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feat(ui): add time and date format settings and message timestamps - #2223
This PR adds time and date format settings. It also adds a timestamp to each chat message.
Settings (Language tab)
Time format: Auto, 12-hour, 24-hour.
Date format: Auto, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD.
Show relative times in task history. When this is off, the history shows the absolute date and time.
A live preview. "Auto" follows the language that is picked in the dropdown, not the saved language. The format helpers take an optional locale for this.
Timestamps
User messages, and assistant replies after they finish streaming, show when they were sent. The task header shows when the task started.
MessageTimestamp returns nothing for a timestamp that is not a valid date, so a bad stored value cannot break a chat row.
Review notes
The three settings go through the normal updateSettings path. The defaults (Auto, Auto, relative times on) keep the current look.
The three settings are written like any other setting, with no rollback: they only change how times are shown. The host checks the values it gets for the three settings and for the language. It ignores an invalid value (one that the webview's own controls cannot send) and writes a line to the log. The other settings in the same save are still written.
A save is not a transaction. The settings are written one at a time, in the order sent. If a write fails, the error is thrown, the writes before it stay, the later ones are not written, and the webview is not refreshed. Saving again completes it. Tests cover both.
The time format is a radio group (arrow keys and one tab stop). The option that gets focus becomes the selected one.
Most of the diff is the 17 locale files. Only the language strings are added.
Where to look
webview-ui/src/utils/format.ts: formatMessageTime ("Today 2:41 PM", "Yesterday", a weekday, or a date), formatDateTime, formatDateOnly, formatTimeOnly. Each takes the time and date format, and an optional locale for the live preview.
webview-ui/src/components/chat/MessageTimestamp.tsx: the time under a message. It shows nothing for an invalid timestamp. Used in ChatRow.tsx (user, assistant and completion rows) and TaskHeader.tsx.
webview-ui/src/components/settings/LanguageSettings.tsx: the Time/Date controls and the live preview. The time format is a radio group.
webview-ui/src/components/history/TaskItemFooter.tsx: relative or absolute time in the task history.
packages/types/src/global-settings.ts, src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts: the three persisted settings and how they reach the webview.
Saving: src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts (updateSettings, with the check of the display values).
ContextProxy changes: a failed write of any setting reads its key back into the cache, a failed secret write does the same (with a 5-second limit), and setValues waits for every write and reports which keys were stored. They are here because the settings reach the host through updateSettings and API.setConfiguration, and both write through ContextProxy. There is no rollback.
Checks run in CI: check-types in webview-ui, src and packages/types, lint, unit tests, and the Playwright visual tests.
Run locally (all pass): pnpm --dir src exec vitest run core/config core/webview/__tests__/webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts (valid display values are stored, invalid values are ignored and logged, other settings in the same save are still stored, a failed write is read back), and the webview tests for utils/format, chat, history and settings.
Manual: open Settings > Language. Change the formats. Check the preview. Press Save. Check a chat message, the task header and the task history.
Scope: One feature: time and date format. The ContextProxy changes are the write-failure handling for these settings (see Review notes).
Self-Review: I reviewed my own code.
Writing Style: The title and description use Simplified Technical English.
Testing: Tests cover the formats, the preview before Save, the timestamp, invalid dates, and the failed-write paths.
Test Helpers (test changes only): Shared helpers are used only for mechanical setup. The scenarios and mocks stay in the tests.
Visual Snapshot: Baselines are committed (see "Visual Snapshots").
Documentation Impact: I checked. No documentation change is needed.
Contribution Guidelines: I read and agree to the Contributor Guidelines.
Visual Snapshots
Baselines are committed under webview-ui/**/__screenshots__/:
LanguageSettings.visual.tsx: the Language tab in the four themes.
MessageTimestamps.visual.tsx: in the four themes, the time under a user message, an assistant reply and a completion; the expanded task header; and the history item footer with relative times off (absolute date and time).
The clock and the time zone are fixed. The chat message time is masked in the extension host screenshot, because it is the real send time.
Videos (interaction / animation only)
Not applicable. The change has no animation or multi-step flow that a snapshot cannot show.
No actionable comments were generated in the recent review.
Summary
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New Features
Choose automatic, 12-hour, or 24-hour time formats and automatic, month/day/year, day/month/year, or year/month/day date formats.
View formatted timestamps on chat messages, user feedback, and expanded tasks. Invalid or unavailable timestamps, and timestamps on partial assistant messages, are omitted.
Choose relative or full date-and-time labels in task history. Settings include previews and are available in multiple languages.
Bug Fixes
Invalid display settings are ignored while other valid settings continue to save. Unsupported locales fall back to English.
When a settings save partially fails, successful writes are retained and the failure is reported.
The change adds configurable time and date formats and relative-time display. It adds locale-aware formatting and timestamps in chat, expanded task headers, and task history. Settings update paths validate display preferences. ContextProxy reports partial write failures and corrects cached values after failed writes.
Changes: Date and Time Preferences
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Preference contract and propagation packages/types/src/global-settings.ts, packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts, webview-ui/src/context/ExtensionStateContext.tsx, src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, related tests
Global settings and extension state include time format, date format, and relative-time display. Provider state projections supply defaults and expose these preferences.
Locale-aware date and time formatting webview-ui/src/utils/format.ts, related tests
Formatting helpers produce localized date, time, date-time, and message-time values. They support automatic and explicit formats and fall back to English for invalid or unsupported locales.
Preference controls and persistence webview-ui/src/components/settings/LanguageSettings.tsx, webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx, webview-ui/src/i18n/locales/*/settings.json, related tests and visual fixtures, webview-ui/playwright/gallery/stories.tsx, src/core/config/displaySettings.ts, src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts, src/extension/api.ts
Language settings provide format controls and previews. SettingsView loads and saves the preferences. Update paths validate display values, log and skip invalid entries, and preserve other settings. Locale files add translations for the controls and previews.
Chat and task-history timestamps webview-ui/src/components/chat/MessageTimestamp.tsx, webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatRow.tsx, webview-ui/src/components/chat/TaskHeader.tsx, webview-ui/src/components/history/TaskItemFooter.tsx, related tests and visual fixtures, apps/vscode-e2e/src/visual/electron.visual.ts
Chat rows and expanded task headers display valid timestamps using selected formats. Task-history footers display relative or absolute times according to the setting.
ContextProxy.setValues waits for each write to settle and reports committed and failed keys through SettingsWriteError. Failed global-state and secret writes refresh cached values when the failed write is still the latest write for that key.
Visual validation support webview-ui/src/components/settings/__tests__/*, webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/*, webview-ui/playwright/gallery/stories.tsx, apps/vscode-e2e/src/visual/electron.visual.ts
Visual fixtures and tests cover preference controls and timestamp displays. The sidebar screenshot test sizes and masks timestamps.
sequenceDiagram
participant LanguageSettings
participant SettingsView
participant ClineProvider
participant ContextProxy
LanguageSettings->>SettingsView: update cached display preferences
SettingsView->>ClineProvider: save settings
ClineProvider->>ContextProxy: validate and persist settings
ContextProxy-->>ClineProvider: report committed or failed keys
ClineProvider-->>SettingsView: return updated extension state
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Possibly related issues
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2314: The issue concerns failed viewStates writes leaving stale cached state. This change adds guarded cache read-back after failed global-state writes, but the cross-host race remains separate.
Possibly related PRs
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2216: It changes the same time and date preferences, formatting helpers, timestamp consumers, and history-footer behavior.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2224: It changes the shared SettingsView save protocol and appearance-setting acknowledgement path used alongside these preference updates.
Merge Risk: Low · up to ba55d
The display settings are mergeable with bounded follow-up: idle chats can retain yesterday’s day labels, stalled storage can delay failure reporting, and two focused test gaps remain.
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Persistence Integrity
The prior persistence defect remains. SettingsView.handleSubmit adds timeFormat, dateFormat, and showRelativeTimes to a non-awaited vscode.postMessage at `webview-ui/src/components/settings/…
Add a save-result response with a request identifier and committed/failed keys. Clear isChangeDetected only after a successful response. On failure, keep failed settings dirty or reconcile them from authoritative state and show the error.…
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Title check
The title "feat(ui): add time and date format settings and message timestamps" matches the main changes in the changeset. The diff adds timeFormat, dateFormat, and showRelativeTimes settings with a li…
Description check
The description follows the repository template closely. It links issue #2221 with 'Closes: #2221', and it has the Description, Test Procedure, Pre-Submission Checklist, Visual Snapshots, Videos, Docu…
Linked Issues check
[#2221] The PR adds the requested time and date settings, relative-time control, locale-aware live preview, chat and task timestamps, and absolute history times. formatMessageTime and `MessageTimest…
Out of Scope Changes check
The settings UI, format helpers, timestamp components, history changes, localization, and tests implement [#2221]. The ContextProxy, provider, API, and validation changes support the shared settings…
Regression Evidence
No regression-evidence failure found. Focused tests cover the new format helpers, invalid timestamps, partial streaming, editing, task-header timestamps, history relative/absolute modes, settings defa…
Security Boundaries
No changed path meets the security failure condition. The new display settings use enum/boolean schemas in src/core/config/displaySettings.ts, and webviewMessageHandler.ts rejects invalid display …
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup
No changed lifecycle path meets the failure condition. The new MessageTimestamp is pure rendering, and ChatRow keeps its existing message listener cleanup (addEventListener with matching `remo…
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The title "feat(ui): add time and date format settings and message timestamps" matches the main changes in the changeset. The diff adds timeFormat, dateFormat, and showRelativeTimes settings with a live preview in Language settings, plus MessageTimestamp rendering in chat rows and the task header. The title also names the second major part, the message timestamps. It omits the ContextProxy write-failure handling and the updateSettings validation, which are secondary to the feature. The title is 66 characters, which is within a reasonable length for a commit-style title.
Full details: Description check
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The description follows the repository template closely. It links issue #2221 with 'Closes: #2221', and it has the Description, Test Procedure, Pre-Submission Checklist, Visual Snapshots, Videos, Documentation Updates, and Additional Notes sections. It explains the settings, the timestamps, the validation and save behavior, and the ContextProxy changes. It gives review pointers to specific files and lists test commands. The Get in Touch section is empty, which the template treats as a comment-only prompt. The Test Procedure lists CI checks and local test commands, and it describes the manual steps. The description is detailed and mostly complete, so it passes.
Full details: Linked Issues check
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[#2221] The PR adds the requested time and date settings, relative-time control, locale-aware live preview, chat and task timestamps, and absolute history times. formatMessageTime and MessageTimestamp handle invalid dates without breaking the chat row. Defaults remain Auto, Auto, and relative times enabled. The summary reports tests for formatting, preview behavior, timestamps, persistence, invalid values, and failed writes. Locale files include the new strings. No changed path adds network calls or telemetry.
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check
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The settings UI, format helpers, timestamp components, history changes, localization, and tests implement [#2221]. The ContextProxy, provider, API, and validation changes support the shared settings persistence path and document the requested sequential write and failure behavior. The available evidence shows no unrelated product feature.
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No regression-evidence failure found. Focused tests cover the new format helpers, invalid timestamps, partial streaming, editing, task-header timestamps, history relative/absolute modes, settings defaults and saves, host validation, API validation, and ContextProxy write failures and races. Playwright component tests and snapshots cover chat timestamps, task-header timestamps, absolute history time, and Language settings across themes.
Full details: Security Boundaries
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No changed path meets the security failure condition. The new display settings use enum/boolean schemas in src/core/config/displaySettings.ts, and webviewMessageHandler.ts rejects invalid display values before storage. Timestamp rendering validates finite, positive, valid dates in MessageTimestamp.tsx and uses React text rendering. ContextProxy.ts reads failed secrets only into its private cache; its new logs and SettingsWriteError expose key names and error text, not secret values. No changed code adds external secret/PII transmission, command execution, or an approval/allowlist bypass.
Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup
Explanation
No changed lifecycle path meets the failure condition. The new MessageTimestamp is pure rendering, and ChatRow keeps its existing message listener cleanup (addEventListener with matching removeEventListener). The only new timer is the 5-second failed-secret read-back deadline in ContextProxy; it clears when the read settles, and the timeout path releases the write owner. Added tests cover both settlement and timeout, including zero active timers and zero owners. No new watcher, provider, subscription, or cancellable task was introduced.
Full details: Persistence Integrity
Explanation
The prior persistence defect remains. SettingsView.handleSubmit adds timeFormat, dateFormat, and showRelativeTimes to a non-awaited vscode.postMessage at webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx:388-466, then clears isChangeDetected immediately at line 474. The changed host path writes settings sequentially and stops on failure without refreshing state (src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts:766-889). The added test confirms that timeFormat can be stored while dateFormat fails and later settings are not written (src/core/webview/__tests__/webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts:3131-3142). The failed buffered values can therefore be lost when the user leaves because the UI no longer treats them as unsaved.
Resolution
Add a save-result response with a request identifier and committed/failed keys. Clear isChangeDetected only after a successful response. On failure, keep failed settings dirty or reconcile them from authoritative state and show the error. Add an end-to-end regression test that rejects one display-setting write and verifies storage, cache, webview state, dirty-state handling, and retry behavior.
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Assert a 24-hour result for the 24-hour case.
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Review comments at @webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatRow.tsx:
- Around line 1230-1236: Update the completion_result rendering path in ChatRow
to show MessageTimestamp with message.ts, timeFormat, and dateFormat when the
reply is complete; keep the timestamp hidden while message.partial is true.
- Around line 1230-1236: Add a durable visual snapshot test for the
completed-message timestamp state rendered by ChatRow, using a timestamp that
causes MessageTimestamp to appear, and include its baseline. Do not rely on the
existing warning snapshot with ts: 0, which does not cover this layout.
Review comments at @webview-ui/src/components/settings/LanguageSettings.tsx:
- Line 179: Add a durable Playwright component snapshot for the LanguageSettings
UI that captures the rendered settings controls and preview card, following the
existing component snapshot conventions.
- Line 71: Give the date-format SelectTrigger in LanguageSettings an accessible
name by associating it with the date-format label, using a matching id and
htmlFor or an equivalent accessible labeling mechanism.
Review comments at @webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx:
- Around line 448-450: Add focused tests around SettingsView to verify buffered
edits for timeFormat, dateFormat, and showRelativeTimes are included in the
updateSettings payload on Save and are restored to the webview after persistence
or normalization. Cover explicit false and unset values so defaults do not mask
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] If the webview uses the setting, include it in `ExtensionState` in `packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts` and any relevant message types.
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Add the setting to both the destructuring and returned object in `ClineProvider.getStateToPostToWebview()`. This completes the storage-to-webview round trip and prevents a saved control from reverting visually.
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Define the setting, validation, and optionality in `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts` (or the appropriate provider/settings schema). Define a shared default constant when multiple readers need the same default.
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# AGENTS.md
## Test Placement Guidance
- Use `webview-ui` tests for React rendering, hooks, component state, forms, validation, and webview UI wiring.
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@KarthickMahalingam I inspected current head 71830fa0132e. The changes address the saved API-path finding:
ContextProxy.setValues awaits every store with Promise.allSettled.
For rejected global-state writes, it rereads storage into stateCache.
SettingsWriteError reports fulfilled and rejected keys and includes the underlying error.
API.setConfiguration awaits settings persistence before profile writes or webview refresh. A rejection stops those later steps.
The stateful tests cover rejection before storage changes and rejection after storage changes.
One distinction matters: failed identifies rejected operations. It does not guarantee that storage remained unchanged. The second test correctly covers that distinction.
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Cover a pending store in the setValues failure tests.
The failure test settles every store immediately. No test in this spec keeps a store pending while setValues runs. An implementation that rejects at the first failure would produce the same assertions.
The slowWrite test in webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts mocks contextProxy.setValue and covers telemetry ordering. It does not run ContextProxy.setValues, so it does not cover this behavior.
Add a case where one store rejects while another store is still pending. Assert that setValues has not settled. Then resolve the pending store and assert that the SettingsWriteError lists that key in committed.
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Review comment at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts around lines
295 - 314:
Add a `setValues` failure test that keeps one store write pending while another
rejects; assert the returned promise remains unsettled until the pending write
resolves. Then verify the resulting `SettingsWriteError` includes the resolved
write’s key in `committed`, preserving the existing failure and cause
assertions.
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Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:
- Around line 383-389: Update the non-Error secret test for setValues to spy on
logger.error and assert that the read-back failure logs the diagnostic
identifying openAiApiKey and the locked failure, while preserving the existing
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Review comments at @src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts:
- Line 595: Update the failure-handling loop in ContextProxy so it preserves the
first rejected result’s reason even when that reason is undefined or null. Track
whether a rejection has already been encountered with an explicit flag, and use
that flag—not nullishness of cause—to decide whether to assign result.reason;
keep SettingsWriteError reporting the preserved first reason.
- Around line 599-606: Update secret read-back in setValues to avoid overwriting
a newer cached value: track a write sequence per secret key, capture its
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Increment the sequence when each write starts, while preserving the existing
read-back behavior when no newer write occurs.
- Around line 605-611: In storeSecret, track ownership for each write so the
read-back failure handler clears secretCache[key] only if that write still owns
the entry; do not restore a prior cached value or compare values. Preserve newer
writes and the existing refreshSecrets behavior, and update the “still reports
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@coderabbitai the Persistence Integrity and Regression Evidence findings are addressed in 2aabfda.
Persistence Integrity: the read-back no longer lives only in setValues. updateGlobalState now reads a failed key back from storage (for every setting, so the updateSettings path is covered too), and storeSecret does the same for secrets. Both are guarded by a per-key write owner, so an older failure never replaces the value of a newer write. A failed secret whose read-back also fails is dropped from the cache instead of being served. I did not add a webview acknowledgement here: this PR has no save-result message, and that protocol is the subject of the sibling PR.
Regression Evidence: a ContextProxy.setValues test with one store that fails at once and one that is slow asserts the call stays pending after the rejection, and that after the slow store settles it rejects with a SettingsWriteError listing the committed and the failed key. Replacing Promise.allSettled with Promise.all fails it.
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@KarthickMahalingam I checked current PR head 2aabfdaeb. The changes address both reported findings.
Persistence Integrity:updateSettings uses setValue, so failed global-setting writes now reach the shared read-back logic in updateGlobalState. Per-key ownership prevents an older failure from replacing a newer cached value. Secret read-back checks ownership again after the asynchronous read. If that read fails, it clears only the failed write’s cached value.
Regression Evidence: The new deferred-store test asserts that setValues stays pending after one store rejects. After the remaining store settles, it checks the SettingsWriteError and its committed and failed keys. This distinguishes wait-for-all behavior from early rejection.
I applied the supplied repository guidance that accepts explicit partial-failure behavior instead of rollback. I do not require a webview save-acknowledgement protocol to clear these findings.
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## Test Placement Guidance
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Minor · Gate the in-flight read-back on a call made after the write… · ContextProxy.spec.ts:403-406
src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:403-406 Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Gate the in-flight read-back on a call made after the write starts.
beforeEach and the test's own proxy.initialize() call (line 401) both call mockSecrets.get. The history is not cleared before the test body. So vi.waitFor(() => expect(mockSecrets.get).toHaveBeenCalled()) at line 406 is already true. It does not wait for the failing write's read-back. The same gap exists at line 424 in the next test. The newer write can then run before the read-back starts, so a regression that skips the read-back still passes.
🔧 Suggested fix
mockSecrets.get.mockImplementation(() => new Promise((resolve) => (readBack = resolve)))
+ mockSecrets.get.mockClear() // drop the calls made by initialize(); keep the implementation
const failing = proxy.setValues({ openAiApiKey: "old-attempt" }).catch((e: unknown) => e)
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In both in-flight read-back tests, clear the call history of mockSecrets.get
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wait observes a read-back initiated by that write rather than calls from
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Minor · Bound the wait for stalled stores in setValues. · ContextProxy.ts:619
src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts:619 Minor · Stability & Availability · Poor tradeoff
Bound the wait for stalled stores in setValues.
setValues waits for every store to settle before it throws SettingsWriteError. A store that never settles keeps the call pending, so a failed key is never reported. Callers such as setConfiguration and ClineProvider.setValues add no deadline. Consider a per-store timeout, or a report that does not wait for unrelated stores.
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Update setValues around Promise.allSettled so a store that never settles cannot
keep the call pending indefinitely; establish and use the existing timeout
policy if available, or report settled failures without waiting for unrelated
stores. Preserve reporting of failed keys through SettingsWriteError and avoid
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Review comments at @src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts:
- Around line 430-434: In storeSecret, bound the secrets.get read-back after
secrets.store or secrets.delete rejects so it cannot indefinitely delay the
original write error. If the deadline expires, rethrow the original error and
clear the key from secretCache, matching the existing readError branch; preserve
the current read-back behavior when it settles in time.
- Around line 397-400: Update the comments for updateGlobalState and setValues
to clarify that a rejected global-state write may leave the cache differing from
storage because Memento can retain the attempted value. In “is not a
transaction” and “reads a global setting back when a single setValue fails,”
make the mocked update retain the attempted value before rejecting, and remove
assertions that expect the prior cached value; preserve the SettingsWriteError
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Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:
- Around line 403-406: In both in-flight read-back tests, clear the call history
of mockSecrets.get after setting its mockImplementation and before calling
proxy.setValues, so the wait observes a read-back initiated by that write rather
than calls from initialize. Keep the deferred implementation intact and apply
the same change in the next test.
Review comments at @src/core/config/ContextProxy.ts:
- Line 619: Update setValues around Promise.allSettled so a store that never
settles cannot keep the call pending indefinitely; establish and use the
existing timeout policy if available, or report settled failures without waiting
for unrelated stores. Preserve reporting of failed keys through
SettingsWriteError and avoid introducing an unsupported timeout API.
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@coderabbitai on the Out of Scope Changes check: the ContextProxy.ts changes are not an extra feature. They were added in response to this PR's own earlier Persistence Integrity findings, which asked that a failed display-setting write must not leave the extension cache ahead of storage on the updateSettings path and on the public API path (API.setConfiguration, which accepts the three display settings through ContextProxy.setValues). Those paths go through ContextProxy's generic updateGlobalState, setValues and, for the same API call, storeSecret; there is no display-setting-only write path to change, so the read-back lives where the writes are. The generic behaviour is deliberately small and does not roll anything back (the maintainer asked for no rollback): a failed store reads its key back into the cache, an older failure never replaces a newer write, and setValues reports which keys were stored and which were not. If the maintainers prefer, the hardening can be split into its own change; until then I am keeping it here, with tests for each guard.
On the last item of that check, "do not clear isChangeDetected until the host confirms the save": this PR has no save-result message, and the sibling PR (#2224) implements exactly that protocol (a request id, a settingsSaveResult answer, and the unsaved state kept for a failed save), so it is not repeated here.
The Codecov partial line in ContextProxy.ts (a failed secret store that a newer write has superseded) now has a test.
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- Line 450: Update the read-back timeout handling in storeSecret so a pending
write cannot clear a credential that refreshSecrets has loaded for the same key.
Before setting secretCache[key] to undefined, verify the write still owns the
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@KarthickMahalingam I checked head b18533606af2 against the PR base.
I withdraw the blanket Out of Scope Changes finding. The ContextProxy changes implement failure handling requested by earlier reviews of this PR. They cover the shared write paths used by the display settings. Their effect on other settings warrants review, but that effect alone does not justify requiring a separate PR. Splitting the hardening remains a maintainer decision.
The implementation does not roll back successful stores. Two details qualify its contract:
Global-state read-back is best effort. It reflects globalState.get(), which does not necessarily expose the durable value after a rejected update.
SettingsWriteError.failed identifies rejected operations. A rejected operation can have changed storage.
I also withdraw the requirement to add save acknowledgement to clear this PR’s Persistence Integrity finding. The immediate setChangeDetected(false) call exists in the base revision. This PR adds the three fields to that existing save path. The supplied persistence-integrity guidance accepts explicit partial-failure behavior, which the handler documents.
There is one integration limit: #2224 currently waits for settingsSaveResult only when a save changes an appearance setting. It does not yet protect a save that changes only the time/date settings. That limits the sibling PR’s coverage; it is not a new blocker for this PR.
I confirmed that ContextProxy.spec.ts now tests a failed secret store superseded by a newer write. It asserts that no read-back occurs and that the newer cached value remains.
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Minor · Assert the rejection of the superseded storeSecret write. · ContextProxy.spec.ts:451-454
src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:451-454 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Assert the rejection of the superseded storeSecret write.
The test at ContextProxy.spec.ts:451 converts the older write's rejection into a resolved value and never checks it. A change that resolves a superseded failed write would still pass this test, because the test checks only the read-back and the cached value. Assert the rejection, as the non-superseded tests at lines 408 and 432 do.
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Update the superseded-write test using proxy.storeSecret so it asserts that the
older write rejects with the expected error instead of converting the rejection
into a resolved value. Preserve the newer write and existing read-back
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Minor · Cover an older secret rejection while the newer store is pending. · ContextProxy.spec.ts:452-453
src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:452-453 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Cover an older secret rejection while the newer store is pending.
The test at lines 441-458 awaits storeSecret("openAiApiKey", "newer") before it rejects the older store. The newer write therefore completes before the older rejection. No assertion checks the older rejection while the newer store is still pending. If the newer write recorded its ownership on completion instead of at start, the older rejection would run its read-back, and this test would still pass.
Add a case that rejects the older openAiApiKey store while the newer store is still pending. After clearing the mockSecrets.get call history, assert that mockSecrets.get is not called. Assert that getSecret("openAiApiKey") returns "newer". The dateFormat test at lines 517-542 covers the same overlap for global state only, not for secrets.
Repository test guidance requires that in-flight behavior be asserted while the call is still running. Asserting after completion does not prove that the behavior occurs during execution.
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Test file: src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts, secret overlap test near lines 441-458.
Missing case: older storeSecret rejects while the newer storeSecret is pending.
Required assertions: no mockSecrets.get call, and getSecret("openAiApiKey") returns "newer".
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Review comment at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts around lines
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Update the secret overlap test around storeSecret to keep the newer openAiApiKey
write pending while rejecting the older write. Clear mockSecrets.get call
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Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:
- Around line 451-454: Update the superseded-write test using proxy.storeSecret
so it asserts that the older write rejects with the expected error instead of
converting the rejection into a resolved value. Preserve the newer write and
existing read-back assertions.
- Around line 452-453: Update the secret overlap test around storeSecret to keep
the newer openAiApiKey write pending while rejecting the older write. Clear
mockSecrets.get call history before triggering the older rejection, then assert
mockSecrets.get was not called and getSecret("openAiApiKey") returns "newer"
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Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:
- Around line 310-318: In the test for the committed-keys error, add an
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# AGENTS.md
## Visual Tests (Playwright Story Gallery)
### When a UI change needs a snapshot
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Define the setting, validation, and optionality in `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts` (or the appropriate provider/settings schema). Define a shared default constant when multiple readers need the same default.
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Add focused tests for: UI binding/save behavior, persistence or normalization, and the saved value returned by `getStateToPostToWebview()`. Include both `true` and `false`/unset cases when defaulting can hide omissions.
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# AGENTS.md
## Unit & State Tests (Vitest + JSDOM)
- For `SettingsView`, preserve the cached-state pattern from the repo root guidance: inputs should operate on local `cachedState` until the user saves, and tests should distinguish automatic initialization from real user edits.
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# AGENTS.md
## Unit & State Tests (Vitest + JSDOM)
- Prefer local `webview-ui` tests for React/webview behavior. If a change is about component rendering, local state, hooks, form dirty-state, validation, or prop wiring inside the webview, add or update Vitest coverage under `webview-ui/src/**/__tests__` instead of reaching for `apps/vscode-e2e`.
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# AGENTS.md
## Visual Tests (Playwright Story Gallery)
### Authoring rules
- Keep behavioral assertions in Vitest. A `*.visual.tsx` test should establish a deterministic state and make a focused screenshot assertion.
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# AGENTS.md
## Visual Tests (Playwright Story Gallery)
### When a UI change needs a snapshot
Skip a visual test when the change is behavior-only (state transitions, handler wiring, validation) — those belong in Vitest. Visual tests are for what JSDOM cannot verify.
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[warning] 104-104: Screen reader users can't tell which input this label names because it's tied to none, so add htmlFor or wrap the input inside it.
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The concern is a duplicate root "language" key. The inspected files contain exactly one root "language" key in every locale file, so the claimed key shadowing does not occur. The UI-read keys also exist in the new object. The proposed verification has no defect to report.
Latest push (99a960e0e) on the points of the summary:
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup: the write-owner entry of a key is now removed when its write (and, for a secret, its read-back) is over, guarded by map.get(key) === owner, so the maps only hold writes that are in flight. A storage call that throws at once (not rejects) is turned into a rejection, so the cache correction and the cleanup run for it too. Tests cover success, failure, a newer write that must keep its owner (settings and secrets), and the synchronous throw (both stores).
Regression Evidence:storeSecret(key, undefined) when secrets.delete rejects now has a test: the delete error reaches the caller, store is not called, the cache adopts the value read back, and no owner is left.
refreshSecrets: a refresh now takes over a key from a pending write, and drops its value if a write of the key started during the read.
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Review comments at @src/core/config/__tests__/ContextProxy.spec.ts:
- Around line 472-483: Update the mockSecrets.get setup in the race test so
refreshSecrets pauses specifically when reading openAiApiKey while other secret
reads resolve normally. Keep the concurrent storeSecret write and final
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- Around line 487-491: Update refreshSecret to detect any same-key write that
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Define the setting, validation, and optionality in `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts` (or the appropriate provider/settings schema). Define a shared default constant when multiple readers need the same default.
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Learning: Applies to webview-ui/** : Source excerpt:
# AGENTS.md
## Visual Tests (Playwright Story Gallery)
### Authoring rules
- Keep behavioral assertions in Vitest. A `*.visual.tsx` test should establish a deterministic state and make a focused screenshot assertion.
@coderabbitai the remaining Persistence Integrity item (the save button clears isChangeDetected before the host confirms the save) is not repeated in this PR, on purpose. The save-result protocol it asks for (a request id, a settingsSaveResult answer with the committed and failed keys, and the unsaved state kept for a failed save) is implemented in the sibling PR #2224, which builds on this one. Adding it here would duplicate that code and widen this PR beyond the three display settings, which the Out of Scope check already flags. This PR keeps what the maintainer asked for: a display setting, no rollback, with host-side validation and a read-back so the cache does not run ahead of storage. Please treat this item as tracked in #2224.
@edelauna if you agree, could you waive this item for #2223, or tell me if you would rather have the save-result protocol here and not in #2224?
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@KarthickMahalingam Understood. I will treat the save-result protocol as follow-up work tracked in #2224. I will not request a duplicate implementation in #2223.
This is a deferral, not a fix to the dirty-state behavior in #2223. Cache read-back addresses host-side state after a failed write. It does not preserve the webview’s unsaved-state flag.
For #2224, verify that a save changing onlytimeFormat, dateFormat, or showRelativeTimes receives settingsSaveResult and remains dirty after failure. The earlier inspection found that acknowledgement applied only when an appearance setting changed. I have not verified its current coverage.
This follows the supplied review guidance to assess concrete changed persistence paths and explicit partial-failure behavior. The scope decision remains with @edelauna. This reply does not grant a maintainer waiver, update the saved blocking check, or change approval status.
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Closes: #2221
Description
This PR adds time and date format settings. It also adds a timestamp to each chat message.
Settings (Language tab)
Timestamps
MessageTimestampreturns nothing for a timestamp that is not a valid date, so a bad stored value cannot break a chat row.Review notes
updateSettingspath. The defaults (Auto, Auto, relative times on) keep the current look.languagestrings are added.Where to look
webview-ui/src/utils/format.ts:formatMessageTime("Today 2:41 PM", "Yesterday", a weekday, or a date),formatDateTime,formatDateOnly,formatTimeOnly. Each takes the time and date format, and an optional locale for the live preview.webview-ui/src/components/chat/MessageTimestamp.tsx: the time under a message. It shows nothing for an invalid timestamp. Used inChatRow.tsx(user, assistant and completion rows) andTaskHeader.tsx.webview-ui/src/components/settings/LanguageSettings.tsx: the Time/Date controls and the live preview. The time format is a radio group.webview-ui/src/components/history/TaskItemFooter.tsx: relative or absolute time in the task history.packages/types/src/global-settings.ts,src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts: the three persisted settings and how they reach the webview.src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts(updateSettings, with the check of the display values).ContextProxychanges: a failed write of any setting reads its key back into the cache, a failed secret write does the same (with a 5-second limit), andsetValueswaits for every write and reports which keys were stored. They are here because the settings reach the host throughupdateSettingsandAPI.setConfiguration, and both write throughContextProxy. There is no rollback.Test Procedure
check-typesinwebview-ui,srcandpackages/types, lint, unit tests, and the Playwright visual tests.pnpm --dir src exec vitest run core/config core/webview/__tests__/webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts(valid display values are stored, invalid values are ignored and logged, other settings in the same save are still stored, a failed write is read back), and the webview tests forutils/format, chat, history and settings.Pre-Submission Checklist
ContextProxychanges are the write-failure handling for these settings (see Review notes).Visual Snapshots
Baselines are committed under
webview-ui/**/__screenshots__/:LanguageSettings.visual.tsx: the Language tab in the four themes.MessageTimestamps.visual.tsx: in the four themes, the time under a user message, an assistant reply and a completion; the expanded task header; and the history item footer with relative times off (absolute date and time).The clock and the time zone are fixed. The chat message time is masked in the extension host screenshot, because it is the real send time.
Videos (interaction / animation only)
Not applicable. The change has no animation or multi-step flow that a snapshot cannot show.
Documentation Updates
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