Desktop tab strip visibility trapping and fixes
Cluster 79518 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #91714 on 21 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #91714. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and fixes concern a desktop UI bug where the tab strip could become hidden, leaving users unable to navigate back to chat tabs. The work addresses self-healing phantom tiles, restoring visible state, and preventing the hidden strip from becoming an inescapable dead end.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#91714 fix(desktop): rebuild tab strip visibility around a stated mode and a way back
files:
apps/desktop/src/app/chat/pane-mirror.ts,apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-drag.ts,apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx,apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx,apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx,apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.tsx,apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts,apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/dock-enforce.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/model.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/drag-session.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/lone-header.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/lone-header.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/strip-visibility.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/strip-visibility.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tab-strip-hide.test.tsx,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/track-model.ts,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.test.tsx,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx,apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts(+11 more)
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#79520 fix(desktop): session tabs no longer trap — self-heal phantom tiles, never hide chat tabs behind a hidden strip · superseded by another PR →
#91714
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#79518Desktop: hidden tab strip is an inescapable dead end for chat tabs — reveals front invisibly, adoption re-pins the hidden flag
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #91714
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 21 Aug 2026