apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/ai-chat-window.tsx

@@ -86,11 +86,19 @@ const MIN_HEIGHT = 400;
 // Margin kept between the window and the viewport edges while dragging.
 const EDGE_MARGIN = 8;
 
-// #184 phase 1.5: hard cap on the degraded-poll fallback. The poll is armed when
-// a resume attempt could not attach to the live run and disarmed by the thread on
-// settle / local stream; this cap is the ONLY backstop against an endless tick
-// (a stuck 'streaming' row before the boot-sweep, or a user-tail 204 with no run).
-const DEGRADED_POLL_MAX_MS = 10 * 60_000;
+// #184 phase 1.5 / #430: backstop for the degraded-poll fallback. The poll is
+// armed when a resume attempt could not attach to the live run and disarmed by the
+// thread on settle / local stream; this cap is the ONLY backstop against an endless
+// tick (a stuck 'streaming' row before the boot-sweep, or a user-tail 204 with no
+// run).
+//
+// #430: measured from RUN ACTIVITY, not from arm-time. A real autonomous run takes
+// 11-25 min — longer than a fixed 10-min-from-start cap, which used to cut the poll
+// off mid-run. Instead we cap on INACTIVITY: keep polling as long as the run is
+// still making progress (its persisted rows keep changing), and only give up after
+// this long with NO new activity. A genuinely stuck run produces no row changes, so
+// the idle cap still bounds it; a long-but-progressing run polls to completion.
+const DEGRADED_POLL_IDLE_MAX_MS = 10 * 60_000;
 
 /** Compact token formatter: 1.2M / 3.4k / 950. */
 function formatTokens(n: number): string {
@@ -254,9 +262,12 @@ export default function AiChatWindow() {
   // onResumeFallback(true); the thread disarms it on settle / local stream. The
   // window only OWNS the timer (armedAtRef stamps when it was armed for the cap).
   const [degradedPoll, setDegradedPoll] = useState(false);
-  const armedAtRef = useRef(0);
+  // #430: timestamp of the LAST run activity while the poll is armed — stamped on
+  // arm and re-stamped whenever the polled rows change (see the effect below). The
+  // idle cap is measured from this, so a long-but-progressing run keeps polling.
+  const lastActivityAtRef = useRef(0);
   const onResumeFallback = useCallback((active: boolean): void => {
-    if (active) armedAtRef.current = Date.now();
+    if (active) lastActivityAtRef.current = Date.now();
     setDegradedPoll(active);
   }, []);
   // Reset the degraded poll whenever the open chat changes: it is scoped to the
@@ -269,18 +280,28 @@ export default function AiChatWindow() {
     useAiChatMessagesQuery(
       activeChatId ?? undefined,
       // DELIBERATELY DUMB (invariant 8 / task 2.4): poll every 2.5s while armed
-      // and under the 10-min cap; otherwise off. NO error checks (TanStack v5
-      // resets fetchFailureCount each fetch, so consecutive errors are not
-      // expressible — and the poll must survive a server restart) and NO tail
-      // checks (the settled/local-stream semantics live in ChatThread, which
-      // disarms via onResumeFallback(false)). The time cap is the only backstop.
+      // and while the run is still active (#430: under the INACTIVITY cap, not a
+      // fixed-from-start cap); otherwise off. NO error checks (TanStack v5 resets
+      // fetchFailureCount each fetch, so consecutive errors are not expressible —
+      // and the poll must survive a server restart) and NO tail checks (the
+      // settled/local-stream semantics live in ChatThread, which disarms via
+      // onResumeFallback(false)). The idle cap is the only backstop.
       () =>
         degradedPoll === true &&
-        Date.now() - armedAtRef.current < DEGRADED_POLL_MAX_MS
+        Date.now() - lastActivityAtRef.current < DEGRADED_POLL_IDLE_MAX_MS
           ? 2500
           : false,
     );
 
+  // #430: re-stamp the activity clock whenever the polled rows change while the
+  // poll is armed. TanStack keeps the same `messageRows` reference across refetches
+  // that return deep-equal data (structural sharing), so a new reference means the
+  // run genuinely progressed — which extends the inactivity cap above. A stuck run
+  // yields no reference change, so the cap eventually fires and stops the poll.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (degradedPoll) lastActivityAtRef.current = Date.now();
+  }, [degradedPoll, messageRows]);
+
   // #184 reconnect-and-live-follow. Whether detached agent runs are enabled for
   // this workspace. When the feature is off no runs are ever created, so the
   // resume attempt would only ever 204; gating ChatThread's resume on it avoids a

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/chat-thread.test.tsx

@@ -739,3 +739,170 @@ function renderResumable(initialRows: IAiChatMessageRow[]) {
     act(() => view.rerender(<Wrapper rows={rows} />));
   return { rerender, onResumeFallback };
 }
+
+// #430: auto-reconnect to a DETACHED run after a LIVE SSE disconnect. The mount
+// path only resumes on mount/reload; these cover the missing trigger — a live
+// `isDisconnect` on onFinish must (backoff-)re-attach WITHOUT a reload, pin+strip
+// the live row to avoid duplicates, fall back to the degraded poll on a 204, and
+// exhaust to a manual Retry.
+describe("ChatThread — live reconnect after isDisconnect (#430)", () => {
+  // A LIVE local turn that just dropped: the settled tail existed before, and the
+  // partial assistant row lives only in `messages` (not persisted as a tail).
+  const settledTail = () => [
+    row("u1", "user", undefined, "hi"),
+    row("a1", "assistant", "succeeded", "done"),
+  ];
+  // The partial assistant message onFinish hands us for the dropped LIVE turn.
+  const liveMsg = {
+    id: "a2",
+    role: "assistant",
+    parts: [{ type: "text", text: "partial live answer" }],
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetState();
+    // status "ready": with a live disconnect the mock is not streaming, so the
+    // status==="streaming" auto-clear effect stays out of the way.
+    h.state.status = "ready";
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  // Render a NON-resuming mount (settled tail -> no mount resume) with autonomous
+  // runs on, then simulate a live disconnect via onFinish.
+  function renderLiveThenDisconnect() {
+    const view = renderThread({
+      autonomousRunsEnabled: true,
+      initialRows: settledTail(),
+    });
+    // The settled tail must NOT have triggered a mount resume.
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    act(() => {
+      h.state.onFinish?.({
+        message: liveMsg,
+        isAbort: false,
+        isDisconnect: true,
+        isError: false,
+      });
+    });
+    return view;
+  }
+
+  // Fire the pending (scheduled) attempt for `attempt` (backoff = 1s,2s,4s,...).
+  function advanceToAttempt(attempt: number) {
+    act(() => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000 * 2 ** (attempt - 1));
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Simulate the reconnect GET returning 204 (nothing live) so the transport's
+  // no-active-stream recovery runs.
+  async function reconnect204() {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 204, ok: false }),
+    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      await h.state.transport!.fetch!("http://x", { method: "GET" });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Simulate the reconnect GET returning a live 2xx stream.
+  async function reconnect200() {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 200, ok: true }),
+    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      await h.state.transport!.fetch!("http://x", { method: "GET" });
+    });
+  }
+
+  it("calls resumeStream POST-mount (a live disconnect triggers a backoff reconnect)", () => {
+    renderLiveThenDisconnect();
+    // The banner shows immediately; the attach itself fires after the first backoff.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/reconnecting/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    advanceToAttempt(1);
+    // resumeStream is now called AFTER mount — the bug was it only ever fired once
+    // on mount. The reconnect URL pins expect=live&anchor to OUR run.
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(h.state.transport!.prepareReconnectToStreamRequest!().api).toBe(
+      "/api/ai-chat/runs/c1/stream?expect=live&anchor=a2",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("strips the pinned live row before replay so content is NOT duplicated", () => {
+    renderLiveThenDisconnect();
+    advanceToAttempt(1);
+    // The attempt strips the anchor row from the store (the live replay rebuilds
+    // it). Apply the setMessages updater to prove it removes exactly the anchor.
+    const updater = h.state.setMessages.mock.calls.at(-1)![0] as (
+      prev: { id: string }[],
+    ) => { id: string }[];
+    expect(updater([{ id: "u1" }, { id: "a2" }])).toEqual([{ id: "u1" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("a live re-attach (2xx) clears the reconnect banner", async () => {
+    renderLiveThenDisconnect();
+    advanceToAttempt(1);
+    await reconnect200();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/reconnecting/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("a 204 arms the degraded poll and backs off to the next attempt", async () => {
+    const { onResumeFallback } = renderLiveThenDisconnect();
+    advanceToAttempt(1);
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    await reconnect204();
+    // Fallback engaged: the degraded poll is armed (204 -> onNoActiveStream).
+    expect(onResumeFallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+    // Still reconnecting — the banner advanced to attempt 2/5.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/reconnecting.*2\/5/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    // The next backoff fires attempt 2 (another resumeStream).
+    advanceToAttempt(2);
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it("exhausts the attempt limit into a manual Retry, which restarts the sequence", async () => {
+    renderLiveThenDisconnect();
+    // Drive all 5 attempts, each failing with a 204.
+    for (let n = 1; n <= 5; n++) {
+      advanceToAttempt(n);
+      expect(h.state.resumeStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(n);
+      await reconnect204();
+    }
+    // The 5th 204 exhausted the cap -> the manual Retry replaces the banner.
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/reconnecting/i)).toBeNull();
+    const retry = screen.getByText("Retry");
+    expect(retry).toBeTruthy();
+    // Retry fires attempt 1 immediately (no backoff) — a 6th resumeStream.
+    act(() => {
+      fireEvent.click(retry);
+    });
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/reconnecting/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT reconnect when autonomous runs are disabled", () => {
+    renderThread({ autonomousRunsEnabled: false, initialRows: settledTail() });
+    act(() => {
+      h.state.onFinish?.({
+        message: liveMsg,
+        isAbort: false,
+        isDisconnect: true,
+        isError: false,
+      });
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/reconnecting/i)).toBeNull();
+    // The terminal "connection lost" notice is shown instead (unchanged behavior).
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("Connection lost — the answer was interrupted."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    advanceToAttempt(1);
+    expect(h.state.resumeStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/chat-thread.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { generateId } from "ai";
-import { ActionIcon, Box, Group, Stack, Text, Tooltip } from "@mantine/core";
+import {
+  ActionIcon,
+  Alert,
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  Tooltip,
+} from "@mantine/core";
 import {
   IconClockHour4,
   IconPlayerPlayFilled,
@@ -51,6 +61,15 @@ import classes from "@/features/ai-chat/components/ai-chat.module.css";
 // from the token rate.
 const STREAM_THROTTLE_MS = 50;
 
+// #430: auto-reconnect after a LIVE SSE disconnect of a DETACHED (autonomous) run.
+// The run keeps executing server-side, so instead of a dead "Lost connection"
+// banner we re-attach to the live tail through the SAME resumable machinery the
+// mount path uses. Attempts back off exponentially and are capped; on exhaustion
+// the user gets a manual Retry (the degraded poll keeps catching up underneath).
+const RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+// Backoff before attempt N (1-based): 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s.
+const RECONNECT_BASE_DELAY_MS = 1000;
+
 /** The page the user is currently viewing, sent as chat context. */
 export interface OpenPageContext {
   id: string;
@@ -175,6 +194,10 @@ export default function ChatThread({
   const reconcileTailRef = useRef(false);
   const noStreamHandledRef = useRef(false);
   const onNoActiveStreamRef = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
+  // #430: called from the transport's reconnect-GET success branch when a live
+  // stream re-attached (2xx, not 204) — clears the reconnect banner. Kept in a ref
+  // because the transport's fetch closure (useMemo([])) reads it live.
+  const onReconnectAttachedRef = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
   // Live mount flag. The attach GET and the resumed `onFinish` are async and can
   // land AFTER this thread unmounts (the parent remounts per chat via `key`); with
   // chatIdRef then pointing at the NEW chat, an ungated late callback would arm a
@@ -378,6 +401,10 @@ export default function ChatThread({
             // NOT drop the in-progress row or stop tracking the durable run.
             if (response.status === 204 || !response.ok)
               onNoActiveStreamRef.current?.();
+            // #430: a 2xx stream re-attached (live tail or finished-replay). Signal
+            // the reconnect controller to clear its banner. No-op outside an active
+            // reconnect sequence (e.g. the mount attach), so it is safe here.
+            else onReconnectAttachedRef.current?.();
             return response;
           } catch (err) {
             // Network throw: same no-onFinish recovery, then rethrow so the SDK
@@ -481,6 +508,31 @@ export default function ChatThread({
           );
         }
       }
+      // (2b) #430: a LIVE (non-resumed) detached run whose SSE just dropped. The
+      // server run keeps executing, so instead of a dead "Lost connection" banner
+      // start a reconnect sequence: pin the CURRENT streaming assistant row as the
+      // strip/anchor (the live tail is the already-shown partial in `messages`, not
+      // a persistent row) and re-attach to the live tail via the resumable machinery.
+      const startedReconnect =
+        isDisconnect &&
+        !wasResumed &&
+        autonomousRunsEnabled === true &&
+        mountedRef.current &&
+        message?.role === "assistant" &&
+        typeof message.id === "string";
+      if (startedReconnect) {
+        beginReconnect({
+          id: message.id,
+          role: "assistant",
+          content: "",
+          status: "streaming",
+          createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+          // Preserve the partial parts so a 204 restore (onNoActiveStream) re-shows
+          // what was on screen while the degraded poll catches the run up to
+          // terminal (rowToUiMessage prefers metadata.parts).
+          metadata: { parts: message.parts },
+        });
+      }
       // (3) Standard branches.
       // Forward the authoritative server chatId (streamed on the assistant
       // message metadata) so the parent adopts the REAL created chat id for a new
@@ -490,9 +542,11 @@ export default function ChatThread({
       onTurnFinished(extractServerChatId(message), threadKey);
       // Show a neutral "stopped" marker for an aborted turn; the red error banner
       // (via `error`) already covers isError, and a clean finish clears any marker.
+      // On a live disconnect that STARTED a reconnect, suppress the terminal
+      // "connection lost" notice — the reconnect banner takes over (#430).
       if (isError) setStopNotice(null);
       else if (isAbort) setStopNotice("manual");
-      else if (isDisconnect) setStopNotice("disconnect");
+      else if (isDisconnect) setStopNotice(startedReconnect ? null : "disconnect");
       else setStopNotice(null);
       // A resumed turn NEVER flushes the queue (invariant 7): skip BOTH the
       // flush-on-abort branch and the plain flush. The local streamer is the only
@@ -579,6 +633,106 @@ export default function ChatThread({
 
   const isStreaming = status === "submitted" || status === "streaming";
 
+  // #430: live-disconnect reconnect controller. `null` = idle; `{ trying, attempt }`
+  // = a backoff sequence is running (drives the "reconnecting… (N/max)" banner);
+  // `{ failed }` = attempts exhausted (drives the manual Retry). Mirrored into a ref
+  // so the transport/onNoActiveStream closures branch on the LIVE value.
+  type ReconnectState =
+    | null
+    | { phase: "trying"; attempt: number }
+    | { phase: "failed" };
+  const [reconnectState, setReconnectState] = useState<ReconnectState>(null);
+  const reconnectStateRef = useRef<ReconnectState>(null);
+  const setReconnectStatePair = useCallback((s: ReconnectState) => {
+    reconnectStateRef.current = s;
+    setReconnectState(s);
+  }, []);
+  const reconnectTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+  const clearReconnectTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (reconnectTimerRef.current) {
+      clearTimeout(reconnectTimerRef.current);
+      reconnectTimerRef.current = null;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  // One reconnect attempt — MIRRORS the mount strip/anchor path for the LIVE case.
+  // beginReconnect pinned strippedRowRef/stripRef to the run's assistant row, so:
+  //  - remove that row from the store (the mount path strips it from the SEED; here
+  //    it is already shown, so filter it out) — the live replay's `text-start` then
+  //    rebuilds it without DUPLICATING parts (the main dedup risk, #430);
+  //  - reset the one-shot 204 guard so onNoActiveStream can fire for THIS attempt;
+  //  - mark the turn resumed (invariant 7/8) so onFinish runs the recovery block and
+  //    never flushes the queue;
+  //  - resumeStream() -> prepareReconnectToStreamRequest builds
+  //    ?expect=live&anchor=<pinned id>, pinning the replay to OUR run (invariant 6).
+  const attemptReconnectOnce = useCallback(
+    (attempt: number) => {
+      if (!mountedRef.current) return;
+      const anchor = strippedRowRef.current;
+      if (anchor) {
+        setMessages((prev) => prev.filter((m) => m.id !== anchor.id));
+      }
+      noStreamHandledRef.current = false;
+      setResumedTurnPair(true);
+      setReconnectStatePair({ phase: "trying", attempt });
+      void resumeStream();
+    },
+    [setMessages, setResumedTurnPair, setReconnectStatePair, resumeStream],
+  );
+
+  // Schedule attempt `attempt` after an exponential backoff.
+  const scheduleReconnectAttempt = useCallback(
+    (attempt: number) => {
+      clearReconnectTimer();
+      setReconnectStatePair({ phase: "trying", attempt });
+      reconnectTimerRef.current = setTimeout(
+        () => attemptReconnectOnce(attempt),
+        RECONNECT_BASE_DELAY_MS * 2 ** (attempt - 1),
+      );
+    },
+    [clearReconnectTimer, setReconnectStatePair, attemptReconnectOnce],
+  );
+
+  // Start a fresh reconnect sequence, pinning `anchorRow` (the live run's assistant
+  // row) as the strip/anchor reused by every attempt.
+  const beginReconnect = useCallback(
+    (anchorRow: IAiChatMessageRow) => {
+      if (!autonomousRunsEnabled || !mountedRef.current) return;
+      strippedRowRef.current = anchorRow;
+      stripRef.current = true;
+      scheduleReconnectAttempt(1);
+    },
+    [autonomousRunsEnabled, scheduleReconnectAttempt],
+  );
+
+  // Manual Retry (shown once attempts are exhausted): restart at attempt 1 and fire
+  // immediately (the user asked for it now — no backoff).
+  const retryReconnect = useCallback(() => {
+    clearReconnectTimer();
+    attemptReconnectOnce(1);
+  }, [clearReconnectTimer, attemptReconnectOnce]);
+
+  // Live SSE re-attached (the reconnect GET returned a 2xx stream): clear the
+  // banner + any pending backoff. No-op outside a sequence (e.g. the mount attach).
+  const onReconnectAttached = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!mountedRef.current || !reconnectStateRef.current) return;
+    clearReconnectTimer();
+    setReconnectStatePair(null);
+  }, [clearReconnectTimer, setReconnectStatePair]);
+  onReconnectAttachedRef.current = onReconnectAttached;
+
+  // The reconnect GET could not attach (204 / error). onNoActiveStream has already
+  // armed the degraded poll (the robust fallback that drives the row to terminal
+  // from the DB), so this only decides the LIVE-attach retry: back off and try
+  // again up to the cap, else surface the manual Retry.
+  const onReconnectNoStream = useCallback(() => {
+    const s = reconnectStateRef.current;
+    if (s?.phase !== "trying") return;
+    if (s.attempt < RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+      scheduleReconnectAttempt(s.attempt + 1);
+    else setReconnectStatePair({ phase: "failed" });
+  }, [scheduleReconnectAttempt, setReconnectStatePair]);
+
   // 204-handler (`onNoActiveStream`): the attach returned 204 — nothing live to
   // resume (overflow / begin-failure / after retention / anchor-mismatch). One-
   // shot via noStreamHandledRef (we do NOT null onNoActiveStreamRef). Exactly four
@@ -610,7 +764,17 @@ export default function ChatThread({
     // (d) 204 means onFinish will NOT fire — clear the suppression flag so it
     // cannot swallow the NEXT local turn's queue flush.
     setResumedTurnPair(false);
-  }, [setMessages, queryClient, onResumeFallback, setResumedTurnPair]);
+    // (e) #430: if this 204/error landed during a live-disconnect reconnect
+    // sequence, back off and retry the live attach (or give up to the manual
+    // Retry). The degraded poll armed in (c) is the fallback either way.
+    onReconnectNoStream();
+  }, [
+    setMessages,
+    queryClient,
+    onResumeFallback,
+    setResumedTurnPair,
+    onReconnectNoStream,
+  ]);
   onNoActiveStreamRef.current = onNoActiveStream;
 
   // Mount effect: kick off the resume attempt for a non-settled tail. Marking the
@@ -628,6 +792,9 @@ export default function ChatThread({
     return () => {
       mountedRef.current = false;
       attachAbortRef.current?.abort();
+      // #430: drop any pending reconnect backoff so it can't fire against the next
+      // chat this thread's refs are reused for.
+      if (reconnectTimerRef.current) clearTimeout(reconnectTimerRef.current);
     };
     // Mount-only by design; the parent remounts per chat via `key`.
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
@@ -666,12 +833,27 @@ export default function ChatThread({
     if (tail.status !== "streaming") {
       reconcileTailRef.current = false;
       onResumeFallback?.(false);
+      // #430: the run reached its terminal state via the degraded poll — there is
+      // no live tail left to reconnect to, so drop any reconnect banner / Retry.
+      clearReconnectTimer();
+      setReconnectStatePair(null);
     }
     // onResumeFallback intentionally omitted (parent-stable callback); deps are
     // fixed by the resume design.
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [initialRows, isStreaming, setMessages]);
 
+  // #430: a real stream is live again — the reconnect re-attached to the live tail
+  // (status -> "streaming") OR the user started a new local turn. Either way clear
+  // the reconnect banner + any pending backoff. Gated on "streaming" (not the
+  // broader "submitted") so a still-pending attach GET does not clear prematurely.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (status === "streaming") {
+      clearReconnectTimer();
+      setReconnectStatePair(null);
+    }
+  }, [status, clearReconnectTimer, setReconnectStatePair]);
+
   // "Send now" on a queued message: interrupt the current turn and immediately
   // send THIS message, keeping the agent's partial output. Other queued messages
   // stay queued and flush normally after the new turn. Reuses the existing
@@ -719,6 +901,9 @@ export default function ChatThread({
     // observer's Stop would otherwise leave the attach fetch running.
     attachAbortRef.current?.abort();
     stop();
+    // #430: pressing Stop also cancels an in-progress reconnect sequence.
+    clearReconnectTimer();
+    setReconnectStatePair(null);
     if (!autonomousRunsEnabled) return;
     if (chatIdRef.current) {
       onServerStop?.(chatIdRef.current);
@@ -740,7 +925,13 @@ export default function ChatThread({
       // for this fix. Documented so a future change can address the abort-ordering.
       stopPendingRef.current = true;
     }
-  }, [stop, autonomousRunsEnabled, onServerStop]);
+  }, [
+    stop,
+    autonomousRunsEnabled,
+    onServerStop,
+    clearReconnectTimer,
+    setReconnectStatePair,
+  ]);
 
   // Clear the stopped marker as soon as a new turn begins streaming, and drop any
   // stale "Send now" interrupt flags. On the legit interrupt path both refs are
@@ -825,6 +1016,43 @@ export default function ChatThread({
           detail={errorView.detail}
           mb="xs"
         />
+      ) : reconnectState ? (
+        // #430: while auto-reconnecting to a detached run's live tail, show progress
+        // instead of a dead "Lost connection" banner; once attempts are exhausted,
+        // offer a manual Retry (the degraded poll keeps catching up underneath).
+        <Alert
+          variant="light"
+          color="gray"
+          p="xs"
+          mb="xs"
+          style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}
+        >
+          <Group gap={8} wrap="nowrap" align="center">
+            {reconnectState.phase === "trying" ? (
+              <>
+                <Loader size={14} color="gray" style={{ flex: "none" }} />
+                <Text size="sm" lh={1.3} c="dimmed">
+                  {t("Connection lost — reconnecting…")}
+                  {` (${reconnectState.attempt}/${RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS})`}
+                </Text>
+              </>
+            ) : (
+              <>
+                <Text size="sm" lh={1.3} c="dimmed" style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+                  {t("Couldn't reconnect to the answer.")}
+                </Text>
+                <Button
+                  size="compact-xs"
+                  variant="light"
+                  color="gray"
+                  onClick={retryReconnect}
+                >
+                  {t("Retry")}
+                </Button>
+              </>
+            )}
+          </Group>
+        </Alert>
       ) : stopNotice ? (
         <ChatStoppedNotice
           text={

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat-stream-registry.service.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,24 @@ import { Injectable, Logger, OnModuleDestroy } from '@nestjs/common';
 /** How long a finished entry is retained for late attach (replay + immediate end). */
 export const RUN_STREAM_RETAIN_FINISHED_MS = 30_000;
 
-/** Per-run replay buffer cap. Past this the buffer is dropped (attach -> 204). */
-export const RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+/**
+ * Per-run replay buffer cap. Past this the buffer is dropped (attach -> 204, and
+ * the client falls back to its restore + degraded-poll path, #430).
+ *
+ * Raised from 4MB to 32MB (#430): marathon autonomous runs (11-25 min observed)
+ * stream far more than 4MB of SSE frames, so a live disconnect mid-run would find
+ * an already-overflowed buffer and could only degrade-poll instead of re-attaching
+ * to the live tail. 32MB comfortably covers those runs while staying bounded.
+ *
+ * Memory cost: this is the WORST-CASE retained size PER ACTIVE run (the buffer is
+ * freed on finish + retention, or dropped immediately on overflow). With the small
+ * number of concurrent autonomous runs a single workspace realistically has, 32MB
+ * each is an acceptable ceiling; the overflow->204->degraded-poll fallback remains
+ * the backstop for anything larger, so correctness never depends on this bound.
+ */
+export const RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-// 2x the replay cap: a just-written 4MB replay burst alone can never trip the
+// 2x the replay cap: a just-written full-replay burst alone can never trip the
 // per-subscriber cap (see controller); only a genuinely stalled socket can.
 export const SUBSCRIBER_MAX_BUFFERED_BYTES = 2 * RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES;
 

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat-stream-registry.spec.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   AiChatStreamRegistryService,
   RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES,
   RUN_STREAM_RETAIN_FINISHED_MS,
+  SUBSCRIBER_MAX_BUFFERED_BYTES,
   RunStreamCallbacks,
 } from './ai-chat-stream-registry.service';
 
@@ -210,9 +211,10 @@ describe('AiChatStreamRegistryService', () => {
     const att = (await registry.attach(CHAT, false, undefined, c.cb))!;
     att.start();
 
-    const oneMb = 'x'.repeat(1024 * 1024);
-    // 5 x 1MB = 5MB > 4MB cap; the 5th frame is the one that crosses.
-    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) src.push(oneMb + i);
+    // Cap-relative so it survives a buffer-cap change (#430): a quarter-cap frame
+    // means 5 frames comfortably exceed the replay cap; the last one crosses.
+    const chunk = 'x'.repeat(Math.floor(RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES / 4));
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) src.push(chunk + i);
     await flush();
 
     const entry = (registry as any).entries.get(CHAT);
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ describe('AiChatStreamRegistryService', () => {
     expect(entry.bytes).toBeGreaterThan(RUN_STREAM_MAX_BUFFER_BYTES);
     // The live subscriber received ALL 5 frames, including the crossing one.
     expect(c.frames).toHaveLength(5);
-    expect(c.frames[4]).toBe(oneMb + 4);
+    expect(c.frames[4]).toBe(chunk + 4);
 
     // A NEW attach after overflow gets null (replay buffer is gone).
     const c2 = collector();
@@ -240,9 +242,11 @@ describe('AiChatStreamRegistryService', () => {
     const attB = (await registry.attach(CHAT, false, undefined, b.cb))!;
     attB.start();
 
-    const oneMb = 'x'.repeat(1024 * 1024);
-    // 9 x 1MB = 9MB > 8MB per-subscriber cap; A's pending overflows, B streams live.
-    for (let i = 0; i < 9; i++) src.push(oneMb + i);
+    // Cap-relative so it survives a buffer-cap change (#430): a quarter-of-the-
+    // per-subscriber-cap frame means 5 frames exceed A's paused-pending cap while
+    // B streams every frame live.
+    const chunk = 'x'.repeat(Math.floor(SUBSCRIBER_MAX_BUFFERED_BYTES / 4));
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) src.push(chunk + i);
     await flush();
 
     const entry = (registry as any).entries.get(CHAT);
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ describe('AiChatStreamRegistryService', () => {
     expect(entry.subscribers.size).toBe(1);
     expect(a.frames).toEqual([]); // paused + overflowed: nothing was delivered
     // B received every frame live (delivery unaffected by A's overflow).
-    expect(b.frames).toHaveLength(9);
+    expect(b.frames).toHaveLength(5);
 
     // A's start() (arriving late) degrades to an immediate end, not a partial replay.
     attA.start();