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Summary

Multi-file composer (issue #1682): stage multiple attachments per message before sending.

  • PendingAttachment[] staging with a 20-file cap
  • Drag & drop with a visible overlay
  • Clipboard paste
  • multiple file picker
  • Per-chip scope-bound delete

Tests

  • chat-composer-attach.test.ts: 18/18 pass (4 new tests cover drop, paste, multi-file, per-chip delete)
  • npx tsc -b clean; git diff --check clean

Pre-existing failures (not from this diff)

The full unit suite has 10 failures in 4 unrelated files (settings-lifecycle-reset-button, create-company-wallet-mode, create-company-dialog-preflight-race, connection-console-switch-known-status) that reproduce identically on clean main — pre-existing upstream breakage (#2108). This PR does not claim a fully green suite.

Closes #1682

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Chat messages now support up to 20 attachments at once.
    • Add files through file selection, drag and drop, or pasting images.
    • Review staged attachments as individual chips and remove them separately.
    • Attachments remain together until the message is sent.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cleanup and upload handling for multiple attachments.

…d paste

The composer held a single PendingAttachment: a fresh pick replaced the
last, and only the paperclip could add one. The wire (Vec<Attachment>)
already carried more, so the UI now:

- stages up to the server's bounded maximum of twenty non-empty files,
  each chip keeping the scope-bound delete that must free its node;
- accepts files from the picker (multiple), drag-and-drop onto the box
  with a drop overlay, and pasted screenshots from the clipboard;
- clears every staged node on send failure, removal, or unmount through
  the delete bound to the company that owns each upload.

Adds drop/paste/multi-file unit tests alongside the existing paperclip
suite (issue tinyhumansai#1682).
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How this change flows

1 changed behaviour across 10 relationships. 6 surrounding behaviours are shown (60 graph nodes walked). 43 further behaviours left out to keep the diagram readable.

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  n0["MessageComposer<br/>changed"]:::changed
  n1["send"]:::impacted
  n2["text"]:::impacted
  n3["pick"]:::impacted
  n4["render"]:::impacted
  n5["renderAsCompanySwitch"]:::impacted
  n6["closePicker"]:::impacted
  n0 -->|uses| n1
  n0 -->|uses| n3
  n0 -->|calls| n6
  n0 -->|uses| n6
  n1 -->|uses| n2
  n1 -->|calls| n6
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Walkthrough

The chat composer now supports up to 20 staged attachments from file selection, paste, and drag-and-drop. It uploads files sequentially, sends all references, renders removable chips, and cleans up uploads correctly.

Changes

Chat attachment flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Attachment state and cleanup
frontend/src/views/chat/MessageComposer.tsx, frontend/test/unit/chat-composer-attach.test.ts
The composer stores multiple pending attachments. Users can remove one attachment or clear all attachments. Cleanup now handles every pending upload. Tests verify separately picked files remain staged.
Attachment ingestion and sending
frontend/src/views/chat/MessageComposer.tsx, frontend/test/unit/chat-composer-attach.test.ts
File selection, paste, and drop inputs upload files sequentially and send all staged references. Tests cover multi-file drops, image paste, and ordinary text paste.
Attachment chip rendering
frontend/src/views/chat/MessageComposer.tsx
The composer renders a removable chip for each pending attachment and enables multiple file selection.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1910f

Concurrent paste or drop actions can attach more than 20 files or leave late uploads staged after a message is sent, causing attachments to appear on a later message. Queueing attachment batches and covering overlapping uploads is needed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant MessageComposer
  participant onSend
  User->>MessageComposer: Select, paste, or drop files
  MessageComposer->>MessageComposer: addFiles uploads and stages files
  User->>MessageComposer: Send message
  MessageComposer->>onSend: Send message with all attachment references
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Suggested reviewers: senamakel, oxoxdev, graycyrus

Poem

A rabbit hops where file chips grow
Many little attachments line in a row
Paste and drop, then upload with care
Send every reference waiting there
The composer smiles: all files are fair

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR implements the composer picker, upload staging, and attachment selection behavior required by issue #1682. It does not implement the required chat multipart backend route or message rendering, … Add the chat multipart backend route. Connect the send flow to persist attachment references with chat messages. Render sent attachments in chat messages. Verify the route and rendering enforce the required company-scoped deletion behavior …
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: support for multiple staged chat attachments with drag-and-drop and paste.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain related to chat attachment support. Multi-file staging, drag-and-drop, paste handling, attachment limits, and related tests are in scope for the composer portion of issue #1682.
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Explanation

The PR implements the composer picker, upload staging, and attachment selection behavior required by issue #1682. It does not implement the required chat multipart backend route or message rendering, so the attachment flow is not end-to-end.

Resolution

Add the chat multipart backend route. Connect the send flow to persist attachment references with chat messages. Render sent attachments in chat messages. Verify the route and rendering enforce the required company-scoped deletion behavior where applicable.

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In `@frontend/src/views/chat/MessageComposer.tsx`:
- Line 516: Serialize addFiles attachment batches so each queued invocation
calculates capacity from the latest pending count only when it starts,
preventing concurrent batches from exceeding the 20-attachment limit. Keep
uploading true until all queued work settles, and add a regression test covering
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/** Upload picked or dropped files sequentially and stage every successful one. */
async function addFiles(files: File[]) {
if (!uploadAttachment || files.length === 0) return;
const room = Math.max(0, 20 - pendingRef.current.length);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Serialize attachment batches before calculating capacity.

Paste and drop can call addFiles while another batch awaits uploadAttachment. Each call reads the same pending count on Line 516. With 19 staged attachments, two one-file paste events can both proceed and stage 21 attachments.

Each invocation also clears uploading independently. The first completed batch can enable send() while another batch still uploads. The late files can then remain staged for a later, unrelated message.

Queue or lock batches. Calculate capacity when each queued batch starts. Keep uploading true until all queued work settles. Add a regression test with overlapping paste or drop events.

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In `@frontend/src/views/chat/MessageComposer.tsx` at line 516, Serialize addFiles
attachment batches so each queued invocation calculates capacity from the latest
pending count only when it starts, preventing concurrent batches from exceeding
the 20-attachment limit. Keep uploading true until all queued work settles, and
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Comment on lines +516 to +517
const room = Math.max(0, 20 - pendingRef.current.length);
const selected = files.filter((file) => file.size > 0).slice(0, room);

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P1 Badge Serialize attachment batches before calculating capacity

When another paste or drop occurs while a previous addFiles call is awaiting uploads, both calls calculate room without reserving each other's in-flight files because paste/drop remain enabled during uploading. The batches can therefore stage more than 20 files, and either batch's finally can set uploading false while the other is still running, allowing a partial or over-limit send. The server rejects more than 20 attachments before journaling, while ChatView.send reports the rejection as ambiguous and these uploaded nodes are not cleaned up, leaving the message unsent and the files charged against workspace quota; serialize additions or reserve capacity across all active batches.

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function carriesFiles(event: React.DragEvent): boolean {
return !disabled && Array.from(event.dataTransfer.types).includes("Files");

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P2 Badge Gate drag-and-drop on attachment support

In the thread composer, ThreadPanel.tsx intentionally supplies no uploadAttachment, but this predicate still accepts file drags whenever the composer is enabled. It consequently displays “Drop files to attach them,” prevents the drop's native behavior, and then addFiles immediately returns without uploading anything. Include uploadAttachment in this eligibility check, as the paste and paperclip paths already do, so unsupported composers do not advertise and silently discard the action.

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