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Problem

Cite inserts a raw link instead of a quote chip for assistant message IDs longer than 512 characters.

Change

Allow long thread and message IDs within the existing citation URL limit. Validate selections and edited comments before saving or sending. Show a link-size error and disable Save when a comment exceeds the URL budget. Derive navigation hash limits from the shared URL budget.

Scope and approval

Fixes #28075. Focused repair of an existing Cite failure under the obvious-bug exception.

Alternative to #28084; retains the existing URL budget.

Verification

  • Long-ID and oversized-comment regressions fail before the fixes and pass afterward, including an ID leaving no room for a one-character comment. Shortening or clearing the comment restores saving. Existing character-limit tests pass.
  • A citation at the full URL limit, with CJK text and a long message ID, survives navigation and reload.
  • vp run check:changed passes: formatting, lint, knip, 35 package typechecks, 47 focused tests, and React compiler coverage.

The fix was implemented with GPT-6.1-Sol inside T3 Code with the Codex provider and was audited by Claude Opus 5.5.

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Verdict: Approved at 94f574a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Allows assistant citations with longer thread and message IDs while retaining the existing URL-size limit. The toolbar also hides citation actions that cannot produce a parseable link, keeping the change narrowly scoped.

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Minor Link the validation error to the comment field.

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- Line 63: Link the validation message to the textarea in
AssistantCitationCommentEditor using aria-errormessage only when commentError is
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Walkthrough

Assistant citations now support longer thread and message IDs, subject to the citation URL length limit. The composer and selection toolbar validate formatted citation URLs before saving or storing citations.

Changes: Assistant citation handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Citation ID and URL rules
packages/contracts/src/assistantCitations.ts, packages/shared/src/assistantCitations.ts, packages/shared/src/assistantCitations.test.ts, apps/web/src/lib/assistantCitationNavigation.ts, apps/web/src/lib/assistantCitationNavigation.test.ts
The schema removes the 512-character limits on thread and message IDs. The shared URL limit is exported, and navigation rejects hashes above a derived maximum. Tests cover varied ID lengths, navigation and reloads, and rejection of a citation with a 160,000-character message ID.
Composer citation validation
apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/AssistantCitationCommentEditor.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.citationDraft.browser.test.tsx
The composer rejects comment updates and citation draft saves when the formatted URL cannot be parsed. The comment editor reports URL validation errors and disables Save. Browser tests cover oversized comments during save, send, and question-mode transitions.
Selection citation validation
apps/web/src/components/chat/AssistantSelectionToolbar.tsx
The toolbar checks whether a formatted citation can be parsed before retaining the selection. It then stores the constructed citation in selection state.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#16327 — This change allows long-ID citations to parse, but does not add the server-side expansion described in the issue.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#28101 — This change permits long thread IDs in citation URLs, but does not shorten nested IDs or change MCP tool inputs.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24825 — Changes the lifecycle and props of AssistantSelectionToolbar, whose citation flow this PR also changes.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#25570 — Adds the Cite shortcut in AssistantSelectionToolbar, which this PR updates to validate citations.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#26610 — Uses the shared citation schema and serializer that this PR updates.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: macroscopeapp, juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to e9e73

Screen reader users may not hear why a comment is invalid when returning to the field. The change is otherwise mergeable with this accessibility issue noted.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check Warning The description covers the problem, change, scope, approval basis, and focused verification. It does not include the required before/after screenshots for the UI changes, and it states that manual cli… Add clear before/after screenshots for the affected citation and comment-editor behavior. Complete the manual client checks, or document the specific checks that could not be performed and why, with observed results where available.
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed
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Title check Passed The title "fix(shared): cite assistant messages with long IDs" names the main change: assistant messages with IDs over 512 characters can now be cited. The raw summary and objectives confirm that the …
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #28075 requires long assistant message IDs to produce the normal quote chip and comment field. The citation schema removes the 512-character limits for threadId and messageId while retaining…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within issue #28075. Schema updates, selection validation, comment validation, URL-budget navigation limits, and regression tests directly support reliable long-ID citations and rejec…
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The title "fix(shared): cite assistant messages with long IDs" names the main change: assistant messages with IDs over 512 characters can now be cited. The raw summary and objectives confirm that the change allows longer thread and message IDs within the existing citation URL limit, and adds validation for selections and edited comments. The title does not mention the comment validation or the navigation hash change, but it does not need to cover every detail. It follows the conventional commit form the template suggests.

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Issue #28075 requires long assistant message IDs to produce the normal quote chip and comment field. The citation schema removes the 512-character limits for threadId and messageId while retaining the overall URL limit. AssistantSelectionToolbar validates formatted citations before storing a selection. AssistantCitationCommentEditor and ComposerPromptEditorTiptap reject comments that produce unparsable citation URLs, show an error, and block Save or send. Regression tests cover long IDs, URL-budget failures, recovery after shortening or clearing comments, and maximum-length navigation.

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Explanation

The changes stay within issue #28075. Schema updates, selection validation, comment validation, URL-budget navigation limits, and regression tests directly support reliable long-ID citations and rejection of invalid citations. No unrelated product behavior is shown in the reviewed changes.

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Explanation

The description covers the problem, change, scope, approval basis, and focused verification. It does not include the required before/after screenshots for the UI changes, and it states that manual client checks remain pending.

Resolution

Add clear before/after screenshots for the affected citation and comment-editor behavior. Complete the manual client checks, or document the specific checks that could not be performed and why, with observed results where available.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/AssistantSelectionToolbar.tsx:
- Line 126: Validate the completed citation in
ComposerCitationNodeView.onSaveComment after incorporating the comment and
before saving or sending it. Reuse parseAssistantCitationHref with the formatted
completed citation so oversized URLs are rejected before collection or provider
submission.

Review comments at @packages/contracts/src/assistantCitations.ts:
- Line 13: Update the hash length bound in assistantCitationNavigation.ts to
cover the maximum encoded citation URL allowed by the citation limits, so valid
citations with long messageId values and CJK text remain navigable.

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- Around line 155-158: Update both `data-prompt` assertions in this browser test
to run inside `vi.waitFor`, including the rejected-comment unchanged-prompt
check and the accepted-comment prompt check. Ensure the rejected-comment
assertion runs after the relevant interaction has settled so it does not pass
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx:
- Line 409: Update the comment editor validation around
parseAssistantCitationHref and formatAssistantCitationHref so a rejected
citation comment displays a URL-budget error and disables Save, including when
the citation ID leaves insufficient URL capacity. Keep the existing
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Minor · Block and explain citation URL-budget failures. · ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx:406-416

apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx:406-416
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Block and explain citation URL-budget failures.

onSaveComment returns false when the formatted citation exceeds MAX_CITATION_HREF_LENGTH. AssistantCitationCommentEditor does not represent that state, so Save and save-and-send remain available without feedback.

Compute the formatted citation length in the editor, include it in the invalid state, and show a message that the citation is too long to save.

Suggested fix
 import { ASSISTANT_CITATION_MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH, type AssistantCitation } from "@t3tools/contracts";
+import {
+  formatAssistantCitationHref,
+  MAX_CITATION_HREF_LENGTH,
+  withAssistantCitationComment,
+} from "@t3tools/shared/assistantCitations";
 import { useState, type Ref } from "react";
@@
   const [comment, setComment] = useState(citation.comment ?? "");
   const commentTooLong = comment.length > ASSISTANT_CITATION_MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH;
+  const citationTooLong =
+    formatAssistantCitationHref(withAssistantCitationComment(citation, comment)).length >
+    MAX_CITATION_HREF_LENGTH;
+  const commentInvalid = commentTooLong || citationTooLong;
   const submit = () => {
-    if (!commentTooLong) onSubmit(comment);
+    if (!commentInvalid) onSubmit(comment);
   };
   const submitAndSend = () => {
-    if (commentTooLong) return;
+    if (commentInvalid) return;
@@
-        aria-invalid={commentTooLong || undefined}
+        aria-invalid={commentInvalid || undefined}
@@
-      {commentTooLong ? (
+      {commentTooLong ? (
         <p role="status" className="pt-1 text-xs text-destructive">
           Comments can contain up to {ASSISTANT_CITATION_MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH.toLocaleString()}{" "}
           characters.
         </p>
+      ) : citationTooLong ? (
+        <p role="status" className="pt-1 text-xs text-destructive">
+          This citation is too long to save. Shorten the comment.
+        </p>
       ) : null}
@@
-          disabled={commentTooLong}
+          disabled={commentInvalid}
@@
-          {commentTooLong ? "Shorten comment" : "Save"}
+          {commentInvalid ? "Shorten comment" : "Save"}
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx around
lines 406 - 416:
Update AssistantCitationCommentEditor to calculate the formatted citation length
for the current comment and treat citations exceeding the maximum href length as
invalid. Use that invalid state to block Save and save-and-send, mark the input
invalid, and display a message that the citation is too long to save; preserve
the existing comment-length feedback.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx:
- Around line 406-416: Update AssistantCitationCommentEditor to calculate the
formatted citation length for the current comment and treat citations exceeding
the maximum href length as invalid. Use that invalid state to block Save and
save-and-send, mark the input invalid, and display a message that the citation
is too long to save; preserve the existing comment-length feedback.

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[Bug]: Cite inserts a raw t3-citation link when the message ID is over 512 characters

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