)
   const [activeKey, setActiveKey] = createSignal<string | null>(null)
+  const [heldItemCount, setHeldItemCount] = createSignal<number | null>(null)
+  const effectiveSuspendAutoPinToBottom = () => externalSuspendAutoPinToBottom() || heldItemCount() !== null
 
   const scrollButtonsCount = createMemo(() => (showScrollTopButton() ? 1 : 0) + (showScrollBottomButton() ? 1 : 0))
+  const itemElements = new Map<string, HTMLDivElement>()
 
   let userScrollIntentUntil = 0
   let lastUserScrollIntentDirection: "up" | "down" | null = null
@@ -220,6 +250,9 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
 
     // Sync autoScroll state based on scroll position if it was a user scroll
     if (hasUserScrollIntent()) {
+      if (atBottom && heldItemCount() !== null) {
+        setHeldItemCount(null)
+      }
       if (atBottom && !autoScroll()) {
         setAutoScroll(true)
       } else if (!atBottom && autoScroll()) {
@@ -253,6 +286,7 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
       }
     }
     updateScrollButtons()
+    updateAutoPinHold()
     props.onScroll?.()
 
     // Find active key (roughly the first visible item)
@@ -270,6 +304,68 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
     }
   }
 
+  function registerItemElement(key: string, element: HTMLDivElement | null | undefined) {
+    if (!element) {
+      itemElements.delete(key)
+      return
+    }
+    itemElements.set(key, element)
+  }
+
+  function getAnchorIdForKey(key: string) {
+    return props.getAnchorId ? props.getAnchorId(key) : key
+  }
+
+  function updateAutoPinHold() {
+    const element = scrollElement()
+    const itemCount = props.items().length
+    const heldCount = heldItemCount()
+    if (!element) return
+
+    if (heldCount !== null) {
+      if (itemCount > heldCount) {
+        setHeldItemCount(null)
+        if (autoScroll()) {
+          requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+            if (!autoScroll()) return
+            scrollToBottom(false)
+          })
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (itemCount < heldCount) {
+        setHeldItemCount(null)
+        return
+      }
+
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (!autoScroll()) return
+    if (externalSuspendAutoPinToBottom()) return
+
+    const targetKey = holdTargetKey()
+    if (!targetKey) return
+
+    const itemWrapper = itemElements.get(targetKey)
+    if (!itemWrapper) return
+    const target = props.resolveAutoPinHoldElement?.(itemWrapper, targetKey) ?? itemWrapper
+
+    const containerRect = element.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const targetRect = target.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const relativeTop = targetRect.top - containerRect.top
+    const exceedsViewport = targetRect.height > element.clientHeight
+
+    if (
+      exceedsViewport &&
+      relativeTop <= holdTargetTopThresholdPx() &&
+      relativeTop >= holdTargetTopThresholdPx() - DEFAULT_HOLD_TARGET_TOP_OVERSHOOT_PX
+    ) {
+      setHeldItemCount(itemCount)
+    }
+  }
+
   const api: VirtualFollowListApi = {
     scrollToTop: (opts) => scrollToTop(opts?.immediate ?? true),
     scrollToBottom: (opts) => scrollToBottom(opts?.immediate ?? true, { suppressAutoAnchor: opts?.suppressAutoAnchor }),
@@ -281,7 +377,9 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
       virtuaHandle()?.scrollToIndex(index, { align: opts?.block ?? "start", smooth: opts?.behavior === "smooth" })
     },
     notifyContentRendered: () => {
-      if (autoScroll()) {
+      updateAutoPinHold()
+      if (heldItemCount() !== null) return
+      if (autoScroll() && !effectiveSuspendAutoPinToBottom()) {
         scrollToBottom(true)
       }
     },
@@ -294,9 +392,15 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
   createEffect(() => props.registerApi?.(api))
   createEffect(() => props.registerState?.(state))
 
+  createEffect(on(() => props.resetKey?.(), () => {
+    itemElements.clear()
+    setHeldItemCount(null)
+  }))
+
   // Handle autoScroll (Follow) on items change
   createEffect(on(() => props.items().length, (len, prevLen) => {
-    if (len > (prevLen ?? 0) && autoScroll() && !suppressAutoScrollOnce) {
+    updateAutoPinHold()
+    if (len > (prevLen ?? 0) && autoScroll() && !effectiveSuspendAutoPinToBottom() && !suppressAutoScrollOnce) {
       requestAnimationFrame(() => scrollToBottom(true))
     }
     suppressAutoScrollOnce = false
@@ -304,11 +408,16 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
 
   // Handle followToken change
   createEffect(on(() => props.followToken?.(), () => {
-    if (autoScroll()) {
+    updateAutoPinHold()
+    if (autoScroll() && !effectiveSuspendAutoPinToBottom()) {
       scrollToBottom(true)
     }
   }, { defer: true }))
 
+  createEffect(on(() => holdTargetKey(), () => {
+    updateAutoPinHold()
+  }, { defer: true }))
+
   // Reset state on resetKey change
   createEffect(on(() => props.resetKey?.(), (nextKey) => {
     if (nextKey === lastResetKey) return
@@ -331,6 +440,13 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
     }
   })
 
+  createEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof window === "undefined") return
+    const handleResize = () => updateAutoPinHold()
+    window.addEventListener("resize", handleResize)
+    onCleanup(() => window.removeEventListener("resize", handleResize))
+  })
+
   return (
     <div class="virtual-follow-list-shell" ref={shellElement => {
       setShellElement(shellElement)
@@ -356,7 +472,15 @@ export default function VirtualFollowList<T>(props: VirtualFollowListProps<T>) {
           bufferSize={props.overscanPx ?? 400}
           onScroll={handleScroll}
         >
-          {(item, index) => props.renderItem(item, index())}
+          {(item, index) => {
+            const key = props.getKey(item, index())
+            const anchorId = getAnchorIdForKey(key)
+            return (
+              <div id={anchorId} data-virtual-follow-key={key} ref={(element) => registerItemElement(key, element)}>
+                {props.renderItem(item, index())}
+              </div>
+            )
+          }}
         </Virtualizer>
       </div>
 

packages/ui/src/lib/follow-scroll.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface FollowScrollHelpers {
   registerContainer: (element: HTMLDivElement | null | undefined, options?: { disableTracking?: boolean }) => void
   handleScroll: (event: Event & { currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }) => void
   renderSentinel: (options?: { disableTracking?: boolean }) => JSXElement | null
-  restoreAfterRender: (options?: { forceBottom?: boolean }) => void
+  restoreAfterRender: () => void
   autoScroll: Accessor<boolean>
 }
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export function createFollowScroll(options: FollowScrollOptions): FollowScrollHe
     return <div ref={setBottomSentinel} aria-hidden="true" class={options.sentinelClassName} style={{ height: "1px" }} />
   }
 
-  const restoreAfterRender = (config?: { forceBottom?: boolean }) => {
+  const restoreAfterRender = () => {
     const container = scrollContainerRef
     if (container && hasUserScrollIntent() && !isAtBottom(container)) {
       if (autoScroll()) {
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ export function createFollowScroll(options: FollowScrollOptions): FollowScrollHe
       return
     }
 
-    const shouldFollow = config?.forceBottom ?? autoScroll()
+    // Never let a render-time caller force follow mode back on after the user
+    // has already escaped it. Staying pinned should depend on the current
+    // follow state, not on a caller opting into forceBottom.
+    const shouldFollow = autoScroll()
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       restoreScrollPosition(shouldFollow)
       if (shouldFollow) {

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "Loading messages...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "Scroll to first message",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "Scroll to latest message",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "Enable hold for long assistant replies",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "Disable hold for long assistant replies",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "Add as quote",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "Add as code",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "Copy",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "Cargando mensajes...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "Desplazarse al primer mensaje",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "Desplazarse al último mensaje",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "Activar pausa para respuestas largas del asistente",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "Desactivar pausa para respuestas largas del asistente",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "Añadir como cita",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "Añadir como código",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "Copiar",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "Chargement des messages...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "Aller au premier message",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "Aller au dernier message",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "Activer le maintien pour les longues réponses de l'assistant",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "Désactiver le maintien pour les longues réponses de l'assistant",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "Ajouter en citation",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "Ajouter en code",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "Copier",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/he/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "טוען הודעות...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "גלול להודעה הראשונה",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "גלול להודעה האחרונה",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "הפעל עצירה לתגובות עוזר ארוכות",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "כבה עצירה לתגובות עוזר ארוכות",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "הוסף כציטוט",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "הוסף כקוד",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "העתק",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "メッセージを読み込み中...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "最初のメッセージへスクロール",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "最新のメッセージへスクロール",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "長いアシスタント返信の保持を有効にする",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "長いアシスタント返信の保持を無効にする",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "引用として追加",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "コードとして追加",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "コピー",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "Загрузка сообщений…",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "Прокрутить к первому сообщению",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "Прокрутить к последнему сообщению",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "Включить удержание для длинных ответов ассистента",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "Выключить удержание для длинных ответов ассистента",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "Добавить как цитату",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "Добавить как код",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "Копировать",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/messaging.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "messageSection.loading.messages": "正在加载消息...",
   "messageSection.scroll.toFirstAriaLabel": "滚动到第一条消息",
   "messageSection.scroll.toLatestAriaLabel": "滚动到最新消息",
+  "messageSection.scroll.enableHoldAriaLabel": "启用长助手回复保持",
+  "messageSection.scroll.disableHoldAriaLabel": "禁用长助手回复保持",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsQuote": "作为引用添加",
   "messageSection.quote.addAsCode": "作为代码添加",
   "messageSection.quote.copy": "复制",

packages/ui/src/stores/message-v2/session-info.ts

@@ -116,18 +116,11 @@ export function updateSessionInfo(instanceId: string, sessionId: string): void {
     // Prefer explicit input limits when provided by the API.
     // This is used by the UI "Avail" chip.
     contextAvailableTokens = modelInputLimit
-  }
+  } else if (contextWindow > 0) {
-
+    // When no explicit input limit, show full context window capacity.
-  if (!contextAvailableFromPrevious && contextAvailableTokens === null) {
+    contextAvailableTokens = contextWindow
-    if (contextWindow > 0) {
+  } else {
-      if (latestHasContextUsage && actualUsageTokens > 0) {
+    contextAvailableTokens = null
-        contextAvailableTokens = Math.max(contextWindow - (actualUsageTokens + outputBudget), 0)
-      } else {
-        contextAvailableTokens = contextWindow
-      }
-    } else {
-      contextAvailableTokens = null
-    }
   }
 
   setSessionInfoByInstance((prev) => {

packages/ui/src/stores/preferences.tsx

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface UiSettings {
   showKeyboardShortcutHints: boolean
   thinkingBlocksExpansion: ExpansionPreference
   showTimelineTools: boolean
+  holdLongAssistantReplies: boolean
   promptSubmitOnEnter: boolean
   showPromptVoiceInput: boolean
   locale?: string
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ const defaultUiSettings: UiSettings = {
   showKeyboardShortcutHints: true,
   thinkingBlocksExpansion: "expanded",
   showTimelineTools: true,
+  holdLongAssistantReplies: true,
   promptSubmitOnEnter: false,
   showPromptVoiceInput: true,
   diffViewMode: "split",
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ function normalizeUiSettings(input?: Partial<UiSettings> | null): UiSettings {
       sanitized.showKeyboardShortcutHints ?? defaultUiSettings.showKeyboardShortcutHints,
     thinkingBlocksExpansion: sanitized.thinkingBlocksExpansion ?? defaultUiSettings.thinkingBlocksExpansion,
     showTimelineTools: sanitized.showTimelineTools ?? defaultUiSettings.showTimelineTools,
+    holdLongAssistantReplies: sanitized.holdLongAssistantReplies ?? defaultUiSettings.holdLongAssistantReplies,
     promptSubmitOnEnter: sanitized.promptSubmitOnEnter ?? defaultUiSettings.promptSubmitOnEnter,
     showPromptVoiceInput: sanitized.showPromptVoiceInput ?? defaultUiSettings.showPromptVoiceInput,
     locale: sanitized.locale ?? defaultUiSettings.locale,

packages/ui/src/styles/components/settings-screen.css

@@ -526,14 +526,49 @@
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
   .settings-screen-frame {
     padding: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
   }
 
   .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell {
     width: 100%;
+    max-width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     max-height: none;
     min-height: 100%;
     border-radius: 0;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
+  }
+
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-screen-nav,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-screen-nav-list,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-screen-content,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-screen-scroll,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-section-stack,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-stack,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-card,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-card-content,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-toggle-row,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-toggle-row > * {
+    min-width: 0;
+  }
+
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .selector-trigger,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .selector-input,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .selector-button {
+    min-width: 0;
+    max-width: 100%;
+  }
+
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-toggle-caption,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .settings-inline-note,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .remote-address-url,
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell code {
+    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+    word-break: break-word;
+  }
+
+  .modal-surface.settings-screen-shell .whitespace-nowrap {
+    white-space: normal;
   }
 
   .settings-screen-content-header,

packages/ui/src/styles/messaging/message-section.css

@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@
   color: var(--accent-primary);
 }
 
+.message-scroll-button[data-active="false"] .message-scroll-icon--toggle {
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+}
+
 .message-quote-popover {
   position: absolute;
   z-index: 5;

packages/ui/src/styles/messaging/message-timeline.css

@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@
 }
 
 .message-timeline {
+  --message-timeline-segment-gap: 0.35rem;
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 0.35rem;
+  gap: 0;
   padding: 0.25rem;
   overflow-y: auto;
   overflow-x: visible;
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@
   -webkit-touch-callout: none;
 }
 
+.message-timeline-item {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.message-timeline-item-spacer {
+  flex: none;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
 .message-timeline-segment[data-delete-hover="true"]::before {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
@@ -319,18 +331,7 @@
   border-inline-start: 3px solid color-mix(in oklab, var(--accent-primary) 35%, transparent);
 }
 
-/* Extra spacing before the first tool in a group to separate from the
+/* Spacing is rendered by the measured item wrapper so virtua can account for it. */
-   preceding user/assistant badge. */
-.message-timeline-group-start {
-  margin-top: 0.35rem;
-}
-
-/* Subtle extra spacing after the group parent (assistant) to separate
-   from the next user badge below. Uses adjacent sibling targeting. */
-.message-timeline-group-parent + .message-timeline-user,
-.message-timeline-group-parent + .message-timeline-compaction {
-  margin-top: 0.35rem;
-}
 
 .message-timeline-container {
   position: relative;