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Problem

I wanted more room to read and edit long prompts in T3 Code on iOS. Both existing threads and new-task drafts keep the editor constrained, so I wanted to be able to grab the composer and pull it taller.

To reproduce on eba0521563: open either composer, focus the input, and enter several paragraphs. There is no way to enlarge the editor in place.

Change

Drag the handle to resize the existing composer. Release position and velocity determine whether it snaps compact or expanded. The transcript follows the composer, and expansion stays below navigation while accounting for the keyboard. This works in existing threads and new-task drafts; Android sizing is unchanged.

Scope and approval

iOS composer resizing. Direction and scope are being discussed in #6915; upstream maintainer approval is pending.

Verification

Tested on a local iPhone 17 simulator running iOS 27.0, with isolated development state. No prompts were sent.

  • Slow drags and flings reached both sizes, with the transcript following throughout. Checked navigation clearance, image removal while expanded, draft retention on reopen, and a synthetic questionnaire hiding the resize handle. Text and controls remained intact.
  • After the keyboard-offset fix, verified keyboard reveal while expanded and clearance below navigation. Gesture recordings are from f8a06de29e; the keyboard recording is from fbb0a33a6.
  • Mobile typecheck and scoped formatting passed. Scoped lint had React compiler warnings and no errors.

Still unverified: keyboard dismissal while expanded was inconclusive. Adding an image while expanded, switching drafts while settling, questionnaire arrival during a drag, full selection preservation, and Android runtime behavior also need coverage.

Before After Questionnaire fixture
Constrained iOS editor Expanded iOS editor below navigation Questionnaire replaces the composer
Existing thread: drag and snap New draft: drag and snap
ios-existing-motion.mp4
ios-draft-motion.mp4
Keyboard check: expanded editor makes room when the keyboard opens

5-second retake: the composer starts expanded; text entry brings up the keyboard and the editor makes room while Cancel stays visible. Labels and brief holds mark the before/after states; the transition runs at normal speed. This checks keyboard opening only; dismissal remains unverified.

ios-expanded-keyboard-retake.mp4

Models: GPT-6.1 Sol (implementation) and GPT-6 Astra (review fixes). Harness: Codex in T3 Code.

Keep the existing editor mounted while its handle follows a drag and settles at compact or expanded height using release velocity. Bound expansion below navigation and drive transcript spacing from the same UI-thread height.

Refresh bounds when composer chrome changes and release resize ownership when the editor closes, hides, or changes drafts. Cover both thread and new-task composers while preserving Android sizing.
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Walkthrough

The PR adds an iOS resizable composer input with vertical swipe and accessibility controls. Thread detail and task draft screens connect it to measured layout bounds, resize state, inset updates, and resize-aware layout transitions.

Changes

Composer Resizing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resizable input behavior
apps/mobile/src/components/ResizableComposerInput.tsx
The component measures available expansion space, updates resize progress and an optional inset, and supports swipe and accessibility controls.
Thread composer integration
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx
The editor uses the resizable input and measured container. Layout transitions and expanded editor styling vary by platform and resize state.
Thread detail inset and resize wiring
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
The screen measures the composer overlay on the UI thread, updates inset values, and passes resize configuration to ThreadComposer.
Task draft screen integration
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx
The screen connects its editor and dock to the resize container. It uses resize-aware transitions and platform-specific editor sizing.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant ResizableComposerInput
  participant ThreadComposer
  participant ThreadDetailScreen
  User->>ResizableComposerInput: Drag handle to resize composer
  ResizableComposerInput->>ThreadComposer: Update height and resize state
  ThreadComposer->>ThreadDetailScreen: Share resize inset values
  ThreadDetailScreen->>ThreadDetailScreen: Remeasure overlay when resizing ends
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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fbb0a

The iOS composer resize change is mergeable after normal checks; no actionable issue is established by the supplied evidence.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to fbb0a

The changes are confined to composer sizing and transcript positioning. No new submission authority or cross-environment access path was identified. Remaining uncertainty concerns interrupted resize transitions and draft replacement, rather than a demonstrated security weakness.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new resize authority is bounded to the mounted composer’s geometry and, on thread screens, transcript positioning. Its inputs contain layout references and shared values rather than credentials, tenant selectors or a service client; no independently attackable backend or data-store scope was identified in this change.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • observed — Swipe and accessibility inputs flow through measurement, bounded progress and animation into layout writes. These new handlers do not invoke message submission, attachment imports, navigation or runtime-mode changes. This supports rejecting an expanded sensitive-sink path through the resizer, without certifying unrelated application surfaces.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The resizer leaves its editor children’s identity and action callbacks intact. In particular, the task-draft submission still checks canStart, and thread submission still calls the existing handleSend path. The measured screen boundary is a geometric limit, not an authorization boundary.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Gesture restart cancels the previous animation; unsuccessful gesture finalization settles to a detent. Disable and unmount cleanup cancel progress and release ownership, while completed collapse also releases ownership. The screen then refreshes its measured inset when the overlay is available.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Approvability ❌ Error Needs a maintainer's review under the adds a user workflow/subsystem rule. The PR adds the new ResizableComposerInput subsystem in apps/mobile/src/components/ResizableComposerInput.tsx, with s… A maintainer must review the new iOS composer-resizing workflow and its integration before approval.
Description check ⚠️ Warning The description covers the problem, implementation, verification steps, UI evidence, limitations, and agent details. However, the Scope and approval section does not include a triaged issue or discuss… Add the triaged bug issue or maintainer-approved discussion link, including the explicit approval comment, before merging.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding swipe-based resizing for the iOS composer.
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Needs a maintainer's review under the adds a user workflow/subsystem rule. The PR adds the new ResizableComposerInput subsystem in apps/mobile/src/components/ResizableComposerInput.tsx, with swipe and accessibility actions that change composer height. It wires this new interaction into both NewTaskDraftScreen.tsx and ThreadComposer.tsx, and manages transcript insets in ThreadDetailScreen.tsx. This is a new product workflow, not a focused bug fix.

Full details: Description check

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The description covers the problem, implementation, verification steps, UI evidence, limitations, and agent details. However, the Scope and approval section does not include a triaged issue or discussion link with explicit maintainer approval; it states that approval is pending.

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/components/ResizableComposerInput.tsx:
- Around line 95-102: Update ResizableComposerInput’s room measurement and
derived maximum to include the same interpolated KeyboardStickyView opened
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NewTaskDraftScreen’s keyboardOpenedOffset into the composer so reveal and hide
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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds always-on iOS swipe resizing and replaces shared composer keyboard/inset handling across existing and new-task flows, making it a substantial production behavior change rather than a small additive tweak. The room-budget logic also omits the new-task dock’s opened keyboard offset, leaving a concrete layout risk during keyboard show/hide transitions.

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Pre-merge checks failed. Please resolve the failing checks before merging.

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