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[Feature]: Setting to keep the Thread details panel closed on new threads #28888
Description
Every new thread opens with the Thread details panel visible (Open in VS Code, project scripts, branch, Commit & push, Changes), and I close it on almost every single one, so it would be really nice to have a setting that keeps it closed by default.
Right now closing it is only remembered for that one thread, and the next new thread shows it again. I use it maybe once in a while, so most of the time it just takes space next to the conversation and I end up hitting the toggle shortcut out of habit.
A simple "Show Thread details on new threads" switch in Settings would solve it, with the toolbar button still there to open it when I need it. Remembering the last state I left it in would work just as well.
Looking at the code, the default seems to come from DEFAULT_THREAD_PANEL_VISIBILITY = { inlineOpen: true } in apps/web/src/rightPanelStore.ts, so the setting would probably only need to feed that default.
Version: 0.1.4-nightly.20261027.3783, macOS, Apple Silicon.
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DominiquePijnenburg commentedon Nov 3, 2026
+1
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kashyapmanu commentedon Nov 4, 2026
+1 from me. I also don't want the Thread details panel open by default. A "Show Thread details on new threads" switch in Settings, or remembering the last state, would both work for me.
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itse4elhaam commentedon Nov 5, 2026
+1 from me
Might raise a PR for this
luquibu commentedon Nov 6, 2026
I also find the Thread details panel opening automatically disruptive. I want it to remain closed until I explicitly click its button or use the shortcut.
Local triage found Windows and server version 0.1.7. An isolated check of that release’s state logic confirmed that untouched threads default to open and closing one thread does not affect others.
I sometimes notice it when revisiting threads too, but reopening after an explicit close remains unconfirmed.
Prepared with Codex, GPT-6.
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