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Chat pane periodic repaint and scroll reset fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114988 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a recurring ~60-second repaint of the desktop chat pane that was resetting scroll position, composer caret, and unsaved typed text. Related fixes also target transcript scroll re-pinning behavior and unnecessary atom writes for unchanged entries.

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  • #114988 fix(desktop): chat pane no longer repaints every ~60s losing scroll, caret and typed text (#113842, salvage #113845)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list-restore-composer-resize.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx, apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll-restore.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll.ts, apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.ts, contributors/emails/[redacted:email]

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · other 1

  • #113845 fix(desktop): skip tail atom writes when the entry is unchanged · merged via another change → c3d2e10, #114988, #113842, #113845
  • #114052 fix(desktop): stop the transcript from re-pinning scroll while idle and from resting above the bottom on send (#113842) · other
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113842Desktop: chat pane repaints every ~60s, resetting scroll position, composer caret, and unsaved typed text
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2 PRs closed without merging
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18 Sep 2026

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