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Problem

On macOS, File → Close Window leaves T3 Code running with no File menu action to reopen its main window. Users who miss the Dock activation behavior have to quit and relaunch the app.

Closes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/28042. Related closed report: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/435.

Change

Add File → Open Window on macOS and route it through the existing DesktopWindow.activate effect and menu error handling. This reuses the existing window recreation, backend readiness, and shutdown guards.

Scope and approval

This is a small fix for the missing reverse action of the existing Close Window command. It exposes an established activation capability in the same menu; it does not introduce multiple main windows, new settings, or changes to other platforms.

Verification

  • Extended the existing window reopening test to invoke the fake window’s registered closed listener, wait for the production close handler’s clearMain effect to finish, then configure the real application menu and invoke Open Window with no focused window. It uses the real DesktopWindow service with the existing fake Electron boundary, and verifies another window is created with local execution disabled and no backend readiness signal.
  • Ran that test on the original production code: it failed because the Open Window item was missing. Applied the fix and ran the window, menu, and lifecycle suites: 31 tests passed.
  • vp run check:changed: format, lint, both knip passes, desktop/scripts typechecking, and adjacent tests all passed. Commit hooks also passed format, lint, and knip.
  • Built and launched an isolated development desktop app on macOS 27.0.1. The native File menu exposes Open Window and Close Window. Closing the window leaves the app running; activating it recreates the window. Menu-driven recreation is covered by the regression test above.

Before/after screenshots could not be captured on this host: the app capture API returned “Screenshot unavailable,” and macOS screencapture returned “could not create image from display.” Native menu observations were:

Before (installed Beta 0.1.5): File → Close Window
After (development build):   File → Open Window
                                   Close Window

Written with GPT-6.1-Sol in the Codex harness through T3 Code.

Fixes #28042

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Verdict: Approved at aa652d8

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds File > Open Window on macOS using the existing window-activation path. The action remains user-initiated and retains existing shutdown and backend-readiness safeguards.

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Walkthrough

On macOS, the File menu now includes an Open Window item that activates the desktop window. A test verifies that clicking the item records an activation action.

Changes: macOS Window Reopening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add and test the Open Window action
apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.ts, apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.test.ts
The menu adds an Open Window item that activates the desktop window. The macOS menu test checks that clicking it records an activation action.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24101 — Both address the macOS main-window lifecycle; this PR adds an explicit menu action to activate the window.

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to f4bc6

This adds a File → Open Window item on macOS so a closed window can be reopened without quitting. No behavior-breaking risk was identified. The remaining feedback concerns code style and test design only.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title names the real change: a macOS File menu action that reopens the main window. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific. The title uses plain language and fits the 61-charact…
Description check Passed The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each section has specific content. The Problem section states the bug and the workaround. The Change…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #28042 requires a discoverable way to reopen the main window after File → Close Window on macOS. The reviewed head adds a macOS-only File → Open Window item in apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApp…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The production change adds one menu item and one effect in DesktopApplicationMenu.ts. The item is limited to macOS. It reuses the existing DesktopWindow.activate path and its guards. The test changes …
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The title names the real change: a macOS File menu action that reopens the main window. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific. The title uses plain language and fits the 61-character length.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each section has specific content. The Problem section states the bug and the workaround. The Change section explains the fix and reuses existing guards. The Scope section explains why no issue link is needed beyond the linked issue and says the change is small and bounded. The Verification section lists the tests, the check run, the manual macOS check, and the screenshot gap. It also names the model and harness, as the template requests. The description omits no required section. It has a minor gap: the Scope section links an issue but the template asks for a link to the bug issue, which the author provides.

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Issue #28042 requires a discoverable way to reopen the main window after File → Close Window on macOS. The reviewed head adds a macOS-only File → Open Window item in apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.ts. The item runs a new activateMainWindow effect through the existing menu-action error-handling wrapper. That effect calls the existing DesktopWindow.activate path, which recreates the window. A new menu test in DesktopApplicationMenu.test.ts clicks File → Open Window and verifies that the activation action is dispatched. The test stub for DesktopWindow.activate now records that action. The earlier window reopening test also covers close, clearMain, and reopen. The PR reports that this regression test failed before the fix and passes after it. The changes since the previous review are consistent with the earlier PASS conclusion. The issue asks for a discoverable action, and this change supplies one. No unmet coding requirement is found in the available evidence. The issue's Dock-click behavior was not verified, but the issue does not require it as a coding objective.

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The production change adds one menu item and one effect in DesktopApplicationMenu.ts. The item is limited to macOS. It reuses the existing DesktopWindow.activate path and its guards. The test changes support the new menu item and the reopen behavior. The summary shows no new settings, no multiple-main-window support, and no changes to other platforms. The PR description's verification notes, screenshot limits, and test counts are not coding requirements and do not affect scope.

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Nitpick Exercise the registered closed handler.

548-583: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Exercise the registered closed handler.

The direct Ref.set bypasses the production "closed" callback. The fixture replaces ElectronWindow.clearMain with a synchronous state reset, so invoking the handler can detect missing handler wiring or a missing call to clearMain, but it cannot detect a regression in production clearMain or validate its argument.

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-          yield* Ref.set(mainWindow, Option.none());
+          const closed = fakeWindow.windowListeners.get("closed");
+          if (!closed) {
+            return yield* Effect.die("window closed listener was not registered");
+          }
+          closed();
+          yield* Effect.promise(() => Promise.resolve());

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.test.ts around lines
548 - 583:
In the test flow before `menu.configure`, replace the direct
`Ref.set(mainWindow, Option.none())` with invoking the registered `"closed"`
listener on the fake window, and wait for its effects to complete before
continuing. This exercises the production close-handler wiring and its call to
`clearMain`.

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vneogi199 and others added 6 commits October 31, 2026 08:48
Resolve the window service when the menu item runs, like the other menu
actions, and replace the integration-style DesktopWindow test with a
focused DesktopApplicationMenu case.

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Nitpick comments: 2

apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.ts: 1

67-70: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Use Effect.fn for the reusable menu operation.

Define activateMainWindow with Effect.fn("desktop.menu.activateMainWindow"). Remove the separate withSpan, and call activateMainWindow() from the click handler.

As per coding guidelines, “Reusable functions use Effect.fn("Service.operation")” and “Keep Effect.gen for inline programs and layer construction.”

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.ts around lines 67 - 70:
Update the activateMainWindow operation to use Effect.fn with the existing span name, remove the separate Effect.withSpan, and invoke activateMainWindow() from the click handler.

Source: Coding guidelines

apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.test.ts: 1

208-230: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Replace the callback-wiring test with a window-reopening regression.

The test replaces DesktopWindow.activate with a Deferred completion. It proves that the click reaches the stub, not that a closed window reopens.

Use the real DesktopWindow service with external Electron fakes. Trigger the close handler, await its completion, and invoke Open Window without a focused window. Assert that the main window is recreated. Extend an existing behavior test if one fits.

As per coding guidelines, omit tests for “callback wiring” and “Don't mock the logic under test.” The path instructions also require tests at the lowest layer that reproduces the regression.

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.test.ts around lines 208 - 230:
Replace the callback-wiring assertion in the “reopens the main window from File > Open Window on macOS” test with a regression test using the real DesktopWindow service and external Electron fakes. Trigger and await the window’s close handler, then invoke Open Window with no focused window and assert that the main window is recreated; extend an existing behavior test if it already covers this flow.

Sources: Coding guidelines, Path instructions


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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.test.ts:
- Around line 208-230: Replace the callback-wiring assertion in the “reopens the
main window from File > Open Window on macOS” test with a regression test using
the real DesktopWindow service and external Electron fakes. Trigger and await
the window’s close handler, then invoke Open Window with no focused window and
assert that the main window is recreated; extend an existing behavior test if it
already covers this flow.

Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopApplicationMenu.ts:
- Around line 67-70: Update the activateMainWindow operation to use Effect.fn
with the existing span name, remove the separate Effect.withSpan, and invoke
activateMainWindow() from the click handler.

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[Bug]: macOS: Cannot reopen a window after File → Close Window

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