fix(web): file previews handle downloads, in-page links, and repo paths, and favicons stop leaking internal hosts

[juliusmarminge]

Download buttons in HTML previews

Problem: HTML previews run sandboxed without allow-downloads, so <a download> links and download buttons in agent-written pages did nothing.

Fix: add allow-downloads to the HTML asset CSP sandbox on the server and to the web iframe sandbox in BrowserDocumentFrame. Scripts, forms, and popups are unchanged; there are still no modals and no same-origin access.

Fixes #14362

Markdown table-of-contents links

Problem: headings had no ids, so a link like #1-operating-model found no target, and the click handler let the browser follow it. On desktop the route lives in the URL hash, so the router read the fragment as a path and opened a new thread. When a target did exist, the handler also pushed the bare fragment as the hash, which replaced the route the same way.

Fix: headings get GitHub-style slug ids (deduplicated, with the sanitizer's user-content- prefix, which the fragment lookup already strips), with or without raw HTML parsing. In-page # links always preventDefault, never write the URL, and scroll the heading into view when it exists. A missing target leaves the thread and document where they are.

Fixes #13946

Inline code paths in a markdown file preview

Problem: the file preview resolves relative paths from the open file's directory, so `docs/ai/design.md` inside docs/ai/plans.md became docs/ai/docs/ai/design.md.

Fix: in a file inside the workspace, multi-segment inline-code paths resolve from the workspace root, as in chat. ./, ../, single-segment names (design.md:12), files outside the workspace, explicit markdown links, and images keep resolving from the file's directory.

Fixes #16348

Link favicons leaking internal hostnames and ports

Problem: faviconUrlForOrigin checked hostname but sent host, so preview tabs sent the port to Google. Internal names under public-looking domains (grafana.internal.acme-corp.com) and common private TLDs (.corp, .lan) were also treated as public.

Fix: send only the hostname. Hosts with a corp, internal, or intranet label, or ending in .corp, .home, .intranet, .lan, or .private (on top of the existing loopback, private IP, single-label, .local, .internal, and similar rules) no longer go to the favicon service. Callers already fall back to a globe icon.

Fixes #16894

Verified

• vp test run src/http.test.ts (apps/server)
• vp test run src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx src/markdown-links.test.ts src/browser/browserTargetResolver.test.ts (apps/web), including a new jsdom click test for TOC links with and without raw HTML parsing
• vp test run src/favicon.test.ts src/hostClassification.test.ts (packages/shared)
• tsc --noEmit in apps/web and packages/shared
• vp lint on the changed files (only warnings that were already there)

Skipped

• None. A broader product question on [Bug]: Link favicons send internal company hostnames to Google, and preview tabs also send the port #16894 stays open: should link favicons use a third-party lookup at all? This PR only narrows what gets sent.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This cross-cutting PR changes default HTML-preview sandbox permissions and markdown behavior, while also modifying security/privacy-sensitive favicon disclosure handling. The default download capability and internal-host filtering warrant human review.

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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	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	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	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

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

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This pull request changes HTML preview download permissions, Markdown heading IDs and fragment navigation, inline-code path resolution, and favicon host filtering and URL construction.

Changes

HTML preview downloads

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Allow downloads in HTML previews apps/server/src/http.ts, apps/server/src/http.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/files/BrowserDocumentFrame.tsx	The HTML preview CSP and iframe sandbox now permit downloads. CSP tests expect the added permission.

Markdown heading navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Generate heading IDs apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx	Markdown headings without authored IDs receive deduplicated user-content- IDs in parsed and literal HTML modes. Tests check generated IDs and collision handling.
Handle in-page fragment clicks apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx	Fragment clicks prevent browser navigation. If a target exists, the preview scrolls to the first matching target. Tests cover matching and missing targets.

Inline-code file paths

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve inline-code paths packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.ts, apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts, apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts	Qualifying multi-segment paths from workspace files resolve from the workspace root. Other candidates continue to resolve beside the host file. Tests cover workspace and outside-workspace hosts.

Favicon host filtering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter hosts and build favicon URLs packages/shared/src/hostClassification.ts, packages/shared/src/favicon.ts, packages/shared/src/favicon.test.ts	The host filter rejects additional reserved suffixes and internal hostname labels. Google favicon URLs use the hostname without its port. Tests cover blocked hosts and URL construction.

Priority: ⬆️ High

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, noojuno

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b2da8

Some inline-code file links can open the wrong file. This is a bounded issue to fix before merging or accept as a follow-up.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: download support, in-page links, repository paths, and safer favicon handling. It uses a valid conventional commit format and remains specific despite co…
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly documents the problems, fixes, issue references, scope boundaries, and focused verification results. It is substantially complete. It does not include the template's requested …
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies the coding requirements for all four active linked issues. For #14362, the server CSP and BrowserDocumentFrame sandbox add allow-downloads while retaining the existing restriction…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed source files and tests directly support #14362, #13946, #16348, or #16894. The favicon changes do not remove third-party lookups or add configuration, which matches the stated scope for #1…

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Handle backslash separators in both inline-code path checks.

resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta must keep ..\x/y.ts relative to the Markdown file. The current checks only recognize /. Therefore, the explicit-relative check misses ..\, while the multi-segment check still detects the later / and selects cwd as the base directory.

The same separator handling is required for ordinary bare paths such as src\main.ts. Under the workspace-root contract, they must count as multi-segment paths and resolve from cwd, not remain file-relative.

Suggested fix

--- "a/apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts"
+++ "b/apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts"
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
   baseDir: string | undefined,
 ): boolean {
   if (!cwd || !baseDir || !isRelativeFilePath(candidate)) return false;
-  if (/^(?:~|\.{1,2})\//.test(candidate)) return false;
-  if (!splitFilePathPosition(candidate).path.includes("/")) return false;
+  if (/^(?:~|\.{1,2})[\/\\]/.test(candidate)) return false;
+  if (!/[\/\\]/.test(splitFilePathPosition(candidate).path)) return false;
   return workspaceRelativeFilePath(baseDir, cwd) !== null;
 }
 

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts at line 72:
Update the inline-code path checks in resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta to recognize
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