pi-mono/packages/coding-agent
robopipi[bot] a6a7bac868
fix(coding-agent): hidden thinking with an empty label renders no rows (#11470)
When thinking was hidden and the hidden-thinking label was set to `""`
(for example with `ctx.ui.setHiddenThinkingLabel("")`), every assistant
message that contained thinking still drew blank rows:
- thinking followed by a tool call drew 2 blank rows;
- thinking followed by text drew 3 blank rows before the text.

`AssistantMessageComponent.updateContent()` had three causes:
- It counted hidden thinking as visible content when deciding on the
leading and trailing spacers.
- It always added the label component. With an empty label the theme's
escape codes are still there, so the component rendered one blank row.

**What changed**
- A hidden thinking run with an empty label is now skipped entirely. Its
run index is still advanced, so click overrides on other runs keep their
indices.
- Spacers are now added lazily, just before the next visible block. The
result is the same as before: one spacer before the first visible block,
and one after a visible thinking run that is followed by more visible
content. But spacing now follows what actually renders.
- Default behaviour (the "Thinking..." label, or expanded thinking) is
unchanged.

**Testing**
- Added two tests to `test/assistant-message.test.ts`:
- a hidden thinking run with an empty label renders nothing, both before
a tool call (`[]`) and before text (`["", "answer"]`);
- with the default label, rendering still gives `["", "Thinking...", "",
"answer"]`.
- The empty-label test fails without the fix and passes with it.
- `npm run check` passes. The `test/assistant-message.test.ts` and
`test/interactive-mode*` tests pass.
- Rendering the component directly, with hidden thinking and an empty
label:
  - thinking + tool call: before, 2 blank rows; after, `[]`;
- thinking + text: before, 3 blank rows then the text; after, `["", "
hi"]`.

Fixes #11402

Requested by @badlogic

Co-authored-by: triagent <triagent@localhost>
2026-10-27 09:19:37 +01:00
..
docs docs: fix provider checklist, MCP anchors, and missing commands/settings (#11338) 2026-10-23 17:02:41 +02:00
examples fix(ai,chord,durable,coding-agent): parse streamed tool-call arguments incrementally (fixes #9265) 2026-10-24 08:00:07 +00:00
install-lock fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +01:00
schemas feat(ai,coding-agent): image input for System One classifiers 2026-10-21 23:53:47 +02:00
scripts docs(ai,coding-agent): generate models.json reference from schemas (#11038) 2026-10-16 21:53:00 +01:00
src fix(coding-agent): hidden thinking with an empty label renders no rows (#11470) 2026-10-27 09:19:37 +01:00
test fix(coding-agent): hidden thinking with an empty label renders no rows (#11470) 2026-10-27 09:19:37 +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 fix: harden handling of untrusted URLs, terminal text, and streamed data 2026-10-26 20:46:31 +01:00
package.json fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +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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