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Problem

The Work board only listed chats on the machine the project tab is bound to, while the session sidebar already shows chats from every connected machine. New chat in board mode also did nothing, because the draft draws on the surface the board occupies.

Cause

Board columns come from the bound-machine roster. Cross-machine rows are a separate subscription the sidebar renders and the board never filed. New chat cleared the active session without leaving board mode, so the draft had nowhere to appear.

Change and boundary

The board now appends each other machine's filtered chats, filed with that machine's own PR wait, and a card from another machine keeps its runtime pin, machine glyph, and lane menu. New chat switches back to the list and opens the draft.

The bound-machine buckets are unchanged, so another machine's CI still cannot park a local row in Waiting. Dragging a card still uses session.moveOnBoard, now pinned to the owning machine.

Verification

Pending /quality and /test.

Focused checks already run: WorkKanbanBoard.test.tsx (22), useWorkSessions.test.ts (93), TerminalsPage.test.tsx (59), all passed. Desktop typecheck reports existing SDK and Three.js errors and none in these files.

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  • New Features
    • The board now displays eligible sessions from other machines alongside local sessions, placing them in lanes according to each session’s machine and filing rules.
    • Board cards use the owning machine’s pull request details, machine indicator, and lane actions. Moving or undoing a move applies to the correct session and refreshes that machine’s lanes.
    • Board activity indicators track activity from sessions on other machines. Apple-device and Mac-desktop markers remain limited to local lanes.
    • Opening a new chat from the board switches to list view before displaying the draft.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The board now combines local sessions with visible sessions from other machines. Board cards and actions use foreign sessions’ machine data. An exported helper partitions roster status. Starting a new chat from board view switches to list view.

Changes

Cross-machine board sessions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Roster status partitioning
apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/useWorkSessions.ts
partitionRosterForBoard partitions sessions using effective filing buckets or filing rules at the supplied time. It separates snoozed sessions and splits awaiting-input sessions by phase. The existing hook uses the helper for its chip-filtered roster.
Foreign board integration
apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/useWorkSessions.ts, apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/SessionListPane.tsx
The board appends visible foreign sessions that are not already present locally. Cards resolve foreign lanes and PRs from the owning machine. Board range selection and lane accents use the combined buckets.
Board actions and validation
apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/SessionListPane.tsx, apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/WorkKanbanBoard.test.tsx
Foreign moves and undos use the session binding when available and refresh that machine’s lanes. Move-pulse tracking includes foreign sessions. Starting a chat from board view switches to list view. Tests cover the chat behavior and a remote running session’s board column.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested labels: desktop, docs

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 66770

Foreign chats with PRs can disappear from the Work board when Has PR is selected. Fix that filter before merging.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/SessionListPane.tsx`:
- Line 1605: Update the foreign-row filtering that builds visibleForeignRows to
check each foreign lane’s PRs using lanePrsForMachine, so selecting Has PR
includes foreign chats whose lanes have PRs and agrees with the board’s PR
lookup.
- Line 2030: Update boardSessionIds to collect each session ID directly from the
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for (const column of WORK_BOARD_COLUMNS) {
for (const session of workBoardBuckets[column.key]) localIds.add(session.id);
}
for (const row of visibleForeignRows) {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply the Has PR chip with the foreign machine’s PRs.

When Has PR is selected, visibleForeignRows uses laneHasPr: () => false. The new board union therefore omits foreign chats even when their lane has a PR. Use lanePrsForMachine when filtering foreign rows so the chip and board PR lookup agree.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/SessionListPane.tsx` at line
1605, Update the foreign-row filtering that builds visibleForeignRows to check
each foreign lane’s PRs using lanePrsForMachine, so selecting Has PR includes
foreign chats whose lanes have PRs and agrees with the board’s PR lookup.

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const ids: string[] = [];
for (const column of WORK_BOARD_COLUMNS) {
ids.push(...collectVisibleIds(workBoardBuckets[column.key]));
ids.push(...collectVisibleIds(boardUnion.buckets[column.key]));

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Use one ID per rendered board card for range selection.

workNesting groups an attached shell under its parent even in board mode. boardSessionIds then places the shell next to its parent and skips the shell at its own bucket position. The board renders each bucket session directly, so Shift-selection can differ from the rendered order.

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-      ids.push(...collectVisibleIds(boardUnion.buckets[column.key]));
+      ids.push(...boardUnion.buckets[column.key].map((session) => session.id));
...
-  }, [boardUnion.buckets, collectVisibleIds, isBoard]);
+  }, [boardUnion.buckets, isBoard]);
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In `@apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/terminals/SessionListPane.tsx` at line
2030, Update boardSessionIds to collect each session ID directly from the bucket
in rendered order, rather than using collectVisibleIds, which groups attached
shells with their parents. Remove collectVisibleIds from the callback
dependencies if it is no longer used.

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laneAccentFor={(session) =>
boardUnion.sessionRow.get(session.id)?.lane.color
?? laneById.get(session.laneId)?.color
?? null

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🟡 Foreign board rail shows wrong color

When a foreign lane has no color, laneAccentFor falls back to a bound lane with the same ID. The foreign card displays that lane's color instead of a neutral rail.

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laneAccentFor={(session) =>
boardUnion.sessionRow.get(session.id)?.lane.color
?? laneById.get(session.laneId)?.color
?? null
laneAccentFor={(session) => {
const foreignRow = boardUnion.sessionRow.get(session.id);
return foreignRow
? foreignRow.lane.color ?? null
: laneById.get(session.laneId)?.color ?? null;
}}

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