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fix(server): messages from a linked environment name the sending thread - #34731

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Addresses the review item, which was correct. The forwarded sender title went into the t3-sender-title header unbounded, so a long title exceeded the peer's header limit (HTTP 431), and an unpaired surrogate made encodeURIComponent throw before the call was sent. PeerMcpClient now cuts the title to its first 200 UTF-16 units and calls toWellFormed() before encoding (the same approach as the existing toWellFormed use in http.ts), which bounds the header to about 1.8 KB and turns a lone surrogate into U+FFFD, so the peer call always goes out. Clients that cannot read the sender's thread show at most the first 200 characters of its title. The existing PeerMcpClient test 'renews a missing peer session once and reuses its replacement' now sends a 2,000-character CJK title and 'x\ud800' as sender titles and asserts the calls succeed with a bounded, well-formed header. On the previous head it failed with URIError: URI malformed.

Fixes #34708

Reproduction on main

Two local servers A and B on current origin/main, A linked to B with full access, Linked environments enabled in Labs. An OpenCode thread on A titled 'orc lead' called t3_thread_send with B's environmentId and a target thread on B. A thread on B ('local sender on B') sent to the same target as a control. Read-only query of B's statev2.sqlite: the forwarded message has createdBy agent, creationSource mcp and no senderThreadId; the local message has senderThreadId set. B's web UI shows 'Agent hello from orc lead on A' next to 'local sender on B hello from local sender on B'.

Evidence

Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.

Tests

vp test run src/peer/PeerMcpClient.test.ts on the previous head (failed: URIError: URI malformed, as reported); after the fix, vp test run src/peer/PeerMcpClient.test.ts src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts (44 passed); vp run check:changed (format, lint, knip, typecheck of 37 packages, 19 test files, react compiler all pass)

Not in this change

  • A client not connected to the sender's environment still shows 'Agent', because it can't look up the sender's title
  • The first message of a thread started remotely with t3_thread_launch carries no sender
  • t3_thread_read output does not expose senderEnvironmentId (adding it changes an MCP schema and needs evals)

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

…nd thread

Repro for #34708: a t3_thread_send forwarded over a peer link reaches the
receiving environment with no sender, so its clients show "Agent".

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
t3_thread_send to a linked environment dropped the caller, so the message
arrived with no sender and clients showed "Agent".

Forwarded calls now carry the calling thread in T3-Sender-Environment and
T3-Sender-Thread headers. The receiving environment honors them only from
peer links and records senderThreadId plus a new optional
senderEnvironmentId on the message. Web and mobile look the sender up on
that environment and Open thread opens it there.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
A client connected only to the receiving environment cannot read the
sending environment's thread, so the message still showed "Agent".
The forwarding environment now sends the calling thread's title with
the sender headers, the receiver records it on the message as
senderTitle, and web and mobile rows fall back to it when the sender's
thread is not available.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
…alls

The forwarded sender title went into an HTTP header unbounded, so a
long title pushed the request past the peer's header limit (431), and
an unpaired surrogate made encodeURIComponent throw before the call
was sent. The title is now cut to 200 UTF-16 units and made well-formed
before encoding, which keeps the header under about 1.8 KB.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
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Verdict: Approved at 9ad7813

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Linked-environment messages now retain the sending thread’s name and environment for attribution and navigation. The change stays within existing authenticated peer links and preserves current permission checks and feature settings.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex Total thread wire 5.0 KiB 5.0 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Codex Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire 1.2 KiB 1.2 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.5 KiB 21.5 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅
Claude Total thread wire 5.0 KiB 5.0 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Claude Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire 1.2 KiB 1.2 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.9 KiB 21.9 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅

Baseline: fd033df · PR result: 9ad7813 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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The change carries sender environment and title metadata through linked-environment MCP calls, dispatch, persistence, and message projections. Web and mobile agent-message rows use that metadata to locate sender threads, display fallback titles, and open threads in the sender environment.

Changes: Linked-Environment Sender Metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sender metadata contracts
packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpInvocationContext.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts
Conversation messages, turn items, dispatch commands, and MCP caller context include optional sender environment and title fields.
Peer sender transport
apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerMcpClient.ts, apps/server/src/peer/*test.ts
Peer forwarding passes caller sender details to MCP calls. The client sends sender headers and URI-encodes a bounded title. Tests cover forwarded sender details and title encoding.
MCP ingress and message persistence
apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/{ThreadManagementService,Orchestrator}.ts
The MCP server accepts valid sender metadata from linked clients. The send path propagates sender fields through dispatch, queued and immediate runs, steering, and provider handoff.
Sender-thread projection and views
apps/web/src/{types.ts,session-logic.ts}, apps/web/src/components/chat/*, apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/*
Web and mobile projections retain sender environment and title. Agent-message views use the sender environment for thread lookup and opening, and the sender title as a label fallback.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PeerForwarding
  participant PeerMcpClient
  participant McpHttpServer
  participant OrchestratorMcpService
  participant ThreadManagementService
  participant Orchestrator
  PeerForwarding->>PeerMcpClient: pass caller sender details
  PeerMcpClient->>McpHttpServer: send sender headers
  McpHttpServer->>OrchestratorMcpService: attach validated sender to invocation
  OrchestratorMcpService->>ThreadManagementService: send message with sender fields
  ThreadManagementService->>Orchestrator: dispatch message metadata
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Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#26846: Changes the peer invocation contract and sender-thread derivation in related forwarding and MCP paths.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, saphid, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to 9ad78

Messages from linked environments now identify the sending thread in the UI. Agents reading the timeline through MCP still cannot tell which environment a remote sender thread belongs to. This is a small, bounded gap that can be fixed or followed up on.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Inconclusive 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 inconclusive

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check Inconclusive The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, Verification, and Not in this change. The Problem and Change sections are clear. It links issue #34708 under the fix… 1) Fill in the Evidence section with before/after screenshots or a short recording of the web UI change (the 'Agent' label versus the sender thread title and Open thread action), and embed or link them. 2) Under Scope and approval, confirm …
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title names the main change: messages from a linked environment now identify the sending thread. The changeset adds sender environment, thread, and title metadata across forwarding, contracts, ser…
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue #34708 requires that a t3_thread_send from a linked environment identify the sending thread, as same-environment sends do. Evidence at head 9ad7813:
- Forwarding: PeerForwarding…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed Every changed area traces to the sender-attribution path that issue #34708 requires: contracts, PeerForwarding, PeerMcpClient, McpHttpServer, McpInvocationContext, OrchestratorMcpService, ThreadManage…
Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title names the main change: messages from a linked environment now identify the sending thread. The changeset adds sender environment, thread, and title metadata across forwarding, contracts, server, and web UI, which matches the title's scope. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific. It does not cover the title-truncation and surrogate handling, but it does not need to.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Directly linked issue #34708 requires that a t3_thread_send from a linked environment identify the sending thread, as same-environment sends do. Evidence at head 9ad7813:

  • Forwarding: PeerForwarding.ts adds a sender (local environment ID, caller thread ID, optional title) to forwarded calls. PeerMcpClient.call sends it as SENDER_ENVIRONMENT_HEADER, SENDER_THREAD_HEADER, and SENDER_TITLE_HEADER.
  • Receiving side: McpHttpServer.ts attaches sender metadata to linked-client invocations only. OrchestratorMcpService.senderOf returns senderThreadId, senderEnvironmentId, and senderTitle when the sender environment differs from the current one. This addresses the issue's missing senderThreadId and missing sender-environment field.
  • Persistence and contracts: Orchestrator.ts and ThreadManagementService.ts carry senderEnvironmentId and senderTitle into messages. The contract types in orchestrationV2.ts define these fields.
  • Display: web (MessagesTimeline, QueuedRunsControl, TimelineUserMessageRow) and mobile (ThreadFeed, ThreadQueueControl) resolve the sender thread using senderEnvironmentId, show the title, and open the thread. This addresses the issue's "Agent" label and missing "Open thread" control.
  • Tests: McpHttpServer.test.ts and PeerForwarding.test.ts cover sender headers and recorded scope. PeerMcpClient.test.ts covers long and lone-surrogate titles.

Limits, not failures: the PR states that the first message of a thread launched remotely with t3_thread_launch carries no sender, and that clients not connected to the sender environment show "Agent". The issue does not name these cases; its reproduction uses t3_thread_send. The PR's "Evidence" section (real-app before and after) is pending. It is not a coding requirement.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

Every changed area traces to the sender-attribution path that issue #34708 requires: contracts, PeerForwarding, PeerMcpClient, McpHttpServer, McpInvocationContext, OrchestratorMcpService, ThreadManagementService, Orchestrator, and the web and mobile display of sender labels and open-thread actions. The title truncation and toWellFormed() in PeerMcpClient.ts bound the forwarded title header. This supports the forwarded sender data, so it is in scope. The test fixture change in PeerForwarding.test.ts ("Café build" thread) and the test updates support this work. No unrelated change was found in the reviewed areas. The raw summary does not list every changed file; files not summarized were not inspected.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, Verification, and Not in this change. The Problem and Change sections are clear. It links issue #34708 under the fix. The Verification section lists specific test commands and results. The Evidence section is a placeholder that says it will be filled before merge. The template asks for before/after screenshots for UI changes, and this PR changes web UI labels and open-thread behavior. The Scope and approval section links the issue but does not show maintainer approval of direction. The trailing line asks for the model and harness, and the description gives only a generic AI-assisted note without naming the model.

Resolution

  1. Fill in the Evidence section with before/after screenshots or a short recording of the web UI change (the 'Agent' label versus the sender thread title and Open thread action), and embed or link them. 2) Under Scope and approval, confirm that a maintainer approved the direction, or link the approval comment. 3) Name the model and harness used, as the template asks, instead of the generic AI-assisted note.
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Minor · Return the sender environment with a remote senderThreadId. · OrchestratorMcpService.ts:1063

apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts:1063
Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Return the sender environment with a remote senderThreadId.

A remote message carries a senderThreadId without its senderEnvironmentId. t3_thread_read needs both environmentId and threadId. An agent cannot find the sender's thread from the timeline item alone. The stored sender environment is also dropped at the timeline boundary.

Suggested fix

Add the field to the timeline item schema in packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts. Import EnvironmentId if the file does not already import it.

   senderThreadId: Schema.optional(ThreadId),
+  senderEnvironmentId: Schema.optional(EnvironmentId),

Copy the field in apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts.

     ...(message?.senderThreadId === undefined ? {} : { senderThreadId: message.senderThreadId }),
+    ...(message?.senderEnvironmentId === undefined
+      ? {}
+      : { senderEnvironmentId: message.senderEnvironmentId }),
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts at line 1063:
The timeline item preserves senderThreadId but drops senderEnvironmentId, preventing consumers from identifying the remote thread’s environment. Add an optional senderEnvironmentId field to the timeline item schema using the existing EnvironmentId contract type, then update the mapping in OrchestratorMcpService that copies senderThreadId to also preserve message.senderEnvironmentId when present.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts:
- Line 1063: The timeline item preserves senderThreadId but drops
senderEnvironmentId, preventing consumers from identifying the remote thread’s
environment. Add an optional senderEnvironmentId field to the timeline item
schema using the existing EnvironmentId contract type, then update the mapping
in OrchestratorMcpService that copies senderThreadId to also preserve
message.senderEnvironmentId when present.

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  • apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
  • apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadQueueControl.tsx
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts
  • apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts
  • apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts
  • apps/server/src/mcp/McpInvocationContext.ts
  • apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts
  • apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
  • apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts
  • apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts
  • apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts
  • apps/server/src/peer/PeerMcpClient.test.ts
  • apps/server/src/peer/PeerMcpClient.ts
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.browser.test.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/QueuedRunsControl.browser.test.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/QueuedRunsControl.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineUserMessageRow.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/chat/timelineRowContext.ts
  • apps/web/src/session-logic.ts
  • apps/web/src/types.ts
  • packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts

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Thanks for this. Main has the change since #34721.

Main now preserves the linked sender’s environment, thread and title through delivery and queued messages, displays that sender on web and mobile, and opens the sending thread in its environment. Compared your full diff with the merge: its attribution, navigation, bounded-title and malformed-Unicode fixes are covered using linkedSender, including title fallback when the sender’s thread is unavailable.

Closing as superseded.

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