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What problem does this solve?

Three related gaps in remote group management from the local TUI (rows under the remote/fleet headers from agent-deck remote add):

  1. M (move to group) was a silent no-op on remote sessions. The dispatch in handleMainKey only handled ItemTypeSession (local rows), and the GroupDialogMove submit path only called h.groupTree.MoveSessionToGroup for local instances. Remote sessions live in the remote's own state DB, so the move must run on the remote over SSH — the sibling remote-rename feature already does this (GroupDialogRenameSessionsession.NewSSHRunner).
  2. M did not offer empty remote folders. The move dialog's group list for a remote row was derived only from sessions in the fleet cache, so a folder with zero sessions was invisible — after moving every session out of a folder, it could no longer be selected as a move target.
  3. g (create group) only created LOCAL groups. Pressing g on a remote session/header and confirming created the group in the local tree, even though the row's groups live in the remote's own DB — the folder never appeared remotely.

Why this change

  1. Remote move: M on a remote row opens the move dialog (new remoteGroupPaths); confirming runs agent-deck group move <id> <group> over SSH via moveRemoteSessionToGroup (10s timeout, mirrors remote rename), reporting via remoteMoveResultMsg. Success patches the local fleet cache so the row re-renders under the new group immediately; failure surfaces in the footer.
  2. Empty remote folders: each remote's full group list is fetched with agent-deck group list --json on the same fleet poll that fetches sessions (piggy-backing the remote session formatting still doesn't work #1101 cost channel), cached in Home.remoteGroups, and unioned into remoteGroupPaths. The remote's own group DB includes empty groups, so M now offers every folder the remote knows about; session-derived groups remain as a fallback for remotes whose group-list fetch failed or predates the JSON shape (failed fetches keep last-good cache entries — same contract as the sessions map, issue TUI doesn't refresh remote session list after startup — new remote sessions invisible until quit/relaunch #1170).
  3. Remote create: the create dialog carries a remoteName (new ShowCreateRemoteWithContext / ShowCreateRemoteWithContextDefaultRoot, with a "Remote: " line in the dialog so the routing is explicit); the g dispatch recognizes ItemTypeRemoteSession and ItemTypeRemoteGroup (incl. the level-0 host header — parent defaults to the header's group path, Tab still toggles Root/Subgroup for issue Can't create group, only sub-groups #111 parity); confirming routes agent-deck group create <name> [--parent <parent>] over SSH via createRemoteGroup, reporting via remoteGroupResultMsg which inserts the new path into the cached group list so M offers it immediately.

Local moves and local group creation are unchanged (synchronous, local tree).

User impact

Fleet/TUI users with remotes configured can now, from their own machine: move remote sessions between groups (M), move sessions into empty remote folders, and create groups/subgroups on remotes (g) — without opening a shell on the remote host. Failures surface in the footer instead of a silent no-op.

Evidence

New/extended tests (follow the #1100 remote-test harness pattern):

  • TestRemoteMoveToGroup_MKeyOpensDialogWithRemoteGroups — M on a remote row opens the move dialog with the remote's groups (incl. my-sessions for ungrouped rows).
  • TestRemoteMoveToGroup_MKeyIncludesEmptyGroups — an empty remote folder (zero sessions) is still offered as a move target.
  • TestRemoteSessionsFetchedMsgPopulatesGroupCache — fleet-poll group lists land in Home.remoteGroups.
  • TestRemoteMoveToGroup_EnterReturnsMoveCmd — Enter returns the SSH-routed move cmd and never touches the local tree.
  • TestRemoteMoveToGroup_LocalSessionStillUsesLocalTree — local moves stay synchronous.
  • TestRemoteCreateGroup_GKeyOnRemoteSessionRoutesOverSSH / _GKeyOnRemoteGroupHeaderDefaultsToSubgroup / _GKeyOnRemoteHostHeaderCreatesRootGroup — g on remote rows opens the dialog scoped to the remote (header case defaults to subgroup mode with the header's path as parent).
  • TestRemoteCreateGroup_LocalSessionStillCreatesLocally — local create stays synchronous with no SSH cmd.
  • TestRemoteGroupResultMsgPatchesCache — a confirmed remote create adds the new path to the cached group list.
  • TestParseGroupListPaths (internal/session) — group list --json flattening: empty groups, nested children, normalization.

Validation: full internal/ui and internal/session suites pass; go vet clean. Also verified end-to-end against a live remote (created a throwaway session, moved it over SSH with the same command, confirmed via list --json, cleaned up).

Note: on our box the sandboxed cmd/agent-deck suite has one pre-existing, environment-dependent failure (TestHandleAddUsesGlobalDefaultPath — identical on a clean v1.15.0 checkout, unrelated to this diff).

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What actually bothered you

My human asked: "M was not working for move on remote machines. I need move to work properly without requiring to access remote machines." Follow-ups: empty remote folders (zero sessions) were invisible to the M dialog after all sessions were moved out, and g only created local groups instead of creating them on the remote.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Create groups directly on remote hosts, including nested groups.
    • Remote group creation is labeled and routed to the selected host.
    • Remote group lists include empty folders and remain available during temporary connection failures.
    • Move sessions between remote groups using normalized, sorted group paths.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved remote operation feedback, including success confirmations and surfaced errors.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for remote group creation, session moves, and remote group synchronization.

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The TUI now discovers complete remote group trees, supports remote group creation and session moves over SSH, and caches remote group paths. Local group operations remain local. Tests cover remote and local create and move behavior.

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Remote group discovery and caching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remote group discovery and normalization
internal/session/ssh.go, internal/session/ssh_test.go, internal/ui/home.go, internal/ui/remote_move_to_group_test.go
FetchGroupPaths retrieves remote groups through group list --json. The parser normalizes, deduplicates, sorts, and preserves empty groups. Fleet polling caches successful results and retains the last good list after failures.
Remote dialog context and routing
internal/ui/group_dialog.go, internal/ui/home.go, internal/ui/remote_move_to_group_test.go
Remote rows open dialogs with remote context. The M key offers cached remote groups. Confirmation routes remote moves over SSH while local moves remain synchronous.

Remote group creation and cache updates

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Remote create command and result handling
internal/ui/home.go, internal/ui/group_dialog.go, internal/ui/remote_create_group_test.go
The g key opens root or subgroup creation for remote rows. Confirmation runs agent-deck group create over SSH with a 10-second timeout. Successful results update the cached group paths, and errors update the UI error state.
Regression coverage
internal/ui/remote_create_group_test.go, internal/ui/remote_move_to_group_test.go
Tests verify remote dialog context, SSH command dispatch, cache updates, empty-group handling, and preservation of local create and move behavior.

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Remote group management is mergeable with owner awareness: slow remote moves may fail despite a longer configured timeout, and malformed or out-of-order refreshes can temporarily hide folders or revert the local view until refreshed. The remote state itself remains authoritative.

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Remote_parity ✅ Passed PASS. The PR adds explicit remote-session handling. In handleMainKey, M handles session.ItemTypeRemoteSession and opens GroupDialogMove with remote groups. In handleGroupDialogKey, the remot…
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PASS. The PR adds explicit remote-session handling. In handleMainKey, M handles session.ItemTypeRemoteSession and opens GroupDialogMove with remote groups. In handleGroupDialogKey, the remote move runs through moveRemoteSessionToGroup over SSH. The g path also handles ItemTypeRemoteSession and routes creation through createRemoteGroup. New tests cover both remote dispatch paths with RemoteSessionInfo and ItemTypeRemoteSession; no t.Skip is needed.

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Pressing M on a remote-session row in the TUI was a silent no-op: the
hotkey dispatch in handleMainKey only handled ItemTypeSession, and the
GroupDialogMove submit path only moved local instances via the local
group tree. Remote sessions live in the remote's own state DB, so they
must be moved by running 'agent-deck group move <id> <group>' on that
host over SSH - exactly what the remote-rename path already does.

- M on a remote row now opens the move dialog with the group paths
  observed on that remote (new remoteGroupPaths helper).
- Confirming runs the move over SSH via moveRemoteSessionToGroup (a
  tea.Cmd using session.NewSSHRunner, 10s timeout, mirroring the
  remote-rename path) and reports back through remoteMoveResultMsg.
- The message handler patches the local fleet cache on success so the
  row re-renders under the new group immediately; errors surface in
  the footer. The local order overlay for the old bucket is left
  alone - applyRemoteSessionOrder already skips stale overlay IDs.
- Local moves are unchanged (synchronous, local tree).

Adds internal/ui/remote_move_to_group_test.go covering: dialog opens
with the remote's groups; Enter returns a non-nil SSH-routed cmd and
never touches the local tree; local moves stay synchronous.
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In `@internal/ui/home.go`:
- Around line 2124-2126: Update the context timeout around NewSSHRunner to use
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runner := session.NewSSHRunner(remoteName, rc)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
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Use the configured remote command timeout.

Line 2125 hard-caps this command at 10 seconds. This overrides RemoteConfig.GetCommandTimeout(), which NewSSHRunner already uses for remote commands. A user cannot move a session on a slow remote even after increasing its configured timeout.

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-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rc.GetCommandTimeout())
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runner := session.NewSSHRunner(remoteName, rc)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
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In `@internal/ui/home.go` around lines 2124 - 2126, Update the context timeout
around NewSSHRunner to use the configured timeout from
RemoteConfig.GetCommandTimeout() instead of the hard-coded 10-second duration,
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Thanks — description updated with the required intake sections (problem, rationale, user impact, evidence, AI disclosure, human intent, checklist). AI-authored; human intent quoted. Editing the description should re-run the intake check.

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Saurabh Barjatiya added 2 commits August 29, 2026 16:32
The move dialog's group list for a remote row was derived only from the
sessions observed in the fleet cache (remoteGroupPaths), so a folder the
remote holds that currently has ZERO sessions was invisible — after moving
every session out of a folder, that folder could no longer be selected as
a move target for other sessions.

Fetch each remote's full group list (`agent-deck group list --json`) on
the same fleet poll that fetches sessions (piggy-backing the asheshgoplani#1101 cost
channel), cache it in Home.remoteGroups, and union it into
remoteGroupPaths. The remote's own group DB includes empty groups, so the
M dialog now offers every folder the remote knows about; session-derived
groups remain as a fallback for remotes whose group-list fetch failed or
predates the JSON shape. Failed group fetches keep last-good cache
entries (same contract as the sessions map, issue asheshgoplani#1170).

Adds SSHRunner.FetchGroupPaths (+ pure parseGroupListPaths, unit-tested
without SSH) and regression tests pinning the union in the dialog and the
fleet-poll wiring.
The g-key create dialog had no remote awareness: pressing g on a remote
session or remote group header and confirming it created the group in the
LOCAL group tree, even though the row's groups live in the remote's own
state DB — the remote folder never appeared there.

- GroupDialog now carries a remoteName (set by the new
  ShowCreateRemoteWithContext / ShowCreateRemoteWithContextDefaultRoot
  entry points, reset by every local Show*/Hide) and renders a
  "Remote: <name>" line so the routing is explicit.
- The g-key dispatch recognizes ItemTypeRemoteSession and
  ItemTypeRemoteGroup (incl. the level-0 host header, where the parent
  defaults to the header's group path) and scopes the dialog to that
  remote; Tab still toggles Root/Subgroup like the local paths (issue
  asheshgoplani#111 parity).
- Confirming routes `agent-deck group create <name> [--parent <parent>]`
  over SSH (new createRemoteGroup, mirrors moveRemoteSessionToGroup /
  the remote-rename path) and reports back via remoteGroupResultMsg; on
  success the new path is inserted into the cached remote group list so
  the M move dialog offers it immediately, before the next fleet poll.

Regression tests pin the dispatch (remote session / group header / host
header), the no-local-mutation guarantee, the local path staying
synchronous, and the result-msg cache patch.
@barjatiyasaurabh barjatiyasaurabh changed the title fix(ui): M (move to group) now works on remote sessions fix(ui): remote group management — M offers empty groups, g creates groups on remote Aug 29, 2026
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