bench: optimize integration tests

- Split sendMessage.test.ts into 5 smaller files to improve parallelism and prevent timeouts
- Optimize setupWorkspace to support shared git repo reuse across tests
- Optimize buildLargeHistory to write directly to disk instead of using HistoryService loop
- Fix flexible image description matching in image tests

Author: ammar-agent

tests/ipcMain/helpers.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ export function modelString(provider: string, model: string): string {
   return `${provider}:${model}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Configure global test retries using Jest
+ * This helper isolates Jest-specific globals so they don't break other runners (like Bun)
+ */
+export function configureTestRetries(retries = 3): void {
+  if (process.env.CI && typeof jest !== "undefined" && jest.retryTimes) {
+    jest.retryTimes(retries, { logErrorsBeforeRetry: true });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Send a message via IPC
  */
@@ -769,29 +779,31 @@ export async function buildLargeHistory(
     textPrefix?: string;
   } = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const { HistoryService } = await import("../../src/node/services/historyService");
+  const fs = await import("fs/promises");
+  const path = await import("path");
   const { createMuxMessage } = await import("../../src/common/types/message");
 
-  // HistoryService only needs getSessionDir, so we can cast the partial config
-  const historyService = new HistoryService(config as any);
-
   const messageSize = options.messageSize ?? 50_000;
   const messageCount = options.messageCount ?? 80;
   const textPrefix = options.textPrefix ?? "";
 
   const largeText = textPrefix + "A".repeat(messageSize);
+  const sessionDir = config.getSessionDir(workspaceId);
+  const chatPath = path.join(sessionDir, "chat.jsonl");
+
+  let content = "";
 
   // Build conversation history with alternating user/assistant messages
   for (let i = 0; i < messageCount; i++) {
     const isUser = i % 2 === 0;
     const role = isUser ? "user" : "assistant";
     const message = createMuxMessage(`history-msg-${i}`, role, largeText, {});
-
-    const result = await historyService.appendToHistory(workspaceId, message);
-    if (!result.success) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to append message ${i} to history: ${result.error}`);
-    }
+    content += JSON.stringify(message) + "\n";
   }
+
+  // Ensure session directory exists and write file directly for performance
+  await fs.mkdir(sessionDir, { recursive: true });
+  await fs.writeFile(chatPath, content, "utf-8");
 }
 
 /**