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morgmart db5617dd15 fix(desktop): emit singular mention feed category so alerts route correctly (#6665)
## Problem

Mentions — and thread replies that @-mention you — played the **Needs
action** sound instead of the **@Mentions** sound. Reported by
@morgmart: "I set Needs action to a different sound and it's the only
one I ever hear."

## Root cause

Two vocabularies got conflated in #475:

- **Section / filter vocabulary** (plural): `mentions`, `needs_action`,
`activity`, `agent_activity` — the shape of `FeedSections`, the
`--types` filter, and the agent-facing CLI docs.
- **Per-item category vocabulary** (singular for mention): `mention`,
`needs_action`, `activity`, `agent_activity` — the `FeedItemCategory`
contract in `desktop/src/shared/api/types.ts`, unchanged since #12.

The Tauri feed builder reused the filter string `"mentions"` as each
mention item's `category`. Only one word differs between the
vocabularies, so only mentions broke. Every frontend consumer compares
against the singular, so real mentions never matched and fell through to
the resolver's `needs_action` fallback.

The E2E mock bridge emits the singular form, so tests never saw the
drift.

### Symptoms this fixes (all from the one mislabel)

- Mentions and mentioning thread replies played the Needs-action sound
- Mention notifications used the Needs-action title format
- Mentions in muted channels were suppressed (the mute-bypass never
fired)
- Inbox / Home feed labelled mentions "Channel update"
- Channel activity popover's mentions list was always empty

## Fix

**Fix the owner, not the symptoms.** `FeedItemInfo.category` becomes a
`FeedItemCategory` enum whose serde form is exactly the TS union, so a
misspelled category can't compile at the producer. A serialization test
pins each variant to its wire string.

**Frontend:** `slotForFeedKind` maps every known category explicitly.
The `needs_action` fallback for unknown categories is **kept on
purpose** — a contract drift should cost the user the wrong sound, not a
missed alert — but it now `console.warn`s so the drift is visible to
developers instead of masquerading as intended behavior. `e2eBridge.ts`
and `tauri.ts` now derive the category type from `types.ts` instead of
retyping it.

Not touched: the plural `--types` filter and `FeedSections` keys. Those
are the section vocabulary and are correct as-is.

## Verification

- `just ci` green (file-size ratchet, Rust/Tauri/desktop/mobile tests,
desktop + web builds)
- New tests: 2 Rust
(`feed_item_category_serializes_to_frontend_contract`,
`feed_item_from_event_carries_singular_mention_category`), 3 TS in
`sound.test.mjs` incl. one that feeds the old `"mentions"` string and
asserts fallback + warning
- **Runtime, dev build against the production relay:** controlled test
from an agent identity into a test channel —
- mention in channel → @Mentions sound, inbox shows "Mentioned in" ✅
(was Needs-action)
- thread reply with mention → @Mentions sound, once ✅ (was Needs-action)
- plain thread reply in the channel being viewed → silent, as designed ✅

## Reviewers

- @tlongwell-block — #475 introduced the plural category; please confirm
it wasn't intentional
- @wesbillman — owner of the original `FeedItemCategory` contract (#12)
and most of the feed builder
- @taylorkmho — owner of the sound-slot model and resolver (#968); the
fallback-with-warning shape is the part to weigh in on
- cc @klopez4212

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Signed-off-by: morgmart <98432065+morgmart@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-24 10:20:53 -07:00
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