[juliusmarminge]

Problem

Expanding a tool call or reasoning row near the composer while the timeline is above its end leaves the expanded content hidden behind the composer. The row header stays fixed even when later detail fetching makes its body taller.

Change

Reveal expanded content above the composer, capped so the activated header remains visible. Follow late content layout until the user interacts again, collapses the disclosure, or leaves the thread. Preserve existing collapse and pinned-to-end behavior.

Scope and approval

Fixes #21967

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow.
GitCafe: #21967

Verification

• vp run check:changed passed after integrating main: format, lint, both knip checks, scoped typecheck, and 96 tests in three files.
• Real Chromium web dev-server reproduction at 1280×800: expanding a command at y=600 originally left its body ending at y=981 behind the composer at y≈637. With the fix, the body ends at y=620 and its header remains visible at y=239.
• Web and desktop share the changed timeline. Native mobile, providers, contracts, and server behavior are unchanged.

Evidence

Before d53873b6a4; after a92c50fef3. Real dev-server app, Chrome 154/Linux, DPR 2, 16px root font, frozen clock. CSS viewports 1440×900 and 390×844, both themes.

Before	After
Desktop light recording, d53873b	Desktop light recording, a92c50f

Full timestamped evidence index includes eight recordings, 56 stills, 28 before/after pairs with zero-threshold amplified and threshold-8 diffs, and the complete visible-difference list. Reproduction seed; complete artifact archive.

What else changed visibly: surrounding timeline text and headers move with the intended reveal; the scroll-to-end overlay moves relative to content. One desktop-light pre-toggle pair differs in timestamp/copy hover controls. Recordings contain pointer/click indicators and profile setup transitions.

Proof audit pass 2: core evidence credible, full matrix INSUFFICIENT. The auditor independently rebuilt command-open with zero changed pixels, recomputed all 28 diff counts exactly, and inspected all stills and recording keyframes. Delayed growth and takeover cancellation remain unverified; no implementation defect was established by the proof audit.

Remaining verification

This PR remains draft: six of eight matrix families have partial evidence; none has complete matrix coverage. Delayed detail/media arrival, live transitions, the full tool gallery, attempt folds, tall-content bounds, thread-switch cleanup, and conclusive takeover cancellation remain unverified. Actual Electron and remote smoke are also unverified. The final document-wide takeover correction has scoped checks but no fresh independent review after the three review rounds.

Capture export limits: desktop PNGs were downsampled to 1280×800 despite the measured 1440×900 CSS viewport; narrow PNGs are 780×1688. Recording resize changes produce letterboxing. Narrow collapsed-composer measurements do not establish exact inset arithmetic. These captures demonstrate the core command/reasoning improvement, not a complete proof pass. CI and bot review remain pending; no bugfix gate label is applied.

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 implementation; GPT-6.1-Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 review; Codex and Claude Agent harnesses in T3 Code.

[Sharad-Patel1]

Note

Generated by claude-opus-5-5
RESPONDING ON BEHALF OF SHARAD

This can be closed: #21967 is already fixed on main by #21968 (6700cf6). It reveals an expanded work row above the composer, keeps its header visible, and follows output that arrives late. This draft changes the same path in MessagesTimeline.tsx for the same issue.

The attached script runs #21968's five reveals <mode> output browser tests. All 5 pass on current main, and all 5 fail on the commit just before #21968 with the same tests overlaid.

To reproduce, run bash prove-pr-24436.sh from a clean t3code checkout after vp i, with gh authenticated and Playwright's Chromium installed.

• Proof script: prove-pr-24436.sh
• Output from a run against main b9d9aab: prove-pr-24436.out.txt

Result

PASS  #21968 (6700cf6f89) is an ancestor of main
PASS  this PR's description targets #21967
PASS  #21968 is merged and fixes #21967
PASS  this PR changes only MessagesTimeline.tsx, the file #21968 also fixed
      Tests  5 passed | 58 skipped (63)
PASS  main: the 'reveals <mode> output' browser tests pass (inline, at-end, delayed, grouped-delayed, grouped-end)
      Tests  5 failed | 55 skipped (60)
PASS  main before #21968 (with the same test overlaid): the reveal tests fail
VERDICT: CLOSE (already-fixed)