cmux NEXT: no streaming caret once the chat is idle

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23d ago
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Leo saw the block caret keep blinking at the end of the last reply after the turn ended and the chat went idle. #18123 was closed unmerged on 10-13, and its fix (7115d4c15002) covers only the turn end itself.

Two paths still leave a reply marked as streaming:

  • Late text. Text that arrives after the turn's result opens a new streaming row with no turn around it, so nothing ever closes it. Background reports and late replies both do this.
  • Newer message. When a newer message starts mid-turn, it gets its own row, but the earlier reply stays marked as streaming.

Changes

  • When a newer message starts, the reply before it ends, the same way a tool call ends it.
  • While the chat is not working, no reply stays streaming. Every snapshot emitted while idle closes any streaming row as a new row object, so the transcript's memoized rows redraw. Replay is not changed.

Testing

  • New browser test webviews/test/agent-pane-idle-caret.test.ts covers both paths. It was committed first (red) and then fixed (green). Results are recorded in the comments below.

Changelog

  • Fixed: the streaming caret no longer stays at the end of a reply once the chat is idle.

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Summary by cubic

Adds a browser test asserting the agent pane's block caret only shows on the reply currently being written.

The test covers two paths that previously left a reply streaming: a late reply that arrives after the turn's result opens, and a reply followed by a newer message. It drives the pane's dev entry in real Chromium against a stand-in acpmux.