From dac834c9055c0347a77241c155352eb4052ba691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:55:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): make pop-out timestamps inert

Co-authored-by: Rizz <302abe414ca6e3134763d2539bfcf145aea2a63fe5f8455204ed602fd40cf381@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
---
 .../activityRenderClasses/TranscriptTimestamp.tsx  | 14 +++++++++-----
 desktop/tests/e2e/agent-activity-window.spec.ts    | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/activityRenderClasses/TranscriptTimestamp.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/activityRenderClasses/TranscriptTimestamp.tsx
index b544a391f9..b713e84197 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/activityRenderClasses/TranscriptTimestamp.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/activityRenderClasses/TranscriptTimestamp.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 
 import { useAppNavigation } from "@/app/navigation/useAppNavigation";
 import { buildMessageLink } from "@/features/messages/lib/messageLink";
+import { isAgentActivityWindow } from "@/features/agents/lib/agentActivityWindow";
 import { cn } from "@/shared/lib/cn";
 import {
   formatTranscriptTime,
@@ -24,17 +25,20 @@ export function TranscriptTimestamp({
 }) {
   const formatted = formatTranscriptTime(timestamp);
   const { goChannel } = useAppNavigation();
-  const href = messageLink ? buildMessageLink(messageLink) : null;
+  const effectiveMessageLink = isAgentActivityWindow() ? null : messageLink;
+  const href = effectiveMessageLink
+    ? buildMessageLink(effectiveMessageLink)
+    : null;
   const openMessage = React.useCallback(
     (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
-      if (!messageLink) return;
+      if (!effectiveMessageLink) return;
       event.preventDefault();
       event.stopPropagation();
-      void goChannel(messageLink.channelId, {
-        messageId: messageLink.messageId,
+      void goChannel(effectiveMessageLink.channelId, {
+        messageId: effectiveMessageLink.messageId,
       });
     },
-    [goChannel, messageLink],
+    [effectiveMessageLink, goChannel],
   );
 
   if (!formatted) return null;
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/agent-activity-window.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/agent-activity-window.spec.ts
index 6847b461be..52e3fcf7a9 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/agent-activity-window.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/agent-activity-window.spec.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test("keeps dedicated activity windows pinned to their original channel", async
               params: {
                 update: {
                   sessionUpdate: "user_message_chunk",
+                  messageId: "b".repeat(64),
                   authorPubkey: repositoryOwnerPubkey,
                   content: { type: "text", text: "Please inspect the feed" },
                 },
@@ -189,9 +190,20 @@ test("keeps dedicated activity windows pinned to their original channel", async
   await expect(sentMessage.locator("[data-channel-link]")).toContainText(
     "general",
   );
+  const userMessage = panel.getByTestId("transcript-user-message");
+  const userTimestamp = userMessage.locator("span[title]").last();
+  await expect(userTimestamp).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(userTimestamp).toHaveCSS("cursor", "default");
   await expect(panel.getByTestId("transcript-open-message-link")).toHaveCount(
     0,
   );
+  const openedPage = page
+    .context()
+    .waitForEvent("page", { timeout: 500 })
+    .then(() => true)
+    .catch(() => false);
+  await userTimestamp.click({ button: "middle" });
+  expect(await openedPage).toBe(false);
   await sentMessage.click();
   await expect(panel).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.getByTestId("message-thread-panel")).toHaveCount(0);