Brennan Benson 5e5f4f6603 fix(native-chat): keep a Codex ask's questions in the order it asked them (#23502)
* fix(native-chat): keep a Codex ask's questions in the order it asked them

Codex journals every question of one ask in a single write, so the
questions share a timestamp. The transcript list sorted rows by
timestamp and broke ties by row id, and a question's id ends in the
question id the model chose, so answered, cancelled and still-pending
rows of one ask came out in the alphabetical order of those ids.

The transcript projection now breaks timestamp ties by the order its
source gave: the journal's order for structured sessions. The session
assembler keeps its id tie-break, since the sources it merges share no
order of their own.

* refactor(native-chat): name the id tie-break comparator for what it does

Two shared comparators differed only in whether they break timestamp ties by id,
under near-identical names; spell the id tie-break in the name.

* fix(native-chat): order structured chat rows by their journal position

The desktop list and the host's conversation outline sorted structured rows
by timestamp. The journal's contract is that the sequence orders the
timeline and the timestamp is the provider's clock: a Codex ask writes all
of its questions in one write (one sequence, one timestamp), and a row
recovered after a crash carries an earlier clock at a later sequence.

The host now records each item's place within the write that created it,
keeps it across revisions like the sequence, and sends it as an optional
field. Rows projected from the journal carry that position, and both the
desktop list and the outline order journal rows by it. Rows outside the
journal keep their rules: rank for the streaming and pending tail, outbox
sends after every journal row, and terminal-backed chats keep time then id.

* fix(native-chat): keep a refused send at its journal place, and keep list positions off worker reads

A send the host journalled before the provider refused it is shown from the outbox, and it
sorted after every journal row, so it dropped below whatever the agent wrote after it. It now
takes the journal position of the submission the host recorded.

Structured worker reads and their archives projected journal rows through the same
projection, so they returned the list-only journal position on every message. The worker
payload bound now drops it.

* test(native-chat): a failed restart's row draws below the message it failed

Since a message is accepted before its delivery starts the agent, a restart that fails is
journalled after the message, and the refused message keeps that journal place in the chat.
Both host paths now pin it through the chat's own projection: a start the host could not make,
and a restarted child that exits before proving its start.

Folds the journal reducer's batch item write onto fewer lines, which the merge of main pushed
past the file's line limit.
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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.

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Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

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Parallel Worktrees

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Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

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Terminal splits

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Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

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Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

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Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

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Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

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Also in the box:

  • Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
  • Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
  • Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
  • Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
  • Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

Supported Agents

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