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Summary

  • add an ordered ui.tab_bar_right status area with zoom, hostname, datetime, literal text, and asynchronously refreshed command output
  • resolve machine values and commands on the server so remote sessions show remote state
  • keep tabs usable by yielding the complete status area on narrow rows, with configurable separators only between visible entries
  • bound command scheduling and output, prevent overlap, cancel stale work on reload, and preserve the existing per-tab zoom markers

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This generalizes the focused work from @dhh in #2560 and #2562. All four original commits are preserved in this branch with David's authorship.

Supersedes #2560 and #2562.

Testing

  • just check
  • live named-session smoke test covering ordered text, hostname, datetime, command output, separators, and narrow-window yielding

dhh and others added 5 commits August 9, 2026 22:21
Reserve the right edge of the tab row for a ZOOM pill while the
focused pane is zoomed, matching the accent style of the mode bars.
The per-tab Z suffix stays; the pill makes the zoomed state visible
at a glance like tmux's status-right flag.
Add ui.tab_bar_hostname to display the machine's hostname at the right
edge of the tab row, like tmux's #h in status-right. The value resolves
where the server renders, so remote sessions show the remote host. Off
by default.
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Tab-bar status system

Layer / File(s) Summary
Status configuration and contracts
Cargo.toml, src/config/*, scripts/*, docs/next/*, src/main.rs
Adds configurable zoom, hostname, datetime, text, and command entries with defaults, validation, diagnostics, documentation, and parser support.
Status runtime and command execution
src/app/state.rs, src/app/tab_bar_status.rs, src/events.rs, src/platform/*
Adds platform data providers, scheduled refreshes, asynchronous commands, output limits, sanitization, timeouts, cancellation, and stale-result rejection.
Application lifecycle integration
src/app/mod.rs, src/app/runtime.rs, src/app/api.rs, src/app/actions.rs, src/app/input/navigate.rs, src/server/headless.rs
Initializes and reloads status definitions, schedules status tasks, handles completion events, and propagates state changes.
Right-side layout and rendering
src/ui.rs, src/ui/tabs.rs
Reserves space for visible status entries, renders separators and zoom indicators, prioritizes tab controls on narrow rows, and adds layout tests.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Config as UiConfig
  participant App
  participant Runtime as scheduled task loop
  participant Command as tab_bar_status command task
  participant Event as AppEvent
  participant UI as tab-bar renderer
  Config->>App: configure tab-bar status entries
  App->>Runtime: schedule refresh work
  Runtime->>Command: execute due command
  Command->>Event: send TabBarCommandFinished
  Event->>App: apply current generation result
  App->>UI: update TabBarStatusSegment state
  UI->>UI: reserve and render status area
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Possibly related PRs

  • herdrdev/herdr#2560: Extends zoom indicator behavior in the same tab-bar layout and rendering code.
  • herdrdev/herdr#2562: Extends hostname tab-bar behavior into the configurable multi-entry status area.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: configurable tab-bar status entries.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the configurable status area, server-side resolution, narrow-row behavior, safeguards, and testing.
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scripts/test_config_reference_check.py (1)

35-36: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test the production Vec<TabBarRightEntryConfig> shape.

The sample uses a direct StatusConfig field. Production uses ui.tab_bar_right: Vec<TabBarRightEntryConfig>. This test does not verify that the reference parser preserves enum values for the configured array field. Change the sample and assertion to use tab_bar_right: Vec<TabBarRightEntryConfig>.

Also applies to: 68-80, 147-149

Cargo.toml (1)

41-42: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the time dependency rationale.

Add a short Cargo manifest comment stating that time parses and validates ui.tab_bar_right datetime formats. No direct chrono or jiff dependency provides this capability. Run just check before commit.

Source: Coding guidelines

src/app/tab_bar_status.rs (2)

133-153: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Compute the command environment only when a command is due.

handle_scheduled_tasks runs on every event-loop iteration. This code calls self.custom_command_env() on every pass whenever at least one command entry is configured, even when no runtime is due. custom_command_env calls std::env::current_exe() and pane_cwd.is_dir(), so each pass performs filesystem syscalls. Under PTY activity the loop iterates frequently.

Resolve the environment lazily on the first due runtime.

♻️ Proposed lazy environment resolution
         let generation = self.tab_bar_status_generation;
-        let (environment, cwd) = self.custom_command_env();
-        for runtime in &mut self.tab_bar_commands {
+        let due = self
+            .tab_bar_commands
+            .iter()
+            .any(|runtime| runtime.task.is_none() && now >= runtime.next_run_at);
+        if !due {
+            return changed;
+        }
+        let (environment, cwd) = self.custom_command_env();
+        for runtime in &mut self.tab_bar_commands {
             if runtime.task.is_some() || now < runtime.next_run_at {
                 continue;
             }

468-486: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider adding a test for the datetime refresh path.

The tests cover command spawning, staleness, abort-on-reload, and deadline behavior. No test exercises the datetime branch of handle_tab_bar_status_tasks.

That branch owns two behaviors worth pinning: it writes the formatted value into the segment identified by segment_index, and it reports changed only when the value differs. A test can configure a Datetime entry, call handle_tab_bar_status_tasks with a now past the deadline, and assert that the segment holds a non-empty value and that a second immediate call reports no change.

src/app/input/navigate.rs (1)

861-861: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider relocating custom_command_env out of the input module.

The visibility widening is correct and minimal for the new caller in src/app/tab_bar_status.rs. The function builds a command environment; it contains no input handling. It now serves two unrelated consumers: key-bound custom commands and tab-bar status commands.

Moving it to a shared command-runtime module would keep the input/runtime separation in app/ intact. This is optional and can follow later.

As per coding guidelines: "Avoid god objects and preserve the existing separation of application state, actions, and input within app/."

Source: Coding guidelines

src/ui/tabs.rs (1)

466-494: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider deriving the rendered layout and the reserved width from one helper.

tab_bar_status_width computes the total reserved width. This loop independently recomputes the same per-segment and per-separator widths to place each Rect. The two must agree exactly, otherwise the status text overflows the tab-bar row or leaves a gap.

The invariant currently holds. It is not enforced by the code. A single helper that returns the placed (Rect, text, accent) tuples, with the reserved width derived from the last rect, would make the agreement structural instead of conventional.


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  • Cargo.toml
  • docs/next/CHANGELOG.md
  • docs/next/website/src/content/docs/configuration.mdx
  • docs/next/website/src/data/config-reference.json
  • scripts/config_reference_check.py
  • scripts/test_config_reference_check.py
  • src/app/actions.rs
  • src/app/api.rs
  • src/app/input/navigate.rs
  • src/app/mod.rs
  • src/app/runtime.rs
  • src/app/state.rs
  • src/app/tab_bar_status.rs
  • src/config.rs
  • src/config/model.rs
  • src/config/tab_bar.rs
  • src/events.rs
  • src/main.rs
  • src/platform/fallback.rs
  • src/platform/linux.rs
  • src/platform/macos.rs
  • src/platform/unix_common.rs
  • src/platform/windows.rs
  • src/server/headless.rs
  • src/ui.rs
  • src/ui/tabs.rs

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The PR adds configurable server-resolved tab-bar status entries and asynchronous command refreshes, including process-tree cleanup on cancellation.

  • Adds ordered zoom, hostname, datetime, literal-text, and command entries.
  • Integrates status scheduling, reload cancellation, rendering, configuration validation, and documentation.
  • Adds Unix process-group and Windows job-object lifecycle management, while disabling commands on fallback targets.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The PR should not merge until Windows status commands can execute when Herdr is hosted inside a job that rejects assignment to the new lifecycle job.

Windows commands are created suspended and only resumed after unconditional assignment to a new job; an assignment failure aborts the operation, leaving the configured status entry permanently unable to execute.

Files Needing Attention: src/platform/windows.rs

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/app/tab_bar_status.rs Implements status-entry scheduling, output sanitization, stale-result rejection, timeout handling, and cancellation.
src/platform/windows.rs Adds suspended launch and kill-on-close job management, but status commands fail when the host job rejects assignment to the new job.
src/platform/unix_common.rs Adds server hostname/time resolution and process-group cleanup for complete command trees.
src/platform/fallback.rs Explicitly disables status commands on unsupported targets while preserving the platform API surface.
src/config/tab_bar.rs Defines and validates the ordered tab-bar status configuration.
src/ui/tabs.rs Renders the right-aligned status area while yielding it when tabs require the available width.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant App
  participant Scheduler as Status scheduler
  participant OS as Platform process setup
  participant Command
  App->>Scheduler: Configure status entries
  Scheduler->>OS: Spawn command suspended/grouped
  OS->>OS: Install process-tree lifecycle guard
  OS->>Command: Start or resume command
  Command-->>Scheduler: Last output line
  Scheduler-->>App: TabBarCommandFinished
  App->>Scheduler: Reload or timeout
  Scheduler->>OS: Drop lifecycle guard
  OS->>Command: Terminate process tree
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68-79: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize the sample enum with TabBarRightEntryConfig.

The production enum includes Zoom, Text, Datetime.format defaults, and Command.timeout_seconds. Add these variants and fields to SAMPLE_MODEL, and assert the complete ordered value list.


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@coderabbitai The reduced TabBarRightEntryConfig in SAMPLE_MODEL is intentional. This test exercises the reference parser’s Vec unwrapping plus unit/struct enum-variant discovery; enum field names/defaults are not parsed by that script, and the production config tests already cover the complete enum. Duplicating every production field here would add coupling without additional parser coverage.

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@ogulcancelik Thank you for the clarification. The reduced SAMPLE_MODEL covers the parser behavior under test without duplicating production configuration details. I withdraw this concern.

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Learning: In `scripts/test_config_reference_check.py`, `SAMPLE_MODEL` intentionally keeps `TabBarRightEntryConfig` reduced. The configuration-reference parser test covers `Vec` unwrapping and unit/struct enum-variant discovery only. It does not parse enum field names or defaults. Production configuration tests cover the complete enum, so adding every production field to `SAMPLE_MODEL` adds coupling without parser coverage.

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Comment thread src/platform/fallback.rs
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if unsafe { AssignProcessToJobObject(job, process.cast()) } == 0 {
let error = std::io::Error::last_os_error();
unsafe {
CloseHandle(job);
}
return Err(error);
}

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P1 Host job blocks status commands

If Herdr runs inside a Windows host job that rejects nested job assignment, AssignProcessToJobObject fails and StatusCommandGuard::new aborts before resuming the suspended child, causing every configured status command refresh to fail without executing.

Knowledge Base Used: Platform abstraction and Windows-specific behavior

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This is intentional fail-closed behavior, not a process leak. On supported Windows versions, nested jobs normally allow this assignment; the Windows CI command test also passes in its hosted environment. A host job with incompatible UI restrictions can still reject nesting, and in that case resuming the suspended child would reintroduce the descendant-cleanup bug this guard prevents. The opt-in status entry therefore fails like any other command spawn failure while Herdr remains functional. I do not think weakening lifecycle safety for that restrictive-host edge case is correct.

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That's a sound justification. The fail-closed path is the correct tradeoff here — silently resuming a suspended child with no lifecycle guard would reintroduce the very leak the job object exists to prevent, and losing one opt-in status entry is a far better outcome than unbounded child processes on a restrictive host.

I withdraw the concern.

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