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Problem

Attach a thread from Machine A to a new chat, then pick Machine B (or let Auto routing send it there). The chip looks fine and the message sends, but B's agent can only read threads on its own server, so t3_thread_read returns thread_not_found. Mobile has the same gap: the new-task composer sends the reference anyway, and pasting a thread copied from another machine keeps it.

Change

A thread reference belongs to the machine that owns the thread. Drafts can still move freely; the reference just can't be sent somewhere that can't read it.

  • Web/desktop composer: on any other machine the chip turns invalid, and its tooltip explains why. Send stops with a toast naming the owning machine ("Remove it, or switch back to A to send"). The check runs at send time, so it covers every way a draft can change machines (picker, project picker, Auto, restored drafts).
  • Auto routing only considers machines that own every attached thread. If none does, the toast says so instead of blaming resources.
  • Mobile: the new-task screen blocks submit with the same message. Pasting drops threads owned by another machine, as web paste already did, and an alert names the dropped threads. Dropped threads don't count against the paste limit.
  • threadContextsOutsideEnvironment in packages/shared is the one check both clients use.

Removing the chip or switching back to the owning machine clears the state. No server, contract or MCP tool changes: agents never produce thread references, and environmentId is the server's stable identity, so local, remote and T3 Connect connections behave the same.

This replaces the earlier version of this PR, which pinned the draft to the owning machine and blocked machine switches in each selector. That version also turned off Auto routing whenever a thread was attached and didn't cover mobile.

Scope and approval

This uses CONTRIBUTING.md's focused obvious-bug exception: a valid thread reference silently becomes unreadable when its draft is sent from another machine. The fix keeps today's local-only thread reading and refuses to send what the destination can't read.

When cross-machine reads land, this check can relax for environments the destination can reach. Those PRs are still open: #16655/#16684 add linked environments and t3_thread_read(environmentId), and #15210 snapshots dropped foreign threads.

Verification

  • vp test run packages/shared/src/composerContextReferences.test.ts apps/mobile/src/lib/composerContextClipboard.test.ts: 26 passed. The new mobile paste test fails on main, where the foreign thread is kept and counts against the context limit. The shared helper tests cover mixed local and foreign records.

  • Web and mobile tsc --noEmit: pass. Scoped lint on the changed files: 0 errors. Formatting: pass.

  • T3's native Browser, with two isolated dev servers (A and B) on one host:

    • a thread from A attached to a draft;
    • the draft moved to B: the chip turns invalid with the tooltip, and Send is blocked;
    • back on A, the chip is normal again.

    Both servers show the same hostname label because they share a host.

  • Not run: a native mobile client (the mobile change is the shared check plus an Alert, covered by the paste test and typecheck) and live model calls.

Before: the draft moves to B and the reference from A looks normal. After: on B the chip is marked unreadable and explains how to fix it.

The before image is reused from this PR's earlier evidence. This one shows what happens on main when the message sends from B anyway: the agent's real t3_thread_read returns thread_not_found. Its right side shows the same read succeeding on A, which is still where this change sends you.

Send on B: thread_not_found. Send on A: the source thread is returned.

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Composer flows now check attached thread contexts against the destination environment. Mobile clipboard imports filter mismatched thread records and report skipped threads. Mobile and web task submission paths block or warn about contexts from other environments.

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Cross-Environment Thread Context Guards

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect and filter mismatched thread contexts
packages/shared/src/composerContextReferences.ts, packages/shared/src/composerContextReferences.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/composerContextClipboard.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/composerContextClipboard.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.tsx
A shared helper identifies referenced thread records from another environment. Clipboard import accepts a destination environment, filters mismatched thread records, and reports their titles. Tests cover the helper and clipboard filtering.
Block mismatched contexts in mobile task drafts
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/new-task-flow-provider.tsx
Mobile task submission alerts and stops when a draft includes a thread from another environment. Pending task message construction also rejects such drafts.
Show and enforce web thread-context availability
apps/web/src/components/ThreadContextChip.tsx, apps/web/src/components/composerContextPresentation.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
Thread chips indicate when a thread belongs to another environment. Web environment selection filters candidates by attached thread contexts, and sending warns and stops when the current environment cannot read a thread.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: chrisdeeming, juliusmarminge


Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to bc283

Mobile paste receives the selected project’s required environment ID, so the reported loss of pasted threads is not reachable through the inspected application flows. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/lib/composerContextClipboard.ts:
- Around line 86-91: Move or adjust the record-cap check so it counts records
only after foreign threads are filtered out by the `record.kind === "thread"`
and `environmentId` check. A paste should be accepted when the retained records
fit the available context slots, even if the input also contains foreign
threads.
- Around line 86-91: Update the clipboard import flow containing the
foreign-thread filter so dropping a thread also removes its matching reference
from the returned text and reports that a thread was skipped to the caller;
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🟡 Minor · Show both paste warnings for a mixed failure. · ComposerEditor.tsx:122-126

apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.tsx:122-126
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Show both paste warnings for a mixed failure.

A paste can return both failures and skippedThreads. The current else if shows only the attachment warning. The foreign thread is removed, but its unavailable text reference remains visible without naming the dropped thread.

Suggested fix
-      if (result.failures.length > 0)
+      if (result.failures.length > 0 && result.skippedThreads.length > 0)
+        Alert.alert(
+          "Some context could not be pasted",
+          [
+            "Some attachments could not be copied. Reconnect to the source environment and copy them again. References without their files are marked unavailable.",
+            `This machine's agent can't read ${result.skippedThreads.map((title) => `"${title}"`).join(", ")}, so the references are marked unavailable.`,
+          ].join("\n\n"),
+        );
+      else if (result.failures.length > 0)
         Alert.alert(
           "Some attachments could not be copied",
           "Reconnect to the source environment and copy them again. References without their files are marked unavailable.",
         );
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Update the paste-warning logic in the ComposerEditor result handling so mixed
failures report both the attachment-copy problem and the skipped thread titles.
Preserve the existing attachment-only and skipped-thread-only alerts when only
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- Around line 122-126: Update the paste-warning logic in the ComposerEditor
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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of NikitaMGrimm

Outside-diff finding on ComposerEditor.tsx (mixed paste warnings): fixed in bc283f4. A paste now produces one "Some context could not be pasted" alert. Its message lists the attachment-copy problem, the dropped thread titles, or both, and notes that those references are marked unavailable.

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Hi! We are cleaning up open PRs, and this one does not say which model or harness was used to create it. If this change is really important, we recommend rebuilding the PR with a newer model and noting the model and harness in the PR description.

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