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feat(ai): add detached /btw side questions - #2678

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Summary

  • adds /btw <question> as a detached, ephemeral side-question card on the shared agent chat surface
  • streams via an independent /api/ai/btw path with its own request ID and AbortController; dismissing it cannot abort the main stream
  • server authorizes the conversation, reads only completed persisted context plus the accessible bound-plan title, bounds input/context, and calls the model with no tools or persistence lifecycle hooks

Tests

  • bun install --frozen-lockfile
  • bun run --filter @pagespace/db build
  • bun run --filter @pagespace/lib build
  • apps/web: ../../node_modules/.bin/vitest run src/lib/ai/btw/__tests__/side-question.test.ts src/components/ai/btw/__tests__/useSideQuestion.test.ts src/app/api/ai/btw/__tests__/route.test.ts (6 passed)
  • targeted ESLint for changed production sources

Integration notes

  • Deliberately independent of AI chat: queue user messages while a response is streaming #2676 queued-message work: it neither calls the primary useChat/send lifecycle nor changes normal queue semantics or activeStreamId.
  • No DB migration or configuration change.
  • Full web typecheck could not complete in this isolated sandbox: the runner timed out without diagnostic output despite the required expanded heap. Targeted lint and tests pass.

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  • New Features

    • Added the /btw command for asking temporary side questions while an agent continues working.
    • Side-question answers use completed conversation context without interrupting the active run or appearing in chat history.
    • Added a dedicated side-question card with streaming responses, error handling, and dismissal controls.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Side questions now remain separate from the primary message and streaming lifecycle.

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  • apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/SideQuestionCard.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/useSideQuestion.ts
  • apps/web/src/lib/ai/btw/__tests__/side-question.test.ts
  • apps/web/src/lib/ai/btw/side-question.ts
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Detached side question flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Snapshot and detached stream
apps/web/src/lib/ai/btw/side-question.ts, apps/web/src/lib/ai/btw/__tests__/*
Builds a bounded snapshot from completed messages and plan data. Streams an answer without tools or persistence callbacks.
Authorized side-question API
apps/web/src/app/api/ai/btw/*, apps/web/src/app/api/__tests__/security-audit-coverage.test.ts
Adds the protected POST /api/ai/btw route with validation, access checks, denial audits, provider creation, and streamed responses.
Chat input and side-question state
apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/*, apps/web/src/components/ai/chat/input/ChatInput.tsx, apps/web/src/components/agents/chat/SessionChat.tsx, CHANGELOG.md
Recognizes /btw, manages an independent request, renders results or errors, and documents the command.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ChatInput
  participant SessionChatView
  participant SideQuestionHook
  participant BtwRoute
  participant AIProvider
  User->>ChatInput: Submit /btw question
  ChatInput->>SessionChatView: Invoke side-question handler
  SessionChatView->>SideQuestionHook: Start detached request
  SideQuestionHook->>BtwRoute: POST conversationId and question
  BtwRoute->>AIProvider: Stream answer from completed context
  AIProvider-->>SideQuestionHook: Response chunks
  SideQuestionHook-->>SessionChatView: Update side-question state
  SessionChatView-->>User: Render SideQuestionCard
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7d432

Side answers can omit relevant results, use stale context, be disrupted during lifecycle changes, or mix overlapping responses. These issues should be corrected before merge.

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- route: destructure validated body fields into consts so typeof
  narrowing survives inside the snapshot read closures (fixes the
  web build/typecheck failure: unknown not assignable to string)
- route: emit authz.access.denied on auth-failure and
  conversation-inaccessible paths; register ai/btw in the
  AI_ROUTES_REQUIRING_DENIAL_AUDIT gate
- useSideQuestion: send via fetchWithAuth so the session CSRF token
  is injected (bare fetch always 403'd against requireCSRF route);
  flush the streaming TextDecoder tail before clearing loading
- tests: mock auditRequest, add denial-audit assertion

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/web/src/app/api/ai/btw/route.ts`:
- Around line 5-6: Align the imports in the route with the approved web database
import contract: first expose both eq and conversations through the supported
package surface, or update the import rule to match the package’s actual
exports, then migrate this route without introducing imports that do not
compile.

In `@apps/web/src/components/agents/chat/SessionChat.tsx`:
- Line 121: Update SessionChatView’s side-question streaming flow around
useSideQuestion(conversationId) to register the detached stream with
useEditingStore when it starts, and clear that registration whenever the stream
settles or is dismissed. Preserve the existing rendering and lifecycle behavior
while ensuring active streaming is protected from revalidation and
authentication refresh.

In `@apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/SideQuestionCard.tsx`:
- Around line 5-9: Format the SideQuestionCard component and its nested JSX with
Prettier, preserving the existing props, rendering logic, accessibility
attributes, and styling.

In `@apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/useSideQuestion.ts`:
- Around line 20-21: Update useSideQuestion to add an effect cleanup keyed by
conversationId that aborts the current AbortController when the hook unmounts or
the conversation changes, reusing abortSideQuestion and the existing controller
ref.
- Around line 20-41: Update useSideQuestion so every setState updater in the ask
streaming flow, including decoder chunks and the final tail, first verifies
controller.current matches request.controller; ignore updates from superseded
requests while preserving updates for the active request.

In `@apps/web/src/lib/ai/btw/side-question.ts`:
- Line 25: Update the message snapshot mapper in the side-question flow to
include completed toolResults alongside each message’s role and content, using a
bounded representation consistent with MAX_MESSAGE_CHARS. Extend the snapshot
fixture/assertion to verify a completed result such as the existing output value
is included.
- Around line 29-31: Update the snapshot construction near the completed
transcript and PLAN sections to reserve space for the plan before applying
MAX_SNAPSHOT_CHARS. When the completed transcript exceeds the remaining budget,
retain its newest content rather than prefixing it, and ensure the plan remains
included within the final snapshot limit.
- Line 52: Update the side-question call to place the detached-response policy
in the system instruction, while moving snapshot and question into the user
prompt under distinct named delimiters. Preserve the existing detached-answer
constraints and ensure the user-provided and persisted content remains clearly
separated from the policy.

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  • apps/web/src/app/api/ai/btw/route.ts
  • apps/web/src/components/agents/chat/SessionChat.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/SideQuestionCard.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/__tests__/useSideQuestion.test.ts
  • apps/web/src/components/ai/btw/useSideQuestion.ts
  • apps/web/src/components/ai/chat/input/ChatInput.tsx
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Comment thread apps/web/src/app/api/ai/btw/route.ts
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Review follow-ups (coderabbitai):
- snapshot: serialize completed toolResults (bounded) — they were
  silently dropped even though the test fixture contained them
- snapshot: reserve plan space and keep the NEWEST completed messages
  within the budget — the prefix slice dropped the newest context and
  could cut the plan entirely on long conversations
- stream: move the detached-response policy into `system`, put
  snapshot/question in named delimiters (CWE-1427 prompt-boundary
  hygiene)
- useSideQuestion: register the detached stream with useEditingStore
  via useStreamingRegistration (invisible to the central registrar,
  which derives from the primary pending-streams store only)
- useSideQuestion: abort on unmount/conversation switch; guard every
  state update by request identity so a superseded request can't
  append into or settle the replacement card
- SideQuestionCard: readable multi-line JSX

Not changed: route imports of @pagespace/db/operators and
@pagespace/db/schema/conversations — both are the established
convention (100+ routes / 7 sibling AI routes).
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