fix: preserve each OpenCode background warning

Related to #3615 (stays open: hiding/restoring running sessions is separate work).

Merged by judgment after ~49 Codex findings; remaining P2 (Copy Tab name/icon snapshot when host shell is edited after launch) is a cosmetic edge case for a follow-up.

.github/workflows/ai-automation.yml

@@ -1202,8 +1202,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Freeze trusted helper
-        run: cp scripts/ai-automation.cjs "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai-automation.cjs"
-          chmod 0444 "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai-automation.cjs"
+        run: *freeze_ai_helper
 
       - name: Install Claude Code CLI
         run: |

application/AppHandlers.connect.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   handleKeyboardInteractiveSubmitImpl,
   handleTrayPanelConnectRequestImpl,
 } from './app/AppHandlers.ts';
+import { resolveShellSetting } from '../lib/useDiscoveredShells.ts';
 import type { Host } from '../types';
 
 const baseHost: Host = {
@@ -398,3 +399,69 @@ test('keyboard-interactive submit keeps the prompt and password unchanged when d
   assert.equal(hosts[0].password, 'old-password');
   assert.deepEqual(errors, ['Request not found']);
 });
+
+test('local host without explicit shell resolves the configured Settings shell', () => {
+  const connectedHosts: Host[] = [];
+  const localHost: Host = { ...baseHost, id: 'local-1', hostname: 'localhost', protocol: 'local' };
+  const discoveredShells = [
+    { id: 'wsl-ubuntu', name: 'Ubuntu (WSL)', command: 'wsl.exe', args: ['-d', 'Ubuntu'] },
+  ];
+
+  handleConnectToHostImpl(
+    () => ({
+      addConnectionLog: () => {},
+      connectToHost: (host: Host) => {
+        connectedHosts.push(host);
+        return 'local-session';
+      },
+      discoveredShells,
+      identities: [],
+      keys: [],
+      resolveEffectiveHost: (host: Host) => host,
+      resolveHostAuth: () => ({ username: '' }),
+      resolveShellSetting,
+      systemInfoRef: { current: { username: 'local-user', hostname: 'local-host' } },
+      terminalSettings: { localShell: 'wsl-ubuntu' },
+    }) as never,
+    localHost,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts[0].localShell, 'wsl.exe');
+  assert.deepEqual(connectedHosts[0].localShellArgs, ['-d', 'Ubuntu']);
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts[0].localShellName, 'Ubuntu (WSL)');
+});
+
+test('local host with an explicit shell keeps it (no Settings fallback)', () => {
+  const connectedHosts: Host[] = [];
+  const localHost: Host = {
+    ...baseHost,
+    id: 'local-2',
+    hostname: 'localhost',
+    protocol: 'local',
+    localShell: 'pwsh',
+  };
+
+  handleConnectToHostImpl(
+    () => ({
+      addConnectionLog: () => {},
+      connectToHost: (host: Host) => {
+        connectedHosts.push(host);
+        return 'local-session-2';
+      },
+      discoveredShells: [],
+      identities: [],
+      keys: [],
+      resolveEffectiveHost: (host: Host) => host,
+      resolveHostAuth: () => ({ username: '' }),
+      resolveShellSetting,
+      systemInfoRef: { current: { username: 'local-user', hostname: 'local-host' } },
+      terminalSettings: { localShell: 'wsl-ubuntu' },
+    }) as never,
+    localHost,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts[0].localShell, 'pwsh');
+  assert.equal(connectedHosts[0].localShellName, undefined);
+});

application/app/AppActiveTabChrome.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { updateActiveChromeThemeDeps } from '../state/activeChromeThemeSync';
 import { useActiveChromeTheme } from '../state/useActiveChromeTheme';
 import { useAppearanceChromeStore } from '../state/appearanceChromeStore';
+import { focusEditorInWindow } from '../state/editorWindowClient';
 import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
 import { resolveActiveChromeTheme } from './activeChromeTheme';
 import type { TerminalAppearanceHostScope, ResolvedAppearance } from '../../domain/terminalAppearanceRuntime';
@@ -71,6 +72,16 @@ export function AppActiveTabChrome({
     }
   }, [showSftpTab, activeTabId, setActiveTabId]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isEditorTabId(activeTabId)) return;
+    const editorId = fromEditorTabId(activeTabId);
+    if (!editorId) return;
+    const tab = editorTabs.find((entry) => entry.id === editorId);
+    if (tab?.placement !== 'window') return;
+    void focusEditorInWindow(editorId);
+    setActiveTabId('vault');
+  }, [activeTabId, editorTabs, setActiveTabId]);
+
   const chromeThemeDeps = useMemo(() => ({
     accentMode,
     applyAppTheme,

application/app/AppHandlers.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Host, HostProtocol, TerminalSession } from '../../types';
 import type { PassphraseRequest } from '../../components/PassphraseModal';
 import type { TerminalPopupPayload } from '../../domain/systemManager/types';
 import { getEffectiveHostDistro, classifyDistroId, hostRestrictsExtraSshChannels, shouldProbeSessionCwd } from '../../domain/host';
+import { resolveHostDefaultLocalShell } from '../../domain/localShellHost';
 import { getAvailablePaneMagnificationController } from '../../domain/paneMagnification';
 import { sanitizeHostIconFields } from '../../domain/hostIcon';
 import { resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol } from '../../domain/terminalProtocol';
@@ -204,7 +205,10 @@ export function handleTrayPanelConnectImpl(getCtx: AppContextGetter, hostId: str
       hostId: host.id,
       hostLabel: host.label,
       hostname: host.hostname,
-      username: resolvedAuth.username || 'root',
+      // Local-shell vault hosts carry no SSH credentials, so log the system
+      // user like local terminals do (see handleConnectToHostImpl) instead of
+      // 'root' or an inherited group SSH username.
+      username: protocol === 'local' ? username : (resolvedAuth.username || 'root'),
       protocol,
       ...getLogHostVisualSnapshot(effectiveHost),
       startTime: Date.now(),
@@ -1104,11 +1108,15 @@ export function handleCreateLocalTerminalImpl(
 }
 
 export function handleConnectToHostImpl(getCtx: AppContextGetter, host: Host, hidden = false) {
-  const { addConnectionLog, connectToHost, identities, keys, resolveEffectiveHost, resolveHostAuth, systemInfoRef } = getCtx();
+  const { addConnectionLog, connectToHost, discoveredShells, identities, keys, resolveEffectiveHost, resolveHostAuth, resolveShellSetting, systemInfoRef, terminalSettings } = getCtx();
 {
     const { username, hostname: localHost } = systemInfoRef.current;
 
-    const effectiveHost = resolveEffectiveHost(host);
+    const effectiveHost = resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(resolveEffectiveHost(host), {
+      discoveredShells,
+      resolveShellSetting,
+      terminalSettings,
+    });
 
     // Handle serial hosts separately
     if (effectiveHost.protocol === 'serial') {
@@ -1138,7 +1146,10 @@ export function handleConnectToHostImpl(getCtx: AppContextGetter, host: Host, hi
       hostId: host.id,
       hostLabel: host.label,
       hostname: host.hostname,
-      username: resolvedAuth.username || 'root',
+      // Local-shell vault hosts carry no SSH credentials, so log the system
+      // user like local terminals do (see handleCreateLocalTerminalImpl)
+      // instead of 'root' or an inherited group SSH username.
+      username: protocol === 'local' ? username : (resolvedAuth.username || 'root'),
       protocol,
       ...getLogHostVisualSnapshot(effectiveHost),
       startTime: Date.now(),
@@ -1186,8 +1197,13 @@ export function hasMultipleProtocolsImpl(getCtx: AppContextGetter, host: Host) {
     // Gates the protocol picker (legacy name kept for its existing wiring).
     // Only prompt when Telnet is available but isn't the host's default protocol;
     // SSH-only, SSH+Mosh and Telnet-default all connect directly.
+    // SSH-only guard, matching VaultView's handleHostConnect: local-shell and
+    // serial hosts must always launch their own transport, never offer
+    // SSH/Telnet pickers driven by an inherited group Telnet flag. Hosts
+    // without an explicit protocol are legacy SSH entries.
     const effective = resolveEffectiveHost(host);
-    return Boolean(effective.telnetEnabled) && effective.protocol !== 'telnet';
+    const effectiveProtocol = effective.protocol ?? 'ssh';
+    return effectiveProtocol === 'ssh' && Boolean(effective.telnetEnabled);
   }
 }
 

application/app/AppHostEditorLayer.test.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ test('serial targets use the serial editor', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('local targets use the local shell editor', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    resolveWorkSurfaceHostEditorKind({
+      mode: 'edit',
+      openedHost: host({ protocol: 'local' }),
+      requestId: 3,
+    }),
+    'local',
+  );
+});
+
 test('new and ssh targets use the standard editor', () => {
   assert.equal(
     resolveWorkSurfaceHostEditorKind({ mode: 'new', defaultGroup: null, requestId: 1 }),
@@ -71,8 +82,8 @@ test('editor overlay leaves the work surface interactive outside the panel', ()
 
   assert.match(source, /pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 z-40/);
   assert.match(source, /\[&>\*\]:pointer-events-auto/);
-  assert.equal((source.match(/className="pointer-events-auto"/g) ?? []).length, 2);
-  assert.equal((source.match(/layout="overlay"/g) ?? []).length, 2);
+  assert.equal((source.match(/className="pointer-events-auto"/g) ?? []).length, 3);
+  assert.equal((source.match(/layout="overlay"/g) ?? []).length, 3);
 });
 
 test('editor host panels share vault resize width persistence', () => {
@@ -81,7 +92,7 @@ test('editor host panels share vault resize width persistence', () => {
   assert.match(source, /STORAGE_KEY_VAULT_HOST_PANEL_WIDTH/);
   assert.match(source, /resizable:\s*true/);
   assert.match(source, /\{\.\.\.hostPanelResizeProps\}/);
-  assert.equal((source.match(/\{\.\.\.hostPanelResizeProps\}/g) ?? []).length, 2);
+  assert.equal((source.match(/\{\.\.\.hostPanelResizeProps\}/g) ?? []).length, 3);
 });
 
 test('editor stays mounted while another app surface is active', () => {

application/app/AppHostEditorLayer.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { EditorTabChrome } from '../state/editorTabStore';
 import type { LogView } from '../state/logViewState';
 import { useI18n } from '../i18n/I18nProvider';
 import HostDetailsPanel from '../../components/HostDetailsPanel';
+import LocalShellHostDetailsPanel from '../../components/LocalShellHostDetailsPanel';
 import SerialHostDetailsPanel from '../../components/SerialHostDetailsPanel';
 import { PortalContainerProvider } from '../../components/ui/portal-container';
 import { resolveGroupDefaults } from '../../domain/groupConfig';
@@ -22,14 +23,16 @@ import type {
 } from '../../types';
 import { useWorkSurfaceVisible } from './AppHostEditorSurface';
 
-export type WorkSurfaceHostEditorKind = 'standard' | 'serial';
+export type WorkSurfaceHostEditorKind = 'standard' | 'serial' | 'local';
 
 export function resolveWorkSurfaceHostEditorKind(
   target: WorkSurfaceHostEditorTarget,
 ): WorkSurfaceHostEditorKind {
   return target.mode === 'edit' && target.openedHost.protocol === 'serial'
     ? 'serial'
-    : 'standard';
+    : target.mode === 'edit' && target.openedHost.protocol === 'local'
+      ? 'local'
+      : 'standard';
 }
 
 function addGroupAndAncestors(groups: Set<string>, path: string | null | undefined) {
@@ -160,7 +163,18 @@ export const AppHostEditorLayer: React.FC<AppHostEditorLayerProps> = ({
       style={getAppHostEditorLayerStyle(surfaceVisible)}
     >
       <PortalContainerProvider container={portalContainer}>
-        {target.mode === 'edit' && target.openedHost.protocol === 'serial' ? (
+        {target.mode === 'edit' && target.openedHost.protocol === 'local' ? (
+          <LocalShellHostDetailsPanel
+            key={editorKey}
+            initialData={target.openedHost}
+            groups={groups}
+            onSave={onSave}
+            onCancel={onCancel}
+            layout="overlay"
+            className="pointer-events-auto"
+            {...hostPanelResizeProps}
+          />
+        ) : target.mode === 'edit' && target.openedHost.protocol === 'serial' ? (
           <SerialHostDetailsPanel
             key={editorKey}
             initialData={target.openedHost}

application/app/AppSideEffects.localShell.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import ts from 'typescript';
+import { createLocalShellHost, resolveHostDefaultLocalShell } from '../../domain/localShellHost';
+import { createHostTerminalSession } from '../state/sessionFactories';
+
+// Exercise the production application callback, including its async command
+// resolution boundary, before the state hook snapshots the shell type.
+const source = readFileSync(new URL('./AppSideEffects.tsx', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+const callback = source.match(/const handleRunSnippet = useCallback\(([\s\S]*?)\n {2}\);/)?.[1];
+assert.ok(callback);
+const compiled = ts.transpile(`const run = useCallback(${callback});`, { target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2022 });
+
+for (const script of [false, true]) {
+  test(`saved default local shell is resolved before ${script ? 'script' : 'snippet'} sessions are created`, async () => {
+    let session: ReturnType<typeof createHostTerminalSession> | undefined;
+    const run = new Function('useCallback', 'isScriptSnippet', 'runSnippet', 'resolveSnippetCommand', 'resolveEffectiveHost', `${compiled} return run;`)(
+      (value: unknown) => value,
+      () => script,
+      (_snippet: unknown, hosts: ReturnType<typeof createLocalShellHost>[]) => {
+        session = createHostTerminalSession('snippet-local', hosts[0]);
+      },
+      async () => 'echo hello',
+      (host: ReturnType<typeof createLocalShellHost>) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(host, {
+        terminalSettings: { localShell: 'cmd' },
+        resolveShellSetting: () => ({ command: 'cmd.exe' }),
+      }),
+    );
+    await run({ id: 'snippet-1' }, [createLocalShellHost({ os: 'windows' })]);
+    assert.equal(session?.protocol, 'local');
+    assert.equal(session?.localShell, 'cmd.exe');
+    assert.equal(session?.shellType, 'cmd');
+  });
+}

application/app/AppSideEffects.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useVaultAgentBridge } from '../state/useVaultAgentBridge';
 import { useWindowControls } from '../state/useWindowControls';
 import { useTerminalKeyboardFocus } from '../state/useTerminalKeyboardFocus';
 import { editorTabStore, useEditorTabChromeList } from '../state/editorTabStore';
+import { installEditorWindowSourceListeners } from '../state/editorWindowClient';
 import { findEditorSftpOwnerTabId } from '../state/editorSftpOwnerRegistry';
 import {
   isPluginViewTabId,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import {
 import { isTerminalBootEpochCurrent } from '../../domain/terminalBootEpoch';
 import { useI18n } from '../i18n/I18nProvider';
 import { matchesKeyBinding } from '../../domain/models';
+import { resolveHostDefaultLocalShell } from '../../domain/localShellHost';
 import { resolveGroupDefaults, applyGroupDefaults } from '../../domain/groupConfig';
 import { upsertKnownHost } from '../../domain/knownHosts';
 import { materializeHostProxyProfile } from '../../domain/proxyProfiles';
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../domain/terminalAppearance';
 import { selectConnectionLogForTerminalDataCapture } from '../../domain/connectionLog';
 import { collectSessionIds } from '../../domain/workspace';
+import { useHostOpenSessionReuse } from '../state/useHostOpenSessionReuse';
 import type { PaneMagnificationController } from '../../domain/paneMagnification';
 import { resolveCloseIntent } from '../state/resolveCloseIntent';
 import { resolveSnippetsShortcutIntent } from '../state/resolveSnippetsShortcutIntent';
@@ -268,22 +271,6 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
     renameSessionInline,
   } = sessionState;
 
-  // Presentation-field thrash stays off Host bags (Hosts use retainStable);
-  // AppSideEffects only needs host/session maps for glue handlers and effects.
-  const handleRunSnippet = useCallback(
-    async (snippet: Snippet, targetHosts: Host[]) => {
-      if (targetHosts.length === 0) return;
-      if (isScriptSnippet(snippet)) {
-        runSnippet(snippet, targetHosts);
-        return;
-      }
-      const command = await resolveSnippetCommand(snippet);
-      if (command === null) return;
-      runSnippet(snippet, targetHosts, command);
-    },
-    [runSnippet],
-  );
-
   // Presence-only list: keystrokes must not rebuild App domains / TopTabs structure.
   const editorTabs = useEditorTabChromeList();
 
@@ -641,6 +628,8 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
     workspaces,
   });
 
+  useEffect(() => installEditorWindowSourceListeners(), []);
+
   const pendingTrayPortForwardsWhileLockedRef = useRef<Array<{ ruleId: string; start: boolean }>>([]);
 
   const _handleTrayTogglePortForwardMaybeDeferred = useEffectEvent((ruleId: string, start: boolean) => {
@@ -1363,8 +1352,32 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
           { validProxyProfileIds: proxyProfileIdSet },
         )
       : applyGroupDefaults(host, {}, { validProxyProfileIds: proxyProfileIdSet });
-    return materializeHostProxyProfile(withGroupDefaults, proxyProfiles);
-  }, [groupConfigs, proxyProfileIdSet, proxyProfiles]);
+    const effectiveHost = materializeHostProxyProfile(withGroupDefaults, proxyProfiles);
+    // Local-shell vault hosts saved with "System default shell" carry no
+    // localShell; resolve the Settings → Terminal shell here at the shared
+    // effective-host boundary so every launch path (connect, tray/dock open,
+    // workspace creation/append, tunnels) uses the configured shell instead
+    // of silently falling back to the backend OS default shell.
+    return resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(effectiveHost, {
+      discoveredShells,
+      resolveShellSetting,
+      terminalSettings,
+    });
+  }, [groupConfigs, proxyProfileIdSet, proxyProfiles, discoveredShells, terminalSettings]);
+
+  const handleRunSnippet = useCallback(
+    async (snippet: Snippet, targetHosts: Host[]) => {
+      if (targetHosts.length === 0) return;
+      if (isScriptSnippet(snippet)) {
+        runSnippet(snippet, targetHosts.map(resolveEffectiveHost));
+        return;
+      }
+      const command = await resolveSnippetCommand(snippet);
+      if (command === null) return;
+      runSnippet(snippet, targetHosts.map(resolveEffectiveHost), command);
+    },
+    [runSnippet, resolveEffectiveHost],
+  );
 
   const createWorkspaceWithEffectiveHosts = useCallback((name: string, selectedHosts: Host[]) => {
     createWorkspaceWithHosts(name, selectedHosts.map(resolveEffectiveHost));
@@ -1395,14 +1408,17 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
     return handleConnectToHostImpl(() => ({
       addConnectionLog,
       connectToHost,
+      discoveredShells,
       host,
       identities,
       keys,
       resolveEffectiveHost: effectiveHostResolver,
       resolveHostAuth,
+      resolveShellSetting,
       systemInfoRef,
+      terminalSettings,
     }), host, hidden);
-  }, [addConnectionLog, connectToHost, resolveEffectiveHost, identities, keys]);
+  }, [addConnectionLog, connectToHost, resolveEffectiveHost, identities, keys, discoveredShells, terminalSettings]);
 
   const handleConnectToHostWithTabName = useCallback((host: Host, tabName?: string) => {
     const sessionId = handleConnectToHost(host);
@@ -1429,6 +1445,10 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
     return { ok: true as const, sessionId, host };
   }, [handleConnectToHost]);
 
+  const findExistingSessionForHostForVaultAgent = useHostOpenSessionReuse({
+    sessions, hosts, keys, identities, resolveEffectiveHost,
+  });
+
   const closeSessionForVaultAgent = useCallback((sessionId: string) => {
     if (!sessions.some((session) => session.id === sessionId)) {
       return { ok: false as const, error: `Session "${sessionId}" was not found.` };
@@ -1471,6 +1491,7 @@ export function AppSideEffects() {
     stopTunnel,
     stopRuleTunnels,
     openHost: openHostForVaultAgent,
+    findExistingSessionForHost: findExistingSessionForHostForVaultAgent,
     closeSession: closeSessionForVaultAgent,
     getScriptSessionMeta: (sessionId) => sessions.find((session) => session.id === sessionId),
   });

application/app/AppView.tsx

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import React, { Suspense, lazy, memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { AlertTriangle, Download, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { activeTabStore, toEditorTabId, useIsEditorTabActive } from '../state/activeTabStore';
-import { editorTabStore } from '../state/editorTabStore';
+import { editorTabStore, tabIsDirty } from '../state/editorTabStore';
 import { releaseEditorTabSaveCoordinator, saveEditorTab } from '../state/editorTabSave';
+import { focusEditorInWindow, popOutEditorTab } from '../state/editorWindowClient';
 import { useTerminalHostTreeLayoutWidth } from '../state/terminalHostTreeStore';
 import { TopTabs } from '../../components/TopTabs';
 import { VaultView } from '../../components/VaultView';
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import { useExternalMcpToggleState } from '../state/useExternalMcpToggleState';
 import { selectPluginThemeTokens } from '../state/pluginContributionEnvironment';
 import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
 import { resolveEffectiveTerminalHost } from '../../domain/terminalHostResolution';
+import { useDefaultLocalShellContext } from '../../lib/useDiscoveredShells';
 import { getAvailablePaneMagnificationController } from '../../domain/paneMagnification';
 import { pluginViewTabStore, usePluginViewTabs } from '../state/pluginViewTabStore';
 import { buildPluginSettingScopeCatalog } from '../state/usePluginSettingScopeCatalog';
@@ -353,14 +355,16 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
     [proxyProfiles],
   );
 
+  const defaultLocalShell = useDefaultLocalShellContext(terminalSettings);
   const resolveWorkspaceAppendHost = useCallback((host: typeof hosts[number]) => (
     resolveEffectiveTerminalHost({
       host,
       groupConfigs,
       proxyProfiles,
       validProxyProfileIds,
+      defaultLocalShell,
     })
-  ), [groupConfigs, proxyProfiles, validProxyProfileIds]);
+  ), [groupConfigs, proxyProfiles, validProxyProfileIds, defaultLocalShell]);
 
   const handleAppendHostToWorkspace = useCallback((workspaceId: string, hostId: string) => {
     const host = hosts.find((entry) => entry.id === hostId);
@@ -420,6 +424,23 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
     const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(id);
     if (!tab) return false;
 
+    if (tab.placement === "window") {
+      const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.closeEditorWindowTabs?.({ editorIds: [id] });
+      const ok = Boolean(result?.success) && result?.cancelled !== true;
+      if (ok) {
+        const closingTabId = toEditorTabId(id);
+        const list = orderedTabsWithEditorsRef.current;
+        const idx = list.indexOf(closingTabId);
+        releaseEditorTabSaveCoordinator(id);
+        editorTabStore.close(id);
+        if (activeTabStore.getActiveTabId() === closingTabId) {
+          const next = list[idx - 1] ?? list[idx + 1] ?? 'vault';
+          activeTabStore.setActiveTabId(next === closingTabId ? 'vault' : next);
+        }
+      }
+      return ok;
+    }
+
     const closeEditorAndActivateNeighbor = () => {
       const closingTabId = toEditorTabId(id);
       const list = orderedTabsWithEditorsRef.current;
@@ -431,7 +452,7 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
       activeTabStore.setActiveTabId(next === closingTabId ? 'vault' : next);
     };
 
-    const dirty = tab.content !== tab.baselineContent;
+    const dirty = tabIsDirty(tab);
     if (!dirty) {
       closeEditorAndActivateNeighbor();
       return true;
@@ -462,6 +483,16 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
   // App.tsx stub `() => false` between commit and useEffect.
   handleRequestCloseEditorTabRef.current = handleRequestCloseEditorTab;
 
+  const handlePopOutEditorTab = useCallback(async (id: string) => {
+    const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(id);
+    if (!tab || tab.placement === "window") {
+      if (tab) void focusEditorInWindow(id);
+      return;
+    }
+    const host = hostById.get(tab.hostId);
+    await popOutEditorTab(id, host?.label);
+  }, [hostById]);
+
   const handleSaveSessionRename = useCallback((name: string) => {
     if (!sessionRenameTarget) return;
     if (!name.trim()) return;
@@ -538,6 +569,8 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
         pluginViewTabs={pluginViewTabs}
         onClosePluginViewTab={closePluginViewTab}
         onRequestCloseEditorTab={handleRequestCloseEditorTab}
+        onPopOutEditorTab={handlePopOutEditorTab}
+        onFocusEditorWindowTab={(id) => { void focusEditorInWindow(id); }}
         hostById={hostById}
       />
 
@@ -788,7 +821,7 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
         ))}
 
         {/* Editor Tabs — kept mounted for Monaco instance persistence; visibility toggled via CSS */}
-        {editorTabs.map((tab) => (
+        {editorTabs.filter((tab) => tab.placement !== "window").map((tab) => (
           <LazyLoadBoundary key={tab.id} name="Editor" resetKey={tab.id}>
             <Suspense fallback={<TextEditorTabFallback tabId={tab.id} />}>
               <LazyTextEditorTabView
@@ -797,6 +830,7 @@ function AppViewInner({ domains }: AppViewProps) {
                 keyBindings={keyBindings}
                 hostById={hostById}
                 onRequestClose={(id) => handleRequestCloseEditorTabRef.current(id)}
+                onPopOut={(id) => { void handlePopOutEditorTab(id); }}
               />
             </Suspense>
           </LazyLoadBoundary>

application/app/strictModeIdempotency.test.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test('every renderer root mounts under StrictMode', () => {
   assert.match(indexSource, /import \{ StrictMode, Suspense, lazy \} from 'react'/);
 
   const renderCalls = indexSource.match(/root\.render\(/g) ?? [];
-  assert.equal(renderCalls.length, 4, 'main, settings, tray and terminal-popup roots');
+  assert.equal(renderCalls.length, 5, 'main, settings, tray, terminal-popup and editor-window roots');
 
   let cursor = 0;
   for (let index = 0; index < renderCalls.length; index += 1) {

application/app/useAppStartupEffects.editorQuit.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from "react-test-renderer";
+import { useAppStartupEffects } from "./useAppStartupEffects.ts";
+import { editorTabStore } from "../state/editorTabStore.ts";
+import { popOutEditorTab } from "../state/editorWindowClient.ts";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge.ts";
+import { toast } from "../../components/ui/toast.tsx";
+
+test("app Quit sees the source's unsaved contents until the detached receiver accepts them", async (t) => {
+  const previous = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT");
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT", { configurable: true, value: true });
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | undefined;
+  const editorId = "quit-during-editor-handoff";
+  t.after(async () => {
+    await act(async () => renderer?.unmount());
+    editorTabStore.close(editorId);
+    if (previous) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT", previous);
+    else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT");
+  });
+  let query!: () => Promise<void>;
+  let accept!: (result: { success: boolean }) => void;
+  const receipt = new Promise<{ success: boolean }>((resolve) => { accept = resolve; });
+  const reports: boolean[] = [];
+  t.mock.method(toast, "warning", () => {});
+  t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+    openEditorWindow: () => receipt,
+    onCheckDirtyEditors: (callback: typeof query) => { query = callback; return () => {}; },
+    reportDirtyEditorsResult: (dirty: boolean) => reports.push(dirty),
+  }));
+  function SourceWindow() {
+    useAppStartupEffects({ enabled: false, updateState: {}, sessions: [], hosts: [], keys: [], identities: [], knownHosts: [], proxyProfiles: [], groupConfigs: [], workspaces: [], portForwardingRules: [], t: (key: string) => key });
+    return null;
+  }
+  await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(SourceWindow)); });
+  editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot({ editorId, sessionId: "source", sftpTabId: "sftp", hostId: "fixture", remotePath: "/alpha.txt", fileName: "alpha.txt", languageId: "plaintext", content: "unsaved", baselineContent: "original", wordWrap: false, viewState: null });
+  const opening = popOutEditorTab(editorId);
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(editorId)?.placement, "window");
+  await query();
+  assert.deepEqual(reports, [true], "a cold receiver must not make the only owned unsaved copy invisible to Quit");
+  accept({ success: true });
+  assert.equal(await opening, true);
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(editorId)?.content, "");
+  await query();
+  assert.deepEqual(reports, [true, false], "after receipt the destination owns dirty reporting; the source copy is released");
+});

application/app/useAppStartupEffects.ts

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ export function useAppStartupEffects(ctx: StartupEffectsContext) {
       // exactly the same outcome.
       let hasDirty = false;
       try {
+        // Pending handoffs retain source contents; accepted handoffs clear them.
         hasDirty = editorTabStore.getTabs().some((tab) => tab.content !== tab.baselineContent);
         if (hasDirty) toast.warning(t('sftp.editor.quitBlockedByDirty'), 'SFTP');
         if (!hasDirty) {

application/i18n/locales/en/ai.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const enAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.agentSettings': 'Agent Settings',
   'ai.chat.preparing': 'Preparing…',
   'ai.chat.modelCatalogWarning': 'Could not refresh the live model list. Showing the last available or built-in models.',
+  'ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry': 'Retry',
   'ai.chat.compactingContext': 'Compacting earlier context…',
   'ai.chat.compactingStep': 'Trimming context for next step…',
   'ai.chat.compactionRetry': 'Request was too large. Compacting context and retrying…',
@@ -521,12 +522,18 @@ export const enAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.chat.hoursAgo': '{n}h ago',
   'ai.chat.daysAgo': '{n}d ago',
   'ai.chat.newChat': 'New Chat',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn': 'Undo last turn',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice': "Original chat kept. Commands and file changes are not undone. Return to the original chat for saved full outputs and existing background tasks.",
   'ai.chat.allSessions': 'All Sessions',
   'ai.chat.loadEarlierMessages': 'Load earlier messages ({n} more)',
   'ai.chat.jumpNav': 'Jump to message',
   'ai.chat.jumpUntitled': '(empty message)',
   'ai.chat.usedTools': 'Tools used: {n}',
   'ai.chat.loadMoreSessions': 'Load more sessions ({n} more)',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessions': 'Search titles and recent content…',
+  'ai.chat.clearSessionSearch': 'Clear session search',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessionsHint': 'Searches titles, prioritizing newer messages and entries. For long messages and tool outputs, only a limited portion at the beginning is searched. This is not full-text search.',
+  'ai.chat.noMatchingSessions': 'No matches in titles or recent retained content',
   'ai.chat.noSessions': 'No previous sessions',
   'ai.chat.retryHint': 'You can retry by sending your message again.',
   'ai.chat.approvalTimeout': 'Tool approval timed out after 5 minutes. You can retry by sending your message again.',

application/i18n/locales/en/core.ts

@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   'vault.tree.expandAll': 'Expand All',
   'vault.tree.collapseAll': 'Collapse All',
   'vault.hosts.newHost': 'New Host',
+  'vault.hosts.newLocalShell': 'Local Shell (CMD)',
   'vault.hosts.newGroup': 'New Group',
   'vault.hosts.import': 'Import',
   'vault.hosts.export': 'Export',

application/i18n/locales/en/scripts.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export const enScriptsMessages = {
   'scripts.sidePanel.library': 'Library',
   'scripts.sidePanel.running': 'Running',
   'scripts.sidePanel.newScript': 'New script',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewList': 'List view',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked': 'Stacked view',
   'scripts.running.empty': 'No scripts are running in this session.',
   'scripts.running.unnamed': 'Untitled script',
   'scripts.running.status.running': 'Running',

application/i18n/locales/en/terminal.ts

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export const enTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   'terminal.progress.timeoutIn': 'Timeout in {seconds}s',
   'terminal.progress.waitingForUserInput': 'Waiting for user input',
   'terminal.progress.disconnected': 'Disconnected',
+  'terminal.progress.connected': 'Connected',
   'terminal.progress.cancelling': 'Cancelling...',
   'terminal.progress.startOver': 'Start over',
   'terminal.progress.enterReconnectHint': 'Press Enter to reconnect',
@@ -868,6 +869,13 @@ export const enTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   // Text Editor
   'sftp.editor.wordWrap': 'Word Wrap',
   'sftp.editor.maximize': 'Maximize',
+  'sftp.editor.popOut': 'Open in editor window',
+  'sftp.editor.dock': 'Dock to main window',
+  'sftp.editor.focusWindow': 'Focus editor window',
+  'sftp.editor.close': 'Close',
+  'sftp.editor.windowTitle': 'Editor',
+  'sftp.editor.windowEmpty': 'No files open',
+  'sftp.editor.dockFailed': 'Could not dock this file back to the main window',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedTitle': 'Unsaved changes',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedMessage': '{fileName} has unsaved changes. Save before closing?',
   'sftp.editor.discardChanges': 'Discard',

application/i18n/locales/en/vault.ts

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ export const enVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'sftp.transferCenter.prioritize': 'Transfer next',
   'sftp.transferCenter.pauseAll': 'Pause all',
   'sftp.transferCenter.resumeAll': 'Resume all',
+  'sftp.transferCenter.cancelAll': 'Cancel all',
   'sftp.transferCenter.empty': 'No transfers in this category',
   'sftp.transferCenter.showBackground': 'Show {count} background transfers',
   'sftp.transferCenter.hideBackground': 'Hide background transfers',
@@ -714,6 +715,16 @@ export const enVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.title.new': 'New Host',
   'vault.panel.resizeWidth': 'Resize panel width',
   'hostDetails.saveAria': 'Save',
+  // Host connection test
+  'hostConnectionTest.title': 'Test Connection',
+  'hostConnectionTest.test': 'Test',
+  'hostConnectionTest.chainOf': 'Chain {current} of {total}',
+  'hostConnectionTest.success': 'Connection successful',
+  'hostConnectionTest.successHint': 'The host accepted your credentials. You can close this window.',
+  'hostConnectionTest.connecting': 'Connecting… timeout in {seconds}s',
+  'hostConnectionTest.failed': 'Connection failed.',
+  'hostConnectionTest.retry': 'Retry',
+  'hostConnectionTest.credentialsUnavailable': 'Saved credentials cannot be decrypted on this device. Re-enter them below.',
   'hostDetails.section.address': 'Address',
   'hostDetails.hostname.placeholder': 'IP or Hostname',
   'hostDetails.section.general': 'General',
@@ -1007,6 +1018,21 @@ export const enVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.addTag': 'Add a tag...',
   'hostDetails.createTag': 'Create tag',
   'hostDetails.createGroup': 'Create group',
+  // Local shell (CMD) host entries
+  'localShell.subtitle': 'Local Shell',
+  'localShell.panel.title': 'New Local Shell',
+  'localShell.panel.title.edit': 'Edit Local Shell',
+  'localShell.field.label': 'Name',
+  'localShell.field.labelPlaceholder': 'e.g. Project A · CMD',
+  'localShell.field.shell': 'Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefault': 'System default shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefaultDesc': 'Leave empty to use the default local shell configured in Settings → Terminal.',
+  'localShell.field.shellEmpty': 'No shells found',
+  'localShell.field.shellResolved': 'Runs {command}',
+  'localShell.field.startDir': 'Start directory',
+  'localShell.field.startDirPlaceholder': 'Inherit global start directory (home if unset)',
+  'localShell.saveAndConnect': 'Save & Connect',
+
   'hostDetails.plugin.title': 'Plugin connection',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.placeholder': 'Select a connection provider',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.empty': 'No connection providers are installed',

application/i18n/locales/es/ai.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const esAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.agentSettings': 'Configuración del agente',
   'ai.chat.preparing': 'Preparando…',
   'ai.chat.modelCatalogWarning': 'No se pudo actualizar la lista de modelos. Se muestran los últimos modelos disponibles o los integrados.',
+  'ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry': 'Reintentar',
   'ai.chat.compactingContext': 'Compactando el contexto anterior…',
   'ai.chat.compactingStep': 'Recortando el contexto para el siguiente paso…',
   'ai.chat.compactionRetry': 'La petición era demasiado grande. Compactando el contexto y reintentando…',
@@ -512,12 +513,18 @@ export const esAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.chat.hoursAgo': 'hace {n} h',
   'ai.chat.daysAgo': 'hace {n} d',
   'ai.chat.newChat': 'Nuevo chat',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn': 'Deshacer el último turno',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice': "Se conserva el chat original. Los comandos y cambios de archivos no se deshacen. Consulta allí las salidas completas guardadas y las tareas en segundo plano existentes.",
   'ai.chat.allSessions': 'Todas las sesiones',
   'ai.chat.loadEarlierMessages': 'Cargar mensajes anteriores ({n} más)',
   'ai.chat.jumpNav': 'Ir al mensaje',
   'ai.chat.jumpUntitled': '(mensaje vacío)',
   'ai.chat.usedTools': 'Herramientas usadas: {n}',
   'ai.chat.loadMoreSessions': 'Cargar más sesiones ({n} más)',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessions': 'Buscar títulos y contenido reciente…',
+  'ai.chat.clearSessionSearch': 'Borrar la búsqueda de sesiones',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessionsHint': 'Busca en los títulos y da prioridad a los mensajes y entradas más recientes. De los mensajes largos y las salidas de herramientas, solo se busca una parte limitada del comienzo. No es una búsqueda de texto completo.',
+  'ai.chat.noMatchingSessions': 'Sin coincidencias en títulos ni contenido reciente conservado',
   'ai.chat.noSessions': 'No hay sesiones anteriores',
   'ai.chat.retryHint': 'Puedes reintentar enviando tu mensaje de nuevo.',
   'ai.chat.approvalTimeout': 'La aprobación de la herramienta expiró después de 5 minutos. Puedes reintentar enviando tu mensaje de nuevo.',

application/i18n/locales/es/core.ts

@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   'vault.tree.expandAll': 'Expandir todo',
   'vault.tree.collapseAll': 'Contraer todo',
   'vault.hosts.newHost': 'Nuevo host',
+  'vault.hosts.newLocalShell': 'Shell local (CMD)',
   'vault.hosts.newGroup': 'Nuevo grupo',
   'vault.hosts.import': 'Importar',
   'vault.hosts.export': 'Exportar',

application/i18n/locales/es/scripts.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export const esScriptsMessages = {
   'scripts.sidePanel.library': 'Biblioteca',
   'scripts.sidePanel.running': 'En ejecución',
   'scripts.sidePanel.newScript': 'Nuevo script',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewList': 'Vista de lista',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked': 'Vista apilada',
   'scripts.running.empty': 'No hay scripts en ejecución en esta sesión.',
   'scripts.running.unnamed': 'Script sin título',
   'scripts.running.status.running': 'En ejecución',

application/i18n/locales/es/terminal.ts

@@ -868,6 +868,13 @@ export const esTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   // Text Editor
   'sftp.editor.wordWrap': 'Ajuste de línea',
   'sftp.editor.maximize': 'Maximizar',
+  'sftp.editor.popOut': 'Abrir en ventana de editor',
+  'sftp.editor.dock': 'Anclar a la ventana principal',
+  'sftp.editor.focusWindow': 'Enfocar ventana de editor',
+  'sftp.editor.close': 'Cerrar',
+  'sftp.editor.windowTitle': 'Editor',
+  'sftp.editor.windowEmpty': 'No hay archivos abiertos',
+  'sftp.editor.dockFailed': 'No se pudo anclar este archivo a la ventana principal',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedTitle': 'Cambios sin guardar',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedMessage': '{fileName} tiene cambios sin guardar. ¿Guardar antes de cerrar?',
   'sftp.editor.discardChanges': 'Descartar',

application/i18n/locales/es/vault.ts

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ export const esVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'sftp.transferCenter.prioritize': 'Transferir a continuación',
   'sftp.transferCenter.pauseAll': 'Pausar todas',
   'sftp.transferCenter.resumeAll': 'Reanudar todas',
+  'sftp.transferCenter.cancelAll': 'Cancelar todas',
   'sftp.transferCenter.empty': 'No hay transferencias en esta categoría',
   'sftp.transferCenter.showBackground': 'Mostrar {count} transferencias en segundo plano',
   'sftp.transferCenter.hideBackground': 'Ocultar transferencias en segundo plano',
@@ -1007,6 +1008,21 @@ export const esVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.addTag': 'Agregar una etiqueta...',
   'hostDetails.createTag': 'Crear etiqueta',
   'hostDetails.createGroup': 'Crear grupo',
+  // Entradas de shell local (CMD) en la bóveda
+  'localShell.subtitle': 'Shell local',
+  'localShell.panel.title': 'Nueva shell local',
+  'localShell.panel.title.edit': 'Editar shell local',
+  'localShell.field.label': 'Nombre',
+  'localShell.field.labelPlaceholder': 'p. ej. Proyecto A · CMD',
+  'localShell.field.shell': 'Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefault': 'Shell predeterminada del sistema',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefaultDesc': 'Si se deja vacío, se usa la shell local predeterminada configurada en Ajustes → Terminal.',
+  'localShell.field.shellEmpty': 'No se encontraron shells',
+  'localShell.field.shellResolved': 'Ejecuta {command}',
+  'localShell.field.startDir': 'Directorio de inicio',
+  'localShell.field.startDirPlaceholder': 'Heredar directorio inicial global (personal si no se configura)',
+  'localShell.saveAndConnect': 'Guardar y conectar',
+
   'hostDetails.plugin.title': 'Conexión de plugin',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.placeholder': 'Selecciona un proveedor de conexión',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.empty': 'No hay proveedores de conexión instalados',

application/i18n/locales/ru/ai.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const ruAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.agentSettings': 'Настройки агента',
   'ai.chat.preparing': 'Подготовка…',
   'ai.chat.modelCatalogWarning': 'Не удалось обновить список моделей. Показаны последние доступные или встроенные модели.',
+  'ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry': 'Повторить',
   'ai.chat.contextCompacted': 'Контекст сжат',
   'ai.title': 'AI',
   'ai.description': 'Настройка AI-провайдеров, агентов и параметров безопасности',
@@ -468,12 +469,18 @@ export const ruAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.chat.hoursAgo': '{n}ч назад',
   'ai.chat.daysAgo': '{n}д назад',
   'ai.chat.newChat': 'Новый чат',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn': 'Отменить последний ход',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice': "Исходный чат сохранён. Команды и изменения файлов не отменяются. Полные сохранённые результаты и фоновые задачи доступны в исходном чате.",
   'ai.chat.allSessions': 'Все сессии',
   'ai.chat.loadEarlierMessages': 'Загрузить более ранние сообщения (ещё {n})',
   'ai.chat.jumpNav': 'Перейти к сообщению',
   'ai.chat.jumpUntitled': '(пустое сообщение)',
   'ai.chat.usedTools': 'Использовано инструментов: {n}',
   'ai.chat.loadMoreSessions': 'Загрузить больше сессий (ещё {n})',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessions': 'Поиск по заголовкам и недавнему содержимому…',
+  'ai.chat.clearSessionSearch': 'Очистить поиск сессий',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessionsHint': 'Поиск по заголовкам с приоритетом более новых сообщений и записей. В длинных сообщениях и результатах инструментов поиск охватывает только ограниченную начальную часть. Это не полнотекстовый поиск.',
+  'ai.chat.noMatchingSessions': 'Нет совпадений в заголовках и недавнем сохранённом содержимом',
   'ai.chat.noSessions': 'Предыдущих сессий нет',
   'ai.chat.retryHint': 'Вы можете повторить попытку, отправив сообщение ещё раз.',
   'ai.chat.approvalTimeout': 'Время ожидания одобрения инструмента истекло через 5 минут. Вы можете повторить попытку, отправив сообщение ещё раз.',

application/i18n/locales/ru/scripts.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export const ruScriptsMessages = {
   'scripts.sidePanel.library': 'Библиотека',
   'scripts.sidePanel.running': 'Выполняются',
   'scripts.sidePanel.newScript': 'Новый скрипт',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewList': 'Список',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked': 'Плитка',
   'scripts.running.empty': 'В этой сессии не выполняются скрипты.',
   'scripts.running.unnamed': 'Скрипт без названия',
   'scripts.running.status.running': 'Выполняется',

application/i18n/locales/ru/terminal.ts

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export const ruTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   'terminal.progress.timeoutIn': 'Тайм-аут через {seconds}с',
   'terminal.progress.waitingForUserInput': 'Ожидание ввода пользователя',
   'terminal.progress.disconnected': 'Отключено',
+  'terminal.progress.connected': 'Подключено',
   'terminal.progress.cancelling': 'Отмена...',
   'terminal.progress.startOver': 'Начать заново',
   'terminal.progress.enterReconnectHint': 'Нажмите Enter, чтобы подключиться снова',
@@ -875,6 +876,13 @@ export const ruTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   // Text Editor
   'sftp.editor.wordWrap': 'Перенос строк',
   'sftp.editor.maximize': 'Развернуть',
+  'sftp.editor.popOut': 'Открыть в окне редактора',
+  'sftp.editor.dock': 'Вернуть в главное окно',
+  'sftp.editor.focusWindow': 'Перейти к окну редактора',
+  'sftp.editor.close': 'Закрыть',
+  'sftp.editor.windowTitle': 'Редактор',
+  'sftp.editor.windowEmpty': 'Нет открытых файлов',
+  'sftp.editor.dockFailed': 'Не удалось вернуть файл в главное окно',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedTitle': 'Несохранённые изменения',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedMessage': 'В файле {fileName} есть несохранённые изменения. Сохранить перед закрытием?',
   'sftp.editor.discardChanges': 'Отбросить',

application/i18n/locales/ru/vault.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export const ruVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'vault.tree.expandAll': 'Развернуть все',
   'vault.tree.collapseAll': 'Свернуть все',
   'vault.hosts.newHost': 'Новый хост',
+  'vault.hosts.newLocalShell': 'Локальная оболочка (CMD)',
   'vault.hosts.newGroup': 'Новая группа',
   'vault.hosts.import': 'Импорт',
   'vault.hosts.export': 'Экспорт',
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ export const ruVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'sftp.transferCenter.prioritize': 'Передать следующей',
   'sftp.transferCenter.pauseAll': 'Приостановить все',
   'sftp.transferCenter.resumeAll': 'Продолжить все',
+  'sftp.transferCenter.cancelAll': 'Отменить все',
   'sftp.transferCenter.empty': 'В этой категории нет передач',
   'sftp.transferCenter.showBackground': 'Показать фоновые: {count}',
   'sftp.transferCenter.hideBackground': 'Скрыть фоновые',
@@ -752,6 +754,15 @@ export const ruVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.title.new': 'Новый хост',
   'vault.panel.resizeWidth': 'Изменить ширину панели',
   'hostDetails.saveAria': 'Сохранить',
+  'hostConnectionTest.title': 'Проверка подключения',
+  'hostConnectionTest.test': 'Проверить',
+  'hostConnectionTest.chainOf': 'Цепочка {current} из {total}',
+  'hostConnectionTest.success': 'Подключение успешно',
+  'hostConnectionTest.successHint': 'Хост принял ваши учётные данные. Можно закрыть окно.',
+  'hostConnectionTest.connecting': 'Подключение… таймаут через {seconds} с',
+  'hostConnectionTest.failed': 'Не удалось подключиться.',
+  'hostConnectionTest.retry': 'Повторить',
+  'hostConnectionTest.credentialsUnavailable': 'Сохранённые учётные данные не удаётся расшифровать на этом устройстве. Введите их заново ниже.',
   'hostDetails.section.address': 'Адрес',
   'hostDetails.hostname.placeholder': 'IP или имя хоста',
   'hostDetails.section.general': 'Общие',
@@ -1041,6 +1052,21 @@ export const ruVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.addTag': 'Добавить тег...',
   'hostDetails.createTag': 'Создать тег',
   'hostDetails.createGroup': 'Создать группу',
+  // Записи локальной оболочки (CMD) в хранилище
+  'localShell.subtitle': 'Локальная оболочка',
+  'localShell.panel.title': 'Новая локальная оболочка',
+  'localShell.panel.title.edit': 'Изменить локальную оболочку',
+  'localShell.field.label': 'Название',
+  'localShell.field.labelPlaceholder': 'напр. Проект A · CMD',
+  'localShell.field.shell': 'Оболочка',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefault': 'Системная оболочка по умолчанию',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefaultDesc': 'Если оставить пустым, используется локальная оболочка по умолчанию из Настройки → Терминал.',
+  'localShell.field.shellEmpty': 'Оболочки не найдены',
+  'localShell.field.shellResolved': 'Запускает {command}',
+  'localShell.field.startDir': 'Начальный каталог',
+  'localShell.field.startDirPlaceholder': 'Использовать общий начальный каталог (иначе домашний)',
+  'localShell.saveAndConnect': 'Сохранить и открыть',
+
   'hostDetails.plugin.title': 'Подключение плагина',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.placeholder': 'Выберите провайдер подключения',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.empty': 'Провайдеры подключения не установлены',

application/i18n/locales/scriptsViewModeLocales.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import en from './en.ts';
+import ru from './ru.ts';
+import es from './es.ts';
+import zhCN from './zh-CN.ts';
+import zhTW from './zh-TW.ts';
+
+test('scripts side panel view-toggle copy exists in every locale', () => {
+  const KEYS = ['scripts.sidePanel.viewList', 'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked'];
+  for (const [locale, messages] of Object.entries({ en, ru, es, zhCN, zhTW })) {
+    const missing = KEYS.filter((key) => !(messages as Record<string, string>)[key]);
+    assert.deepEqual(missing, [], `${locale} is missing scripts view-toggle copy`);
+  }
+});

application/i18n/locales/undoLastTurnLocales.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import en from './en.ts';
+import ru from './ru.ts';
+import es from './es.ts';
+import zhCN from './zh-CN.ts';
+import zhTW from './zh-TW.ts';
+
+const UNDO_KEYS = [
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice',
+] as const;
+
+test('Undo-last-turn UI is localized in every supported locale', () => {
+  for (const [name, messages] of Object.entries({ en, es, 'zh-CN': zhCN, 'zh-TW': zhTW, ru })) {
+    const missing = UNDO_KEYS.filter(key => !messages[key]);
+    assert.deepEqual(missing, [], `${name} is missing undo-last-turn labels`);
+  }
+});

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/ai.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const zhCNAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.agentSettings': 'Agent 设置',
   'ai.chat.preparing': '准备中…',
   'ai.chat.modelCatalogWarning': '暂时无法更新实时模型列表，当前显示上次可用或内置的模型。',
+  'ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry': '重试',
   'ai.chat.compactingContext': '正在压缩较早的上下文…',
   'ai.chat.compactingStep': '正在为下一步整理上下文…',
   'ai.chat.compactionRetry': '请求过大，正在压缩上下文并重试…',
@@ -521,12 +522,18 @@ export const zhCNAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.chat.hoursAgo': '{n}小时前',
   'ai.chat.daysAgo': '{n}天前',
   'ai.chat.newChat': '新对话',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn': '撤销上一轮',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice': "原对话已保留。已执行的命令和文件修改不会撤销；之前保存的完整输出和后台任务，请回原对话查看。",
   'ai.chat.allSessions': '所有会话',
   'ai.chat.loadEarlierMessages': '加载更早的消息（还有 {n} 条）',
   'ai.chat.jumpNav': '跳转到消息',
   'ai.chat.jumpUntitled': '（空消息）',
   'ai.chat.usedTools': '已使用 {n} 个工具',
   'ai.chat.loadMoreSessions': '加载更多会话（还有 {n} 条）',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessions': '搜索标题和近期内容…',
+  'ai.chat.clearSessionSearch': '清空会话搜索',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessionsHint': '搜索标题，并优先搜索较新的消息和条目；超长消息及工具输出仅搜索开头的有限部分。这不是全文搜索。',
+  'ai.chat.noMatchingSessions': '标题和近期保留的内容中没有匹配结果',
   'ai.chat.noSessions': '没有历史会话',
   'ai.chat.retryHint': '你可以重新发送消息来重试。',
   'ai.chat.approvalTimeout': '工具审批已超时（5 分钟）。你可以重新发送消息来重试。',

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/core.ts

@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ export const zhCNCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'vault.tree.expandAll': '展开全部',
   'vault.tree.collapseAll': '折叠全部',
   'vault.hosts.newHost': '新建主机',
+  'vault.hosts.newLocalShell': '本地终端 (CMD)',
   'vault.hosts.newGroup': '新建分组',
   'vault.hosts.import': '导入',
   'vault.hosts.export': '导出',
@@ -1051,6 +1052,7 @@ export const zhCNCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'sftp.transferCenter.prioritize': '优先传输',
   'sftp.transferCenter.pauseAll': '全部暂停',
   'sftp.transferCenter.resumeAll': '全部继续',
+  'sftp.transferCenter.cancelAll': '全部取消',
   'sftp.transferCenter.empty': '当前分类没有传输任务',
   'sftp.transferCenter.showBackground': '显示 {count} 个后台任务',
   'sftp.transferCenter.hideBackground': '隐藏后台任务',

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/scripts.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export const zhCNScriptsMessages = {
   'scripts.sidePanel.library': '脚本库',
   'scripts.sidePanel.running': '运行中',
   'scripts.sidePanel.newScript': '新建脚本',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewList': '列表视图',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked': '堆叠视图',
   'scripts.running.empty': '当前会话没有正在运行的脚本。',
   'scripts.running.unnamed': '未命名脚本',
   'scripts.running.status.running': '运行中',

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/terminal.ts

@@ -968,6 +968,13 @@ export const zhCNTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   // Text Editor
   'sftp.editor.wordWrap': '自动换行',
   'sftp.editor.maximize': '最大化',
+  'sftp.editor.popOut': '在编辑器窗口打开',
+  'sftp.editor.dock': '停靠回主窗口',
+  'sftp.editor.focusWindow': '聚焦编辑器窗口',
+  'sftp.editor.close': '关闭',
+  'sftp.editor.windowTitle': '编辑器',
+  'sftp.editor.windowEmpty': '没有打开的文件',
+  'sftp.editor.dockFailed': '无法把该文件停靠回主窗口',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedTitle': '未保存的修改',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedMessage': '{fileName} 有未保存的修改，是否保存后关闭？',
   'sftp.editor.discardChanges': '不保存',

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/vault.ts

@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ export const zhCNVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.title.new': '新建主机',
   'vault.panel.resizeWidth': '调整面板宽度',
   'hostDetails.saveAria': '保存',
+  'hostConnectionTest.title': '测试连接',
+  'hostConnectionTest.test': '测试',
+  'hostConnectionTest.chainOf': '第 {current}/{total} 跳',
+  'hostConnectionTest.success': '连接成功',
+  'hostConnectionTest.successHint': '主机已接受您的凭据。您可以关闭此窗口。',
+  'hostConnectionTest.connecting': '正在连接… {seconds} 秒后超时',
+  'hostConnectionTest.failed': '连接失败。',
+  'hostConnectionTest.retry': '重试',
+  'hostConnectionTest.credentialsUnavailable': '保存的凭据无法在此设备上解密。请在下方重新输入。',
   'hostDetails.section.address': '地址',
   'hostDetails.hostname.placeholder': 'IP 或 主机名',
   'hostDetails.section.general': '通用',
@@ -381,6 +390,21 @@ export const zhCNVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.addTag': '添加标签...',
   'hostDetails.createTag': '创建标签',
   'hostDetails.createGroup': '创建分组',
+  // 本地终端（CMD）主机条目
+  'localShell.subtitle': '本地终端',
+  'localShell.panel.title': '新建本地终端',
+  'localShell.panel.title.edit': '编辑本地终端',
+  'localShell.field.label': '名称',
+  'localShell.field.labelPlaceholder': '例如：项目 A · CMD',
+  'localShell.field.shell': 'Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefault': '系统默认 Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefaultDesc': '留空则使用设置 → 终端中配置的默认本地 Shell。',
+  'localShell.field.shellEmpty': '未发现可用 Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellResolved': '启动 {command}',
+  'localShell.field.startDir': '启动目录',
+  'localShell.field.startDirPlaceholder': '继承全局起始目录（未设置时为主目录）',
+  'localShell.saveAndConnect': '保存并打开',
+
   'hostDetails.plugin.title': '插件连接',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.placeholder': '选择连接提供程序',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.empty': '未安装连接提供程序',
@@ -591,6 +615,7 @@ export const zhCNVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'terminal.progress.timeoutIn': '将在 {seconds}s 后超时',
   'terminal.progress.waitingForUserInput': '等待用户输入',
   'terminal.progress.disconnected': '已断开',
+  'terminal.progress.connected': '已连接',
   'terminal.progress.cancelling': '正在取消...',
   'terminal.progress.startOver': '重新开始',
   'terminal.connection.dismissDisconnectedDialog': '关闭断连提示',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/ai.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const zhTWAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.agentSettings': 'Agent 設定',
   'ai.chat.preparing': '準備中…',
   'ai.chat.modelCatalogWarning': '暫時無法更新即時模型清單，目前顯示上次可用或內建的模型。',
+  'ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry': '重試',
   'ai.chat.compactingContext': '正在壓縮較早的上下文…',
   'ai.chat.compactingStep': '正在為下一步整理上下文…',
   'ai.chat.compactionRetry': '請求過大，正在壓縮上下文並重試…',
@@ -511,12 +512,18 @@ export const zhTWAiMessages: Messages = {
   'ai.chat.hoursAgo': '{n}小時前',
   'ai.chat.daysAgo': '{n}天前',
   'ai.chat.newChat': '新對話',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurn': '復原上一輪',
+  'ai.chat.undoLastTurnNotice': "原對話已保留。已執行的命令和檔案修改不會復原；之前儲存的完整輸出和背景工作，請回原對話查看。",
   'ai.chat.allSessions': '所有工作階段',
   'ai.chat.loadEarlierMessages': '載入更早的訊息（還有 {n} 條）',
   'ai.chat.jumpNav': '跳轉到訊息',
   'ai.chat.jumpUntitled': '（空訊息）',
   'ai.chat.usedTools': '已使用 {n} 個工具',
   'ai.chat.loadMoreSessions': '載入更多工作階段（還有 {n} 條）',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessions': '搜尋標題和近期內容…',
+  'ai.chat.clearSessionSearch': '清空會話搜尋',
+  'ai.chat.searchSessionsHint': '搜尋標題，並優先搜尋較新的訊息與項目；超長訊息與工具輸出僅搜尋開頭的有限部分。這不是全文搜尋。',
+  'ai.chat.noMatchingSessions': '標題和近期保留的內容中沒有符合的結果',
   'ai.chat.noSessions': '沒有歷史工作階段',
   'ai.chat.retryHint': '你可以重新發送訊息來重試。',
   'ai.chat.approvalTimeout': '工具核准已超時（5 分鐘）。你可以重新發送訊息來重試。',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/core.ts

@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ export const zhTWCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'vault.tree.expandAll': '展開全部',
   'vault.tree.collapseAll': '摺疊全部',
   'vault.hosts.newHost': '新增主機',
+  'vault.hosts.newLocalShell': '本地終端 (CMD)',
   'vault.hosts.newGroup': '新增群組',
   'vault.hosts.import': '匯入',
   'vault.hosts.export': '匯出',
@@ -1053,6 +1054,7 @@ export const zhTWCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'sftp.transferCenter.prioritize': '優先傳輸',
   'sftp.transferCenter.pauseAll': '全部暫停',
   'sftp.transferCenter.resumeAll': '全部繼續',
+  'sftp.transferCenter.cancelAll': '全部取消',
   'sftp.transferCenter.empty': '目前分類沒有傳輸工作',
   'sftp.transferCenter.showBackground': '顯示 {count} 個背景工作',
   'sftp.transferCenter.hideBackground': '隱藏背景工作',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/scripts.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export const zhTWScriptsMessages = {
   'scripts.sidePanel.library': '指令碼庫',
   'scripts.sidePanel.running': '執行中',
   'scripts.sidePanel.newScript': '新增指令碼',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewList': '列表檢視',
+  'scripts.sidePanel.viewStacked': '堆疊檢視',
   'scripts.running.empty': '目前工作階段沒有正在執行的指令碼。',
   'scripts.running.unnamed': '未命名指令碼',
   'scripts.running.status.running': '執行中',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/terminal.ts

@@ -968,6 +968,13 @@ export const zhTWTerminalMessages: Messages = {
   // Text Editor
   'sftp.editor.wordWrap': '自動換行',
   'sftp.editor.maximize': '最大化',
+  'sftp.editor.popOut': '在編輯器視窗開啟',
+  'sftp.editor.dock': '停靠回主視窗',
+  'sftp.editor.focusWindow': '聚焦編輯器視窗',
+  'sftp.editor.close': '關閉',
+  'sftp.editor.windowTitle': '編輯器',
+  'sftp.editor.windowEmpty': '沒有開啟的檔案',
+  'sftp.editor.dockFailed': '無法把此檔案停靠回主視窗',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedTitle': '未儲存的修改',
   'sftp.editor.unsavedMessage': '{fileName} 有未儲存的修改，是否儲存後關閉？',
   'sftp.editor.discardChanges': '不儲存',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/vault.ts

@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ export const zhTWVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.title.details': '主機詳情',
   'hostDetails.title.new': '新增主機',
   'hostDetails.saveAria': '儲存',
+  'hostConnectionTest.title': '測試連線',
+  'hostConnectionTest.test': '測試',
+  'hostConnectionTest.chainOf': '第 {current}/{total} 跳',
+  'hostConnectionTest.success': '連線成功',
+  'hostConnectionTest.successHint': '主機已接受您的憑證。您可以關閉此視窗。',
+  'hostConnectionTest.connecting': '正在連線… {seconds} 秒後逾時',
+  'hostConnectionTest.failed': '連線失敗。',
+  'hostConnectionTest.retry': '重試',
+  'hostConnectionTest.credentialsUnavailable': '儲存的憑證無法在此裝置上解密。請在下方重新輸入。',
   'hostDetails.section.address': '位址',
   'hostDetails.hostname.placeholder': 'IP 或 主機名',
   'hostDetails.section.general': '通用',
@@ -381,6 +390,21 @@ export const zhTWVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'hostDetails.addTag': '新增標籤...',
   'hostDetails.createTag': '建立標籤',
   'hostDetails.createGroup': '建立群組',
+  // 本地終端（CMD）主機項目
+  'localShell.subtitle': '本地終端',
+  'localShell.panel.title': '新增本地終端',
+  'localShell.panel.title.edit': '編輯本地終端',
+  'localShell.field.label': '名稱',
+  'localShell.field.labelPlaceholder': '例如：專案 A · CMD',
+  'localShell.field.shell': 'Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefault': '系統預設 Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellDefaultDesc': '留空則使用設定 → 終端中設定的預設本地 Shell。',
+  'localShell.field.shellEmpty': '未找到可用的 Shell',
+  'localShell.field.shellResolved': '啟動 {command}',
+  'localShell.field.startDir': '啟動目錄',
+  'localShell.field.startDirPlaceholder': '繼承全域起始目錄（未設定時為主目錄）',
+  'localShell.saveAndConnect': '儲存並開啟',
+
   'hostDetails.plugin.title': '外掛程式連線',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.placeholder': '選擇連線提供者',
   'hostDetails.plugin.provider.empty': '尚未安裝連線提供者',
@@ -591,6 +615,7 @@ export const zhTWVaultMessages: Messages = {
   'terminal.progress.timeoutIn': '將在 {seconds}s 後超時',
   'terminal.progress.waitingForUserInput': '等待使用者輸入',
   'terminal.progress.disconnected': '已斷開',
+  'terminal.progress.connected': '已連線',
   'terminal.progress.cancelling': '正在取消...',
   'terminal.progress.startOver': '重新開始',
   'terminal.connection.dismissDisconnectedDialog': '關閉斷連提示',

application/state/aiStateSnapshots.test.ts

@@ -466,6 +466,115 @@ test('writeSessionsForStorage reduces several small sessions to fit a sub-512 KB
   }
 });
 
+test('serializeSessionsForStorage truncates slightly-over-cap tool results to strictly smaller sizes', async () => {
+  const { serializeSessionsForStorage } = await import('./aiStateSnapshots');
+  // Just over the 8 KiB cap: the truncation marker must not make the degraded
+  // copy larger than the original, or the ladder could evict a session whose
+  // unmodified JSON would have fit the budget.
+  for (const oversize of [8193, 8266, 20000]) {
+    const session = makeSession('near-cap', 1, [{
+      id: 'tool-message',
+      role: 'tool',
+      content: '',
+      timestamp: 1,
+      toolResults: [{ toolCallId: 'call-1', content: 'z'.repeat(oversize) }],
+    }]);
+    const fullJson = JSON.stringify([session]);
+    const result = serializeSessionsForStorage([session], fullJson.length - 10);
+    const content = result.sessions[0].messages[0].toolResults?.[0].content ?? '';
+    assert.ok(content.length <= 8 * 1024, `cap respected for ${oversize}`);
+    assert.ok(
+      JSON.stringify(result.sessions).length < fullJson.length,
+      `degraded copy smaller than original for ${oversize}`,
+    );
+    assert.ok(content.includes('truncated'));
+  }
+});
+
+test('serializeSessionsForStorage sheds oversized tool output before dropping visible sessions', async () => {
+  const { serializeSessionsForStorage } = await import('./aiStateSnapshots');
+  const newest = makeSession('newest', 2, [{
+    id: 'new-message',
+    role: 'assistant',
+    content: 'still-open chat',
+    timestamp: 2,
+  }]);
+  const toolBulk = makeSession('tool-bulk', 1, [{
+    id: 'tool-message',
+    role: 'tool',
+    content: '',
+    timestamp: 1,
+    toolResults: [{ toolCallId: 'call-1', content: 'z'.repeat(400 * 1024) }],
+  }]);
+
+  const result = serializeSessionsForStorage([toolBulk, newest], 100 * 1024);
+
+  // The bloated tool result must not evict the other visible chat.
+  assert.deepEqual(result.sessions.map(session => session.id), ['newest', 'tool-bulk']);
+  assert.ok(result.json.length <= 100 * 1024);
+  const persistedToolContent = result.sessions[1].messages[0].toolResults?.[0].content;
+  assert.ok(persistedToolContent);
+  assert.ok(persistedToolContent.length <= 9 * 1024);
+  assert.ok(persistedToolContent.includes('truncated'));
+  assert.ok(persistedToolContent.startsWith('zzz'));
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[0].messages[0].content, 'still-open chat');
+});
+
+test('writeSessionsForStorage keeps every chat by shedding tool output under quota pressure', async () => {
+  const { writeSessionsForStorage } = await import('./aiStateSnapshots');
+  let stored: string | undefined;
+  const previousLocalStorage = globalThis.localStorage;
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'localStorage', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      getItem: () => null,
+      setItem: (_key: string, value: string) => {
+        if (value.length > 300 * 1024) {
+          throw new DOMException('quota exceeded', 'QuotaExceededError');
+        }
+        stored = value;
+      },
+      removeItem: () => {},
+    },
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const sessions = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => makeSession(
+      `session-${index}`,
+      10 - index,
+      [{
+        id: `message-${index}`,
+        role: 'tool' as const,
+        content: '',
+        timestamp: index,
+        toolResults: [{ toolCallId: `call-${index}`, content: 'z'.repeat(40 * 1024) }],
+      }],
+    ));
+
+    assert.equal(writeSessionsForStorage(sessions), true);
+    assert.ok(stored);
+    assert.ok(stored.length <= 300 * 1024);
+    const persisted = JSON.parse(stored) as AISession[];
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      persisted.map(session => session.id),
+      sessions.map(session => session.id),
+    );
+    // Degradation sheds only as many messages as the budget demands, so at
+    // least one chat keeps its full tool output while the persisted set stays
+    // complete. Assert completion first; truncation second.
+    const shedContents = persisted.map(
+      session => session.messages[0].toolResults?.[0].content ?? '',
+    );
+    assert.ok(shedContents.some(content => content.includes('truncated')));
+    assert.ok(shedContents.some(content => content.startsWith('zzz') && !content.includes('truncated')));
+  } finally {
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'localStorage', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: previousLocalStorage,
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 test('writeSessionsForStorage makes a final attempt with only the newest session', async () => {
   const { writeSessionsForStorage } = await import('./aiStateSnapshots');
   const writes: string[] = [];

application/state/aiStateSnapshots.ts

@@ -195,12 +195,40 @@ const RETRY_SESSIONS_JSON_BYTES = [
   128 * 1024,
 ] as const;
 
+/**
+ * Maximum persisted length of a single tool result payload. Terminal tool
+ * output can reach hundreds of KB per command, and AI-driven terminal work
+ * accumulates many of them. When storage pressure forces degradation, shedding
+ * this replay bulk keeps every visible conversation persisted instead of
+ * evicting whole chats that happen to carry it.
+ */
+const MAX_PERSISTED_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS = 8 * 1024;
+
+function truncatePersistedToolResultContent(content: string): string {
+  if (content.length <= MAX_PERSISTED_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS) return content;
+  // The marker consumes budget and must stay single-line: JSON-escaped
+  // newlines would cost 2 characters each, letting a slightly-over-cap
+  // result serialize at the same (or larger) size than the original — the
+  // ladder assumes the degraded form is the smallest. Shrink the retained
+  // head+tail until the whole persisted copy fits the cap.
+  let half = Math.floor(MAX_PERSISTED_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS / 2);
+  let omitted = content.length - 2 * half;
+  let marker = `[Netcatty] persisted copy truncated; ${omitted} characters of tool output omitted`;
+  while (2 * half + marker.length > MAX_PERSISTED_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS) {
+    half -= Math.ceil((2 * half + marker.length - MAX_PERSISTED_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS) / 2);
+    omitted = content.length - 2 * half;
+    marker = `[Netcatty] persisted copy truncated; ${omitted} characters of tool output omitted`;
+  }
+  return `${content.slice(0, half)}${marker}${content.slice(content.length - half)}`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Remove `reasoningEncryptedContent` ciphertext from a message's persisted
- * continuation. The ciphertext exists so stateless Responses turns can replay
- * prior reasoning items; it is also by far the largest per-message payload.
- * When storage pressure forces it, dropping the ciphertext keeps the visible
- * conversation intact at the cost of reasoning replay for affected messages.
+ * continuation and shed bulk tool output. The ciphertext exists so stateless
+ * Responses turns can replay prior reasoning items; tool output dominates
+ * persisted size in AI-driven terminal chats. When storage pressure forces
+ * it, shedding this bulk keeps the visible conversation intact at the cost of
+ * reasoning replay and full tool output for affected messages.
  */
 function stripReasoningEncryptedContent(
   options: ProviderContinuationOptions,
@@ -218,7 +246,7 @@ function stripReasoningEncryptedContent(
   return Object.keys(stripped).length ? stripped : undefined;
 }
 
-function stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message: AISession['messages'][number]) {
+function stripReasoningCiphertextFromMessage(message: AISession['messages'][number]) {
   const continuation = message.providerContinuation;
   if (!continuation?.reasoningParts) return message;
   let changed = false;
@@ -239,6 +267,22 @@ function stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message: AISession['messages'][numbe
   };
 }
 
+function stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message: AISession['messages'][number]) {
+  const strippedContinuationMessage = stripReasoningCiphertextFromMessage(message);
+  const toolResults = strippedContinuationMessage.toolResults;
+  if (!toolResults?.length) return strippedContinuationMessage;
+  let toolResultsChanged = false;
+  const nextToolResults = toolResults.map((result) => {
+    const content = truncatePersistedToolResultContent(result.content);
+    if (content === result.content) return result;
+    toolResultsChanged = true;
+    return { ...result, content };
+  });
+  return toolResultsChanged
+    ? { ...strippedContinuationMessage, toolResults: nextToolResults }
+    : strippedContinuationMessage;
+}
+
 function stripEncryptedReasoningFromSession(session: AISession): AISession {
   let changed = false;
   const messages = session.messages.map(message => {
@@ -259,7 +303,7 @@ function stripCompactedEncryptedReasoningFromSession(session: AISession): AISess
   let changed = false;
   const messages = session.messages.map((message, index) => {
     if (index >= compactedMessageCount) return message;
-    const stripped = stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message);
+    const stripped = stripReasoningCiphertextFromMessage(message);
     if (stripped !== message) changed = true;
     return stripped;
   });
@@ -310,6 +354,11 @@ export function pruneSessionsForStorage(sessions: AISession[]): AISession[] {
  * Serialize sessions for localStorage under a byte budget, escalating pruning
  * as needed. Returns the JSON to persist plus the (possibly) further-pruned
  * sessions that JSON represents.
+ *
+ * Degradation ladder, cheapest loss first: strip replay ciphertext, shed bulk
+ * tool output (kept at a bounded head+tail per result), and only then drop
+ * oldest whole sessions. Evicting visible chats to preserve tool bulk is what
+ * emptied history for users under storage pressure.
  */
 export function serializeSessionsForStorage(
   sessions: AISession[],
@@ -321,13 +370,13 @@ export function serializeSessionsForStorage(
     // before deciding whether the newest session deserves full protection;
     // otherwise dead metadata can evict other visible conversations.
     const session = stripCompactedEncryptedReasoningFromSession(rawSession);
-    const ciphertextMessages = session.messages.flatMap((message, index) => {
-      const strippedMessage = stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message);
-      if (strippedMessage === message) return [];
+    const degradableMessages = session.messages.flatMap((message, index) => {
+      const degradedMessage = stripEncryptedReasoningFromMessage(message);
+      if (degradedMessage === message) return [];
       return [{
         index,
-        strippedMessage,
-        jsonLengthDelta: JSON.stringify(strippedMessage).length - JSON.stringify(message).length,
+        degradedMessage,
+        jsonLengthDelta: JSON.stringify(degradedMessage).length - JSON.stringify(message).length,
       }];
     });
     const strippedSession = stripEncryptedReasoningFromSession(session);
@@ -339,7 +388,7 @@ export function serializeSessionsForStorage(
       strippedJson: strippedSession === session
         ? json
         : JSON.stringify(strippedSession),
-      ciphertextMessages,
+      degradableMessages,
     };
   });
 
@@ -364,11 +413,12 @@ export function serializeSessionsForStorage(
     minimalLength -= removed.strippedJson.length + 1;
   }
 
-  // Then keep full continuation data for the retained sessions and remove
-  // replay-only ciphertext from the oldest retained sessions only as needed,
-  // never touching the protected newest session. Within one session, remove
-  // it one message at a time from oldest to newest so a long active chat can
-  // retain its most recent replayable tool exchange when that still fits.
+  // Then keep full continuation data for the retained sessions and shed
+  // replay-only bulk (ciphertext, oversized tool output) from the oldest
+  // retained sessions only as needed, never touching the protected newest
+  // session. Within one session, shed it one message at a time from oldest to
+  // newest so a long active chat can retain its most recent replayable tool
+  // exchange when that still fits.
   let jsonLength = 2 + serialized.reduce((total, entry) => total + entry.json.length, 0)
     + Math.max(0, serialized.length - 1);
   const firstStrippableIndex = protectNewestContinuation ? 1 : 0;
@@ -378,27 +428,27 @@ export function serializeSessionsForStorage(
     index -= 1
   ) {
     const current = serialized[index];
-    let strippedMessageCount = 0;
-    while (jsonLength > budgetBytes && strippedMessageCount < current.ciphertextMessages.length) {
-      jsonLength += current.ciphertextMessages[strippedMessageCount].jsonLengthDelta;
-      strippedMessageCount += 1;
+    let degradedMessageCount = 0;
+    while (jsonLength > budgetBytes && degradedMessageCount < current.degradableMessages.length) {
+      jsonLength += current.degradableMessages[degradedMessageCount].jsonLengthDelta;
+      degradedMessageCount += 1;
     }
-    if (strippedMessageCount > 0) {
-      const strippedMessagesByIndex = new Map(
-        current.ciphertextMessages
-          .slice(0, strippedMessageCount)
-          .map(entry => [entry.index, entry.strippedMessage] as const),
+    if (degradedMessageCount > 0) {
+      const degradedMessagesByIndex = new Map(
+        current.degradableMessages
+          .slice(0, degradedMessageCount)
+          .map(entry => [entry.index, entry.degradedMessage] as const),
       );
       const nextSession = {
         ...current.session,
         messages: current.session.messages.map((message, messageIndex) => (
-          strippedMessagesByIndex.get(messageIndex) ?? message
+          degradedMessagesByIndex.get(messageIndex) ?? message
         )),
       };
       const nextJson = JSON.stringify(nextSession);
       const projectedJsonLength = current.json.length
-        + current.ciphertextMessages
-          .slice(0, strippedMessageCount)
+        + current.degradableMessages
+          .slice(0, degradedMessageCount)
           .reduce((total, entry) => total + entry.jsonLengthDelta, 0);
       jsonLength += nextJson.length - projectedJsonLength;
       serialized[index] = {

application/state/editorModalDetach.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from "react-test-renderer";
+import { editorTabStore } from "../../application/state/editorTabStore.ts";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge.ts";
+import { toast } from "../../components/ui/toast.tsx";
+import { useSftpViewFileOps } from "../../components/sftp/hooks/useSftpViewFileOps.ts";
+import type { UseSftpViewFileOpsParams, UseSftpViewFileOpsResult } from "../../components/sftp/hooks/useSftpViewFileOps.types.ts";
+
+for (const action of ["onPopOut", "onPromoteToTab"] as const) {
+  test(`${action} preserves a modified modal when the file is already detached`, async (t) => {
+    const environment = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
+    const previous = environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+    environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+    let ops!: UseSftpViewFileOpsResult;
+    const params = {
+      sftpRef: { current: {
+        leftPane: { id: "pane", connection: { id: "conn", hostId: "host" } },
+        readTextFile: async () => "original",
+      } },
+      behaviorRef: { current: "" }, autoSyncRef: { current: false },
+      getOpenerForFileRef: { current: () => null }, setOpenerForExtension: () => {},
+      t: (key: string) => key,
+    } as unknown as UseSftpViewFileOpsParams;
+    const original = {
+      editorId: "modal-test", sessionId: "conn", sftpTabId: "pane", hostId: "host",
+      remotePath: "/file.txt", fileName: "file.txt", languageId: "plaintext",
+      content: "window edits", baselineContent: "original", wordWrap: false, viewState: null,
+    };
+    editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(original, "window");
+    const before = editorTabStore.getTab(original.editorId);
+    t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(original.editorId));
+    let focusCount = 0;
+    t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+      focusEditorWindow: async () => { focusCount++; return { success: true }; },
+    }));
+    const errors = t.mock.method(toast, "error", () => {});
+    function Harness() { ops = useSftpViewFileOps(params); return null; }
+    let renderer!: ReactTestRenderer;
+    await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Harness)); });
+    t.after(async () => {
+      await act(async () => renderer.unmount());
+      environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previous;
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await ops.onEditFileLeft({ name: "file.txt", size: 8 } as Parameters<typeof ops.onEditFileLeft>[0], "/./file.txt");
+    });
+    const modal = { ...original, content: "modal edits" };
+    await act(async () => { ops[action](modal); });
+    assert.equal(ops.showTextEditor, true);
+    assert.equal(ops.textEditorTarget?.fullPath, "/./file.txt");
+    assert.equal(ops.textEditorContent, "original");
+    assert.equal(modal.content, "modal edits");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(original.editorId), before);
+    assert.equal(focusCount, 0);
+    assert.equal(errors.mock.callCount(), 1);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const focusSucceeds of [true, false]) {
+  test(`Maximize dismisses a clean duplicate modal only after detached focus succeeds: ${focusSucceeds}`, async (t) => {
+    const environment = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
+    const previous = environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+    environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+    let ops!: UseSftpViewFileOpsResult;
+    const params = {
+      sftpRef: { current: {
+        leftPane: { id: "pane", connection: { id: "conn", hostId: "host" } },
+        readTextFile: async () => "original",
+      } },
+      behaviorRef: { current: "" }, autoSyncRef: { current: false },
+      getOpenerForFileRef: { current: () => null }, setOpenerForExtension: () => {},
+      t: (key: string) => key,
+    } as unknown as UseSftpViewFileOpsParams;
+    const detached = {
+      editorId: "clean-duplicate", sessionId: "conn", sftpTabId: "pane", hostId: "host",
+      remotePath: "/file.txt", fileName: "file.txt", languageId: "plaintext",
+      content: "detached edits", baselineContent: "original", wordWrap: false, viewState: null,
+    };
+    editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(detached, "window");
+    const before = editorTabStore.getTab(detached.editorId);
+    t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(detached.editorId));
+    let finishFocus!: (result: { success: boolean }) => void;
+    const focusing = new Promise<{ success: boolean }>((resolve) => { finishFocus = resolve; });
+    let focusCount = 0;
+    t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+      focusEditorWindow: () => { focusCount++; return focusing; },
+    }));
+    function Harness() { ops = useSftpViewFileOps(params); return null; }
+    let renderer!: ReactTestRenderer;
+    await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Harness)); });
+    t.after(async () => {
+      await act(async () => renderer.unmount());
+      environment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previous;
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await ops.onEditFileLeft({ name: "file.txt", size: 8 } as Parameters<typeof ops.onEditFileLeft>[0], "/file.txt");
+    });
+    await act(async () => { ops.onPromoteToTab({ ...detached, content: "original" }); });
+    assert.equal(focusCount, 1);
+    assert.equal(ops.showTextEditor, true, "keep the modal until focus is acknowledged");
+    await act(async () => { finishFocus({ success: focusSucceeds }); });
+    assert.equal(ops.showTextEditor, !focusSucceeds);
+    assert.equal(ops.textEditorTarget?.fullPath ?? null, focusSucceeds ? null : "/file.txt");
+    assert.equal(ops.textEditorContent, focusSucceeds ? "" : "original");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(detached.editorId), before, "focusing must preserve existing detached edits");
+  });
+}

application/state/editorTabStore.identity.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+test("independent renderers creating editors in the same millisecond get distinct identities", async (t) => {
+  t.mock.method(Date, "now", () => 1234567890);
+  const [firstRenderer, secondRenderer] = await Promise.all([
+    import(new URL("./editorTabStore.ts?renderer=first", import.meta.url).href),
+    import(new URL("./editorTabStore.ts?renderer=second", import.meta.url).href),
+  ]);
+  assert.notEqual(firstRenderer.EditorTabStore, secondRenderer.EditorTabStore, "use independent renderer module state");
+  const snapshot = { sessionId: "session", sftpTabId: "pane", hostId: "host", remotePath: "/file.txt", fileName: "file.txt", languageId: "plaintext", content: "edits", baselineContent: "original", wordWrap: false, viewState: null };
+  const first = new firstRenderer.EditorTabStore().promoteFromModal(snapshot);
+  const second = new secondRenderer.EditorTabStore().promoteFromModal(snapshot);
+  assert.notEqual(first, second, "process-wide ownership must not collide across renderer-local counters");
+  assert.match(first, /^edt_[\da-f]{8}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{12}$/i);
+});

application/state/editorTabStore.test.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ const makeTab = (overrides: Partial<EditorTab> = {}): EditorTab => ({
   ...overrides,
 });
 
+test("clean modal reuses a detached tab without changing its dirty state or content", () => {
+  const store = new EditorTabStore();
+  const tab = makeTab({ placement: "window", windowDirty: true, content: "", baselineContent: "" });
+  store._debugInsert(tab);
+  const id = store.promoteFromModal({
+    ...makeTab(),
+    remotePath: "/etc//nginx/./nginx.conf",
+  });
+  assert.equal(id, tab.id);
+  assert.equal(store.getTab(id), tab);
+  assert.equal(store.isDirty(id), true);
+  assert.equal(store.getTabs().length, 1);
+});
+
 test("updateContent stores content and viewState; dirty flag derives from baseline", () => {
   const store = new EditorTabStore();
   store._debugInsert(makeTab());

application/state/editorTabStore.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import type * as Monaco from "monaco-editor";
 
 import { activeTabStore, fromEditorTabId, isEditorTabId } from "./activeTabStore";
+import type { EditorTabPlacement, EditorWindowTabSnapshot } from "./editorWindowTypes";
 
 // POSIX-style normalization: collapse "/./" and duplicate slashes, not ".." (remote paths
 // may contain semantic ".." segments we don't want to resolve client-side).
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export interface EditorTab {
   sftpTabId: string;
   /** Stable endpoint id; used to verify the session is still the one we opened against. */
   hostId: string;
+  hostLabel?: string;
   remotePath: string;
   fileName: string;
   languageId: string;
@@ -32,12 +34,16 @@ export interface EditorTab {
   viewState: Monaco.editor.ICodeEditorViewState | null;
   savingState: EditorSavingState;
   saveError: string | null;
+  placement?: EditorTabPlacement;
+  windowDirty?: boolean;
 }
 
 type Listener = () => void;
 
-let idCounter = 0;
-const genId = (): EditorTabId => `edt_${Date.now().toString(36)}_${(++idCounter).toString(36)}`;
+const genId = (): EditorTabId => `edt_${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+
+export const tabIsDirty = (tab: EditorTab): boolean =>
+  tab.placement === "window" ? tab.windowDirty === true : tab.content !== tab.baselineContent;
 
 export class EditorTabStore {
   private tabs: EditorTab[] = [];
@@ -79,7 +85,82 @@ export class EditorTabStore {
   };
   isDirty = (id: EditorTabId): boolean => {
     const t = this.getTab(id);
-    return !!t && t.content !== t.baselineContent;
+    return !!t && tabIsDirty(t);
+  };
+
+  listByOwner = (owner: { sessionId?: string; sftpTabId?: string }): EditorTab[] =>
+    this.tabs.filter((t) => this.tabMatchesOwner(t, owner));
+
+  markDetached = (id: EditorTabId, dirty: boolean, releaseContent = true): void => {
+    this.patch(id, {
+      placement: "window",
+      windowDirty: dirty,
+      ...(releaseContent ? { content: "", baselineContent: "", viewState: null } : {}),
+    });
+    this.notifyStructural();
+  };
+
+  setWindowDirty = (id: EditorTabId, dirty: boolean): void => {
+    const tab = this.getTab(id);
+    if (!tab || tab.placement !== "window" || tab.windowDirty === dirty) return;
+    this.patch(id, { windowDirty: dirty });
+  };
+
+  upsertFromSnapshot = (
+    snapshot: EditorWindowTabSnapshot,
+    placement: EditorTabPlacement = "tab",
+  ): EditorTabId => {
+    const existingById = snapshot.editorId ? this.getTab(snapshot.editorId) : undefined;
+    const normalized = normalizePath(snapshot.remotePath);
+    const existing = existingById ?? this.tabs.find(
+      (t) => t.sessionId === snapshot.sessionId && normalizePath(t.remotePath) === normalized,
+    );
+    const next: Partial<EditorTab> = {
+      sessionId: snapshot.sessionId,
+      sftpTabId: snapshot.sftpTabId,
+      hostId: snapshot.hostId,
+      hostLabel: snapshot.hostLabel,
+      remotePath: snapshot.remotePath,
+      fileName: snapshot.fileName,
+      languageId: snapshot.languageId,
+      content: placement === "window" ? "" : snapshot.content,
+      baselineContent: placement === "window" ? "" : snapshot.baselineContent,
+      wordWrap: snapshot.wordWrap,
+      viewState: placement === "window" ? null : snapshot.viewState as EditorTab["viewState"],
+      placement,
+      windowDirty: placement === "window"
+        ? snapshot.content !== snapshot.baselineContent
+        : false,
+      savingState: "idle",
+      saveError: null,
+    };
+    if (existing) {
+      this.patch(existing.id, next);
+      if (existing.placement !== placement) this.notifyStructural();
+      return existing.id;
+    }
+    const tab: EditorTab = {
+      id: snapshot.editorId || this.makeId(),
+      kind: "editor",
+      sessionId: snapshot.sessionId,
+      sftpTabId: snapshot.sftpTabId,
+      hostId: snapshot.hostId,
+      hostLabel: snapshot.hostLabel,
+      remotePath: snapshot.remotePath,
+      fileName: snapshot.fileName,
+      languageId: snapshot.languageId,
+      content: next.content ?? "",
+      baselineContent: next.baselineContent ?? "",
+      wordWrap: snapshot.wordWrap,
+      viewState: (next.viewState ?? null) as EditorTab["viewState"],
+      savingState: "idle",
+      saveError: null,
+      placement,
+      windowDirty: next.windowDirty === true,
+    };
+    this.tabs = [...this.tabs, tab];
+    this.notifyStructural();
+    return tab.id;
   };
 
   updateContent = (
@@ -91,6 +172,12 @@ export class EditorTabStore {
   };
 
   markSaved = (id: EditorTabId, newBaseline: string) => {
+    const tab = this.getTab(id);
+    if (tab?.placement === "window") {
+      // Only the detached renderer has the current content. Wait for its dirty report.
+      this.patch(id, { savingState: "idle", saveError: null });
+      return;
+    }
     this.patch(id, { baselineContent: newBaseline, savingState: "idle", saveError: null });
   };
 
@@ -174,17 +261,26 @@ export class EditorTabStore {
     baselineContent: string;
     wordWrap: boolean;
     viewState: Monaco.editor.ICodeEditorViewState | null;
+    placement?: EditorTabPlacement;
   }): EditorTabId => {
     const normalized = normalizePath(snapshot.remotePath);
     const existing = this.tabs.find(
       (t) => t.sessionId === snapshot.sessionId && normalizePath(t.remotePath) === normalized,
     );
     if (existing) {
+      if (existing.placement === "window") {
+        if (snapshot.content !== snapshot.baselineContent) {
+          throw new Error("This file is already open in the editor window. Your changes are still in this dialog. Dock or close the existing editor before transferring these changes.");
+        }
+        return existing.id;
+      }
       this.patch(existing.id, {
         content: snapshot.content,
         baselineContent: snapshot.baselineContent,
         wordWrap: snapshot.wordWrap,
         viewState: snapshot.viewState,
+        placement: snapshot.placement ?? existing.placement ?? "tab",
+        windowDirty: false,
         // keep languageId/hostId/fileName stable; they shouldn't change for the same path
       });
       return existing.id;
@@ -204,6 +300,8 @@ export class EditorTabStore {
       viewState: snapshot.viewState,
       savingState: "idle",
       saveError: null,
+      placement: snapshot.placement ?? "tab",
+      windowDirty: false,
     };
     this.tabs = [...this.tabs, tab];
     this.notifyStructural();
@@ -221,9 +319,9 @@ export class EditorTabStore {
     saveTab?: (tabId: EditorTabId) => Promise<void>,
     onCloseTab?: (tabId: EditorTabId) => void,
   ): Promise<boolean> => {
-    const matching = this.tabs.filter((t) => this.tabMatchesOwner(t, owner));
+    const matching = this.tabs.filter((t) => this.tabMatchesOwner(t, owner) && t.placement !== "window");
     for (const tab of matching) {
-      const dirty = tab.content !== tab.baselineContent;
+      const dirty = tabIsDirty(tab);
       if (!dirty) {
         onCloseTab?.(tab.id);
         this.close(tab.id);
@@ -332,9 +430,11 @@ export type EditorTabChrome = Pick<
   | 'sessionId'
   | 'sftpTabId'
   | 'hostId'
+  | 'hostLabel'
   | 'remotePath'
   | 'fileName'
   | 'languageId'
+  | 'placement'
 >;
 
 const projectEditorTabChrome = (tab: EditorTab): EditorTabChrome => ({
@@ -343,9 +443,11 @@ const projectEditorTabChrome = (tab: EditorTab): EditorTabChrome => ({
   sessionId: tab.sessionId,
   sftpTabId: tab.sftpTabId,
   hostId: tab.hostId,
+  hostLabel: tab.hostLabel,
   remotePath: tab.remotePath,
   fileName: tab.fileName,
   languageId: tab.languageId,
+  placement: tab.placement ?? "tab",
 });
 
 export const useHasEditorTabForSessions = (

application/state/editorWindowClient.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge.ts";
+import { editorTabStore } from "./editorTabStore.ts";
+import { dockDetachedEditorTab, installEditorWindowSourceListeners, popOutEditorTab, saveDetachedEditorTab } from "./editorWindowClient.ts";
+import { registerEditorSftpWriterScoped } from "./editorSftpBridge.ts";
+import { releaseEditorTabSaveCoordinator } from "./editorTabSave.ts";
+import type { EditorWindowSaveRequest, EditorWindowSaveResult } from "./editorWindowTypes.ts";
+
+const snapshot = {
+  editorId: "save-test", sessionId: "conn", sftpTabId: "pane", hostId: "host",
+  remotePath: "/file", fileName: "file", languageId: "plaintext",
+  content: "v2", baselineContent: "v1", wordWrap: false, viewState: null,
+};
+
+for (const latestContent of ["v3", "v2", "v1"]) {
+  test(`detached save reports current dirty state after editing to ${latestContent}`, async (t) => {
+    editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot);
+    t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId));
+    let finish!: (result: { ok: boolean }) => void;
+    const pending = new Promise<{ ok: boolean }>((resolve) => { finish = resolve; });
+    const reports: boolean[] = [];
+    t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+      saveEditorWindowTab: (request: { content: string }) => {
+        assert.equal(request.content, "v2");
+        return pending;
+      },
+      reportEditorWindowDirty: ({ dirty }: { dirty: boolean }) => reports.push(dirty),
+    }));
+    const saving = saveDetachedEditorTab(snapshot.editorId);
+    editorTabStore.updateContent(snapshot.editorId, latestContent, null);
+    finish({ ok: true });
+    assert.deepEqual(await saving, { ok: true });
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.baselineContent, "v2");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.content, latestContent);
+    assert.deepEqual(reports, [latestContent !== "v2"]);
+  });
+}
+
+test("source save receipt preserves dirty until the detached renderer reports it", async (t) => {
+  editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot, "window");
+  t.after(() => {
+    editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId);
+    releaseEditorTabSaveCoordinator(snapshot.editorId);
+  });
+  let finish!: () => void;
+  const pending = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { finish = resolve; });
+  t.after(registerEditorSftpWriterScoped(async () => { await pending; return "conn"; }));
+  let onSave!: (request: EditorWindowSaveRequest) => Promise<void>;
+  let onDirty!: (payload: { editorId: string; dirty: boolean }) => void;
+  const receipts: EditorWindowSaveResult[] = [];
+  t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+    onEditorWindowSaveRequest: (cb: typeof onSave) => { onSave = cb; return () => {}; },
+    onEditorWindowDirtyChanged: (cb: typeof onDirty) => { onDirty = cb; return () => {}; },
+    reportEditorWindowSaveResult: (result: EditorWindowSaveResult) => receipts.push(result),
+  }));
+  t.after(installEditorWindowSourceListeners());
+  const saving = onSave({ ...snapshot, requestId: "request" });
+  onDirty({ editorId: snapshot.editorId, dirty: true });
+  finish();
+  await saving;
+  assert.equal(receipts[0]?.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.isDirty(snapshot.editorId), true);
+  onDirty({ editorId: snapshot.editorId, dirty: false });
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.isDirty(snapshot.editorId), false);
+});
+
+for (const outcome of ["accepted", "rejected", "failed"] as const) {
+  test(`popout retains source contents until the receiver ${outcome}`, async (t) => {
+    editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot);
+    t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId));
+    let resolve!: (result: { success: boolean }) => void;
+    let reject!: (error: Error) => void;
+    const receipt = new Promise<{ success: boolean }>((yes, no) => { resolve = yes; reject = no; });
+    t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({ openEditorWindow: () => receipt }));
+    const opening = popOutEditorTab(snapshot.editorId);
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.placement, "window");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.content, "v2");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.baselineContent, "v1");
+    if (outcome === "failed") reject(new Error("IPC disconnected"));
+    else resolve({ success: outcome === "accepted" });
+    assert.equal(await opening, outcome === "accepted");
+    const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)!;
+    assert.equal(tab.placement, outcome === "accepted" ? "window" : "tab");
+    assert.equal(tab.content, outcome === "accepted" ? "" : "v2");
+    assert.equal(tab.baselineContent, outcome === "accepted" ? "" : "v1");
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.isDirty(tab.id), true);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const outcome of ["accepted", "rejected", "failed"] as const) {
+  test(`dock freezes the current copy until ${outcome} and refuses a second transfer`, async (t) => {
+    editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot);
+    editorTabStore.setSavingState(snapshot.editorId, "error", "previous save failed");
+    t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId));
+    let resolve!: (result: { success: boolean; error?: string }) => void;
+    let reject!: (error: Error) => void;
+    const receipt = new Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }>((yes, no) => { resolve = yes; reject = no; });
+    let calls = 0;
+    t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({
+      dockEditorWindowTab: (sent: typeof snapshot) => {
+        calls++;
+        assert.equal(sent.content, "v2");
+        return receipt;
+      },
+    }));
+    const docking = dockDetachedEditorTab(snapshot.editorId);
+    assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.savingState, "saving", "existing pane busy state makes Monaco read-only during transfer");
+    assert.equal((await dockDetachedEditorTab(snapshot.editorId)).success, false);
+    assert.equal(calls, 1);
+    if (outcome === "failed") reject(new Error("IPC disconnected"));
+    else resolve({ success: outcome === "accepted", error: "Source unavailable" });
+    assert.equal((await docking).success, outcome === "accepted");
+    const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)!;
+    assert.equal(tab.content, "v2");
+    assert.equal(tab.baselineContent, "v1");
+    assert.equal(tab.savingState, outcome === "accepted" ? "saving" : "error", "success stays frozen until the caller closes; failure restores interaction");
+    if (outcome !== "accepted") {
+      assert.equal(tab.saveError, "previous save failed");
+      editorTabStore.updateContent(snapshot.editorId, "v3", null);
+      assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.content, "v3");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+test("dock does not take over an in-progress save", async (t) => {
+  editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot);
+  editorTabStore.setSavingState(snapshot.editorId, "saving");
+  t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId));
+  let calls = 0;
+  t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({ dockEditorWindowTab: async () => { calls++; return { success: true }; } }));
+  assert.equal((await dockDetachedEditorTab(snapshot.editorId)).success, false);
+  assert.equal(calls, 0);
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)?.savingState, "saving");
+});
+
+test("a closing destination rejects a popout without releasing source content", async (t) => {
+  editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot);
+  t.after(() => editorTabStore.close(snapshot.editorId));
+  t.mock.method(netcattyBridge, "get", () => ({ openEditorWindow: async () => ({ success: false, error: "Editor window is closing" }) }));
+  assert.equal(await popOutEditorTab(snapshot.editorId), false);
+  const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)!;
+  assert.equal(tab.placement, "tab");
+  assert.equal(tab.content, "v2");
+  assert.equal(tab.baselineContent, "v1");
+  assert.equal(editorTabStore.isDirty(tab.id), true);
+});

application/state/editorWindowClient.ts

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+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge";
+import { saveEditorTab } from "./editorTabSave";
+import {
+  editorTabStore,
+  tabIsDirty,
+  type EditorTab,
+  type EditorTabId,
+} from "./editorTabStore";
+import type { EditorWindowTabSnapshot } from "./editorWindowTypes";
+import { activeTabStore, toEditorTabId } from "./activeTabStore";
+
+export function toEditorWindowSnapshot(
+  tab: EditorTab,
+  hostLabel?: string,
+): EditorWindowTabSnapshot {
+  return {
+    editorId: tab.id,
+    sessionId: tab.sessionId,
+    sftpTabId: tab.sftpTabId,
+    hostId: tab.hostId,
+    hostLabel: hostLabel || tab.hostLabel,
+    remotePath: tab.remotePath,
+    fileName: tab.fileName,
+    languageId: tab.languageId,
+    content: tab.content,
+    baselineContent: tab.baselineContent,
+    wordWrap: tab.wordWrap,
+    viewState: tab.viewState,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function openEditorInWindow(snapshot: EditorWindowTabSnapshot): Promise<boolean> {
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+  if (!bridge?.openEditorWindow) return false;
+  const result = await bridge.openEditorWindow(snapshot);
+  return result?.success === true;
+}
+
+export async function focusEditorInWindow(editorId: EditorTabId): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.focusEditorWindow?.(editorId);
+  return result?.success === true;
+}
+
+export async function popOutEditorTab(
+  tabId: EditorTabId,
+  hostLabel?: string,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(tabId);
+  if (!tab) return false;
+  if (tab.placement === "window") {
+    return focusEditorInWindow(tabId);
+  }
+  const dirty = tabIsDirty(tab);
+  const snapshot = toEditorWindowSnapshot(tab, hostLabel || tab.hostLabel);
+  // Hide the source editor during transfer, but retain its only owned copy
+  // until the destination has acknowledged installing the tab.
+  editorTabStore.markDetached(tabId, dirty, false);
+  const ok = await openEditorInWindow(snapshot).catch(() => false);
+  if (!ok) {
+    if (editorTabStore.getTab(tabId)) editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot, "tab");
+    return false;
+  }
+  editorTabStore.markDetached(tabId, dirty);
+  const activeId = activeTabStore.getActiveTabId();
+  if (activeId === toEditorTabId(tabId)) {
+    activeTabStore.setActiveTabId("vault");
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export async function closeOwnedEditorWindowTabs(
+  owner: { sessionId?: string; sftpTabId?: string },
+  options?: { force?: boolean },
+): Promise<{ cancelled: boolean; closedIds: string[] }> {
+  const matching = editorTabStore.listByOwner(owner).filter((tab) => tab.placement === "window");
+  if (matching.length === 0) return { cancelled: false, closedIds: [] };
+  const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.closeEditorWindowTabs?.({
+    editorIds: matching.map((tab) => tab.id),
+    force: options?.force === true,
+  });
+  const closedIds = result?.closedIds ?? [];
+  for (const id of closedIds) editorTabStore.close(id);
+  if (!result || result.success === false) {
+    return { cancelled: options?.force !== true, closedIds };
+  }
+  if (result.cancelled !== true) {
+    for (const tab of matching) editorTabStore.close(tab.id);
+  }
+  return {
+    cancelled: result.cancelled === true,
+    closedIds,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function confirmCloseOwnedEditors(
+  owner: { sessionId?: string; sftpTabId?: string },
+  promptChoice: (tab: EditorTab) => Promise<"save" | "discard" | "cancel">,
+  saveTab?: (tabId: EditorTabId) => Promise<void>,
+  onCloseTab?: (tabId: EditorTabId) => void,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const windowClose = await closeOwnedEditorWindowTabs(owner, { force: false });
+  if (windowClose.cancelled) return false;
+  return editorTabStore.confirmCloseByOwner(owner, promptChoice, saveTab, onCloseTab);
+}
+
+export function forceCloseOwnedEditors(owners: {
+  sessionIds?: readonly string[];
+  sftpTabIds?: readonly string[];
+}): EditorTabId[] {
+  const matching = editorTabStore.getTabs().filter((tab) => {
+    if (tab.placement !== "window") return false;
+    if (owners.sessionIds?.includes(tab.sessionId)) return true;
+    if (owners.sftpTabIds?.includes(tab.sftpTabId)) return true;
+    return false;
+  });
+  if (matching.length > 0) {
+    void netcattyBridge.get()?.closeEditorWindowTabs?.({
+      editorIds: matching.map((tab) => tab.id),
+      force: true,
+    });
+  }
+  return editorTabStore.forceCloseByOwners(owners);
+}
+
+export function notifyEditorWindowSessionRemap(fromSessionId: string, toSessionId: string): void {
+  if (!fromSessionId || !toSessionId || fromSessionId === toSessionId) return;
+  netcattyBridge.get()?.remapEditorWindowSession?.({ fromSessionId, toSessionId });
+}
+
+export async function saveDetachedEditorTab(tabId: EditorTabId): Promise<{ ok: boolean; error?: string }> {
+  const current = editorTabStore.getTab(tabId);
+  if (!current) return { ok: false, error: "Editor tab closed before save completed" };
+  editorTabStore.setSavingState(tabId, "saving");
+  const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.saveEditorWindowTab?.({
+    editorId: current.id,
+    sessionId: current.sessionId,
+    sftpTabId: current.sftpTabId,
+    hostId: current.hostId,
+    remotePath: current.remotePath,
+    content: current.content,
+  });
+  if (result?.ok) {
+    editorTabStore.markSaved(tabId, current.content);
+    netcattyBridge.get()?.reportEditorWindowDirty?.({
+      editorId: tabId,
+      dirty: editorTabStore.isDirty(tabId),
+    });
+    return { ok: true };
+  }
+  const error = result?.error || "Save failed";
+  editorTabStore.setSavingState(tabId, "error", error);
+  return { ok: false, error };
+}
+
+export async function dockDetachedEditorTab(tabId: EditorTabId): Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }> {
+  const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(tabId);
+  if (!tab) return { success: false, error: "Editor tab closed" };
+  if (tab.savingState === "saving") return { success: false, error: "Editor tab is busy" };
+  // Keep the snapshot's owner read-only until receipt. Success stays busy
+  // until the caller removes this copy; failure restores its previous state.
+  editorTabStore.setSavingState(tabId, "saving");
+  let accepted = false;
+  try {
+    const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.dockEditorWindowTab?.(
+      toEditorWindowSnapshot(tab, tab.hostLabel),
+    );
+    if (result?.success) {
+      accepted = true;
+      return { success: true };
+    }
+    return { success: false, error: result?.error || "Failed to dock editor tab" };
+  } catch (error) {
+    return { success: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Failed to dock editor tab" };
+  } finally {
+    if (!accepted) editorTabStore.setSavingState(tabId, tab.savingState, tab.saveError);
+  }
+}
+
+export function reportDetachedEditorDirty(tabId: EditorTabId, dirty: boolean): void {
+  netcattyBridge.get()?.reportEditorWindowDirty?.({ editorId: tabId, dirty });
+}
+
+export function reportDetachedEditorTabsClosed(editorIds: string[]): void {
+  if (editorIds.length === 0) return;
+  netcattyBridge.get()?.reportEditorWindowTabsClosed?.({ editorIds });
+}
+
+export function subscribeEditorWindowCloseTabs(
+  cb: (payload: import("./editorWindowTypes").EditorWindowCloseTabsRequest) => void | Promise<void>,
+): () => void {
+  return netcattyBridge.get()?.onEditorWindowCloseTabs?.(cb) ?? (() => {});
+}
+
+export function reportEditorWindowCloseTabsResult(
+  payload: import("./editorWindowTypes").EditorWindowCloseTabsResult,
+): void {
+  netcattyBridge.get()?.reportEditorWindowCloseTabsResult?.(payload);
+}
+
+export function subscribeEditorWindowDirtyCheck(cb: () => boolean): () => void {
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+  if (!bridge?.onCheckDirtyEditors) return () => {};
+  return bridge.onCheckDirtyEditors(() => {
+    let hasDirty = false;
+    try {
+      hasDirty = cb() === true;
+    } catch {
+      hasDirty = false;
+    }
+    try {
+      bridge.reportDirtyEditorsResult?.(hasDirty);
+    } catch {
+      // ignore
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export function installEditorWindowSourceListeners(): () => void {
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+  if (!bridge) return () => {};
+
+  const unsubSave = bridge.onEditorWindowSaveRequest?.(async (payload) => {
+      try {
+        const tab = editorTabStore.getTab(payload.editorId);
+        if (!tab) {
+          bridge.reportEditorWindowSaveResult?.({
+            requestId: payload.requestId,
+            ok: false,
+            error: "Editor tab closed before save completed",
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+        if (tab.sessionId !== payload.sessionId) {
+          editorTabStore.remapSessionId(tab.sessionId, payload.sessionId);
+        }
+        const ok = await saveEditorTab(payload.editorId, payload.content);
+        const latest = editorTabStore.getTab(payload.editorId);
+        bridge.reportEditorWindowSaveResult?.({
+          requestId: payload.requestId,
+          ok,
+          liveConnectionId: latest?.sessionId,
+          error: ok ? undefined : (latest?.saveError || "Save failed"),
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+      bridge.reportEditorWindowSaveResult?.({
+        requestId: payload.requestId,
+        ok: false,
+        error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Save failed",
+      });
+    }
+  }) ?? (() => {});
+
+  const unsubDock = bridge.onEditorWindowDockRequest?.((payload) => {
+    try {
+      const id = editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(payload, "tab");
+      activeTabStore.setActiveTabId(toEditorTabId(id));
+      bridge.reportEditorWindowDockResult?.({ requestId: payload.requestId, ok: true });
+    } catch (err) {
+      bridge.reportEditorWindowDockResult?.({
+        requestId: payload.requestId,
+        ok: false,
+        error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to dock",
+      });
+    }
+  }) ?? (() => {});
+
+  const unsubDirty = bridge.onEditorWindowDirtyChanged?.((payload) => {
+    editorTabStore.setWindowDirty(payload.editorId, payload.dirty === true);
+  }) ?? (() => {});
+
+  const unsubClosed = bridge.onEditorWindowTabsClosed?.((payload) => {
+    for (const editorId of payload.editorIds ?? []) {
+      editorTabStore.close(editorId);
+    }
+  }) ?? (() => {});
+
+  return () => {
+    unsubSave();
+    unsubDock();
+    unsubDirty();
+    unsubClosed();
+  };
+}

application/state/editorWindowTypes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+export type EditorTabPlacement = "tab" | "window";
+
+export interface EditorWindowTabSnapshot {
+  editorId: string;
+  sessionId: string;
+  sftpTabId: string;
+  hostId: string;
+  hostLabel?: string;
+  remotePath: string;
+  fileName: string;
+  languageId: string;
+  content: string;
+  baselineContent: string;
+  wordWrap: boolean;
+  viewState: unknown;
+}
+
+export interface EditorWindowSaveRequest {
+  requestId: string;
+  editorId: string;
+  sessionId: string;
+  sftpTabId: string;
+  hostId: string;
+  remotePath: string;
+  content: string;
+}
+
+export interface EditorWindowSaveResult {
+  requestId: string;
+  ok: boolean;
+  liveConnectionId?: string;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+export interface EditorWindowCloseTabsRequest {
+  requestId: string;
+  editorIds: string[];
+  force?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface EditorWindowCloseTabsResult {
+  requestId: string;
+  cancelled: boolean;
+  closedIds: string[];
+}

application/state/resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent.test.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,26 @@ import test from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 
 import {
+  formatSessionClosedExitMessage,
   resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent,
   shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit,
   shouldRevealTerminalPopupOnExit,
 } from "./resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent.ts";
 
-test("normal backend exited events close the session tab", () => {
+test("backend exited events close the session tab only when auto-close is enabled", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 0 }, true),
+    { kind: "closeSession" },
+  );
+});
+
+test("omitted auto-close setting keeps the session tab on a clean exit", () => {
+  // The fallback for callers that have not loaded the terminal setting yet:
+  // keep the tab so a jump host / bastion reaping a session (a clean exit)
+  // never silently deletes the user's scrollback.
   assert.deepEqual(
     resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 0 }),
-    { kind: "closeSession" },
+    { kind: "markDisconnected" },
   );
 });
 
@@ -56,11 +67,19 @@ test("backend closed events keep the tab and mark it disconnected", () => {
   );
 });
 
+test("administrative exit-signal disconnects keep the tab", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent({ reason: "signaled", exitSignal: "SIGHUP" }, true),
+    { kind: "markDisconnected" },
+  );
+});
+
 test("terminal popup only auto-closes after clean command exit", () => {
   assert.equal(shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 0 }), true);
   assert.equal(shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 1 }), false);
   assert.equal(shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit({ reason: "error", error: "connection reset" }), false);
   assert.equal(shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit({ reason: "closed", exitCode: 0 }), false);
+  assert.equal(shouldCloseTerminalPopupOnExit({ reason: "signaled", exitSignal: "SIGHUP" }), false);
 });
 
 test("disabled auto-close keeps command and attached terminal popups open", () => {
@@ -120,3 +139,65 @@ test("attached terminal popups keep their existing auto-close behavior by defaul
     true,
   );
 });
+
+test("exit messages show the reported code for a real remote exit", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 0 }),
+    "\r\n[session closed (code 0)]",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "exited", exitCode: 127 }),
+    "\r\n[session closed (code 127)]",
+  );
+});
+
+test("an administrative exit-signal renders as a remote signal, not a clean code", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "signaled", exitSignal: "SIGHUP" }),
+    "\r\n[session closed by remote signal]",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "closed", exitSignal: "SIGTERM" }),
+    "\r\n[session closed by remote signal]",
+  );
+});
+
+test("a channel closed without exit-status or exit-signal must not render as code 0", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({
+      reason: "closed",
+      remoteClosedWithoutExitStatus: true,
+    }),
+    "\r\n[session closed by remote (no exit status)]",
+  );
+});
+
+test("exit messages without a reported code stay plain instead of showing a sentinel", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "closed" }),
+    "\r\n[session closed]",
+  );
+  assert.equal(formatSessionClosedExitMessage({}), "\r\n[session closed]");
+});
+
+test("infrastructure teardowns must not render a numeric code as a clean exit (#3631)", () => {
+  // A terminal-worker exit broadcast carries the worker's own exit status
+  // (graceful drain = 0). It belongs to the infrastructure failure, not to
+  // any remote shell, so it must never read as "session closed (code 0)".
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({
+      reason: "error",
+      exitCode: 0,
+      error: "Terminal worker exited with code 0",
+    }),
+    "\r\n[session closed unexpectedly]",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "error", exitCode: 1 }),
+    "\r\n[session closed unexpectedly]",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    formatSessionClosedExitMessage({ reason: "error" }),
+    "\r\n[session closed unexpectedly]",
+  );
+});

application/state/resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,31 @@ export type TerminalSessionExitEvent = {
   exitCode?: number;
   signal?: number;
   error?: string;
-  reason?: "exited" | "error" | "timeout" | "closed";
+  reason?: "exited" | "error" | "timeout" | "closed" | "signaled";
+  // ssh2 exit-signal name ("SIGHUP", "SIGTERM", ...). Set when the server
+  // terminated the session process. Distinct from a transport "closed".
+  exitSignal?: string;
+  // True when the remote closed the channel without sending exit-status or
+  // exit-signal (#3591): no numeric exit code exists, and the renderer shows
+  // a distinct message instead of a misleading "code 0".
+  remoteClosedWithoutExitStatus?: boolean;
   diagnostics?: ReadonlyArray<ProviderValidationIssue>;
 };
 
+export function formatSessionClosedExitMessage(evt: TerminalSessionExitEvent): string {
+  if (evt?.remoteClosedWithoutExitStatus) {
+    return "\r\n[session closed by remote (no exit status)]";
+  }
+  if (evt?.reason === "signaled" || (typeof evt?.exitSignal === "string" && evt.exitSignal.trim().length > 0)) {
+    return "\r\n[session closed by remote signal]";
+  }
+  // Infrastructure exit codes do not describe the remote shell's status.
+  if (evt?.reason === "error") {
+    return "\r\n[session closed unexpectedly]";
+  }
+  return `\r\n[session closed${evt?.exitCode !== undefined ? ` (code ${evt.exitCode})` : ""}]`;
+}
+
 export type TerminalSessionExitIntent =
   | { kind: "closeSession" }
   | { kind: "markDisconnected" };
@@ -23,7 +44,11 @@ function isConfirmedCleanExit(evt: TerminalSessionExitEvent): boolean {
 
 export function resolveTerminalSessionExitIntent(
   evt: TerminalSessionExitEvent,
-  autoCloseOnExit = true,
+  // Keep-tab is the safe default: a caller that has not loaded the terminal
+  // setting yet must not silently delete a session tab. Remote graceful
+  // channel closes (e.g. a jump host reaping an idle session) are reported
+  // as a clean exit, so an unavailable setting must not re-enable closing.
+  autoCloseOnExit = false,
 ): TerminalSessionExitIntent {
   if (autoCloseOnExit && isConfirmedCleanExit(evt)) {
     return { kind: "closeSession" };

application/state/sessionFactories.localVaultHost.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+import { createHostTerminalSession } from "./sessionFactories.ts";
+import { createLocalTerminalSession } from "./sessionFactories.ts";
+import { resolveHostDefaultLocalShell } from "../../domain/localShellHost";
+import { resolveTerminalSessionHost } from "../../domain/terminalHostResolution";
+import type { Host } from "../../domain/models";
+
+const localVaultHost = (overrides: Partial<Host> = {}): Host => ({
+  id: "local-vault-1",
+  label: "Project A CMD",
+  hostname: "localhost",
+  username: "",
+  group: "Projects/A",
+  tags: ["local"],
+  os: "linux",
+  protocol: "local",
+  createdAt: 0,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession copies local shell fields for local vault hosts", () => {
+  const host = localVaultHost({
+    localShell: "wsl-ubuntu",
+    localShellArgs: ["--cd", "/work"],
+    localShellName: "Ubuntu (WSL)",
+    localShellIcon: "ubuntu",
+    localStartDir: "/work",
+  });
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-1", host);
+
+  assert.equal(session.protocol, "local");
+  assert.equal(session.hostId, "local-vault-1");
+  assert.equal(session.localShell, "wsl-ubuntu");
+  assert.deepEqual(session.localShellArgs, ["--cd", "/work"]);
+  assert.equal(session.localShellName, "Ubuntu (WSL)");
+  assert.equal(session.localShellIcon, "ubuntu");
+  assert.equal(session.localStartDir, "/work");
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession does not add local shell fields to SSH hosts", () => {
+  const host: Host = {
+    ...localVaultHost({ protocol: "ssh", hostname: "example.com", port: 22 }),
+  } as Host;
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-2", host);
+
+  assert.equal(session.protocol, "ssh");
+  assert.equal(session.localShell, undefined);
+  assert.equal(session.localShellName, undefined);
+  assert.equal(session.shellType, undefined);
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession classifies the shell for CMD/PowerShell local vault hosts", () => {
+  const cmd = createHostTerminalSession("session-cmd", localVaultHost({ localShell: "cmd", os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(cmd.shellType, "cmd");
+
+  const pwsh = createHostTerminalSession("session-pwsh", localVaultHost({ localShell: "pwsh", os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(pwsh.shellType, "powershell");
+
+  // Discovered shell IDs persisted by the local-shell editor are not
+  // executable basenames, but they still resolve to POSIX shells at spawn
+  // time — WSL distros, Git Bash, and Cygwin all run a POSIX shell.
+  const wslId = createHostTerminalSession("session-wsl-id", localVaultHost({ localShell: "wsl-ubuntu", os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(wslId.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const gitBash = createHostTerminalSession("session-git-bash", localVaultHost({ localShell: "git-bash", os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(gitBash.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const cygwin = createHostTerminalSession("session-cygwin", localVaultHost({ localShell: "cygwin", os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(cygwin.shellType, "posix");
+
+  // Unix discovery emits disambiguated path-slug IDs when multiple
+  // installations share a basename (e.g. /bin/bash vs
+  // /opt/homebrew/bin/bash); the backend launches the resolved command, so
+  // the session must classify as that command's shell type, not "unknown".
+  const slugBash = createHostTerminalSession("session-slug-bash", localVaultHost({ localShell: "bin-bash", os: "macos" }));
+  assert.equal(slugBash.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const slugHomebrewBash = createHostTerminalSession(
+    "session-slug-homebrew",
+    localVaultHost({ localShell: "opt-homebrew-bin-bash", os: "macos" }),
+  );
+  assert.equal(slugHomebrewBash.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const customPowershellPath = createHostTerminalSession(
+    "session-pwsh-path",
+    localVaultHost({ localShell: "C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe", os: "windows" }),
+  );
+  assert.equal(customPowershellPath.shellType, "powershell");
+
+  // Default-shell hosts (empty localShell) launch the machine's OS default
+  // shell (the backend's own detection), so classification must use the
+  // runtime platform — not the saved host.os, which may describe a machine
+  // the host was synced/imported from. Node 22's navigator.userAgent is
+  // always "Node.js/<version>", so this test environment always classifies
+  // as POSIX regardless of the CI runner's real OS.
+  const windowsSyncedDefault = createHostTerminalSession("session-win-default", localVaultHost({ os: "windows" }));
+  assert.equal(windowsSyncedDefault.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const posixDefault = createHostTerminalSession("session-posix-default", localVaultHost({ os: "linux" }));
+  assert.equal(posixDefault.shellType, "posix");
+
+  const unknownCustom = createHostTerminalSession(
+    "session-unknown",
+    localVaultHost({ localShell: "/usr/local/bin/exotic-shell", os: "linux" }),
+  );
+  assert.equal(unknownCustom.shellType, "unknown");
+});
+
+test("createLocalTerminalSession is unaffected by vault local hosts", () => {
+  const session = createLocalTerminalSession("session-3", { shellName: "CMD" });
+  assert.equal(session.hostId, "local-terminal");
+  assert.equal(session.localShellName, "CMD");
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession snapshots an explicit no-args local shell as an empty array", () => {
+  // Legacy vault hosts can predate localShellArgs, so the field may be
+  // absent on the Host; the session snapshot must still distinguish
+  // "launched with no args" ([]) from "no metadata" (undefined).
+  const host = localVaultHost({
+    localShell: "cmd",
+    localShellName: "Command Prompt",
+    os: "windows",
+  });
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-noargs", host);
+
+  assert.ok(Array.isArray(session.localShellArgs), "args snapshot must be present");
+  assert.deepEqual(session.localShellArgs, []);
+});
+
+test("resolveTerminalSessionHost does not merge edited host args into a no-args local snapshot", () => {
+  const launchTimeHost = localVaultHost({
+    localShell: "cmd",
+    localShellName: "Command Prompt",
+    os: "windows",
+  });
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-1", launchTimeHost);
+
+  // The saved host was later edited to a shell with args; the snapshot taken
+  // at launch time must win so the clone relaunches CMD, not WSL.
+  const editedHost: Host = {
+    ...launchTimeHost,
+    label: "Edited WSL",
+    localShell: "wsl-ubuntu",
+    localShellArgs: ["--cd", "/elsewhere"],
+    localShellName: "Ubuntu (WSL)",
+    localStartDir: "/elsewhere",
+  };
+
+  const resolved = resolveTerminalSessionHost({
+    session,
+    hosts: [editedHost],
+    groupConfigs: [],
+    proxyProfiles: [],
+    localOs: "windows",
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(resolved.localShell, "cmd");
+  assert.deepEqual(resolved.localShellArgs, []);
+  assert.equal(resolved.localShellName, "Command Prompt");
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession snapshots an inherited start directory for Copy Tab", () => {
+  // The saved host has no directory of its own, so the starter launches in
+  // Settings > Terminal's localStartDir. That effective directory has to be
+  // recorded now; overlay falls back to the host or the current setting when
+  // the session field is missing.
+  const saved = localVaultHost({
+    localShell: "bash",
+    localShellName: "Bash",
+    localStartDir: "",
+  });
+  const effective = resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(saved, {
+    terminalSettings: { localStartDir: "/home/alice/global" },
+  });
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-inherit", effective);
+  assert.equal(session.localStartDir, "/home/alice/global");
+
+  const changedSettings = {
+    terminalSettings: { localShell: "fish", localStartDir: "/home/alice/changed" },
+  };
+  const afterSettingsChange = resolveTerminalSessionHost({
+    session,
+    hosts: [saved],
+    groupConfigs: [],
+    proxyProfiles: [],
+    localOs: "linux",
+    defaultLocalShell: changedSettings,
+  });
+  assert.equal(afterSettingsChange.localStartDir, "/home/alice/global");
+
+  const afterHostEdit = resolveTerminalSessionHost({
+    session,
+    hosts: [{ ...saved, localStartDir: "/home/alice/edited" }],
+    groupConfigs: [],
+    proxyProfiles: [],
+    localOs: "linux",
+    defaultLocalShell: changedSettings,
+  });
+  assert.equal(afterHostEdit.localStartDir, "/home/alice/global");
+});
+
+test("createHostTerminalSession snapshots an inherited start directory for a default shell host", () => {
+  const saved = localVaultHost();
+  const effective = resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(saved, {
+    terminalSettings: { localShell: "bash", localStartDir: "/home/alice/global" },
+    resolveShellSetting: () => ({ command: "/bin/bash", args: ["-l"] }),
+  });
+  const session = createHostTerminalSession("session-default-shell", effective);
+
+  assert.equal(session.localShell, "/bin/bash");
+  assert.deepEqual(session.localShellArgs, ["-l"]);
+  assert.equal(session.localStartDir, "/home/alice/global");
+});
+
+test("resolveHostDefaultLocalShell keeps an explicit start directory and ignores non-local hosts", () => {
+  const explicit = localVaultHost({ localShell: "bash", localStartDir: "/work" });
+  const resolvedExplicit = resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(explicit, {
+    terminalSettings: { localStartDir: "/home/alice/global" },
+  });
+  assert.equal(resolvedExplicit.localStartDir, "/work");
+  assert.equal(createHostTerminalSession("session-explicit", resolvedExplicit).localStartDir, "/work");
+
+  const ssh = localVaultHost({ protocol: "ssh", hostname: "example.com", port: 22 });
+  const resolvedSsh = resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(ssh, {
+    terminalSettings: { localStartDir: "/home/alice/global" },
+  });
+  assert.equal(resolvedSsh.localStartDir, undefined);
+  assert.equal(resolvedSsh, ssh);
+});
+
+test("saved local sessions use the ordinary local username marker without changing vault or SSH credentials", () => {
+  const saved = localVaultHost({ username: "" });
+  const ordinary = createLocalTerminalSession("ordinary-local");
+  const opened = createHostTerminalSession("saved-local", saved);
+  assert.equal(opened.username, ordinary.username);
+  assert.equal(opened.username, "local");
+  assert.equal(saved.username, "");
+  const remote = { ...saved, protocol: "ssh" as const, username: "remote-user" };
+  assert.equal(createHostTerminalSession("ssh-session", remote).username, "remote-user");
+  const resolved = resolveTerminalSessionHost({ session: opened, hosts: [saved], groupConfigs: [], proxyProfiles: [], localOs: "linux" });
+  assert.equal(resolved.username, ordinary.username, "terminal-run scripts receive the same local marker");
+});

application/state/sessionFactories.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Host, SerialConfig, TerminalSession } from "../../domain/models";
+import { classifyLocalShellType } from "../../lib/localShell";
 
 export interface LocalTerminalOptions {
   shellType?: TerminalSession["shellType"];
@@ -18,6 +19,28 @@ export interface LocalTerminalOptions {
  */
 export const LOCAL_TERMINAL_HOST_ID = "local-terminal";
 
+/**
+ * [] captures the absence of custom arguments instead of inheriting them
+ * from a later host edit. The starter still applies backend defaults to []
+ * and undefined alike. Share the array to preserve pane equality checks.
+ */
+const EMPTY_LOCAL_SHELL_ARGS: string[] = [];
+
+/**
+ * Platform string describing the machine that is launching the session.
+ *
+ * Vault local hosts can be synced/imported from another OS, so their saved
+ * `host.os` describes the source machine. When the host has no explicit
+ * shell (`localShell` empty), `startLocalSession` spawns the current
+ * machine's OS default shell, so classification must fall back to the
+ * runtime platform — not the persisted host OS — or a Windows host opened
+ * on Linux would be tagged "powershell" while Bash actually runs.
+ */
+const runtimePlatformLike = (): string | undefined => {
+  if (typeof navigator === "undefined") return undefined;
+  return navigator.userAgent || navigator.platform || undefined;
+};
+
 export const createLocalTerminalSession = (
   sessionId: string,
   options?: LocalTerminalOptions,
@@ -113,6 +136,30 @@ export const createHostTerminalSession = (
     moshEnabled: host.moshEnabled,
     etEnabled: host.etEnabled,
     charset: host.charset,
+    // Local-shell vault hosts carry the per-host shell selection into the
+    // session (the bridge resolves discovered shell ids at spawn time).
+    // shellType matches ordinary local-terminal creation so captured-CWD
+    // restore can reject POSIX injection into CMD/PowerShell sessions.
+    ...(host.protocol === "local" ? {
+      username: "local",
+      // With an explicit shell the basename classifies it on any OS, so the
+      // saved host.os stays the fallback; a default-shell host launches the
+      // current machine's OS default, so classify against the runtime.
+      shellType: classifyLocalShellType(
+        host.localShell,
+        host.localShell?.trim() ? host.os : runtimePlatformLike(),
+      ),
+      localShell: host.localShell ?? "",
+      // Preserve field presence: an edited host must not contribute its args
+      // to a session that was launched with an explicit shell and no args.
+      localShellArgs: host.localShellArgs ?? EMPTY_LOCAL_SHELL_ARGS,
+      localShellName: host.localShellName,
+      localShellIcon: host.localShellIcon,
+      // Effective directory from resolveHostDefaultLocalShell, including a
+      // Settings directory the saved host inherits. Copy Tab overlays this
+      // snapshot, so a later settings or vault edit cannot move the relaunch.
+      localStartDir: host.localStartDir || "~",
+    } : {}),
     ...(host.ephemeral ? { ephemeralHost: true } : {}),
     ...(host.autoOpenSftpPanel ? { autoOpenSidePanel: "sftp" as const } : {}),
   };

application/state/sessionHistorySearch.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,790 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+import {
+  collectSessionSearchFields,
+  type SessionHistorySearchMessage,
+} from "../../domain/sessionHistorySearch.ts";
+import {
+  PINYIN_CACHE_MAX_CHARS,
+  getPinyinCacheStatsForTests,
+  resetPinyinCacheForTests,
+} from "../../lib/searchMatcher.ts";
+import { createSessionHistorySearch } from "./sessionHistorySearch.ts";
+
+// One instance for the whole file: it keeps the pre-factory semantics of every
+// test sharing (and clearing) a single cache.
+const { clearSessionHistorySearchCache, filterSessionHistory } = createSessionHistorySearch();
+
+// Fixture messages stay loosely typed: persisted sessions carry far richer
+// shapes (role, ids, payload fields, …) than the minimal searchable shapes,
+// and extra properties must remain structurally harmless.
+function createSession(
+  id: string,
+  title: string,
+  messages: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
+) {
+  return {
+    id,
+    title,
+    messages: messages.map((message, index) => ({
+      id: `${id}-m${index}`,
+      role: "user",
+      content: "",
+      timestamp: index,
+      ...message,
+    })) as SessionHistorySearchMessage[],
+  };
+}
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches titles and keeps order when query is blank", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "nginx restart", []),
+    createSession("b", "disk cleanup", []),
+  ];
+
+  for (const query of ["", "  \t\n"]) {
+    assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, query), sessions);
+  }
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory handles special characters through the shared matcher", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [{ content: "check [prod].json at /var/log/nginx" }]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy", [{ content: "ship it" }]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "[prod].json"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "/var/log/nginx"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "[](){}"), []);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches message content of user and assistant turns", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Debugging", [
+      { role: "user", content: "why is sshd down on prod-3?" },
+      { role: "assistant", content: "let me check the journal" },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy notes", [
+      { role: "user", content: "ship release 1.2" },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "sshd down"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "1.2"), [sessions[1]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nothing here"), []);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory ignores hidden system messages", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [
+      { role: "system", content: "shared hidden prompt with marker text" },
+      { role: "user", content: "all clear" },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy", [
+      { role: "system", content: "shared hidden prompt with marker text" },
+      { role: "user", content: "ship it" },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  // A query found only inside system messages must not surface the sessions:
+  // the reopened conversation hides those messages, so a match would display
+  // no matching text.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "marker text"), []);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory searches thinking and tool call/result content", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Untitled", [
+      { role: "assistant", thinking: "the certificate expired" },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Ops", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        toolCalls: [{ name: "systemctl", id: "t1", arguments: {} }],
+        toolResults: [{ toolCallId: "t1", content: "nginx failed to bind port" }],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "certificate"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "systemctl"), [sessions[1]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "bind port"), [sessions[1]]);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches text stored only in tool call arguments", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        toolCalls: [{
+          name: "shell",
+          id: "t1",
+          arguments: { command: "systemctl restart nginx" },
+        }],
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        toolCalls: [{ name: "file", id: "t2", arguments: {} }],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nginx"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "restart nginx"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nothing here"), []);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[0]);
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("systemctl restart nginx")));
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches persisted agent activities", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Research", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        agentActivities: [
+          { id: "1", type: "web_search", status: "completed", query: "rust async runtime benchmarks" },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Refactor", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        agentActivities: [
+          {
+            id: "2",
+            type: "file_change",
+            status: "completed",
+            changes: [
+              { path: "src/sessionStore.ts", kind: "update" },
+              { path: "src/sessionStore.test.ts", kind: "add" },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("c", "Plan", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        agentActivities: [
+          {
+            id: "3",
+            type: "plan_update",
+            status: "completed",
+            items: [
+              { text: "extract search collector", completed: true },
+              { text: "wire into drawer", completed: false },
+            ],
+          },
+          { id: "4", type: "warning", status: "completed", message: "rate limit hit" },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "async runtime"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "sessionStore.test"), [sessions[1]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "extract search collector"), [sessions[2]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "rate limit"), [sessions[2]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nothing here"), []);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[2]);
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("extract search collector")));
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("rate limit hit")));
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches persisted error messages and attachment labels", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Untitled", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        content: "",
+        errorInfo: { type: "provider", message: "upstream rate limit exceeded", retryable: true },
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy", [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: "please summarize",
+        attachments: [
+          { base64Data: "", mediaType: "text/plain", filename: "k8s-manifest.yaml" },
+          { base64Data: "", mediaType: "text/markdown", vaultNoteTitle: "Postgres runbook" },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("c", "Legacy", [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: "see attached",
+        images: [
+          { base64Data: "", mediaType: "image/png", filename: "screenshot.png" },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+    createSession("d", "Payloads", [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: "",
+        attachments: [
+          { base64Data: "AAAA", mediaType: "image/png", terminalSelection: true },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "rate limit exceeded"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "k8s-manifest"), [sessions[1]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "postgres runbook"), [sessions[1]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "screenshot.png"), [sessions[2]]);
+  // Attachment base64 payloads and unlabeled attachments are not indexed.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "AAAA"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nothing here"), []);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[1]);
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("k8s-manifest.yaml")));
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("Postgres runbook")));
+  assert.ok(!fields.some((field) => field === "AAAA"));
+});
+
+test("budget exhaustion inside a message keeps the newest tool calls searchable", () => {
+  // One assistant message bearing enough tool calls (each argument capped at
+  // 2,000 chars) to exhaust the remaining session budget: iteration must be
+  // newest-first so the latest calls (appended at the array end) stay
+  // searchable instead of the oldest ones winning the budget.
+  const session = createSession("a", "Ops", [
+    {
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: "y".repeat(20_000),
+      toolCalls: Array.from({ length: 25 }, (_, i) => ({
+        name: `call-${i}`,
+        id: `t${i}`,
+        arguments: { command: `marker-args-${i} ${"z".repeat(20_000)}` },
+      })),
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  // The newest call (index 24, appended last) stays searchable along with the
+  // rest of the recent burst; the oldest call is the one dropped.
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("marker-args-24")));
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("marker-args-19")));
+  assert.ok(!fields.some((field) => field.includes("marker-args-0")));
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], "marker-args-24"), [session]);
+  // Retained call fields are output in chronological order after the
+  // newest-first collection is reversed back (call-10 before call-19).
+  const call10 = fields.findIndex((field) => field.includes("call-10"));
+  const call19 = fields.findIndex((field) => field.includes("call-19"));
+  assert.ok(call10 !== -1 && call19 !== -1 && call10 < call19);
+});
+
+test("later attachment labels stay searchable when the label list overflows the cap", () => {
+  // The joined labels of these attachments exceed the 2,000-character field
+  // cap; feeding labels individually keeps the later (newest) ones findable.
+  const session = createSession("a", "Deploy", [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: "please summarize",
+      attachments: [
+        { base64Data: "", mediaType: "text/plain", filename: `pad-${"a".repeat(2_100)}` },
+        { base64Data: "", mediaType: "text/markdown", filename: "latest-run.log" },
+      ],
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("latest-run.log")));
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], "latest-run"), [session]);
+});
+
+test("collectSessionSearchFields skips empty content and caps very long fields", () => {
+  const session = createSession("a", "  ", [
+    { role: "user", content: "   " },
+    { role: "assistant", content: "x".repeat(25_000) },
+  ]);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  assert.equal(fields.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(fields[0].length, 20_000);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches CJK titles via the shared pinyin matcher", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "重启生产服务器", []),
+    createSession("b", "backup", []),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "chongqi"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "重启"), [sessions[0]]);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory indexes the displayed fallback for untitled sessions", () => {
+  // An empty persisted title is displayed as the localized "Untitled" label;
+  // searching for that label must find the session instead of hiding it.
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "", [{ content: "nginx notes" }]),
+    createSession("b", "nginx restart", []),
+  ];
+
+  // Without the fallback the blank title contributes nothing.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "untitled"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "untitled", { untitledLabel: "Untitled" }), [sessions[0]]);
+  // Titled sessions are unaffected by the fallback label.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "restart"), [sessions[1]]);
+  // Localized (CJK) fallback labels match through title pinyin too.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "无标题", { untitledLabel: "无标题" }), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "wbt", { untitledLabel: "无标题" }), [sessions[0]]);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[0], "Untitled");
+  assert.deepEqual(fields, ["Untitled", "nginx notes"]);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory lets tokens span title pinyin and message text", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "重启服务器", [
+      { role: "user", content: "restarted nginx without errors" },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  const combined = filterSessionHistory(sessions, "chongqi nginx");
+  assert.deepEqual(combined, [sessions[0]]);
+  // Message-only pinyin still stays out of the expensive fallback.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "chongqi"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    filterSessionHistory(sessions, "failing nginx"),
+    [],
+  );
+});
+
+test("search field trimming stays inside the field and remaining session limits", () => {
+  const fieldLimited = createSession("a", "Ops", [
+    { content: " ".repeat(20_000) + "outside-field" },
+    { content: "  recent-match  " + " ".repeat(1_000_000) },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(collectSessionSearchFields(fieldLimited), ["Ops", "recent-match"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([fieldLimited], "recent-match"), [fieldLimited]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([fieldLimited], "outside-field"), []);
+
+  // Title + three full fields leave 3,997 characters for the oldest message.
+  // Trimming must not reach past that window to discover more content.
+  const sessionLimited = createSession("b", "Ops", [
+    { content: " ".repeat(3_997) + "outside-session" },
+    ...Array.from({ length: 3 }, () => ({ content: "x".repeat(20_000) })),
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(collectSessionSearchFields(sessionLimited).join("").length, 60_003);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([sessionLimited], "outside-session"), []);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory keeps the pinyin fallback on titles only", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [
+      { role: "user", content: "重启生产服务器" },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  // Pinyin transliteration of long message content is skipped; literal CJK
+  // queries still match message text.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "重启"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "chongqi"), []);
+});
+
+test("collectSessionSearchFields bounds the total searchable text per session", () => {
+  const session = createSession("a", "big session", Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, i) => ({
+    role: "user" as const,
+    content: `chunk-${i}-${"y".repeat(19_000)}`,
+  })));
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  const total = fields.reduce((sum, field) => sum + field.length, 0);
+  assert.ok(total <= 64_000, `total ${total} exceeds session cap`);
+  // Title is indexed first so it always lands in the bounded window.
+  assert.equal(fields[0], "big session");
+});
+
+test("collectSessionSearchFields keeps recent messages searchable under the cap", () => {
+  // Four 20,000-char messages exceed the 64 KB cap; the budget must be
+  // allocated newest-first so the most recent message remains searchable.
+  const session = createSession("a", "big session", [0, 1, 2, 3].map((i) => ({
+    role: "user" as const,
+    content: `${"x".repeat(19_900)} marker-${i}`,
+  })));
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  assert.equal(fields[0], "big session");
+  // Oldest messages are dropped, the newest is retained.
+  assert.ok(!fields.some((field) => field.includes("marker-0")));
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("marker-3")));
+  // Output order stays chronological (marker-1 before marker-2).
+  const marker1 = fields.findIndex((field) => field.includes("marker-1"));
+  const marker2 = fields.findIndex((field) => field.includes("marker-2"));
+  assert.ok(marker1 !== -1 && marker2 !== -1 && marker1 < marker2);
+});
+
+test("collectSessionSearchFields truncates a field to the remaining session budget", () => {
+  // Four 19,000-char messages plus the title overflow the 64 KB cap; the last
+  // collected (oldest) message must be truncated to exactly the remaining
+  // budget instead of being discarded wholesale.
+  const session = createSession("a", "big session", [0, 1, 2, 3].map(() => ({
+    role: "user" as const,
+    content: "a".repeat(19_000),
+  })));
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(session);
+  const total = fields.reduce((sum, field) => sum + field.length, 0);
+  assert.ok(total <= 64_000, `total ${total} exceeds session cap`);
+  assert.equal(total, 64_000);
+  // The oldest message fills the leftover budget with its freshest-available
+  // head instead of being dropped entirely.
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.length === 64_000 - (11 + 3 * 19_000)));
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.startsWith("aaa")));
+});
+
+test("huge tool call arguments are serialized within the field cap without full materialization", () => {
+  const blob = "x".repeat(5_000_000);
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        toolCalls: [{
+          // Retained calls can carry uncapped payloads (e.g. `sftp_write_file`
+          // content); serialization must stop at the field cap instead of
+          // stringifying the whole argument object on every keystroke.
+          name: "sftp_write_file",
+          id: "t1",
+          arguments: { path: "/tmp/report.md", content: blob },
+        }],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[0]);
+  const serialized = fields.find((field) => field.includes("/tmp/report.md"));
+  assert.ok(serialized);
+  // The serialized field (plus the tool name) must land under the total
+  // per-session budget cap, i.e. no multi-megabyte field is ever emitted.
+  assert.ok(serialized!.length <= 2_000);
+  assert.ok(serialized!.includes("/tmp/report.md"));
+
+  // Short payloads still serialize fully and stay searchable.
+  const searchable = createSession("b", "Ops", [
+    {
+      role: "assistant",
+      toolCalls: [{
+        name: "shell",
+        id: "t2",
+        arguments: { command: "systemctl restart nginx" },
+      }],
+    },
+  ]);
+  assert.ok(
+    collectSessionSearchFields(searchable).some((field) => field.includes('"command":"systemctl restart nginx"')),
+  );
+});
+
+test("wide tool call argument objects and long property names stay within the cap", () => {
+  // A wide object: thousands of own properties must be iterated lazily
+  // instead of materializing the full entries array on every keystroke.
+  const wide: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5_000; i++) wide[`key-${i}`] = `value-${i}`;
+  // An unusually large property name must be capped before it is escaped.
+  const longKey = "k".repeat(50_000);
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Ops", [
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        toolCalls: [{
+          name: "shell",
+          id: "t1",
+          arguments: { command: "systemctl restart nginx", [longKey]: "ignored", ...wide },
+        }],
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[0]);
+  const serialized = fields.find((field) => field.includes("systemctl restart nginx"));
+  assert.ok(serialized);
+  assert.ok(serialized!.length <= 2_000);
+  // The oversized key (and the wide object past the cap) never materialize:
+  // the long key is truncated before escaping.
+  assert.ok(!fields.some((field) => field.length > 2_000));
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory matches persisted status text", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("a", "Untitled", [
+      { role: "assistant", content: "", statusText: "generating diff for src/main.ts" },
+    ]),
+    createSession("b", "Deploy", [
+      { role: "user", content: "ship it" },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "generating diff"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "src/main.ts"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "nothing here"), []);
+
+  const fields = collectSessionSearchFields(sessions[0]);
+  assert.ok(fields.some((field) => field.includes("generating diff for src/main.ts")));
+});
+
+// Regression: bounds enforcement must run once per scan, not on every cache
+// miss. Evicting per miss makes each rebuild drop the index of a later
+// session in the same scan, so any history longer than the entry cap
+// cycle-evicts the whole cache and rebuilds every corpus on every keystroke.
+test("filterSessionHistory keeps index-cache hits for histories larger than the cache cap", () => {
+  const sessionCount = 80;
+  const sessions = Array.from({ length: sessionCount }, (_, i) =>
+    createSession(`s${i}`, `session ${i}`, [{ content: `body ${i} deploy` }]));
+  // Observe corpus (re)builds: a cache hit serves the prepared haystack
+  // without touching `messages`, while a rebuild collects the fields again.
+  const readSessions = new Set<string>();
+  for (const session of sessions) {
+    const messages = session.messages;
+    Object.defineProperty(session, "messages", {
+      get() {
+        readSessions.add(session.id);
+        return messages;
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+  readSessions.clear();
+  const second = filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+
+  // End-of-scan eviction only prunes the per-scan overshoot: the indexes of
+  // every session retained by the last prune are cache hits. Per-miss
+  // eviction would have rebuilt all 80 sessions here.
+  const rebuilt = readSessions.size;
+  assert.ok(rebuilt <= sessionCount - 64, `expected no cache thrash, rebuilt ${rebuilt}`);
+  assert.deepEqual(second, sessions);
+  // Eviction must retain the FRONT of the ranked list (the sessions the next
+  // scan visits first) and rebuild only the oldest tail above the entry cap —
+  // evicting the Map's first key would drop the head and thrash it instead.
+  const rebuiltIds = [...readSessions].sort();
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    rebuiltIds,
+    sessions.slice(-(sessionCount - 64)).map((s) => s.id).sort(),
+  );
+});
+
+// Regression: hard-rejecting NEW entries once the entry cap is saturated by
+// live sessions froze the cache's membership. New sessions are prepended to
+// the ranked list, so every subsequently created conversation (and its
+// immutable streaming updates) would rebuild its index on every keystroke
+// while stale lower-ranked entries stayed cached — and the end-of-scan prune
+// could not correct it because the cache was already within both bounds.
+test("filterSessionHistory admits a newly created session after the entry cap is saturated", () => {
+  const initial = Array.from({ length: 64 }, (_, i) =>
+    createSession(`s${i}`, `session ${i}`, [{ content: `body ${i} deploy` }]));
+  filterSessionHistory(initial, "deploy");
+
+  // A newly created session is prepended: it ranks above every cached entry.
+  const created = createSession("fresh", "fresh session", [{ content: "body fresh deploy" }]);
+  const sessions = [created, ...initial];
+
+  // Observe corpus (re)builds as in the thrash regression test above.
+  const readSessions = new Set<string>();
+  for (const session of sessions) {
+    const messages = session.messages;
+    Object.defineProperty(session, "messages", {
+      get() {
+        readSessions.add(session.id);
+        return messages;
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // First scan over the new list: "fresh" misses (its index was never cached)
+  // and must be admitted; the prune evicts the lowest-ranked tail instead.
+  filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+  readSessions.clear();
+  const third = filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(third, sessions);
+  // The fresh, highest-ranked session stays cached; only the evicted tail
+  // above the entry cap is rebuilt.
+  assert.ok(!readSessions.has("fresh"), `expected fresh session to be cached, rebuilt: ${[...readSessions]}`);
+  assert.deepEqual([...readSessions], ["s63"]);
+});
+
+// Regression: the entry cap must be enforced at cache-admission time, not only
+// by the end-of-scan prune. When misses are small (empty/short searchable
+// content), the char budget consumes almost no headroom per insert, so
+// overshooting the entry cap mid-scan and letting the prune trim it made a
+// single keystroke over a very long history build and transiently retain one
+// index + Map entry per live session. Admission must instead evict the stale
+// lowest-ranked untouched tail to make room (the same entry the prune would
+// otherwise drop moments later), keeping the cache within the entry cap
+// throughout the scan.
+test("filterSessionHistory evicts the stale tail at admission instead of overshooting the entry cap", () => {
+  const initial = Array.from({ length: 64 }, (_, i) =>
+    createSession(`s${i}`, `session ${i}`, [{ content: `body ${i} deploy` }]));
+  filterSessionHistory(initial, "deploy");
+
+  // A newly created session is prepended: it ranks above every cached entry.
+  const created = createSession("fresh", "fresh session", [{ content: "body fresh deploy" }]);
+  const sessions = [created, ...initial];
+
+  // Observe corpus (re)builds as in the regression tests above.
+  const readSessions = new Set<string>();
+  for (const session of sessions) {
+    const messages = session.messages;
+    Object.defineProperty(session, "messages", {
+      get() {
+        readSessions.add(session.id);
+        return messages;
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // The single scan over the prepended list must admit "fresh" by evicting
+  // the stalest cached tail entry ("s63") during the scan: under the old
+  // overshoot-then-prune behavior "s63" would stay cached until the prune,
+  // so it would not be rebuilt in this same scan at all. Rebuilding it here
+  // is the (bounded, one-entry) cost of never exceeding the entry cap
+  // mid-scan.
+  filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+  assert.deepEqual([...readSessions].sort(), ["fresh", "s63"]);
+
+  // Recovery is unchanged: the fresh session stays cached, and only the
+  // tail displaced below the entry cap rebuilds on the next keystroke.
+  readSessions.clear();
+  const next = filterSessionHistory(sessions, "deploy");
+  assert.deepEqual(next, sessions);
+  assert.ok(!readSessions.has("fresh"), `expected fresh session to be cached, rebuilt: ${[...readSessions]}`);
+  assert.deepEqual([...readSessions], ["s63"]);
+});
+
+// Regression: a hard-reject at the CHAR-budget gate froze cache membership
+// just like the earlier entry-cap bug. With ~20 large sessions (each near the
+// 64,000-character corpus cap) already consuming nearly the 4M-character
+// cache budget, a newly prepended high-ranked session was rejected without
+// evicting anything, and the end-of-scan prune — seeing a cache within both
+// bounds — kept the stale lower-ranked entries: the new large conversation
+// then rebuilt its index on every search keystroke.
+test("filterSessionHistory admits a newly created session after the char budget is saturated", () => {
+  // Corpus exactly 64,000 chars (title + 4 x 15,999-char messages), each
+  // index retaining ~192K chars (normalized fields + haystack + compact
+  // haystack): 20 fill ~3.84M of the 4M budget; a 21st would overflow it.
+  const createLargeSession = (id: string) =>
+    createSession(id, "sess", [0, 1, 2, 3].map(() => ({ content: "x".repeat(15_999) })));
+
+  const initial = Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => createLargeSession(`s${i}`));
+  filterSessionHistory(initial, "x");
+
+  // A newly created large session is prepended: it ranks above every cached
+  // entry, and its index can only fit if the stale tail is evicted.
+  const created = createLargeSession("fresh");
+  const sessions = [created, ...initial];
+
+  // Observe corpus (re)builds as in the regression tests above.
+  const readSessions = new Set<string>();
+  for (const session of sessions) {
+    const messages = session.messages;
+    Object.defineProperty(session, "messages", {
+      get() {
+        readSessions.add(session.id);
+        return messages;
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // First scan over the new list: "fresh" misses (its index was never cached)
+  // and must be admitted by evicting the stalest cached tail entry.
+  filterSessionHistory(sessions, "x");
+  readSessions.clear();
+  const second = filterSessionHistory(sessions, "x");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(second, sessions);
+  // The fresh, highest-ranked session stays cached; only the evicted stalest
+  // tail session (which no longer fits the char budget) rebuilds.
+  assert.ok(!readSessions.has("fresh"), `expected fresh session to be cached, rebuilt: ${[...readSessions]}`);
+  assert.deepEqual([...readSessions], ["s19"]);
+  // And the steady state holds on subsequent scans too.
+  readSessions.clear();
+  filterSessionHistory(sessions, "x");
+  assert.deepEqual([...readSessions], ["s19"]);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory blank-query path prunes cache entries for sessions that left the list", () => {
+  const kept = createSession("keep", "nginx restart", [{ content: "reload nginx" }]);
+  const removed = createSession("remove", "disk cleanup", [{ content: "rm old logs" }]);
+
+  filterSessionHistory([kept, removed], "nginx");
+  // Deleting a session then clearing the query goes through the blank path,
+  // which must prune the cache against the remaining list.
+  filterSessionHistory([kept], "");
+  // Subsequent searches are unaffected: the surviving session stays cached
+  // (its cached index is still there) and matching still works.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([kept], "nginx"), [kept]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([kept], "nothing here"), []);
+  // The removed session's index is gone entirely (no match via a stale cache).
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([kept, removed], "rm old logs"), [removed]);
+});
+
+test("clearSessionHistorySearchCache releases cached indexes without breaking later searches", () => {
+  const session = createSession("a", "nginx restart", [{ content: "reload nginx" }]);
+
+  filterSessionHistory([session], "nginx");
+  clearSessionHistorySearchCache();
+  // After the clear, the next search rebuilds from scratch and still matches.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], "nginx"), [session]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], ""), [session]);
+});
+
+test("independent search instances own isolated caches", () => {
+  const first = createSessionHistorySearch();
+  const second = createSessionHistorySearch();
+  const session = createSession("iso-1", "isolated cache", [{ content: "lighthouse" }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(first.filterSessionHistory([session], "lighthouse"), [session]);
+  // Clearing one instance must not disturb the other's state: both stay fully
+  // functional afterwards (each store is private to its instance).
+  second.clearSessionHistorySearchCache();
+  assert.deepEqual(second.filterSessionHistory([session], "lighthouse"), [session]);
+  assert.deepEqual(first.filterSessionHistory([session], "lighthouse"), [session]);
+});
+
+test("filterSessionHistory caps the query and matches on its capped prefix", () => {
+  const session = createSession("a", "nginx restart", [{ content: "reload nginx" }]);
+
+  // A pasted multi-megabyte query must not be re-normalized per session: it is
+  // capped via truncateQueryForMatch (MAX_SEARCH_QUERY_LENGTH) at this scan's
+  // input and normalized once per scan, so matching falls back to the capped
+  // prefix (which still spans tokens here).
+  const longQuery = `${"nginx ".repeat(200_000)}zzz-impossible-tail`;
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], longQuery), [session]);
+  // The uncapped-looking but normal query still matches exactly.
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory([session], "zzz-impossible-tail"), []);
+});
+
+// Keep the author's long-title rescan protection local to history. Shared
+// search must still match complete fields, including later joined fields.
+test("history pinyin cache preserves long titles across same-order rescans", () => {
+  resetPinyinCacheForTests();
+  const sessions = Array.from({ length: 17 }, (_, index) =>
+    createSession(`rescan-${index}`, `标题${index}${"重启".repeat(10_000)}`, []));
+  for (let pass = 0; pass < 2; pass += 1) {
+    assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "unmatched-latin"), []);
+  }
+  const stats = getPinyinCacheStatsForTests();
+  assert.equal(stats.size, sessions.length);
+  assert.ok(stats.chars <= PINYIN_CACHE_MAX_CHARS);
+  resetPinyinCacheForTests();
+});
+
+test("history alone bounds title pinyin while retaining literal title and body matches", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    createSession("pinyin-head", `服务器${"a".repeat(256)}`, [{ content: "nginx" }]),
+    createSession("pinyin-tail", `${"a".repeat(256)}服务器`, [{ content: "nginx" }]),
+  ];
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "fuwuqi nginx"), [sessions[0]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(filterSessionHistory(sessions, "服务器 nginx"), sessions);
+});

application/state/sessionHistorySearch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+import {
+  getSessionSearchTitle,
+  matchesSessionSearchIndex,
+  prepareSessionSearchIndex,
+  type SessionHistorySearchTarget,
+  type SessionSearchIndex,
+} from '../../domain/sessionHistorySearch';
+import { prepareSearchQuery, truncateQueryForMatch } from '../../lib/searchMatcher';
+
+/**
+ * Memory bounds for the per-session search index cache. `filterSessionHistory`
+ * runs on every search keystroke, but `pruneSessionsForStorage` only bounds the
+ * persisted copy — `useAIState` retains hundreds of live sessions in memory,
+ * and rebuilding plus re-normalizing each session's (up to 64,000-character)
+ * haystack per keystroke scans tens of megabytes and freezes the renderer.
+ *
+ * The raw collected fields are NOT retained (only the prepared search fields),
+ * and
+ * the cache holds at most `MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES` entries
+ * within a `MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS` character budget: an
+ * unbounded cache would let one entry per live session (several normalized
+ * copies of each session's searchable corpus) permanently pin hundreds of
+ * megabytes in a long-running process. Both bounds hold after every scan's
+ * prune and are enforced eagerly on every insert (see
+ * `canCacheSessionSearchIndex`): when either bound lacks headroom, the gate
+ * first evicts the cache's stale, lowest-ranked untouched tail (entries the
+ * in-flight scan has not yet visited — they rank below every visited session,
+ * so this can never cycle-evict an entry the same scan still needs); if no
+ * such entry remains, the insert is skipped — the miss is then rebuilt on the
+ * next search, exactly what the end-of-scan prune would have done to it.
+ * Skipping is only reachable for misses ranked below every cached entry, so
+ * cache membership never freezes for freshly prepended high-ranked sessions:
+ * at their (earliest) visit nothing is touched yet and the stale tail yields.
+ */
+const MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES = 64;
+const MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS = 4_000_000;
+
+/**
+ * Mutable cache state owned by exactly one search client (one mounted history
+ * drawer). Keeping this out of module scope means several concurrently mounted
+ * drawers (one per terminal tab) never share a cache: each drawer's prune only
+ * drops entries no longer in that drawer's scoped session list, and one
+ * drawer's unmount releases only its own store (previously a shared
+ * module-level cache was discarded for every drawer on any unmount and pruned
+ * against whichever drawer scanned last).
+ */
+export type SessionHistorySearchStore = {
+  /**
+   * Sessions in state are updated immutably (`{ ...s, messages: next }`), so
+   * object identity is a reliable cache key: each session's normalized/compact
+   * haystacks are built once and reused until that session's object changes.
+   * A changed display title (e.g. a localized fallback switch) forces a rebuild.
+   */
+  cache: Map<SessionHistorySearchTarget, SessionSearchIndex>;
+  /**
+   * Session keys the in-flight `filterSessionHistory` scan has already visited
+   * (re-appended cache hits or inserted misses). `canCacheSessionSearchIndex`
+   * never evicts a touched key: it either ranks above the current insert (it was
+   * visited earlier in this newest-first scan) or it is the current session
+   * itself (whose stale entry a rebuild is about to replace), and evicting either
+   * would cycle-evict entries the same scan still needs.
+   */
+  scanTouched: Set<SessionHistorySearchTarget>;
+  /**
+   * Running total of the cache's retained characters. Maintained at every
+   * mutation site so the eager insert gate in `canCacheSessionSearchIndex` stays
+   * O(1) per miss instead of re-summing the whole cache on every keystroke
+   * (mid-scan overshoot of the entry cap would otherwise make that sum O(n²)
+   * across a scan).
+   */
+  cacheChars: number;
+};
+
+/** Retained characters of an index (the prepared haystacks; raw fields are dropped). */
+function indexRetainedChars(index: SessionSearchIndex): number {
+  // `normalizedFields`, `haystack` and `haystackCompact` are all retained
+  // (`haystack` is `normalizedFields` joined, `haystackCompact` is derived
+  // from `haystack`), so their combined length approximates the cache's
+  // per-entry memory cost. Counting only the joined haystacks would
+  // undercount by roughly a full copy of the corpus and let the char budget
+  // retain ~50% more than advertised.
+  let total = index.prepared.haystack.length + index.prepared.haystackCompact.length;
+  for (const field of index.prepared.normalizedFields) total += field.length;
+  return total;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether a freshly built index may be inserted into the cache without
+ * pushing either bound past its cap. Both bounds must fit eagerly — the prune
+ * that re-enforces them runs once per scan, so admitting every prepared index
+ * would let a single search over hundreds/thousands of uncached sessions
+ * transiently pin the whole corpus (several normalized haystacks per session)
+ * or hold one index and Map entry per live session — for empty/short sessions
+ * the char budget consumes little room, so the entry cap would be enforced
+ * only after the complete scan — before pruning, briefly allocating memory
+ * for the whole scanned list.
+ *
+ * Rather than rejecting inserts outright (which froze cache membership the
+ * same way a hard entry-count gate would), lack of headroom in either bound
+ * first evicts the cache's stale tail — the lowest-ranked entries this scan
+ * has not yet visited. Because the scan visits the ranked list newest-first,
+ * every untouched entry ranks below the current insert, so evicting any of
+ * them never drops an index a later visit of the same scan still needs (no
+ * cycle thrash) and always preserves the highest-ranked cached prefix. Only
+ * if no untouched entry remains does the insert get skipped — that is
+ * reachable only for misses ranked below every cached entry, which the
+ * end-of-scan prune would have evicted from the Map's back anyway, so the
+ * skip changes no steady-state membership: the index is simply rebuilt on
+ * the next search.
+ *
+ * The bounds check is applied to NEW entries only: cache hits merely
+ * re-append an existing entry (no growth), and a rebuild replaces the same
+ * session's entry (no entry-count growth; the char delta against the
+ * replaced index is checked).
+ */
+function canCacheSessionSearchIndex(
+  store: SessionHistorySearchStore,
+  previous: SessionSearchIndex | undefined,
+  index: SessionSearchIndex,
+): boolean {
+  const deltaChars = indexRetainedChars(index) - (previous ? indexRetainedChars(previous) : 0);
+  // A rebuild replaces its own entry (no entry-count growth); a new entry
+  // grows the Map by one.
+  const growsEntries = !previous;
+  if (
+    deltaChars <= 0
+    && (!growsEntries || store.cache.size < MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES)
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (
+    store.cacheChars + deltaChars <= MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS
+    && (!growsEntries || store.cache.size < MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES)
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  // Not enough headroom: evict the lowest-ranked untouched entries. Mid-scan
+  // the Map's order is old-insertion-order front to back with this scan's
+  // touched keys re-appended at the end, so scanning the keys back-to-front
+  // and skipping touched ones reaches the untouched (stalest, lowest-ranked)
+  // entries first.
+  let entriesToFree = growsEntries
+    ? store.cache.size + 1 - MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES
+    : 0;
+  const keysInInsertionOrder = [...store.cache.keys()];
+  for (let i = keysInInsertionOrder.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    if (entriesToFree <= 0
+      && store.cacheChars + deltaChars <= MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS) {
+      break;
+    }
+    const key = keysInInsertionOrder[i];
+    if (store.scanTouched.has(key)) continue;
+    const evicted = store.cache.get(key);
+    if (!evicted) continue;
+    store.cacheChars -= indexRetainedChars(evicted);
+    store.cache.delete(key);
+    if (growsEntries) entriesToFree--;
+  }
+  return store.cacheChars + deltaChars <= MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS
+    && (!growsEntries || store.cache.size < MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES);
+}
+
+function getSessionSearchIndex(
+  store: SessionHistorySearchStore,
+  session: SessionHistorySearchTarget,
+  untitledLabel: string,
+): SessionSearchIndex {
+  const indexedTitle = getSessionSearchTitle(session, untitledLabel);
+  const cached = store.cache.get(session);
+  if (cached && cached.displayTitle === indexedTitle) {
+    // Re-append on every visit so the cache's insertion order mirrors the
+    // latest scan's visitation order (the ranked, newest-first session list);
+    // `pruneSessionSearchIndexCache` relies on that order when evicting.
+    store.cache.delete(session);
+    store.cache.set(session, cached);
+    store.scanTouched.add(session);
+    return cached;
+  }
+  const index = prepareSessionSearchIndex(session, untitledLabel);
+  // Mark the session touched before the gate so the gate's admission eviction
+  // can never pick this session's own (stale) entry — the rebuild below is
+  // about to replace it, and evicting it would corrupt the running char total.
+  store.scanTouched.add(session);
+  if (canCacheSessionSearchIndex(store, cached, index)) {
+    store.cache.set(session, index);
+    // Keep the eager gate's running total in sync (also covers the
+    // display-title-change rebuild, which replaces an existing entry).
+    store.cacheChars += indexRetainedChars(index) - (cached ? indexRetainedChars(cached) : 0);
+  }
+  return index;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Eviction runs once per full scan (at the end of `filterSessionHistory`), not
+ * on every cache miss: evicting during the scan would make each miss drop the
+ * index of a later session in the same scan, so any history longer than the
+ * entry cap would cycle-evict the whole cache and rebuild every session's
+ * haystack on every keystroke. Deferring eviction keeps every retained entry
+ * usable within a scan while still bounding the cache — first by dropping
+ * indexes for sessions no longer in the scanned list, then by evicting the
+ * lowest-ranked entries (the oldest tail of the newest-first ranked list)
+ * until both bounds hold, preserving the front of the ranked list.
+ *
+ * In practice the eviction loop is cheap: both bounds are enforced eagerly
+ * on every insert (see `canCacheSessionSearchIndex`), so the cache never
+ * overshoots the entry cap or char budget mid-scan — the prune only drops
+ * indexes for sessions that left the scanned list and re-syncs the running
+ * char total.
+ */
+function pruneSessionSearchIndexCache(
+  store: SessionHistorySearchStore,
+  sessions: readonly SessionHistorySearchTarget[],
+): void {
+  const live = new Set<SessionHistorySearchTarget>(sessions);
+  for (const key of [...store.cache.keys()]) {
+    if (!live.has(key)) store.cache.delete(key);
+  }
+  let retained = 0;
+  for (const cachedIndex of store.cache.values()) {
+    retained += indexRetainedChars(cachedIndex);
+  }
+  // Re-sync the eager gate's running total: the sum above is authoritative
+  // here (once per scan), so any drift accumulated mid-scan is corrected.
+  store.cacheChars = retained;
+  // Evict from the END of the Map until both bounds hold. Every scan visits
+  // the full ranked session list newest-first and `getSessionSearchIndex`
+  // re-appends each visited entry, so after a scan the Map's insertion order
+  // mirrors visitation order: the highest-ranked (newest) sessions sit at the
+  // FRONT and the oldest tail at the BACK. Evicting the front (classic LRU on
+  // Map order) would therefore drop the newest, highest-ranked sessions and
+  // retain the stalest tail — every subsequent keystroke would rebuild every
+  // session above the cache cap. Evicting the back instead preserves the
+  // front of the ranked list. The single remaining entry is always kept, even
+  // if it alone exceeds the char budget (a single entry is bounded by ~192K
+  // chars by the collector caps).
+  // Snapshot the keys once: prune only deletes (never inserts), so popping
+  // from this array visits keys exactly in Map order, back to front.
+  const keysInInsertionOrder = [...store.cache.keys()];
+  while (
+    store.cache.size > MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_ENTRIES
+    || retained > MAX_SESSION_SEARCH_INDEX_CACHE_CHARS
+  ) {
+    // A single entry can never push the cache past the char budget (it is
+    // bounded by ~192K chars by the collector caps), so keep the last entry.
+    if (store.cache.size <= 1) break;
+    const evictKey = keysInInsertionOrder.pop();
+    if (evictKey === undefined) break;
+    const evicted = store.cache.get(evictKey);
+    if (evicted) retained -= indexRetainedChars(evicted);
+    store.cache.delete(evictKey);
+  }
+  store.cacheChars = retained;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Release every cached index and touched-session reference for one store
+ * (invoked for the drawer's unmount lifecycle via the per-drawer search
+ * instance). Cache keys are the session objects themselves, so clearing fully
+ * drops all strong session references — the retained haystack characters
+ * become garbage together with their sessions.
+ */
+function clearSessionHistorySearchStore(store: SessionHistorySearchStore): void {
+  store.cache.clear();
+  store.scanTouched.clear();
+  store.cacheChars = 0;
+}
+
+export type SessionHistorySearchOptions = {
+  /**
+   * Localized fallback label rendered by the drawer for sessions with an
+   * empty persisted title (e.g. `t('ai.chat.untitled')`); indexed as the
+   * displayed title so searching for the visible label finds the session.
+   */
+  untitledLabel?: string;
+};
+
+function filterSessionHistoryStore<T extends SessionHistorySearchTarget>(
+  store: SessionHistorySearchStore,
+  sessions: readonly T[],
+  query: string,
+  options: SessionHistorySearchOptions = {},
+): T[] {
+  const trimmed = query.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    // The blank-query path skips the scan entirely; release any stale
+    // scan-touched state so it cannot pin visited sessions (and their
+    // message/attachment memory) while the drawer is open without a query.
+    // Normally this set is already empty — the nonblank scan clears it in its
+    // `finally` — but clearing here too keeps every entry path leak-free.
+    store.scanTouched.clear();
+    // Cache keys are the session objects themselves, so an entry for a
+    // deleted/replaced session strongly retains that session (and its full
+    // message/attachment payloads). Prune against the current list here too:
+    // the blank-query path may run while the drawer stays open after
+    // deletions, and a later nonblank search that would prune otherwise may
+    // never happen (e.g. the user just closes the drawer).
+    pruneSessionSearchIndexCache(store, sessions);
+    return [...sessions];
+  }
+  const untitledLabel = options.untitledLabel ?? '';
+  // Bound and prepare the query once per scan: a pasted-in multi-megabyte
+  // query would otherwise be re-normalized (NFKC), tokenized and compacted
+  // inside `matchesSessionSearchIndex` for every session, freezing the
+  // renderer. The cap (`truncateQueryForMatch`, `MAX_SEARCH_QUERY_LENGTH`) is
+  // applied here at this scan's input — not inside the shared `prepareSearchQuery`
+  // — so the meaning of over-limit queries stays local to session history and
+  // the normalized forms are computed a single time, letting the per-session
+  // work below only do `includes` scans over the cached haystacks.
+  const preparedQuery = prepareSearchQuery(truncateQueryForMatch(trimmed));
+  // A new scan starts with no visited sessions: the touched set records only
+  // this scan's visits so `canCacheSessionSearchIndex` can never mistake a
+  // previous scan's keys for keys the current scan still needs.
+  store.scanTouched.clear();
+  try {
+    // Drop entries still held by sessions that left the scan list (e.g. the
+    // history shrank or session objects changed since the previous scan). Those
+    // entries are never visited by this scan — the end-of-scan prune would
+    // remove them too — but dropping them up front keeps their characters
+    // available to this scan's inserts (via the eager char gate). Cheap: one
+    // Set plus one pass over the cached keys.
+    const currentLive = new Set<SessionHistorySearchTarget>(sessions);
+    for (const key of [...store.cache.keys()]) {
+      if (!currentLive.has(key)) {
+        const removed = store.cache.get(key);
+        if (removed) store.cacheChars -= indexRetainedChars(removed);
+        store.cache.delete(key);
+      }
+    }
+    // Scan all sessions first (a miss admits its index into the cache —
+    // evicting this scan's untouched stale tail whenever either bound lacks
+    // headroom, and skipping the insert only when no untouched entry remains),
+    // then prune entries that fell out of the scan list at the end of the
+    // scan.
+    const result = sessions.filter((session) => {
+      const index = getSessionSearchIndex(store, session, untitledLabel);
+      return matchesSessionSearchIndex(preparedQuery, index);
+    });
+    // Prune against the full scanned list (not the filtered result): sessions
+    // that merely did not match this query must keep their cached indexes.
+    pruneSessionSearchIndexCache(store, sessions);
+    return result;
+  } finally {
+    // The touched set only guards against cycle-eviction within the current
+    // scan; once the scan ends (even if it throws), release its strong
+    // references to session objects so deleted/replaced sessions and their
+    // large message/attachment payloads aren't retained until the next
+    // nonblank search.
+    store.scanTouched.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * One stateful search instance per consumer (one mounted session history
+ * drawer). The cache lives in the returned instance's store instead of module
+ * scope, so concurrently mounted drawers (one per terminal tab) never share
+ * state: an unmount of one drawer clears only that drawer's indexes, and each
+ * drawer's prune is scoped to its own session list.
+ */
+export type SessionHistorySearch = {
+  filterSessionHistory: <T extends SessionHistorySearchTarget>(
+    sessions: readonly T[],
+    query: string,
+    options?: SessionHistorySearchOptions,
+  ) => T[];
+  clearSessionHistorySearchCache: () => void;
+};
+
+export function createSessionHistorySearch(): SessionHistorySearch {
+  const store: SessionHistorySearchStore = {
+    cache: new Map(),
+    scanTouched: new Set(),
+    cacheChars: 0,
+  };
+  return {
+    filterSessionHistory(sessions, query, options = {}) {
+      return filterSessionHistoryStore(store, sessions, query, options);
+    },
+    clearSessionHistorySearchCache() {
+      clearSessionHistorySearchStore(store);
+    },
+  };
+}

application/state/sessionRestoreSettings.test.ts

@@ -209,3 +209,13 @@ test("restore terminal cwd setting participates in cross-window settings sync",
   assert.match(ipcSyncSource, /setRestoreTerminalCwdState/);
   assert.match(ipcSyncSource, /key === STORAGE_KEY_RESTORE_TERMINAL_CWD/);
 });
+
+test("editor route keeps IPC/storage synchronization while disabling system effects", () => {
+  const source = readFileSync(new URL("../../index.tsx", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  const expression = source.match(/const settingsOptions =\s*([^;]+);/s)?.[1];
+  assert.ok(expression, "renderer settings options must be explicit");
+  const resolveOptions = new Function("isPeerSessionWindow", "isEditorWindow", `return (${expression});`);
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveOptions(false, true), { enableSystemEffects: false });
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveOptions(true, false), { enableSettingsSync: false, enableSystemEffects: false });
+  assert.equal(resolveOptions(false, false), undefined);
+});

application/state/settingsStateDefaults.test.ts

@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ import {
   resolveReadableForegroundForHsl,
   resolveThemeAccentForeground,
   migrateIncomingTerminalFontId,
+  migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault,
 } from "./settingsStateDefaults.ts";
 import { TERMINAL_FONT_AUTO } from "../../infrastructure/config/fonts.ts";
-import { STORAGE_KEY_TERM_FONT_FAMILY } from "../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys.ts";
+import {
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED,
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_FONT_FAMILY,
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+} from "../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys.ts";
 import type { UiThemeTokens } from "../../infrastructure/config/uiThemes.ts";
 
 function installMemoryLocalStorage(): Map<string, string> {
@@ -140,3 +145,72 @@ test("app surface theme vars isolate non-terminal pages from active terminal chr
     "--ring": "270 70% 45%",
   });
 });
+
+test("migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault resets the materialized default-on once", () => {
+  const store = installMemoryLocalStorage();
+  try {
+    store.set(
+      STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ scrollback: 3000, autoCloseOnExit: true }),
+    );
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
+    const migrated = JSON.parse(store.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!);
+    assert.equal(migrated.autoCloseOnExit, false);
+    // Other saved settings pass through untouched.
+    assert.equal(migrated.scrollback, 3000);
+    assert.equal(store.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED), "true");
+  } finally {
+    delete (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+  }
+});
+
+test("migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault runs once and respects later explicit edits", () => {
+  const store = installMemoryLocalStorage();
+  try {
+    store.set(
+      STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ autoCloseOnExit: true }),
+    );
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
+    assert.equal(
+      JSON.parse(store.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!).autoCloseOnExit,
+      false,
+    );
+    // The user re-enables after upgrading: the migration must not undo it again.
+    store.set(
+      STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ autoCloseOnExit: true }),
+    );
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
+    assert.equal(
+      JSON.parse(store.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!).autoCloseOnExit,
+      true,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    delete (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+  }
+});
+
+test("migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault leaves fresh installs and explicit-off alone", () => {
+  const store = installMemoryLocalStorage();
+  try {
+    // Fresh install: no saved settings at all.
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
+    assert.equal(store.has(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS), false);
+    assert.equal(store.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED), "true");
+
+    // Explicit-off (or any settings blob without the key) is never rewritten.
+    delete (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+    const store2 = installMemoryLocalStorage();
+    store2.set(
+      STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ scrollback: 500 }),
+    );
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
+    assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(store2.get(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!), {
+      scrollback: 500,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    delete (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+  }
+});

application/state/settingsStateDefaults.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { HotkeyScheme, SessionLogFormat, TerminalSettings } from '../../domain/models';
-import { STORAGE_KEY_TERM_FONT_FAMILY } from '../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys';
+import {
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED,
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_FONT_FAMILY,
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+} from '../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys';
 import {
   isDeprecatedPrimaryFontId,
   TERMINAL_FONT_AUTO,
@@ -63,6 +67,30 @@ export function migrateIncomingTerminalFontId(raw: string | null | undefined): s
   }
   return raw;
 }
+/**
+ * One-time migration for the autoCloseOnExit default flip (tabs now survive
+ * session exits by default; the old default-on silently deleted tabs whenever
+ * a bastion or idle-harvesting server reported a clean exit). Builds before
+ * the flip shipped autoCloseOnExit: true as the default and materialized it
+ * into STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS on any settings write, so most upgraders
+ * carry a value they never chose. Leaving it in place would make the new
+ * default unreachable for them. Reset that materialized `true` exactly once
+ * and persist the marker; afterwards every stored value is treated as the
+ * user's own choice and is respected. An inbound cloud or backup payload that
+ * still carries the pre-migration materialized true (no
+ * autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated flag) is rewritten to false so sync cannot
+ * resurrect auto-close. The cost: a user who deliberately enabled auto-close
+ * before this release must re-enable it once.
+ */
+export function migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault(): void {
+  if (localStorageAdapter.readBoolean(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED)) return;
+  const stored = localStorageAdapter.read<Partial<TerminalSettings>>(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS);
+  if (stored?.autoCloseOnExit === true) {
+    localStorageAdapter.write(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS, { ...stored, autoCloseOnExit: false });
+  }
+  localStorageAdapter.writeBoolean(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED, true);
+}
+
 // Auto-detect default hotkey scheme based on platform
 export const DEFAULT_HOTKEY_SCHEME: HotkeyScheme =
   typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Mac|iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(navigator.platform)

application/state/sftp/externalUploadRuntime.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import test from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 
-import { UploadController } from "../../../lib/uploadService";
+import { UploadController, uploadEntriesDirect } from "../../../lib/uploadService";
 import {
   cancelExternalUploadRuntime,
   getExternalUploadController,
@@ -37,3 +37,64 @@ test("external upload controls survive their originating panel unmount", async (
   assert.equal(getExternalUploadController("folder-1"), undefined);
   assert.equal(getExternalUploadController("child-1"), undefined);
 });
+
+for (const selectedFile of ["a.bin", "c.bin"]) {
+  test(`cancelling independent ${selectedFile} preserves its active and queued upload siblings`, async (t) => {
+    resetExternalUploadRuntimeForTests();
+    t.after(resetExternalUploadRuntimeForTests);
+    const controller = new UploadController();
+    const cancelled: string[] = [];
+    const stagedCancelled: string[] = [];
+    const ids = new Map<string, string>();
+    const pending = new Map<string, (cancelled?: boolean) => void>();
+    const started: string[] = [];
+    const upload = uploadEntriesDirect(
+      ["a.bin", "b.bin", "c.bin"].map((name) => ({
+        file: null, relativePath: name, isDirectory: false, localPath: `/local/${name}`, size: 8,
+      })),
+      {
+        targetPath: "/remote", sftpId: "fixture", isLocal: false,
+        fileTransferConcurrency: 2, joinPath: (base, name) => `${base}/${name}`,
+        callbacks: {
+          onTaskCreated: (task) => {
+            ids.set(task.fileName, task.id);
+            registerExternalUploadController(task.id, controller, "file");
+          },
+        },
+        bridge: {
+          mkdirSftp: async () => {},
+          cancelStagedUploadFile: async (id) => { stagedCancelled.push(id); },
+          cancelTransfer: async (id) => { cancelled.push(id); pending.get(id)?.(true); },
+          startStreamTransfer: ({ transferId, sourcePath }) => new Promise((resolve) => {
+            started.push(sourcePath);
+            pending.set(transferId, (cancelled = false) => resolve({ transferId, cancelled }));
+          }),
+        },
+      },
+      controller,
+    );
+    t.after(async () => {
+      await controller.cancel();
+      for (const finish of pending.values()) finish(true);
+      await upload;
+    });
+    await new Promise(setImmediate);
+    assert.deepEqual(started, ["/local/a.bin", "/local/b.bin"]);
+    const selectedId = ids.get(selectedFile)!;
+    await cancelExternalUploadRuntime(selectedId);
+    assert.deepEqual(cancelled, [selectedId]);
+    assert.deepEqual(stagedCancelled, [selectedId]);
+    assert.equal(controller.isCancelled(), false);
+    await new Promise(setImmediate);
+    assert.deepEqual(started, selectedFile === "a.bin"
+      ? ["/local/a.bin", "/local/b.bin", "/local/c.bin"]
+      : ["/local/a.bin", "/local/b.bin"]);
+    for (const [id, finish] of pending) if (id !== selectedId) finish();
+    const results = (await upload).sort((a, b) => a.fileName.localeCompare(b.fileName));
+    assert.deepEqual(results, ["a.bin", "b.bin", "c.bin"].map((fileName) => (
+      fileName === selectedFile
+        ? { fileName, success: false, cancelled: true }
+        : { fileName, success: true }
+    )));
+  });
+}

application/state/sftp/externalUploadRuntime.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import type { UploadController } from "../../../lib/uploadService";
 // terminal only removes the view; the global transfer runtime can still cancel
 // the upload, and the upload's own finally block releases these entries.
 const controllersByTaskId = new Map<string, UploadController>();
+const scopesByTaskId = new Map<string, "file" | "batch">();
 const taskIdsByController = new Map<UploadController, Set<string>>();
 
 export function registerExternalUploadController(
   taskId: string,
   controller: UploadController,
+  scope: "file" | "batch" = "batch",
 ): void {
   if (!taskId) return;
   const previous = controllersByTaskId.get(taskId);
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ export function registerExternalUploadController(
     if (previousIds?.size === 0) taskIdsByController.delete(previous);
   }
   controllersByTaskId.set(taskId, controller);
+  scopesByTaskId.set(taskId, scope);
   const taskIds = taskIdsByController.get(controller) ?? new Set<string>();
   taskIds.add(taskId);
   taskIdsByController.set(controller, taskIds);
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ export function unregisterExternalUploadController(controller: UploadController)
   for (const taskId of taskIds) {
     if (controllersByTaskId.get(taskId) === controller) {
       controllersByTaskId.delete(taskId);
+      scopesByTaskId.delete(taskId);
     }
   }
   taskIdsByController.delete(controller);
@@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ export function getExternalUploadController(taskId: string): UploadController |
 }
 
 export async function cancelExternalUploadRuntime(taskId?: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (taskId && scopesByTaskId.get(taskId) === "file") {
+    await controllersByTaskId.get(taskId)?.cancelFile(taskId);
+    return true;
+  }
   const controllers = taskId
     ? [controllersByTaskId.get(taskId)].filter((value): value is UploadController => !!value)
     : [...taskIdsByController.keys()];
@@ -50,5 +58,6 @@ export async function cancelExternalUploadRuntime(taskId?: string): Promise<bool
 
 export function resetExternalUploadRuntimeForTests(): void {
   controllersByTaskId.clear();
+  scopesByTaskId.clear();
   taskIdsByController.clear();
 }

application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.test.ts

@@ -520,3 +520,24 @@ test("folder resume releases a completed child compacted while pause was drainin
   assert.equal(resumed.handled, true);
   assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(child.id), false, "the worker still waits on this child even though its history row is gone");
 });
+
+
+test("late pause acknowledgement cannot restart a cancelling stream before settlement", async (t) => {
+  const { markTransferCancelledTree, resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests } = await import("./transferCancelLatch");
+  const { bumpTransferControlEpoch } = await import("./transferControlEpoch");
+  const { releaseTransferPauseTree } = await import("./transferPauseLatch");
+  t.after(() => { resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests(); });
+  let finishPause!: (value: { success: boolean }) => void;
+  let resumes = 0;
+  const { host } = createHost([makeTask("cancel-during-pause")], () => ({
+    pauseTransfer: () => new Promise((resolve) => { finishPause = resolve; }),
+    resumeTransfer: async () => { resumes += 1; return { success: true }; },
+  }));
+  const pause = softPauseTransfer(host, "cancel-during-pause");
+  markTransferCancelledTree("cancel-during-pause");
+  bumpTransferControlEpoch("cancel-during-pause");
+  releaseTransferPauseTree("cancel-during-pause");
+  finishPause({ success: true });
+  await pause;
+  assert.equal(resumes, 0);
+});

application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   latchTransferPauseTree,
   releaseTransferPauseTree,
 } from "./transferPauseLatch";
+import { isTransferOrRootCancelled } from "./transferCancelLatch";
 import { isTransferWalkInFlight } from "./transferWalkRegistry";
 
 export type TransferControlBridge = {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ export function reconcileSupersededControls(
   requestedAction: "pause" | "resume",
   controlTaskId = taskId,
 ): void {
-  if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(controlTaskId, epoch)) return;
+  if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(controlTaskId, epoch) || isTransferOrRootCancelled(taskId)) return;
   const task = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
   if (!task || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(task.status)) return;
   const apply = (id: string, descendants: string[], action: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel") => {
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
   const undoObsoletePause = async (id: string) => {
     const live = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
     if (!live || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed", "interrupted"].includes(live.status)) return;
-    if (isTransferOrRootPauseLatched(taskId, id)) return;
+    if (isTransferOrRootPauseLatched(taskId, id) || isTransferOrRootCancelled(taskId, id)) return;
     try { await bridge!.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
   };
   const pauseOne = async (id: string) => {

application/state/sftp/transferCancelOutcome.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import type { TransferTask } from "../../../domain/models";
+import { isValidDirectoryResumeCheckpoint } from "../../../domain/sftpDirectoryCheckpoint";
+
+/** Apply only after backend cancellation AND the old walk have settled. */
+export function settleCancelledTransferTree(
+  tasks: readonly TransferTask[],
+  rootId: string,
+  cancelledIds: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  failedIds: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  retainedTasks: readonly TransferTask[] = [],
+): TransferTask[] {
+  const existingTasks = new Map(tasks.map((task) => [task.id, task]));
+  // Use observed terminal outcomes rather than stale pre-cancel snapshots.
+  // Missing completed children already covered by the parent stay compacted;
+  // cancelled/failed exceptions still need their rows for the recovery walk.
+  const settledTasks = failedIds.size > 0
+    ? [...tasks, ...retainedTasks.filter((task) => {
+      if (existingTasks.has(task.id)) return false;
+      const checkpoint = task.parentTaskId
+        ? existingTasks.get(task.parentTaskId)?.directoryResumeCheckpoint
+        : undefined;
+      return !(task.status === "completed"
+        && isValidDirectoryResumeCheckpoint(checkpoint)
+        && Number.isSafeInteger(task.directoryEntryIndex)
+        && (task.directoryEntryIndex ?? -1) >= 0
+        && task.directoryEntryIndex! < checkpoint.coveredEntries);
+    })]
+    : tasks;
+  return settledTasks.map((task) => {
+    // Natural completion/failure wins a race with Cancel. Rows cancelled by
+    // this attempt can be re-admitted only when the whole tree needs recovery.
+    if (!cancelledIds.has(task.id) || task.status === "completed" || task.status === "failed") return task;
+    const failed = failedIds.has(task.id) || (task.id === rootId && failedIds.size > 0);
+    const recoverable = failedIds.size > 0;
+    return {
+      ...task,
+      status: failed ? "attention" : recoverable ? "interrupted" : "cancelled",
+      error: failed ? "Could not cancel transfer. Please try again." : undefined,
+      reconnectRequired: recoverable,
+      endTime: recoverable ? undefined : Date.now(),
+      speed: 0,
+      phase: undefined,
+      conflict: undefined,
+    };
+  });
+}

application/state/sftp/transferCancellation.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import test from "node:test";
+import type { TransferTask } from "../../../domain/models";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge";
+import { createSftpTransferCenterStore } from "../sftpTransferCenterStore";
+import { globalSftpTransferScheduler } from "./globalTransferScheduler";
+import { isTransferOrRootCancelled, resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests } from "./transferCancelLatch";
+import { createTransferRuntime, resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests } from "./transferRuntime";
+import { resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests } from "./transferWalkRegistry";
+
+const task = (id: string, extra: Partial<TransferTask> = {}): TransferTask => ({
+  id, fileName: id, sourcePath: `/source/${id}`, targetPath: `/target/${id}`,
+  sourceConnectionId: "local", targetConnectionId: "fixture", direction: "upload",
+  status: "transferring", totalBytes: 8, transferredBytes: 0, speed: 0,
+  startTime: 1, isDirectory: false, resumable: true, ...extra,
+});
+const tick = () => new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+test("failed cancellation waits for the old walk, then Resume restores scheduler-rejected file bytes", async (t) => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "netcatty-cancel-"));
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  t.after(async () => {
+    netcattyBridge.get = originalGet;
+    resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+    resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+    resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests();
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const runtime = createTransferRuntime(store);
+  const ids = ["active", "queued-1", "queued-2"];
+  const expected = ids.map((id) => Buffer.from(`bytes-of-${id}`));
+  const children = ids.map((id) => task(id, { parentTaskId: "folder", targetPath: join(root, id) }));
+  store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [task("folder", { isDirectory: true, targetHostId: "fixture-host" }), ...children]);
+  let release!: () => void;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  t.after(() => release());
+  let softResumeCalls = 0;
+  let pauseCalls = 0;
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => ({ success: id !== "active" }),
+    pauseTransfer: async () => { pauseCalls += 1; return { success: true }; },
+    clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => undefined,
+    resumeTransfer: async () => { softResumeCalls += 1; return { success: true }; },
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  let starts = 0;
+  const walking = runtime.runWalk("folder", async () => {
+    await Promise.all(children.map((child, index) => globalSftpTransferScheduler.run(
+      "closed-panel", child.id, ["cancel-fixture"], () => 1, async () => {
+        starts += 1;
+        await held;
+        await writeFile(child.targetPath, expected[index]);
+        store.patchTask(child.id, { status: "completed" });
+      },
+    ).catch(() => store.patchTask(child.id, { status: "cancelled" }))));
+    store.patchTask("folder", { status: "cancelled" });
+  });
+  await tick();
+  assert.equal(starts, 1);
+  let cancelSettled = false;
+  const cancelling = store.cancel("folder").then(() => { cancelSettled = true; });
+  const resuming = store.resume("folder");
+  await tick();
+  assert.equal(cancelSettled, true, "failed cancel must return promptly so the user can retry");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("folder")?.status, "attention");
+  assert.equal(isTransferOrRootCancelled("folder"), true);
+  assert.equal(softResumeCalls, 0, "must not unlatch the old walk");
+  await store.pause("folder");
+  assert.equal(pauseCalls, 0, "a late row-level Pause must not park the cancelling walk");
+  let freshWalks = 0;
+  store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => {
+    freshWalks += 1;
+    assert.equal(runtime.isWalkInFlight("folder"), false);
+    for (let index = 0; index < children.length; index += 1) {
+      const child = children[index];
+      if (store.getTask(child.id)?.status === "completed") continue;
+      assert.equal(store.admitTaskRun(child), "ready");
+      await writeFile(child.targetPath, expected[index]);
+      store.patchTask(child.id, { status: "completed" });
+    }
+    return { success: true };
+  });
+  release();
+  await Promise.all([walking, cancelling, resuming]);
+  assert.equal(freshWalks, 1);
+  assert.equal(starts, 1, "cancelled queue callbacks cannot silently count as transferred files");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("folder")?.status, "completed");
+  for (let index = 0; index < children.length; index += 1) {
+    assert.deepEqual(await readFile(children[index].targetPath), expected[index]);
+  }
+});
+
+test("failed ownerless compression cancellation retries the same backend", async (t) => {
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelCompressedUpload: async (id: string) => {
+      calls.push(`compressed:${id}`);
+      return { success: calls.length > 1 };
+    },
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => { calls.push(`stream:${id}`); return { success: true }; },
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [task("archive", { controlKind: "compressed-upload" })]);
+  await store.cancel("archive");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("archive")?.status, "attention");
+  await store.cancel("archive");
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ["compressed:archive", "compressed:archive"]);
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("archive")?.status, "cancelled");
+});
+
+test("late completion survives cancellation, while an unrelated paused batch peer stays paused", async (t) => {
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  store.publishOwner("gone", [task("selected", { batchId: "batch" }), task("peer", { batchId: "batch", status: "paused" })]);
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+      calls.push(id);
+      store.patchTask(id, { status: "completed" });
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  await store.cancel("selected");
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ["selected"]);
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("selected")?.status, "completed");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("peer")?.status, "paused");
+});
+
+
+test("Resume cannot revive a tree pre-latched by an upcoming Cancel all batch", async (t) => {
+  const { markTransferCancelledTree } = await import("./transferCancelLatch");
+  t.after(resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests);
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  store.publishOwner("gone", [task("waiting-cancel-batch", { status: "paused", isDirectory: true })]);
+  markTransferCancelledTree("waiting-cancel-batch");
+  await store.resume("waiting-cancel-batch");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("waiting-cancel-batch")?.status, "paused");
+  assert.equal(isTransferOrRootCancelled("waiting-cancel-batch"), true);
+});
+
+
+test("failed cancel can be retried while its old walk is still running", async (t) => {
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const runtime = createTransferRuntime(store);
+  store.publishOwner("gone", [task("retry-live-cancel", { isDirectory: true })]);
+  let release!: () => void;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  t.after(() => release());
+  const walking = runtime.runWalk("retry-live-cancel", async () => { await held; });
+  let attempts = 0;
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async () => {
+      attempts += 1;
+      if (attempts === 1) return { success: false };
+      release();
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+    cleanupTransferArtifacts: async () => undefined,
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  await store.cancel("retry-live-cancel");
+  assert.equal(runtime.isWalkInFlight("retry-live-cancel"), true);
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("retry-live-cancel")?.status, "attention");
+  const resume = store.resume("retry-live-cancel");
+  await store.cancel("retry-live-cancel");
+  await Promise.all([walking, resume]);
+  assert.equal(attempts, 2, "second cancel must reach the backend before natural completion");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("retry-live-cancel")?.status, "cancelled", "new successful cancel owns final outcome");
+});
+
+
+test("large orphan recovery clears pending cancellations in bounded concurrent batches", async (t) => {
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  store.publishOwner("gone", [task("cleanup-root", { isDirectory: true }),
+    ...Array.from({ length: 2200 }, (_, index) => task(`cleanup-${index}`, { parentTaskId: "cleanup-root" }))]);
+  let active = 0;
+  let peak = 0;
+  let cleared = 0;
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => ({ success: id !== "cleanup-0" }),
+    clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {
+      active += 1;
+      peak = Math.max(peak, active);
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      active -= 1;
+      cleared += 1;
+    },
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  await store.cancel("cleanup-root");
+  assert.equal(cleared, 2201);
+  assert.ok(peak > 1, "recovery must not serialize one IPC per row");
+  assert.ok(peak <= 32, "recovery uses the cancellation batch bound");
+});
+
+for (const completeDuring of ["backend-cancel", "walk-settlement"] as const) {
+  test(`failed cancellation preserves compacted completion during ${completeDuring} on dedicated resume`, async (t) => {
+    const { sftpTransferCenterStore: store } = await import("../sftpTransferCenterStore");
+    const { createDirectoryEntryIdentity } = await import("../../../domain/sftpDirectoryCheckpoint");
+    const { resumeTransferWithDedicatedSession, resetDedicatedSessionOpenGateForTests } =
+      await import("./dedicatedTransferResume");
+    const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+    const previousStorage = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "localStorage");
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "localStorage", {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: { getItem: () => null, setItem: () => {}, removeItem: () => {} },
+    });
+    const parent = task(`compacted-cancel-${completeDuring}`, {
+      sourcePath: "/source/folder", targetPath: "/target/folder", targetHostId: "fixture-host",
+      isDirectory: true, progressMode: "files", totalBytes: 3,
+    });
+    const children = ["completed", "cancelled", "cancel-failed"].map((name, index) => {
+      const child = task(`${parent.id}-${name}`, {
+        parentTaskId: parent.id, fileName: name,
+        sourcePath: `${parent.sourcePath}/${name}`, targetPath: `${parent.targetPath}/${name}`,
+        sourceLastModified: 1, directoryEntryIndex: index,
+      });
+      return { ...child, directoryEntryIdentity: createDirectoryEntryIdentity({
+        sourcePath: child.sourcePath, targetPath: child.targetPath, size: child.totalBytes, lastModified: 1,
+      }) };
+    });
+    // Match the sorted traversal order so dedicated resume validates the actual checkpoint.
+    children.sort((a, b) => a.sourcePath.localeCompare(b.sourcePath));
+    children.forEach((child, index) => { child.directoryEntryIndex = index; });
+    const completed = children.find((child) => child.fileName === "completed")!;
+    const cancelled = children.find((child) => child.fileName === "cancelled")!;
+    const failed = children.find((child) => child.fileName === "cancel-failed")!;
+    const runtime = createTransferRuntime(store);
+    let release!: () => void;
+    const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+    let walking: Promise<unknown> | undefined;
+    t.after(async () => {
+      release();
+      await walking;
+      store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(null);
+      store.patchTask(parent.id, { status: "completed" });
+      store.dismiss(parent.id);
+      netcattyBridge.get = originalGet;
+      resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+      resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+      resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests();
+      resetDedicatedSessionOpenGateForTests();
+      if (previousStorage) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "localStorage", previousStorage);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "localStorage");
+    });
+    const uploads: string[] = [];
+    const progress: number[] = [];
+    netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+      cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+        if (completeDuring === "backend-cancel" && id === completed.id) {
+          store.ingestBackgroundEvent({ type: "completed", transferId: id, transferred: 8, totalBytes: 8 });
+        }
+        return { success: id !== failed.id };
+      },
+      clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => undefined,
+      openSftp: async () => "reconnected-sftp", closeSftp: async () => {},
+      listLocalTree: async () => children.map((child) => ({
+        localPath: child.sourcePath, relativePath: child.fileName,
+        type: "file", size: 8, lastModified: 1,
+      })),
+      mkdirSftp: async () => {},
+      statLocal: async () => ({ size: 8, lastModified: 1 }),
+      startStreamTransfer: async (options: { sourcePath: string; checkpointBytes: number }) => {
+        if (options.sourcePath === cancelled.sourcePath) assert.equal(options.checkpointBytes, 4);
+        uploads.push(options.sourcePath);
+        return {};
+      },
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+    store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [parent, ...children]);
+    walking = runtime.runWalk(parent.id, async () => {
+      await held;
+      if (completeDuring === "walk-settlement") {
+        store.ingestBackgroundEvent({ type: "completed", transferId: completed.id, transferred: 8, totalBytes: 8 });
+      }
+      store.patchTask(cancelled.id, { status: "cancelled", checkpointBytes: 4 });
+      store.patchTask(parent.id, { status: "cancelled" });
+    });
+    await store.cancel(parent.id);
+    assert.equal(runtime.isWalkInFlight(parent.id), true);
+    store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async (root) => {
+      assert.equal(root.directoryResumeCheckpoint?.completedEntries, 1);
+      assert.equal(store.getTask(completed.id), undefined, "the finished child stays compacted");
+      assert.equal(store.getTask(cancelled.id)?.status, "interrupted");
+      assert.equal(store.getTask(failed.id)?.status, "attention");
+      return resumeTransferWithDedicatedSession(root, {
+        hosts: [{ id: "fixture-host", label: "fixture", hostname: "fixture", port: 22,
+          username: "test", authMethod: "password", protocol: "ssh", tags: [], os: "linux" }],
+        keys: [], identities: [],
+      }, (value) => { progress.push(value.transferred); }, {
+        children: store.getSnapshot().tasks.filter((child) => child.parentTaskId === parent.id),
+        onChildUpdate: (child) => { store.upsertTasks([child]); },
+        onDirectoryCheckpointUpdate: (checkpoint) => store.patchTask(parent.id, { directoryResumeCheckpoint: checkpoint }),
+      });
+    });
+    const resuming = store.resume(parent.id);
+    release();
+    await Promise.all([walking, resuming]);
+    assert.deepEqual(uploads.sort(), [cancelled.sourcePath, failed.sourcePath].sort(),
+      "only cancelled and failed-to-cancel children should upload again");
+    assert.equal(store.getTask(parent.id)?.status, "completed");
+    assert.ok(progress.every((count) => count <= 3), "compacted completion must count exactly once");
+    assert.equal(progress.at(-1), 3);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const rejects of [false, true]) {
+  test(`failed live compression cancellation resumes the same compression job: rejects=${rejects}`, async (t) => {
+    const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+    t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests(); });
+    const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+      cancelCompressedUpload: async () => {
+        if (rejects) throw new Error("Cancel IPC failed");
+        return { success: false };
+      },
+      resumeCompressedUpload: async () => { calls.push("compressed"); return { success: true }; },
+      resumeTransfer: async () => { calls.push("generic"); return { success: false, reason: "not active" }; },
+      clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {},
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+    store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => { calls.push("dedicated"); return { success: true }; });
+    store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [task("live-compressed", {
+      isDirectory: true, controlKind: "compressed-upload", reconnectRequired: false,
+    })]);
+    await store.cancel("live-compressed");
+    assert.equal(store.getTask("live-compressed")?.status, "attention");
+    await store.resume("live-compressed");
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, ["compressed"], "failed cancellation must not start a second destination writer");
+    assert.equal(store.getTask("live-compressed")?.status, "transferring");
+  });
+}
+
+for (const hasConflict of [false, true]) {
+  test(`restored compressed attention uses reconnect and preserves conflict gating: conflict=${hasConflict}`, async (t) => {
+    const { serializeSftpTransferCenter } = await import("../../../domain/sftpTransferCenter");
+    const { listGloballyResumableTransferIds } = await import("../../../domain/sftpTransferActions");
+    const { restoreSftpTransferHistoryCooperatively } = await import("./transferHistoryRestoreMigration");
+    const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+    t.after(() => { netcattyBridge.get = originalGet; });
+    const saved = task("restored-compressed", {
+      status: "attention", isDirectory: true, controlKind: "compressed-upload", reconnectRequired: false,
+      error: "Could not cancel the compressed upload.",
+      ...(hasConflict ? { conflict: {
+        transferId: "restored-compressed", fileName: "folder", sourcePath: "/source/folder", targetPath: "/target/folder",
+        isDirectory: true, existingSize: 8, newSize: 8, existingModified: 1, newModified: 1,
+      } } : {}),
+    });
+    const raw = serializeSftpTransferCenter([saved]);
+    const restored = createSftpTransferCenterStore({ read: () => raw, write: () => {} });
+    const cooperative = await restoreSftpTransferHistoryCooperatively(JSON.stringify({ version: 1, tasks: [saved] }));
+    assert.equal(restored.getTask(saved.id)?.reconnectRequired, true);
+    assert.equal(cooperative.tasks[0]?.reconnectRequired, true);
+    assert.equal(restored.getTask(saved.id)?.status, "attention");
+    assert.deepEqual(restored.getTask(saved.id)?.conflict, saved.conflict);
+    assert.equal(saved.reconnectRequired, false, "saving must not reclassify the current live row");
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+      resumeCompressedUpload: async () => { calls.push("compressed"); return { success: true }; },
+      clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {},
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+    restored.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => { calls.push("dedicated"); return { success: true }; });
+    const resumeIds = listGloballyResumableTransferIds(restored.getSnapshot().tasks);
+    assert.deepEqual(resumeIds, hasConflict ? [] : [saved.id]);
+    for (const id of resumeIds) await restored.resume(id);
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, hasConflict ? [] : ["dedicated"]);
+  });
+}

application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.ts

@@ -972,13 +972,10 @@ export function useSftpDirectoryTransferOps({
             if (isTransferCancelledError(err)) {
               // Keep cancelled status; do not rethrow — other workers must finish
               // and the parent should not become a clean completed tree.
-              setTransfers((prev) =>
-                prev.map((t) =>
-                  t.id === fileId
-                    ? { ...t, status: "cancelled" as TransferStatus, error: undefined, endTime: Date.now() }
-                    : t,
-                ),
-              );
+              setTransfers((prev) => prev.map((task) =>
+                task.id === fileId
+                  ? { ...task, status: "cancelled" as TransferStatus, error: undefined, endTime: Date.now() }
+                  : task));
               errors.push(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(message));
               return;
             }

application/state/sftp/transferRuntime.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export interface TransferRuntime {
    * walk is dead / reconnectRequired. Single external operation.
    */
   resume(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
+  /** Wait for backend cancellation requests; Resume remains fenced on walk settlement. */
   cancel(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
 
   /**

application/state/sftp/transferTaskOps.ts

@@ -71,21 +71,24 @@ export function useSftpTransferTaskOps({
     const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
     const cancelTransferAtBackend = bridge?.cancelTransfer;
     const cancelCompressedUpload = bridge?.cancelCompressedUpload;
-    if (!cancelTransferAtBackend && !cancelCompressedUpload) return;
+    if (!cancelTransferAtBackend && !cancelCompressedUpload) return [];
 
-    await Promise.all(
-      Array.from(idsToCancel).map(async (id) => {
+    const failed: string[] = [];
+    const ids = [...idsToCancel];
+    for (let offset = 0; offset < ids.length; offset += 32) {
+      await Promise.all(ids.slice(offset, offset + 32).map(async (id) => {
         const candidate = currentTransfers.find((task) => task.id === id);
         const compressed = candidate?.controlKind === "compressed-upload";
-        const operation = compressed
-          ? cancelCompressedUpload?.(id)
-          : cancelTransferAtBackend?.(id);
-        const results = operation ? await Promise.allSettled([operation]) : [];
-        if (results.some((result) => result.status === "rejected")) {
-          logger.warn("Failed to cancel one or more transfer backends");
+        try {
+          const result = await (compressed ? cancelCompressedUpload?.(id) : cancelTransferAtBackend?.(id));
+          if (result && result.success === false) failed.push(id);
+        } catch {
+          failed.push(id);
         }
-      }),
-    );
+      }));
+    }
+    if (failed.length > 0) logger.warn("Failed to cancel one or more transfer backends");
+    return failed;
   }, [activeChildIdsRef, cancelledTasksRef, transfersRef]);
 
   const markBatchStopped = useCallback(

application/state/sftp/transferWalkRegistry.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 const inFlightRootIds = new Set<string>();
+const settlementWaiters = new Map<string, Set<() => void>>();
 
 export function registerTransferWalk(rootTaskId: string): void {
   inFlightRootIds.add(rootTaskId);
@@ -13,15 +14,28 @@ export function registerTransferWalk(rootTaskId: string): void {
 
 export function unregisterTransferWalk(rootTaskId: string): void {
   inFlightRootIds.delete(rootTaskId);
+  const waiters = settlementWaiters.get(rootTaskId);
+  settlementWaiters.delete(rootTaskId);
+  for (const resolve of waiters ?? []) resolve();
 }
 
 export function isTransferWalkInFlight(rootTaskId: string): boolean {
   return inFlightRootIds.has(rootTaskId);
 }
 
+/** Wait for the current walk to finish; cancellation must not resume a dying walk. */
+export function waitForTransferWalkSettled(rootTaskId: string): Promise<void> {
+  if (!inFlightRootIds.has(rootTaskId)) return Promise.resolve();
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const waiters = settlementWaiters.get(rootTaskId) ?? new Set();
+    waiters.add(resolve);
+    settlementWaiters.set(rootTaskId, waiters);
+  });
+}
+
 /** Test helper. */
 export function resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests(): void {
-  inFlightRootIds.clear();
+  for (const id of inFlightRootIds) unregisterTransferWalk(id);
 }
 
 export function listTransferWalksForTests(): string[] {

application/state/sftp/useSftpExternalOperations.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ import { localStorageAdapter } from "../../../infrastructure/persistence/localSt
 import { STORAGE_KEY_SFTP_TRANSFER_CONCURRENCY } from "../../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys";
 import { sftpTransferCenterStore } from "../sftpTransferCenterStore";
 import { editorTabStore } from "../editorTabStore";
+import { notifyEditorWindowSessionRemap } from "../editorWindowClient";
 import {
   resolveUploadStreamTargetSftpId,
 } from "../../../domain/sftpDedicatedStreamPolicy";
@@ -200,8 +201,8 @@ export const useSftpExternalOperations = (
     return { sftpId, release: () => {} };
   }, [ensureRemoteSftpId, getActivePane, getPaneByConnectionId, getPaneByTabId, getSideByTabId, sftpSessionsRef]);
 
-  const registerUploadController = useCallback((taskId: string, controller: UploadController) => {
-    registerExternalUploadController(taskId, controller);
+  const registerUploadController = useCallback((taskId: string, controller: UploadController, scope: "file" | "batch" = "batch") => {
+    registerExternalUploadController(taskId, controller, scope);
   }, []);
 
   const unregisterUploadController = useCallback((controller: UploadController) => {
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export const useSftpExternalOperations = (
       callbacks.onScanningProgress?.(taskId, progress);
     },
     onTaskCreated: (task) => {
-      registerUploadController(task.id, controller);
+      registerUploadController(task.id, controller, !task.isDirectory && !task.parentTaskId ? "file" : "batch");
       if (task.parentTaskId) {
         registerUploadController(task.parentTaskId, controller);
       }
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ export const useSftpExternalOperations = (
 
       if (liveConnectionId !== connectionId) {
         editorTabStore.remapSessionId(connectionId, liveConnectionId);
+        notifyEditorWindowSessionRemap(connectionId, liveConnectionId);
       }
 
       const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();

application/state/sftp/useSftpTransfers.transferPlan.test.tsx

@@ -561,3 +561,105 @@ test("files past the preflight bound stay un-statted after conflict resolution",
     restore();
   }
 });
+
+test("owned cancelled directory settles recoverable children without dropping completed bytes", async () => {
+  const { writeFile, readFile, mkdtemp, rm } = await import("node:fs/promises");
+  const { tmpdir } = await import("node:os");
+  const { join } = await import("node:path");
+  const { transferRuntime } = await import("./transferRuntime");
+  const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "netcatty-owner-cancel-"));
+  const completedPath = join(root, "completed.txt");
+  await writeFile(completedPath, "completed bytes must remain");
+  const ownerId = "cancel-owner-large";
+  const rootId = "cancel-root-large";
+  const base = {
+    id: rootId, fileName: "folder", sourcePath: "/opt/folder", targetPath: root,
+    sourceConnectionId: "remote-conn", targetConnectionId: "local-conn",
+    sourceHostId: "host-1", direction: "download" as const, status: "transferring" as const,
+    totalBytes: 2201, transferredBytes: 1, speed: 0, startTime: 1, isDirectory: true,
+  };
+  const children = Array.from({ length: 2200 }, (_, index) => ({
+    ...base, id: `cancel-child-${index}`, parentTaskId: rootId, isDirectory: false,
+    sourcePath: `/opt/folder/${index}`, targetPath: join(root, String(index)),
+    totalBytes: 10, transferredBytes: 4, status: "queued" as const,
+  }));
+  sftpTransferCenterStore.publishOwner(ownerId, [base, ...children, {
+    ...base, id: "cancel-completed", parentTaskId: rootId, isDirectory: false,
+    sourcePath: "/opt/folder/completed.txt", targetPath: completedPath, status: "completed",
+  }]);
+  let active = 0;
+  let peak = 0;
+  let clearing = 0;
+  let clearPeak = 0;
+  let clearCount = 0;
+  const cleaned: string[] = [];
+  const restore = installGlobals({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+      assert.notEqual(id, "cancel-completed");
+      active += 1;
+      peak = Math.max(peak, active);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      active -= 1;
+      return { success: id !== "cancel-child-0" };
+    },
+    clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {
+      clearing += 1;
+      clearPeak = Math.max(clearPeak, clearing);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      clearing -= 1;
+      clearCount += 1;
+    },
+    cleanupTransferArtifacts: async ({ transferId }: { transferId: string }) => { cleaned.push(transferId); },
+  });
+  let ops: ReturnType<typeof useSftpTransfers> | undefined;
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | undefined;
+  function Probe() {
+    ops = useSftpTransfers({
+      ownerId,
+      getActivePane: (side) => makePane(side),
+      getPaneByConnectionId: () => null, getTabByConnectionId: () => null,
+      updateTab: () => undefined, refresh: async () => undefined,
+      clearCacheForConnection: () => undefined, handleSessionError: () => undefined,
+      sftpSessionsRef: { current: new Map([["remote-conn", "sftp-remote"]]) },
+      connectionCacheKeyMapRef: { current: new Map() },
+      listLocalFiles: async () => [], listRemoteFiles: async () => [],
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+  let release!: () => void;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  try {
+    await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Probe)); });
+    const walking = transferRuntime.runWalk(rootId, async () => {
+      await held;
+      // Old scheduler callbacks settle as cancelled before the outcome is applied.
+      sftpTransferCenterStore.publishOwner(ownerId, sftpTransferCenterStore.getOwnerTasks(ownerId).map((task) =>
+        task.status === "completed" ? task : {
+          ...task, status: "cancelled",
+          checkpointBytes: task.id === "cancel-child-1" ? 6 : task.checkpointBytes,
+        }));
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      const cancellation = ops!.cancelTransfer(rootId);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      assert.equal(transferRuntime.isWalkInFlight(rootId), true);
+      release();
+      await Promise.all([walking, cancellation]);
+    });
+    assert.ok(peak <= 32, `bounded cancellation IPC, got ${peak}`);
+    assert.equal(clearCount, 2201);
+    assert.ok(clearPeak > 1 && clearPeak <= 32, `bounded concurrent cleanup, got ${clearPeak}`);
+    assert.equal(sftpTransferCenterStore.getTask(rootId)?.status, "attention");
+    assert.equal(sftpTransferCenterStore.getTask("cancel-child-0")?.status, "attention");
+    const remaining = sftpTransferCenterStore.getTask("cancel-child-1");
+    assert.equal(remaining?.status, "interrupted", "evicted cancelled children remain recoverable");
+    assert.equal(remaining?.checkpointBytes, 6, "retain the terminal checkpoint, not the pre-cancel snapshot");
+    assert.deepEqual(cleaned, [], "no stage cleanup during partial cancellation recovery");
+    assert.equal(await readFile(completedPath, "utf8"), "completed bytes must remain");
+  } finally {
+    release();
+    await act(async () => { renderer?.unmount(); });
+    restore();
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});

application/state/sftp/useSftpTransfers.ts

@@ -1418,77 +1418,66 @@ export const useSftpTransfers = ({
       releasePausedTransfer(transferId);
       globalSftpTransferScheduler.cancel(transferId);
 
-      // Cancel parent + remove child tasks
-      const childIdsToCancel = new Set<string>();
-      const childrenToCleanup: TransferTask[] = [];
-      for (const t of transfersRef.current) {
-        if (t.parentTaskId === transferId && !["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(t.status)) {
-          childIdsToCancel.add(t.id);
-          childrenToCleanup.push(t);
-        }
+      // Keep child rows and checkpoints until the old walk has stopped. A
+      // partial backend failure needs a fresh re-walk, including queued jobs
+      // the scheduler has already rejected and will never run again.
+      const children = transfersRef.current.filter((task) =>
+        task.parentTaskId === transferId
+        && !["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(task.status));
+      const childIds = new Set([
+        ...children.map((task) => task.id),
+        ...(activeChildIdsRef.current.get(transferId) ?? []),
+      ]);
+      for (const id of childIds) {
+        cancelledTasksRef.current.add(id);
+        releasePausedTransfer(id);
+        globalSftpTransferScheduler.cancel(id);
       }
-      for (const cid of activeChildIdsRef.current.get(transferId) ?? []) {
-        if (!childIdsToCancel.has(cid)) {
-          childIdsToCancel.add(cid);
-          if (taskToCancel) {
-            childrenToCleanup.push({
-              ...taskToCancel,
-              id: cid,
-              parentTaskId: transferId,
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      for (const cid of childIdsToCancel) {
-        cancelledTasksRef.current.add(cid);
-        markTransferCancelled(cid);
-        globalSftpTransferScheduler.cancel(cid);
-      }
-      markTransferCancelledTree(transferId, [...childIdsToCancel]);
-      // Keep refs in sync immediately so same-turn resolveConflict/resume sees cancel.
-      const nextTransfers = transfersRef.current
-        .filter((t) => t.parentTaskId !== transferId)
-        .map((t) =>
-          t.id === transferId
-            ? { ...t, status: "cancelled" as TransferStatus, endTime: Date.now(), conflict: undefined }
-            : t,
-        );
-      setTransfers(nextTransfers);
-      conflictsRef.current = conflictsRef.current.filter((c) => c.transferId !== transferId && !childIdsToCancel.has(c.transferId));
+      markTransferCancelledTree(transferId, [...childIds]);
+      conflictsRef.current = conflictsRef.current.filter((conflict) =>
+        conflict.transferId !== transferId && !childIds.has(conflict.transferId));
       setConflicts(conflictsRef.current);
 
-      await cancelBackendTransfers([transferId, ...childIdsToCancel]);
-      if (taskToCancel) await cleanupTaskArtifacts(taskToCancel);
-      // Child stages are keyed by per-file transferId — clean each known child.
-      for (const child of childrenToCleanup) {
-        try {
-          await cleanupTaskArtifacts(child);
-        } catch {
-          // best-effort
-        }
-      }
+      const ids = new Set([transferId, ...childIds]);
+      const retainedTasks = (taskToCancel ? [taskToCancel, ...children] : children)
+        .map((task) => ({ task, ...sftpTransferCenterStore.observeTaskSettlement(task) }));
+      const failedIds = new Set(await cancelBackendTransfers([...ids]));
+      await sftpTransferCenterStore.settleCancellation(
+        transferId, ids, failedIds, retainedTasks,
+        async () => {
+          setTransfers(sftpTransferCenterStore.getOwnerTasks(ownerId));
+          for (const id of ids) clearCancelledTask(id);
+          clearTransferCancelledTree(transferId, [...childIds]);
+          if (failedIds.size > 0) {
+            // Preserve stages while any writer could not be cancelled. The
+            // fresh recovery walk reuses ids only after this settlement.
+            const recoveryIds = [...ids];
+            for (let offset = 0; offset < recoveryIds.length; offset += 32) {
+              await Promise.all(recoveryIds.slice(offset, offset + 32).map(async (id) => {
+                try { await netcattyBridge.get()?.clearPendingTransferCancel?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+              }));
+            }
+            return;
+          }
+          if (taskToCancel && sftpTransferCenterStore.getTask(transferId)?.status === "cancelled") {
+            try { await cleanupTaskArtifacts(taskToCancel); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+          }
+          for (const child of children) {
+            if (sftpTransferCenterStore.getTask(child.id)?.status === "completed") continue;
+            try { await cleanupTaskArtifacts(child); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+          }
+        },
+      );
 
     },
-    [cancelBackendTransfers, cleanupTaskArtifacts, releasePausedTransfer, setTransfers],
+    [cancelBackendTransfers, clearCancelledTask, cleanupTaskArtifacts, ownerId, releasePausedTransfer, setTransfers],
   );
 
-  // Soft pause/resume: single TransferRuntime entry (store soft-control +
-  // dedicated hard reconnect). No panel-local soft-control dual path.
+  // All controls go through the process-global runtime, including cancellation
+  // settlement. A panel must never clear cancellation latches on Resume.
   const resumeTransfer = useCallback(async (transferId: string) => {
-    // Clear sticky child cancel latches so re-walk can retry same child ids.
-    clearCancelledTask(transferId);
-    for (const child of transfersRef.current) {
-      if (child.parentTaskId === transferId) clearCancelledTask(child.id);
-    }
-    for (const childId of activeChildIdsRef.current.get(transferId) ?? []) {
-      clearCancelledTask(childId);
-    }
-    clearTransferCancelledTree(
-      transferId,
-      [...(activeChildIdsRef.current.get(transferId) ?? [])],
-    );
     await transferRuntime.resume(transferId);
-  }, [clearCancelledTask]);
+  }, []);
 
   const prioritizeTransfer = useCallback((transferId: string) => {
     globalSftpTransferScheduler.prioritize(transferId);
@@ -2265,7 +2254,6 @@ export const useSftpTransfers = ({
       await transferRuntime.pause(taskId);
     },
     resume: async (taskId: string) => {
-      // Use resumeTransfer so cancel latches are cleared before soft/hard resume.
       await resumeTransfer(taskId);
     },
     cancel: cancelTransfer,
@@ -2290,7 +2278,7 @@ export const useSftpTransfers = ({
     activeTransfersCount,
     startTransfer,
     downloadToLocal,
-    cancelTransfer,
+    cancelTransfer: transferRuntime.cancel,
     // Single process-level control surface (TransferRuntime).
     pauseTransfer: async (transferId: string) => {
       await transferRuntime.pause(transferId);

application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.test.ts

@@ -1622,6 +1622,46 @@ test("orphan compressed upload resume and cancel keep using the compression job"
   assert.equal(store.getSnapshot().tasks[0]?.status, "cancelled");
 });
 
+test("compressed upload completing during cancel IPC keeps its completed paint", async (t) => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+  t.after(() => {
+    if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindow);
+    else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "window");
+  });
+
+  let storeRef: ReturnType<typeof createSftpTransferCenterStore> | undefined;
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      netcatty: {
+        // Inactive-compression responses report success even after the upload
+        // already finished; the completion repaint must survive the cancel.
+        cancelCompressedUpload: async (id: string) => {
+          calls.push(`cancel:${id}`);
+          storeRef?.ingestBackgroundEvent({ type: "completed", transferId: id });
+          return { success: true };
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  storeRef = store;
+  store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [{
+    ...makeTask("compressed-race", "transferring"),
+    fileName: "done (compressed)",
+    isDirectory: true,
+    phase: "compressing",
+    controlKind: "compressed-upload",
+  } as TransferTask]);
+
+  await store.cancel("compressed-race");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ["cancel:compressed-race"]);
+  assert.equal(store.getSnapshot().tasks[0]?.status, "completed");
+});
+
 test("orphan cancel marks process-global cancel so surviving walks stop", async (t) => {
   const {
     isTransferCancelledFlag,
@@ -1650,6 +1690,10 @@ test("orphan cancel marks process-global cancel so surviving walks stop", async
   }]);
   await store.cancel("walk-1");
   assert.equal(isTransferCancelledFlag("walk-1"), true);
+  const resuming = store.resume("walk-1");
+  unregisterTransferWalk("walk-1");
+  await resuming;
+  assert.equal(isTransferCancelledFlag("walk-1"), false);
   assert.equal(store.getSnapshot().tasks.find((row) => row.id === "walk-1")?.status, "cancelled");
 });
 
@@ -2706,6 +2750,39 @@ test("an interrupted task without its old controller can still be cancelled", as
   assert.equal(store.getSnapshot().tasks[0]?.status, "cancelled");
 });
 
+test("orphan cancel keeps failed work visible and leaves completed children alone", async (t) => {
+  const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+  t.after(() => {
+    if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindow);
+    else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "window");
+  });
+  const cancelledIds: string[] = [];
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: { netcatty: {
+      cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+        cancelledIds.push(id);
+        return { success: id !== "unfinished" };
+      },
+    } },
+  });
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  store.publishOwner("closed-panel", [
+    { ...makeTask("directory", "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+    { ...makeTask("finished", "completed"), parentTaskId: "directory" },
+    { ...makeTask("unfinished", "queued"), parentTaskId: "directory" },
+  ]);
+  const finishedBeforeCancel = store.getTask("finished");
+
+  await store.cancel("directory");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(cancelledIds, ["directory", "unfinished"]);
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("finished")?.status, finishedBeforeCancel?.status);
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("unfinished")?.status, "attention");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("directory")?.status, "attention");
+  assert.match(store.getTask("directory")?.error ?? "", /Could not cancel/);
+});
+
 test("concurrent resume clicks adopt a task only once", async () => {
   let adoptCount = 0;
   const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
@@ -3867,3 +3944,66 @@ for (const outcome of ["rejected", "stream-gone"] as const) {
     assert.equal(resumeCalls, 1, "obsolete resume must not issue another resume after the held run ends");
   });
 }
+
+test("partial cancel failure resets recovered folder children so the re-walk can re-admit them", async (t) => {
+  const { netcattyBridge } = await import("../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge");
+  const { resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests, isTransferOrRootCancelled } =
+    await import("./sftp/transferCancelLatch");
+  const { resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests } = await import("./sftp/transferWalkRegistry");
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+  resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+  t.after(() => {
+    netcattyBridge.get = originalGet;
+    resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+    resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+  });
+  // Only child2 fails to cancel; the folder must stay recoverable via Resume.
+  let failChild2 = true;
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => ({ success: id !== "dir-child-2" || !failChild2 }),
+    cleanupTransferArtifacts: async () => ({}),
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const child = (id: string): TransferTask => ({
+    ...makeTask(id),
+    parentTaskId: "dir-root",
+    isDirectory: false,
+    transferredBytes: 4,
+    directoryEntryIndex: 0,
+    directoryEntryIdentity: "a".repeat(64),
+  });
+  store.publishOwner("gone-panel", [
+    { ...makeTask("dir-root"), isDirectory: true, transferredBytes: 10, totalBytes: 20, directoryEntryIndex: 0 },
+    child("dir-child-1"),
+    child("dir-child-2"),
+  ]);
+  await store.cancel("dir-root");
+
+  const rows = store.getSnapshot().tasks;
+  const parent = rows.find((row) => row.id === "dir-root");
+  const child1 = rows.find((row) => row.id === "dir-child-1");
+  const child2 = rows.find((row) => row.id === "dir-child-2");
+  assert.equal(parent?.status, "attention");
+  assert.equal(parent?.error, "Could not cancel transfer. Please try again.");
+  // A failed backend cancellation keeps the folder recoverable: successfully
+  // cancelled siblings must not settle as terminal "cancelled", or admitTaskRun
+  // would reject the recovery re-walk and leave the destination incomplete.
+  assert.equal(child1?.status, "interrupted");
+  assert.equal(child1?.error, undefined);
+  assert.equal(child2?.status, "attention");
+  assert.equal(isTransferOrRootCancelled("dir-root"), false, "recovery latch must be cleared");
+
+  // The directory re-walk (Resume) can re-admit the reset sibling.
+  const incoming = { ...child("dir-child-1"), directoryEntryIndex: 0, directoryEntryIdentity: "a".repeat(64) };
+  assert.equal(store.admitTaskRun(incoming), "ready");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask("dir-child-1")?.status, "transferring");
+
+  // Without any cancellation failure the tree still settles fully cancelled.
+  failChild2 = false;
+  await store.cancel("dir-root");
+  const afterFullCancel = store.getSnapshot().tasks;
+  for (const id of ["dir-root", "dir-child-1", "dir-child-2"]) {
+    assert.equal(afterFullCancel.find((row) => row.id === id)?.status, "cancelled");
+  }
+});

application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.ts

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import {
   isTransferControlEpochCurrent,
   settleTransferControlEpochTree,
 } from "./sftp/transferControlEpoch";
-import { isTransferWalkInFlight } from "./sftp/transferWalkRegistry";
+import { isTransferWalkInFlight, waitForTransferWalkSettled } from "./sftp/transferWalkRegistry";
+import { settleCancelledTransferTree } from "./sftp/transferCancelOutcome";
 import {
+  clearTransferCancelledTree,
   isTransferOrRootCancelled,
   markTransferCancelledTree,
   settleTransferCancelTree,
@@ -93,6 +95,12 @@ export type DedicatedTransferResumeHandler = (task: TransferTask) => Promise<{
   resetCheckpoint?: boolean;
 }>;
 
+interface RetainedCancellationTask {
+  task: TransferTask;
+  read(): TransferTask | undefined;
+  dispose(): void;
+}
+
 export interface SftpTransferCenterStore {
   subscribe(listener: Listener): () => void;
   /**
@@ -121,7 +129,10 @@ export interface SftpTransferCenterStore {
   isResuming(taskId: string): boolean;
   pause(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
   resume(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
+  /** Wait for backend cancellation requests; live walks settle separately. */
   cancel(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
+  /** Publish one cancellation outcome after the old execution has settled. */
+  settleCancellation(taskId: string, taskIds: ReadonlySet<string>, failedIds: ReadonlySet<string>, retainedTasks: readonly RetainedCancellationTask[], onSettled: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void>;
   retry(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
   prioritize(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
   dismiss(taskId: string): void;
@@ -464,6 +475,8 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
   let persistenceDirty = false;
   let persistenceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   const resumeInvocations = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
+  const cancelInvocations = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
+  const cancelSettlements = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
   // Ephemeral control intent: never serialize this or change bridge lifecycle epochs.
   const resumeRequests = new Map<string, symbol>();
   const resumeListeners = new Set<Listener>();
@@ -818,8 +831,7 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
     // Compressed soft-control is process-global: do not gate on a live panel owner.
     const liveCompressedJob = task?.controlKind === "compressed-upload"
       && task.reconnectRequired !== true
-      && task.status !== "interrupted"
-      && task.status !== "attention";
+      && task.status !== "interrupted";
     if (liveCompressedJob && (action === "pause" || action === "resume" || action === "cancel")) {
       const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
       if (action === "pause") {
@@ -879,8 +891,17 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
         if (!result.success && result.reason) notify.warning(result.reason, "SFTP");
         return;
       }
-      const result = await (bridge?.cancelCompressedUpload?.(taskId)
-        ?? { success: false });
+      const result = await Promise.resolve(bridge?.cancelCompressedUpload?.(taskId)
+        ?? { success: false }).catch(() => ({ success: false }));
+      // The upload may finish while this cancel is still awaiting IPC: its
+      // completion event has already repainted the row terminal. The new
+      // inactive-compression response still reports success, so recheck the
+      // latest row before applying the cancellation result — otherwise Cancel
+      // all misreports a successfully completed upload as cancelled.
+      const latestAfterCancelIpc = tasks.find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
+      if (latestAfterCancelIpc && ["completed", "failed", "cancelled"].includes(latestAfterCancelIpc.status)) {
+        return;
+      }
       if (!result.success) {
         const reason = "Could not cancel the compressed upload.";
         tasks = tasks.map((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId ? {
@@ -889,6 +910,13 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
           error: reason,
           speed: 0,
         } : candidate);
+        if (isTransferOrRootCancelled(taskId)) {
+          // The row is kept in attention for recovery instead of settling as
+          // cancelled. Drop the pre-installed cancellation latch now, or a
+          // later Resume is rejected outright by admitTaskRun's cancelled-root
+          // check (compressed uploads have no runWalk settlement to clear it).
+          clearTransferCancelledTree(taskId);
+        }
         emit();
         notify.warning(reason, "SFTP");
         return;
@@ -1301,9 +1329,9 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
         emit();
       }
     }
-    if (!controller && action === "cancel" && task && ["paused", "interrupted", "attention", "pending", "queued", "transferring", "pausing"].includes(task.status)) {
+    if (!controller && action === "cancel" && task && !["completed", "cancelled"].includes(task.status)) {
       const childIds = tasks
-        .filter((candidate) => candidate.parentTaskId === taskId)
+        .filter((candidate) => candidate.parentTaskId === taskId && !["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(candidate.status))
         .map((candidate) => candidate.id);
       // Stop surviving processTransfer walks immediately (panel-local
       // cancelledTasksRef is gone after unmount).
@@ -1315,33 +1343,43 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
       } catch {
         // best-effort
       }
-      try {
-        await netcattyBridge.get()?.cancelTransfer?.(taskId);
-        for (const childId of childIds) {
-          try { await netcattyBridge.get()?.cancelTransfer?.(childId); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+      const failedIds = new Set<string>();
+      const cancelIds = [taskId, ...childIds];
+      const cancelledIdSet = new Set(cancelIds);
+      const retainedTasks = tasks.filter((candidate) => cancelledIdSet.has(candidate.id))
+        .map((task) => ({ task, ...store.observeTaskSettlement(task) }));
+      for (let offset = 0; offset < cancelIds.length; offset += 32) {
+        await Promise.all(cancelIds.slice(offset, offset + 32).map(async (id) => {
+          try {
+            const result: unknown = await netcattyBridge.get()?.cancelTransfer?.(id);
+            if (result && typeof result === "object" && "success" in result && result.success === false) {
+              failedIds.add(id);
+            }
+          } catch {
+            failedIds.add(id);
+          }
+        }));
+      }
+      await store.settleCancellation(taskId, cancelledIdSet, failedIds, retainedTasks, async () => {
+        clearTransferCancelledTree(taskId, childIds);
+        if (failedIds.size > 0) {
+          const recoveryIds = cancelIds;
+          for (let offset = 0; offset < recoveryIds.length; offset += 32) {
+            await Promise.all(recoveryIds.slice(offset, offset + 32).map(async (id) => {
+              try { await netcattyBridge.get()?.clearPendingTransferCancel?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+            }));
+          }
+        } else if (tasks.find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId)?.status === "cancelled") {
+          try {
+            await netcattyBridge.get()?.cleanupTransferArtifacts?.({
+              transferId: taskId,
+              sourcePath: task.sourcePath,
+              targetPath: task.targetPath,
+              stagedTargetPath: task.stagedTargetPath,
+            });
+          } catch { /* best-effort */ }
         }
-      } catch {
-        // Best-effort backend cancel when the owning panel is gone / no window.
-      }
-      try {
-        await netcattyBridge.get()?.cleanupTransferArtifacts?.({
-          transferId: taskId,
-          sourcePath: task.sourcePath,
-          targetPath: task.targetPath,
-          stagedTargetPath: task.stagedTargetPath,
-        });
-      } catch {
-        // best-effort temp/.part cleanup
-      }
-      const cancelIds = new Set([taskId, ...childIds]);
-      tasks = tasks.map((candidate) => cancelIds.has(candidate.id) ? {
-        ...candidate,
-        status: "cancelled",
-        error: undefined,
-        endTime: Date.now(),
-        speed: 0,
-        conflict: undefined,
-      } : candidate);
+      });
       emit();
       return;
     }
@@ -1794,10 +1832,28 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
         && ["paused", "interrupted", "attention", "pending", "queued"].includes(task.status);
     },
     pause(taskId) {
+      if (cancelInvocations.has(taskId) || isTransferOrRootCancelled(taskId)) return Promise.resolve();
       clearResumeRequest(taskId);
       return invoke(taskId, "pause");
     },
     async resume(taskId) {
+      // A cancelled scheduler job cannot be soft-resumed. Wait for the cancel
+      // outcome and fresh re-walk rather than unlatching the old walk.
+      const cancelling = cancelInvocations.get(taskId);
+      if (cancelling) {
+        await cancelling;
+        const task = tasks.find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
+        if (!task || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(task.status)) return;
+      }
+      // Failed cancellation reports immediately, but its old walk must still
+      // settle before Resume can start a fresh scan. A retried Cancel may have
+      // replaced the awaited outcome, so drain the latest settlement as well.
+      while (cancelSettlements.has(taskId)) await cancelSettlements.get(taskId);
+      const afterCancellation = tasks.find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
+      if (!afterCancellation || ["completed", "cancelled"].includes(afterCancellation.status)) return;
+      // Cancel all latches every selected tree before its bounded IPC batches.
+      // A row-level Resume must not revive a tree whose batch has not run yet.
+      if (isTransferOrRootCancelled(taskId)) return;
       const request = Symbol("resume");
       resumeRequests.set(taskId, request);
       notifyResume();
@@ -1913,9 +1969,52 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
         if (resumeRequests.get(taskId) === request) clearResumeRequest(taskId);
       }
     },
+    async settleCancellation(taskId, taskIds, failedIds, retainedTasks, onSettled) {
+      const walkStillRunning = isTransferWalkInFlight(taskId);
+      const settlement = (async () => {
+        await waitForTransferWalkSettled(taskId);
+        // A later cancel attempt owns the outcome, even if this older attempt
+        // failed. Never repaint a successful retry as a failed cancellation.
+        if (cancelSettlements.get(taskId) !== settlement) return;
+        tasks = settleCancelledTransferTree(
+          tasks, taskId, taskIds, failedIds,
+          retainedTasks.map((retained) => retained.read() ?? retained.task),
+        );
+        await onSettled();
+        emit();
+      })().finally(() => {
+        for (const retained of retainedTasks) retained.dispose();
+        if (cancelSettlements.get(taskId) === settlement) cancelSettlements.delete(taskId);
+      });
+      cancelSettlements.set(taskId, settlement);
+      if (walkStillRunning) {
+        if (failedIds.size > 0) {
+          tasks = tasks.map((task) => task.id === taskId
+            && !["completed", "failed"].includes(task.status)
+            ? { ...task, status: "attention", error: "Could not cancel transfer. Please try again.", speed: 0 }
+            : task);
+          emit();
+        }
+        // Backend requests are done: let Cancel all dispatch its next batch.
+        // Resume, final status, and cleanup still wait on this settlement.
+        void settlement.catch(() => {});
+        return;
+      }
+      await settlement;
+    },
     cancel(taskId) {
       clearResumeRequest(taskId);
-      return invoke(taskId, "cancel");
+      const existing = cancelInvocations.get(taskId);
+      if (existing) return existing;
+      bumpTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
+      for (const task of tasks) {
+        if (task.parentTaskId === taskId) bumpTransferControlEpoch(task.id);
+      }
+      const running = invoke(taskId, "cancel").finally(() => {
+        if (cancelInvocations.get(taskId) === running) cancelInvocations.delete(taskId);
+      });
+      cancelInvocations.set(taskId, running);
+      return running;
     },
     async retry(taskId) {
       const ownerId = findOwner(taskId);

application/state/terminalAutoReconnect.test.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,52 @@ test("normal shell exits do not auto reconnect", () => {
   );
 });
 
+test("administrative idle, timeout, and exit-signal disconnects do not auto reconnect", () => {
+  for (const evt of [
+    { reason: "timeout" as const },
+    { reason: "timeout" as const, exitCode: 0 },
+    { reason: "timeout" as const, error: "Connection timeout to example.com" },
+    { reason: "signaled" as const, exitSignal: "SIGHUP" },
+    { reason: "signaled" as const, exitSignal: "SIGTERM" },
+    { reason: "signaled" as const },
+    // A path that still says "closed" but plumbed the exit-signal is the same kick.
+    { reason: "closed" as const, exitSignal: "SIGUSR2" },
+    { reason: "closed" as const, exitSignal: "  SIGHUP  " },
+  ]) {
+    assert.equal(
+      shouldAutoReconnectAfterExit({
+        evt,
+        host: sshHost,
+        terminalSettings: { sshAutoReconnectEnabled: true },
+        hasEverConnected: true,
+      }),
+      false,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test("transport drops still auto reconnect", () => {
+  for (const evt of [
+    { reason: "closed" as const },
+    { reason: "error" as const, error: "connection reset" },
+    { reason: "closed" as const, remoteClosedWithoutExitStatus: true },
+    { reason: "closed" as const, exitSignal: "" },
+    { reason: "closed" as const, exitSignal: "   " },
+    { reason: "error" as const, error: "read ECONNRESET", exitSignal: "" },
+    { reason: "error" as const, error: "read ECONNRESET", exitSignal: "SIGHUP" },
+  ]) {
+    assert.equal(
+      shouldAutoReconnectAfterExit({
+        evt,
+        host: sshHost,
+        terminalSettings: { sshAutoReconnectEnabled: true },
+        hasEverConnected: true,
+      }),
+      true,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
 test("auto reconnect ignores protocols that already have different lifecycle semantics", () => {
   const variants = [
     { protocol: "local" as const, hostname: "localhost" },

application/state/terminalAutoReconnect.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ export function shouldAutoReconnectAfterExit({
   if (!hasEverConnected) return false;
   if (!isTerminalAutoReconnectEnabled(terminalSettings)) return false;
   if (!isAutoReconnectableSshHost(host)) return false;
-  return evt.reason !== "exited";
+  // "exited" is a shell exit. "timeout" is an administrative idle/TMOUT logout
+  // (or a connect timeout). "signaled" — or a plumbed exit-signal on an
+  // otherwise "closed" end — is a server kick (idle policy, SIGHUP, SIGTERM).
+  // Reconnecting would fight that policy. Transport "error" and bare "closed"
+  // still retry.
+  if (evt.reason === "error") return true;
+  if (evt.reason === "exited" || evt.reason === "timeout" || evt.reason === "signaled") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return typeof evt.exitSignal !== "string" || evt.exitSignal.trim().length === 0;
 }
 
 export function shouldContinueAutoReconnectAfterFailure({

application/state/terminalConnectionReuse.test.ts

@@ -224,3 +224,31 @@ test("split and copy session clones preserve isolated plugin connection snapshot
   assert.equal(split.reuseConnectionFromSessionId, undefined);
   assert.equal(copied.reuseConnectionFromSessionId, undefined);
 });
+
+for (const clone of [createSplitTerminalSessionClone, createCopiedTerminalSessionClone]) {
+  test(`${clone.name} keeps the type of an explicit local shell despite global settings`, () => {
+    for (const [localShell, shellType] of [["cmd.exe", "cmd"], ["pwsh.exe", "powershell"]] as const) {
+      const source = session({ protocol: "local", localShell, shellType });
+      const copied = clone(source, { id: "clone", localShellType: "posix" });
+      assert.equal(copied.localShell, localShell);
+      assert.equal(copied.shellType, shellType);
+      assert.equal(clone({ ...source, shellType: undefined },
+        { id: "legacy", localShellType: "posix" }).shellType, shellType);
+    }
+    const implicit = clone(session({ protocol: "local", shellType: "cmd" }),
+      { id: "clone-default", localShellType: "posix" });
+    assert.equal(implicit.shellType, "posix", "implicit shells still follow global settings");
+  });
+}
+
+test("copied backend-default local snapshot retains its shell semantics after global settings change", () => {
+  const source = session({ protocol: "local", localShell: "", localShellArgs: [], shellType: "powershell", localStartDir: "~" });
+  for (const clone of [
+    createCopiedTerminalSessionClone(source, { id: "copy-default-snapshot", localShellType: "posix" }),
+    createSplitTerminalSessionClone(source, { id: "split-default-snapshot", localShellType: "posix" }),
+  ]) {
+    assert.equal(clone.localShell, "");
+    assert.equal(clone.shellType, "powershell");
+    assert.equal(clone.localStartDir, "~");
+  }
+});

application/state/terminalConnectionReuse.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { TerminalSession } from "../../domain/models";
+import { classifyLocalShellType } from "../../lib/localShell";
 
 type SftpReuseCandidate = Pick<
   TerminalSession,
@@ -44,7 +45,12 @@ function getClonedShellType(
   session: TerminalSession,
   localShellType?: TerminalSession["shellType"],
 ): TerminalSession["shellType"] {
-  return session.protocol === "local" ? localShellType : session.shellType;
+  if (session.protocol !== "local") return session.shellType;
+  // Clones retain an explicit per-session executable, so its shell type must
+  // survive a different global default (e.g. saved CMD with WSL in Settings).
+  return session.localShell !== undefined
+    ? (session.shellType ?? classifyLocalShellType(session.localShell))
+    : localShellType;
 }
 
 function createTerminalSessionClone(

application/state/useAIState.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ import {
   retargetWorkspaceActiveChatAfterMemberLoss,
   seedWorkspaceAIActiveSessionFromMembers,
 } from '../../domain/workspaceAiScopeHandoff';
+import {
+  buildUndoLastTurnBranch,
+  type UndoLastTurnRestoredDraft,
+} from '../../domain/aiUndoLastTurn';
+
 
 function providerPatchIsNoop(
   current: ProviderConfig,
@@ -697,6 +702,32 @@ export function useAIState() {
     return session;
   }, [defaultAgentId, persistSessions, setActiveSessionId]);
 
+  // Non-destructive "undo last turn": branch the session at the boundary
+  // before the latest user message and keep the original in history intact.
+  // Returns the new branch id plus the undone user message for the composer.
+  const undoLastTurnInSession = useCallback(async (sessionId: string): Promise<{
+    sessionId: string;
+    restored: UndoLastTurnRestoredDraft;
+  } | null> => {
+    const nextId = `ai_${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
+    const source = sessionsRef.current.find(s => s.id === sessionId);
+    if (!source) return null;
+    const result = buildUndoLastTurnBranch(source, { newId: nextId, now: Date.now() });
+    if (!result) return null;
+
+    const branched = result.session;
+    setSessionsRaw(prev => {
+      // Keep both recently used chats within the existing history limit.
+      const next = [branched, { ...source, updatedAt: branched.updatedAt }, ...prev.filter(session => session.id !== source.id)];
+      setLatestAISessionsSnapshot(next);
+      persistSessions(next);
+      return next;
+    });
+    const scopeKey = `${branched.scope.type}:${branched.scope.targetId ?? ''}`;
+    setActiveSessionId(scopeKey, branched.id);
+    return { sessionId: branched.id, restored: result.restored };
+  }, [persistSessions, setActiveSessionId]);
+
   const deleteSession = useCallback((sessionId: string, scopeKey?: string) => {
     cleanupDeletedAIChatSessions([sessionId]);
     if (persistTimerRef.current) {
@@ -1275,6 +1306,7 @@ export function useAIState() {
     addDraftFiles,
     removeDraftFile,
     createSession,
+    undoLastTurnInSession,
     deleteSession,
     deleteSessionsByTarget,
     updateSessionTitle,
@@ -1335,6 +1367,7 @@ export function useAIState() {
     addDraftFiles,
     removeDraftFile,
     createSession,
+    undoLastTurnInSession,
     deleteSession,
     deleteSessionsByTarget,
     updateSessionTitle,

application/state/useAIState.undoLastTurn.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import React, { act } from 'react';
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+
+import type { AISession, UploadedFile } from '../../infrastructure/ai/types.ts';
+import { getAgentRuntime } from '../../infrastructure/ai/harness/globalAgentRuntime.ts';
+import { useAIState } from './useAIState.ts';
+import { useAISessionsStore } from './aiSessionsStore.ts';
+import { setLatestAISessionsSnapshot } from './aiStateSnapshots.ts';
+
+const SCOPE_KEY = 'terminal:terminal-a';
+
+const SOURCE_SESSION: AISession = {
+  id: 'chat-source',
+  title: 'Undo source',
+  agentId: 'catty',
+  scope: { type: 'terminal', targetId: 'terminal-a' },
+  messages: [
+    { id: 'user-1', role: 'user', content: 'first prompt', timestamp: 1 },
+    { id: 'assistant-1', role: 'assistant', content: 'first answer', timestamp: 2 },
+    {
+      id: 'user-2',
+      role: 'user',
+      content: 'bad last prompt',
+      timestamp: 3,
+      attachments: [
+        { base64Data: 'QUJD', mediaType: 'text/plain', filename: 'note.txt', lineCount: 2 },
+      ],
+    },
+    { id: 'assistant-2', role: 'assistant', content: 'bad answer', timestamp: 4 },
+  ],
+  createdAt: 1,
+  updatedAt: 4,
+};
+
+type HookCapture = {
+  ai: ReturnType<typeof useAIState> | null;
+  sessions: AISession[];
+  activeSessionIdMap: Record<string, string | null>;
+};
+
+function UndoHarness({ capture }: { capture: HookCapture }) {
+  capture.ai = useAIState();
+  const store = useAISessionsStore();
+  capture.sessions = store.sessions as AISession[];
+  capture.activeSessionIdMap = store.activeSessionIdMap as Record<string, string | null>;
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function setupAiState(sessions: AISession[]) {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body></body></html>', {
+    url: 'http://localhost',
+  });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { configurable: true, value: dom.window });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { configurable: true, value: dom.window.document });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'localStorage', { configurable: true, value: dom.window.localStorage });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'CustomEvent', { configurable: true, value: dom.window.CustomEvent });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'Event', { configurable: true, value: dom.window.Event });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT', { configurable: true, value: true });
+
+  setLatestAISessionsSnapshot(sessions);
+  dom.window.localStorage.setItem('netcatty_ai_sessions_v1', JSON.stringify(sessions));
+
+  const container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  const root = createRoot(container);
+  const capture: HookCapture = { ai: null, sessions: [], activeSessionIdMap: {} };
+  await act(async () => {
+    root.render(React.createElement(UndoHarness, { capture }));
+  });
+  return { dom, container, root, capture };
+}
+
+test('undoLastTurnInSession branches and restores the last user turn', async () => {
+  const { dom, container, root, capture } = await setupAiState([SOURCE_SESSION]);
+  assert.ok(capture.ai);
+
+  let result: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof runUndo>> | null = null;
+  async function runUndo() {
+    return capture.ai!.undoLastTurnInSession('chat-source');
+  }
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    result = await runUndo();
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(result);
+  assert.notEqual(result!.sessionId, 'chat-source');
+
+  const sessions = capture.sessions;
+  const branch = sessions.find((session) => session.id === result!.sessionId);
+  assert.ok(branch);
+  // Branch keeps the conversation up to the boundary before the last turn.
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    branch!.messages.map((message) => message.content),
+    ['first prompt', 'first answer'],
+  );
+  // Original session stays intact (non-destructive).
+  const original = sessions.find((session) => session.id === 'chat-source');
+  assert.equal(original?.messages.length, 4);
+  // Branch becomes the active session for the scope.
+  assert.equal(capture.activeSessionIdMap[SCOPE_KEY], result!.sessionId);
+
+  const attachments = result!.restored.attachments as UploadedFile[];
+  assert.equal(result!.restored.text, 'bad last prompt');
+  assert.equal(attachments.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(attachments[0].filename, 'note.txt');
+  assert.equal(attachments[0].dataUrl, 'data:text/plain;base64,QUJD');
+
+  await act(async () => root.unmount());
+  container.remove();
+  dom.window.close();
+});
+
+test('undoLastTurnInSession returns null when there is nothing to undo', async () => {
+  const emptySession: AISession = {
+    ...SOURCE_SESSION,
+    id: 'chat-empty',
+    messages: [],
+  };
+  const { dom, container, root, capture } = await setupAiState([emptySession]);
+  assert.ok(capture.ai);
+
+  let result: unknown;
+  await act(async () => {
+    result = await capture.ai!.undoLastTurnInSession('chat-empty');
+  });
+  assert.equal(result, null);
+
+  await act(async () => root.unmount());
+  container.remove();
+  dom.window.close();
+});
+
+test('undo copies chat only, preserving original outputs and job ownership', async () => {
+  const runtime = getAgentRuntime();
+  const outputStore = runtime.getToolOutputStore('chat-source');
+  const handle = outputStore.store({
+    chatSessionId: 'chat-source', capabilityId: 'terminal.exec', content: 'original saved output',
+  });
+  const stateStore = runtime.getSessionStateStore();
+  stateStore.updateFromToolResult('chat-source', 'terminal_start',
+    { sessionId: 'terminal-a', command: 'long-running-command' },
+    JSON.stringify({ jobId: 'original-job', status: 'running', nextOffset: 7 }), false);
+  const source = structuredClone(SOURCE_SESSION);
+  source.messages[1].content = `Preview with handleId=${handle.id}`;
+  const { dom, container, root, capture } = await setupAiState([source]);
+  const original = JSON.stringify(source);
+  let result: { sessionId: string } | null = null;
+  await act(async () => { result = await capture.ai!.undoLastTurnInSession(source.id); });
+  assert.ok(result);
+  assert.equal(outputStore.read({ handleId: handle.id }, result!.sessionId), null);
+  assert.equal(outputStore.read({ handleId: handle.id }, source.id), 'original saved output');
+  assert.deepEqual(stateStore.get(result!.sessionId).activeJobs, {});
+  assert.ok(stateStore.get(source.id).activeJobs['original-job']);
+  assert.equal(JSON.stringify({ ...capture.sessions.find(item => item.id === source.id), updatedAt: source.updatedAt }), original);
+  assert.ok(capture.sessions.find(item => item.id === result!.sessionId)!.messages[1].content.includes('Preview'));
+  stateStore.clear(source.id);
+  outputStore.prune(source.id);
+  await act(async () => root.unmount());
+  container.remove(); dom.window.close();
+});
+
+for (const newerCount of [49, 50]) {
+  test(`undo retains an old source and its branch after reload with ${newerCount} newer chats`, async () => {
+    const newer = Array.from({ length: newerCount }, (_, index) => ({
+      ...structuredClone(SOURCE_SESSION), id: `history-${index}`, updatedAt: 100 + index,
+    }));
+    const { dom, container, root, capture } = await setupAiState([...newer, SOURCE_SESSION]);
+    let branchId: string | undefined;
+    await act(async () => {
+      branchId = (await capture.ai!.undoLastTurnInSession(SOURCE_SESSION.id))?.sessionId;
+    });
+    assert.ok(branchId);
+    const saved: AISession[] = JSON.parse(dom.window.localStorage.getItem('netcatty_ai_sessions_v1')!);
+    assert.equal(saved.length, 50);
+    const original = saved.find(item => item.id === SOURCE_SESSION.id);
+    assert.ok(original, 'the original must survive updatedAt-based history pruning');
+    assert.deepEqual({ ...original, updatedAt: SOURCE_SESSION.updatedAt }, SOURCE_SESSION);
+    assert.deepEqual(saved.find(item => item.id === branchId)?.messages, SOURCE_SESSION.messages.slice(0, 2));
+    assert.ok(original.updatedAt >= newer.at(-1)!.updatedAt);
+    await act(async () => root.unmount());
+    container.remove(); dom.window.close();
+
+    // Remount the actual hook from the persisted records, as on app reload.
+    const reloaded = await setupAiState(saved);
+    assert.deepEqual(reloaded.capture.sessions.find(item => item.id === SOURCE_SESSION.id)?.messages, SOURCE_SESSION.messages);
+    assert.deepEqual(reloaded.capture.sessions.find(item => item.id === branchId)?.messages, SOURCE_SESSION.messages.slice(0, 2));
+    await act(async () => reloaded.root.unmount());
+    reloaded.container.remove(); reloaded.dom.window.close();
+  });
+}

application/state/useEditorWindow.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge";
+import { editorTabStore } from "./editorTabStore";
+import type { EditorWindowTabSnapshot } from "./editorWindowTypes";
+import type { EditorTabId } from "./editorTabStore";
+
+export function useEditorWindowRuntime() {
+  const [activeTabId, setActiveTabId] = useState<EditorTabId | null>(
+    () => editorTabStore.getTabs()[editorTabStore.getTabs().length - 1]?.id ?? null,
+  );
+
+  const closeWindow = useCallback(async () => {
+    await netcattyBridge.get()?.windowClose?.();
+  }, []);
+
+  const setWindowTitle = useCallback(async (title: string) => {
+    await netcattyBridge.get()?.setWindowTitle?.(title);
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.onEditorWindowOpenTab) return () => {};
+    return bridge.onEditorWindowOpenTab((snapshot: EditorWindowTabSnapshot) => {
+      const existing = editorTabStore.getTab(snapshot.editorId)
+        ?? editorTabStore.getTabs().find((tab) => (
+          tab.sessionId === snapshot.sessionId && tab.remotePath === snapshot.remotePath
+        ));
+      if (existing) {
+        if (existing.sessionId !== snapshot.sessionId) {
+          editorTabStore.remapSessionId(existing.sessionId, snapshot.sessionId);
+        }
+        if (existing.sftpTabId !== snapshot.sftpTabId || existing.hostLabel !== snapshot.hostLabel) {
+          editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot({
+            ...snapshot,
+            content: existing.content,
+            baselineContent: existing.baselineContent,
+            viewState: existing.viewState,
+            wordWrap: existing.wordWrap,
+            languageId: existing.languageId,
+          }, "tab");
+        }
+        setActiveTabId(existing.id);
+        return;
+      }
+      const id = editorTabStore.upsertFromSnapshot(snapshot, "tab");
+      setActiveTabId(id);
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.onEditorWindowActivateTab) return () => {};
+    return bridge.onEditorWindowActivateTab((payload) => {
+      if (payload?.editorId && editorTabStore.getTab(payload.editorId)) {
+        setActiveTabId(payload.editorId);
+      }
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.onEditorWindowRemapSession) return () => {};
+    return bridge.onEditorWindowRemapSession((payload) => {
+      editorTabStore.remapSessionId(payload.fromSessionId, payload.toSessionId);
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  return {
+    activeTabId,
+    setActiveTabId,
+    closeWindow,
+    setWindowTitle,
+  };
+}

application/state/useExternalMcpToggleState.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import { createSessionIdleManager } from '../../electron/bridges/mcpServerBridge/sessionIdleManager.cjs';
+import { STORAGE_KEY_AI_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES } from '../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys';
+import { localStorageAdapter } from '../../infrastructure/persistence/localStorageAdapter';
 import {
   EXTERNAL_MCP_RUNTIME_STATUS_POLL_MS,
   bumpExternalMcpEnableGenerationForTests,
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   resetExternalMcpStartupSyncOnceForTests,
   shouldStartExternalMcpOnStartup,
   shouldWaitForExternalMcpStartupReady,
+  syncExternalMcpConfig,
   syncExternalMcpStartupState,
   syncExternalMcpStartupStateOnce,
   waitForExternalMcpStartupReady,
@@ -63,10 +67,44 @@ describe('useExternalMcpToggleState helpers', () => {
     assert.equal(normalizeExternalMcpIdleTimeoutMinutes(null), 10);
     assert.equal(normalizeExternalMcpIdleTimeoutMinutes(0), 1);
     assert.equal(normalizeExternalMcpIdleTimeoutMinutes(99999), 24 * 60);
-    assert.equal(normalizeSessionIdleTimeoutMinutes(null), 30);
+    assert.equal(normalizeSessionIdleTimeoutMinutes(null), 8 * 60);
     assert.equal(normalizeSessionIdleTimeoutMinutes(0), 1);
   });
 
+  for (const savedMinutes of [null, 30]) {
+    it(`syncs the session idle timeout without replacing saved value ${savedMinutes}`, async () => {
+      const restore = installMemoryLocalStorage();
+      const manager = createSessionIdleManager();
+      try {
+        assert.equal(manager.getTimeoutMinutes(), 8 * 60, 'main-process default');
+        if (savedMinutes !== null) {
+          localStorageAdapter.writeNumber(STORAGE_KEY_AI_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES, savedMinutes);
+        }
+        const expected = savedMinutes ?? manager.getTimeoutMinutes();
+        const received: number[] = [];
+        const bridge = {
+          externalMcpSetConfig: (config: { sessionIdleTimeoutMinutes: number }) => {
+            received.push(config.sessionIdleTimeoutMinutes);
+            manager.setTimeoutMinutes(config.sessionIdleTimeoutMinutes);
+          },
+        };
+        await syncExternalMcpStartupState(bridge);
+        assert.equal(manager.getTimeoutMinutes(), expected, 'startup keeps the intended timeout');
+        syncExternalMcpConfig(bridge);
+        assert.deepEqual(received, [expected, expected]);
+        assert.equal(manager.getTimeoutMinutes(), expected, 'config sync keeps the intended timeout');
+        assert.equal(
+          localStorageAdapter.readNumber(STORAGE_KEY_AI_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES),
+          savedMinutes,
+          'sync does not migrate or overwrite the stored preference',
+        );
+      } finally {
+        manager.clearAll();
+        restore();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   it('only starts on launch for persistent+enabled', () => {
     assert.equal(shouldStartExternalMcpOnStartup({ enabled: true, mode: 'persistent' }), true);
     assert.equal(shouldStartExternalMcpOnStartup({ enabled: true, mode: 'temporary' }), false);

application/state/useExternalMcpToggleState.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export type ExternalMcpMode = 'temporary' | 'persistent';
 const DEFAULT_EXTERNAL_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 10;
 const MIN_EXTERNAL_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 1;
 const MAX_EXTERNAL_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 24 * 60;
-const DEFAULT_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 30;
+const DEFAULT_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 480;
 /** Keep top-bar / settings switch state aligned with runtime auto-disable. */
 export const EXTERNAL_MCP_RUNTIME_STATUS_POLL_MS = 3000;
 

application/state/useGlobalSftpTransferActions.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from "react-test-renderer";
+
+import type { TransferTask } from "../../domain/models";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge";
+import { sftpTransferCenterStore as store } from "./sftpTransferCenterStore";
+import { useGlobalSftpTransferActions } from "./useGlobalSftpTransferActions";
+import { isTransferOrRootCancelled, resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests } from "./sftp/transferCancelLatch";
+import { resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests, transferRuntime } from "./sftp/transferRuntime";
+import { resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests } from "./sftp/transferWalkRegistry";
+
+test("Cancel all releases a skipped late failure so one Retry executes while the old walk unwinds", async (t) => {
+  const previousAct = (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+  Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true });
+  const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+  const tasks: TransferTask[] = Array.from({ length: 33 }, (_, index) => ({
+    id: `late-failure-${index}`, fileName: `${index}.bin`,
+    sourcePath: `/source/${index}`, targetPath: `/target/${index}`,
+    sourceConnectionId: "local", targetConnectionId: "remote", targetHostId: "host",
+    direction: "upload", status: "transferring", totalBytes: 8, transferredBytes: 0,
+    speed: 0, startTime: Date.now() + index, isDirectory: false, resumable: true,
+  }));
+  const later = tasks[32];
+  let release!: () => void;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | undefined;
+  let actions: ReturnType<typeof useGlobalSftpTransferActions> | undefined;
+  function Probe() {
+    actions = useGlobalSftpTransferActions(store.getSnapshot().tasks);
+    return null;
+  }
+  store.publishOwner("closed-panel", tasks);
+  const walking = transferRuntime.runWalk(later.id, async () => { await held; });
+  t.after(async () => {
+    release();
+    await walking;
+    await act(async () => { renderer?.unmount(); });
+    store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(null);
+    for (const task of tasks) store.dismiss(task.id);
+    netcattyBridge.get = originalGet;
+    resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+    resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+    resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests();
+    Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: previousAct });
+  });
+  const cancellations: string[] = [];
+  netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+    cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+      cancellations.push(id);
+      if (id === tasks[0].id) store.patchTask(later.id, { status: "failed", error: "Connection lost" });
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+    resumeTransfer: async () => ({ success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" }),
+    clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {}, cleanupTransferArtifacts: async () => {},
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+  let retries = 0;
+  store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => { retries += 1; return { success: true }; });
+  await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Probe)); });
+  await act(async () => { await actions!.cancelAll(); });
+  assert.equal(cancellations.length, 32, "the late failure must be skipped by the second batch");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask(later.id)?.status, "failed");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask(later.id)?.error, "Connection lost");
+  assert.equal(transferRuntime.isWalkInFlight(later.id), true);
+
+  await store.retry(later.id);
+
+  assert.equal(retries, 1, "one Retry must reach recovery instead of being swallowed by the pre-latch");
+  assert.equal(store.getTask(later.id)?.status, "completed");
+  assert.equal(isTransferOrRootCancelled(later.id), false);
+});
+
+for (const firstCancelSucceeds of [true, false]) {
+  test(`Cancel all dispatches later batches before walk settlement: success=${firstCancelSucceeds}`, async (t) => {
+    const previousAct = (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+    Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true });
+    const originalGet = netcattyBridge.get;
+    const tasks: TransferTask[] = Array.from({ length: 33 }, (_, index) => ({
+      id: `dispatch-${firstCancelSucceeds}-${index}`, fileName: `${index}.bin`,
+      sourcePath: `/source/${index}`, targetPath: `/target/${index}`,
+      sourceConnectionId: "local", targetConnectionId: "remote", targetHostId: "host",
+      direction: "upload", status: "transferring", totalBytes: 8, transferredBytes: 0,
+      speed: 0, startTime: Date.now() + index, isDirectory: false, resumable: true,
+    }));
+    let release!: () => void;
+    const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+    let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | undefined;
+    let actions: ReturnType<typeof useGlobalSftpTransferActions> | undefined;
+    let cancelling: Promise<void> | undefined;
+    function Probe() {
+      actions = useGlobalSftpTransferActions(store.getSnapshot().tasks);
+      return null;
+    }
+    store.publishOwner("closed-panel", tasks);
+    const first = tasks[0].id;
+    const walking = transferRuntime.runWalk(first, async () => { await held; });
+    t.after(async () => {
+      release();
+      await walking;
+      await act(async () => { await cancelling; renderer?.unmount(); });
+      store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(null);
+      for (const task of tasks) store.dismiss(task.id);
+      netcattyBridge.get = originalGet;
+      resetTransferCancelLatchesForTests();
+      resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
+      resetTransferRuntimeRunsForTests();
+      Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: previousAct });
+    });
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    const cleaned: string[] = [];
+    let active = 0;
+    let peak = 0;
+    let recoveryCalls = 0;
+    netcattyBridge.get = () => ({
+      cancelTransfer: async (id: string) => {
+        calls.push(id);
+        peak = Math.max(peak, ++active);
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+        active -= 1;
+        return { success: id !== first || firstCancelSucceeds };
+      },
+      clearPendingTransferCancel: async () => {},
+      cleanupTransferArtifacts: async ({ transferId }: { transferId: string }) => { cleaned.push(transferId); },
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof netcattyBridge.get>);
+    store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => { recoveryCalls += 1; return { success: true }; });
+    await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Probe)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      cancelling = actions!.cancelAll();
+      for (let tick = 0; tick < 5; tick += 1) await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    });
+    assert.equal(calls.length, 33, "the later active stream must receive cancellation before the first walk finishes");
+    assert.ok(peak > 1 && peak <= 32, "backend cancellation remains bounded");
+    assert.equal(transferRuntime.isWalkInFlight(first), true);
+    assert.equal(isTransferOrRootCancelled(first), true, "dispatch completion must not clear the old walk latch");
+    assert.equal(cleaned.includes(first), false, "artifact cleanup still waits for settlement");
+    let resumeFinished = false;
+    const resuming = store.resume(first).then(() => { resumeFinished = true; });
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    assert.equal(resumeFinished, false, "Resume must still wait for the cancelling walk");
+    assert.equal(recoveryCalls, 0);
+    release();
+    await Promise.all([walking, cancelling, resuming]);
+    assert.equal(recoveryCalls, firstCancelSucceeds ? 0 : 1);
+    assert.equal(store.getTask(first)?.status, firstCancelSucceeds ? "cancelled" : "completed");
+  });
+}

application/state/useGlobalSftpTransferActions.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,95 @@
-import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import type { TransferTask } from "../../domain/models";
 import {
   getGlobalTransferBatchEligibility,
+  listGloballyCancellableTransferIds,
   listGloballyPausableTransferIds,
   listGloballyResumableTransferIds,
 } from "../../domain/sftpTransferActions";
 import { sftpTransferCenterStore } from "./sftpTransferCenterStore";
+import { globalSftpTransferScheduler } from "./sftp/globalTransferScheduler";
+import { clearTransferCancelledTree, markTransferCancelledTree } from "./sftp/transferCancelLatch";
+import { transferRuntime } from "./sftp/transferRuntime";
 
 export function useGlobalSftpTransferActions(tasks: readonly TransferTask[]) {
+  const cancellingRef = useRef(false);
+  const [isCancelling, setIsCancelling] = useState(false);
   const batchEligibility = useMemo(
     () => getGlobalTransferBatchEligibility(tasks),
     [tasks],
   );
   const pauseAll = useCallback(() => {
+    // Ignore clicks racing a cancelAll batch: re-enabling these tasks would
+    // restart work cancelAll has already pre-cancelled at the scheduler.
+    if (cancellingRef.current) return;
     for (const taskId of listGloballyPausableTransferIds(tasks)) {
       void sftpTransferCenterStore.pause(taskId);
     }
   }, [tasks]);
   const resumeAll = useCallback(() => {
+    if (cancellingRef.current) return;
     for (const taskId of listGloballyResumableTransferIds(tasks)) {
       void sftpTransferCenterStore.resume(taskId);
     }
   }, [tasks]);
 
-  return { batchEligibility, pauseAll, resumeAll };
+  const cancelAll = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (cancellingRef.current) return;
+    cancellingRef.current = true;
+    setIsCancelling(true);
+    const currentTasks = transferRuntime.getSnapshot().tasks;
+    const ids = listGloballyCancellableTransferIds(currentTasks);
+    try {
+      // Stop queued work before yielding to IPC, including children of folder
+      // transfers. Otherwise later batches could start while earlier ones stop.
+      const selected = new Set(ids);
+      const children = new Map<string, string[]>();
+      for (const task of currentTasks) {
+        if (!task.parentTaskId || !selected.has(task.parentTaskId)
+          || ["completed", "failed", "cancelled"].includes(task.status)) continue;
+        const idsForParent = children.get(task.parentTaskId) ?? [];
+        idsForParent.push(task.id);
+        children.set(task.parentTaskId, idsForParent);
+        globalSftpTransferScheduler.cancel(task.id);
+      }
+      for (const id of ids) {
+        markTransferCancelledTree(id, children.get(id));
+        globalSftpTransferScheduler.cancel(id);
+      }
+      // Bound IPC work for large queues while active transfers stop promptly.
+      for (let offset = 0; offset < ids.length; offset += 32) {
+        await Promise.all(ids.slice(offset, offset + 32).map(async (taskId) => {
+          const current = transferRuntime.getTask(taskId);
+          // "failed" is terminal here just like the initial eligibility filter:
+          // a queued task can fail naturally while its cancel batch awaits IPC,
+          // and cancel's owner/orphan recovery paths would repaint the row as
+          // cancelled, hiding the real failure and its diagnostic.
+          if (!current || ["completed", "failed", "cancelled"].includes(current.status)) {
+            // No cancel invocation will own this pre-latch. Release it here so
+            // Retry is not discarded while the finished walk is unwinding.
+            clearTransferCancelledTree(taskId, children.get(taskId));
+            return;
+          }
+          try {
+            await transferRuntime.cancel(taskId);
+          } catch {
+            // The row is kept in attention for recovery, so the pre-installed
+            // cancellation latch must be dropped or a later Resume is rejected
+            // outright by admitTaskRun's cancelled-root check.
+            clearTransferCancelledTree(taskId, children.get(taskId));
+            sftpTransferCenterStore.patchTask(taskId, {
+              status: "attention",
+              error: "Could not cancel transfer. Please try again.",
+            });
+          }
+        }));
+      }
+    } finally {
+      cancellingRef.current = false;
+      setIsCancelling(false);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return { batchEligibility, pauseAll, resumeAll, cancelAll, isCancelling };
 }

application/state/useHostConnectionTest.test.ts

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+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test, { mock } from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from "react-test-renderer";
+
+import type { Host } from "../../domain/models.ts";
+import { useHostConnectionTest } from "./useHostConnectionTest.ts";
+
+type HookApi = ReturnType<typeof useHostConnectionTest>;
+
+const targetHost: Host = {
+  id: "host-1",
+  label: "Target",
+  hostname: "target.example.test",
+  port: 22,
+  username: "alice",
+  password: "secret",
+  tags: [],
+  os: "linux",
+  protocol: "ssh",
+  // Shorter than the fixed 15s test auth timeout sent to the bridge.
+  sshAuthReadyTimeoutSeconds: 5,
+};
+
+test("connection test countdown follows the probe timeouts and invalidates the attempt on timeout", async (t) => {
+  const actEnvironment = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
+  const previousActEnvironment = actEnvironment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+  actEnvironment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+  const previousWindowDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+
+  let resolveProbe: (value: unknown) => void = () => {};
+  const cancelled: string[] = [];
+  const startedSessionIds: string[] = [];
+  const bridge = {
+    testConnection: (options: { sessionId: string }) => {
+      startedSessionIds.push(options.sessionId);
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        resolveProbe = resolve;
+      });
+    },
+    cancelTestConnection: async (sessionId: string) => {
+      cancelled.push(sessionId);
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+    onChainProgress: () => () => {},
+    onHostKeyVerification: () => () => {},
+    respondHostKeyVerification: async () => ({ success: true }),
+  };
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", {
+    configurable: true,
+    writable: true,
+    value: { netcatty: bridge },
+  });
+
+  mock.timers.enable({ apis: ["setTimeout", "setInterval"] });
+  let api: HookApi | null = null;
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null;
+  const Probe = () => {
+    api = useHostConnectionTest({ host: targetHost, hosts: [targetHost], keys: [] });
+    return null;
+  };
+  const current = () => {
+    assert.ok(api);
+    return api;
+  };
+
+  t.after(async () => {
+    await act(async () => {
+      renderer?.unmount();
+    });
+    mock.timers.reset();
+    if (previousWindowDescriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindowDescriptor);
+    else delete (globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window;
+    actEnvironment.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previousActEnvironment;
+  });
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    renderer = create(React.createElement(Probe));
+  });
+  await act(async () => {
+    void current().startTest();
+  });
+  assert.equal(current().state.status, "connecting");
+  // 8s TCP + 15s auth sent to the bridge, plus a 2s grace.
+  assert.equal(current().state.timeLeft, 25);
+
+  // The host's own 5s auth timeout must not end the test early.
+  await act(async () => {
+    mock.timers.tick(6000);
+  });
+  assert.equal(current().state.status, "connecting");
+  assert.deepEqual(cancelled, []);
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    mock.timers.tick(19_000);
+  });
+  assert.equal(current().state.status, "disconnected");
+  assert.equal(current().state.error, "Connection timed out. Please try again.");
+  assert.deepEqual(cancelled, startedSessionIds, "timeout must cancel the in-flight probe");
+
+  // A late success from the cancelled probe must not overwrite the timeout.
+  await act(async () => {
+    resolveProbe({ sessionId: startedSessionIds[0], testResult: "connected" });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+  });
+  assert.equal(current().state.status, "disconnected");
+  assert.equal(current().state.error, "Connection timed out. Please try again.");
+});

application/state/useHostConnectionTest.ts

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+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import type { GroupConfig, Host, Identity, KnownHost, ProxyProfile, SSHKey, TerminalSettings } from "../../domain/models";
+import type { HostKeyInfo } from "../../domain/hostKey";
+import { toHostKeyInfo } from "../../domain/hostKey";
+import { createKnownHostFromHostKeyInfo } from "../../domain/knownHosts";
+import {
+  buildHostConnectionTestPlan,
+  formatConnectionTestProgressLog,
+  resolveHostConnectionTestDeadlineMs,
+  type HostConnectionTestAuthOverride,
+} from "../../domain/hostConnectionTest";
+import { useTerminalBackend } from "./useTerminalBackend";
+
+export type ChainProgress = {
+  currentHop: number;
+  totalHops: number;
+  currentHostLabel: string;
+  connectionPhase: string;
+} | null;
+
+export type HostKeyVerificationState = {
+  requestId: string;
+  hostKeyInfo: HostKeyInfo;
+};
+
+export type HostConnectionTestStatus = "idle" | "connecting" | "connected" | "disconnected";
+
+export type HostConnectionTestState = {
+  status: HostConnectionTestStatus;
+  error: string | null;
+  needsAuth: boolean;
+  progressValue: number;
+  chainProgress: ChainProgress;
+  progressLogs: string[];
+  hostKeyVerification: HostKeyVerificationState | null;
+  timeLeft: number;
+  isAwaitingUserInput: boolean;
+  isCancelling: boolean;
+};
+
+export type HostConnectionTestInput = {
+  host: Host;
+  hosts: Host[];
+  keys: SSHKey[];
+  identities?: Identity[];
+  knownHosts?: KnownHost[];
+  groupConfigs?: GroupConfig[];
+  proxyProfiles?: ProxyProfile[];
+  terminalSettings?: TerminalSettings;
+  onAddKnownHost?: (knownHost: KnownHost) => void;
+};
+
+const messageOf = (err: unknown): string => (err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+
+export function useHostConnectionTest(input: HostConnectionTestInput) {
+  const {
+    host,
+    hosts,
+    keys,
+    identities = [],
+    knownHosts,
+    groupConfigs = [],
+    proxyProfiles = [],
+    terminalSettings,
+    onAddKnownHost,
+  } = input;
+  const backend = useTerminalBackend();
+
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<HostConnectionTestStatus>("idle");
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [needsAuth, setNeedsAuth] = useState(false);
+  const [progressValue, setProgressValue] = useState(0);
+  const [chainProgress, setChainProgress] = useState<ChainProgress>(null);
+  const [progressLogs, setProgressLogs] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [hostKeyVerification, setHostKeyVerification] = useState<HostKeyVerificationState | null>(null);
+  const [timeLeft, setTimeLeft] = useState(0);
+  const [isAwaitingUserInput, setIsAwaitingUserInput] = useState(false);
+  const [isCancelling, setIsCancelling] = useState(false);
+
+  const sessionIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const bootEpochRef = useRef(0);
+  const pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const disposedRef = useRef(false);
+  // Deadline of the active attempt, derived from the options actually sent to
+  // the bridge so the countdown matches the probe's real timeouts.
+  const deadlineMsRef = useRef(0);
+
+  const resetState = useCallback(() => {
+    setError(null);
+    setNeedsAuth(false);
+    setProgressValue(0);
+    setChainProgress(null);
+    setProgressLogs([]);
+    setHostKeyVerification(null);
+    setIsAwaitingUserInput(false);
+    setIsCancelling(false);
+    setTimeLeft(0);
+    pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current = null;
+  }, []);
+
+  const clearSession = useCallback(() => {
+    const sessionId = sessionIdRef.current;
+    sessionIdRef.current = null;
+    if (sessionId && !disposedRef.current) {
+      void backend.cancelTestConnection(sessionId).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }, [backend]);
+
+  // Unmount cleanup. The per-attempt subscriptions below dispose themselves via
+  // their own effect returns; nothing here touches them.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    disposedRef.current = false;
+    return () => {
+      disposedRef.current = true;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  // Subscribe to chain progress for the active attempt.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unsub = backend.onChainProgress?.((sessionId, hop, total, label, phase, phaseError) => {
+      if (sessionId !== sessionIdRef.current) return;
+      if (total > 1) {
+        setChainProgress({
+          currentHop: hop,
+          totalHops: total,
+          currentHostLabel: label,
+          connectionPhase: phase,
+        });
+      }
+      setProgressLogs((prev) => [
+        ...prev,
+        formatConnectionTestProgressLog({ hop, total, label, phase, error: phaseError }),
+      ]);
+      const hopProgress = (hop / total) * 80 + 10;
+      setProgressValue((prev) => Math.max(prev, Math.min(95, hopProgress)));
+      setIsAwaitingUserInput(phase === "auth-attempt" && phaseError === "waiting for user input...");
+    });
+    return () => unsub?.();
+  }, [backend]);
+
+  // Subscribe to host-key verification for the active attempt.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unsub = backend.onHostKeyVerification?.((request) => {
+      if (request.sessionId !== sessionIdRef.current) return;
+      pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current = request.requestId;
+      setHostKeyVerification({
+        requestId: request.requestId,
+        hostKeyInfo: toHostKeyInfo(request),
+      });
+    });
+    return () => unsub?.();
+  }, [backend]);
+
+  const respondHostKey = useCallback(
+    (requestId: string, accept: boolean, addToKnownHosts: boolean, hostKeyInfo: HostKeyInfo) => {
+      if (accept && addToKnownHosts && onAddKnownHost) {
+        onAddKnownHost(createKnownHostFromHostKeyInfo(hostKeyInfo));
+      }
+      void backend.respondHostKeyVerification(requestId, accept, addToKnownHosts);
+      pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current = null;
+      setHostKeyVerification(null);
+    },
+    [backend, onAddKnownHost],
+  );
+
+  const handleHostKeyContinue = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!hostKeyVerification) return;
+    respondHostKey(hostKeyVerification.requestId, true, false, hostKeyVerification.hostKeyInfo);
+  }, [hostKeyVerification, respondHostKey]);
+
+  const handleHostKeyAddAndContinue = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!hostKeyVerification) return;
+    respondHostKey(hostKeyVerification.requestId, true, true, hostKeyVerification.hostKeyInfo);
+  }, [hostKeyVerification, respondHostKey]);
+
+  const handleHostKeyClose = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!hostKeyVerification) return;
+    respondHostKey(hostKeyVerification.requestId, false, false, hostKeyVerification.hostKeyInfo);
+  }, [hostKeyVerification, respondHostKey]);
+
+  const startTest = useCallback(
+    async (authOverride?: HostConnectionTestAuthOverride | null) => {
+      clearSession();
+      resetState();
+
+      const sessionId = crypto.randomUUID();
+      const bootEpoch = (bootEpochRef.current += 1);
+      sessionIdRef.current = sessionId;
+
+      const plan = buildHostConnectionTestPlan({
+        host,
+        hosts,
+        keys,
+        identities,
+        knownHosts,
+        groupConfigs,
+        proxyProfiles,
+        terminalSettings: terminalSettings
+          ? {
+              keepaliveInterval: terminalSettings.keepaliveInterval,
+              keepaliveCountMax: terminalSettings.keepaliveCountMax,
+              verifyHostKeys: terminalSettings.verifyHostKeys,
+            }
+          : undefined,
+        sessionId,
+        bootEpoch,
+        authOverride,
+      });
+
+      if (!plan.ok) {
+        setError(plan.error);
+        setStatus("disconnected");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (plan.needsCredentialReentry) {
+        setNeedsAuth(true);
+        setStatus("connecting");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      deadlineMsRef.current = resolveHostConnectionTestDeadlineMs(plan.options);
+      setStatus("connecting");
+      setIsAwaitingUserInput(false);
+
+      try {
+        await backend.testConnection(plan.options);
+        if (disposedRef.current || sessionIdRef.current !== sessionId) return;
+        setProgressValue(100);
+        setChainProgress(null);
+        setStatus("connected");
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (disposedRef.current || sessionIdRef.current !== sessionId) return;
+        setError(messageOf(err));
+        setStatus("disconnected");
+      }
+    },
+    [
+      backend,
+      clearSession,
+      groupConfigs,
+      host,
+      hosts,
+      identities,
+      keys,
+      knownHosts,
+      proxyProfiles,
+      resetState,
+      terminalSettings,
+    ],
+  );
+
+  const submitAuth = useCallback(
+    (auth: HostConnectionTestAuthOverride) => {
+      void startTest(auth);
+    },
+    [startTest],
+  );
+
+  const cancelTest = useCallback(() => {
+    setIsCancelling(true);
+    // Reject any pending host-key prompt so the dial fails fast, then clear
+    // this attempt's session. An in-flight TCP/auth dial without a prompt
+    // settles on its own (it is not registered as a terminal session).
+    if (pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current) {
+      void backend.respondHostKeyVerification(pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current, false, false);
+      pendingHostKeyRequestIdRef.current = null;
+      setHostKeyVerification(null);
+    }
+    clearSession();
+    setStatus("idle");
+    setNeedsAuth(false);
+    setError(null);
+  }, [backend, clearSession]);
+
+  // Connection timeout countdown + gentle progress while connecting.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (status !== "connecting" || needsAuth || hostKeyVerification || isAwaitingUserInput) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const deadlineMs = deadlineMsRef.current;
+    if (deadlineMs <= 0) return;
+    setTimeLeft(Math.ceil(deadlineMs / 1000));
+    const countdown = setInterval(() => {
+      setTimeLeft((prev) => (prev > 0 ? prev - 1 : 0));
+    }, 1000);
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      // Cancel the probe and invalidate this attempt so a late success or
+      // failure from the bridge cannot overwrite the timeout outcome.
+      clearSession();
+      setError("Connection timed out. Please try again.");
+      setStatus("disconnected");
+    }, deadlineMs);
+    const prog = setInterval(() => {
+      setProgressValue((prev) => {
+        if (prev >= 95) return prev;
+        const remaining = 95 - prev;
+        return Math.min(95, prev + Math.max(1, remaining * 0.15));
+      });
+    }, 200);
+    return () => {
+      clearInterval(countdown);
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      clearInterval(prog);
+    };
+  }, [status, needsAuth, hostKeyVerification, isAwaitingUserInput, clearSession]);
+
+  return {
+    state: {
+      status,
+      error,
+      needsAuth,
+      progressValue,
+      chainProgress,
+      progressLogs,
+      hostKeyVerification,
+      timeLeft,
+      isAwaitingUserInput,
+      isCancelling,
+    } satisfies HostConnectionTestState,
+    startTest,
+    submitAuth,
+    cancelTest,
+    retry: () => void startTest(),
+    handleHostKeyContinue,
+    handleHostKeyAddAndContinue,
+    handleHostKeyClose,
+  };
+}

application/state/useHostOpenSessionReuse.test.ts

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import React from 'react';
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer';
+import type { GroupConfig, Host, Identity, SSHKey, TerminalSession } from '../../domain/models';
+import { updateRestoredSessionStatusState } from './sessionRestoreState';
+import { resolveEffectiveTerminalHost, resolveTerminalSessionHost } from '../../domain/terminalHostResolution';
+import { createHostTerminalSession } from './sessionFactories';
+import { resolveHostDefaultLocalShell } from '../../domain/localShellHost';
+import { useHostOpenSessionReuse } from './useHostOpenSessionReuse';
+import { resolveShellSetting } from '../../lib/useDiscoveredShells';
+
+(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+const effective = (host: Host) => host;
+const host = (extra: Partial<Host> = {}): Host => ({
+  id: 'host', hostname: 'original.invalid', username: 'user', label: 'Original', os: 'linux', tags: [], protocol: 'ssh', ...extra,
+});
+
+async function harness(initial: Host, extra: { hosts?: Host[]; keys?: SSHKey[]; identities?: Identity[]; sessions?: TerminalSession[]; resolveEffectiveHost?: (host: Host) => Host } = {}) {
+  let hosts = [initial, ...(extra.hosts ?? [])];
+  let keys = extra.keys ?? [];
+  let identities = extra.identities ?? [];
+  let sessions: TerminalSession[] = extra.sessions ?? [{ ...createHostTerminalSession('tab', initial), status: 'connected' }];
+  let find: ReturnType<typeof useHostOpenSessionReuse>;
+  function Harness() {
+    find = useHostOpenSessionReuse({ sessions, hosts, keys, identities, resolveEffectiveHost: extra.resolveEffectiveHost ?? effective });
+    return null;
+  }
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer;
+  await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Harness)); });
+  return {
+    find: () => find(initial.id),
+    async update(input: { host?: Host; hosts?: Host[]; keys?: SSHKey[]; identities?: Identity[]; sessions?: TerminalSession[] }) {
+      hosts = input.hosts ?? (input.host ? [input.host, ...hosts.slice(1)] : hosts);
+      keys = input.keys ?? keys;
+      identities = input.identities ?? identities;
+      sessions = input.sessions ?? sessions;
+      await act(async () => renderer.update(React.createElement(Harness)));
+    },
+    close: () => act(async () => renderer.unmount()),
+  };
+}
+
+for (const [field, value] of [
+  ['hostname', 'replacement.invalid'], ['username', 'other-user'], ['port', 2222],
+  ['protocol', 'telnet'], ['password', 'new-password'], ['authMethod', 'key'],
+  ['hostChain', { hostIds: ['jump'] }],
+  ['proxyConfig', { type: 'socks5', host: 'proxy.invalid', port: 1080 }],
+] as const) {
+  test(`a saved ${field} edit cannot reuse the old tab`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ password: 'old-password', authMethod: 'password' });
+    const api = await harness(original, { hosts: [host({ id: 'jump', hostname: 'jump.invalid' })] });
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, [field]: value } });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  });
+}
+
+test('renaming the target and jump host keeps the same tab eligible', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ hostChain: { hostIds: ['jump'] } });
+  const jump = host({ id: 'jump', hostname: 'jump.invalid' });
+  const api = await harness(original, { hosts: [jump] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  await api.update({ hosts: [{ ...original, label: 'Renamed', fontSize: 16, notes: 'Updated note' }, { ...jump, label: 'Renamed jump' }] });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+});
+
+test('changing a jump endpoint or its password rejects the original connection', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ hostChain: { hostIds: ['jump'] } });
+  const jump = host({ id: 'jump', hostname: 'jump.invalid', password: 'old' });
+  const api = await harness(original, { hosts: [jump] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  for (const changed of [{ ...jump, hostname: 'new-jump.invalid' }, { ...jump, password: 'new' }]) {
+    await api.update({ hosts: [original, changed] });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  }
+});
+
+test('rotating a referenced identity or key keeps stable IDs from masking auth changes', async (t) => {
+  const identity: Identity = { id: 'identity', label: 'Login', username: 'user', password: 'old', authMethod: 'password', created: 0 };
+  const original = host({ identityId: identity.id });
+  const api = await harness(original, { identities: [identity] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ identities: [{ ...identity, password: 'rotated' }] });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  const key: SSHKey = { id: 'key', label: 'Key', type: 'ED25519', privateKey: 'old-key', source: 'generated', category: 'key', created: 0 };
+  const keyHost = host({ identityFileId: key.id, authMethod: 'key' });
+  const keyApi = await harness(keyHost, { keys: [key] });
+  t.after(keyApi.close);
+  assert.equal((await keyApi.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await keyApi.update({ keys: [{ ...key, privateKey: 'rotated-key' }] });
+  assert.equal(await keyApi.find(), undefined);
+});
+
+for (const [field, value] of [
+  ['baudRate', 19200], ['dataBits', 7], ['stopBits', 2], ['parity', 'even'], ['flowControl', 'rts/cts'],
+] as const) {
+  test(`a serial ${field} edit must not reuse the opening parameters`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ protocol: 'serial', hostname: '/dev/tty.test', username: '', serialConfig: { path: '/dev/tty.test', baudRate: 9600, dataBits: 8, stopBits: 1, parity: 'none', flowControl: 'none' } });
+    const api = await harness(original);
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, serialConfig: { ...original.serialConfig!, [field]: value } } });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  });
+}
+
+test('unchanged legacy serial defaults still match their opening snapshot', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'serial', hostname: '/dev/tty.test', username: '', port: 9600 });
+  const api = await harness(original);
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+});
+
+test('the captured serial settings come from the opening session even if the vault was already edited', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'serial', hostname: '/dev/tty.test', username: '', serialConfig: { path: '/dev/tty.test', baudRate: 9600 } });
+  const session: TerminalSession = { ...createHostTerminalSession('tab', original), status: 'connected' };
+  const api = await harness({ ...original, serialConfig: { ...original.serialConfig!, baudRate: 19200 } }, { sessions: [session] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+});
+
+for (const changedField of ['configuration', 'credentialId'] as const) {
+  test(`a restored plugin tab keeps its opening ${changedField} after manual reconnect`, async (t) => {
+    const providerId = 'com.example.transport.connection';
+    const original = host({ protocol: `plugin:${providerId}`, pluginConnection: { providerId, configuration: { endpoint: 'original.invalid' }, credentialId: 'original-credential-reference' } });
+    const edited = { ...original, pluginConnection: { ...original.pluginConnection!, [changedField]: changedField === 'configuration' ? { endpoint: 'replacement.invalid' } : 'replacement-credential-reference' } };
+    const restored: TerminalSession = { ...createHostTerminalSession('tab', original), status: 'disconnected', restoreState: 'restored-disconnected' };
+    const api = await harness(edited, { sessions: [restored] });
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+    const reconnecting = updateRestoredSessionStatusState([restored], restored.id, 'connecting');
+    const actual = resolveTerminalSessionHost({ session: reconnecting[0], hosts: [edited], groupConfigs: [], proxyProfiles: [], localOs: 'linux' });
+    assert.deepEqual(actual.pluginConnection, original.pluginConnection, 'the real terminal resolver uses the restored opening configuration');
+    await api.update({ sessions: reconnecting });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined, 'host_open must not call that old transport the edited vault connection');
+  });
+}
+
+test('an unchanged restored plugin configuration can be reused after manual reconnect', async (t) => {
+  const providerId = 'com.example.transport.connection';
+  const original = host({ protocol: `plugin:${providerId}`, pluginConnection: { providerId, configuration: { endpoint: 'original.invalid' } } });
+  const restored: TerminalSession = { ...createHostTerminalSession('tab', original), status: 'disconnected', restoreState: 'restored-disconnected' };
+  const api = await harness({ ...original, label: 'Renamed' }, { sessions: [restored] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  await api.update({ sessions: updateRestoredSessionStatusState([restored], restored.id, 'connecting') });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+});
+
+for (const [field, value] of [
+  ['telnetPort', 2324], ['telnetUsername', 'other-telnet-user'], ['telnetPassword', 'rotated-telnet-password'],
+] as const) {
+  test(`a Telnet ${field} edit cannot reuse the old transport`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ protocol: 'telnet', telnetPort: 2323, telnetUsername: 'telnet-user', telnetPassword: 'telnet-password' });
+    const api = await harness(original);
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, [field]: value } });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  });
+}
+
+test('Telnet identity credential rotation and missing identity reject reuse', async (t) => {
+  const identity: Identity = { id: 'telnet-login', label: 'Telnet login', username: 'telnet-user', password: 'original', authMethod: 'password', created: 0 };
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'telnet', telnetIdentityId: identity.id });
+  const api = await harness(original, { identities: [identity] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  for (const identities of [[{ ...identity, username: 'other-user' }], [{ ...identity, password: 'rotated' }], []]) {
+    await api.update({ identities });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  }
+});
+
+test('Telnet explicit empty login does not fall back to SSH login fields', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'telnet', telnetUsername: '', telnetPassword: '', password: 'ssh-only' });
+  const api = await harness(original);
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, label: 'Renamed', username: 'unrelated-ssh-user', password: 'unrelated-ssh-password', identityId: 'missing-ssh-identity', telnetPort: 23 } });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, telnetUsername: undefined, telnetPassword: undefined } });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined, 'removing explicit empty overrides enables the actual fallback login');
+});
+
+for (const transport of [{ protocol: 'et' as const }, { protocol: 'ssh' as const, etEnabled: true }]) {
+  test(`changing a jump ET server port rejects the old ${JSON.stringify(transport)} transport`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ ...transport, hostChain: { hostIds: ['jump'] } });
+    const jump = host({ id: 'jump', hostname: 'jump.invalid', etPort: 2022 });
+    const api = await harness(original, { hosts: [jump] });
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ hosts: [original, { ...jump, etPort: 3022 }] });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  });
+}
+
+test('serial direct auto-login password is not masked by an unrelated SSH identity', async (t) => {
+  const identity: Identity = { id: 'ssh-login', label: 'SSH login', username: 'ssh-user', password: 'ssh-password', authMethod: 'password', created: 0 };
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'serial', hostname: '/dev/tty.test', username: '', password: 'serial-password', identityId: identity.id });
+  const api = await harness(original, { identities: [identity] });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, password: 'rotated-serial-password' } });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+});
+
+test('unchanged serial direct username matches the actual auto-login input', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'serial', hostname: '/dev/tty.test', username: 'serial-user', password: 'serial-password' });
+  const api = await harness(original);
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, username: 'other-serial-user' } });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+});
+
+for (const [field, value] of [
+  ['localShell', '/bin/bash'], ['localShellArgs', ['--norc']], ['localStartDir', '/replacement'],
+] as const) {
+  test(`a saved local ${field} edit cannot reuse the old process`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost', localShell: '/bin/zsh', localShellArgs: ['-l'], localStartDir: '/original' });
+    const session = { ...createHostTerminalSession('tab', original), status: 'connected', localShell: original.localShell, localShellArgs: original.localShellArgs, localStartDir: original.localStartDir } as TerminalSession;
+    const api = await harness(original, { sessions: [session] });
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, [field]: value } });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+    const alreadyEdited = await harness({ ...original, [field]: value }, { sessions: [session] });
+    t.after(alreadyEdited.close);
+    assert.equal(await alreadyEdited.find(), undefined, 'opening fields come from the actual local session');
+  });
+}
+
+test('local default shell, cwd and empty args match the renderer launch contract', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost' });
+  const api = await harness(original);
+  t.after(api.close);
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, localShell: '', localStartDir: '', label: 'Renamed' } });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, localShellArgs: [] } });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab', 'the renderer omits empty args so backend login defaults still apply');
+});
+
+for (const [label, proxy] of [
+  ['a missing saved profile', { proxyProfileId: 'missing-profile' }],
+  ['a usable proxy', { proxyConfig: { type: 'socks5', host: 'proxy.invalid', port: 1080 } }],
+  ['a missing proxy identity', { proxyConfig: { type: 'socks5', host: '', port: 0, identityId: 'missing-identity' } }],
+  ['an incomplete proxy identity', { proxyConfig: { type: 'socks5', host: '', port: 0, identityId: 'incomplete-identity' } }],
+] as const) {
+  test(`Telnet adding ${label} cannot bypass actual starter rejection through reuse`, async (t) => {
+    const original = host({ protocol: 'telnet' });
+    const api = await harness(original, { identities: [{ id: 'incomplete-identity', label: 'Incomplete', username: 'proxy-user', authMethod: 'password', created: 0 }] });
+    t.after(api.close);
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, ...proxy } });
+    assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+    await api.update({ host: { ...original, label: 'Renamed without a proxy' } });
+    assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  });
+}
+
+test('Telnet inheriting a proxy profile cannot reuse its previous direct session', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'telnet', group: 'prod/web' });
+  const groupConfigs: GroupConfig[] = [];
+  const proxyProfiles = [{ id: 'group-proxy', label: 'Proxy', createdAt: 0, config: { type: 'socks5' as const, host: 'proxy.invalid', port: 1080 } }];
+  const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveEffectiveTerminalHost({ host: candidate, groupConfigs, proxyProfiles });
+  const api = await harness(original, { resolveEffectiveHost });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  groupConfigs.push({ path: 'prod', proxyProfileId: 'group-proxy' });
+  assert.equal(resolveEffectiveHost(original).proxyConfig?.host, 'proxy.invalid');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original } });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+});
+
+for (const owner of ['saved', 'global'] as const) {
+  for (const [field, changed] of [
+    ['localShell', '/bin/zsh'], ['localShellArgs', ['--norc']], ['localStartDir', '/project-b'],
+  ] as const) {
+    test(`local launch snapshot survives ${owner} ${field} edits and unchanged defaults reuse`, async (t) => {
+      const settings = { localShell: '/bin/bash', localShellArgs: undefined as string[] | undefined, localStartDir: '/project-a' };
+      const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost', ...(owner === 'saved' ? settings : {}) });
+      const context = {
+        terminalSettings: settings,
+        resolveShellSetting: (command: string, _shells: DiscoveredShell[], args?: string[]) => ({ command, args }),
+      };
+      const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(candidate, context);
+      const launched = { ...createHostTerminalSession('launched', resolveEffectiveHost(original)), status: 'connected' as const };
+      const api = await harness(original, { sessions: [launched], resolveEffectiveHost });
+      t.after(api.close);
+      assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, launched.id, 'undefined settings args and [] snapshot launch identically');
+      const edited = owner === 'saved' ? { ...original, [field]: changed } : original;
+      if (owner === 'global') Object.assign(settings, { [field]: changed });
+      await api.update({ host: edited });
+      assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined, 'an edited launch must not return the old process');
+      const copy = resolveTerminalSessionHost({ session: launched, hosts: [edited], groupConfigs: [], proxyProfiles: [], localOs: 'linux', defaultLocalShell: context });
+      assert.equal(copy.localShell, '/bin/bash');
+      assert.deepEqual(copy.localShellArgs, []);
+      assert.equal(copy.localStartDir, '/project-a');
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+test('home and backend-default snapshots do not inherit later global or saved settings', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost' });
+  const settings: { localShell?: string; localStartDir?: string } = {};
+  const context = { terminalSettings: settings, resolveShellSetting: (command: string) => command ? { command } : null };
+  const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(candidate, context);
+  const launched = { ...createHostTerminalSession('home-default', resolveEffectiveHost(original)), status: 'connected' as const };
+  assert.equal(launched.localShell, '');
+  assert.equal(launched.localStartDir, '~');
+  const api = await harness(original, { sessions: [launched], resolveEffectiveHost });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, launched.id);
+  Object.assign(settings, { localShell: '/bin/bash', localStartDir: '/new-global' });
+  const edited = { ...original, localShell: '/bin/zsh', localStartDir: '/new-saved' };
+  await api.update({ host: edited });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined);
+  const copied = resolveTerminalSessionHost({ session: launched, hosts: [edited], groupConfigs: [], proxyProfiles: [], localOs: 'linux', defaultLocalShell: context });
+  assert.equal(copied.localShell, '', 'empty captured executable still requests backend default');
+  assert.equal(copied.localStartDir, '~', 'home remains home after a new global directory');
+});
+
+test('saved discovery IDs resolve before snapshot while backend default stays independent of discovery', async (t) => {
+  const saved = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost', localShell: 'bash' });
+  const context = {
+    discoveredShells: [{ id: 'bash', name: 'Bash', command: '/bin/bash', args: ['-l'], icon: 'bash', isDefault: true }],
+    resolveShellSetting: (command: string) => command === 'bash' ? { command: '/bin/bash', args: ['-l'] } : null,
+  };
+  const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(candidate, context);
+  const launched = { ...createHostTerminalSession('discovered', resolveEffectiveHost(saved)), status: 'connected' as const };
+  assert.equal(launched.localShell, '/bin/bash');
+  const api = await harness(saved, { sessions: [launched], resolveEffectiveHost });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, launched.id);
+  const defaultLaunch = resolveEffectiveHost({ ...saved, localShell: undefined });
+  assert.equal(defaultLaunch.localShell, '');
+  assert.equal(defaultLaunch.localShellArgs, undefined);
+});
+
+for (const discovered of [
+  { id: 'bin-bash', name: 'Bash', command: '/bin/bash', args: ['-l'], icon: 'bash' },
+  { id: 'wsl-ubuntu', name: 'Ubuntu', command: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe', args: ['-d', 'Ubuntu'], icon: 'ubuntu' },
+]) {
+  for (const owner of ['saved', 'global'] as const) {
+    test(`cold ${owner} ${discovered.id} reuses after discovery without masking edits`, async (t) => {
+      const settings = { localShell: discovered.id, localStartDir: '/project-a' };
+      const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost', ...(owner === 'saved' ? settings : {}) });
+      const context = { terminalSettings: settings, discoveredShells: [] as DiscoveredShell[], resolveShellSetting };
+      const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(candidate, context);
+      const launched = { ...createHostTerminalSession('cold', resolveEffectiveHost(original)), status: 'connected' as const };
+      assert.equal(launched.localShell, discovered.id);
+      const api = await harness(original, { sessions: [launched], resolveEffectiveHost });
+      t.after(api.close);
+      assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, launched.id);
+      context.discoveredShells = [discovered];
+      await api.update({ host: { ...original } });
+      assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, launched.id, 'discovery resolves the same executable and default arguments');
+      const edited = { ...original, localShell: discovered.command, localShellArgs: ['--edited'], localStartDir: '/project-b' };
+      await api.update({ host: edited });
+      assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined, 'a real path/argument/directory edit still opens a new session');
+      const copy = resolveTerminalSessionHost({ session: launched, hosts: [edited], groupConfigs: [], proxyProfiles: [], localOs: 'linux', defaultLocalShell: context });
+      assert.equal(copy.localShell, discovered.id);
+      assert.deepEqual(copy.localShellArgs, []);
+      assert.equal(copy.localStartDir, '/project-a');
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+test('discovery does not replace an explicit executable or its custom arguments with an alias', async (t) => {
+  const original = host({ protocol: 'local', hostname: 'localhost', localShell: '/bin/bash', localShellArgs: ['--norc'] });
+  const context = { discoveredShells: [] as DiscoveredShell[], resolveShellSetting };
+  const resolveEffectiveHost = (candidate: Host) => resolveHostDefaultLocalShell(candidate, context);
+  const api = await harness(original, { resolveEffectiveHost });
+  t.after(api.close);
+  context.discoveredShells = [{ id: 'bin-bash', name: 'Bash', command: '/bin/bash', args: ['-l'], icon: 'bash' }];
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original } });
+  assert.equal((await api.find())?.sessionId, 'tab');
+  await api.update({ host: { ...original, localShell: 'bin-bash', localShellArgs: undefined } });
+  assert.equal(await api.find(), undefined, 'selecting discovered login defaults changes the actual launch');
+});

application/state/useHostOpenSessionReuse.ts

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+import { useCallback, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import type { Host, Identity, SSHKey, TerminalSession } from '../../domain/models';
+import { findReusableHostSession } from '../../domain/hostOpenSession';
+import { resolveTelnetPassword, resolveTelnetPort, resolveTelnetUsername } from '../../domain/host';
+import { isEncryptedCredentialPlaceholder, sanitizeCredentialValue } from '../../domain/credentials';
+import { resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol } from '../../domain/terminalProtocol';
+import { findIncompleteProxyIdentityId, findMissingProxyIdentityId, hasUsableProxyConfig } from '../../domain/proxyProfiles';
+import { buildSftpHostCredentials } from './sftp/useSftpHostCredentials';
+import { buildTransferPoolKey } from './sftp/transferConnectionPool';
+import { createHostTerminalSession } from './sessionFactories';
+
+type HostOpenSessionReuseInput = {
+  sessions: TerminalSession[];
+  hosts: Host[];
+  keys: SSHKey[];
+  identities: Identity[];
+  resolveEffectiveHost: (host: Host) => Host;
+};
+
+type OpeningConnection = { localHost: Host } | { key: Promise<string | undefined> };
+
+/** Retain the opening connection identity, never credentials in session storage. */
+export function useHostOpenSessionReuse({ sessions, hosts, keys, identities, resolveEffectiveHost }: HostOpenSessionReuseInput) {
+  const openingKeys = useRef(new Map<string, OpeningConnection>());
+  const connectionKey = useCallback((host: Host) => {
+    const protocol = resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol(host);
+    if (protocol === 'local') {
+      const options = {
+        hostname: host.hostname,
+        username: '',
+        localShell: host.localShell || undefined,
+        // The renderer starter omits both absent and empty args so the
+        // backend chooses its discovered/login defaults for either form.
+        localShellArgs: host.localShellArgs?.length ? host.localShellArgs : undefined,
+        localStartDir: host.localStartDir || '~',
+      };
+      return buildTransferPoolKey({ hostname: host.hostname, hostId: host.id, protocol, connectionOptions: options });
+    }
+    if (protocol === 'telnet') {
+      // The actual Telnet starter rejects these settings before connecting.
+      if ((host.proxyProfileId && !host.proxyConfig)
+        || findMissingProxyIdentityId(host.proxyConfig, identities)
+        || findIncompleteProxyIdentityId(host.proxyConfig, identities)
+        || hasUsableProxyConfig(host.proxyConfig)) {
+        throw new Error('Telnet proxy configuration cannot be used');
+      }
+      // Match the actual Telnet starter, including explicit empty overrides.
+      const identity = host.telnetIdentityId ? identities.find((item) => item.id === host.telnetIdentityId) : undefined;
+      if (host.telnetIdentityId && (!identity?.username?.trim() || identity.password === undefined)) {
+        throw new Error('Telnet identity is missing or incomplete');
+      }
+      const rawPassword = identity ? identity.password : resolveTelnetPassword(host);
+      if (isEncryptedCredentialPlaceholder(rawPassword)) throw new Error('Telnet credentials are unavailable');
+      const options = {
+        hostname: host.hostname,
+        port: resolveTelnetPort(host),
+        username: identity ? identity.username?.trim() : resolveTelnetUsername(host),
+        password: sanitizeCredentialValue(rawPassword),
+      };
+      return buildTransferPoolKey({ ...options, hostId: host.id, protocol, connectionOptions: options });
+    }
+    // Reuse the existing credential/chain expansion and transport identity
+    // comparison. Presentation names and SFTP-only choices do not change a
+    // terminal's destination or login.
+    if (protocol === 'serial' && isEncryptedCredentialPlaceholder(host.password)) throw new Error('Serial credentials are unavailable');
+    const options = buildSftpHostCredentials({
+      host, hosts: hosts.map(resolveEffectiveHost), keys, identities,
+    });
+    delete options.sudo;
+    delete options.fileProtocol;
+    for (const hop of options.jumpHosts ?? []) delete hop.label;
+    const connectionOptions = {
+      ...options,
+      protocol,
+      moshEnabled: host.moshEnabled,
+      moshServerPath: host.moshServerPath,
+      etEnabled: host.etEnabled,
+      etPort: host.etPort,
+      etJumpPorts: protocol === 'et'
+        ? host.hostChain?.hostIds.map((id) => hosts.find((item) => item.id === id)).map((hop) => hop && (resolveEffectiveHost(hop).etPort ?? 2022))
+        : undefined,
+      pluginConnection: host.pluginConnection,
+      serialConfig: protocol === 'serial' ? createHostTerminalSession('', host).serialConfig : undefined,
+      serialLogin: protocol === 'serial' ? { username: host.username?.trim(), password: sanitizeCredentialValue(host.password) } : undefined,
+      agentForwarding: host.agentForwarding,
+      x11Forwarding: host.x11Forwarding,
+    };
+    return buildTransferPoolKey({ ...options, protocol: connectionOptions.protocol, connectionOptions });
+  }, [hosts, keys, identities, resolveEffectiveHost]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const liveIds = new Set(sessions.map((session) => session.id));
+    for (const id of openingKeys.current.keys()) {
+      if (!liveIds.has(id)) openingKeys.current.delete(id);
+    }
+    for (const session of sessions) {
+      if (openingKeys.current.has(session.id) || session.restoreState) continue;
+      const host = hosts.find((candidate) => candidate.id === session.hostId);
+      if (!host) continue;
+      try {
+        const effectiveHost = resolveEffectiveHost(host);
+        const openingHost = {
+          ...effectiveHost,
+          hostname: session.hostname,
+          username: session.protocol === 'serial' ? resolveEffectiveHost(host).username : session.username,
+          port: session.port ?? host.port,
+          protocol: session.protocol ?? host.protocol,
+          moshEnabled: session.moshEnabled ?? host.moshEnabled,
+          etEnabled: session.etEnabled ?? host.etEnabled,
+          serialConfig: session.serialConfig ?? host.serialConfig,
+          pluginConnection: session.pluginConnection ?? host.pluginConnection,
+          localShell: session.localShell ?? effectiveHost.localShell,
+          localShellArgs: session.localShellArgs ?? effectiveHost.localShellArgs,
+          localStartDir: session.localStartDir ?? effectiveHost.localStartDir,
+        };
+        // Local IDs may only resolve after renderer discovery completes. Keep
+        // the opening settings so that later discovery can identify the same
+        // executable without replacing them with edited vault/global settings.
+        openingKeys.current.set(session.id, resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol(openingHost) === 'local'
+          ? { localHost: openingHost }
+          : { key: connectionKey(openingHost).catch(() => undefined) });
+      } catch {
+        openingKeys.current.set(session.id, { key: Promise.resolve(undefined) });
+      }
+    }
+  }, [sessions, hosts, connectionKey, resolveEffectiveHost]);
+
+  return useCallback(async (hostId: string) => {
+    const host = hosts.find((candidate) => candidate.id === hostId);
+    if (!host) return undefined;
+    try {
+      const requestedKey = await connectionKey(resolveEffectiveHost(host));
+      const matches = await Promise.all(sessions.map(async (session) => {
+        if (session.hostId !== hostId) return undefined;
+        const opening = openingKeys.current.get(session.id);
+        const openingKey = opening && ('localHost' in opening
+          // An explicit empty selector means backend default, not today's
+          // global setting. Nonempty captured IDs can safely resolve now.
+          ? connectionKey(opening.localHost.localShell ? resolveEffectiveHost(opening.localHost) : opening.localHost)
+          : opening.key);
+        return await openingKey === requestedKey ? session : undefined;
+      }));
+      return findReusableHostSession(matches.filter((session) => session !== undefined), hostId);
+    } catch {
+      // An unresolved/changed credential must never select an old transport.
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }, [hosts, sessions, connectionKey, resolveEffectiveHost]);
+}

application/state/useScriptsViewMode.test.ts

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+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+import {
+  parseScriptsViewMode,
+  SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY,
+} from "./useScriptsViewMode.ts";
+
+test("scripts view mode parser only accepts 'stacked'", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseScriptsViewMode("stacked"), "stacked");
+  assert.equal(parseScriptsViewMode("list"), "list");
+  assert.equal(parseScriptsViewMode("grid"), "list");
+  assert.equal(parseScriptsViewMode(null), "list");
+  assert.equal(parseScriptsViewMode(""), "list");
+});
+
+test("scripts view mode hook persists the chosen mode", () => {
+  const source = readFileSync(new URL("./useScriptsViewMode.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  assert.match(source, /useStoredString/);
+  // The shared hook owns persistence and same-/cross-window subscriptions.
+  assert.match(
+    source,
+    /useStoredString\(SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY, "list", isScriptsViewMode\)/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY.startsWith("netcatty:"), true);
+});

application/state/useScriptsViewMode.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { STORAGE_KEY_SCRIPTS_SIDE_PANEL_VIEW } from "../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys";
+import { useStoredString } from "./useStoredString";
+
+/** View modes for the scripts side panel library:
+ * 'list' (one snippet per row, tree of packages) and 'stacked' (compact
+ * wrap-around chips). */
+export type ScriptsViewMode = "list" | "stacked";
+
+export const SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY = STORAGE_KEY_SCRIPTS_SIDE_PANEL_VIEW;
+
+/** Pure resolver so callers and tests share one validation rule. */
+export const parseScriptsViewMode = (value: string | null): ScriptsViewMode =>
+  value === "stacked" ? "stacked" : "list";
+
+const isScriptsViewMode = (value: string | null): value is ScriptsViewMode =>
+  value === "list" || value === "stacked";
+
+export const useScriptsViewMode = () =>
+  useStoredString(SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY, "list", isScriptsViewMode);

application/state/useScriptsViewMode.windows.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from "react-test-renderer";
+import { SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY, useScriptsViewMode } from "./useScriptsViewMode.ts";
+
+test("script view changes follow native storage events from another window", async (t) => {
+  const windowA = new EventTarget();
+  const windowB = new EventTarget();
+  let activeWindow = windowA;
+  const data = new Map<string, string>();
+  const values = {
+    localStorage: { getItem: (key: string) => data.get(key) ?? null, setItem: (key: string, value: string) => { data.set(key, value); } },
+    addEventListener: (type: string, listener: EventListener) => activeWindow.addEventListener(type, listener),
+    removeEventListener: (type: string, listener: EventListener) => activeWindow.removeEventListener(type, listener),
+    IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true,
+  };
+  const previous = new Map<string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined>();
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(values)) {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key));
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, { configurable: true, value });
+  }
+  let a!: ReturnType<typeof useScriptsViewMode>;
+  let b!: ReturnType<typeof useScriptsViewMode>;
+  function FirstWindow() { a = useScriptsViewMode(); return null; }
+  function SecondWindow() { b = useScriptsViewMode(); return null; }
+  let first!: ReactTestRenderer;
+  let second!: ReactTestRenderer;
+  t.after(async () => {
+    activeWindow = windowA; await act(async () => first?.unmount());
+    activeWindow = windowB; await act(async () => second?.unmount());
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key);
+    }
+  });
+  activeWindow = windowA; await act(async () => { first = create(React.createElement(FirstWindow)); });
+  activeWindow = windowB; await act(async () => { second = create(React.createElement(SecondWindow)); });
+  assert.equal(a[0], "list"); assert.equal(b[0], "list");
+  // BrowserWindow A writes shared storage. Electron emits the native event
+  // in B, not an adapter CustomEvent from A's independent JS environment.
+  activeWindow = windowA; await act(async () => a[1]("stacked"));
+  assert.equal(data.get(SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY), "stacked");
+  assert.equal(b[0], "list");
+  const notify = async (target: EventTarget, key = SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY) => {
+    const event = new Event("storage");
+    Object.defineProperty(event, "key", { value: key });
+    await act(async () => { target.dispatchEvent(event); });
+  };
+  activeWindow = windowB; await notify(windowB);
+  assert.equal(b[0], "stacked");
+  await act(async () => b[1]("list"));
+  assert.equal(a[0], "stacked");
+  activeWindow = windowA; await notify(windowA);
+  assert.equal(a[0], "list");
+  data.set(SCRIPTS_VIEW_MODE_STORAGE_KEY, "stacked");
+  await notify(windowA, "unrelated");
+  assert.equal(a[0], "list", "unrelated preferences must not trigger an update");
+});

application/state/useSessionHistorySearch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import {
+  createSessionHistorySearch,
+  type SessionHistorySearch,
+} from './sessionHistorySearch';
+
+/**
+ * Owns one search instance per mounted session history drawer.
+ *
+ * The search index cache is bound to this instance (not module scope), so
+ * several concurrently mounted drawers — one per terminal tab — each keep
+ * their own indexes: pruning in one drawer never drops another drawer's
+ * entries, and the unmount below releases only this drawer's store instead of
+ * discarding the shared cache for every drawer. Cache keys are the session
+ * objects themselves, so clearing on unmount drops all strong session
+ * references together with the retained haystack characters.
+ */
+export function useSessionHistorySearch(): SessionHistorySearch {
+  const search = useMemo(() => createSessionHistorySearch(), []);
+  useEffect(() => () => {
+    search.clearSessionHistorySearchCache();
+  }, [search]);
+  return search;
+}

application/state/useSessionState.ts

@@ -1098,17 +1098,12 @@ export const useSessionState = ({
     if (targetHosts.length === 0) return;
     const resolvedCommand = commandOverride ?? snippet.command;
 
-    // Create sessions for each target host
-    const newSessions: TerminalSession[] = targetHosts.map(host => ({
-      id: crypto.randomUUID(),
-      hostId: host.id,
-      hostLabel: host.label,
-      hostname: host.hostname,
-      username: host.username,
-      status: 'connecting' as const,
-      charset: host.charset,
-      // workspaceId will be set after workspace is created
-    }));
+    // Create sessions for each target host. createHostTerminalSession copies
+    // protocol, shellType, and local-shell metadata, so local vault hosts keep
+    // their transport info (session consumers treat a missing protocol as SSH).
+    const newSessions: TerminalSession[] = targetHosts.map(host =>
+      createHostTerminalSession(crypto.randomUUID(), host),
+    );
 
     const sessionIds = newSessions.map(s => s.id);
     

application/state/useSettingsState.ts

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ import {
   isValidUiFontId,
   isValidUiThemeId,
   migrateIncomingTerminalFontId,
+  migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault,
   readStoredString,
   serializeTerminalSettings,
   type HostClickBehavior,
@@ -355,6 +356,9 @@ export const useSettingsState = (options: { enableSettingsSync?: boolean; enable
     passwordVerifier: null,
   });
   const [terminalSettings, setTerminalSettingsState] = useState<TerminalSettings>(() => {
+    // One-time reset of the pre-flip materialized autoCloseOnExit: true before
+    // it is ingested; afterwards stored values are the user's own and win.
+    migrateMaterializedAutoCloseOnExitDefault();
     const stored = localStorageAdapter.read<TerminalSettings>(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS);
     return normalizeTerminalSettings(stored);
   });

application/state/useTerminalBackend.ts

@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ export const useTerminalBackend = () => {
     return bridge.startSSHSession(options);
   }, []);
 
+  const testConnection = useCallback(async (options: NetcattySSHOptions) => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.testConnection) throw new Error("testConnection unavailable");
+    return bridge.testConnection(options);
+  }, []);
+
+  const cancelTestConnection = useCallback(async (sessionId: string) => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.cancelTestConnection) return { success: false, error: "cancelTestConnection unavailable" };
+    return bridge.cancelTestConnection(sessionId);
+  }, []);
+
   const startTelnetSession = useCallback(async (options: Parameters<NonNullable<NetcattyBridge["startTelnetSession"]>>[0]) => {
     const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
     if (!bridge?.startTelnetSession) throw new Error("startTelnetSession unavailable");
@@ -572,6 +584,8 @@ export const useTerminalBackend = () => {
         execAvailable,
         openExternalAvailable,
         startSSHSession,
+        testConnection,
+        cancelTestConnection,
         startTelnetSession,
         startMoshSession,
         startEtSession,
@@ -655,6 +669,8 @@ export const useTerminalBackend = () => {
       execAvailable,
       openExternalAvailable,
       startSSHSession,
+      testConnection,
+      cancelTestConnection,
       startTelnetSession,
       startMoshSession,
       startEtSession,

application/state/useVaultAgentBridge.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export interface UseVaultAgentBridgeInput {
   stopTunnel: VaultAgentApiDeps['stopTunnel'];
   stopRuleTunnels: VaultAgentApiDeps['stopRuleTunnels'];
   openHost?: VaultAgentApiDeps['openHost'];
+  findExistingSessionForHost?: VaultAgentApiDeps['findExistingSessionForHost'];
   closeSession?: VaultAgentApiDeps['closeSession'];
   getScriptSessionMeta?: (sessionId: string) => Pick<TerminalSession, 'status' | 'customName' | 'hostLabel' | 'hostname' | 'username'> | undefined;
 }
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ export function useVaultAgentBridge(input: UseVaultAgentBridgeInput): void {
         openHost: current.openHost
           ? (host, isExternalMcpCall) => current.openHost!(host, isExternalMcpCall)
           : undefined,
+        findExistingSessionForHost: current.findExistingSessionForHost,
         closeSession: current.closeSession
           ? (sessionId) => current.closeSession!(sessionId)
           : undefined,

application/state/useVaultState.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import {
   registerNotesActions,
 } from "./notesStore";
 import { commitVaultNotesWrite } from "./vaultNotesPersistence";
+import { rebasePendingVaultNotes } from "../../domain/vaultNotesReconciliation";
 import { publishShellHistorySnapshot } from "./shellHistoryStore";
 import { setVaultInitialized } from "./vaultInitStore";
 import { notify } from "../notification";
@@ -306,6 +307,12 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
   const snippetsRef = useRef<Snippet[]>([]);
   const groupConfigsRef = useRef<GroupConfig[]>([]);
   const notesRef = useRef<VaultNote[]>([]);
+  const notesStorageRef = useRef<VaultNote[]>([]);
+  // An optimistic React echo is not a persistence acknowledgement. Keep this
+  // owner until that exact generation has successfully reached storage.
+  const notesPendingRef = useRef<VaultNote[] | null>(null);
+  // Failed clear/import keeps full-snapshot ownership across later local edits.
+  const notesPendingReplaceRef = useRef(false);
   const noteGroupsRef = useRef<string[]>([]);
   const notesPersistFailureNotifiedAtRef = useRef(0);
   customGroupsRef.current = customGroups;
@@ -834,17 +841,37 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
     localStorageAdapter.write(STORAGE_KEY_SNIPPET_PACKAGES, data);
   }, []);
 
-  const updateNotes = useCallback((data: Partial<VaultNote>[]) => {
+  const updateNotes = useCallback((data: Partial<VaultNote>[], options?: { replace?: boolean }) => {
+    const stored = normalizeVaultNotes(localStorageAdapter.read<VaultNote[]>(STORAGE_KEY_NOTES) ?? []);
+    const requested = normalizeVaultNotes(data);
+    // Explicit clear/restore keeps its existing full-snapshot semantics.
+    const replace = options?.replace === true || notesPendingReplaceRef.current;
+    const pending = replace ? requested : rebasePendingVaultNotes({
+      base: notesStorageRef.current,
+      ours: requested,
+      theirs: stored,
+    });
+    notesStorageRef.current = stored;
+    notesPendingRef.current = pending;
+    notesPendingReplaceRef.current = replace;
+    notesRef.current = pending;
     const { notes: cleaned, persisted } = commitVaultNotesWrite({
-      data,
+      data: pending,
       write: (key, value) => localStorageAdapter.write(key, value),
     });
     // Keep the in-session catalog updated so an autosave quota failure does not
     // snap the editor back to stale props and discard the user's draft. Disk
     // may still be behind — surface that explicitly.
-    notesRef.current = cleaned;
-    setNotes(cleaned);
-    publishNotesSnapshot({ notes: cleaned, noteGroups: noteGroupsRef.current });
+    if (notesPendingRef.current === pending) {
+      notesRef.current = cleaned;
+      if (persisted) {
+        notesStorageRef.current = cleaned;
+        notesPendingRef.current = null;
+        notesPendingReplaceRef.current = false;
+      }
+      setNotes(cleaned);
+      publishNotesSnapshot({ notes: cleaned, noteGroups: noteGroupsRef.current });
+    }
     if (!persisted) {
       const now = Date.now();
       // Debounced autosave can hit quota repeatedly; avoid toast spam.
@@ -1163,7 +1190,7 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
     updateProxyProfiles([]);
     updateSnippets([], { replace: true });
     updateSnippetPackages([]);
-    updateNotes([]);
+    updateNotes([], { replace: true });
     updateNoteGroups([]);
     updateCustomGroups([]);
     updateKnownHosts([]);
@@ -1534,8 +1561,10 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
 
         if (savedGroups) setCustomGroups(savedGroups);
         if (savedSnippetPackages) setSnippetPackages(savedSnippetPackages);
-        if (savedNotes) {
+        if (savedNotes && notesPendingRef.current === null) {
           const cleanedNotes = normalizeVaultNotes(savedNotes);
+          notesStorageRef.current = cleanedNotes;
+          notesRef.current = cleanedNotes;
           setNotes(cleanedNotes);
           localStorageAdapter.write(STORAGE_KEY_NOTES, cleanedNotes);
         }
@@ -1780,8 +1809,21 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
       }
 
       if (key === STORAGE_KEY_NOTES) {
-        const next = safeParse<VaultNote[]>(event.newValue) ?? [];
-        setNotes(normalizeVaultNotes(next));
+        // Like snippets, ignore queued events for a snapshot no longer on disk.
+        if (event.newValue !== localStorageAdapter.readString(STORAGE_KEY_NOTES)) return;
+        // Only a successful current write can release an outstanding replacement.
+        if (notesPendingReplaceRef.current) return;
+        const next = normalizeVaultNotes(safeParse<VaultNote[]>(event.newValue) ?? []);
+        const pending = notesPendingRef.current;
+        const visible = pending === null ? next : rebasePendingVaultNotes({
+          base: notesStorageRef.current,
+          ours: pending,
+          theirs: next,
+        });
+        notesStorageRef.current = next;
+        if (pending !== null) notesPendingRef.current = visible;
+        notesRef.current = visible;
+        setNotes(visible);
         return;
       }
 
@@ -1952,7 +1994,7 @@ export const useVaultState = () => {
       }
       if (payload.customGroups) updateCustomGroups(payload.customGroups);
       if (payload.snippetPackages) updateSnippetPackages(payload.snippetPackages);
-      if (payload.notes) updateNotes(payload.notes);
+      if (payload.notes) updateNotes(payload.notes, { replace: true });
       if (payload.noteGroups) updateNoteGroups(payload.noteGroups);
       if (payload.knownHosts) updateKnownHosts(payload.knownHosts);
       if (Array.isArray(payload.groupConfigs)) encryptedWrites.push(updateGroupConfigs(payload.groupConfigs));

application/syncPayload.test.ts

@@ -1667,6 +1667,50 @@ test("terminal auto-close preference survives sync round-trip", async () => {
   assert.equal(restored.autoCloseOnExit, false);
 });
 
+test("inbound sync does not resurrect the materialized auto-close default after the marker", async () => {
+  localStorage.setItem(storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED, "true");
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ autoCloseOnExit: false, scrollback: 3000 }),
+    );
+
+    await applySyncPayload({
+      hosts: [],
+      keys: [],
+      identities: [],
+      snippets: [],
+      customGroups: [],
+      syncedAt: 1,
+      settings: { terminalSettings: { autoCloseOnExit: true } },
+    }, { importVaultData: () => {} });
+
+    const resurrected = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!);
+    assert.equal(resurrected.autoCloseOnExit, false);
+    assert.equal(resurrected.scrollback, 3000);
+
+    // An explicit opt-in made after the migration round-trips with a marker.
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ autoCloseOnExit: true, scrollback: 3000 }),
+    );
+    const optedIn = buildSyncPayload(vault());
+    assert.equal(optedIn.settings?.autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated, true);
+    assert.equal(optedIn.settings?.terminalSettings?.autoCloseOnExit, true);
+
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,
+      JSON.stringify({ autoCloseOnExit: false, scrollback: 3000 }),
+    );
+    await applySyncPayload(optedIn, { importVaultData: () => {} });
+    const restoredChoice = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS)!);
+    assert.equal(restoredChoice.autoCloseOnExit, true);
+    assert.equal(localStorage.getItem(storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED), "true");
+  } finally {
+    localStorage.removeItem(storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED);
+  }
+});
+
 test("terminal disconnected notice preference survives sync round-trip", async () => {
   localStorage.setItem(
     storageKeys.STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS,

application/syncPayload.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   SYNC_PAYLOAD_ENTITY_KEYS,
   SYNC_STORAGE_KEYS,
   hasSyncPayloadEntityData,
+  reconcileInboundAutoCloseOnExit,
   retainLocalHostLastConnectedAt,
   sanitizeHostsForSync,
   type SyncPayload,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import {
 } from './state/customAccentSync';
 import { isValidHslToken } from './state/settingsStateDefaults';
 import {
+  STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED,
   STORAGE_KEY_THEME,
   STORAGE_KEY_UI_THEME_LIGHT,
   STORAGE_KEY_UI_THEME_DARK,
@@ -505,6 +507,9 @@ export function collectSyncableSettings(): SyncPayload['settings'] {
       if (Object.keys(subset).length > 0) settings.terminalSettings = subset;
     } catch { /* ignore corrupt data */ }
   }
+  if (localStorageAdapter.readBoolean(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED)) {
+    settings.autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated = true;
+  }
 
   // Custom terminal themes
   const customThemesRaw = localStorageAdapter.readString(STORAGE_KEY_CUSTOM_THEMES);
@@ -795,6 +800,23 @@ async function applySyncableSettings(
         ? 'disabled'
         : 'paste';
     }
+    if ('autoCloseOnExit' in settings.terminalSettings) {
+      merged.autoCloseOnExit = reconcileInboundAutoCloseOnExit(
+        settings.terminalSettings.autoCloseOnExit,
+        settings.autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated,
+      );
+    }
+    // A legacy true is the old default. A migrated peer's explicit choice must
+    // stick, so record the marker before the next local migration pass.
+    if (
+      settings.autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated === true
+      || (
+        settings.terminalSettings.autoCloseOnExit === true
+        && settings.autoCloseOnExitDefaultMigrated !== true
+      )
+    ) {
+      localStorageAdapter.writeBoolean(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_AUTO_CLOSE_EXIT_MIGRATED, true);
+    }
     localStorageAdapter.writeString(STORAGE_KEY_TERM_SETTINGS, JSON.stringify(merged));
   }
 

components/AIChatPanelContent.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { type Dispatch, type SetStateAction } from 'react';
-import { History, Plus } from 'lucide-react';
+import { History, Plus, Undo2 } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { AIPermissionMode, AISession, ChatMessage, DiscoveredAgent, ExternalAgentConfig, AgentModelPreset, ProviderConfig, UploadedFile } from '../infrastructure/ai/types';
 import type { Host, VaultNote } from '../types';
 import type { UserSkillOption } from './ai/userSkillsState';
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ interface AIChatPanelContentProps {
   setInputValue: (value: string) => void;
   handleSend: () => void;
   handleCompact: () => void;
+  /** Undo last turn is offered at a safe boundary (never mid-tool / mid-compaction). */
+  canUndoLastTurn?: boolean;
+  handleUndoLastTurn?: () => void;
   canCompact?: boolean;
   handleSteer: () => void;
   handleStop: () => void;
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ interface AIChatPanelContentProps {
   providerDisplayName?: string;
   modelDisplayName?: string;
   modelCatalogWarning?: string;
+  /** Live SDK model catalog is loading (no built-in presets to show yet). */
+  modelCatalogLoading?: boolean;
+  /** Retry a failed SDK model catalog load from the warning banner. */
+  handleModelCatalogRetry?: () => void;
   agentModelPresets: AgentModelPreset[];
   /** Suppress the composer picker's "use custom model" action (locked model). */
   allowCustomModelEntry?: boolean;
@@ -128,9 +135,12 @@ export const AIChatPanelContent: React.FC<AIChatPanelContentProps> = ({
   setInputValue,
   handleSend,
   handleCompact,
+  canUndoLastTurn = false,
+  handleUndoLastTurn,
   canCompact = false,
   handleSteer,
   handleStop,
+  handleModelCatalogRetry,
   canSteer,
   isSteering,
   steerWarning,
@@ -139,6 +149,7 @@ export const AIChatPanelContent: React.FC<AIChatPanelContentProps> = ({
   providerDisplayName,
   modelDisplayName,
   modelCatalogWarning,
+  modelCatalogLoading = false,
   agentModelPresets,
   allowCustomModelEntry = true,
   selectedAgentModel,
@@ -226,6 +237,23 @@ export const AIChatPanelContent: React.FC<AIChatPanelContentProps> = ({
               onManageAgents={handleOpenSettings}
             />
             <div className="flex items-center gap-0.5">
+              {handleUndoLastTurn && (
+                <Tooltip>
+                  <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                    <Button
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      size="icon"
+                      className="h-6 w-6 rounded-md text-muted-foreground/62 hover:bg-white/[0.05] hover:text-foreground"
+                      aria-label={t('ai.chat.undoLastTurn')}
+                      disabled={sending || isStreaming || !canUndoLastTurn}
+                      onClick={handleUndoLastTurn}
+                    >
+                      <Undo2 size={12} />
+                    </Button>
+                  </TooltipTrigger>
+                  <TooltipContent>{t('ai.chat.undoLastTurn')}</TooltipContent>
+                </Tooltip>
+              )}
               <ConversationExport
                 session={activeSession}
                 onExport={handleExport}
@@ -335,8 +363,20 @@ export const AIChatPanelContent: React.FC<AIChatPanelContentProps> = ({
                     {steerWarning}
                   </div>
                 ) : modelCatalogWarning ? (
-                  <div role="status" className="mx-3 mb-1.5 rounded-md border border-amber-500/25 bg-amber-500/10 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[11px] leading-4 text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">
-                    {modelCatalogWarning}
+                  <div role="status" className="mx-3 mb-1.5 flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-amber-500/25 bg-amber-500/10 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[11px] leading-4 text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">
+                    <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">{modelCatalogWarning}</span>
+                    {handleModelCatalogRetry && (
+                      <button
+                        onClick={handleModelCatalogRetry}
+                        className="shrink-0 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium text-amber-600 underline-offset-2 transition-colors hover:bg-amber-500/10 hover:text-amber-500 hover:underline cursor-pointer dark:text-amber-400 dark:hover:text-amber-300"
+                      >
+                        {t('ai.chat.modelCatalogRetry')}
+                      </button>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                ) : modelCatalogLoading ? (
+                  <div role="status" className="mx-3 mb-1.5 rounded-md bg-muted/40 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[11px] leading-4 text-muted-foreground/70">
+                    {t('ai.chat.loadingModels')}
                   </div>
                 ) : null}
                 <ChatInput
@@ -357,6 +397,7 @@ export const AIChatPanelContent: React.FC<AIChatPanelContentProps> = ({
                   modelName={modelDisplayName}
                   agentName={currentAgentId === 'catty' ? 'Catty Agent' : externalAgents.find(a => a.id === currentAgentId)?.name}
                   modelPresets={agentModelPresets}
+                  modelCatalogLoading={modelCatalogLoading}
                   allowCustomModelEntry={allowCustomModelEntry}
                   selectedModelId={selectedAgentModel}
                   onModelSelect={handleAgentModelSelect}

components/AIChatSessionHistoryDrawer.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import React from "react";
+
+import type { AISession } from "../infrastructure/ai/types.ts";
+import { MESSAGES_BY_LOCALE } from "../application/i18n/messages.ts";
+import { createDomRenderer, dispatchDomEvent, installDomEnvironment } from "./test-support/renderReactDom.tsx";
+
+test("history drawer filters, pages, clears and explains the bounded search in every locale", async () => {
+  const dom = installDomEnvironment();
+  const { SessionHistoryDrawer } = await import("./AIChatSessionHistoryDrawer.tsx");
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import("../application/i18n/I18nProvider.tsx");
+  const { TooltipProvider } = await import("./ui/tooltip.tsx");
+  const renderer = await createDomRenderer(dom.document);
+  const sessions: AISession[] = Array.from({ length: 141 }, (_, i) => ({
+    id: `s-${i}`,
+    title: `Session ${i}`,
+    agentId: "catty",
+    scope: { type: "terminal", targetId: "terminal-1" },
+    messages: [{
+      id: `m-${i}`, role: "user", timestamp: 0,
+      content: i === 140 ? "needle [prod].json" : "ordinary content",
+    }],
+    createdAt: 0,
+    updatedAt: 0,
+  }));
+  const selected: string[] = [];
+  const deleted: string[] = [];
+  let closed = 0;
+  const render = (items = sessions, locale = "en") => renderer.render(
+    <I18nProvider locale={locale}>
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SessionHistoryDrawer
+          sessions={items}
+          activeSessionId="s-140"
+          onSelect={(id) => selected.push(id)}
+          onDelete={(event, id) => { event.stopPropagation(); deleted.push(id); }}
+          onClose={() => { closed += 1; }}
+        />
+      </TooltipProvider>
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+  const rows = () => renderer.container.querySelectorAll('[role="button"]');
+  const click = async (element: Element | null | undefined) => {
+    assert.ok(element);
+    await dispatchDomEvent(element, new dom.window.MouseEvent("click", { bubbles: true }));
+  };
+  const enterQuery = async (query: string) => {
+    const input = renderer.container.querySelector("input");
+    assert.ok(input);
+    const setValue = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(dom.window.HTMLInputElement.prototype, "value")!.set!;
+    setValue.call(input, query);
+    await dispatchDomEvent(input, new dom.window.Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+  };
+  const loadMore = () => [...renderer.container.querySelectorAll("button")]
+    .find((button) => button.textContent?.includes("Load more"));
+
+  try {
+    await render();
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 80);
+    assert.match(loadMore()?.textContent ?? "", /61/);
+    await click(loadMore());
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 140);
+    await enterQuery("[prod].json");
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 1);
+    assert.match(rows()[0].textContent ?? "", /Session 140/);
+    assert.equal(loadMore(), undefined);
+    await click(rows()[0]);
+    await dispatchDomEvent(rows()[0], new dom.window.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Enter", bubbles: true }));
+    await click(rows()[0].querySelector("button"));
+    assert.deepEqual(selected, ["s-140", "s-140"]);
+    assert.deepEqual(deleted, ["s-140"]);
+
+    // A pasted suffix must not remain visible while the matcher silently
+    // ignores it: the controlled input and search accept the same prefix.
+    const pastedQuery = "needle ".repeat(36) + "needle absent-tail";
+    await enterQuery(pastedQuery);
+    const boundedInput = renderer.container.querySelector("input")!;
+    assert.equal(boundedInput.value, pastedQuery.slice(0, 256));
+    assert.equal(boundedInput.maxLength, 256);
+    assert.ok(!boundedInput.value.includes("absent-tail"));
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 1);
+    assert.match(rows()[0].textContent ?? "", /Session 140/);
+    await enterQuery("needle absent-tail");
+    assert.equal(boundedInput.value, "needle absent-tail");
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 0, "every visible query token must affect matching");
+    await enterQuery("x".repeat(255) + "\u{1f63a}");
+    assert.equal(boundedInput.value, "x".repeat(255), "do not retain half a surrogate pair");
+
+    await enterQuery("[](){}");
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 0);
+    assert.match(renderer.container.textContent ?? "", /No matches in titles or recent retained content/);
+    assert.match(renderer.container.textContent ?? "", /prioritizing newer messages and entries/);
+    assert.match(renderer.container.textContent ?? "", /only a limited portion at the beginning is searched/);
+    assert.match(renderer.container.textContent ?? "", /not full-text search/);
+    await click(renderer.container.querySelector("input")?.parentElement?.querySelector("button"));
+    assert.equal(renderer.container.querySelector("input")?.value, "");
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 80);
+    assert.match(loadMore()?.textContent ?? "", /61/);
+    await enterQuery("  \t");
+    assert.equal(rows().length, 80);
+    await click(renderer.container.querySelector("button"));
+    assert.equal(closed, 1);
+
+    for (const locale of ["en", "zh-CN", "zh-TW", "es", "ru"]) {
+      await render(sessions, locale);
+      await enterQuery("no-such-content");
+      const messages = MESSAGES_BY_LOCALE[locale];
+      const input = renderer.container.querySelector("input")!;
+      const hint = dom.document.getElementById(input.getAttribute("aria-describedby")!);
+      for (const key of ["ai.chat.searchSessions", "ai.chat.searchSessionsHint", "ai.chat.noMatchingSessions"]) {
+        assert.ok(messages[key], `${locale} is missing ${key}`);
+      }
+      assert.equal(input.placeholder, messages["ai.chat.searchSessions"]);
+      assert.equal(input.getAttribute("aria-label"), messages["ai.chat.searchSessions"]);
+      assert.equal(hint?.textContent, messages["ai.chat.searchSessionsHint"]);
+      assert.ok(renderer.container.textContent?.includes(messages["ai.chat.noMatchingSessions"]));
+      await render([], locale);
+      assert.ok(renderer.container.textContent?.includes(messages["ai.chat.noSessions"]));
+      assert.ok(!renderer.container.textContent?.includes(messages["ai.chat.noMatchingSessions"]));
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await renderer.unmount();
+    dom.cleanup();
+  }
+});

components/AIChatSessionHistoryDrawer.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Trash2, X } from 'lucide-react';
+import React, { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { Search, Trash2, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { AISession } from '../infrastructure/ai/types';
 import { useI18n } from '../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
 import { cn } from '../lib/utils';
+import { MAX_SEARCH_QUERY_LENGTH, truncateQueryForMatch } from '../lib/searchMatcher';
+import { Input } from './ui/input';
 import { ScrollArea } from './ui/scroll-area';
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from './ui/tooltip';
 import { SESSION_HISTORY_ROW_CLASSNAMES } from './ai/sessionHistoryLayout';
+import { useSessionHistorySearch } from '../application/state/useSessionHistorySearch';
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Session History Drawer
@@ -31,13 +34,28 @@ export const SessionHistoryDrawer: React.FC<SessionHistoryDrawerProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [renderCount, setRenderCount] = useState(SESSION_RENDER_BATCH);
+  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('');
+  const searchHintId = useId();
+  const searchInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  // One cache instance per mounted drawer: caches of concurrently mounted
+  // drawers stay independent (no shared state to prune or discard across tabs).
+  const search = useSessionHistorySearch();
 
+  const filteredSessions = React.useMemo(
+    // The localized fallback below is displayed for untitled sessions
+    // (row label), so it must be indexed for search as the displayed title.
+    () => search.filterSessionHistory(sessions, searchQuery, { untitledLabel: t('ai.chat.untitled') }),
+    [sessions, searchQuery, t, search],
+  );
+
+  // Reset the render batch when the list scope or query changes so matching
+  // sessions are never hidden behind stale paging.
   useEffect(() => {
     setRenderCount(SESSION_RENDER_BATCH);
-  }, [sessions]);
+  }, [sessions, searchQuery]);
 
-  const displayedSessions = sessions.slice(0, renderCount);
-  const hiddenSessionCount = Math.max(0, sessions.length - renderCount);
+  const displayedSessions = filteredSessions.slice(0, renderCount);
+  const hiddenSessionCount = Math.max(0, filteredSessions.length - renderCount);
 
   return (
     <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col min-h-0">
@@ -50,6 +68,41 @@ export const SessionHistoryDrawer: React.FC<SessionHistoryDrawerProps> = ({
           <X size={14} />
         </button>
       </div>
+      <div className="px-3 py-2 shrink-0 border-b border-border/30">
+        <div className="relative">
+          <Search
+            size={13}
+            className="absolute left-2.5 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground/50 pointer-events-none"
+          />
+          <Input
+            ref={searchInputRef}
+            type="text"
+            value={searchQuery}
+            maxLength={MAX_SEARCH_QUERY_LENGTH}
+            placeholder={t('ai.chat.searchSessions')}
+            aria-label={t('ai.chat.searchSessions')}
+            aria-describedby={searchHintId}
+            onChange={(event) => setSearchQuery(truncateQueryForMatch(event.target.value))}
+            className="h-8 pl-8 pr-7 text-[12px]"
+          />
+          {searchQuery && (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              aria-label={t('ai.chat.clearSessionSearch')}
+              onClick={() => {
+                setSearchQuery('');
+                searchInputRef.current?.focus();
+              }}
+              className="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground/50 hover:text-muted-foreground transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+            >
+              <X size={12} />
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </div>
+        <p id={searchHintId} className="mt-1.5 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground/60">
+          {t('ai.chat.searchSessionsHint')}
+        </p>
+      </div>
       <ScrollArea className="flex-1">
         <div className="px-3">
           {sessions.length === 0 ? (
@@ -58,6 +111,12 @@ export const SessionHistoryDrawer: React.FC<SessionHistoryDrawerProps> = ({
                 {t('ai.chat.noSessions')}
               </p>
             </div>
+          ) : filteredSessions.length === 0 ? (
+            <div className="py-12 text-center">
+              <p className="text-[13px] text-muted-foreground/40">
+                {t('ai.chat.noMatchingSessions')}
+              </p>
+            </div>
           ) : (
             <>
             {hiddenSessionCount > 0 && (