fix(workspaces): preserve local workspace names across autosave.

playwright/github-byot-ai.spec.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 import { defaultGitHubChatModel } from '../src/modules/github/api/chat.js'
 import type { ChatRequestBody, ChatRequestMessage } from './helpers/app-test-helpers.js'
@@ -399,6 +399,23 @@
   expect(typeof renamedRecord?.prTitle === 'string' ? renamedRecord.prTitle : '').toBe(
     renamedTitle,
   )
+
+  await setComponentEditorSource(
+    page,
+    'export const App = () => <main>rename persists after edit</main>',
+  )
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const nextRecords = await getAllWorkspaceRecords(page)
+      const nextRenamedRecord = nextRecords.find(
+        record => record?.id === sourceWorkspaceId,
+      )
+      return typeof nextRenamedRecord?.prTitle === 'string'
+        ? nextRenamedRecord.prTitle
+        : ''
+    })
+    .toBe(renamedTitle)
 })
 
 test('chat stays usable after opening a Local workspace with PAT connected', async ({

src/app.js

@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ const getWorkspaceContextSnapshot = createWorkspaceContextSnapshotGetter({
   getActivePrContext: () => githubAiContextState.activePrContext,
   getPrContextState: () => workspacePrContextState,
   getPrNumber: () => workspacePrNumber,
+  getWorkspaceScopeMarker: () => workspaceScopeMarker,
+  getActiveWorkspacePersistedPrTitle: () => activeWorkspacePersistedPrTitle,
 })
 
 const { getActiveWorkspaceTab, getEntryWorkspaceTab, getPrimaryStyleWorkspaceTab } =
@@ -1023,6 +1025,10 @@ const workspacePrSessionHandoffController = createWorkspacePrSessionHandoffContr
     setWorkspacePrContextState,
     setWorkspacePrNumber,
     setWorkspaceScopeMarker,
+    clearActiveWorkspacePersistedMetadata: () => {
+      activeWorkspacePersistedPrTitle = ''
+      activeWorkspacePersistedHeadBranch = ''
+    },
     getActiveWorkspaceCreatedAt: () => activeWorkspaceCreatedAt,
     setActiveWorkspaceRecordId,
     setActiveWorkspaceCreatedAt: value => (activeWorkspaceCreatedAt = value),

src/modules/app-core/workspace-local-helpers.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const createWorkspaceContextSnapshotGetter =
     getActivePrContext,
     getPrContextState,
     getPrNumber,
+    getWorkspaceScopeMarker,
+    getActiveWorkspacePersistedPrTitle,
   }) =>
   () => {
     const toSafeText = value => (typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : '')
@@ -32,14 +34,23 @@ const createWorkspaceContextSnapshotGetter =
     const formBaseBranch = toSafeText(githubPrBaseBranch?.value)
     const formHeadBranch = toSafeText(githubPrHeadBranch?.value)
     const formPrTitle = toSafeText(githubPrTitle?.value)
+    const normalizedWorkspaceScope = toSafeText(getWorkspaceScopeMarker?.()).toLowerCase()
+    const isLocalScope = normalizedWorkspaceScope !== 'repository'
+    const persistedPrTitle = toSafeText(getActiveWorkspacePersistedPrTitle?.())
+    const nextPrTitle =
+      isActivePrContext && contextPrTitle
+        ? contextPrTitle
+        : isLocalScope && !formPrTitle && persistedPrTitle
+          ? persistedPrTitle
+          : formPrTitle
 
     return {
       repositoryFullName: getCurrentSelectedRepository(),
       baseBranch:
         isActivePrContext && contextBaseBranch ? contextBaseBranch : formBaseBranch,
       headBranch:
         isActivePrContext && contextHeadBranch ? contextHeadBranch : formHeadBranch,
-      prTitle: isActivePrContext && contextPrTitle ? contextPrTitle : formPrTitle,
+      prTitle: nextPrTitle,
       prNumber,
       prContextState,
     }

src/modules/app-core/workspace-pr-session-handoff-controller.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const createWorkspacePrSessionHandoffController = ({
     setWorkspacePrContextState,
     setWorkspacePrNumber,
     setWorkspaceScopeMarker,
+    clearActiveWorkspacePersistedMetadata,
     getActiveWorkspaceCreatedAt,
     setActiveWorkspaceRecordId,
     setActiveWorkspaceCreatedAt,
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ export const createWorkspacePrSessionHandoffController = ({
     if (typeof setWorkspaceScopeMarker === 'function') {
       setWorkspaceScopeMarker('local')
     }
+
+    if (typeof clearActiveWorkspacePersistedMetadata === 'function') {
+      clearActiveWorkspacePersistedMetadata()
+    }
+
     lastKnownPrContextMeta = null
 
     if (githubPrHeadBranch) {