feat: unread badge for automations

[janburzinski]

Description

• adds unread badge for finished automation runs in sidebar
• adds sidebar context menu on right click to mark all as read

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Greptile Summary

This PR adds an unread badge to the Automations sidebar item that counts finished automation runs since the user last viewed automations, and a right-click context menu to mark all as read. The automationsLastReadAt timestamp is persisted in interface settings and initialized to the latest existing run's finishedAt so first-time users don't see a stale count.

• Introduces TERMINAL_AUTOMATION_RUN_STATUSES and AUTOMATION_SKIP_CODES_EXCLUDED_FROM_NOTIFICATIONS in the shared module; the new DB query (countUnreadFinishedRuns) filters out user-lifecycle skip reasons (disabled, automation_deleted) but is missing trigger_changed, causing the badge to increment when a user changes an automation's trigger config.
• Wires emitRunChanged to stopRun and to the skipQueuedCronRuns call-sites so terminal-state transitions reliably invalidate the renderer-side unread count query.
• The new AutomationsSidebarItem component handles the context menu, error toasting, and badge rendering; the useAutomationUnreadCount hook drives the count via React Query with event-based invalidation.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge after adding trigger_changed to the skip-code exclusion list; all other wiring is correct.

The unread badge logic correctly excludes disabled and automation_deleted skips, but the same emitRunChanges path is taken when a user changes an automation's trigger configuration (trigger_changed), and that skip code is not in the exclusion list. A user who edits a trigger will see the badge increment for runs they themselves cancelled.

apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/automations/automation-run.ts — the AUTOMATION_SKIP_CODES_EXCLUDED_FROM_NOTIFICATIONS constant needs trigger_changed added.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/automations/automation-run.ts	Adds terminal status set, type guard, and skip-code exclusion list; trigger_changed is missing from the exclusion list causing spurious badge increments.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/main/core/automations/automations-service.ts	Adds countUnreadFinishedRuns, getNotificationsBaselineTimestamp, and properly wires terminal-state emission; isExcludedFromUnreadNotifications name is inverted and uses sql.raw with manual quoting.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/features/automations/use-automation-unread-count.ts	New hook that wires unread count query with baseline initialization and terminal-state invalidation; logic is sound.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/features/sidebar/automations-sidebar-item.tsx	New sidebar item with unread badge, context menu, and error-handling for mark-as-read; implementation looks correct.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/main/core/settings/schema.ts	Adds automationsLastReadAt: z.number() field to interface settings schema; clean addition.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/main/core/settings/settings-registry.ts	Adds default value of 0 for the new automationsLastReadAt field; correct.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/main/core/automations/controller.ts	Exposes the two new RPC methods; straightforward delegation.
apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/features/sidebar/left-sidebar.tsx	Replaces inline automations button with the new AutomationsSidebarItem component; clean refactor.

Sequence Diagram

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sequenceDiagram
    participant Scheduler as AutomationScheduler
    participant Service as AutomationsService
    participant Events as IPC Events
    participant Hook as useAutomationUnreadCount
    participant DB as SQLite (automationRuns)
    participant Settings as AppSettings

    Note over Service,DB: New user first mount
    Hook->>Service: getNotificationsBaselineTimestamp()
    Service->>DB: SELECT MAX(finishedAt) WHERE terminal
    DB-->>Service: baseline ts
    Service-->>Hook: baseline ts
    Hook->>Settings: updateAsync automationsLastReadAt baseline

    Note over Scheduler,Events: Run reaches terminal state
    Scheduler->>Service: onRunStep(run)
    Service->>Events: emit automationRunChangedChannel run
    Events-->>Hook: run
    Hook->>Hook: isTerminalStatus invalidateQueries
    Hook->>Service: countUnreadFinishedRuns(lastReadAt)
    Service->>DB: "SELECT count WHERE terminal AND not-excluded AND finishedAt > lastReadAt"
    DB-->>Service: n
    Service-->>Hook: n
    Hook-->>AutomationsSidebarItem: unreadCount n

    Note over Hook,Settings: User clicks Mark all as read
    AutomationsSidebarItem->>Hook: markAsRead()
    Hook->>Settings: updateAsync automationsLastReadAt Date.now
    Hook->>Hook: invalidateQueries refetch count 0

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sequenceDiagram
    participant Scheduler as AutomationScheduler
    participant Service as AutomationsService
    participant Events as IPC Events
    participant Hook as useAutomationUnreadCount
    participant DB as SQLite (automationRuns)
    participant Settings as AppSettings

    Note over Service,DB: New user first mount
    Hook->>Service: getNotificationsBaselineTimestamp()
    Service->>DB: SELECT MAX(finishedAt) WHERE terminal
    DB-->>Service: baseline ts
    Service-->>Hook: baseline ts
    Hook->>Settings: updateAsync automationsLastReadAt baseline

    Note over Scheduler,Events: Run reaches terminal state
    Scheduler->>Service: onRunStep(run)
    Service->>Events: emit automationRunChangedChannel run
    Events-->>Hook: run
    Hook->>Hook: isTerminalStatus invalidateQueries
    Hook->>Service: countUnreadFinishedRuns(lastReadAt)
    Service->>DB: "SELECT count WHERE terminal AND not-excluded AND finishedAt > lastReadAt"
    DB-->>Service: n
    Service-->>Hook: n
    Hook-->>AutomationsSidebarItem: unreadCount n

    Note over Hook,Settings: User clicks Mark all as read
    AutomationsSidebarItem->>Hook: markAsRead()
    Hook->>Settings: updateAsync automationsLastReadAt Date.now
    Hook->>Hook: invalidateQueries refetch count 0

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[janburzinski]

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