## Thinking Path > - Paperclip helps people manage AI agents and their work. > - Chat uses a shared runner turn to show activity after Send. > - The turn currently shows Queued while the server admits the request. > - People need immediate activity feedback during this short wait. > - This change uses the existing Working header and Thinking activity during ordinary admission. > - Specific server holds stay visible so people can see setup or maintenance delays. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What existing behavior does this improve?** The activity indicator in task chat and agent chat after Send. **Current behavior** Ordinary admission shows Queued in the header and activity row. It changes to Working and Thinking when execution starts. **Proposed behavior** Show Working and Thinking from message submission through ordinary queued admission. Keep the same avatar, name, and activity row in place. Preserve specific server waits and the existing queue controls. **Subsystem affected** ui/ — React board UI. ## What Changed - Use the default activity presentation when a queued turn has no specific server hold. - Retain maintenance, agent setup, server restart, previous-run, provider, and preparation labels. - Omit the elapsed-time suffix until a start time is known. This prevents a frozen Working for 0s header before a run exists. - Update component tests for submission, acknowledgement, reassignment, and runtime discovery on desktop and mobile. - Update the activity guidance in DESIGN.md. - Keep this behavior in the shared runner turn. No API, queue, or execution contract changes are needed. ## Verification - Chat component suites: 582 passed, 1 existing skip. - Command: `pnpm exec vitest run ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatRunnerTurn.test.tsx ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx ui/src/components/IssueChatThread.test.tsx`. - `pnpm check:token-gates`: passed. - `pnpm verify`: exit 2. DESIGN.md is a global CI input, so the selector requires broader CI coverage. The three focused chat suites passed again on final commit `e85b8e43b007288f3ef41e0a42e801d5d2c41e54`. Required CI passed on this revision. See the CI result below. - The earlier CI attempt on `796fac80a06769d67af5b899fb186a875bfb228d` failed the unchanged Rust test `process_lineage::journal::tests::reaping_stops_a_dead_runners_provider_and_its_escaped_tool_job` with `unattributed_orphan`. This UI change does not alter its compiled inputs. The cause is not yet established. The current revision passed the Rust check. The earlier failure cause remains unknown. [Failed job](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42843806417/job/129926132490). - The workspace preflight installed dependencies and built shared and plugin SDK outputs. Its unrelated Runner build could not start because cargo is unavailable. The current revision passed CI typecheck and build. - Both current-head reviews are 5/5 with no remaining findings. There are no unresolved review threads. - Current-head typecheck, build, general tests, serialized server tests, all eight E2E shards, and Rust checks passed. [CI run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42845383745). - The Runner support suite reported one 30-second timeout in `private-reporter-artifacts.test.ts`; 11,291 other tests passed. Both tests in that file passed locally in isolation (1.64 seconds for the full command). The one rerun passed in CI attempt 2. The timeout cause remains unknown. [Failed job](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42845383745/job/129932351496). - Final CI result: attempt 2 passed on `e85b8e43b007288f3ef41e0a42e801d5d2c41e54`. Typecheck, build, tests, Rust checks, and all eight E2E shards passed. [CI attempt 2](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42845383745/attempts/2). ## Risks - Low risk. This changes presentation only. A queued turn can show Thinking before provider execution starts. - Specific server holds remain visible. Scheduling, permissions, and saved message controls do not change. ## Model Used - OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with reasoning, tool use, and code execution. The runtime does not expose a more specific deployment model ID or context window size. ## Checklist - [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context to this change - [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability details) - [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate planned core work - [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked them above - [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes #` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue template - [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip` URLs) - [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`) and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details - [x] I have run tests locally and they pass - [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable - [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes - [x] I have considered and documented any risks above - [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green - [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups - [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before requesting merge --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
@paperclipai/ui
Published static assets for the Paperclip board UI.
What gets published
The npm package contains the production build under dist/. It does not ship the UI source tree or workspace-only dependencies.
Storybook
Storybook config, stories, and fixtures live under ui/storybook/.
pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui storybook
pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui build-storybook
Typical use
Install the package, then serve or copy the built files from node_modules/@paperclipai/ui/dist.
Editor dependency identity
Keep the root and workspace overrides for @codemirror/state,
@codemirror/view, and @lezer/common aligned. CodeMirror requires shared
extension identity, while Lezer parsers and syntax highlighters require shared
NodeProp IDs. Multiple Lezer copies can crash code-block highlighting with
tags is not iterable. src/lib/codemirror-single-instance.test.ts checks the
installed dependency graph and highlights sample code through the editor's real
language dependencies. GitHub Actions owns regeneration of pnpm-lock.yaml.