[Yuruzuu]

Problem

Stop an agent Browser recording just after an action leaves the page idle, and the exported clip can end before the result of the action appears. The recorder flushes its cached JPEG, which may predate the last paint.

Change

After draining the screencast, take one bounded screenshot of the tab and paint it into the recorder before flushing. If the screenshot is unavailable, finish with the cached frame. This applies to the server recorder used by the agent preview tools.

Scope and approval

This is a focused bug fix for a stale final frame in an existing recording. It preserves the recording interface, format, and settings. #25075 addresses capture throughput and overlaps the stop code.

Verification

• The new service regression failed on upstream when the saved artifact contained the cached frame. The patch passed 91 tests across the three selected suites, including the screenshot-failure fallback. vp test run apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts.
• Format, lint, both Knip checks, GraphQL generation, affected typechecks, and selected tests passed with the changed-file runner's slow Windows cache scan bypassed.
• Five paired runs of the production Stop routine and recorder script in pinned Chrome Headless Shell 157 on Windows. The final state appeared in 1/5 before and 5/5 after. Median Stop-to-file time was 76 ms before and 216 ms after.
• The side-by-side video shows the upstream clip on the left and the patched clip on the right. The benchmark exercises the recorder and Stop routine in isolation. Comparison video · Raw results · Harness

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[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 6e64358

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Recordings now capture the final page state before finishing, with a bounded screenshot attempt and fallback if capture fails. The change preserves recording settings and existing output safeguards.

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Walkthrough

Recording stop now attempts to capture and encode a final viewport frame when the tab is not closing and no dialog is open. The capture waits for finite animations to settle. Tests check successful capture and fallback to previously recorded frame data.

Changes: Recording final-frame capture

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Capture and encode the final frame apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts	captureFinalRecordingFrame waits for finite animations and captures a JPEG viewport. stopRecording sends a returned frame to the encoder when eligible. Tests cover animation settling, successful final-frame capture, and fallback to existing frame data.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ServerBrowser
  participant ServerBrowserPage
  participant CDPSession
  participant Encoder
  ServerBrowser->>ServerBrowserPage: captureFinalRecordingFrame(quality)
  ServerBrowserPage->>CDPSession: capture viewport as JPEG
  CDPSession-->>ServerBrowserPage: return captured frame
  ServerBrowserPage-->>ServerBrowser: return frame
  ServerBrowser->>Encoder: encode final frame

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Possibly related issues

• [Bug]: preview_recording_start on a tab that draws no frames never returns and blocks every later action on that tab #23514: This change addresses the final-frame capture fallback described in the issue. It does not address the separate recording-start hang.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#31555: Both changes affect the recording stop sequence and its bounded waits.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25075: Both changes drain pending frame work as part of recording shutdown.
• pingdotgg/t3code#26684: Both changes use the encoder’s frame input path.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Low · up to 5cab4

Recordings can still miss the last visible page state when another finite animation runs beyond the capture deadline. This is a bounded edge case to fix or explicitly accept before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the server fix and the goal of preserving the last page state in agent recordings.
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope rationale, and focused verification results. It also reports the benchmark’s limitations and includes evidence links.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts:
- Around line 480-496: Update captureFinalRecordingFrame to bound the
finite-animation wait separately so it cannot consume the time reserved for
capturing the viewport; when that wait expires, proceed with a screenshot of the
current viewport. Preserve an overall deadline and the cached-frame fallback if
the screenshot fails.

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• apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts
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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

git diff 20c3dd3689782bfcb1a04332086d08017028c718 5cab4e92fbe32ba5aea0a86e93b8b88a8b6f1607 -- apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
rg -n -F -e 'FRAME_ANSWER_MS' -e 'captureFinalRecordingFrame' -e 'captureViewport' -e 'answered(' -e 'lastFrame' -- apps/server/src/preview

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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cat -n apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts | sed -n '420,475p'
rg -n -i -e 'finite (animation|transition)' -e 'recording.*(timeout|transition|animation|last frame|final frame)' -e 'FRAME_ANSWER_MS' -- apps/server/src/preview docs || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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Reserve time to capture the final viewport.

If a running finite animation outlasts the one-second budget, answered returns before the screenshot. The recorder can then save a cached frame that misses the last action’s result, even when an unrelated animation caused the wait.

Bound the animation wait separately and capture the current viewport when that wait expires. Keep an overall deadline and use the cached frame if the screenshot fails.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts around lines 480 - 496:
Update captureFinalRecordingFrame to bound the finite-animation wait separately so it cannot consume the time reserved for capturing the viewport; when that wait expires, proceed with a screenshot of the current viewport. Preserve an overall deadline and the cached-frame fallback if the screenshot fails.

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[maria-rcks]

Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Result: not ready. Tested Linux web development builds of github/main (1a2a4a5e96), the original PR head (6e64358), and the updated head (5cab4e9). Created a real repository project and threads through the app, then used real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns and the server's preview recording tools. Client automation used repository Playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome. No mocked provider or seeded scenario data.

On main, clicking Settings and immediately stopping the recording retained the old chat frame. The original PR also reproduced this, including one run with a two-second wait before stop. Investigation found a successful fresh JPEG capture could still contain the pre-transition page.

Pushed 5cab4e9 to this PR's existing head without force. It waits for finite page transitions and paint before the bounded final capture. An existing Chromium test now covers a finite entrance animation alongside infinite and paused animations; it failed before the fix and passed afterward.

After reinstall and restart, real provider recordings passed Settings close → chat, delayed Settings opening, and Project grouping on → off and off → on on an already loaded Settings page. Final decoded frames matched the screenshots and actual toggle state. The original setting was restored.

Remaining failure: immediate chat → Settings → stop is inconsistent. The final rerun saved 18 chat frames, while the screenshot immediately after stop showed Settings. Waiting for finite transitions does not reliably cover the pending route render. This remains unresolved, so passing checks are not evidence that the full scenario works.

Runtime transcript:

recording_start -> click Settings -> recording_stop
main: final frame chat (stale)
original PR: final frame chat (stale)
5cab4e9 final rerun: 18/18 frames chat (stale); post-stop screenshot Settings
5cab4e9: close Settings -> immediate stop: final frame chat, PASS
5cab4e9: loaded Project grouping on -> off -> immediate stop: final frame off, PASS
5cab4e9: loaded Project grouping off -> on -> immediate stop: final frame on, PASS

vp test run apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts passed (90 tests) through Blacksmith. vp run check:changed 20c3dd3689782bfcb1a04332086d08017028c718 passed through Blacksmith, including 92 tests and affected checks.

Main final frame:

Updated PR final frame for the same interaction:

Actual page immediately after stop:

Main recording:

Updated PR recording, remaining failure:

Loaded-page neighboring interaction, passed:

Inspected the shared frames and played the shared videos, including playback and seeking of the uploaded videos. All GitHub checks are green at 5cab4e9. Reopened this comment: screenshots render, but GitHub displays external MP4 embeds as links rather than inline players; direct uploaded-video playback was checked separately.

Not verified

The immediate navigation case remains failing, rather than verified. Native desktop/mobile clients, macOS/Windows, remote relay/tunnel connections, and other providers were not exercised on this Linux VM. Screenshot-failure fallback and dialog/tab-close branches were covered by focused checks, not deliberately induced in the live app.