molecule-core/canvas
claude-ceo-assistant (Claude Opus 4.7 on Hongming's MacBook) 75a72bf5a2 feat(canvas/chat-server): canvas consumes /chat-history + server-side row-aware reverse (RFC #2945 PR-C-2)
Closes the SSOT story shipped in PR-C/D: canvas now consumes the typed
/chat-history endpoint instead of /activity?type=a2a_receive, and the
server emits messages in display-ready chronological order so the
client doesn't have to re-order them.

## Canvas (consumer migration)

- loadMessagesFromDB swaps from /activity to /chat-history.
- Drops type=a2a_receive + source=canvas params (server applies the
  filter centrally now).
- Drops [...activities].reverse() — wire is already display-ready.
- Drops the local INTERNAL_SELF_MESSAGE_PREFIXES constant +
  isInternalSelfMessage helper. Server-side IsInternalSelfMessage
  applies the same predicate before emitting rows.
- Drops the activityRowToMessages + ActivityRowForHydration imports
  from historyHydration.ts. The TS parser stays in tree because
  message-parser.ts is still load-bearing for live A2A WebSocket
  messages (ChatTab.tsx:805, AgentCommsPanel.tsx, canvas-events.ts).

## Server (row-aware wire-order fix)

The pre-PR-C-2 client did `[...activities].reverse()` over ROWS, then
flattened each row into [user, agent] messages. The reversal was
ROW-aware. After PR-C/D, the server returned a flat ChatMessage slice
in `ORDER BY created_at DESC` order, with [user, agent] within each
row. A naive client-side flat reverse would FLIP each pair (agent
before user at same timestamp).

Two ways to fix it:

  A) Server emits oldest-first within page; canvas does NOT reverse.
  B) Canvas does row-aware reversal (group by timestamp, reverse).

Option A is cleaner — server owns the wire-order responsibility, every
client trusts `for m of messages` to render chronologically. Server
adds reverseRowChunks() that:

  1. Groups consecutive same-Timestamp messages into row chunks
     (1-2 messages per row).
  2. Reverses the chunk order (newest-row-first → oldest-row-first).
  3. Flattens. Within-chunk [user, agent] order is preserved.

Single-message rows (agent reply not yet recorded, attachments-only
user upload) collapse to 1-element chunks and reverse correctly too.

## Tests

Server: 3 new unit tests on reverseRowChunks (paired across rows,
single-message rows, empty input) + 1 sqlmock integration test on
List() that drives the full SQL → reverse → wire path. Mutation-tested:
removed `messages = reverseRowChunks(messages)` from List(), confirmed
the integration test fires red with all 4 misordered indices flagged.
Restored, all 25 messagestore tests + 9 chat-history handler tests
green.

Canvas: 8 lazyHistory pagination tests refactored to mock
/chat-history (not /activity) and assert against the new wire shape
({messages, reached_end} not raw activity rows). All 1389/1389 vitest
tests green; tsc --noEmit clean.

## Three weakest spots (hostile-reviewer self-pass)

1. reverseRowChunks groups by Timestamp string equality. If two
   distinct rows had the SAME timestamp (legitimately possible at sub-
   millisecond granularity), the algorithm would treat them as one
   chunk and not reverse them relative to each other. Mitigated:
   activity_logs.created_at uses microsecond resolution; concurrent
   inserts at exact-same microsecond are vanishingly rare. If a
   collision happens, the within-chunk order is whatever the SQL
   returned — both rows render at the same timestamp, no user-visible
   misordering.

2. The pre-existing TS parser files (historyHydration.ts +
   message-parser.ts) stay in tree. historyHydration.ts is now dead
   code (no consumers post-migration); deletion is parked as a follow-
   up after a one-week observation window confirms no live-message
   consumer reaches it.

3. canvas's loadMessagesFromDB returns `resp.messages ?? []`. If the
   server were ever to return `null` instead of `[]` (it currently
   doesn't — handler defensively coerces nil to []), the nullish coalesce
   keeps the canvas from crashing. A stricter wire schema would assert
   the never-null invariant; for today's pragmatic safety, the ?? is
   enough.

## Security review

- Untrusted input? Same as PR-C — agent JSON parsed defensively in
  the messagestore parser. No new exposure.
- Trust boundary? Same. Canvas → /chat-history → wsAuth → messagestore.
- Output sanitization? Plain text + opaque attachment URIs as before.

No security-relevant changes beyond what /chat-history already
exposes via PR-C. Considered, not skipped.

## Versioning / backwards compat

- /activity endpoint unchanged.
- /chat-history endpoint shape unchanged (still {messages, reached_end});
  only the wire ORDER within a page changed (newest-first row → oldest-
  first row). Canvas is the only consumer in tree; no API consumers
  depend on the previous order.
- canvas's loadMessagesFromDB call signature unchanged — internal
  refactor.

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e2e canvas/e2e: surface admin-orgs row + workspace body on failure 2026-05-03 14:01:50 -07:00
public chore: replace brand icon and add HANDOFF.md 2026-04-13 13:03:40 -07:00
src feat(canvas/chat-server): canvas consumes /chat-history + server-side row-aware reverse (RFC #2945 PR-C-2) 2026-05-06 16:55:00 -07:00
.env.example fix(canvas): close 4 gaps in WS status indicator (env, toast, tests) 2026-04-14 08:26:38 +00:00
.gitignore feat(canvas): SaaS cross-origin — slug header + cookie credentials (Phase F) 2026-04-14 20:08:39 -07:00
components.json fix(canvas): restore text-white on saturated buttons + close zinc gaps 2026-05-03 02:04:20 -07:00
Dockerfile chore(canvas): upgrade node:20-alpine → node:22-alpine 2026-04-24 18:54:30 +00:00
next.config.ts fix(canvas,dotenv): review-driven hardening of fit gate + parser parity 2026-04-24 22:23:51 -07:00
package-lock.json fix(canvas): regenerate lockfile with cross-platform optional deps 2026-05-03 01:52:42 -07:00
package.json feat(canvas): warm-paper theme + Tailwind v4 migration 2026-05-03 01:43:55 -07:00
playwright.config.ts initial commit — Molecule AI platform 2026-04-13 11:55:37 -07:00
playwright.staging.config.ts feat(e2e): canary + canvas Playwright workflows; delegation mechanics 2026-04-21 04:15:10 -07:00
postcss.config.js feat(canvas): warm-paper theme + Tailwind v4 migration 2026-05-03 01:43:55 -07:00
tsconfig.json initial commit — Molecule AI platform 2026-04-13 11:55:37 -07:00
vitest.config.ts feat(canvas): vitest coverage instrumentation (#1815, no CI gate yet) 2026-04-26 23:44:07 -07:00