Refreshing the page emptied it. You came back to "Open a file from the explorer to
start editing" with no trace of what you had been doing — two tabs open, one of
them the notes you were writing in.
The terminal solved this shape years ago: a `panelId -> sessionId` map kept in
dashboard state, keyed `ws-{prefix}-{dashboardId}`. This is that map with a
different payload, deliberately the same shape so there is one pattern rather than
two to compare. `editor` is registered in PANEL_STATE_PREFIXES — an unmatched key
is a 400, not a silent 200, which is the branch that exists precisely so a new
prefix cannot vanish quietly.
── Paths, not contents ──
The disk is the truth. Restoring a remembered BODY would show a version that may
be hours stale, or resurrect a file something has since deleted. Each path is read
fresh on restore, in the order you left them, and one that no longer reads is
dropped rather than opened as an empty buffer named after a missing file.
The cost, stated rather than hidden: unsaved edits still do not survive a reload.
They did not before either — the whole tab went. Keeping them means persisting
buffers, which has its own hard question (the disk AND the buffer have both
changed — now what?) and is not smuggled in here.
── The two ways this goes wrong, both guarded ──
Reading the saved set more than once would fight the user: every tab they open
writes into that same bag, so a later read arrives as an update telling them to
reopen what they just closed. It is claimed once, on the first render that has it.
Writing before restoring would persist an empty list over the state it is about to
read — first render, no tabs yet. The write is guarded on the restore having run.
Also: a panel closed for good drops its entry, via `usePanelClose`, which fires on
a real close and not on a drag, a swap or a mobile panel switch.
Per PANEL, not per dashboard, so two editors side by side keep separate strips.
Not wired on the /code-editor screen: `?file=` already survives a reload there.
tsgo clean, frontend builds, 846 pass / 7 fail unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The documentation, triaged
2026-08-13. A map of what is in here, what it is for, and what should happen to it. Made because there are 42 documents and 13,000 lines, and no way to tell from the filenames which describe the system as it is and which are a record of an afternoon in July.
How much I verified: the classifications below are from filenames, status lines, and greps for things that changed on 2026-08-13. Where I actually read the document or checked the code, it says so. The rest is a starting point for a conversation, not a verdict.
Living — these describe the system and must stay true
| doc | state |
|---|---|
working-on-officer.md |
updated 2026-08-13. Operational guide. |
secret-store.md |
updated 2026-08-13. Built; rotation still open. |
install-variants.md |
new. The branch tree, for discussion. |
http-secure-context-audit.md |
new. What breaks over plain http. |
install-container-testing.md |
new. First container pass and its findings. |
per-user-linux-accounts.md |
partly updated. OFFICER_OS_USERS is gone; check the rest. |
navigation-audit.md |
authoritative on routing. Unverified against tonight's route removals. |
workspace-panels.md + workspace-panel-todo.md |
the panel framework. 1,300 lines combined — likely the biggest cleanup here. |
agent-coordination.md |
the north star for panel work. |
deprovision-os-account.md |
implemented; the 'disabled' stage it may mention was deleted tonight. |
Stale — describe things that changed on 2026-08-13
Each of these references something that no longer exists. Not yet corrected.
sidecar-topology.md— "ecosystem.config.cjs is the source of truth". It is generated now, and holds six processes.sidecar-app-store.md— derives the catalogue fromfull − light. Those files are gone, andcatalogue.test.tswas rewritten.sidecar-bootstrapping.md— "20 PM2 entries, 18 sidecar dirs". Six entries now.mobile-api-keys.md— partly corrected; recheck the origin-checking claims.wallet-key-custody.md—VAULT_STORE_KEYis now the per-purposewalletkey.push-notifications.md— "agreed design, 2026-07-31". Notify is a plugin and unmounted.chat-session-lifetime.md,chat-ui-walkthrough.md— referenceofficer-agent, renamed.
Historical — a record of a moment, and should stay one
Do not rewrite these to match today's code. They document how a decision was reached, and editing them destroys the reasoning. If they mislead, add a dated header pointing forward.
sidecar-audit-2026-07.md(1,377 lines)claude-sidecar-isolation.md— records theofficer-claude→officer-agentrename that preceded tonight'sofficer-agent→officer-claude-codeopen-threads-after-per-user-claude.mdtwo-agent-field-report-2026-08-12.mdapi-method-changes-2026-08-06.md
The opencode cluster — nine documents for one migration
opencode-fork-decision · -parity · -api-2-assessment · -phase0-review · -phase1-report ·
-phase1-review · -serve-migration-plan · -serve-path · -testing-checklist
The migration landed — opencode serve is in the sidecar, verified. So
opencode-serve-migration-plan.md saying "Nothing here is implemented" is false.
This is the clearest consolidation candidate in the whole directory: one document recording what was decided and what shipped, replacing nine that describe stages of getting there. I did not do it because it needs reading all nine, and deleting documents unread is not a thing to do at 4am.
The mobile-dav thread — three documents, one conversation
mobile-dav-provisioning · -feedback · -reply. A correspondence. Almost certainly one document.
Unclassified — I have not looked
design-language-interface · file-sync · jobs-unification · mobile-photo-sync-api ·
nextcloud-replacement · agent-git-identity
The plugin split, which affects most of the above
A core install is six processes. Everything else is a plugin, switched off tonight but present on disk. Most documents here were written when the estate was twenty processes and every one of them was simply "there", so they describe availability that no longer holds.
The useful rewrite is usually one line, not a rewrite: say whether the thing described is core or a plugin, and if a plugin, that it is not mounted on a fresh install.