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🤖 fix: allow ask_user_question back navigation (#1192)
Fix `ask_user_question` back-navigation for single-select answers. - Removed effect-based auto-advance that re-triggered when navigating back to an answered question. - Auto-advance now happens only on the user’s selection event (single-select, selecting, non-`Other`). - Added Storybook play test covering: select → advances; click back → stays; change answer → advances. Also includes small test-suite stabilizations uncovered while running `make test-unit`: - Gate `web_fetch` internet tests behind `TEST_INTEGRATION=1`. - Reduce timing-based flakiness in background process output tests. - Guard telemetry client for window-less test environments. - Skip URL-hash sync in Storybook preview (avoids test-runner navigation retries). --- <details> <summary>📋 Implementation Plan</summary> # Fix: `ask_user_question` can’t navigate back after answering (single‑select) ## Diagnosis (why it happens) In `src/browser/components/tools/AskUserQuestionToolCall.tsx`, there’s a `useEffect` that **auto-advances** whenever the *current* question is single-select and has exactly one non-`Other` selection. Because this effect runs any time `activeIndex` / `currentQuestion` changes, when you click a previous “section” (the header buttons like `Approach`, `Platforms`) **you briefly land on that question and then the effect immediately pushes you forward again**. Result: you can’t stay on a previously-answered single-select question to edit it. ## Recommended fix (keep auto-advance, but only on the user action) **Net LoC (product code): ~-10 to -25** (remove effect + ref; add a small in-handler advance). 1. **Remove the `useEffect`-based auto-advance** and the `hasUserInteracted` ref. 2. Move auto-advance into the option `toggle()` handler for **single-select** questions: - Only advance when the user is **selecting** (not de-selecting) an option. - Only advance for **non-`Other`** selections. - Advance to `activeIndex + 1` (which will naturally hit “Summary” after the last question). This preserves the “fast path” UX for single-select while allowing users to click back to previous sections and change answers. ### Suggested implementation sketch - In `toggle()`: - detect `const isSelecting = !checked;` - after calling `setDraftAnswers(...)`, if `!currentQuestion.multiSelect && isSelecting && opt.label !== OTHER_VALUE`, call `setActiveIndex((i) => i + 1)`. - Delete the auto-advance `useEffect` entirely. ## Tests (prevent regression) ### Storybook interaction test (preferred for UI) 1. Add a `play` function to the existing `AskUserQuestionPending` story (or create a new focused story, e.g. `AskUserQuestionBackNavigation`). 2. Steps in `play`: - Click an option in the first single-select question → verify the UI advances to the next question. - Click the previous section button (`Approach`) → verify the first question remains visible (i.e., it does **not** auto-jump forward again). - Optionally: change the selection and confirm it advances again. This will run in CI via the existing **“Test / Storybook”** GitHub Actions job. ### (Optional) unit test if we want belt + suspenders If you’d like a unit test that runs in `bun test src` too, extract the “should auto-advance” logic into a small pure helper (e.g. `shouldAutoAdvanceSingleSelect(...)`) and test: - navigating back to an already-answered question does **not** auto-advance - selecting a new non-`Other` option does (But the Storybook interaction test should be sufficient and closer to the real bug.) ## Validation checklist - Repro the original issue locally (answer single-select → attempt to click back). - After fix: you can click back to `Approach` and stay there. - Run: - `make test-unit` - `make storybook-build && make test-storybook` <details> <summary>Alternatives considered</summary> 1. **Keep the `useEffect` but add guards** (track “last auto-advanced question+answer” in a ref). - Works, but is more stateful and easier to re-break. 2. **Disable auto-advance entirely**. - Simplest, but changes UX (users must always click Next). The in-handler auto-advance is the smallest change that preserves existing intent. </details> </details> --- _Generated with `mux` • Model: `openai:gpt-5.2` • Thinking: `xhigh`_
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.github/workflows/pr.yml

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with:
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extra_nix_config: |
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experimental-features = nix-command flakes
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- run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
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- run: |
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set -euo pipefail
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curl --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 2 -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
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- run: echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
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- run: make -j static-check
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src/browser/App.tsx

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const THINKING_LEVELS: ThinkingLevel[] = ["off", "low", "medium", "high"];
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function isStorybookIframe(): boolean {
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return typeof window !== "undefined" && window.location.pathname.endsWith("iframe.html");
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}
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function AppInner() {
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// Get workspace state from context
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const {
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// Sync selectedWorkspace with URL hash
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useEffect(() => {
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// Storybook's test runner treats hash updates as navigations and will retry play tests.
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// The hash deep-linking isn't needed in Storybook, so skip it there.
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const shouldSyncHash = !isStorybookIframe();
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if (selectedWorkspace) {
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// Update URL with workspace ID
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const newHash = `#workspace=${encodeURIComponent(selectedWorkspace.workspaceId)}`;
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if (window.location.hash !== newHash) {
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window.history.replaceState(null, "", newHash);
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if (shouldSyncHash) {
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const newHash = `#workspace=${encodeURIComponent(selectedWorkspace.workspaceId)}`;
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if (window.location.hash !== newHash) {
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window.history.replaceState(null, "", newHash);
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}
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void api?.window.setTitle({ title });
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if (window.location.hash) {
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if (shouldSyncHash && window.location.hash) {
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window.history.replaceState(null, "", window.location.pathname);
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}
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`Workspace ${selectedWorkspace.workspaceId} no longer exists, clearing selection`
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);
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setSelectedWorkspace(null);
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if (window.location.hash) {
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if (!isStorybookIframe() && window.location.hash) {
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window.history.replaceState(null, "", window.location.pathname);
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}
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} else if (!selectedWorkspace.namedWorkspacePath && metadata.namedWorkspacePath) {

src/browser/components/tools/AskUserQuestionToolCall.tsx

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import assert from "@/common/utils/assert";
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import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
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import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
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import { CUSTOM_EVENTS, createCustomEvent } from "@/common/constants/events";
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import { useAPI } from "@/browser/contexts/API";
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: props.args.questions[Math.min(activeIndex, props.args.questions.length - 1)];
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const currentDraft = currentQuestion ? draftAnswers[currentQuestion.question] : undefined;
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// Track if user has interacted to avoid auto-advancing on initial render
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const hasUserInteracted = useRef(false);
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// Auto-advance for single-select questions when an option is selected
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useEffect(() => {
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if (!hasUserInteracted.current) {
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return;
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}
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if (!currentQuestion || currentQuestion.multiSelect || isOnSummary) {
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}
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const draft = draftAnswers[currentQuestion.question];
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return;
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}
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// For single-select, advance when user selects a non-Other option
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if (draft.selected.length === 1 && !draft.selected.includes(OTHER_VALUE)) {
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setActiveIndex(activeIndex + 1);
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}
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}, [draftAnswers, currentQuestion, activeIndex, isOnSummary]);
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// For single-select questions, auto-advance *only* when the user selects
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// a non-Other option (avoid useEffect auto-advance that breaks back-nav).
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if (
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!currentQuestion.multiSelect &&
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isSelecting &&
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opt.label !== OTHER_VALUE
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setActiveIndex((idx) => idx + 1);
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src/browser/stories/App.chat.stories.tsx

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src/common/telemetry/client.ts

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