feat(webview): durable per-view viewStates pipeline (N2, split 2/3 of #1546) by easonLiangWorldedtech · Pull Request #2227 · Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

easonLiangWorldedtech · 2026-10-28T19:02:20Z

Split unit N2 of #1546 (F1a — durable per-view viewStates pipeline)

Second unit of the split plan recorded in the tracking issue (fork issue 41). Depends on N1 (identity/claim); the buffer/mutation/write-path content is not included.

Scope (contract point)

Serialized persistedViewStateWriteQueue, fresh-read merge on save, 50-entry prune, corrupt-value guard.
Rekey on registration, clear on reset/delete, and export/import sanitization for viewStates (ContextProxy omit, importExport skip).
Typed ProviderSettingsNotFoundError handling used by the identity/adoption path.

Explicitly NOT in this unit

F0 content (owner: fix(activate): target title-bar commands to their click-origin instance #1528) and F3 content (owner: fix(webview): isolate parallel mode and provider profile writes (vps2 F3) #1560).
In-memory viewLocalState buffer, mutation hooks, setValue/setValues persistence + rollback, non-awaiting postMessageToWebview, reset/history-restore writes (N3).

Budget (own delta vs the parent unit)

git diff vps2/n1-view-identity..<head>: 326 insertions, 428 deletions (~754 a+d) → under the 1,000 hard cap.
Cumulative diff vs 05d01f33d is intentionally larger; measure this unit against its parent, not main.

Evidence

ClineProvider.spec.ts + ContextProxy.spec.ts + importExport.spec.ts + ProviderSettingsManager.spec.ts: 362 passed.
tsc --noEmit: clean (0 errors).

Stack / merge order

F0 (#1528) → N1 → N2 (this PR) → N3 → F1b (#1550) → F1c (#1552) → F3 (#1560) → F4/F5/F6/F7. Base is main; merge strictly in order.

Refs: #1546, tracking issue 41 (fork).

Split unit N2 of Zoo-Code-Org#1546: viewStates read/write queue, claim rekey, prune, clear, load/save and export/import sanitization on top of N1 identity. Buffer/mutation/history content remains for N3.

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Summary

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New Features
- Mode and provider-profile selections are saved separately for each view and restored when it is reopened.
- Chat focus is routed across sidebar and tab views, with fallback when the focused view is hidden or closed.
Bug Fixes
- Saving a provider profile refreshes the selection in views pinned to that profile.
- Failed settings saves and resets no longer restore outdated cached values.
- View recovery better handles stale connections and host interruptions while preserving tasks.
- Deleting a configuration that doesn’t exist now reports a distinct not-found error.
Settings
- Per-view selections are excluded from settings exports and ignored when importing settings.

The PR adds claimed per-view persistence and restoration for mode and provider-profile selections. It excludes viewStates from settings import and export, updates state handling for failed writes and resets, and adds a distinct error type for deleting a missing provider configuration.

Changes: Per-view State

Layer / File(s)	Summary
View-state contract and settings handling `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts`, `packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts`, `packages/types/src/__tests__/`, `src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts`, `src/core/config/importExport.ts`, `src/core/config/__tests__/`	The global settings schema adds `viewStates` records, and extension messages add view-state IDs and claims. Settings export omits `viewStates`, and import skips it. `ContextProxy` waits for pending secret writes during reset and clears write ownership. Tests cover schema validation, write and reset behavior, and settings transfer handling.
Claimed view registration and persistence `src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts`, `src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.spec.ts`	`ClineProvider` validates view IDs and claims, merges and serializes persisted entries, re-keys temporary entries, and prunes entries to the newest 50. Tests cover registration, ownership, persistence, and concurrent writes.
Selection restoration and profile updates `src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts`, `src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.spec.ts`	`ClineProvider` restores saved selections and tracks view-local updates. Profile activation and saving update buffered API settings and refresh matching views and task handlers. Tests cover loading, local updates, and profile synchronization.

Provider Configuration Deletion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Distinguish missing configurations `src/core/config/ProviderSettingsManager.ts`, `src/core/config/__tests__/ProviderSettingsManager.spec.ts`	Deleting a missing configuration throws `ProviderSettingsNotFoundError`. Other deletion errors remain wrapped, and tests distinguish a missing configuration from a storage error containing “not found.”

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Webview
  participant ClineProvider
  participant GlobalSettings
  Webview->>ClineProvider: Send viewStateId and presented claim
  ClineProvider->>GlobalSettings: Read persisted view state
  GlobalSettings-->>ClineProvider: Return entry for the ID
  ClineProvider->>GlobalSettings: Persist merged entry
  ClineProvider-->>Webview: Deliver host-minted claim

Possibly related issues

Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2151 — The PR adds claim validation during view-state registration before loading accepted selections.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2152 — The PR changes view-state persistence, import/export handling, and loading, but the supplied context says the issue’s launch-ordering and overlay-model changes are not included.

Possibly related PRs

Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2226 — Defines the stable view-state ID and host-minted claim contract used by this PR.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2237 — Adds further writes to the viewStates pipeline implemented here.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#1557 — Routes configuration operations through per-view provider state and excludes host-owned viewStates from shared API operations.

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review f3ca3

Resetting state while a secret write is in flight can leave a secret in storage that the extension no longer reports. A corrupted per-view state entry can also stop later view-state saves. Fix the reset race and the null-entry filtering before merging; the remaining profile-save rebuild gap is minor.

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Failed checks: 2 errors · 2 warnings

Check name	Explanation	Resolution
Security Boundaries	The changed `viewStates` path leaks a host-minted bearer claim through the public API. `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts:116-136` adds `viewStates` to `globalSettingsSchema`; `GLOBAL_STATE_KEYS` …	Exclude `viewStates` from `API.getConfiguration()` output. Reject or strip `viewStates` in `API.setConfiguration()` before `ContextProxy.setValues()` and profile persistence. Add an API regression test that stores a claimed view state and v…
Persistence Integrity	FAIL — the changed durable view-state path still loses usable state. `savePersistedViewState()` stores a new claim and then calls `postViewStateClaimToWebview()` without awaiting it (`ClineProvider.ts…	Make claim delivery awaitable and error-propagating, and add retry or recovery after a successful `viewStates` write. Send the stable ID and claim with `webviewDidLaunch`, handle `viewStateClaim` in the frontend, and call `setViewStateId()`…
Regression Evidence	The prior regression finding remains unresolved. `ClineProvider.setViewStateId` adds changed early-return guards for non-string `viewStateId` values (lines 865-869) and normalized IDs longer than 64 c…	Add focused `ClineProvider.spec.ts` tests for a non-string `viewStateId` and for a normalized ID longer than 64 characters. Assert that each call keeps the provider on its previous ID and does not load or mutate persisted state or deliver a…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup	The standing lifecycle leak remains in changed code. `ClineProvider` adds `this` to the strong `activeInstances` set at line 489 before `getWorkspacePath()` at line 490. `getWorkspacePath()` calls VS …	Register the provider in `activeInstances` only after all synchronous constructor operations that can throw, including `getWorkspacePath()`, or wrap construction in failure cleanup that deletes `this` before rethrowing. Remove the redundant…

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: a durable per-view viewStates pipeline for webviews. It is concise and specific.
Description check		The description is detailed and covers the related issues, scope, exclusions, implementation areas, test evidence, type-check result, diff budget, and merge order. It does not reproduce every template…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The description is detailed and covers the related issues, scope, exclusions, implementation areas, test evidence, type-check result, diff budget, and merge order. It does not reproduce every template section, such as the checklist and contact details, but the core review information is present.

Full details: Security Boundaries

Explanation

The changed viewStates path leaks a host-minted bearer claim through the public API. packages/types/src/global-settings.ts:116-136 adds viewStates to globalSettingsSchema; GLOBAL_STATE_KEYS then includes it at lines 423-425. ContextProxy.getValues() returns that state at src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts:674-680. ClineProvider persists claimToken at src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:715-729, while API.getConfiguration() filters only isSecretStateKey at src/extension/api.ts:626-630. A third-party extension that receives the activation API can call getConfiguration() and obtain a stable view ID and its claim token, then present that token to setViewStateId from another webview.

Resolution

Exclude viewStates from API.getConfiguration() output. Reject or strip viewStates in API.setConfiguration() before ContextProxy.setValues() and profile persistence. Add an API regression test that stores a claimed view state and verifies that getConfiguration() contains neither viewStates nor claimToken.

Full details: Persistence Integrity

Explanation

FAIL — the changed durable view-state path still loses usable state. savePersistedViewState() stores a new claim and then calls postViewStateClaimToWebview() without awaiting it (ClineProvider.ts:685-748, 796-797); postMessageToWebview() swallows delivery failures (:2193-2214). The production webview sends only webviewDidLaunch without an ID or claim (ExtensionStateContext.tsx:634-636), and the launch handler has no claim registration path (webviewMessageHandler.ts:596-601). A write made before the webview is ready therefore leaves a persisted entry that cannot be recovered. In addition, loadViewState() writes restored mode and profile data only to viewLocalState (ClineProvider.ts:979-1055), while getState() and getStateToPostToWebview() read ContextProxy values directly (:3959-4086, :3619-3717). Persisted selections therefore do not reach the state consumer.

Resolution

Make claim delivery awaitable and error-propagating, and add retry or recovery after a successful viewStates write. Send the stable ID and claim with webviewDidLaunch, handle viewStateClaim in the frontend, and call setViewStateId() before posting state. Merge viewLocalState over shared values in both getState() and getStateToPostToWebview(), including clears. Route every profile activation, deletion, reset, and other mutation path through the durable view-state helper so persisted profile selections stay synchronized.

Full details: Regression Evidence

Explanation

The prior regression finding remains unresolved. ClineProvider.setViewStateId adds changed early-return guards for non-string viewStateId values (lines 865-869) and normalized IDs longer than 64 characters (lines 888-892). The changed ClineProvider.spec.ts covers "__proto__", claims, persistence, and registration failures, but has no focused test for either guard. These branches can keep the temporary ID active and prevent loading, mutation, or claim delivery.

Resolution

Add focused ClineProvider.spec.ts tests for a non-string viewStateId and for a normalized ID longer than 64 characters. Assert that each call keeps the provider on its previous ID and does not load or mutate persisted state or deliver a claim.

Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup

Explanation

The standing lifecycle leak remains in changed code. ClineProvider adds this to the strong activeInstances set at line 489 before getWorkspacePath() at line 490. getWorkspacePath() calls VS Code workspace APIs and can throw while the workspace or editor is being torn down. Construction then aborts before dispose() can execute its removal at line 1475. The failed provider remains in activeInstances, so later visibility and instance iteration can retain and use it. The base constructor added the provider only after getWorkspacePath(). The current constructor also repeats the set insertion at line 496; the Set hides the duplicate but does not fix the failure path.

Resolution

Register the provider in activeInstances only after all synchronous constructor operations that can throw, including getWorkspacePath(), or wrap construction in failure cleanup that deletes this before rethrowing. Remove the redundant second activeInstances.add(this).

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N2 spec now includes the N1 identity tests plus the persistence/load/prune/rekey/export-import coverage; the setValues buffer test moves to the buffer unit.

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Minor · Filter null viewStates entries before pruning. · ClineProvider.ts:597
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:597
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Filter null viewStates entries before pruning.

getPersistedViewStates copies a null entry into the map. prunePersistedViewStates then reads .updatedAt on that entry during sorting. The queued write rejects before setValue runs, so the null entry stays in storage and every later write fails the same way. Filter out entries that are not objects in getPersistedViewStates. The next successful write then removes the bad entry.
🐛 Suggested fix
 		if (!viewStates || typeof viewStates !== "object" || Array.isArray(viewStates)) {
 			return Object.create(null)
 		}

-		// Copy onto a null prototype. A view id that names an Object.prototype key
-		// ("constructor", "toString", "valueOf", ...) must not resolve through the
-		// prototype chain and be mistaken for a persisted entry.
-		return Object.assign(Object.create(null), viewStates)
+		// Copy onto a null prototype, dropping malformed entries. A view id that names an
+		// Object.prototype key must not resolve through the prototype chain. A null entry
+		// would throw in prunePersistedViewStates and block every later write.
+		const sanitized: Record<string, PersistedViewState> = Object.create(null)
+		for (const [viewId, entry] of Object.entries(viewStates)) {
+			if (entry && typeof entry === "object" && !Array.isArray(entry)) {
+				sanitized[viewId] = entry
+			}
+		}
+		return sanitized
 	}
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Review comment at @src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts at line 597:
Update getPersistedViewStates to copy only non-null, non-array object entries
into the null-prototype result, filtering malformed entries before
prunePersistedViewStates processes them.
Minor · Rebuild a task that runs under the saved profile, even when this… · ClineProvider.ts:2639-2641
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:2639-2641
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Rebuild a task that runs under the saved profile, even when this view pins a different profile.

The rebuild at src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:2633-2641 runs only when this.pinnedProfileName === name. A task whose taskApiConfigName is name but whose view pins another profile keeps its old API handler after a non-activating save. The inner taskApiConfigName === name check already prevents switching other tasks, so the outer pin check blocks a rebuild that should happen. This predates the PR. The non-activating branch never rebuilt the task before, and this change only adds the pinned-view rebuild.
🐛 Suggested fix
 			if (this.pinnedProfileName === name) {
 				await this._saveViewLocalStateFromMutation({ apiConfiguration: providerSettings })
-				// Only rebuild when the task actually runs under the saved profile: a
-				// view pinned to this profile can hold a task that follows a different
-				// sticky profile, and the forced rebuild would silently switch that
-				// conversation to the saved profile's settings.
-				if (this.getCurrentTask()?.taskApiConfigName === name) {
-					this.updateTaskApiHandlerIfNeeded(providerSettings, { forceRebuild: true })
-				}
 			}
+			// Only rebuild when the task actually runs under the saved profile.
+			if (this.getCurrentTask()?.taskApiConfigName === name) {
+				this.updateTaskApiHandlerIfNeeded(providerSettings, { forceRebuild: true })
+			}
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Review comment at @src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts around lines 2639 - 2641:
In the save flow, the task handler rebuild is incorrectly gated by
`this.pinnedProfileName === name`. Keep `_saveViewLocalStateFromMutation` inside
that pin check, but move the `getCurrentTask()?.taskApiConfigName === name`
check and `updateTaskApiHandlerIfNeeded` call outside it so a task using the
saved profile is rebuilt even when the view pins another profile.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts:
- Around line 681-687: Update the `viewStateClaim` documentation to describe its
current behavior without claiming that `webviewDidLaunch` validates the claim or
rejects mismatched view state IDs.

Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ProviderSettingsManager.spec.ts:
- Around line 978-980: Extend the deleteConfig tests with a storage-read failure
whose error message contains “not found”; assert the rejection retains the
“Failed to delete config” wrapper and is not a ProviderSettingsNotFoundError.

---

Minor comments:
Review comments at @src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:
- Line 597: Update getPersistedViewStates to copy only non-null, non-array
object entries into the null-prototype result, filtering malformed entries
before prunePersistedViewStates processes them.
- Around line 2639-2641: In the save flow, the task handler rebuild is
incorrectly gated by `this.pinnedProfileName === name`. Keep
`_saveViewLocalStateFromMutation` inside that pin check, but move the
`getCurrentTask()?.taskApiConfigName === name` check and
`updateTaskApiHandlerIfNeeded` call outside it so a task using the saved profile
is rebuilt even when the view pins another profile.

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packages/types/src/__tests__/global-settings.test.ts
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packages/types/src/global-settings.ts
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