fix(web): a finished reply replaced by a steer is no longer labeled partial

[juliusmarminge]

Part of #15489.

When a steer restarts a run, the old attempt is marked superseded, and the timeline folded everything that attempt produced under Superseded attempt / Partial output retained. In #15489 Grok had already finished its reply (turn_ended outcome: completed) before the steer arrived. The fold hid a complete answer and called it partial.

Fix

• Complete replies stay visible. When a superseded attempt's last output is an assistant reply that finished before the steer, that reply stays in the timeline as the turn's answer. It no longer goes into the superseded fold, and the run's turn fold leaves it out too.
• Cut-off replies still fold, now labeled Cut off by a steer.
• How a finished reply is detected. The steer stamps the old attempt's completedAt when it is dispatched. The provider only closes a reply it interrupts after that moment. So a reply whose item completed before the attempt's completedAt was whole. Trailing tool or reasoning work after the reply counts as cut off.
• Why not item status. Status can't tell the two cases apart: an interrupted ACP stream also closes as completed, and the provider turn is interrupted either way.
• Type change. The timeline's attempt type now carries completedAt.

Mobile has no superseded-attempt fold, so there's nothing to change there.

The other half of #15489 is the Grok turn staying open after the reply, which is what invited the steer in the first place. It's the same cause as #17159 and is being fixed separately.

Tests

MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts:

• A reply finished before the steer stays visible, with the run both running and completed.
• A reply the steer cut off still folds.

Both "stays visible" cases fail without the logic change.

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Verdict: Approved at 5393511

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused web timeline bug fix that uses existing attempt completion metadata to preserve finished replies and label only genuinely cut-off output. The change is localized, covered by tests, and introduces no production, schema, security, billing, or static-analysis configuration changes.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+24 B (+0.5%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+24 B (+2.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: bd2346e · PR result: 5393511 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Timeline folding now uses attempt completion times to keep eligible completed replies visible and fold output completed after a steer. The superseded-attempt disclosure label also changes.

Changes

Timeline folding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve replies completed before a steer apps/web/src/session-logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.test.tsx	TimelineAttempt now includes completedAt. Folding keeps eligible completed assistant replies visible when they completed before the attempt and folds later output. Tests cover running and completed runs, and the disclosure label changes to “Cut off by a steer.”

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

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A finished reply remains visible as intended, but earlier work from the superseded attempt can appear outside the fold. This is a bounded timeline display issue to fix or explicitly accept before merging.

Pre-merge checks | 3 | 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: completed replies replaced by a steer are no longer labeled as partial.
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Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🟡 Minor · Keep other superseded-attempt output folded · MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:811-835

apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:811-835
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep other superseded-attempt output folded

When the superseded attempt contains old-work-entry before a completed old-reply-entry, completeAttemptIds excludes the entire attempt from deriveSupersededAttemptFolds. For a running latest run, deriveTurnFolds also leaves the run unfolded. The old work can therefore render as a top-level row.

Exclude only the completed reply entry from the attempt fold. This keeps the reply visible and folds the other attempt output.

Suggested fix

-  const completeAttemptIds = new Set(
-    timelineEntries.flatMap((entry) =>
-      entry.attempt !== undefined && completeReplyEntryIds.has(entry.id) ? [entry.attempt.id] : [],
-    ),
-  );
   const entriesByAttemptId = new Map<RunAttemptId, TimelineEntry[]>();
   for (const entry of timelineEntries) {
     if (
       entry.attempt?.status !== "superseded" ||
-      completeAttemptIds.has(entry.attempt.id) ||
+      completeReplyEntryIds.has(entry.id) ||
       unfoldedRunIds.has(entry.attempt.runId) ||

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts around
lines 811 - 835:
In deriveSupersededAttemptFolds, stop excluding an entire attempt when it
contains a completed reply. Remove completeAttemptIds and skip only entries
whose IDs are in completeReplyEntryIds, so completed replies remain visible
while other superseded-attempt output is folded.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:
- Around line 811-835: In deriveSupersededAttemptFolds, stop excluding an entire
attempt when it contains a completed reply. Remove completeAttemptIds and skip
only entries whose IDs are in completeReplyEntryIds, so completed replies remain
visible while other superseded-attempt output is folded.

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