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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion extensions/pi-pretty.ts
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Expand Up @@ -61,7 +61,19 @@ export default async function gentlePiPrettyExtension(
};
},
});
const result = await extension(delegated, deps);
// pi-pretty's hidden-thinking API is global. Its best-effort private per-row
// patch can miss the host's actual component class and then animate every
// historical Thinking row. Gentle Shell chooses the robust presentation:
// keep collapsed labels static while preserving the separate working frame.
const previousThinkingIndicator = process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR;
process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR = "off";
let result: unknown;
try {
result = await extension(delegated, deps);
} finally {
if (previousThinkingIndicator === undefined) delete process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR;
else process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR = previousThinkingIndicator;
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- dependency metadata from npm registry ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json, urllib.request
url = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/@heyhuynhgiabuu%2fpi-pretty/0.6.27'
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15) as response:
    data = json.load(response)
print(json.dumps({
    'name': data.get('name'),
    'version': data.get('version'),
    'repository': data.get('repository'),
    'homepage': data.get('homepage'),
    'main': data.get('main'),
    'module': data.get('module'),
    'exports': data.get('exports'),
    'dist': data.get('dist'),
}, indent=2))
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- exact dependency source (read-only tarball inspection) ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import io, json, tarfile, urllib.request
meta = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen('https://registry.npmjs.org/@heyhuynhgiabuu%2fpi-pretty/0.6.27', timeout=15))
url = meta['dist']['tarball']
raw = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15).read()
with tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(raw), mode='r:gz') as archive:
    for member in archive.getmembers():
        if member.isfile() and member.name.endswith(('.js','.mjs','.cjs','.ts','.json')):
            text = archive.extractfile(member).read().decode('utf-8', 'replace')
            if 'PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR' in text or ('export default' in text and len(text) < 200000):
                print(f'--- {member.name} ---')
                lines = text.splitlines()
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                    if 'PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR' in line:
                        for j in range(max(1, i-12), min(len(lines), i+18)+1):
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trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
curl -kfsSL 'https://registry.npmjs.org/@heyhuynhgiabuu%2fpi-pretty/0.6.27' -o "$tmp/meta.json"
python3 - "$tmp/meta.json" <<'PY'
import json, sys
data=json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
print(json.dumps({
    'name': data.get('name'),
    'version': data.get('version'),
    'repository': data.get('repository'),
    'homepage': data.get('homepage'),
    'main': data.get('main'),
    'module': data.get('module'),
    'exports': data.get('exports'),
    'tarball': data.get('dist', {}).get('tarball'),
}, indent=2))
PY
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import json, sys
print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))['dist']['tarball'])
PY
)
curl -kfsSL "$tarball" -o "$tmp/package.tgz"
python3 - "$tmp/package.tgz" <<'PY'
import sys, tarfile
with tarfile.open(sys.argv[1], 'r:gz') as archive:
    for member in archive.getmembers():
        if not member.isfile() or not member.name.endswith(('.js','.mjs','.cjs','.ts','.json')):
            continue
        text=archive.extractfile(member).read().decode('utf-8','replace')
        if 'PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR' in text:
            print(f'--- {member.name} ---')
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                if 'PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR' in line:
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curl -kfsSL 'https://registry.npmjs.org/@heyhuynhgiabuu%2fpi-pretty/0.6.27' -o "$tmp/meta.json"
tarball=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))["dist"]["tarball"])' "$tmp/meta.json")
curl -kfsSL "$tarball" -o "$tmp/package.tgz"
python3 - "$tmp/package.tgz" <<'PY'
import sys, tarfile
with tarfile.open(sys.argv[1], 'r:gz') as archive:
    wanted = ['package/dist/index.js', 'package/src/index.ts', 'package/dist/working-indicator.js']
    for name in wanted:
        try:
            member = archive.getmember(name)
        except KeyError:
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        text = archive.extractfile(member).read().decode('utf-8','replace')
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                'await ', 'setHiddenThinkingLabel',
            )):
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            if not ranges or start>ranges[-1][1]+1: ranges.append([start,end])
            else: ranges[-1][1]=max(ranges[-1][1],end)
        for start,end in ranges:
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python3 - "$tmp/meta.json" <<'PY'
import json,sys
d=json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
print({
  'name': d.get('name'),
  'version': d.get('version'),
  'repository': d.get('repository'),
  'main': d.get('main'),
  'exports': d.get('exports'),
  'tarball': d.get('dist',{}).get('tarball'),
})
PY
tarball=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))["dist"]["tarball"])' "$tmp/meta.json")
curl -kfsSL "$tarball" -o "$tmp/package.tgz"
python3 - "$tmp/package.tgz" <<'PY'
import sys,tarfile
with tarfile.open(sys.argv[1], 'r:gz') as a:
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    if not m.isfile() or not m.name.endswith(('.js','.mjs','.cjs','.ts')):
      continue
    text=a.extractfile(m).read().decode('utf-8','replace')
    if any(x in text for x in ('discoverAndLoadExtensions','moduleCache','extensionPaths','loadExtension')):
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patterns = [
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  'extensionsResult.extensions', 'extensionFactories',
]
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Serialize the process-wide indicator update.

Concurrent AgentSession.reload() calls can load fresh extension instances because the host uses moduleCache: false. Each instance snapshots process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR, sets it to "off", awaits extension(delegated, deps), and restores its snapshot. The pi-pretty factory reads the setting synchronously, but the wrapper's await still permits the restoration sequences to interleave. The second activation can therefore restore "off" after the first restores the original value.

Use a process-wide async mutex around the snapshot, assignment, factory call, and restoration. A module-local mutex is insufficient because each fresh extension instance has its own module state.

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In `@extensions/pi-pretty.ts` around lines 68 - 75, Serialize the
PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR override in the wrapper around extension so snapshot,
assignment, awaited call, and restoration execute under a process-wide async
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}
// GentlePromptEditor already carries the live working state in its frame.
// Hide Pi's separate loader row to avoid repeating Thinking above the input;
// transcript thinking blocks remain untouched as historical reasoning markers.
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Expand Up @@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ test("bundled Gentleman-Cute Pi theme defines complete brand and restrained colo
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "error", "#FF718F");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "muted", "#A78E9B");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "dim", "#76616B");
assert.equal(colors.thinkingText, "softRose");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "thinkingText", "#D7A0B8");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "toolPendingBg", "#100A0F");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "toolSuccessBg", "#151316");
assertResolvedThemeColor(theme, "toolErrorBg", "#261019");
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Expand Up @@ -18,13 +18,18 @@ test("bundled pretty cannot replace or restore an editor owned by the host", asy
setWorkingVisible(value: boolean) { visible = value; },
theme: { fg: (role: string, text: string) => `<${role}>${text}</${role}>`, bold: (text: string) => text },
} };
const previousThinkingIndicator = process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR;
let thinkingIndicatorDuringActivation: string | undefined;
await pretty(pi, undefined, async (api: any) => {
thinkingIndicatorDuringActivation = process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR;
api.on("session_start", (_event: unknown, context: any) => {
context.ui.setEditorComponent(() => "pretty");
context.ui.setWorkingIndicator({ frames: ["foreign"] });
});
api.on("session_shutdown", (_event: unknown, context: any) => context.ui.setEditorComponent(undefined));
}, {});
assert.equal(thinkingIndicatorDuringActivation, "off", "Gentle Shell disables pi-pretty's global Thinking shimmer");
assert.equal(process.env.PRETTY_THINKING_INDICATOR, previousThinkingIndicator, "activation must restore the caller's environment");
for (const handler of handlers.get("session_start") ?? []) await handler({}, ctx);
assert.equal(editor, owner);
assert.equal(visible, false, "the prompt frame owns the live working state without a duplicate loader row");
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"muted": "muted",
"dim": "dim",
"text": "text",
"thinkingText": "muted",
"thinkingText": "softRose",
"selectedBg": "selection",
"scrollbarThumb": "border",
"searchMatchBg": "deepPink",
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