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fix(approvals): a readable diff when the proposed body is not JSON, and 6.4.0 - #210

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An approval showed the stored document pretty-printed and the proposed one as a single raw line, so nothing could be compared. The cause was a live pause: the operator's updateLlm call proposed an LLM config with one closing brace too many (…60000}}]}). That body parses on neither side, so the viewer fell back to raw text for it while still key-sorting the stored side — every stored line red, one green line.

What the diff does now

  • The broken side is re-indented, never repaired (lib/reindent-json.ts). Only whitespace outside strings changes, so the stray bracket stays visible as its own line. Text that does not open with { or [ is compared as written.
  • Indentation is ignored against a broken side. Its nesting goes wrong from the first stray closer on; comparing indentation reported every later line as changed.
  • The parsed side follows the broken side's key order (jsonKeyOrder) instead of being sorted alone, so a key the writer merely moved is not a change.
  • Word-level marks within changed lines (<ins>/<del>). A system prompt is one JSON string; one edited word used to colour the whole paragraph. Bounded by a per-pair timeout and a render budget, since two long dissimilar lines cost over a second each on the main thread.
  • A sticky legend with a summary — "Lines: 2 added · 1 removed · 36 unchanged" — so what did not change is as visible as what did.

Against the reported pause: the apiKey pair and the stray } are the only highlighted lines, under 36 unchanged ones.

Two different "not JSON" outcomes

Checked against EDDI's source rather than assumed:

Body What EDDI does Warning
Broken inside the document (the report) Jackson fails → the write is rejected "…not valid JSON, so EDDI will reject this write" — hedged to "most likely" when redaction markers are present, since the preview is not the exact request
Complete document, then more text ({…}}) Jackson's default reader stops at the end of the first value; StrictConfigurationParser only adds FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES → the write can succeed with the tail dropped "…extra text after its end. EDDI may store only the document before it…"

parseLeadingJson tells them apart. The viewer's own "not valid JSON" caveat is hidden on the approval surface so the reader is not warned twice.

A trailing brace was a way past the capability scan

detectEscalationFlags skipped any body that failed to parse. Appending } to a group create therefore hid dynamicAgents.allowCreation from the approver, while EDDI would still store it. It now scans the leading document.

Also

  • Manager version 6.4.0 (package.json, lockfile root, .design-sync/ds-entry.tsx, and the two docs that name it).
  • i18n: two new keys and three reworded ones, in all 11 locales.

Verification

  • npm run lint, npm run typecheck, npm run i18n:check, npm run build — clean.
  • npm test — 6511 passing (411 files).
  • Each review fix was mutation-checked: reverting ignore-indentation, the key ordering, or the leading-document scan fails a named test.
  • Checked live against the pending updateLlm approval on a running EDDI.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Diff views now show added, removed, and unchanged line counts.
    • Added word-level highlighting for paired edits and improved formatting for malformed JSON comparisons.
    • Operator approval previews now warn about invalid JSON, redacted-content mismatches, and trailing text.
    • Escalation checks can still inspect valid content before trailing malformed text.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved diff alignment for non-JSON and malformed documents, reducing misleading whole-document changes.
  • Localization
    • Added and updated translations for the new diff summaries and approval warnings across supported languages.
  • Release
    • Updated the application version to 6.4.0.

…nd 6.4.0

The operator's updateLlm call proposed an LLM config with one closing brace
too many. It parsed on neither side of the approval, so the stored document
was pretty-printed and key-sorted while the proposed one stayed a single raw
line: every stored line removed, one line added, nothing to compare.

- Re-indent a side that does not parse (whitespace only, never repaired), so
  a stray bracket shows as its own line. Text that does not open as an object
  or array is compared as written.
- Against a broken side, ignore indentation in the comparison and print the
  parsed side in the broken side's key order, so neither mis-nesting after a
  stray closer nor a moved key reads as a change.
- Mark the words that changed within paired lines (<ins>/<del>, bounded by a
  per-pair timeout and a render budget), and summarise added, removed and
  unchanged lines in a sticky legend.
- Warn on a whole-document write that is not JSON, and tell the two outcomes
  apart: broken inside, EDDI rejects it; complete but followed by more text,
  Jackson stops at the end of the document and the write can succeed with the
  tail dropped. Hedged when redaction markers are present.
- Scan the leading document for capability grants when text trails it. A
  trailing brace used to skip the scan entirely while EDDI would still store
  the grant.
- Bump the Manager to 6.4.0.
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The change adds malformed-JSON parsing and reindentation, improves diff rendering with summaries and word highlights, adds approval warnings and leading-JSON escalation scanning, updates translations, and increments the version to 6.4.0.

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Invalid JSON approval diff handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
JSON parsing and reindentation
src/lib/redacted-json.ts, src/lib/reindent-json.ts, src/lib/__tests__/*
Adds leading-value parsing, malformed JSON reindentation, key-order detection, and coverage for these behaviors.
Malformed JSON diff rendering
src/components/agents/resource-diff-viewer.tsx, src/components/shared/__tests__/resource-diff-viewer.test.tsx
Adds side-aware normalization, line summaries, bounded word-level highlights, conditional notices, and sticky diff legends.
Approval validation and escalation scanning
src/components/operator/request-preview.tsx, src/lib/operator/escalation-flags.ts, src/components/operator/__tests__/request-preview.test.tsx, src/lib/operator/__tests__/escalation-flags.test.ts
Classifies trailing text and invalid proposal bodies, renders warnings, suppresses duplicate raw-comparison notices, and scans valid leading JSON for escalation flags.
Translations and release metadata
src/i18n/locales/*.json, HANDOFF.md, package.json, .design-sync/*
Adds localized diff and approval messages, documents the malformed-body behavior, and updates version references from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0.

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

Change: Bug fix

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  participant Operator
  participant RequestPreview
  participant JSONParsers
  participant ResourceDiffViewer
  Operator->>RequestPreview: review proposed body
  RequestPreview->>JSONParsers: validate complete or leading JSON
  JSONParsers-->>RequestPreview: body issue classification
  RequestPreview->>ResourceDiffViewer: render normalized diff
  ResourceDiffViewer-->>Operator: show warnings, summary, and highlights
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Malformed approval diffs with text following a closed JSON container can render the boundary incorrectly, making the displayed trailing content less clear. The localized separator fix should be applied before release.

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In `@src/lib/reindent-json.ts`:
- Line 77: Update the closing-container handling around punctuation so printing
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reindentJsonText treated a closing } or ] as punctuation, so trailing text after a complete document ({"a":1} true) printed glued onto the bracket — the very case the approval's trailing-text warning is about. A closed container now counts as a finished value.
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