pi-mono/packages/coding-agent
Petr Houška 7f47a2ed09
feat(coding-agent): let ctx.ui.custom() overlays report blocked program status (#11851)
Closes #11816.

## Problem

`ctx.ui.custom()` accepted `blocked` only for inline components.
Overlays ignored it, so an extension question shown as an overlay left
pi reporting `working` over OSC 7501. Example: pi-ask-user in its
default overlay mode inside Herdr App never shows the session as blocked
and never notifies.

## Change

- Each overlay opened with `blocked` registers its own program status
source (`extension-overlay:N`) after `showOverlay()` and clears it when
the overlay calls `done()`.
- The status stays while the overlay is hidden with `setHidden()` or
covered by another overlay: the question is still unanswered.
- Separate sources per overlay, so closing one keeps other open
questions, dialogs and login prompts blocked. With several blocking
prompts, the most recently shown one supplies `kind` and `message`.
- Overlays without `blocked` (loaders etc.) register nothing and cannot
clear another overlay's status.
- `/reload` and session switches drop overlays without calling `done()`;
`resetExtensionUI()` now clears their blocked status so pi does not stay
blocked.
- Inline components are unchanged: they report the dialog shown in the
editor slot, so a non-blocking component shown in its place clears the
status until it closes.
- Docs (`docs/tui.md`, `custom()` JSDoc) and changelog updated.

## Testing

- `npm run check`
- `test/interactive-mode-extension-dialogs.test.ts`: new regression test
(two blocking overlays, one non-blocking overlay, hide, close in order)
and one for clearing the status on reset.

pi-ask-user still needs to pass `blocked` for its overlay prompts.
2026-11-05 23:23:58 +01:00
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docs feat(coding-agent): let ctx.ui.custom() overlays report blocked program status (#11851) 2026-11-05 23:23:58 +01:00
examples feat(storage): replication (#11696) 2026-11-05 12:03:16 +01:00
install-lock feat(coding-agent): upgrade Mermaid terminal rendering (#8158) 2026-11-04 11:06:51 +01:00
schemas fix(ai): allow prompt cache keys for compatible proxies (#9442) 2026-11-04 11:36:35 +01:00
scripts docs(ai,coding-agent): generate models.json reference from schemas (#11038) 2026-10-16 21:53:00 +01:00
src feat(coding-agent): let ctx.ui.custom() overlays report blocked program status (#11851) 2026-11-05 23:23:58 +01:00
test feat(coding-agent): let ctx.ui.custom() overlays report blocked program status (#11851) 2026-11-05 23:23:58 +01:00
.gitignore Fix tool call ID normalization for cross-provider switches to Anthropic/GitHub Copilot 2026-01-13 04:07:10 +01:00
CHANGELOG.md feat(coding-agent): let ctx.ui.custom() overlays report blocked program status (#11851) 2026-11-05 23:23:58 +01:00
package.json feat(coding-agent): upgrade Mermaid terminal rendering (#8158) 2026-11-04 11:06:51 +01:00
README.md feat(coding-agent): add Nix flake (#9137) 2026-10-02 18:30:51 +02:00
tsconfig.build.json feat(coding-agent): remove the experimental server stack and the client, protocol, and server packages 2026-10-12 10:41:59 +00:00
tsconfig.examples.json chore: migrate pi packages to earendil works scope 2026-05-07 15:59:42 +02:00
vitest.config.ts fix: use bounded runtime paths for Unix sockets 2026-08-14 17:02:03 +03:00

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