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Summary

  • stop registering the task-history store write callback that queued full-history globalState updates
  • remove the debounced write-through timer and disposal-time flush
  • keep file-backed TaskHistoryStore persistence and legacy migration/fallback reads unchanged
  • add a regression assertion that the provider does not register a write-through callback

Why

Each task mutation could schedule serialization of the entire task history into VS Code globalState. Large orchestrator sessions repeatedly copied multi-megabyte histories across the extension-host storage boundary, causing freezes and OOM pressure even though per-task files are already authoritative.

Validation

  • pnpm --dir src test core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.taskHistory.spec.ts (24 passed)
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Closes #1542
Related to #1541

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  • Refactor

    • Per-task history is now maintained exclusively in task history files, without a secondary global-state write-through.
    • Shutdown no longer flushes pending history write-throughs.
    • Previously removed task history entries are no longer restored from legacy data.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage confirming that task history uses per-task files without global-state write-through configuration.
    • Expanded coverage for task history removal and mode preservation.

Walkthrough

The change removes debounced task-history writes to globalState. Per-task files remain authoritative after store initialization. Legacy globalState history is used only before initialization. Tests now seed the file-backed store.

Changes

Task history storage authority

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove globalState write-through
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.taskHistory.spec.ts
Removed write-through lifecycle code and verified that TaskHistoryStore has no onWrite callback.
Centralize history lookup
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.spec.ts
Added a shared lookup helper and prevented deleted file-backed tasks from being restored from legacy taskHistory.
Update file-backed history tests
src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.sticky-mode.spec.ts, src/eslint-suppressions.json
Updated sticky-mode tests to use the file-backed store and reduced the related ESLint suppression count.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e99bc

A cold start without legacy history should return “Task not found”; add focused coverage before merge to prevent that compatibility behavior from regressing unnoticed.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Regression Evidence ⚠️ Warning The PR changes observable persistence behavior: updateTaskHistory() must no longer cause globalState.update("taskHistory", ...), and dispose() must not flush such a write. The added test only ch… Add focused provider tests at ClineProvider.taskHistory.spec.ts level. Clear globalState.update after initialization, call updateTaskHistory() and assert that no call targets "taskHistory"; use fake timers or an equivalent wait to c…
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1542 requires removal of the full-history globalState("taskHistory") write-through. The diff removes the debounce constant, timer field, scheduling and flush methods, constructor onWrite re…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #1542. Source changes are limited to src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts. The added helper and deleted-task behavior test support authoritative file-backed history. Sti…
Security Boundaries ✅ Passed No changed path meets the security failure conditions. ClineProvider now constructs TaskHistoryStore without the onWrite callback and removes the global-state write-through timer, so task histor…
Persistence Integrity ✅ Passed No changed path meets the persistence-integrity failure condition. The PR removes only the legacy globalState("taskHistory") write-through and its disposal flush. Authoritative TaskHistoryStore fi…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup ✅ Passed No changed lifecycle path meets the failure condition. The PR removes the TaskHistoryStore onWrite callback, its global-state debounce timer, and the disposal-time flush. Therefore, the removed pa…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: stopping task history writes to globalState.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides the linked issue, implementation summary, rationale, validation results, and relevant issue context. It does not reproduce the checklist or optional template sections, but the…
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Explanation

The PR changes observable persistence behavior: updateTaskHistory() must no longer cause globalState.update("taskHistory", ...), and dispose() must not flush such a write. The added test only checks the private provider.taskHistoryStore["onWrite"] field is undefined. This mirrors the constructor implementation and does not exercise a task mutation or disposal. The repository search found no focused assertion for the absence of a taskHistory global-state update after either operation. The deleted-task fallback has focused negative coverage, and the sticky-mode fixtures cover store-backed reads.

Resolution

Add focused provider tests at ClineProvider.taskHistory.spec.ts level. Clear globalState.update after initialization, call updateTaskHistory() and assert that no call targets "taskHistory"; use fake timers or an equivalent wait to cover the removed debounce. Add a disposal case that creates a pending history mutation, calls provider.dispose(), and asserts that disposal does not update "taskHistory". Retain the existing callback-configuration assertion only as supplementary coverage.

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return historyItem
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return (this.getGlobalState("taskHistory") ?? []).find((item) => item.id === id)

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printf '%s\n' '--- initialization flag and legacy-state references ---'
rg -n -C 5 'taskHistoryStoreInitialized|taskHistoryStore\s*=|getGlobalState\("taskHistory"\)|globalState\.get' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.spec.ts
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Cover the cold-start legacy-history fallback.

taskHistoryStoreInitialized starts as false, so getTaskHistoryItem can read getGlobalState("taskHistory") before store initialization. The existing missing-file test covers the warm fallback with a legacy item. It does not cover the cold-start case where "taskHistory" is absent. Add a test that keeps the store uninitialized, returns undefined for that key, and asserts that getTaskWithId rejects with "Task not found". The repository convention requires both cold-start and warm fallback cases.

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In `@src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts` at line 2239, Extend the tests around
getTaskHistoryItem and getTaskWithId to cover the cold-start legacy-history
fallback: leave taskHistoryStoreInitialized false, make
getGlobalState("taskHistory") return undefined, and assert that getTaskWithId
rejects with "Task not found". Preserve the existing warm fallback test and
ensure both initialization states are covered.

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