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fix(timeline): thought-rail caps + continuity - #242

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Fixes harmoniqs/amicode#542 (railing is live on this branch).

What

  • Caps: first segment starts at dotCentre, last stops at dotCentre (height = GAP+dotCentre from NEG_GAP), removing the 1–2px stub that peeked past the dot on both ends. Lone running turn still zero-height so the dot just breathes.
  • Continuity: line colour tracks dot state (accent for live tail, icon-muted for done) instead of border-strong; middle segments bridge the 12px pt-3 gap via NEG_STEP_GAP so virtualised rows meet as one spine.

Upstream ThoughtRail is otherwise untouched. The older feature/chat-railing-timeline (harness StepFrame) has the same per-row gap but is superseded on local/amicode by ThoughtRail — this fixes the live rail. Amicode overlay PR harmoniqs/amicode#543 ports the same fix plus the overlay plumbing.

Design is fine, these are cap/continuity polish only.

Closes harmoniqs/amicode#542

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  • UI Improvements
    • Updated the thought-rail display so all segments in an active turn use the accent color.
    • Completed turns now use the muted icon color, making active and finished states easier to distinguish.
    • Improved rail continuity across step gaps to prevent visible seams.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance documenting thought-rail layout, state, contrast, spacing, geometry, and rendering behavior.

- Caps: last segment now stops at dot centre (height = GAP+dotCentre)
  and first segment starts at dotCentre, removing the 1-2px stub that
  peeked past the dot on both ends. Lone running turn still draws
  zero-height line so dot just breathes.
- Continuity: line colour tracks dot state (accent for live tail,
  icon-muted for done) instead of border-strong, so adjacent rows
  share one token and read as a single spine; middle segments bridge
  the 12px pt-3 gap via NEG_STEP_GAP.

Fixes harmoniqs/amicode#542 (seen via ThoughtRail on local/amicode).
The harness StepFrame branch (feature/chat-railing-timeline) has the
same per-row gap bug but is now superseded by ThoughtRail on main;
this targets the live rail.

Design is otherwise untouched — the rail stays continuous, only the
caps and colour were off.
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The thought rail now documents its geometry, contrast, spacing, and rendering rules. Rail segments overlap the step gap by 1px to prevent visible seams. Line coloring remains accent during running turns and muted after completion.

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Rail rules and rendering state
packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx
The file adds detailed rail rules and references. Rail segments overlap the step gap by 1px. Line coloring follows the turn running state.

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The change only adjusts thought-rail caps, color continuity, and gap overlap behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond minor documentation cleanup.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary changes to ThoughtRail caps and continuity.
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…snippet

Per-row segments (virtualization forces it), NEG_STEP_GAP bridging,
dotCentre caps, adjacency for done, gutter + contrast-driven colors,
and shouldRenderRail polish. Portable math included for harness/PR216
comparison.
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Raghav Chari added 2 commits August 23, 2026 21:17
Line was tinted per-segment via isRunning() (tail accent, middles
icon-muted), so a running turn read half grey / half yellow then
flipped to all grey on completion. Make the spine one token per
turn — props.running ? accent : icon-muted — so each individual
line is one color and segments within a turn share it. Dot keeps
per-segment isRunning() (only tail hollow).
Per-row segments bridge the TimelineRowFrame pt-3 gap via
NEG_STEP_GAP. On subpixel rounding / virtualizer remeasure a
hairline dash remains, and a fresh turn flashes 'started from
nothing' until the second part arrives. Add 1px upward overlap on
every non-first segment (tail + mid) so consecutive rows always
meet as one spine.

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packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx (2)

69-73: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the portable geometry snippet in sync with the overlap math.

The implementation now subtracts 1px from non-first segment tops and adds 1px to tail heights. This reference snippet omits both adjustments. A future implementation based on this snippet can reintroduce the pt-3 seam.

Update the snippet or label it as base geometry without the overlap.

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In `@packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx` around lines 69 -
73, Update the portable geometry reference snippet near NODE, DOT_TOP, and
STEP_GAP to include the 1px subtraction for non-first segment tops and the 1px
addition to tail heights, keeping it synchronized with the implementation’s
overlap math; alternatively, explicitly label it as base geometry without
overlap.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx`
around lines 124 - 128.

189-195: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the lone-step completion comment with shouldRenderRail.

For a lone completed step, shouldRenderRail returns false at Line 203. ThoughtRail is then removed, so the dot disappears instead of filling.

If hiding completed lone steps is intentional, update this comment to describe that behavior. If the dot must remain and fill, change the predicate and test both state transitions.

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In `@packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx` around lines 189 -
195, Align the Rule 6 comment with the actual behavior of shouldRenderRail in
ThoughtRail: either document that a lone completed step is hidden, or change the
predicate so the dot remains and fills after completion, then test both
running-to-completed transitions.
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In `@packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx`:
- Around line 69-73: Update the portable geometry reference snippet near NODE,
DOT_TOP, and STEP_GAP to include the 1px subtraction for non-first segment tops
and the 1px addition to tail heights, keeping it synchronized with the
implementation’s overlap math; alternatively, explicitly label it as base
geometry without overlap.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/app/src/pages/session/timeline/thought-rail.tsx`
around lines 124 - 128.
- Around line 189-195: Align the Rule 6 comment with the actual behavior of
shouldRenderRail in ThoughtRail: either document that a lone completed step is
hidden, or change the predicate so the dot remains and fills after completion,
then test both running-to-completed transitions.

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Thinking rows (the busy shimmer before the first assistant part)
had no rail, so a fresh turn showed a line with no dot at the end.
Treat Thinking as the lone running step: first+last+running true
=> zero-height line + breathing dot (Rule 6). Also give Thinking
the same gutter inset as AssistantPart so content clears the dot.

Fixes the 'thinking -> line with no dot' report.
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…ends at a dot

Thinking before first AssistantPart is first+last+running. PR #242 made it
0px (floating dot, disconnected fresh chats). First fix made it a tail
from dot to bottom — reviewer + widget showed that's a line with no end:
every spine must terminate AT its dot, like Claude Code.

Change lone to a short cap: top 0 height 11px (dotCentre) so the blinking
yellow tip IS the terminus. Wayland: small cap above dot, no dangling tail
below. Keeps hollow+breathing via last&&running.
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