Drafts tab always empty — AI-generated drafts not shown

[gpechenik]

Summary

The Drafts tab in the inbox view always shows empty ("No drafts"), even when AI-generated drafts exist and are visible in Gmail and other email clients. This appears to affect all users since the Drafts tab only queries localDrafts (compose sessions started in-app), not AI-generated drafts from the agent pipeline.

Root Cause

There are two separate draft systems:

1. localDrafts — drafts created via the compose UI. The Drafts tab queries this table.
2. email.draft — AI-generated reply drafts from the prefetch/agent pipeline. These are stored in the drafts table linked to emails, synced to Gmail, and visible in the email detail view — but never surfaced in the Drafts tab.

The list-gmail-drafts IPC handler exists but the Drafts tab UI never calls it. gmail-draft-sync.ts only syncs local→Gmail, not the reverse (Gmail→local drafts list).

Expected Behavior

The Drafts tab should show AI-generated drafts (which are the majority of drafts for most users), not just manually composed ones.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Let the app run long enough for the agent pipeline to generate drafts
2. Verify drafts exist in Gmail (they do — properly threaded)
3. Click the Drafts tab in Exo — shows "No drafts"

Environment

Found while working on #31. Tested on macOS with a single Gmail account.

[ankitvgupta]

thanks @gpechenik ! is the idea that you want to show drafts that are from replies in the drafts view too? i believe right now it only shows new composed messages (not replies), but it seems reasonable to extend that

[gpechenik]

Yes, exactly – Exo has been doing a great job triaging my inbox and generating drafts, but I've been finding myself going back to Gmail or my mail client to review and send them together efficiently, because the drafts folder surfaces them. If not showing reply drafts in the Drafts tab was a design choice, perhaps a toggle could work too. Thanks!

[ankitvgupta]

nice. yeah i like this suggestion. ill leave some contrib suggestions on your PR