## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - The task page tells the user what an agent is doing and what needs their attention > - When another task uses the same workspace, the agent waits and Paperclip starts the work automatically > - A tester reported that the "Waiting for workspace" notice is not helpful, because the user cannot do anything about it > - On `master`, the task page shows this wait four times: a pinned top banner, a conversation banner, the composer strip and the Workspace property row > - This pull request removes the two banners and keeps the two quiet status surfaces > - The benefit is that a transient system wait no longer looks like something that needs the user ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #19369 **What happened?** During new-user onboarding tests on Paperclip Cloud staging (Claude subscription path), the tester saw a "Waiting for workspace" notice and reported: "this isn't helpful and the user can't do anything about it." **Steps to reproduce** 1. Start work on a task while another task uses the same workspace. 2. Open the waiting task. 3. See the pinned "Waiting for workspace" banner under the title and a second "Waiting for workspace" banner in the conversation. **Expected behavior** A busy workspace is a transient system wait with no user action. It shows only as a quiet status on the task. It does not show as a banner or notice. **Investigation** - No server inbox, Needs-you item or activity entry is created for a workspace wait. The live-updates toast already skips `workspace_busy` (`LiveUpdatesProvider.tsx`), and the chat thread already hides the cancelled admission attempt. - The remaining notices are UI banners: `IssueMonitorBanner` (pinned top banner) and `IssueScheduledRetryCard` (conversation banner). - #19369 stopped showing resource waits as failed attempts, but it kept these banners. ## What Changed - `IssueMonitorBanner`: render nothing for a workspace wait. The composer strip still shows "Waiting for workspace" and "You can keep sending instructions while the agent waits." - `IssueScheduledRetryCard`: render nothing for `workspace_busy`. The Workspace property row still shows "Waiting for workspace". - `DESIGN.md`: add the rule that a busy-workspace wait is a quiet status only, never a pinned banner, conversation notice or toast. - Tests: replace the old "shows the banner" assertions with N-14 regression tests. ## Verification Red on `master` (`819420a60a`), test change only: ``` cd ui && npx vitest run src/components/IssueMonitorBanner.test.tsx src/components/IssueScheduledRetryCard.test.tsx × does not raise a pinned banner for a workspace wait the user cannot act on (N-14) 7ms ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Failed Tests 2 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ FAIL src/components/IssueMonitorBanner.test.tsx > IssueMonitorBanner / IssueMonitorComposerStrip rendering > does not raise a pinned banner for a workspace wait the user cannot act on (N-14) AssertionError: expected 'Waiting for workspaceAnother task is …' to be '' // Object.is equality FAIL src/components/IssueScheduledRetryCard.test.tsx > IssueScheduledRetryCard > raises no conversation notice for workspace contention the user cannot act on (N-14) AssertionError: expected 'Waiting for workspaceAnother task is …' to be '' // Object.is equality Tests 2 failed | 32 passed (34) ``` Green after the fix, same command: ``` Test Files 2 passed (2) Tests 34 passed (34) ``` Neighbouring suites: ``` cd ui && npx vitest run src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx src/pages/IssueDetail src/components/issue-properties src/lib/issue-monitor Test Files 7 passed (7) Tests 687 passed | 1 skipped (688) ``` - `pnpm check:token-gates`: all gates clean. - `tsc --noEmit -p ui`: no errors in the changed files. Local errors come only from unbuilt workspace packages (`@paperclipai/plugin-sdk/ui`, Storybook feature map). CI typecheck covers the full build. ## Risks - Low risk. UI-only change. Two banners no longer render for `workspace_busy`. Other scheduled-retry reasons (failures, pool exhaustion, continuations) are unchanged. - A long workspace wait now has no prominent notice. No actionable next step exists in the current data (the API does not name the task that holds the workspace). A persist-past-threshold escalation with a link to that task can follow when the data exists. ## Model Used - Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with tool use (shell, file edit, browser for read-only staging evidence). ## 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 - [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green - [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups - [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before requesting merge 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@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.