yoi/.yoi/tickets/open/20260606-233520-workspace-panel-nonblocking-transitions/thread.md

Created

Created by LocalTicketBackend create.

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Plan

Created from investigation of perceived delays when opening yoi panel, attaching to a Pod, and returning from an attached Pod.

Root cause recorded:

• the panel waits for full snapshot/Orchestrator work before first draw;
• attach waits for socket connect or restore/spawn before a visible transition;
• return from nested Pod awaits app.reload_or_notice().await before showing the panel again.

Desired direction:

• show the panel/progress state first;
• move reload/connect/ensure work into background or explicit progress states where practical;
• especially make return-from-attach redraw the previous panel immediately and refresh in the background.

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Intake summary

Existing Ticket refined sufficiently for routing. Request is to make yoi panel transition paths non-blocking: return from nested Pod should redraw the previous panel immediately and refresh in background; Pod open/attach should show attaching/restoring progress before socket/restore waits; initial panel load should avoid blocking first draw on non-essential snapshot/Orchestrator observation where practical. Acceptance criteria and non-goals are already explicit. Readiness: implementation_ready. needs_preflight: true because this touches async TUI lifecycle, background reload guarding, Pod attach/restore UX, and Orchestrator observation timing while preserving Ticket workflow and Pod authority semantics. risk_flags: [tui-lifecycle, async-reload, pod-attach, orchestrator-observation].

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State changed

Intake found the existing Ticket specific enough for Orchestrator routing. No duplicate Ticket was created; implementation must still preserve Ticket workflow semantics and Pod restore/spawn authority.

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Decision

Scope clarification requested by user:

Panel-originated Pod launch/restore/open dispatch is explicitly in scope for this Ticket when the issue is visible blocking before feedback. Pressing the panel action to launch, restore, open, or attach a Pod should enter a visible progress/transition state such as launching, restoring, or attaching before awaiting runtime socket connect, restore, or spawn work.

This clarification is about non-blocking UX and progress/error surfacing for the dispatch path. It does not expand the Ticket to redesign role launch policy, Ticket workflow semantics, Orchestrator scheduling, Pod authority, or automatic coder/reviewer startup.

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State changed

Ticket queued for Orchestrator routing.

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Decision

Routing decision: preflight_needed

Reason:

• The Ticket is specific and valuable, but it touches async TUI lifecycle boundaries: panel first draw, nested Pod return, background reload guarding, Pod attach/restore/spawn progress, and Orchestrator observation timing.
• Intake explicitly marked readiness as implementation-ready only with needs_preflight: true and risk flags [tui-lifecycle, async-reload, pod-attach, orchestrator-observation] in the intake summary.
• Several implementation choices can preserve or violate important invariants: no duplicate overlapping reload tasks, no dropped key input during progress states, no Ticket workflow semantic changes, and no Pod restore/spawn authority changes.

Evidence checked:

• Ticket body requirements, non-goals, acceptance criteria, and problem paths.
• Thread plan, intake summary, user scope clarification for panel-originated launch/restore/open dispatch, and ready -> queued event.
• Workspace state: develop is clean except this Ticket's queued item/thread updates; no existing worktree or branch for this slug.
• Visible Pods: intake peer for this Ticket is idle; no implementation/review Pods are active for this Ticket.

Next action:

• Run ticket-preflight-workflow before implementation delegation.
• Preflight should produce a concise design/authority note covering: which transition paths become background/progress states first, how PendingReload or equivalent prevents overlap, how selection/composer/input are preserved, what remains synchronous for correctness, and focused test strategy.
• Do not transition queued -> inprogress, create .worktree/workspace-panel-nonblocking-transitions, or spawn coder/reviewer Pods until preflight records that the Ticket is implementation-ready.

Escalate if:

• Making initial panel first draw non-blocking requires a broader TUI runtime-loop rewrite.
• Pod launch/restore progress state would require changing spawn/restore authority semantics.
• Background reload cancellation/ordering needs a new durable scheduler or lease concept rather than a local UI guard.

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Intake summary

Existing Ticket is already sufficiently clarified for routing. Scope covers non-blocking yoi panel transition UX: immediate redraw on nested-Pod return with background refresh, visible progress before panel-originated Pod launch/restore/open/attach waits, and practical reduction of first-draw blocking while preserving Ticket workflow semantics, Pod restore/spawn authority, input handling, and reload correctness. Readiness: implementation_ready. needs_preflight: true. risk_flags: [tui-lifecycle, async-reload, pod-attach, orchestrator-observation].

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State changed

Intake reconfirmed the existing Ticket as ready for Orchestrator routing. No duplicate Ticket was created. Prior thread context already records the queued attempt and Orchestrator preflight-needed decision; implementation must not start from Intake.

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State changed

Ticket queued for Orchestrator routing.

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Decision

Routing decision: preflight_needed

Reason:

• This Ticket is still queued for routing, but the recorded scope touches async TUI lifecycle, background reload ordering/guarding, Pod launch/restore/attach progress states, and Orchestrator observation timing.
• The thread explicitly records needs_preflight: true risk context and an earlier Orchestrator decision that preflight must cover transition paths, reload overlap prevention, input/selection preservation, synchronous correctness boundaries, and test strategy.
• No subsequent preflight decision or design note is present that converts those risks into binding implementation invariants.
• Current workspace state also contains unrelated dirty/untracked Ticket records, so implementation side effects should not start from this routing pass.

Evidence checked:

• Ticket body: background, requirements, non-goals, and acceptance criteria.
• Thread: intake summaries, user scope clarification, prior preflight_needed routing decision, and latest ready -> queued event.
• Workspace state: develop has modified Ticket files for this queued Ticket plus unrelated untracked Ticket records; no matching worktree or branch exists for this slug.
• Visible Pods: only the Intake peer for this Ticket and this Orchestrator are live; no coder/reviewer implementation Pods are active.

Next action:

• Run ticket-preflight-workflow and record the concise preflight/design note before implementation delegation.
• Leave this Ticket queued for now; do not transition queued -> inprogress, create .worktree/workspace-panel-nonblocking-transitions, or spawn coder/reviewer Pods until preflight records that implementation may proceed.

Escalate if:

• The non-blocking first-draw or attach-return path requires a broad TUI runtime-loop rewrite.
• Pod launch/restore progress states would require changing spawn/restore authority semantics.
• Background reload ordering requires a durable scheduler/lease rather than a local UI guard.

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Decision

Binding decision: non-blocking transition scope

This Ticket should implement non-blocking UX for three panel-local wait points:

1. Process/Pod transition waits

   • Panel-originated Pod spawn / restore / attach / open should show a visible progress state before awaiting runtime socket connect, restore, or spawn completion.
   • Example states: launching, restoring, attaching.

2. Composer submit/send confirmation waits

   • Companion send, existing Ticket clarify/intake launch, and Ticket action dispatch should give immediate visible feedback that submit/dispatch started.
   • On busy/rejected/failed send, preserve the draft where appropriate and surface a bounded diagnostic.
   • On success, clear/update only according to the existing submit semantics.

3. Initial panel first draw

   • yoi panel should show an initial/loading/minimal panel before non-essential full snapshot, Orchestrator ensure/observe, or slow local runtime checks complete where practical.
   • Background completion should update the panel state/diagnostics once ready.

Implementation boundaries:

• Reuse or extend existing local pending-task guards such as PendingReload where practical.
• Prevent duplicate overlapping reload/transition tasks.
• Preserve selected row and composer draft across background refreshes unless the submitted operation succeeds and intentionally clears the draft.
• Keep enough synchronous checks to avoid presenting actions that would immediately violate known local state invariants.

Non-goals are limited to adjacent changes that could naturally be mixed into this work:

• Do not change Pod spawn/restore/attach authority, identity, or metadata semantics.
• Do not change Ticket workflow-state/action semantics.
• Do not introduce a durable scheduler/lease/background-job system.
• Do not rewrite the entire TUI runtime loop.

Everything else should not be listed as a non-goal unless the implementation discovers it is an actual adjacent risk. Unrelated exclusions add noise and should be avoided.

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