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buzz/desktop/tests
Taylor Ho 723affe5d1 fix(desktop): remove Buzz entity link previews (#6512)
**Category:** improvement
**User Impact:** Buzz-native project, repository, issue, and pull
request links now appear once as compact inline chips, with their
details available on hover.

**Problem:** Buzz-native entity links rendered both an inline chip and a
standalone preview card, repeating the same metadata and adding visual
noise to conversations. **Solution:** Exclude Buzz-native links from the
shared standalone-preview extractor while leaving entity parsing intact
for chip tooltips and preserving external web previews and attachment
cards.

<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>

**desktop/src/shared/lib/linkPreview.ts**
Stops Buzz-native preview candidates after parsing, including same-relay
git clone URLs that normalize to repository entities, while allowing
external URLs through the existing snapshot path.

**desktop/src/shared/lib/linkPreview.test.mjs**
Covers project, repository, issue, pull request, markdown-labeled,
same-relay clone, and mixed external-link extraction behavior.

**desktop/src/shared/ui/markdown/useMessageLinkPreviews.test.mjs**
Confirms sent messages no longer merge a standalone Buzz entity card
while external sender snapshots still render.

</details>

## Reproduction steps

1. Open a desktop channel containing a `buzz://project`, `buzz://repo`,
`buzz://issue`, or `buzz://pr` link.
2. Confirm the link renders as an inline entity chip without a second
standalone Buzz card below the message.
3. Hover the chip and confirm its entity metadata remains available.
4. Post an external HTTPS link and confirm its web preview still
renders.
5. Paste a same-relay `/git/<owner>/<repo>` clone URL and confirm it
uses the repository chip without a duplicate card.

## Screenshots

| Before | After |
| --- | --- |
| Inline chip plus redundant standalone Project card | Inline chip is
now the sole presentation |
| ![Before: project chip and duplicate standalone
card](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/block/buzz/7e1a0d6cfb52382ef636d7331cf30ea334429c4d/pr-6512--before.png)
| ![After: project chip without a standalone
card](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/block/buzz/7e1a0d6cfb52382ef636d7331cf30ea334429c4d/pr-6512--after.png)
|

**After — rich metadata stays available on hover**

![After: dark theme with pink accent and Project tooltip showing
description and repository
count](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/block/buzz/7e1a0d6cfb52382ef636d7331cf30ea334429c4d/pr-6512--after-tooltip-rich.png)

## Verification

At commit `3fa74cdd342ac1f6721b7d56a7f111af31e0e6e9`:

- focused link-preview + Markdown unit suites — 119/119 passed
- targeted registered smoke E2E — 8/8 passed, including labeled
same-relay clone metadata, ordinary-link presentation, and in-app
navigation
- `cd desktop && pnpm exec tsc --noEmit` — passed
- `git diff --check origin/main...HEAD` — passed
- pre-push hooks — desktop check, TypeScript, and full desktop unit
suite passed

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Signed-off-by: Rizz <302abe414ca6e3134763d2539bfcf145aea2a63fe5f8455204ed602fd40cf381@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Rizz <302abe414ca6e3134763d2539bfcf145aea2a63fe5f8455204ed602fd40cf381@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Mongo <5398c5fd039b963ce132b3e078e7c4af097dd997517bb5e14c2682fe68c25197@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
2026-08-21 22:04:17 -07:00
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