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status	parent	blocked-by	claimed-by	claimed-at	resolved-at	tags
resolved	063-pi-ui-customization-spec-task	068-pi-ui-compact-status-extension-task 070-pi-ui-flex-spacer-pi-patch-task	019fba91-eabf-76ae-b086-a37ac061d6e8	2026-08-01T19:43:42-04:00	2026-08-01T20:37:16-04:00	ticket/task/afk

Verify permanent Pi UI deployment

Question

Verify the compact status extension and flex-spacer Pi patch together through the normal dotfiles deployment path, then retire prototype-only assumptions from the active plan.

What to build

Run the final verification pass after the extension and Pi package patch both land. Confirm the ordinary pi command has the accepted visual behavior after rebuild, the managed extension loads without errors, quota refresh remains credential-safe, autocomplete still works, and no unmanaged prototype path is required for the finished feature.

Acceptance criteria

• nix flake check passes.
• Normal pi launches with no extension load errors after /reload.
• The compact status shows cwd/branch, model/thinking, a ▃ context bar, and a ▔ consumed-weekly-Codex quota bar.
• The footer is hidden by default.
• /codex-quota refreshes quota and reports only non-secret normalized details.
• A short conversation keeps the prompt/status/editor area at the bottom.
• A long conversation preserves normal transcript scrolling.
• / and @ autocomplete work in the deployed pi command.
• Closing autocomplete leaves the editor visually bottom-aligned.
• The final notes identify any remaining throwaway prototype files as non-deployment artifacts.

Implementation Notes

This is a verification and cleanup ticket, not a place to redesign the UI. If the implementation diverges from [[063-pi-ui-customization-spec-task]], record the reason in the ticket before closing it.

Progress on 2026-08-01:

• Rebased pi-ui-customization onto main so the UI branch includes the nested subagent tool fix.
• Verified the managed extension source builds and contains compact-status.ts plus the subagents extension.
• Verified the patched Pi package builds and its output contains FlexSpacerBottomLayout plus NixOS-safe local tool lookup.
• Verified /codex-quota command registration through RPC using the built compact status extension.
• Ran nix flake check successfully.
• Final deployed checks remain pending because switching the system generation and manual visual checks require explicit consent.

After the system switch:

• Confirmed ordinary pi resolves to /nix/store/ba36x8jb9gr7slx4yq4pz64l5i7sih6h-pi-coding-agent-0.82.1/bin/pi, whose built output contains FlexSpacerBottomLayout and NixOS-safe local tool lookup.
• Confirmed ~/.pi/agent/extensions/compact-status.ts is deployed and contains the permanent status widget, hidden footer, context bar, quota bar, and /codex-quota command.
• Confirmed normal RPC launch loads extensions without stderr and exposes the compact status and subagent command surfaces.
• Confirmed /codex-quota returns only normalized non-secret quota details: Codex quota remaining: weekly 75%, short 75%.
• Confirmed deployed tool lookup ignores an unusable local fd and falls back to fd on PATH.
• The remaining ~/.pi/agent/extensions/compact-status-prototype.ts is an unmanaged prototype artifact, not part of deployment, and should be removed separately only if the user wants to clean local experiments.
• Removed the unmanaged prototype extension from ~/.pi/agent/extensions/compact-status-prototype.ts; a fresh RPC launch now exposes only the permanent codex-quota command.
• Human visual check confirmed the compact status, cwd/branch, model/thinking, context bar, quota bar, hidden footer, bottom-staying prompt during the checked short interaction, normal long-conversation scrolling, and @ autocomplete.
• /codex-quota was not visually checked by the human in the TUI, but RPC verification confirmed normalized non-secret output.
• Human visual check confirmed / autocomplete works.
• Closing autocomplete still left space under the editor after switching commit 1d88503; verification showed the patched TUI default was present, but interactive mode overrides it through SettingsManager.getClearOnShrink(), which still defaulted to false.
• Remediation was updated in commit 5fd8de0 by enabling shrink clearing by default in both the TUI and settings manager, while preserving PI_CLEAR_ON_SHRINK=0 and explicit settings as opt-outs.
• Verified the remediation with the patched Pi package build, built-output inspection for both defaults, independent review, nix flake check, and deployed human visual confirmation.
• After switching and relaunching Pi again, human visual confirmation found closing autocomplete now leaves the editor bottom-aligned.
• Final deployed verification is complete on ordinary pi, which resolves to /nix/store/p2xh13r9f890af4b8jdp60rnld1kbwsl-pi-coding-agent-0.82.1/bin/pi.