fix(desktop): npub identity displays for mention, member, and workflow surfaces (#7495)

🤖 ## Summary Every Buzz account is identified by a long public key. Before this change, when someone had no display name, surfaces fell back to inconsistent labels — mostly raw hex fragments like `abcd1234…wxyz`, sometimes a generic role label with no key — so the same person looked different from surface to surface, and nothing looked like an npub address. This PR applies the npub identity foundation from #7488 to the everyday surfaces: a person without a display name now falls back to the same compact npub everywhere — `npub1xxxx…yyyy`, the human-readable spelling of their public key (first 8 + last 4 characters of the full npub) — across messages and mentions, reactions, huddles, member and participant lists, the sidebar and channel activity, search, projects, tray, notifications, and workflow surfaces. - **Mentions and messages**: key-only mention chips render the compact npub. Pasting a copied mention back still re-binds it byte-exactly to the identity it declares, for both the new npub chips and legacy hex-truncated chips copied by older clients — wrong, missing, or tampered key qualification is rejected instead of silently degrading to plain text. - **Reactions and huddles**: huddle reaction events and the huddle roster/participants render the compact npub for unnamed participants; workflow reaction triggers describe authors with the same form. - **Members and sidebar**: channel and community member lists, add-member results and invites, the members sidebar, the channel-activity popover, search, projects (assignees/reviewers/PR panels), the tray menu, and desktop notifications all fall back to the compact npub; titles and aria labels keep the machine-readable full labels. - **Profile labels**: panel/popover display names and owner handles fall back to the compact npub (never raw hex) when there is no name; linked-event (nevent) message metadata shows the npub-shaped author fallback while the event lookup and event IDs are unchanged. - **Workflows**: author-picker secondary labels, step destination keys, and trigger-author references render compact npubs; event and blob IDs keep their existing hex compacts (they are not identities). - **Avatars stay distinct**: fallback avatars for key-only identities derive initials from the key's tail, so prefixed role labels like "Participant npub1…" no longer collapse every unnamed participant onto the same initials; people with names keep their name initials. Preserved exactly: display names and distinct avatars, internal hex keys (storage/API forms unchanged), clipboard identity roundtrips, event/blob ID compaction, private keys (no nsec path is touched), and nevent link handling. Scope: this PR changes what identity labels **display**, not identity controls — profile/settings copy controls, the respond-to allowlist, workflow key fields, and agent dialogs are the sibling slice #7489, and the shared primitives (`canonicalNpub`, `truncateNpub`, the `<PubKey>` gate, strict input parsing) come from the foundation #7488. ### Related issue - Fixes: N/A. Searched existing issues/PRs for duplicates — none found; the related work is the npub identity stack this slice belongs to. - Base/dependency: stacks on #7488 (foundation) — this PR does not stand alone on main. - #7489 is a sibling slice on the same #7488 base (profile/agent/workflow controls), not a dependency: this PR does not require #7489, and #7489 does not require this PR — both only require #7488. ### Testing At exact head `4763cbeae1dd521309755e6d61f657324cb98667` (base: `fix/desktop-npub-identity-d1a` @ `5f3a4a8111998c8aa41ad77cf66992bd1c85343c`; 71 files, +656/−189 — production +277/−136, test support +379/−53): - At this head: targeted `mentions.spec.ts` (1/1), the e2e build, typecheck, and biome — green. - 9 changed/related unit files: 100/100 green; typecheck, e2e build, biome, and px text/truncation checks clean; huddle-roster focused run green; channel-activity e2e 11/11; mutation checks confirm the fallback wiring (removing it collapses shared initials and drops fallback rows). - Known pre-existing local e2e failures, unchanged by this PR and reproduced identically at the upstream merge-base: huddle-transcription voice-menu attribution (25 pass / 1 fail) and the `workflow-local-controls` 438px caret drift. Not claimed green locally. - Update at head `236af9e6137386737e84d3a474d6bc808a704c50` (test-only follow-ups `1143af345` + `236af9e6`): the `workflow-local-controls` races were fixed in the test drivers, and the 438px diff was shown to be a stale Darwin snapshot baseline (name-row enable switch already absent and `message_posted` already MessageSquare at recording commit `9390e11c9`) and refreshed — the focused screenshot test, including keyboard/caret assertions, now passes locally (twice). The full spec was not rerun after the snapshot refresh; the huddle-transcription item above is unchanged. Label/copy text changes are asserted by the e2e specs (`mentions`, `mention-recipients`, `pubkey-display-screenshots`, `huddle-transcription`, `channel-activity-popover`, `workflow-local-controls`) rather than new screenshots; the screenshot spec pins the compact npub text forms. ### Task provenance Buzz channel: `1f0e4a3d-7e01-4efe-bb16-843b357f85c9` Task: buzz://message?channel=1f0e4a3d-7e01-4efe-bb16-843b357f85c9&id=86b34eb4bd84a1472419e9af22636c011c0fe273e3c196f967d7a36996e149b6 --------- Signed-off-by: Logan Johnson <loganj@squareup.com> Co-authored-by: Larry <627498bd4bd1f281a16431e3c6cce3b5c25b6692798c78672298aefbf2f8f8b5@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
2026-10-27 04:30:52 +00:00 · 2026-09-09 14:07:24 -04:00
parent bfc3848558
commit ad2a84131e
75 changed files with 722 additions and 204 deletions
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/channel-activity-popover.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/channel-activity-popover.spec.ts
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ test.describe("channel activity hover preview", () => {
    await expect(
      popover.getByTestId(`channel-activity-agent-${AGENT_PUBKEY}`),
    ).toContainText("Charlie");
+    // The authored name also supplies the row avatar's initials.
+    await expect(
+      popover
+        .getByTestId(`channel-activity-agent-${AGENT_PUBKEY}`)
+        .getByText("C", { exact: true }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
    await expect(
      popover.getByTestId(`channel-activity-agent-${AGENT_PUBKEY}`),
    ).toContainText("Working");
@@ -372,6 +378,56 @@ test.describe("channel activity hover preview", () => {
    await expect(threadPanel).toContainText("direct thread link");
  });

+  test("unnamed working agents keep distinct key-tail initials, not AN", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    // npubEncode of the fixture keys: "a"×64 → npub1424…rcaj (tail RC),
+    // "b"×64 → npub1hwa…04hu (tail 04). Neither has a seeded profile, so
+    // the rows show the generated "Agent npub1…" fallback label.
+    const unnamedAgents = [
+      { initials: "RC", label: "Agent npub1424…rcaj", pubkey: "a".repeat(64) },
+      { initials: "04", label: "Agent npub1hwa…04hu", pubkey: "b".repeat(64) },
+    ];
+
+    await page.goto("/");
+    await page.waitForFunction(
+      () =>
+        typeof (window as Window & { __BUZZ_E2E_SEED_ACTIVE_TURNS__?: unknown })
+          .__BUZZ_E2E_SEED_ACTIVE_TURNS__ === "function",
+    );
+    for (const { pubkey } of unnamedAgents) {
+      await page.evaluate(
+        ({ agentPubkey, channelId }) => {
+          (
+            window as Window & {
+              __BUZZ_E2E_SEED_ACTIVE_TURNS__?: (input: {
+                agentPubkey: string;
+                channelId: string;
+                turnId: string;
+              }) => void;
+            }
+          ).__BUZZ_E2E_SEED_ACTIVE_TURNS__?.({
+            agentPubkey,
+            channelId,
+            turnId: "unnamed-agent-initials",
+          });
+        },
+        { agentPubkey: pubkey, channelId: CHANNEL_GENERAL },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const popover = await openActivityPopover(page);
+    for (const { initials, label, pubkey } of unnamedAgents) {
+      const row = popover.getByTestId(`channel-activity-agent-${pubkey}`);
+      await expect(row).toContainText(label);
+      // The avatar abbreviates its key's visible tail (UserAvatar's fallback
+      // settles after its 200ms delay; expect retries past it), never the
+      // "Agent" word initials of the prefixed label.
+      await expect(row.getByText(initials, { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(row.getByText("AN", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+    }
+  });
+
  test("removes the dot and preview after the final activity is read", async ({
    page,
  }) => {
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts
@@ -4176,8 +4176,26 @@ test("members sidebar virtualizes large channel rosters", async ({ page }) => {
  await expect(memberRows.first()).toBeVisible();
  expect(await memberRows.count()).toBeLessThan(50);

+  // Generated members have no display name, so the roster sorts them by
+  // their npub fallback label: these sequential pubkeys share a `npub1qqq…`
+  // prefix and order by the checksum tail, not their numeric value. Resolve
+  // a generated member from the rows the initial window actually rendered
+  // instead of assuming `pubkeys[0]` sorts into that window.
+  const generatedPubkeySet = new Set(pubkeys);
+  const renderedPubkeys = await memberRows.evaluateAll((rows) =>
+    rows.map(
+      (row) =>
+        (row as HTMLElement).dataset.testid?.slice("sidebar-member-".length) ??
+        "",
+    ),
+  );
+  const firstRenderedGeneratedPubkey = renderedPubkeys.find((pubkey) =>
+    generatedPubkeySet.has(pubkey),
+  );
+  expect(firstRenderedGeneratedPubkey).toBeTruthy();
+
  const firstGeneratedRow = memberList.getByTestId(
-    `sidebar-member-${pubkeys[0]}`,
+    `sidebar-member-${firstRenderedGeneratedPubkey}`,
  );
  await expect
    .poll(() =>
@@ -4214,8 +4232,24 @@ test("members sidebar virtualizes large channel rosters", async ({ page }) => {
    element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
    element.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
  });
+  // Fully scrolling must render the roster's true tail, and the tail
+  // endpoint must be known independently of whatever the virtual window
+  // happens to render. The sidebar's own roster accounting — the
+  // "Members · N" header — must read exactly the fixture-known total
+  // ("random" seeds alice, the mock identity, and bob; this test adds the
+  // 500 generated pubkeys on top), so fixture or classification drift
+  // fails loudly here instead of silently weakening the tail check.
+  const rosterCount = 3 + pubkeys.length;
+  await expect(memberList.getByText(/^Members · \d+$/)).toHaveText(
+    `Members · ${rosterCount}`,
+  );
+  // VirtualizedList stamps each rendered row with its item index, so the
+  // final item's row is a fixed target that no window sample can pick in
+  // its place: a virtualizer clamped mid-roster never renders it.
  await expect(
-    memberList.getByTestId(`sidebar-member-${pubkeys.at(-1)}`),
+    memberList.locator(
+      `[data-index="${rosterCount - 1}"] > [data-testid^="sidebar-member-"]`,
+    ),
  ).toBeVisible();
 });

--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/huddle-transcription.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/huddle-transcription.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
  KIND_HUDDLE_ENDED,
  KIND_HUDDLE_STARTED,
 } from "../../src/shared/constants/kinds";
+import { truncateNpub } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
 import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";
 import { installMockBridge, TEST_IDENTITIES } from "../helpers/bridge";

@@ -11,6 +12,15 @@ const HUDDLE_CHANNEL_ID = "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111";
 const HUDDLE_PARENT_ID = "9a1657ac-f7aa-5db0-b632-d8bbeb6dfb50";
 const HUDDLE_THREAD_ROOT_ID = "mock-general-welcome";

+/**
+ * Initials a key-fallback avatar shows: the two characters just before the
+ * compact npub label's visible tail — the fragment `getInitials` reads from
+ * a key label, whose unit suite pins the derivation itself.
+ */
+function keyTailInitials(pubkey: string) {
+  return truncateNpub(pubkey).slice(-4, -2).toUpperCase();
+}
+
 async function waitForMockLiveSubscription(
  page: import("@playwright/test").Page,
  channelName: string,
@@ -1075,10 +1085,19 @@ test("returns to the parent channel when leaving a huddle channel in view", asyn
 test("keeps the huddle avatar strip compact and exposes the full roster", async ({
  page,
 }) => {
-  const members = Array.from({ length: 11 }, (_, index) => ({
+  // One named member plus ten key-only members (hex 01..0a + "a"×62), with
+  // the last as the huddle bot. The generated keys' npub tails are what
+  // key-fallback avatars abbreviate: 01… → npub1qx4…x2tc → X2,
+  // 02… → npub1q24…levs → LE, 0a… → npub1p24…sqjt → SQ.
+  const namedMember = "77".repeat(32);
+  const unnamedMembers = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => ({
    pubkey: `${(index + 1).toString(16).padStart(2, "0")}${"a".repeat(62)}`,
-    role: index === 10 ? ("bot" as const) : ("member" as const),
+    role: index === 9 ? ("bot" as const) : ("member" as const),
  }));
+  const members = [
+    { pubkey: namedMember, role: "member" as const },
+    ...unnamedMembers,
+  ];

  await installMockBridge(page, {
    huddle: {
@@ -1086,6 +1105,7 @@ test("keeps the huddle avatar strip compact and exposes the full roster", async
      ephemeralChannelId: HUDDLE_CHANNEL_ID,
      members,
    },
+    searchProfiles: [{ pubkey: namedMember, displayName: "Ada Lovelace" }],
  });
  await page.goto("/");

@@ -1100,13 +1120,44 @@ test("keeps the huddle avatar strip compact and exposes the full roster", async
  await expect(participantTrigger).toContainText("+2");
  await expect(page.getByTestId("profile-huddle-control")).toHaveCount(0);

+  // Strip avatars stay distinct: the named member keeps name initials
+  // (AL), and a key-only participant shows its npub's tail (X2), never the
+  // word initials of the "Participant npub1…" label (PN).
+  const stripAvatars = participantStrip.getByTestId(
+    "huddle-participant-avatar",
+  );
+  await expect(stripAvatars.first()).toHaveText("AL");
+  await expect(stripAvatars.nth(1)).toHaveText(
+    keyTailInitials(unnamedMembers[0].pubkey),
+  );
+
  await participantTrigger.click();
+  const roster = page
+    .getByRole("dialog")
+    .filter({ has: page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Participants" }) });
  await expect(
    page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Participants" }),
  ).toBeVisible();
+  const rosterRows = roster.getByRole("listitem");
+  // Visible labels keep their generated forms alongside the avatar initials.
+  await expect(rosterRows.filter({ hasText: "Ada Lovelace" })).toHaveCount(1);
+  await expect(
+    rosterRows.filter({
+      hasText: `Participant ${truncateNpub(unnamedMembers[0].pubkey)}`,
+    }),
+  ).toHaveCount(1);
+  const agentRow = rosterRows.filter({
+    hasText: `Agent ${truncateNpub(unnamedMembers[9].pubkey)}`,
+  });
+  await expect(agentRow).toHaveCount(1);
  await expect(
    page.getByRole("button", { name: /Remove Agent .* from huddle/ }),
  ).toHaveCount(1);
+  // The roster's agent avatar abbreviates its key tail (SQ), never the
+  // "Agent" word initials of the prefixed label (AN).
+  await expect(agentRow.getByTestId("huddle-participant-avatar")).toHaveText(
+    keyTailInitials(unnamedMembers[9].pubkey),
+  );
 });

 test("removes an agent from its menu without showing an extra participant control", async ({
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/mention-recipients.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/mention-recipients.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
-import { truncatePubkey } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
+import { truncateNpub } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
 import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";
 import { installMockBridge, TEST_IDENTITIES } from "../helpers/bridge";

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ for (const { kind, scale } of [
      .last();
    await assertFits(markdown, "sent");
    const qualifiedChip = row.locator("[data-mention]").last();
-    await expect(qualifiedChip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncatePubkey(SECOND)})`);
+    await expect(qualifiedChip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncateNpub(SECOND)})`);
    await expect(qualifiedChip).toHaveAttribute(
      "data-mention-label",
      `Scout (${SECOND})`,
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ for (const mismatchedKey of [false, true]) {
      .getByTestId("message-row")
      .filter({ hasText: "qualified clipboard roundtrip" })
      .locator(`[data-mention-pubkey="${SECOND}"]`);
-    await expect(chip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncatePubkey(SECOND)})`);
+    await expect(chip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncateNpub(SECOND)})`);
    const flavors = await chip.evaluate((element) => {
      const range = document.createRange();
      range.selectNode(element);
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ for (const partial of [false, true]) {
      .filter({ hasText: "compact collision" });
    for (const key of keys) {
      const chip = row.locator(`[data-mention-pubkey="${key}"]`);
-      await expect(chip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncatePubkey(key)})`);
+      await expect(chip).toHaveText(`Scout (${truncateNpub(key)})`);
      await expect(chip).toHaveAttribute("title", `Scout (${key})`);
      const flavors = await chip.evaluate((element, partial) => {
        const range = document.createRange();
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/mentions.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/mentions.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
-import { npubEncode } from "nostr-tools/nip19";

+import { truncateNpub } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
 import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";

 import {
@@ -4535,9 +4535,8 @@ test("clicking author name opens user profile panel", async ({ page }) => {
  // Click now opens the full profile panel instead of the popover
  const panel = page.getByTestId("user-profile-panel");
  await expect(panel).toBeVisible();
-  // The panel's public key row renders through the shared <PubKey> widget,
-  // which displays the canonical npub form — assert the npub prefix.
-  await expect(panel).toContainText(npubEncode(MOCK_VIEWER_PUBKEY).slice(0, 8));
+  await expect(panel).toContainText(truncateNpub(MOCK_VIEWER_PUBKEY));
+  await expect(panel).not.toContainText("deadbeefdeadbeef");
 });

 test("hovering avatar opens popover, clicking opens profile panel", async ({
@@ -4760,7 +4759,7 @@ test("agent profile popover falls back to the owner's pubkey", async ({
    profilePopover.getByTestId(
      `user-profile-popover-owner-${OWNED_AGENT_PROFILE_PUBKEY}`,
    ),
-  ).toHaveText("managed by 11111111…1111");
+  ).toHaveText(`managed by ${truncateNpub(CASEY_PROFILE_PUBKEY)}`);
 });

 test("human profile popover does not show an owner", async ({ page }) => {
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/pubkey-display-screenshots.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/pubkey-display-screenshots.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
 import { npubEncode } from "nostr-tools/nip19";

+import { truncateNpub } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
+import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";
 import {
  installMockBridge,
  openNewMessagePage,
  TEST_IDENTITIES,
 } from "../helpers/bridge";
-import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";

 const SHOTS = "test-results/pubkey-display";

@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ test("new-DM agent name swaps to its public key on name hover", async ({
    )
    .toBe(true);
  await expect(settledAgentNpub).not.toHaveCSS("opacity", "0");
-  await expect(settledAgentNpub).toHaveText("cafef00d…f00d");
+  await expect(settledAgentNpub).toHaveText(truncateNpub(AGENT_PUBKEY));
  await expect(
    settledAgentName.getByText("Pinky", { exact: true }),
  ).not.toHaveCSS("opacity", "1");
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ test("selected new-DM recipient can be verified again through search", async ({
  await charlieName.hover();
  await expect(charlieNpub).toHaveCSS("opacity", "1");
  await expect(charlieNpub).toHaveText(
-    `${TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey.slice(0, 8)}…${TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey.slice(-4)}`,
+    truncateNpub(TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey),
  );
  await page.mouse.move(1_100, 500);
  await expect(charlieNpub).toHaveCSS("opacity", "0");
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ test("selected new-DM recipient can be verified again through search", async ({
  await charlieName.hover();
  await expect(charlieNpub).toHaveCSS("opacity", "1");
  await expect(charlieNpub).toHaveText(
-    `${TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey.slice(0, 8)}…${TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey.slice(-4)}`,
+    truncateNpub(TEST_IDENTITIES.charlie.pubkey),
  );
  await expect(charlieName.getByText("charlie", { exact: true })).toHaveCSS(
    "opacity",
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/workflow-local-controls.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/workflow-local-controls.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
 import { parse as parseYaml, stringify as stringifyYaml } from "yaml";

+import { truncateNpub } from "../../src/shared/lib/pubkey";
 import { waitForAnimations } from "../helpers/animations";
 import { installMockBridge } from "../helpers/bridge";

@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ async function addMessageStep(
 ) {
  await dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Add step", exact: true }).click();
  await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Send Message" }).click();
-  await dialog.getByLabel("Message text").fill("Workflow notification");
+  await dialog
+    .locator('textarea[id^="wf-step-"][id$="-text"]')
+    .fill("Workflow notification");
 }

 async function createEnabled(
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ test("inserts template variables with keyboard control and restores the caret",
  await dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Add step", exact: true }).click();
  await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Send Message" }).click();

-  const textarea = dialog.getByLabel("Message text");
+  const textarea = dialog.locator('textarea[id^="wf-step-"][id$="-text"]');
  const listbox = page.getByRole("listbox");
  await textarea.fill("Hello {{trig");
  await expect(listbox).toBeVisible();
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ test("round-trips and reopens structured message-text conditions", async ({

  await dialog.getByRole("tab", { name: "Form" }).click();
  await openTriggerInspector(dialog);
+  await waitForAnimations(page);
  const matchControls = dialog.getByRole("group", { name: "Match" });
  const operatorButtons = matchControls.getByRole("button");
  const firstOperatorBox = await operatorButtons.nth(0).boundingBox();
@@ -640,11 +644,11 @@ test("round-trips manual author and reaction message IDs through save and reopen
  });
  await authorSearch.fill(author);
  await expect(
-    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: new RegExp(author.slice(0, 8)) }),
+    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: truncateNpub(author) }),
  ).toBeVisible();
  await authorSearch.press("Enter");
  await expect(
-    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: new RegExp(author.slice(0, 8)) }),
+    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: truncateNpub(author) }),
  ).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "true");
  await expect(dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Create" })).toBeEnabled();
  await dialog.getByRole("tab", { name: "YAML" }).click();
@@ -663,7 +667,7 @@ test("round-trips manual author and reaction message IDs through save and reopen
  });
  await correctedAuthorSearch.fill(author);
  await expect(
-    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: new RegExp(author.slice(0, 8)) }),
+    dialog.getByRole("option", { name: truncateNpub(author) }),
  ).toBeVisible();
  await correctedAuthorSearch.press("Enter");
  await dialog
@@ -697,7 +701,7 @@ test("round-trips manual author and reaction message IDs through save and reopen
  await openTriggerInspector(reopened);
  await reopened.getByText("Author", { exact: true }).locator("..").click();
  await expect(
-    reopened.getByRole("option", { name: new RegExp(author.slice(0, 8)) }),
+    reopened.getByRole("option", { name: truncateNpub(author) }),
  ).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "true");
  await reopened.getByText("Message", { exact: true }).locator("..").click();
  await expect(
@@ -738,7 +742,7 @@ test("toggles selected author and message filters while preserving sibling condi
    .locator("..");
  await authorField.getByText("Author", { exact: true }).locator("..").click();
  const authorOption = dialog.getByRole("option", {
-    name: new RegExp(author.slice(0, 8)),
+    name: truncateNpub(author),
  });
  await expect(authorOption).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "true");
  await expect(
@@ -751,7 +755,7 @@ test("toggles selected author and message filters while preserving sibling condi
  });
  await authorSearch.fill(replacementAuthor);
  const replacementAuthorOption = dialog.getByRole("option", {
-    name: new RegExp(replacementAuthor.slice(0, 8)),
+    name: truncateNpub(replacementAuthor),
  });
  await expect(replacementAuthorOption).toBeVisible();
  await authorSearch.press("Enter");
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/workflow-local-controls.spec.ts-snapshots/workflow-template-variable-autocomplete-smoke-darwin.png
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/workflow-local-controls.spec.ts-snapshots/workflow-template-variable-autocomplete-smoke-darwin.png