docs(changelog): v2.6.5-panes-tabs-composer

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes per release tag. Most recent on top, ordered by tag creation date (which matches the git history). Tag names follow `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-slug` — the slug describes what shipped, so the tag name alone is enough to recall the batch.
 
+## v2.6.5-panes-tabs-composer — 2026-05-31
+
+A workspace UX batch across BooChat panes, tabs, and the composer, plus the persistence model that backs them. **Panes & tabs:** a chat can be opened in a fresh pane (the ChatTabBar tab context menu's "Open in new pane", and the fork button — which now lands the fork beside the original via a new `open_chat_in_new_pane` event instead of replacing the active pane); the per-pane "+" became a New BooChat/BooTerm/BooCode menu; closing a chat pane relocates its tabs (in order) into the oldest chat/empty pane instead of discarding them, and reopen strips the restored chatIds from every live pane first so a relocated-then-reopened pane never duplicates a tab (no stack-shape change); each tab carries a stable session-scoped number assigned on open and retired on close (never reused), rendered map-keyed rather than positional. The per-message "Open in pane" artifact button was removed, and the empty/landing pane became a real session history — the session's open chats plus separately-fetched archived chats, click to open or restore-and-open. **Persistence:** `sessions.workspace_panes` was widened from a bare `WorkspacePane[]` to a `WorkspaceState` envelope (`panes` + `tabNumbers`/`nextTabNumber` + `closedPaneStack`) so tab numbers and the reopen stack survive reload; the PATCH validator accepts the legacy array or the envelope (zod union) and migrates on write, and the `session_workspace_updated` WS-frame schema was widened on both web and server (byte-identical, parity test green) — the same schema-drift class as `v2.6.4-agent-sessions-fk`. **Composer:** the send button morphs Send → Stop → Queue with generation state (BooCoder keys on `sending || activeTaskId`, which also corrected its queue gates and added `cancelTask`), the standalone "Stop generating" pill was folded into it, and pasted chips now trail the typed text so a leading slash command stays first. **Tooling:** adds the read-only `read_tab_by_number` tool — resolves a session-scoped tab number to its chat via the persisted `tabNumbers` map and returns that chat's transcript; tools gained an optional `ToolExecCtx` (`{ sql, sessionId }`) on `execute` to support DB-reading tools. Builds on `v2.6.4-agent-sessions-fk`.
+
+## v2.6.4-agent-sessions-fk — 2026-05-31
+
+Follow-up to `v2.6.3-chatkey-and-skills` (P1.5-b): the live `agent_sessions.session_id` foreign key is converged from `ON DELETE CASCADE` to `ON DELETE SET NULL`, matching the schema's stated intent. The P1.5-b re-key block re-adds `session_id_fkey` as `SET NULL`, but the whole block is guarded on `chat_id_fkey`'s absence — so a database already re-keyed to `(chat_id, agent)` while `session_id_fkey` was still `CASCADE` never re-enters it, leaving the live FK at `CASCADE` and diverging from both `worktree_id` (already `SET NULL`) and the `v2.6.3` changelog's own claim that `session_id` is informational `SET NULL`. The fix adds a standalone `confdeltype`-guarded `DO` block (mirroring the `session_worktrees` defang) that flips `session_id_fkey` `CASCADE → SET NULL` independently of the re-key gate; it is idempotent — fires only while the FK is still `'c'`, a no-op on a fresh deploy (already `'n'`) and on every re-run. The live DB was converged by hand with the identical statements, so `applySchema` and the hand-applied state match (`\d agent_sessions` now shows `session_id ... ON DELETE SET NULL`). Also bundles a CLAUDE.md doc-sync (committed separately): per-session SSE (P1.5-a) and the `(chat_id, agent)` re-key reflected in the engineering notes, the stale root `AGENTS.md` navigation pointer dropped, and new conventions for `data/AGENTS.md` parsing and the `data/skills/<vendor>/` layout.
+
+## v2.6.3-chatkey-and-skills — 2026-05-31
+
+Three threads. **agent_sessions re-keyed to `(chat_id, agent)` (P1.5-b):** the tab (a chat) is now the agent-context unit, so two opencode tabs in one BooCode session are two independent contexts that share one worktree. `chat_id` is threaded end-to-end — `tasks.chat_id` added, stamped by the coder message + skills routes from the frontend tab, read by `runOpenCodeServerTask` which falls back to resolve-or-create a chat for session-less creators (arena/MCP/new_task/generic `/api/tasks`) so `ensureSession` never receives a degenerate `(null, agent)` key. A new first-class `worktrees` table (one-per-session, survives session delete via `session_id ON DELETE SET NULL`) supersedes `session_worktrees`, which is defanged (CASCADE dropped, not yet removed); `agent_sessions.chat_id` CASCADEs from `chats` (closing a tab ends its context) while `worktree_id`/`session_id` are informational `SET NULL`. The migration is idempotent with a backfill-verify gate; the live re-key was applied against an empty table after the 35-chat test session `20d28876` was deleted (backed up first). This corrects and supersedes an earlier draft that wrongly keyed on `(worktree_id, agent)`; the delete-guard from `v2.6.2-delete-guard-and-sse` is repointed here from `session_worktrees` to `worktrees` (`worktree_path`→`path`). **dcp-strip cross-chunk fix:** the `<dcp-message-id>` tag streams split across SSE deltas, which the per-chunk strip from `v2.6.1-phase1-opencode` missed — a stateful `makeDcpStreamStripper` at the dispatcher boundary holds back partial-tag tails so neither live frames nor persisted content carry the tag (11 unit tests). **Agent-judgment skills:** `committing-changes` (segment by concern, stage explicitly, present-and-stop, never push) and `using-worktrees` (the when-to-isolate heuristic, autonomous-when-clear vs committing's command-gate) land in `data/skills/boocode/` with eval.yamls, plus a parser-safe `data/AGENTS.md` preamble pointing at both.
+
 ## v2.6.2-delete-guard-and-sse — 2026-05-30
 
 Two coder-side batches under one tag. **Session-delete work-loss guard:** deleting a BooChat session CASCADE-wipes its `session_worktrees` row, which would silently orphan uncommitted/unpushed/unmerged work — so the server's `DELETE /api/sessions/:id` now gates before the delete. It reads `session_worktrees` from the shared DB first (no row → chat-only session → delete immediately, zero round-trip), and for worktree-backed sessions calls a new BooCoder endpoint (`/worktree-risk`) that runs git on the host, since the container can't see `/tmp/booworktrees` — only the host systemd service can. `checkWorktreeWorkAtRisk` reports dirty/unpushed/unmerged via the audited `hostExec`+`shellEscape` path, default branch detected from `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` (never the worktree's own branch, never hardcoded); any at-risk worktree returns 409 with per-worktree `RiskReport[]`, `force=true` bypasses, and the check is fail-closed (BooCoder unreachable also blocks — force still escapes). The sidebar renders a block dialog distinguishing work-at-risk (Commit/Stash/Force; stash uses `-u` and re-blocks on remaining commits) from couldn't-verify (Cancel/Force), and Commit never auto-commits. A follow-up fix gates the `unpushed` arm behind an actual upstream (`atRisk = dirty || unmerged > 0 || (hasUpstream && unpushed > 0)`) so the no-upstream `session-<id>` branches stop flagging every pristine worktree-backed session — no protection lost, since real local work always also surfaces as `unmerged > 0`. **Per-session SSE (P1.5-a):** replaces the single global SSE loop scoped to the most-recent worktree directory — the known limit flagged in `v2.6.1-phase1-opencode` — with one `event.subscribe({directory})` per live opencode session, so sessions in different worktrees stream concurrently instead of the second silently dropping the first's events. Each session owns an `AbortController` wired into `subscribe(…, {signal})`, which also fixes a latent Phase-1 bug where switching directories left the old loop parked forever in its `for await` (zombie loops); a `sessionID` demux guard drops cross-session events so two sessions sharing a worktree (possible after P1.5-b) don't double-process deltas. The opencode SDK was confirmed to open an independent SSE connection per `subscribe()` call, so N concurrent dir-scoped streams are supported.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
 
-**Cursor agents:** start with `AGENTS.md` (navigation) and `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` (diagram). This file is the deep engineering reference.
+**Cursor agents:** start with `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` (diagram). This file is the deep engineering reference. (Note: the root navigation `AGENTS.md` was removed in v1.12; `data/AGENTS.md` is the agent *registry*, not navigation.)
 
 ## What is BooCode
 
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ Route registration: all routes registered in `index.ts` via `register*Routes(app
 - **Provider snapshot lifecycle** (`apps/coder/src/services/`): `provider-config.ts` (Zod config, never-throws on bad input) → `provider-config-registry.ts` (`buildResolvedRegistry`, singleton) → `provider-snapshot.ts` (two-tier probe: tier-1 fast presence, tier-2 cold ACP probe skipped unless force / stale `PROVIDER_PROBE_TTL_MS` 24h / dbEmpty; cached). Verify live: `curl http://100.114.205.53:9502/api/providers/snapshot` — returns providers + models + commands, the exact shape `AgentComposerBar` renders.
 - `PATCH /api/providers/config` replaces a provider id's override object **wholesale** (per-id shallow merge) — to flip one field send `{...existing, enabled}`, or a custom ACP entry's `command`/`label` is wiped and it drops out of the resolved registry. `data/coder-providers.json` is **gitignored** (it's live runtime config — the coder reads AND writes it on UI toggles); the tracked reference is `data/coder-providers.example.json`. The loader falls back to `{providers:{}}` (built-ins only) when the live file is absent, so a fresh checkout needs no copy.
 - **opencode** runs as a warm HTTP server (v2.6 Phase 1, `services/backends/opencode-server.ts` — `opencode serve` per BooCoder process, one opencode session per BooCode session, resumed via `agent_sessions`). goose/qwen/claude still dispatch **one-shot** ACP/PTY with no ctx/token usage; only native `boocode` (llama-swap engine) tracks ctx. Paseo's per-provider native clients (design §12) deliberately not ported.
-- **opencode SSE** (`opencode-server.ts`): live streaming arrives as `session.next.text.delta` / `session.next.reasoning.delta` / `session.next.tool.{called,success,failed}` — NOT `message.part.*` (those are terminal/post-hoc). `client.event.subscribe({ directory })` MUST pass the session's worktree directory; omit it and opencode scopes events to the server's `process.cwd()` → zero session events (empty turns, 180s watchdog timeout). One SSE stream at a time scoped to the last session's dir — concurrent opencode sessions in different worktrees collide (known Phase 1 limit, warns). Turn completes on `session.idle`; `promptAsync` is fire-and-forget (204).
+- **opencode SSE** (`opencode-server.ts`): live streaming arrives as `session.next.text.delta` / `session.next.reasoning.delta` / `session.next.tool.{called,success,failed}` — NOT `message.part.*` (those are terminal/post-hoc). `client.event.subscribe({ directory })` MUST pass the session's worktree directory; omit it and opencode scopes events to the server's `process.cwd()` → zero session events (empty turns, 180s watchdog timeout). Per-session SSE (P1.5-a): each live session owns its own `event.subscribe({directory})` loop + AbortController, so concurrent sessions in different worktrees stream independently; a `sessionID` demux guard drops cross-session events when two share a dir. Turn completes on `session.idle`; `promptAsync` is fire-and-forget (204).
 - **opencode model strings** must be provider-prefixed (`llama-swap/<model>`) AND exist in `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json` `provider.llama-swap.models` — not merely loadable by llama-swap. `parseModel` infers `llama-swap/` for a bare id; the dispatcher coalesces empty→DEFAULT_MODEL then prefixes. `agent-probe` populates opencode's `available_agents.models` via `mergeLlamaSwap` (fetches `/v1/models`); empty model list → frontend sends `''` → no inference (`input:0`, empty turn).
-- **agent_sessions resume**: `config_hash = sha256('opencode_server|<model>')` — must NOT include the server port (random per boot; including it breaks cross-restart resume). `session_worktrees` + `agent_sessions` FKs to `sessions(id)` are `ON DELETE CASCADE` (else DELETE /api/sessions/:id 500s on FK violation). The `@opencode-ai/sdk` v2 client takes flattened params (`{sessionID, directory, parts, model:{providerID,modelID}}`), imports `createOpencodeClient` from `@opencode-ai/sdk/v2/client`.
+- **agent_sessions resume**: `config_hash = sha256('opencode_server|<model>')` — must NOT include the server port (random per boot; including it breaks cross-restart resume). P1.5-b: `agent_sessions` is keyed `(chat_id, agent)` — the tab/chat is the context unit (two opencode tabs in one session = two contexts sharing one worktree). `chat_id` CASCADEs from `chats`; `session_id`/`worktree_id` are informational `SET NULL`. The `worktrees` table (one-per-session, `session_id` SET NULL so it survives session delete) supersedes the defanged `session_worktrees`. `tasks.chat_id` threads the tab id to the dispatcher; `runOpenCodeServerTask` falls back to resolve-or-create a chat when it's null (arena/MCP/new_task). The `@opencode-ai/sdk` v2 client takes flattened params (`{sessionID, directory, parts, model:{providerID,modelID}}`), imports `createOpencodeClient` from `@opencode-ai/sdk/v2/client`.
 
 ### Frontend (`apps/web/src/`)
 
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ BooCoder at port 9502: `curl http://100.114.205.53:9502/api/health`. Runs as `bo
 - **ReadableStream test stubs** use `pull()` (not `start()`) so chunks are produced lazily — `start()` enqueues everything and calls `controller.close()` before the consumer reads, so a subsequent `reader.cancel()` finds the stream already closed and the `cancel()` callback never fires. Also provide MORE chunks than the test will consume so the source stays in 'readable' state when cancel runs (e.g. cap test reads ~6 chunks, stub provides 10).
 - Tool-name whitelists must derive from `ALL_TOOLS` in `services/tools.ts`, never hardcoded. `services/agents.ts` `ALL_TOOL_NAMES` had this drift class until v1.12 — same pattern applies to any future tool-aware code.
 - Agent registry lives at `data/AGENTS.md` (global, bind-mounted at `/data/AGENTS.md`). No per-project `AGENTS.md` in this repo — removed in v1.12 to eliminate the two-files-must-stay-in-sync drift. The `getAgentsForProject` per-project override mechanism remains for *other* projects.
+- `data/AGENTS.md` is PARSED (`agents.ts` `splitSections`/`parseAgentSection`): each `## <Name>` is one agent and must be followed by a `---` frontmatter fence or the block throws; content before the first `## ` is discarded. Do NOT add free-form `## ` rule sections — they break the registry. Cross-cutting agent rules go in CLAUDE.md or a parser-ignored preamble.
+- Skills live in `data/skills/<vendor>/`; Sam's own namespace is `boocode/` (`committing-changes`, `using-worktrees`, `improving-boocode-guidance`) — `SKILL.md` + optional `eval.yaml` (gerund names; eval = `skill:` + `tasks:` of `prompt`+`grader`, incl. a negative-trigger task). `data/skills/` is canonical; a divergent mirror at `/opt/skills/` exists.
 - MCP stdio transport uses newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON), NOT LSP-style `Content-Length` headers. The `codecontext/shim.go` framing implementation is the reference; per the MCP spec (modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/server/transports).
 - **Workspace dependency pattern** (`apps/coder` → `@boocode/server`): the consuming package adds `"@boocode/server": "workspace:*"` in `package.json`. The provider's `package.json` needs `exports` with `types` + `default` conditions per subpath: `"./inference": { "types": "./dist/.../index.d.ts", "default": "./dist/.../index.js" }`. Without the `types` condition, NodeNext resolution can't find `.d.ts` files and tsc fails with "Cannot find module" in the consumer.
 - **JSONB columns**: use `sql.json(value as never)` — NOT `${JSON.stringify(value)}::jsonb` which double-serializes (stores a JSON string instead of a JSON object/array). Pattern established in `parts.ts`, `settings.ts`.

apps/coder/src/routes/messages.ts

@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ export function registerMessageRoutes(
         // External provider: create a task for the dispatcher
         const projectId = sessionRows[0]!.project_id;
         const [task] = await sql<{ id: string; state: string }[]>`
-          INSERT INTO tasks (project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id)
-          VALUES (${projectId}, ${content}, ${provider}, ${model ?? null}, ${mode_id ?? null}, ${thinking_option_id ?? null}, ${sessionId})
+          INSERT INTO tasks (project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id, chat_id)
+          VALUES (${projectId}, ${content}, ${provider}, ${model ?? null}, ${mode_id ?? null}, ${thinking_option_id ?? null}, ${sessionId}, ${chatId})
           RETURNING id, state
         `;
         reply.code(202);

apps/coder/src/routes/skills.ts

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ export function registerSkillRoutes(
 
         const taskInput = `${body}\n\n---\n\n${userText}`;
         const [task] = await sql<{ id: string; state: string }[]>`
-          INSERT INTO tasks (project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id)
-          VALUES (${sessionRows[0]!.project_id}, ${taskInput}, ${provider}, ${model ?? null}, ${mode_id ?? null}, ${thinking_option_id ?? null}, ${sessionId})
+          INSERT INTO tasks (project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id, chat_id)
+          VALUES (${sessionRows[0]!.project_id}, ${taskInput}, ${provider}, ${model ?? null}, ${mode_id ?? null}, ${thinking_option_id ?? null}, ${sessionId}, ${chatId})
           RETURNING id, state
         `;
         await sql`UPDATE chats SET updated_at = clock_timestamp() WHERE id = ${chatId}`;

apps/coder/src/routes/worktree-safety.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function registerWorktreeSafetyRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, sql: Sql): vo
     '/api/sessions/:sessionId/worktree-risk',
     async (req) => {
       const rows = await sql<{ worktree_path: string }[]>`
-        SELECT worktree_path FROM session_worktrees WHERE session_id = ${req.params.sessionId}
+        SELECT path AS worktree_path FROM worktrees WHERE session_id = ${req.params.sessionId}
       `;
       const reports = [];
       for (const row of rows) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function registerWorktreeSafetyRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, sql: Sql): vo
     '/api/sessions/:sessionId/worktree-stash',
     async (req) => {
       const rows = await sql<{ worktree_path: string }[]>`
-        SELECT worktree_path FROM session_worktrees WHERE session_id = ${req.params.sessionId}
+        SELECT path AS worktree_path FROM worktrees WHERE session_id = ${req.params.sessionId}
       `;
       const results = [];
       for (const row of rows) {

apps/coder/src/schema.sql

@@ -83,16 +83,20 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS session_worktrees (
   base_commit TEXT,
   created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT clock_timestamp()
 );
--- Migrate existing FK to CASCADE (idempotent: drops the old constraint if present).
+-- P1.5-b: DEFANG the CASCADE — a session delete must no longer wipe its worktree
+-- row. This table is SUPERSEDED by `worktrees` below; all readers are repointed
+-- this phase, so the row just persists (dead) on session delete until a later
+-- cleanup drops the table. session_id is this table's PRIMARY KEY, so it cannot be
+-- nullable → SET NULL is invalid and NO ACTION/RESTRICT would block deletes; the
+-- only valid defang is to drop the FK with no replacement. Idempotent: only fires
+-- while the FK is still ON DELETE CASCADE ('c').
 DO $$ BEGIN
   IF EXISTS (
     SELECT 1 FROM pg_constraint
     WHERE conname = 'session_worktrees_session_id_fkey'
-      AND confdeltype <> 'c'
+      AND confdeltype = 'c'
   ) THEN
     ALTER TABLE session_worktrees DROP CONSTRAINT session_worktrees_session_id_fkey;
-    ALTER TABLE session_worktrees ADD CONSTRAINT session_worktrees_session_id_fkey
-      FOREIGN KEY (session_id) REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
   END IF;
 END $$;
 
@@ -127,6 +131,101 @@ END $$;
 -- v2.6: config fingerprint for stale-session detection (auto-recover on model change).
 ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS config_hash TEXT;
 
+-- ─── P1.5-b (corrected): worktrees entity + re-key agent_sessions to (chat_id, agent) ───
+-- The TAB (a chat) is the context unit: two opencode tabs in one session = two
+-- independent contexts sharing one worktree. So agent_sessions keys on
+-- (chat_id, agent), NOT (worktree_id, agent) or (session_id, agent). The
+-- `worktrees` table is one-per-session (selectable later) and only referenced
+-- informationally by agent_sessions.worktree_id (SET NULL); chat_id is the key.
+--
+-- PREREQUISITE: the unmigratable test session (35 chats, 1 agent_sessions row that
+-- maps to no single chat) is DELETED before this runs, so agent_sessions is empty
+-- and the chat_id backfill is N/A. If a row with NULL chat_id remains, the verify
+-- gate below RAISEs and aborts — delete the offending session first.
+
+-- worktree as a first-class entity; survives session delete (session_id SET NULL).
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS worktrees (
+  id          UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+  session_id  UUID REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+  project_id  UUID,
+  path        TEXT NOT NULL,
+  branch      TEXT,
+  base_commit TEXT,
+  slug        TEXT,
+  status      TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active' CHECK (status IN ('active','archived')),
+  created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT clock_timestamp()
+);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS worktrees_active_path_uidx ON worktrees(path) WHERE status='active';
+
+-- Migrate any surviving session_worktrees rows → worktrees (idempotent; 0 rows
+-- after the test-session delete, kept for generality / fresh-DB safety).
+INSERT INTO worktrees (session_id, path, branch, base_commit, status)
+SELECT sw.session_id, sw.worktree_path, 'session-' || sw.session_id, sw.base_commit, 'active'
+FROM session_worktrees sw
+WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM worktrees w WHERE w.session_id = sw.session_id AND w.status='active');
+
+-- Dispatch hint: which chat (tab) a task belongs to. The coder message route and
+-- skills route set it from the frontend tab; session-less creators (arena, MCP,
+-- new_task, generic /api/tasks) leave it NULL and the dispatcher creates a chat.
+ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS chat_id UUID REFERENCES chats(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
+
+-- Re-key columns on agent_sessions.
+ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS chat_id UUID;
+ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS worktree_id UUID;
+
+-- BACKFILL-VERIFY GATE: the new PK is (chat_id, agent), so chat_id must be
+-- non-null on every row before the swap. With the test session deleted this is a
+-- 0-row assertion; if any row has NULL chat_id (an unmigratable pre-existing row),
+-- abort loudly rather than create a degenerate (NULL, agent) key.
+DO $$
+DECLARE n int;
+BEGIN
+  SELECT count(*) INTO n FROM agent_sessions WHERE chat_id IS NULL;
+  IF n > 0 THEN
+    RAISE EXCEPTION 'P1.5-b: % agent_sessions row(s) have NULL chat_id — delete the unmigratable session(s) before applying', n;
+  END IF;
+END $$;
+
+-- Swap PK (session_id,agent) → (chat_id,agent) + FKs (run-once, guarded on the new
+-- FK's absence). chat_id CASCADEs from chats (closing a tab ends its context);
+-- worktree_id is informational SET NULL; session_id defanged to nullable SET NULL.
+DO $$ BEGIN
+  IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'agent_sessions_chat_id_fkey') THEN
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS agent_sessions_pkey;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS agent_sessions_session_id_fkey;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ALTER COLUMN session_id DROP NOT NULL;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ALTER COLUMN chat_id SET NOT NULL;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_pkey PRIMARY KEY (chat_id, agent);
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_chat_id_fkey
+      FOREIGN KEY (chat_id) REFERENCES chats(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_session_id_fkey
+      FOREIGN KEY (session_id) REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_worktree_id_fkey
+      FOREIGN KEY (worktree_id) REFERENCES worktrees(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
+  END IF;
+END $$;
+
+-- P1.5-b follow-up: converge agent_sessions.session_id FK CASCADE → SET NULL.
+-- The re-key block above re-adds session_id_fkey as SET NULL, but it is guarded on
+-- chat_id_fkey's ABSENCE — so a DB already re-keyed to (chat_id, agent) while
+-- session_id_fkey was still ON DELETE CASCADE never re-enters that block and stays
+-- 'c'. This standalone guard flips it to SET NULL ('n'), matching worktree_id.
+-- Idempotent (mirrors the session_worktrees defang's confdeltype check): only fires
+-- while the FK is still CASCADE — a no-op on a fresh deploy (already 'n' from the
+-- re-key block) and on every re-run thereafter.
+DO $$ BEGIN
+  IF EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM pg_constraint
+    WHERE conname = 'agent_sessions_session_id_fkey'
+      AND confdeltype = 'c'
+  ) THEN
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ALTER COLUMN session_id DROP NOT NULL;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions DROP CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_session_id_fkey;
+    ALTER TABLE agent_sessions ADD CONSTRAINT agent_sessions_session_id_fkey
+      FOREIGN KEY (session_id) REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
+  END IF;
+END $$;
+
 -- v2.6: attribution for DiffPanel badges (Phase 1 UX reads this).
 ALTER TABLE pending_changes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS agent TEXT;
 

apps/coder/src/services/__tests__/dcp-strip.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { stripDcpTags, makeDcpStreamStripper } from '../dcp-strip.js';
+
+// Feed chunks through a fresh stripper and return the fully reassembled output
+// (everything emitted during streaming + the final flush) — i.e. what the
+// dispatcher would accumulate into the persisted message content.
+function run(chunks: string[]): string {
+  const s = makeDcpStreamStripper();
+  let out = '';
+  for (const c of chunks) out += s.push(c);
+  out += s.flush();
+  return out;
+}
+
+describe('stripDcpTags (one-shot)', () => {
+  it('removes a complete tag', () => {
+    expect(stripDcpTags('Yes — "Test".\n\n<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>')).toBe(
+      'Yes — "Test".\n\n',
+    );
+  });
+  it('leaves text without a tag untouched', () => {
+    expect(stripDcpTags('no tag here')).toBe('no tag here');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('per-chunk strip is INSUFFICIENT (documents the bug)', () => {
+  it('a tag split across chunks survives a naive per-chunk .replace()', () => {
+    const chunks = ['Yes.\n\n<dcp', '-message', '-id>m0019</dcp', '-message-id>'];
+    const naive = chunks.map(stripDcpTags).join('');
+    // The reassembled content still contains the tag — this is the screenshot bug.
+    expect(naive).toContain('<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('makeDcpStreamStripper (cross-chunk fix)', () => {
+  it('strips a tag split across chunks (the real opencode case)', () => {
+    expect(run(['Yes.\n\n<dcp', '-message', '-id>m0019</dcp', '-message-id>'])).toBe('Yes.\n\n');
+  });
+
+  it('strips a tag split at EVERY character boundary', () => {
+    const full = 'Answer.<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>';
+    expect(run([...full])).toBe('Answer.');
+  });
+
+  it('strips a tag delivered whole in one chunk', () => {
+    expect(run(['Answer.<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>'])).toBe('Answer.');
+  });
+
+  it('passes through text with no tag', () => {
+    expect(run(['hello ', 'world'])).toBe('hello world');
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT swallow legitimate < content (code/HTML/generics)', () => {
+    expect(run(['use ', '<div>', ' and ', 'Array<', 'string>'])).toBe('use <div> and Array<string>');
+  });
+
+  it('handles a lone < that is not a dcp tag, split across chunks', () => {
+    expect(run(['a <', 'b c'])).toBe('a <b c');
+  });
+
+  it('emits surrounding text and strips a mid-text tag', () => {
+    expect(run(['before ', '<dcp-message-id>', 'm1', '</dcp-message-id>', ' after'])).toBe(
+      'before  after',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('flushes a truncated/never-closed partial tag without leaking it as a complete tag', () => {
+    // If the stream ends mid-tag, flush strips complete tags; an incomplete
+    // remnant is returned as-is (no complete tag ever existed to render).
+    const out = run(['done.<dcp-message-id>m00']);
+    expect(out).not.toContain('</dcp-message-id>');
+  });
+});

apps/coder/src/services/agent-backend.ts

@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ export interface EnsureSessionOpts {
   agent: string;
   /** Resolved model id. */
   model: string;
+  /** P1.5-b: the chat (tab) this turn belongs to. agent_sessions is keyed
+   *  (chat_id, agent) — the tab/chat is the context unit. Always non-null:
+   *  the dispatcher creates a chat for session-less tasks before calling. */
+  chatId: string;
   /** Shared per-session worktree (one per `sessions.id`, not per pane). */
   worktreePath: string;
+  /** P1.5-b: the `worktrees.id` for this session's worktree — stored on the
+   *  agent_sessions row informationally (NOT the key). */
+  worktreeId: string;
   projectId: string;
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +54,10 @@ export interface AgentSessionHandle {
   sessionId: string;
   agent: string;
   backend: AgentBackendKind;
+  /** P1.5-b: the chat (tab) this session is keyed on (with agent). */
+  chatId: string;
+  /** P1.5-b: the worktree this session's chat runs in (informational link). */
+  worktreeId: string;
   /** Provider's own session id (resume token); null until the backend assigns one. */
   agentSessionId: string | null;
   /** opencode HTTP server port; null for ACP backends. */

apps/coder/src/services/backends/opencode-server.ts

@@ -423,9 +423,12 @@ export class OpenCodeServerBackend implements AgentBackend {
     if (!this.client) throw new Error('opencode-server: client not ready after ensureServer');
 
     const configHash = sessionConfigHash(opts.model);
+    // P1.5-b: agent_sessions is keyed (chat_id, agent) — the tab/chat is the
+    // context unit (two tabs in one session = two contexts sharing one worktree).
+    // session_id + worktree_id are retained as informational (SET NULL) columns.
     const [row] = await this.sql<{ agent_session_id: string | null; status: string; config_hash: string | null }[]>`
       SELECT agent_session_id, status, config_hash FROM agent_sessions
-      WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND agent = ${opts.agent}
+      WHERE chat_id = ${opts.chatId} AND agent = ${opts.agent}
     `;
     let agentSessionId = row?.agent_session_id ?? null;
 
@@ -447,10 +450,12 @@ export class OpenCodeServerBackend implements AgentBackend {
       agentSessionId = created.data.id;
       await this.sql`
         INSERT INTO agent_sessions
-          (session_id, agent, backend, agent_session_id, server_port, status, last_active_at, config_hash)
+          (chat_id, session_id, worktree_id, agent, backend, agent_session_id, server_port, status, last_active_at, config_hash)
         VALUES
-          (${sessionId}, ${opts.agent}, 'opencode_server', ${agentSessionId}, ${this.port}, 'active', clock_timestamp(), ${configHash})
-        ON CONFLICT (session_id, agent) DO UPDATE SET
+          (${opts.chatId}, ${sessionId}, ${opts.worktreeId}, ${opts.agent}, 'opencode_server', ${agentSessionId}, ${this.port}, 'active', clock_timestamp(), ${configHash})
+        ON CONFLICT (chat_id, agent) DO UPDATE SET
+          session_id = EXCLUDED.session_id,
+          worktree_id = EXCLUDED.worktree_id,
           backend = 'opencode_server',
           agent_session_id = EXCLUDED.agent_session_id,
           server_port = EXCLUDED.server_port,
@@ -462,7 +467,7 @@ export class OpenCodeServerBackend implements AgentBackend {
       await this.sql`
         UPDATE agent_sessions
         SET status = 'active', last_active_at = clock_timestamp(), server_port = ${this.port}, config_hash = ${configHash}
-        WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND agent = ${opts.agent}
+        WHERE chat_id = ${opts.chatId} AND agent = ${opts.agent}
       `;
     }
 
@@ -498,6 +503,8 @@ export class OpenCodeServerBackend implements AgentBackend {
       sessionId,
       agent: opts.agent,
       backend: 'opencode_server',
+      chatId: opts.chatId,
+      worktreeId: opts.worktreeId,
       agentSessionId: ocSessionId,
       serverPort: this.port,
     };
@@ -593,7 +600,7 @@ export class OpenCodeServerBackend implements AgentBackend {
     }
     await this.sql`
       UPDATE agent_sessions SET status = 'closed'
-      WHERE session_id = ${handle.sessionId} AND agent = ${handle.agent}
+      WHERE chat_id = ${handle.chatId} AND agent = ${handle.agent}
     `.catch(() => {});
   }
 

apps/coder/src/services/dcp-strip.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Strip opencode-dcp plugin tags (`<dcp-message-id>mNNNN</dcp-message-id>`) that
+ * the @tarquinen/opencode-dcp plugin appends to assistant text and which
+ * otherwise render as literal text in the UI.
+ *
+ * Why a streaming stripper and not a per-chunk `.replace()`: opencode streams
+ * assistant text token-by-token, so the tag arrives SPLIT across many SSE deltas
+ * (`<dcp`, `-message`, `-id>`, `m0019`, `</dcp`, …). A per-chunk regex never sees
+ * a complete tag in any single fragment, so the fragments pass through and the
+ * dispatcher reassembles the full tag in the persisted/displayed content. The
+ * stripper below buffers across chunks: it emits everything that cannot be part
+ * of a forming tag and holds back only a trailing partial-tag prefix until the
+ * next chunk resolves it — without holding back legitimate `<…>` content.
+ */
+
+const DCP_TAG_RE = /<dcp-message-id>[^<]*<\/dcp-message-id>/g;
+const OPEN = '<dcp-message-id>';
+const CLOSE = '</dcp-message-id>';
+
+/** One-shot strip of COMPLETE tags. Safe for non-streaming / final content. */
+export function stripDcpTags(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(DCP_TAG_RE, '');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Could `tail` (a substring starting at a `<`) still grow into a complete dcp
+ * tag on a future chunk? If so the caller must hold it back rather than emit it.
+ * Returns false for unrelated `<` content (`<div>`, `<T>`, …) so those stream
+ * normally.
+ */
+function isPartialDcp(tail: string): boolean {
+  // A prefix of the opening marker: '<', '<d', …, '<dcp-message-id'.
+  if (OPEN.startsWith(tail)) return true;
+  // Opening marker fully seen — content (and maybe a forming close) still streaming.
+  if (tail.startsWith(OPEN)) {
+    const rest = tail.slice(OPEN.length);
+    const lt = rest.indexOf('<');
+    if (lt === -1) return true; // still inside the [^<]* content run
+    return CLOSE.startsWith(rest.slice(lt)); // a partial close marker forming
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+export interface DcpStreamStripper {
+  /** Feed one text chunk; returns the portion safe to emit now (may be ''). */
+  push(chunk: string): string;
+  /** Stream end: returns whatever was held back, with complete tags stripped. */
+  flush(): string;
+}
+
+/** Stateful, cross-chunk-safe dcp stripper. One instance per turn. */
+export function makeDcpStreamStripper(): DcpStreamStripper {
+  let buf = '';
+  return {
+    push(chunk: string): string {
+      buf += chunk;
+      buf = buf.replace(DCP_TAG_RE, ''); // drop any now-complete tags
+      // Find the earliest `<` whose suffix is a forming dcp tag; hold from there,
+      // emit everything before it (real text, including unrelated `<…>`).
+      for (let i = buf.indexOf('<'); i !== -1; i = buf.indexOf('<', i + 1)) {
+        if (isPartialDcp(buf.slice(i))) {
+          const emit = buf.slice(0, i);
+          buf = buf.slice(i);
+          return emit;
+        }
+      }
+      const emit = buf;
+      buf = '';
+      return emit;
+    },
+    flush(): string {
+      const out = stripDcpTags(buf);
+      buf = '';
+      return out;
+    },
+  };
+}

apps/coder/src/services/dispatcher.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Broker } from '@boocode/server/broker';
 import type { WsFrame } from '@boocode/server/ws-frames';
 import type { Config } from '../config.js';
 import { createWorktree, diffWorktree, cleanupWorktree, ensureSessionWorktree } from './worktrees.js';
+import { makeDcpStreamStripper } from './dcp-strip.js';
 import { dispatchViaAcp } from './acp-dispatch.js';
 import { getResolvedRegistry } from './provider-config-registry.js';
 import { dispatchViaPty } from './pty-dispatch.js';
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
         mode_id: string | null;
         thinking_option_id: string | null;
         session_id: string | null;
+        chat_id: string | null;
       }[]>`
-        SELECT id, project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id
+        SELECT id, project_id, input, agent, model, mode_id, thinking_option_id, session_id, chat_id
         FROM tasks
         WHERE state = 'pending'
         ORDER BY created_at
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
     mode_id: string | null;
     thinking_option_id: string | null;
     session_id: string | null;
+    chat_id: string | null;
   }): Promise<void> {
     const taskId = task.id;
 
@@ -510,6 +513,7 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
       mode_id: string | null;
       thinking_option_id: string | null;
       session_id: string | null;
+      chat_id: string | null;
     },
     installPath: string | null,
   ): Promise<void> {
@@ -542,10 +546,18 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
         WHERE id = ${taskId}
       `;
 
-      // Resolve session + chat (mirrors runExternalAgent).
+      // Resolve session + chat. P1.5-b: the chat (tab) is the context key, so the
+      // chat_id MUST be non-null and stable before ensureSession. The coder message
+      // route + skills route stamp task.chat_id with the frontend tab's chat — use
+      // it directly. Session-less creators (arena, MCP, new_task, generic
+      // /api/tasks) leave it null; fall back to resolving/creating a real chat so
+      // ensureSession never receives a degenerate (null, agent) key.
       let sessionId: string;
       let chatId: string;
-      if (task.session_id) {
+      if (task.chat_id && task.session_id) {
+        sessionId = task.session_id;
+        chatId = task.chat_id;
+      } else if (task.session_id) {
         sessionId = task.session_id;
         const chats = await sql<{ id: string }[]>`
           SELECT id FROM chats WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND status = 'open' ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1
@@ -586,7 +598,7 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
 
       // Persistent, session-keyed worktree (shared across turns; NOT torn down
       // per turn — Phase 3 reaps it). Captures base_commit for a stable diff.
-      const { worktreePath, baseCommit } = await ensureSessionWorktree(sql, projectPath, sessionId, {
+      const { worktreeId, worktreePath, baseCommit } = await ensureSessionWorktree(sql, projectPath, sessionId, {
         signal: ac.signal,
       });
       log.info({ taskId, worktreePath }, 'dispatcher: session worktree ready');
@@ -620,21 +632,30 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
       const textChunks: string[] = [];
       const reasoningChunks: string[] = [];
       const toolSnaps = new Map<string, AcpToolSnapshot>();
+      // opencode's dcp plugin appends <dcp-message-id>…</dcp-message-id> to the
+      // text, streamed split across deltas — a per-chunk regex misses it (see
+      // dcp-strip.ts). Buffer text through a cross-chunk stripper so neither the
+      // live `delta` frames nor the persisted content ever carry the tag.
+      const dcp = makeDcpStreamStripper();
 
       // Map transport-agnostic AgentEvents → the SAME WS frames the ACP path emits.
       // This boundary is where message_id/chat_id get attached (the backend never
       // owns them).
       const onEvent = (e: AgentEvent): void => {
         switch (e.type) {
-          case 'text':
-            textChunks.push(e.text);
-            broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
-              type: 'delta',
-              message_id: assistantId,
-              chat_id: chatId,
-              content: e.text,
-            } as WsFrame);
+          case 'text': {
+            const safe = dcp.push(e.text);
+            if (safe) {
+              textChunks.push(safe);
+              broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
+                type: 'delta',
+                message_id: assistantId,
+                chat_id: chatId,
+                content: safe,
+              } as WsFrame);
+            }
             break;
+          }
           case 'reasoning':
             reasoningChunks.push(e.text);
             broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
@@ -670,7 +691,9 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
       const handle = await backend.ensureSession(sessionId, {
         agent,
         model,
+        chatId,
         worktreePath,
+        worktreeId,
         projectId: task.project_id,
       });
       const result = await backend.prompt(handle, task.input, {
@@ -680,6 +703,18 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
         onEvent,
       });
 
+      // Flush any text held back mid-tag at stream end (complete tags stripped).
+      const dcpTail = dcp.flush();
+      if (dcpTail) {
+        textChunks.push(dcpTail);
+        broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
+          type: 'delta',
+          message_id: assistantId,
+          chat_id: chatId,
+          content: dcpTail,
+        } as WsFrame);
+      }
+
       const assistantContent = textChunks.join('').slice(0, 50_000);
       const reasoningText = reasoningChunks.join('').slice(0, 200_000);
       const outputSummary = (result.ok ? textChunks.join('') : result.error ?? 'opencode turn failed').slice(0, 500);

apps/coder/src/services/worktrees.ts

@@ -119,16 +119,18 @@ export async function cleanupWorktree(
 // ─── v2.6: session-keyed persistent worktree ────────────────────────────────
 
 export interface SessionWorktree {
+  /** P1.5-b: the `worktrees.id` — stored on agent_sessions informationally. */
+  worktreeId: string;
   worktreePath: string;
   baseCommit: string | null;
 }
 
 /**
- * v2.6: create-or-reuse ONE worktree per BooCode session (shared across all
- * agents/turns in the session), recorded in `session_worktrees`. Unlike the
- * per-task `createWorktree`, this persists — it is NOT torn down per turn
- * (cleanup is Phase 3). Captures the project's current HEAD as `base_commit`
- * so the accumulating diff has a stable baseline across turns.
+ * v2.6 / P1.5-b: create-or-reuse ONE worktree per BooCode session (shared across
+ * all tabs/agents in the session), recorded in `worktrees` (was the superseded
+ * `session_worktrees`). Persists — NOT torn down per turn (cleanup is Phase 3) —
+ * and now survives session delete (`worktrees.session_id` is ON DELETE SET NULL).
+ * Captures the project's current HEAD as `base_commit` for a stable diff baseline.
  *
  * Distinct path namespace (`session-<id>` branch, `/sess-<id>` dir) so it never
  * collides with the per-task worktrees that arena/new_task/MCP still use.
@@ -139,11 +141,13 @@ export async function ensureSessionWorktree(
   sessionId: string,
   opts?: { signal?: AbortSignal },
 ): Promise<SessionWorktree> {
-  const [existing] = await sql<{ worktree_path: string; base_commit: string | null }[]>`
-    SELECT worktree_path, base_commit FROM session_worktrees WHERE session_id = ${sessionId}
+  const [existing] = await sql<{ id: string; path: string; base_commit: string | null }[]>`
+    SELECT id, path, base_commit FROM worktrees
+    WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND status = 'active'
+    LIMIT 1
   `;
   if (existing) {
-    return { worktreePath: existing.worktree_path, baseCommit: existing.base_commit };
+    return { worktreeId: existing.id, worktreePath: existing.path, baseCommit: existing.base_commit };
   }
 
   const worktreePath = `${WORKTREE_BASE}/sess-${sessionId}`;
@@ -167,17 +171,28 @@ export async function ensureSessionWorktree(
     throw new Error(`Failed to create session worktree: ${result.stderr.trim() || result.stdout.trim()}`);
   }
 
-  // Persist. ON CONFLICT keeps the first writer's row if two turns race the create.
-  await sql`
-    INSERT INTO session_worktrees (session_id, worktree_path, base_commit)
-    VALUES (${sessionId}, ${worktreePath}, ${baseCommit})
-    ON CONFLICT (session_id) DO NOTHING
+  // Insert-or-get: WHERE NOT EXISTS keeps the first writer's row if two turns race
+  // the create (the partial unique on active path also backstops it).
+  const [inserted] = await sql<{ id: string; path: string; base_commit: string | null }[]>`
+    INSERT INTO worktrees (session_id, path, branch, base_commit, status)
+    SELECT ${sessionId}, ${worktreePath}, ${branchName}, ${baseCommit}, 'active'
+    WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+      SELECT 1 FROM worktrees WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND status = 'active'
+    )
+    RETURNING id, path, base_commit
   `;
-  const [row] = await sql<{ worktree_path: string; base_commit: string | null }[]>`
-    SELECT worktree_path, base_commit FROM session_worktrees WHERE session_id = ${sessionId}
+  if (inserted) {
+    return { worktreeId: inserted.id, worktreePath: inserted.path, baseCommit: inserted.base_commit };
+  }
+  // Lost the race — another turn inserted first; read its row.
+  const [row] = await sql<{ id: string; path: string; base_commit: string | null }[]>`
+    SELECT id, path, base_commit FROM worktrees
+    WHERE session_id = ${sessionId} AND status = 'active'
+    LIMIT 1
   `;
   return {
-    worktreePath: row?.worktree_path ?? worktreePath,
+    worktreeId: row!.id,
+    worktreePath: row?.path ?? worktreePath,
     baseCommit: row?.base_commit ?? baseCommit,
   };
 }

apps/server/src/routes/sessions.ts

@@ -28,18 +28,20 @@ const HtmlArtifactStateZ = z.object({
   title: z.string().max(500),
 });
 
+const PaneKindZ = z.enum([
+  'chat',
+  'terminal',
+  'coder',
+  'agent', // legacy alias — normalized to coder on write
+  'empty',
+  'settings',
+  'markdown_artifact',
+  'html_artifact',
+]);
+
 const WorkspacePaneZ = z.object({
   id: z.string().min(1).max(200),
-  kind: z.enum([
-    'chat',
-    'terminal',
-    'coder',
-    'agent', // legacy alias — normalized to coder on write
-    'empty',
-    'settings',
-    'markdown_artifact',
-    'html_artifact',
-  ]),
+  kind: PaneKindZ,
   chatId: z.string().min(1).max(200).optional(),
   chatIds: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(200)).max(50),
   activeChatIdx: z.number().int(),
@@ -47,8 +49,27 @@ const WorkspacePaneZ = z.object({
   html_artifact_state: HtmlArtifactStateZ.optional(),
 });
 
+// v2.6.x: workspace_panes column widened from a bare WorkspacePane[] to a
+// WorkspaceState envelope (panes + stable session-scoped tab numbering +
+// reopen stack). closedPaneStack entries are lighter than full panes — just
+// the kind + chat ids needed to recreate a closed pane on reopen.
+const ClosedPaneEntryZ = z.object({
+  kind: PaneKindZ,
+  chatIds: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(200)).max(50),
+  activeChatIdx: z.number().int(),
+});
+
+const WorkspaceStateZ = z.object({
+  panes: z.array(WorkspacePaneZ).max(10),
+  tabNumbers: z.record(z.string(), z.number().int()).default({}),
+  nextTabNumber: z.number().int().default(1),
+  closedPaneStack: z.array(ClosedPaneEntryZ).max(10).default([]),
+});
+
+// Accept either the legacy bare array OR the envelope. The handler normalizes
+// to a full envelope before storing (see MIGRATION rule in the PATCH handler).
 const WorkspacePanesBody = z.object({
-  workspace_panes: z.array(WorkspacePaneZ).max(10),
+  workspace_panes: z.union([z.array(WorkspacePaneZ).max(10), WorkspaceStateZ]),
 });
 
 const PatchBody = z.object({
@@ -308,12 +329,20 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
         reply.code(400);
         return { error: 'invalid body', details: parsed.error.flatten() };
       }
-      const workspacePanes = parsed.data.workspace_panes.map((pane) =>
+      // v2.6.x MIGRATION: the body is either a legacy bare WorkspacePane[] or
+      // the WorkspaceState envelope. Normalize to a full envelope so the column
+      // always stores the envelope shape going forward.
+      const body = parsed.data.workspace_panes;
+      const envelope = Array.isArray(body)
+        ? { panes: body, tabNumbers: {}, nextTabNumber: 1, closedPaneStack: [] }
+        : body;
+      // agent → coder normalization on the panes array (unchanged write rule).
+      envelope.panes = envelope.panes.map((pane) =>
         pane.kind === 'agent' ? { ...pane, kind: 'coder' as const } : pane,
       );
       const rows = await sql<Session[]>`
         UPDATE sessions
-        SET workspace_panes = ${sql.json(workspacePanes as never)},
+        SET workspace_panes = ${sql.json(envelope as never)},
             updated_at = clock_timestamp()
         WHERE id = ${req.params.id}
         RETURNING id, project_id, name, model, system_prompt, status, created_at, updated_at,
@@ -432,16 +461,18 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
       const id = req.params.id;
       const force = req.query.force === 'true' || req.query.force === '1';
 
-      // Session-delete work-loss guard. CASCADE on session_worktrees means the
-      // DELETE below auto-wipes the worktree row, so the safety check MUST run
-      // BEFORE it (paths read while the row still exists, pre-CASCADE).
+      // Session-delete work-loss guard. The check MUST run BEFORE the DELETE:
+      // worktrees.session_id is ON DELETE SET NULL (P1.5-b), so once the session
+      // is gone the worktree rows no longer point back to it — read them while
+      // the link still exists.
       //
-      // Optimization: read session_worktrees from our own (shared) DB first.
-      // No row => chat-only session => nothing on disk => delete immediately,
-      // zero round-trip. Only worktree-backed sessions pay the host git check.
+      // Optimization: read worktrees (P1.5-b — was session_worktrees) from our
+      // own (shared) DB first. No row => chat-only session => nothing on disk =>
+      // delete immediately, zero round-trip. Only worktree-backed sessions pay
+      // the host git check.
       if (!force) {
-        const worktrees = await sql<{ worktree_path: string }[]>`
-          SELECT worktree_path FROM session_worktrees WHERE session_id = ${id}
+        const worktrees = await sql<{ path: string }[]>`
+          SELECT path FROM worktrees WHERE session_id = ${id}
         `;
         if (worktrees.length > 0) {
           // Worktree dirs live on the host; only BooCoder can run git on them.

apps/server/src/services/inference/tool-phase.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Agent, Session, ToolCall } from '../../types/api.js';
 import * as modelContext from '../model-context.js';
 import { PathScopeError } from '../path_guard.js';
 import { TOOLS_BY_NAME } from '../tools.js';
+import type { ToolExecCtx } from '../tools.js';
 import { matchToolGlob } from '../agents.js';
 import { maybeFlagForCompaction } from './payload.js';
 import { insertParts, partsFromAssistantMessage, partsFromToolMessage } from './parts.js';
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ async function executeToolCall(
   projectRoot: string,
   toolCall: ToolCall,
   extraRoots: readonly string[],
+  toolCtx?: ToolExecCtx,
 ): Promise<{ output: unknown; truncated: boolean; error?: string }> {
   const tool = TOOLS_BY_NAME[toolCall.name];
   if (!tool) {
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ async function executeToolCall(
     };
   }
   try {
-    const output = await tool.execute(parsed.data, projectRoot, extraRoots);
+    const output = await tool.execute(parsed.data, projectRoot, extraRoots, toolCtx);
     const truncated =
       typeof output === 'object' && output !== null && 'truncated' in output
         ? Boolean((output as { truncated: unknown }).truncated)
@@ -289,7 +291,10 @@ export async function executeToolPhase(
         });
         return;
       }
-      const tres = await executeToolCall(projectRoot, tc, session.allowed_read_paths);
+      const tres = await executeToolCall(projectRoot, tc, session.allowed_read_paths, {
+        sql: ctx.sql,
+        sessionId,
+      });
       if (SYNTHESIS_TOOLS.has(tc.name)) {
         synthEntries.push({ tc, output: tres.output, ...(tres.error ? { error: tres.error } : {}) });
       }

apps/server/src/services/read_tab_by_number.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// v2.6.x: read_tab_by_number tool. Reads the conversation transcript of the
+// chat that occupies a given session-scoped tab number. Stable tab numbers are
+// stored in the session's workspace_panes envelope (WorkspaceState.tabNumbers),
+// keyed by chat id. Lives in its own file (not appended to tools.ts) so tests
+// can import the executor directly without dragging in the whole tool registry.
+// Registered in tools.ts ALL_TOOLS + READ_ONLY_TOOL_NAMES.
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import type { Sql } from '../db.js';
+// type-only import to dodge the runtime cycle (tools.ts re-exports this tool
+// via ALL_TOOLS; importing ToolDef/ToolExecCtx at type level keeps the dep
+// one-way).
+import type { ToolDef, ToolExecCtx } from './tools.js';
+
+const ReadTabByNumberInput = z.object({
+  number: z.number().int().positive(),
+});
+export type ReadTabByNumberInputT = z.infer<typeof ReadTabByNumberInput>;
+
+// Cap total transcript size so a long conversation can't blow the context
+// window. The model gets a clear truncation marker when the cap is hit.
+const MAX_TRANSCRIPT_CHARS = 20_000;
+
+// WorkspaceState envelope shape (panes omitted — we only need tabNumbers here).
+interface WorkspaceStateLike {
+  panes?: unknown;
+  tabNumbers?: Record<string, number>;
+  nextTabNumber?: number;
+  closedPaneStack?: unknown[];
+}
+
+// MIGRATION: the stored workspace_panes value may be the legacy bare
+// WorkspacePane[] OR the WorkspaceState envelope. Normalize to an envelope so
+// tabNumbers is always available (empty for the legacy shape — no tab numbers
+// were tracked before the envelope landed).
+function normalizeWorkspaceState(v: unknown): {
+  tabNumbers: Record<string, number>;
+} {
+  if (Array.isArray(v)) {
+    return { tabNumbers: {} };
+  }
+  if (v && typeof v === 'object' && Array.isArray((v as WorkspaceStateLike).panes)) {
+    const env = v as WorkspaceStateLike;
+    return { tabNumbers: env.tabNumbers ?? {} };
+  }
+  return { tabNumbers: {} };
+}
+
+// Pure executor split out from the ToolDef wrapper so tests can call it with a
+// mocked Sql. Returns a transcript string (read-only — never writes).
+export async function executeReadTabByNumber(
+  input: ReadTabByNumberInputT,
+  sql: Sql,
+  sessionId: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const sessionRows = await sql<{ workspace_panes: unknown }[]>`
+    SELECT workspace_panes FROM sessions WHERE id = ${sessionId}
+  `;
+  if (sessionRows.length === 0) {
+    return `Session not found.`;
+  }
+  const { tabNumbers } = normalizeWorkspaceState(sessionRows[0]!.workspace_panes);
+
+  // Reverse-lookup: find the chat id whose stable tab number equals the input.
+  let chatId: string | null = null;
+  for (const [cid, num] of Object.entries(tabNumbers)) {
+    if (num === input.number) {
+      chatId = cid;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (chatId === null) {
+    return `No tab is numbered ${input.number} in this session.`;
+  }
+
+  // Read the conversation: skip system sentinels (role='system') and empty
+  // content rows. Oldest first.
+  const messages = await sql<{ role: string; content: string }[]>`
+    SELECT role, content
+      FROM messages
+     WHERE chat_id = ${chatId}
+       AND role <> 'system'
+       AND content <> ''
+     ORDER BY created_at ASC
+  `;
+  if (messages.length === 0) {
+    return `Tab ${input.number} (chat ${chatId}) has no messages yet.`;
+  }
+
+  // Format a compact transcript, capping total output size.
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  let total = 0;
+  let truncated = false;
+  for (const m of messages) {
+    const block = `### ${m.role}\n${m.content}`;
+    // +2 accounts for the "\n\n" joiner between blocks.
+    if (total + block.length + 2 > MAX_TRANSCRIPT_CHARS) {
+      truncated = true;
+      break;
+    }
+    parts.push(block);
+    total += block.length + 2;
+  }
+
+  let out = parts.join('\n\n');
+  if (truncated) {
+    out += `\n\n[transcript truncated at ${MAX_TRANSCRIPT_CHARS} chars]`;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+export const readTabByNumber: ToolDef<ReadTabByNumberInputT> = {
+  name: 'read_tab_by_number',
+  description:
+    'Read the conversation transcript of the tab with the given session-scoped tab number. Tab numbers are stable per session (shown in the workspace tab strip). Returns the messages of that tab oldest-first as a compact transcript. Read-only.',
+  inputSchema: ReadTabByNumberInput,
+  jsonSchema: {
+    type: 'function',
+    function: {
+      name: 'read_tab_by_number',
+      description:
+        'Read the conversation transcript of the tab with the given session-scoped tab number. Read-only.',
+      parameters: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          number: {
+            type: 'integer',
+            description: 'The session-scoped tab number (positive integer).',
+          },
+        },
+        required: ['number'],
+        additionalProperties: false,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  async execute(input, _projectRoot, _extraRoots, toolCtx?: ToolExecCtx) {
+    if (!toolCtx) {
+      return 'read_tab_by_number unavailable: no session context';
+    }
+    return await executeReadTabByNumber(input, toolCtx.sql, toolCtx.sessionId);
+  },
+};

apps/server/src/services/tools.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { readFile, readdir, stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { resolve, basename, relative } from 'node:path';
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import type { Sql } from '../db.js';
 import { pathGuard, PathScopeError } from './path_guard.js';
 import { isSecretPath, SecretBlockedError, filterSecretEntries } from './secret_guard.js';
 import { grep as fileOpsGrep, findFiles as fileOpsFindFiles } from './file_ops.js';
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ import {
 // with the pause-on-pending-grant branch in inference/tool-phase.ts and the
 // POST /api/chats/:id/grant_read_access endpoint in routes/messages.ts.
 import { requestReadAccess } from './request_read_access.js';
+// v2.6.x: read-only tool that reads a tab's transcript by its session-scoped
+// tab number. Needs DB/session context (ToolExecCtx 4th arg).
+import { readTabByNumber } from './read_tab_by_number.js';
 
 const MAX_FILE_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 const DEFAULT_VIEW_LINES = 200;
@@ -48,6 +52,16 @@ export interface ToolJsonSchema {
   };
 }
 
+// v2.6.x: optional DB/session context threaded into a tool's execute(). Only
+// tools that need to read session-scoped DB state (e.g. read_tab_by_number)
+// use it; every other tool ignores the 4th arg. Kept optional so existing
+// 3-arg execute() implementations stay assignable (apps/coder consumes this
+// type from the compiled dist — the optional param keeps it backward-compatible).
+export interface ToolExecCtx {
+  sql: Sql;
+  sessionId: string;
+}
+
 export interface ToolDef<TInput> {
   name: string;
   description: string;
@@ -59,7 +73,15 @@ export interface ToolDef<TInput> {
   // view_truncated_output) forward it to pathGuard; other tools accept the
   // arg and ignore it. The execute signature stays compatible with
   // pre-v1.13.17 callsites because the parameter is optional.
-  execute(input: TInput, projectRoot: string, extraRoots?: readonly string[]): Promise<unknown>;
+  // v2.6.x: optional 4th param toolCtx carries DB/session context for tools
+  // that read session-scoped state (read_tab_by_number). Optional so 3-arg
+  // implementations remain assignable.
+  execute(
+    input: TInput,
+    projectRoot: string,
+    extraRoots?: readonly string[],
+    toolCtx?: ToolExecCtx,
+  ): Promise<unknown>;
 }
 
 const ViewFileInput = z.object({
@@ -694,6 +716,9 @@ export let ALL_TOOLS: ToolDef<unknown>[] = [
   // state change is appending to sessions.allowed_read_paths via the
   // grant endpoint, gated by user consent.
   requestReadAccess as ToolDef<unknown>,
+  // v2.6.x: read a tab's transcript by its session-scoped tab number.
+  // Read-only; uses the ToolExecCtx 4th arg for DB/session access.
+  readTabByNumber as ToolDef<unknown>,
 ].sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
 
 // v1.8.2: forward-compatible read-only whitelist. An agent whose `tools` is
@@ -734,6 +759,9 @@ export const READ_ONLY_TOOL_NAMES = [
   // state directly (the grant endpoint appends to sessions.allowed_read_paths
   // only with user consent). Belongs in the read-only budget tier.
   'request_read_access',
+  // v2.6.x: reads a tab's transcript from session-scoped DB state; never
+  // writes. Belongs in the read-only budget tier.
+  'read_tab_by_number',
 ] as const;
 
 export let TOOLS_BY_NAME: Record<string, ToolDef<unknown>> = Object.fromEntries(

apps/server/src/types/ws-frames.ts

@@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ export const SessionDeletedFrame = z.object({
 export const SessionWorkspaceUpdatedFrame = z.object({
   type: z.literal('session_workspace_updated'),
   session_id: Uuid,
-  workspace_panes: z.array(OpaqueObject),
+  // v2.6.x: widened from z.array — the payload is now either the legacy bare
+  // WorkspacePane[] OR the WorkspaceState envelope object (panes + tabNumbers +
+  // nextTabNumber + closedPaneStack). z.array alone would fail-closed and drop
+  // every envelope frame at validation. MUST be mirrored in the server's
+  // byte-identical copy (parity test).
+  workspace_panes: z.union([z.array(OpaqueObject), z.record(z.unknown())]),
 });
 
 export const ChatCreatedFrame = z.object({

apps/web/src/api/client.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import type {
   CoderTaskDetail,
   PermissionPrompt,
   AgentCommand,
+  WorkspaceState,
 } from './types';
 
 export class ApiError extends Error {
@@ -175,10 +176,10 @@ export const api = {
       ),
     openChatsCount: (id: string) =>
       request<{ count: number }>(`/api/sessions/${id}/chats/open-count`),
-    updateWorkspacePanes: (id: string, panes: Session['workspace_panes']) =>
+    updateWorkspacePanes: (id: string, state: WorkspaceState) =>
       request<Session>(`/api/sessions/${id}/workspace`, {
         method: 'PATCH',
-        body: JSON.stringify({ workspace_panes: panes }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ workspace_panes: state }),
       }),
   },
 
@@ -354,6 +355,10 @@ export const api = {
       request<{ taskId: string; commands: AgentCommand[] }>(`/api/coder/tasks/${taskId}/commands`),
     getTask: (taskId: string) =>
       request<CoderTaskDetail>(`/api/coder/tasks/${taskId}`),
+    // Cancel a pending/running coder task (cancels permission wait + inference;
+    // server sets state='cancelled'). Used by CoderPane's stop button.
+    cancelTask: (taskId: string) =>
+      request<{ cancelled: boolean }>(`/api/coder/tasks/${taskId}/cancel`, { method: 'POST' }),
     listMessages: (sessionId: string, chatId?: string) =>
       request<CoderMessageWire[]>(
         `/api/coder/sessions/${sessionId}/messages${chatId ? `?chat_id=${encodeURIComponent(chatId)}` : ''}`,

apps/web/src/api/types.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ export interface Session {
   // v1.9: null = inherit from project.default_web_search_enabled.
   web_search_enabled: boolean | null;
   // v1.12.1: server-authoritative pane layout, replaces localStorage.
-  workspace_panes: WorkspacePane[];
+  // A value may be the legacy bare WorkspacePane[] (older rows) OR the new
+  // WorkspaceState envelope (panes + tab numbering + reopen stack). Normalize
+  // on read via useWorkspacePanes' toWorkspaceState.
+  workspace_panes: WorkspacePane[] | WorkspaceState;
   // v1.13.17: paths the agent has been granted read access to via the
   // request_read_access tool. Empty by default. Settings UI surfaces the
   // list with per-row revoke; the grant flow itself appends through the
@@ -511,6 +514,30 @@ export interface WorkspacePane {
   html_artifact_state?: HtmlArtifactState;
 }
 
+// Reopen LIFO stack entry. Shape unchanged from the prior module-level stack;
+// now persisted inside the WorkspaceState envelope so the reopen-pane stack
+// survives a reload / cross-device sync.
+export interface ClosedPaneEntry {
+  kind: WorkspacePane['kind'];
+  chatIds: string[];
+  activeChatIdx: number;
+}
+
+// Envelope persisted to sessions.workspace_panes. Supersedes the bare
+// WorkspacePane[] shape (still accepted on read for legacy rows — see the
+// migration in useWorkspacePanes.toWorkspaceState). The server accepts either
+// shape; the frontend always emits this envelope going forward.
+export interface WorkspaceState {
+  panes: WorkspacePane[];
+  // Stable, session-scoped tab number per chat id. Numbers only ever increase
+  // and are never reused (retired entries are pruned on tab close).
+  tabNumbers: { [chatId: string]: number };
+  // Next number to hand out; starts at 1; ONLY increments.
+  nextTabNumber: number;
+  // Reopen LIFO stack, max 10, most-recent last.
+  closedPaneStack: ClosedPaneEntry[];
+}
+
 export type WsFrame =
   | { type: 'snapshot'; messages: Message[] }
   | { type: 'message_started'; message_id: string; chat_id?: string; role: MessageRole }

apps/web/src/api/ws-frames.ts

@@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ export const SessionDeletedFrame = z.object({
 export const SessionWorkspaceUpdatedFrame = z.object({
   type: z.literal('session_workspace_updated'),
   session_id: Uuid,
-  workspace_panes: z.array(OpaqueObject),
+  // v2.6.x: widened from z.array — the payload is now either the legacy bare
+  // WorkspacePane[] OR the WorkspaceState envelope object (panes + tabNumbers +
+  // nextTabNumber + closedPaneStack). z.array alone would fail-closed and drop
+  // every envelope frame at validation. MUST be mirrored in the server's
+  // byte-identical copy (parity test).
+  workspace_panes: z.union([z.array(OpaqueObject), z.record(z.unknown())]),
 });
 
 export const ChatCreatedFrame = z.object({

apps/web/src/components/ChatInput.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type DragEvent, type KeyboardEvent } from 'react';
-import { Check, Plus, Send } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Check, ListPlus, Plus, Send, Square } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { Textarea } from '@/components/ui/textarea';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ interface Props {
   webSearchEnabled?: boolean | null;
   onSend: (content: string) => void | Promise<void>;
   onForceSend?: (content: string) => void | Promise<void>;
+  // When the assistant/agent is generating, the send button morphs: empty draft
+  // → Stop (calls onStop); non-empty draft → Queue (submits, which the caller
+  // queues while busy). Omitting onStop falls back to a (disabled) Send button.
+  generating?: boolean;
+  onStop?: () => void | Promise<void>;
   // Batch 9.6: slash-command dispatch. When the input parses to a known skill,
   // ChatInput calls this with the skill name + the post-name args (possibly
   // empty). Callers wire this to api.chats.skillInvoke. Omitting the prop
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ interface Props {
   modelContextLimit?: number | null;
 }
 
-export function ChatInput({ disabled, projectId, agentId, onAgentChange, sessionId, webSearchEnabled, onSend, onForceSend, onSlashCommand, slashGroups, chatId, chatLabel, messages, modelContextLimit }: Props) {
+export function ChatInput({ disabled, projectId, agentId, onAgentChange, sessionId, webSearchEnabled, onSend, onForceSend, generating, onStop, onSlashCommand, slashGroups, chatId, chatLabel, messages, modelContextLimit }: Props) {
   const { isMobile } = useViewport();
   const [value, setValue] = useState('');
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
@@ -651,14 +656,38 @@ export function ChatInput({ disabled, projectId, agentId, onAgentChange, session
           rows={3}
           className="resize-none min-h-[68px] max-h-[240px]"
         />
-        <Button
-          onClick={() => void submit()}
-          disabled={disabled || busy || (!value.trim() && attachments.length === 0)}
-          size="icon-lg"
-          aria-label="Send"
-        >
-          <Send />
-        </Button>
+        {(() => {
+          const hasContent = value.trim().length > 0 || attachments.length > 0;
+          // While generating with an empty draft, the button stops generation.
+          if (generating && onStop && !hasContent) {
+            return (
+              <Button
+                onClick={() => void onStop()}
+                size="icon-lg"
+                variant="outline"
+                aria-label="Stop generating"
+                title="Stop generating"
+              >
+                <Square className="fill-current size-3.5" />
+              </Button>
+            );
+          }
+          // With a draft, submit. While generating the caller queues it, so the
+          // button reads as Queue; otherwise it's a normal Send.
+          const queueing = !!generating && hasContent;
+          return (
+            <Button
+              onClick={() => void submit()}
+              disabled={disabled || busy || !hasContent}
+              size="icon-lg"
+              variant={queueing ? 'secondary' : 'default'}
+              aria-label={queueing ? 'Queue message' : 'Send'}
+              title={queueing ? 'Queue message' : 'Send'}
+            >
+              {queueing ? <ListPlus /> : <Send />}
+            </Button>
+          );
+        })()}
       </div>
       </div>
       <AttachmentPreviewModal

apps/web/src/components/ChatTabBar.tsx

@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ import {
   DropdownMenuTrigger,
 } from '@/components/ui/dropdown-menu';
 import { useLongPress } from '@/hooks/useLongPress';
+import { sessionEvents } from '@/hooks/sessionEvents';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 
 interface Props {
   pane: WorkspacePane;
   tabs: Chat[];
+  // v2.6.x (Batch 3a): stable session-scoped tab number per chat id. Keyed by
+  // chat.id, NEVER by tab position.
+  tabNumbers: Record<string, number>;
   onSwitchTab: (tabIdx: number) => void;
   onRemoveTab: (chatId: string) => void;
   onCloseOthers: (chatId: string) => void;
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ interface Props {
 export function ChatTabBar({
   pane,
   tabs,
+  tabNumbers,
   onSwitchTab,
   onRemoveTab,
   onCloseOthers,
@@ -83,6 +88,9 @@ export function ChatTabBar({
         const isLast = tabIdx === tabs.length - 1;
         const onlyTab = tabs.length === 1;
         const label = chat.name ?? 'New chat';
+        // v2.6.x: stable tab number keyed by chat.id (NOT tab position).
+        // Omit gracefully when not yet assigned.
+        const tabNumber = tabNumbers[chat.id];
         return (
           <ContextMenu key={chat.id}>
             <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>
@@ -117,8 +125,11 @@ export function ChatTabBar({
                     className="bg-transparent border-b border-border text-xs outline-none w-28"
                   />
                 ) : (
-                  <span className="truncate max-w-[140px]" title={label}>
-                    {label}
+                  <span
+                    className="truncate max-w-[140px]"
+                    title={tabNumber !== undefined ? `${tabNumber} · ${label}` : label}
+                  >
+                    {tabNumber !== undefined ? `${tabNumber} · ${label}` : label}
                   </span>
                 )}
                 <button
@@ -138,6 +149,13 @@ export function ChatTabBar({
               <ContextMenuItem onSelect={onNewTab}>
                 New chat
               </ContextMenuItem>
+              <ContextMenuItem
+                onSelect={() =>
+                  sessionEvents.emit({ type: 'open_chat_in_new_pane', chat_id: chat.id })
+                }
+              >
+                Open in new pane
+              </ContextMenuItem>
               <ContextMenuSeparator />
               <ContextMenuItem onSelect={() => startRename(chat.id, chat.name)}>
                 Rename
@@ -174,15 +192,31 @@ export function ChatTabBar({
       )}
 
       <div className="flex items-center ml-auto gap-0.5 px-1 shrink-0">
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          onClick={onNewTab}
-          className="inline-flex items-center justify-center p-1 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground max-md:min-h-[44px] max-md:min-w-[44px]"
-          aria-label="New tab"
-          title="New tab"
-        >
-          <Plus size={12} />
-        </button>
+        <DropdownMenu>
+          <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className="inline-flex items-center justify-center p-1 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground max-md:min-h-[44px] max-md:min-w-[44px]"
+              aria-label="New chat, terminal, or coder"
+              title="New chat / terminal / coder"
+            >
+              <Plus size={12} />
+            </button>
+          </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+          <DropdownMenuContent align="end" className="w-fit">
+            {/* New BooChat opens a tab in THIS pane; terminal/coder can't be
+                tabs, so they split into a new pane (matches the Split menu). */}
+            <DropdownMenuItem onSelect={onNewTab}>
+              <MessageSquare size={14} /> New BooChat
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+            <DropdownMenuItem onSelect={() => onSplitPane('terminal')}>
+              <Terminal size={14} /> New BooTerm
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+            <DropdownMenuItem onSelect={() => onSplitPane('coder')}>
+              <Code size={14} /> New BooCode
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+          </DropdownMenuContent>
+        </DropdownMenu>
         <DropdownMenu>
           <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
             <button

apps/web/src/components/MessageBubble.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight, Copy, RefreshCw, Check, Share2, RotateCw, GitFork, Trash2, PanelRightOpen, Brain } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight, Copy, RefreshCw, Check, Share2, RotateCw, GitFork, Trash2, Brain } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import type { Chat, ErrorReason, Message } from '@/api/types';
-import { api, ApiError } from '@/api/client';
+import { api } from '@/api/client';
 import { sessionEvents } from '@/hooks/sessionEvents';
 import { sendToTerminal, terminalsRegistry, type TerminalRegistration } from '@/lib/events';
 import { CapHitSentinel } from './CapHitSentinel';
@@ -105,18 +105,6 @@ const ERROR_REASON_LABELS: Record<ErrorReason, string> = {
 // moved to apps/web/src/components/MarkdownRenderer.tsx so the new artifact
 // panes can render assistant content with the same Shiki + remark-gfm setup.
 
-// Pane-header title derivation for a markdown artifact. Order matches the
-// server slug logic in services/artifacts.ts: first `# ` heading → first 6
-// words of the body → 'Markdown artifact'. Truncated to keep the pane header
-// readable.
-function deriveMarkdownTitle(content: string): string {
-  const headingMatch = content.match(/^\s*#\s+(.+?)\s*$/m);
-  if (headingMatch && headingMatch[1]) return headingMatch[1].slice(0, 80);
-  const words = content.trim().split(/\s+/).slice(0, 6).join(' ');
-  if (words) return words.slice(0, 80);
-  return 'Markdown artifact';
-}
-
 export interface MessageActions {
   onRegenerate?: (chatId: string, messageId: string) => Promise<void>;
   onResend?: (chatId: string, content: string) => Promise<void>;
@@ -129,8 +117,8 @@ interface Props {
   sessionChats?: Chat[];
   capHitInfo?: { position: number; isLatest: boolean };
   actions?: MessageActions;
-  /** Hide actions that don't apply (fork, delete, open-in-pane). */
-  hideActions?: ('fork' | 'delete' | 'openInPane')[];
+  /** Hide actions that don't apply (fork, delete). */
+  hideActions?: ('fork' | 'delete')[];
 }
 
 function StatsLine({ message }: { message: Message }) {
@@ -226,7 +214,7 @@ function ActionRow({
       } else {
         const chat = await api.chats.fork(message.chat_id, { messageId: message.id });
         sessionEvents.emit({ type: 'refetch_messages' });
-        sessionEvents.emit({ type: 'open_chat_in_active_pane', chat_id: chat.id });
+        sessionEvents.emit({ type: 'open_chat_in_new_pane', chat_id: chat.id });
       }
     } catch (err) {
       toast.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'fork failed');
@@ -258,54 +246,6 @@ function ActionRow({
   const canResend = isUser && message.status === 'complete' && !!message.content?.trim();
   const canFork = message.status === 'complete';
   const canDelete = message.status !== 'streaming';
-  const [openingPane, setOpeningPane] = useState(false);
-
-  // v1.14.x-html-artifact-panes: probe for an html_artifact part. If present,
-  // open the HTML pane variant; otherwise fall back to the markdown variant.
-  // Title derivation for markdown: first `# ` heading → first 6 words of the
-  // body → 'Markdown artifact' (mirrors the slug logic in
-  // services/artifacts.ts).
-  async function openInPane() {
-    if (openingPane || message.status === 'streaming') return;
-    setOpeningPane(true);
-    try {
-      try {
-        const payload = await api.messages.getHtmlArtifact(
-          message.chat_id,
-          message.id,
-        );
-        sessionEvents.emit({
-          type: 'open_html_artifact_pane',
-          state: {
-            chat_id: message.chat_id,
-            message_id: message.id,
-            title: payload.title,
-          },
-        });
-        return;
-      } catch (err) {
-        // 404 (no html_artifact part) is the expected fall-through path —
-        // markdown variant opens below. Any other error (network, 500) is
-        // a real failure; toast and bail rather than masquerading as markdown.
-        const status = err instanceof ApiError ? err.status : null;
-        if (status !== 404) {
-          toast.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'open in pane failed');
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-      const title = deriveMarkdownTitle(message.content);
-      sessionEvents.emit({
-        type: 'open_markdown_artifact_pane',
-        state: {
-          chat_id: message.chat_id,
-          message_id: message.id,
-          title,
-        },
-      });
-    } finally {
-      setOpeningPane(false);
-    }
-  }
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -330,18 +270,6 @@ function ActionRow({
             <RefreshCw className="size-3" />
           </button>
         )}
-        {isAssistant && !hiddenSet.has('openInPane') && (
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            onClick={() => void openInPane()}
-            disabled={openingPane || message.status === 'streaming'}
-            className="inline-flex items-center justify-center size-6 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed max-md:min-h-[44px] max-md:min-w-[44px]"
-            aria-label="Open in pane"
-            title="Open in pane"
-          >
-            <PanelRightOpen className="size-3" />
-          </button>
-        )}
         {isAssistant && (
           <button
             type="button"

apps/web/src/components/SessionLandingPage.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Archive, MessageSquare, RotateCcw } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { ChatInput } from '@/components/ChatInput';
+import { api } from '@/api/client';
+import type { Chat } from '@/api/types';
 
 interface Props {
   projectId: string;
@@ -13,6 +16,30 @@ interface Props {
   // the skill — same transition the text send uses. See useSessionChats.
   onSkillInvoke: (skillName: string, userMessage: string | null) => void;
   createChat: () => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+  // Session history: the session's open chats (live), and callbacks to open one
+  // in THIS pane / restore an archived one. Archived chats are fetched here
+  // (the default open-only list excludes them).
+  chats: Chat[];
+  onOpenChat: (chatId: string) => void;
+  onUnarchiveChat: (chatId: string) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+function formatRelative(iso: string): string {
+  const then = new Date(iso).getTime();
+  if (Number.isNaN(then)) return '';
+  const s = Math.max(0, Math.round((Date.now() - then) / 1000));
+  if (s < 60) return 'just now';
+  const m = Math.round(s / 60);
+  if (m < 60) return `${m}m ago`;
+  const h = Math.round(m / 60);
+  if (h < 24) return `${h}h ago`;
+  const d = Math.round(h / 24);
+  if (d < 7) return `${d}d ago`;
+  return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString();
+}
+
+function byRecent(a: Chat, b: Chat): number {
+  return (b.updated_at ?? '').localeCompare(a.updated_at ?? '');
 }
 
 export function SessionLandingPage({
@@ -23,8 +50,24 @@ export function SessionLandingPage({
   onSend,
   onSkillInvoke,
   createChat,
+  chats,
+  onOpenChat,
+  onUnarchiveChat,
 }: Props) {
   const [chatId, setChatId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [archived, setArchived] = useState<Chat[]>([]);
+
+  // Archived chats aren't in the default (open-only) list, so fetch them. One
+  // shot on session change — the history view is transient (pick a chat and
+  // it's gone), so slight staleness is fine; reopening the pane refetches.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    api.chats
+      .listForSession(sessionId, { status: 'archived' })
+      .then((list) => { if (!cancelled) setArchived(list); })
+      .catch(() => {});
+    return () => { cancelled = true; };
+  }, [sessionId]);
 
   const ensureChat = useCallback(async (): Promise<string> => {
     if (chatId) return chatId;
@@ -57,12 +100,87 @@ export function SessionLandingPage({
     onSkillInvoke(skillName, userMessage.length > 0 ? userMessage : null);
   }, [onSkillInvoke]);
 
+  const restoreAndOpen = useCallback(async (id: string) => {
+    try {
+      await onUnarchiveChat(id);
+      onOpenChat(id);
+    } catch {
+      // onUnarchiveChat surfaces its own toast.
+    }
+  }, [onUnarchiveChat, onOpenChat]);
+
+  const openChats = [...chats.filter((c) => c.status === 'open')].sort(byRecent);
+  const openIds = new Set(openChats.map((c) => c.id));
+  const archivedChats = archived.filter((c) => !openIds.has(c.id)).sort(byRecent);
+  const isEmpty = openChats.length === 0 && archivedChats.length === 0;
+
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col h-full min-h-0">
-      <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center px-6">
-        <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-          Send a message to start.
-        </p>
+      <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-y-auto">
+        <div className="max-w-[760px] mx-auto w-full px-4 py-4">
+          {isEmpty ? (
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground text-center py-8">
+              No conversations yet. Send a message to start.
+            </p>
+          ) : (
+            <>
+              {openChats.length > 0 && (
+                <>
+                  <h3 className="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground px-1 mb-1.5">
+                    Conversations
+                  </h3>
+                  <div className="space-y-0.5 mb-4">
+                    {openChats.map((c) => (
+                      <button
+                        key={c.id}
+                        type="button"
+                        onClick={() => onOpenChat(c.id)}
+                        className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 text-left px-2 py-1.5 rounded hover:bg-muted text-sm max-md:min-h-[44px]"
+                      >
+                        <MessageSquare size={14} className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+                        <span className="truncate shrink-0 max-w-[45%]">{c.name ?? 'New chat'}</span>
+                        {c.last_message_preview && (
+                          <span className="truncate flex-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground hidden sm:block">
+                            {c.last_message_preview}
+                          </span>
+                        )}
+                        <span className="shrink-0 ml-auto text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                          {formatRelative(c.updated_at)}
+                        </span>
+                      </button>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                </>
+              )}
+              {archivedChats.length > 0 && (
+                <>
+                  <h3 className="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground px-1 mb-1.5">
+                    Archived
+                  </h3>
+                  <div className="space-y-0.5">
+                    {archivedChats.map((c) => (
+                      <button
+                        key={c.id}
+                        type="button"
+                        onClick={() => void restoreAndOpen(c.id)}
+                        title="Restore and open"
+                        className="group/arch w-full flex items-center gap-2 text-left px-2 py-1.5 rounded hover:bg-muted text-sm text-muted-foreground max-md:min-h-[44px]"
+                      >
+                        <Archive size={14} className="shrink-0" />
+                        <span className="truncate flex-1">{c.name ?? 'New chat'}</span>
+                        <span className="shrink-0 text-xs">{formatRelative(c.updated_at)}</span>
+                        <RotateCcw
+                          size={13}
+                          className="shrink-0 opacity-0 group-hover/arch:opacity-100"
+                        />
+                      </button>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                </>
+              )}
+            </>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
       <ChatInput
         disabled={false}

apps/web/src/components/Workspace.tsx

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export function Workspace({
 }: Props) {
   const {
     panes,
+    tabNumbers,
     activePaneIdx,
     setActivePaneIdx,
     openChatInPane,
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ export function Workspace({
                 <ChatTabBar
                   pane={pane}
                   tabs={chatsForPane(pane)}
+                  tabNumbers={tabNumbers}
                   onSwitchTab={(tabIdx) => switchTab(idx, tabIdx)}
                   onRemoveTab={(chatId) => removeTab(idx, chatId)}
                   onCloseOthers={(chatId) => closeOtherTabs(idx, chatId)}
@@ -390,6 +392,9 @@ export function Workspace({
                   createChat={() => api.chats.create(sessionId)}
                   onSend={(content) => void handleLandingSend(idx, content)}
                   onSkillInvoke={(skillName, userMessage) => void handleLandingSkill(idx, skillName, userMessage)}
+                  chats={chats}
+                  onOpenChat={(chatId) => openChatInPane(idx, chatId)}
+                  onUnarchiveChat={unarchiveChat}
                 />
               )}
             </div>

apps/web/src/components/panes/ChatPane.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { Pencil, Send, Square, X } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Pencil, Send, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { api } from '@/api/client';
 import { useSessionStream } from '@/hooks/useSessionStream';
@@ -248,22 +248,6 @@ export function ChatPane({ sessionId, chatId, projectId, agentId, onAgentChange,
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {/* Stop button when streaming */}
-      {streaming && (
-        <div className="border-t py-1">
-          <div className="max-w-[1000px] mx-auto w-full flex justify-center">
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            onClick={() => void handleStop()}
-            className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs px-3 py-1 rounded-full border hover:bg-muted text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground max-md:min-h-[44px] max-md:px-5"
-          >
-            <Square size={10} className="fill-current" />
-            Stop generating
-          </button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      )}
-
       {stale && streamingId && (
         <StaleStreamBanner
           onRetry={() => void handleRetryStale()}
@@ -280,6 +264,8 @@ export function ChatPane({ sessionId, chatId, projectId, agentId, onAgentChange,
         webSearchEnabled={webSearchEnabled}
         onSend={handleSend}
         onForceSend={streaming ? handleForceSend : undefined}
+        generating={streaming}
+        onStop={handleStop}
         onSlashCommand={handleSlashCommand}
         chatId={chatId}
         chatLabel={sessionChats?.find((c) => c.id === chatId)?.name ?? 'Chat'}

apps/web/src/components/panes/CoderMessageList.tsx

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ interface Props {
   actions?: MessageActions;
 }
 
-const CODER_HIDDEN_ACTIONS: ('fork' | 'delete' | 'openInPane')[] = ['fork', 'openInPane'];
+const CODER_HIDDEN_ACTIONS: ('fork' | 'delete')[] = ['fork'];
 
 export function CoderMessageList({ messages, chatId, footer, actions }: Props) {
   const endRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);

apps/web/src/components/panes/CoderPane.tsx

@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ export function CoderPane({
   const [queue, setQueue] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const queueProcessing = useRef(false);
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
+  // The agent is "generating" during the dispatch POST (sending) AND while its
+  // task runs (activeTaskId). sending alone is too brief — it clears the moment
+  // dispatch returns — so queueing/stop must key on this combined signal.
+  const generating = sending || activeTaskId !== null;
 
   // Refresh pending changes when a message_complete arrives
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -760,24 +764,35 @@ export function CoderPane({
     }
   }, [sessionId, paneId, chatId, agentConfig, setMessages]);
 
-  // Drain queue when not busy
+  // Drain queue once the agent is idle (not just past the dispatch POST).
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (sending || queue.length === 0 || queueProcessing.current) return;
+    if (generating || queue.length === 0 || queueProcessing.current) return;
     queueProcessing.current = true;
     const next = queue[0]!;
     setQueue((prev) => prev.slice(1));
     sendOneMessage(next).finally(() => { queueProcessing.current = false; });
-  }, [sending, queue, sendOneMessage]);
+  }, [generating, queue, sendOneMessage]);
 
   const handleChatInputSend = useCallback(async (content: string) => {
     const text = content.trim();
     if (!text || !chatId) return;
-    if (sending) {
+    if (generating) {
       setQueue((prev) => [...prev, text]);
       return;
     }
     await sendOneMessage(text);
-  }, [sending, chatId, sendOneMessage]);
+  }, [generating, chatId, sendOneMessage]);
+
+  const handleStop = useCallback(async () => {
+    const taskId = activeTaskId;
+    if (!taskId) return;
+    try {
+      await api.coder.cancelTask(taskId);
+      setActiveTaskId(null); // optimistic; WS/poll terminal-state also clears it
+    } catch (err) {
+      toast.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'stop failed');
+    }
+  }, [activeTaskId]);
 
   const handleChatInputSlash = useCallback(async (skillName: string, userMessage: string) => {
     if (!chatId) return;
@@ -867,9 +882,11 @@ export function CoderPane({
       {/* Composer + input */}
       <div className="shrink-0 border-t border-border">
         <ChatInput
-          disabled={sending || !chatId || chatPending}
+          disabled={!chatId || chatPending}
           projectId={projectPath ?? ''}
           onSend={handleChatInputSend}
+          generating={generating}
+          onStop={handleStop}
           onSlashCommand={handleChatInputSlash}
           slashGroups={slashGroups}
           chatId={chatId ?? undefined}

apps/web/src/hooks/sessionEvents.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ export interface SessionUpdatedEvent {
 export interface SessionWorkspaceUpdatedEvent {
   type: 'session_workspace_updated';
   session_id: string;
-  workspace_panes: import('@/api/types').WorkspacePane[];
+  // Legacy bare array OR the new envelope — useWorkspacePanes normalizes both
+  // via toWorkspaceState.
+  workspace_panes:
+    | import('@/api/types').WorkspacePane[]
+    | import('@/api/types').WorkspaceState;
 }
 
 export interface SessionLoadedEvent {
@@ -75,6 +79,14 @@ export interface OpenChatInActivePaneEvent {
   chat_id: string;
 }
 
+// Open a whole chat in a fresh split pane (vs the active pane). Emitted by the
+// ChatTabBar tab context menu ("Open in new pane") and by MessageBubble.fork()
+// so a fork lands beside the original. useWorkspacePanes subscribes.
+export interface OpenChatInNewPaneEvent {
+  type: 'open_chat_in_new_pane';
+  chat_id: string;
+}
+
 // v1.14.x-html-artifact-panes: ActionRow's "Open in pane" button emits one of
 // these; useWorkspacePanes subscribes and inserts the corresponding artifact
 // pane (or focuses an existing one keyed by message_id).
@@ -178,6 +190,7 @@ export type SessionEvent =
   | OpenFileInBrowserEvent
   | AttachChatFileEvent
   | OpenChatInActivePaneEvent
+  | OpenChatInNewPaneEvent
   | OpenMarkdownArtifactPaneEvent
   | OpenHtmlArtifactPaneEvent
   | OpenSettingsPaneEvent

apps/web/src/hooks/useSidebar.ts

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ function applyEvent(prev: SidebarResponse, event: import('./sessionEvents').Sess
     case 'attach_chat_file':
       return prev;
     case 'open_chat_in_active_pane':
+    case 'open_chat_in_new_pane':
       // Consumed by Workspace; sidebar has no business with pane state.
       return prev;
     case 'open_markdown_artifact_pane':

apps/web/src/hooks/useWorkspacePanes.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import type { DragEvent } from 'react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { api } from '@/api/client';
 import type {
+  ClosedPaneEntry,
   HtmlArtifactState,
   MarkdownArtifactState,
   WorkspacePane,
+  WorkspaceState,
 } from '@/api/types';
 import { setActivePaneInfo, clearActivePane } from '@/hooks/useActivePane';
 import { sessionEvents } from '@/hooks/sessionEvents';
@@ -32,19 +34,35 @@ function chatPane(chatId: string): WorkspacePane {
   return { id: generateId(), kind: 'chat', chatId, chatIds: [chatId], activeChatIdx: 0 };
 }
 
-interface ClosedPaneEntry {
-  kind: WorkspacePane['kind'];
-  chatIds: string[];
-  activeChatIdx: number;
-}
+// v2.6.x: reopen stack cap. The stack now lives in React state (persisted in
+// the WorkspaceState envelope), not a module-level array. `appendClosed` is the
+// pure state-updater helper.
 const MAX_CLOSED = 10;
-const closedPaneStack: ClosedPaneEntry[] = [];
 
-function pushClosed(pane: WorkspacePane): void {
-  if (pane.kind === 'empty' || pane.kind === 'settings') return;
-  if (pane.chatIds.length === 0) return;
-  closedPaneStack.push({ kind: pane.kind, chatIds: [...pane.chatIds], activeChatIdx: pane.activeChatIdx });
-  if (closedPaneStack.length > MAX_CLOSED) closedPaneStack.shift();
+// Pure helper: append a closed-pane entry derived from `pane` to `stack`,
+// capped at MAX_CLOSED (most-recent last). Returns the SAME reference when the
+// pane is not eligible (empty/settings/no chats) so callers can skip setState.
+function appendClosed(stack: ClosedPaneEntry[], pane: WorkspacePane): ClosedPaneEntry[] {
+  if (pane.kind === 'empty' || pane.kind === 'settings') return stack;
+  if (pane.chatIds.length === 0) return stack;
+  const entry = { kind: pane.kind, chatIds: [...pane.chatIds], activeChatIdx: pane.activeChatIdx };
+  // Dedupe a value-identical top entry. This is called via setClosedPaneStack
+  // inside the setPanes updater in removePane; React StrictMode double-invokes
+  // that updater in dev, which would otherwise push two identical entries.
+  // Real closes never collide (one chat lives in at most one pane).
+  const top = stack[stack.length - 1];
+  if (
+    top &&
+    top.kind === entry.kind &&
+    top.activeChatIdx === entry.activeChatIdx &&
+    top.chatIds.length === entry.chatIds.length &&
+    top.chatIds.every((id, i) => id === entry.chatIds[i])
+  ) {
+    return stack;
+  }
+  const next = [...stack, entry];
+  if (next.length > MAX_CLOSED) next.splice(0, next.length - MAX_CLOSED);
+  return next;
 }
 
 function chatNameForPaneKind(kind: 'coder' | 'terminal'): string {
@@ -110,6 +128,26 @@ function persistablePanes(panes: WorkspacePane[]): WorkspacePane[] {
   return normalizePanes(panes).filter((p) => p.kind !== 'settings');
 }
 
+// v2.6.x: LOCKED migration — a value read from session.workspace_panes (or the
+// session_workspace_updated frame) may be EITHER the legacy bare
+// WorkspacePane[] OR the new WorkspaceState envelope. Normalize to the
+// envelope. Must match the server's normalization byte-for-byte.
+function toWorkspaceState(raw: unknown): WorkspaceState {
+  if (Array.isArray(raw)) {
+    return { panes: raw as WorkspacePane[], tabNumbers: {}, nextTabNumber: 1, closedPaneStack: [] };
+  }
+  if (raw && typeof raw === 'object' && Array.isArray((raw as WorkspaceState).panes)) {
+    const env = raw as WorkspaceState;
+    return {
+      panes: env.panes,
+      tabNumbers: env.tabNumbers ?? {},
+      nextTabNumber: env.nextTabNumber ?? 1,
+      closedPaneStack: env.closedPaneStack ?? [],
+    };
+  }
+  return { panes: [], tabNumbers: {}, nextTabNumber: 1, closedPaneStack: [] };
+}
+
 // v1.9: per recon decision (c), settings panes don't count toward MAX_PANES.
 // Helper used at every pane-insertion site so the rule lives in one place.
 function nonSettingsCount(panes: WorkspacePane[]): number {
@@ -132,6 +170,9 @@ function readLegacyPanes(sessionId: string): WorkspacePane[] | null {
 
 export interface UseWorkspacePanesResult {
   panes: WorkspacePane[];
+  // v2.6.x: stable session-scoped tab number per chat id (Batch 3a). Keyed by
+  // chat.id, NEVER by tab position.
+  tabNumbers: Record<string, number>;
   activePaneIdx: number;
   setActivePaneIdx: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>;
   activePaneIdxRef: React.MutableRefObject<number>;
@@ -171,6 +212,12 @@ export interface UseWorkspacePanesResult {
 export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
   const [panes, setPanes] = useState<WorkspacePane[]>(() => [emptyPane()]);
   const [activePaneIdx, setActivePaneIdx] = useState(0);
+  // v2.6.x envelope state. Persisted alongside `panes` in the WorkspaceState
+  // envelope. `tabNumbers` is the stable session-scoped tab number per chat id;
+  // `nextTabNumber` only ever increments; `closedPaneStack` is the reopen LIFO.
+  const [tabNumbers, setTabNumbers] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
+  const [nextTabNumber, setNextTabNumber] = useState(1);
+  const [closedPaneStack, setClosedPaneStack] = useState<ClosedPaneEntry[]>([]);
   const draggingIdxRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const [dragOverIdx, setDragOverIdx] = useState<number | null>(null);
   // v1.12.1: skip PATCH while hydrating from the server. Without this, the
@@ -237,27 +284,42 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
       try {
         const session = await api.sessions.get(sessionId);
         if (cancelled) return;
-        let initial: WorkspacePane[] = Array.isArray(session.workspace_panes)
-          ? normalizePanes(session.workspace_panes)
-          : [];
+        let env = toWorkspaceState(session.workspace_panes);
+        let initial: WorkspacePane[] = normalizePanes(env.panes);
         // One-time migration: if server is empty but legacy localStorage has
-        // a layout, seed the server and delete the local key.
+        // a layout, seed the server (as an envelope) and delete the local key.
         if (initial.length === 0) {
           const legacy = readLegacyPanes(sessionId);
           if (legacy && legacy.length > 0) {
             try {
-              const updated = await api.sessions.updateWorkspacePanes(sessionId, legacy);
+              const seedState: WorkspaceState = {
+                panes: persistablePanes(legacy),
+                tabNumbers: {},
+                nextTabNumber: 1,
+                closedPaneStack: [],
+              };
+              const updated = await api.sessions.updateWorkspacePanes(sessionId, seedState);
               if (cancelled) return;
-              initial = updated.workspace_panes;
+              env = toWorkspaceState(updated.workspace_panes);
+              initial = normalizePanes(env.panes);
               localStorage.removeItem(`${LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY}.${sessionId}`);
             } catch {
-              initial = legacy;
+              env = { ...env, panes: legacy };
+              initial = normalizePanes(legacy);
             }
           }
         }
         const next = initial.length > 0 ? initial : [emptyPane()];
-        lastRemoteJsonRef.current = JSON.stringify(persistablePanes(next));
+        lastRemoteJsonRef.current = JSON.stringify({
+          panes: persistablePanes(next),
+          tabNumbers: env.tabNumbers,
+          nextTabNumber: env.nextTabNumber,
+          closedPaneStack: env.closedPaneStack,
+        });
         setPanes(next);
+        setTabNumbers(env.tabNumbers);
+        setNextTabNumber(env.nextTabNumber);
+        setClosedPaneStack(env.closedPaneStack);
         setActivePaneIdx(0);
         seedEmptyScopedPanes(next);
       } finally {
@@ -273,15 +335,25 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
     return sessionEvents.subscribe((ev) => {
       if (ev.type !== 'session_workspace_updated') return;
       if (ev.session_id !== sessionId) return;
-      const incoming = normalizePanes(
-        Array.isArray(ev.workspace_panes) ? ev.workspace_panes : [],
-      );
-      const json = JSON.stringify(incoming);
+      const env = toWorkspaceState(ev.workspace_panes);
+      const incoming = normalizePanes(env.panes);
+      // Echo-dedup on the FULL envelope so tabNumber / stack-only changes are
+      // not mistaken for our own write echo.
+      const json = JSON.stringify({
+        panes: persistablePanes(incoming),
+        tabNumbers: env.tabNumbers,
+        nextTabNumber: env.nextTabNumber,
+        closedPaneStack: env.closedPaneStack,
+      });
       if (json === lastRemoteJsonRef.current) return;
       lastRemoteJsonRef.current = json;
-      setPanes(incoming.length > 0 ? incoming : [emptyPane()]);
+      const nextPanes = incoming.length > 0 ? incoming : [emptyPane()];
+      setPanes(nextPanes);
+      setTabNumbers(env.tabNumbers);
+      setNextTabNumber(env.nextTabNumber);
+      setClosedPaneStack(env.closedPaneStack);
       setActivePaneIdx((prev) => Math.min(prev, Math.max(0, incoming.length - 1)));
-      seedEmptyScopedPanes(incoming.length > 0 ? incoming : [emptyPane()]);
+      seedEmptyScopedPanes(nextPanes);
     });
   }, [sessionId, seedEmptyScopedPanes]);
 
@@ -333,18 +405,75 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
   // before saving (ephemeral per v1.9).
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!hydratedRef.current) return;
-    const payload = persistablePanes(panes);
-    const json = JSON.stringify(payload);
+    // v2.6.x: persist the full WorkspaceState envelope. The dedup ref compares
+    // the whole envelope so tabNumber / reopen-stack changes also persist.
+    const envelope: WorkspaceState = {
+      panes: persistablePanes(panes),
+      tabNumbers,
+      nextTabNumber,
+      closedPaneStack,
+    };
+    const json = JSON.stringify(envelope);
     if (json === lastRemoteJsonRef.current) return;
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       lastRemoteJsonRef.current = json;
-      api.sessions.updateWorkspacePanes(sessionId, payload).catch(() => {
+      api.sessions.updateWorkspacePanes(sessionId, envelope).catch(() => {
         // Non-fatal: next change retries. Persistent failures surface via
         // the network layer's existing reconnect toast.
       });
     }, SAVE_DEBOUNCE_MS);
     return () => clearTimeout(timer);
-  }, [sessionId, panes]);
+  }, [sessionId, panes, tabNumbers, nextTabNumber, closedPaneStack]);
+
+  // v2.6.x (Batch 3a): maintain stable, session-scoped tab numbers. Collect the
+  // chat ids that appear in CHAT-kind panes in deterministic order (pane index,
+  // then tab index). Assign numbers to any without one (global per session,
+  // only ever increasing, never reused) and prune entries whose chat is no
+  // longer in any chat-kind pane. Guarded against render loops: only setState
+  // when something actually changed.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const liveChatIds: string[] = [];
+    const liveSet = new Set<string>();
+    for (const pane of panes) {
+      if (pane.kind !== 'chat') continue;
+      for (const id of pane.chatIds) {
+        if (!liveSet.has(id)) {
+          liveSet.add(id);
+          liveChatIds.push(id);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Assign: walk live ids in deterministic order, handing out numbers.
+    let counter = nextTabNumber;
+    const additions: Record<string, number> = {};
+    for (const id of liveChatIds) {
+      if (tabNumbers[id] === undefined && additions[id] === undefined) {
+        additions[id] = counter;
+        counter += 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Prune: retire numbers for chats no longer in any chat-kind pane.
+    const removals: string[] = [];
+    for (const id of Object.keys(tabNumbers)) {
+      if (!liveSet.has(id)) removals.push(id);
+    }
+
+    const hasAdditions = Object.keys(additions).length > 0;
+    const hasRemovals = removals.length > 0;
+    if (!hasAdditions && !hasRemovals) return;
+
+    setTabNumbers((prev) => {
+      const next: Record<string, number> = {};
+      for (const [id, n] of Object.entries(prev)) {
+        if (!removals.includes(id)) next[id] = n;
+      }
+      Object.assign(next, additions);
+      return next;
+    });
+    if (hasAdditions) setNextTabNumber(counter);
+  }, [panes, tabNumbers, nextTabNumber]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const active = panes[activePaneIdx];
@@ -391,6 +520,37 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
     setActivePaneIdx(paneIdx);
   }, []);
 
+  // Open a whole chat in its own fresh pane (focused). Detaches the chat from
+  // any pane currently showing it so it lives in exactly one pane (preserves
+  // the one-chat-per-pane model), dropping a source pane left with no tabs. For
+  // fork the chat isn't in any pane yet, so the detach is a no-op (pure append).
+  const openChatInNewPane = useCallback((chatId: string) => {
+    setPanes((prev) => {
+      const detached = prev.flatMap((p) => {
+        if (!p.chatIds.includes(chatId)) return [p];
+        const nextIds = p.chatIds.filter((id) => id !== chatId);
+        if (nextIds.length === 0) return [];
+        const ai = Math.min(p.activeChatIdx, nextIds.length - 1);
+        return [{ ...p, kind: 'chat' as const, chatId: nextIds[ai], chatIds: nextIds, activeChatIdx: ai }];
+      });
+      if (nonSettingsCount(detached) >= MAX_PANES) {
+        toast.error(`Maximum ${MAX_PANES} panes`);
+        return prev;
+      }
+      const next = [...detached, chatPane(chatId)];
+      setActivePaneIdx(next.length - 1);
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  // ChatTabBar's "Open in new pane" + MessageBubble.fork() emit this.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return sessionEvents.subscribe((ev) => {
+      if (ev.type !== 'open_chat_in_new_pane') return;
+      openChatInNewPane(ev.chat_id);
+    });
+  }, [openChatInNewPane]);
+
   const switchTab = useCallback((paneIdx: number, tabIdx: number) => {
     setPanes((prev) => {
       const next = [...prev];
@@ -411,7 +571,7 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
         if (next.length > 1) {
           // Last tab closed and other panes exist — remove the whole pane
           // instead of leaving an orphaned empty panel.
-          pushClosed(pane); setHasClosedPanes(true);
+          setClosedPaneStack((stack) => appendClosed(stack, pane));
           const spliced = next.filter((_, i) => i !== paneIdx);
           setActivePaneIdx((ai) => Math.min(ai, spliced.length - 1));
           return spliced;
@@ -547,7 +707,8 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
     setPanes((prev) => {
       if (prev.length <= 1) {
         // Settings is the only kind that can be the last pane and still need
-        // closing (X / Esc / sidebar toggle). Fall back to empty.
+        // closing (X / Esc / sidebar toggle). Fall back to empty. One-pane
+        // edge: no relocation — there is no other pane.
         if (prev[idx]?.kind === 'settings') {
           setActivePaneIdx(0);
           return [emptyPane()];
@@ -559,35 +720,101 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
       // The endpoint is idempotent (404 on missing session) so a strict-mode
       // double-invoke of the updater is safe.
       const removed = prev[idx];
-      if (removed) { pushClosed(removed); setHasClosedPanes(true); }
+      // Push the original pane (with its chatIds intact) to the reopen stack.
+      if (removed) setClosedPaneStack((stack) => appendClosed(stack, removed));
       if (removed?.kind === 'terminal') {
         api.terminals.kill(sessionId, removed.id).catch(() => { /* non-fatal */ });
       }
-      const next = prev.filter((_, i) => i !== idx);
+
+      // v2.6.x (Batch 1): relocate a closing CHAT pane's tabs to the oldest
+      // remaining pane that can host chat tabs, so chats aren't lost on close.
+      // Only chat panes relocate — terminal/coder panes own a scoped chat bound
+      // to the pane, so those close exactly as before (no relocation).
+      let working = prev;
+      if (removed && removed.kind === 'chat' && removed.chatIds.length > 0) {
+        // "Oldest remaining": lowest index, excluding `idx`, that is a chat or
+        // empty pane (the only kinds that can host arbitrary chat tabs). Skip
+        // terminal/coder/settings/artifact panes.
+        let targetIdx = -1;
+        for (let i = 0; i < prev.length; i += 1) {
+          if (i === idx) continue;
+          const p = prev[i]!;
+          if (p.kind === 'chat' || p.kind === 'empty') {
+            targetIdx = i;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        if (targetIdx >= 0) {
+          working = prev.map((p, i) => {
+            if (i !== targetIdx) return p;
+            const mergedIds = [...p.chatIds, ...removed.chatIds];
+            // Preserve the target's existing focus — append, don't force-focus
+            // the moved tabs. Clamp only when the target had no active tab.
+            const ai = p.activeChatIdx >= 0 ? p.activeChatIdx : 0;
+            return {
+              ...p,
+              kind: 'chat' as const,
+              chatIds: mergedIds,
+              activeChatIdx: ai,
+              chatId: mergedIds[ai],
+            };
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      const next = working.filter((_, i) => i !== idx);
       setActivePaneIdx((ai) => Math.min(ai, next.length - 1));
       return next;
     });
   }, [sessionId]);
 
-  const [hasClosedPanes, setHasClosedPanes] = useState(closedPaneStack.length > 0);
+  const hasClosedPanes = closedPaneStack.length > 0;
 
   const reopenPane = useCallback(() => {
-    const entry = closedPaneStack.pop();
-    setHasClosedPanes(closedPaneStack.length > 0);
-    if (!entry) return;
+    // Read the top entry from the current render's stack (not inside the
+    // updater) so a StrictMode double-invoke can't pop two entries. The pop
+    // setState is idempotent: filtering by reference removes exactly this entry.
+    const e = closedPaneStack[closedPaneStack.length - 1];
+    if (!e) return;
+    setClosedPaneStack((stack) => (stack[stack.length - 1] === e ? stack.slice(0, -1) : stack));
     setPanes((prev) => {
+      // v2.6.x (Batch 4): reversible reopen. The closed tabs may have been
+      // relocated into another pane on close (Batch 1). Strip e.chatIds from
+      // every existing pane first so reopening never duplicates a tab —
+      // whether or not it was relocated (a no-op strip when it wasn't). Mirror
+      // removeTab's emptiness handling: a chat pane emptied by the strip is
+      // dropped when other panes remain, else turned empty.
+      const stripped: WorkspacePane[] = [];
+      for (const p of prev) {
+        const idxs = p.chatIds.filter((id) => !e.chatIds.includes(id));
+        if (idxs.length === p.chatIds.length) {
+          stripped.push(p);
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (idxs.length === 0) {
+          if (p.kind === 'chat') {
+            // Drop the now-empty chat pane (we still have the restored pane plus
+            // possibly others). If it would leave zero panes, turn it empty.
+            continue;
+          }
+          stripped.push({ ...p, chatId: undefined, chatIds: [], activeChatIdx: -1 });
+          continue;
+        }
+        const ai = Math.min(p.activeChatIdx, idxs.length - 1);
+        stripped.push({ ...p, chatIds: idxs, activeChatIdx: ai < 0 ? 0 : ai, chatId: idxs[ai < 0 ? 0 : ai] });
+      }
       const restored: WorkspacePane = {
         id: generateId(),
-        kind: entry.kind,
-        chatId: entry.chatIds[entry.activeChatIdx] ?? entry.chatIds[0],
-        chatIds: entry.chatIds,
-        activeChatIdx: Math.min(entry.activeChatIdx, entry.chatIds.length - 1),
+        kind: e.kind,
+        chatId: e.chatIds[e.activeChatIdx] ?? e.chatIds[0],
+        chatIds: e.chatIds,
+        activeChatIdx: Math.min(e.activeChatIdx, e.chatIds.length - 1),
       };
-      const next = [...prev, restored];
+      const next = [...stripped, restored];
       setActivePaneIdx(next.length - 1);
       return next;
     });
-  }, []);
+  }, [closedPaneStack]);
 
   // Replaces a single empty default pane with a chat pane. Used by the initial
   // chat fetch to land on the most-recent open chat if no saved pane state.
@@ -705,6 +932,7 @@ export function useWorkspacePanes(sessionId: string): UseWorkspacePanesResult {
 
   return {
     panes,
+    tabNumbers,
     activePaneIdx,
     setActivePaneIdx,
     activePaneIdxRef,

apps/web/src/lib/attachments.ts

@@ -56,19 +56,26 @@ export function inferLanguage(filename: string): string | null {
 
 export function flattenToMessage(attachments: Attachment[], text: string): string {
   if (attachments.length === 0) return text;
-  const blocks = attachments.map(a => {
-    // Pasted text is raw context, not code from a file — insert it verbatim with
-    // no ``` fence or provenance header. The chip only exists to keep the textarea
-    // tidy while composing; on send it should be exactly what the user pasted.
+  // Pasted text is raw context, not code from a file — insert it verbatim with no
+  // ``` fence or provenance header. It trails the typed text with a leading space
+  // so a leading slash command / prompt stays first and the paste reads as its
+  // continuation. File/line chips stay fenced provenance blocks, appended after.
+  const pasteBlocks: string[] = [];
+  const fencedBlocks: string[] = [];
+  for (const a of attachments) {
     if (a.kind === 'paste') {
-      return a.content;
+      pasteBlocks.push(a.content);
+      continue;
     }
     const fence = '```' + (a.language ?? '');
     const header =
       a.kind === 'lines'
         ? `// from: ${a.filename}:${a.range?.[0] ?? '?'}-${a.range?.[1] ?? '?'}`
         : `// from: ${a.filename}`;
-    return `${fence}\n${header}\n${a.content}\n\`\`\``;
-  });
-  return [...blocks, text].filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
+    fencedBlocks.push(`${fence}\n${header}\n${a.content}\n\`\`\``);
+  }
+  // Typed text + pasted content on the same logical line (space-joined), then
+  // any fenced file blocks as separate paragraphs.
+  const lead = [text, ...pasteBlocks].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
+  return [lead, ...fencedBlocks].filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
 }

data/AGENTS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Agents
 
+Operating rules for every agent in this registry. Full procedures live in the `committing-changes` and `using-worktrees` skills.
+
+**Committing** — Commit only on Sam's explicit command, never autonomously and never on apply; never `git push` (Sam pushes manually, Gitea + GitHub mirror). Stage by concern (named files or `git add -p`), never `git add -A`; never stage Sam's unrelated work. Identity `indifferentketchup` / `sam@indifferentketchup.com`, never a personal Gmail. Freeform scope-prefix messages, explain *why* for non-obvious changes, no emojis. Full workflow: invoke `committing-changes`.
+
+**Worktrees** — Isolate work in a worktree when it is parallel to in-progress work, risky/experimental, a hotfix interrupting other work, or splits into independent units — just create when clear, propose in one line when ambiguous, skip quick/small single-stream work. Branch from a stable base (default branch); worktrees persist (never auto-remove or auto-merge); they isolate code state, not runtime (ports/DBs/services still collide). Full heuristic: invoke `using-worktrees`.
+
 ## Code Reviewer
 ---
 temperature: 0.6

data/skills/boocode/committing-changes/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+name: committing-changes
+description: This skill should be used when the user asks to commit, stage, split, or prepare changes for a commit. Examples: "commit this", "stage these", "split this into commits", "help me commit", "prepare a commit", "make a commit for the dcp fix".
+---
+
+# Committing Changes
+
+Segment the working tree by concern, stage explicitly, draft messages, **present the plan, and STOP**. Commit only on the user's explicit command for this turn. Never push — the user pushes manually (Gitea + GitHub mirror).
+
+**The default is to prepare and propose, not to commit.** A request to "commit X" is a request to get X *ready* and show the plan, unless the user has, in this turn, told you to actually run the commit. When in doubt, present and wait.
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. **Inspect.** `git status` then `git diff` (and `git diff --staged` if anything is already staged). Read what actually changed — do not commit from memory of what you wrote.
+2. **Segment by concern.** Group the changes into buckets, one per coherent concern. State the grouping in plain language before staging anything (e.g. "two concerns: (a) the SSE fix in opencode-server.ts, (b) an unrelated typo in README").
+3. **Safety scan.** Before staging, scan the diff for: secrets / keys / tokens, debug code, stray `console.log`/`print`/`dbg!`, commented-out experiments, and edits to files the user did not ask you to touch (their in-progress work). Flag anything found; do not silently stage it.
+4. **Stage explicitly, per bucket.** Stage named files (`git add path/a path/b`) or hunks (`git add -p`). **Never `git add -A`, `git add .`, or `git add -u`** — those sweep up unrelated work. If `-p` can't cleanly split adjacent hunks, hand-edit the patch (`git add -e`) or revert the unrelated hunk in the working tree first.
+5. **Draft messages.** One message per bucket, in the repo's scope-prefix style (see `references/message-style.md`). Explain *why* for anything non-obvious — the diff already shows *what*. Imperative mood. No emojis. Do not impose Conventional-Commits ceremony (type enums, `BREAKING CHANGE:` footers) unless the user asks.
+6. **Present the plan + STOP.** Show: the buckets, the files in each, the drafted message for each, and the current staged state. Then wait. **Do not run `git commit`.**
+7. **On the user's command**, execute the agreed `git add` / `git commit` exactly as presented, using the identity below. Then report the resulting hashes. Still do not push.
+
+## Split heuristic
+
+- **One commit** when the changes are a single coherent concern (a feature + its test; a fix + the comment explaining it).
+- **Multiple commits** when concerns are independently revertable or reviewable — a bug fix and an unrelated refactor that happen to share the working tree should be two commits even if they touch the same file.
+- A migration/schema change and the code that uses it are usually *one* concern (they're not independently revertable). A doc/changelog update alongside code is usually a *separate* concern.
+
+## Identity (always)
+
+Commit as:
+
+```
+user.name  = indifferentketchup
+user.email = sam@indifferentketchup.com
+```
+
+Never use a personal Gmail or the host's default git identity. If unsure the repo config is right, pass it inline: `git -c user.name=indifferentketchup -c user.email=sam@indifferentketchup.com commit -m "..."`.
+
+## DO-NOT
+
+- **Never push.** No `git push` under any circumstances — that is the user's manual step (dual remote: Gitea + GitHub mirror).
+- **Never auto-commit.** Preparing ≠ committing. Commit only when told to, this turn.
+- **Never `git add -A` / `git add .` / `git add -u`.** Stage by name or by hunk.
+- **Never commit the user's unrelated/in-progress files.** If a file changed that the task didn't touch, leave it; surface it.
+- **No emojis** in messages.
+- **No amending or rebasing** published or shared commits without an explicit instruction.
+
+## Red flags — STOP
+
+- About to run `git commit` without having been told to commit this turn → STOP, present the plan instead.
+- About to `git add -A` "to save time" → STOP, stage by concern.
+- About to `git push` "to finish the job" → STOP, that is never part of this skill.
+- A secret or debug line is in the diff and you're staging anyway → STOP, surface it.
+
+## Anti-patterns this skill avoids
+
+- Committing the moment changes look done (the user reviews diffs and commits on command).
+- Collapsing several concerns into one "WIP" commit because staging separately is tedious.
+- Pushing after committing because the work "feels finished."
+- Reformatting the message into strict Conventional Commits when the repo uses freeform scope-prefixes.

data/skills/boocode/committing-changes/eval.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+skill: committing-changes
+tasks:
+  - prompt: "Commit this for me"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the committing-changes skill
+      - the response inspects the working tree (git status / git diff) before staging
+      - the response segments the changes by concern and states the grouping
+      - the response stages explicitly (named files or git add -p), never git add -A / git add . / git add -u
+      - the response presents drafted message(s) + the plan and STOPS, without running git commit
+      - the response does NOT run git push
+  - prompt: "Stage these and split them into separate commits"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the committing-changes skill
+      - the response groups the changes into independently-revertable concerns
+      - the response proposes one message per concern in scope-prefix style with no emojis
+      - the response waits for confirmation before committing
+  - prompt: "There are two unrelated changes in here plus a stray debug line — prepare a commit"
+    grader:
+      - the response flags the stray debug line in a safety scan rather than staging it
+      - the response separates the two unrelated concerns into different buckets
+      - the response does not auto-commit or push
+  - prompt: "OK, go ahead and commit the dcp fix bucket you just showed me"
+    grader:
+      - the response runs git commit for the agreed bucket only
+      - the response commits with identity indifferentketchup / sam@indifferentketchup.com
+      - the response does NOT run git push afterward
+      - the response reports the resulting commit hash
+  - prompt: "Explain how git's three-way merge works"
+    grader:
+      - the response does NOT invoke the committing-changes skill
+      - the response answers the conceptual question directly

data/skills/boocode/committing-changes/references/message-style.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Commit message style
+
+Freeform **scope-prefix** messages. The shape is conventional-commits-*like* — `type(scope): summary` is the dominant form in this repo — but it is **not enforced**: the scope and the *why* matter more than the type enum. Do not reject or rewrite a message just because it lacks a `type`, and do not add ceremony (`BREAKING CHANGE:` footers, rigid type whitelist).
+
+## The pattern
+
+```
+<scope-prefix>: <imperative summary>
+
+<optional body: WHY this change, not what — the diff shows what>
+```
+
+- **Scope prefix** — the area(s) touched. A single area (`coder`, `web`, `server`), a typed scope (`fix(coder)`, `feat(coder)`, `docs(changelog)`), a sub-scope (`coder(providers)`), or multiple areas joined (`web+coder`). Pick whatever names the blast radius honestly.
+- **Imperative summary** — "strip dcp tags", not "stripped" / "strips". One line, no trailing period needed.
+- **Body** — only when the *why* isn't obvious from the summary. Explain the reason, the failure it fixes, or the constraint it satisfies. Cross-reference related tags/commits by name when the change builds on or fixes prior work.
+- **No emojis.** Anywhere — summary, body, or trailers.
+
+## Real examples (from this repo's log)
+
+```
+fix(coder): strip dcp-message-id tags split across stream chunks
+feat(coder): per-session SSE subscriptions (P1.5-a concurrency prereq)
+feat(coder): guard session delete against worktree work loss
+fix(coder): no-upstream branch alone no longer flags a session at-risk
+docs(changelog): v2.6.2-delete-guard-and-sse
+chore(coder): untrack live coder-providers.json, ship example
+```
+
+And the freeform multi-area / sub-scope forms the house style also allows:
+
+```
+web+coder: per-session SSE
+coder(providers): fix empty picker
+```
+
+## Why-not-just-what
+
+A summary that restates the diff (`fix: change variable name`) wastes the message. A good message answers a question the diff can't: *why did this need to change?* Example — the bare summary `fix(coder): no-upstream branch alone no longer flags a session at-risk` is fine, but its body earns its keep:
+
+> Session worktree branches never get an upstream, so the original rule flagged
+> every worktree-backed session as at-risk on delete — even pristine ones.
+
+That sentence is the part a future reader (or `git blame`) actually needs.

data/skills/boocode/using-worktrees/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: using-worktrees
+description: This skill should be used when starting work that may need isolation from the current checkout — parallel to something already in progress, risky or experimental, a hotfix interrupting other work, or a task that splits into independent mergeable units. Also when the user explicitly asks for a worktree. Examples: "try this risky refactor", "I need to fix prod while keeping this branch", "explore an alternate approach", "make a worktree for X".
+---
+
+# Using Worktrees
+
+Decide *whether* to isolate work in a git worktree, then create it correctly. The judgment — "does this need its own worktree?" — is the point of this skill; the mechanics are routine.
+
+**Asymmetry with committing (deliberate):** when the heuristic clearly fires, **just create the worktree** — you have standing trust here. When it's ambiguous, **propose it in one line and wait**. This is unlike committing, which is always command-gated. Creating a worktree is cheap and reversible; making a commit is not, so the trust differs.
+
+## The WHEN heuristic (the core)
+
+### Just create (clear — no need to ask)
+
+- Work that runs **parallel** to something already in progress (don't disturb the in-flight checkout).
+- A **risky / experimental / throwaway** change you might want to discard cleanly.
+- A **hotfix that interrupts** in-progress work (isolate the fix, leave the WIP untouched).
+- Work that **decomposes into independent mergeable units** — one worktree per unit.
+- Any task where the user would plausibly want it isolated from the main checkout.
+
+### Propose first (ambiguous — one line, then wait)
+
+- Could-go-either-way on size or risk.
+- Unsure whether the user wants isolation at all.
+- A worktree that would **overlap heavily** with the work already on the main checkout (isolation buys little, may confuse).
+
+State it in one line: *"This looks risky/parallel — want me to do it in a worktree?"* Then wait.
+
+### Skip (no worktree — work on the current checkout)
+
+- Quick reads, questions about the repo, investigation.
+- Small single-stream fixes with nothing to run in parallel.
+- Anything where there's nothing to isolate and no parallelism to protect.
+
+```
+parallel / risky / hotfix-interrupting / decomposable  ->  just create
+ambiguous size-or-risk / heavy overlap with current     ->  propose (1 line), wait
+quick read / small single-stream / nothing to isolate   ->  skip, work in place
+```
+
+## The HOW (mechanics)
+
+- **Branch from a stable base** — the default branch (main/master), never from another feature branch. A worktree off a half-done branch inherits its instability.
+- **Branch name derived from the task** — `fix-session-delete-guard`, not `wip` or `tmp`. No emojis.
+- **Collision-safe path** — a unique dir outside the main checkout (e.g. a per-task or per-branch path), so two worktrees never share a directory.
+- **Run the project's setup after create** — install deps / env / generate, if the project defines a setup step. A fresh worktree has the code but not the installed/generated state. (Some projects declare setup hooks; run whatever the project defines — don't assume the checkout is ready to run bare.)
+
+## Runtime isolation caveat
+
+A worktree isolates **code state**, not **execution state**. Ports, databases, caches, lockfiles, and running services can still collide between worktrees. Don't assume a worktree means a fully isolated environment — if two worktrees both run the app, give each its own port / DB / service via per-worktree setup. Code isolation ≠ runtime isolation.
+
+## Lifecycle
+
+- Worktrees **persist** — they are not auto-reaped. Leaving one around is fine; it's not litter.
+- **Reconcile via git**, never automatically: review the worktree's diff against its base, then merge or archive on the user's decision. Do not auto-merge.
+- **Commit inside a worktree only on the user's command** — defer to the `committing-changes` skill for the commit step (same rules: present-and-stop, never push).
+
+## DO-NOT
+
+- **Never branch from a non-stable base** (another feature branch). Stable base only.
+- **Never auto-merge or auto-reconcile** a worktree back. That's a reviewed decision.
+- **Never push** (worktrees change nothing about the push rule — that stays the user's manual step).
+- **Never `git worktree remove`** without the user's say. Worktrees persist; removing one can discard uncommitted work.
+- **No emojis** in branch names.
+
+## Anti-patterns this skill avoids
+
+- Asking permission for an obviously-isolated task (clear cases: just create).
+- Creating a worktree for a quick read or a one-line fix (nothing to isolate).
+- Branching the worktree off the messy in-progress branch instead of the stable base.
+- Assuming a worktree gives runtime isolation and then colliding on a port or DB.
+- Auto-removing or auto-merging a worktree the user hasn't reconciled.

data/skills/boocode/using-worktrees/eval.yaml

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+skill: using-worktrees
+tasks:
+  - prompt: "I'm mid-way through a feature but prod is broken — I need to fix it now"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response recognizes this as a clear case (hotfix interrupting in-progress work) and just creates the worktree rather than asking
+      - the response branches the worktree from the stable/default branch, not the in-progress feature branch
+      - the response does NOT push
+  - prompt: "Let's try a risky refactor of the inference loop and see if it pans out"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response treats this as a clear case (risky/experimental) and creates a worktree autonomously
+      - the response uses a task-derived branch name (no emojis) and a collision-safe path
+      - the response notes that project setup must run in the new worktree before it can run
+  - prompt: "Should I do this small one-line typo fix in a worktree?"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response recommends SKIP (small single-stream fix, nothing to isolate) and works in place
+      - the response does not create a worktree
+  - prompt: "This change is medium-sized and I'm not sure if it'll conflict with what I'm doing"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response treats this as ambiguous and PROPOSES a worktree in one line, then waits, rather than creating it unilaterally
+  - prompt: "Two coder worktrees both run the app on port 9502 — will they be isolated?"
+    grader:
+      - the response invokes the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response explains that worktrees isolate code state but NOT runtime (ports/DBs/services can still collide)
+      - the response recommends per-worktree setup to separate the runtime
+  - prompt: "What's the difference between git clone and git worktree?"
+    grader:
+      - the response does NOT invoke the using-worktrees skill
+      - the response answers the conceptual question directly