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fix(pipes): tell apart no page, unused pipe and no calls in explain-pipe - #265

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What and why

When a pipe was not seen live and recording was off, explain-pipe answered "Live: unknown, recording is off. Click Record calls". That was wrong in two ways:

  • On a connected page, pipe discovery is always on, so the pipe is simply not in use.
  • Over the stdio MCP server no page can connect, so the Record calls hint could not help.

The tool also ignored the collector's duplicate flag on | async usages. The Pipes panel shows that flag as "duplicate subscription", but agents never saw it.

The Live line now gives one of three answers:

  • no page is connected, in the same stdio wording the other tools use
  • the pipe is not in use on the connected page(s)
  • the pipe is in use but no calls are recorded. The Record calls hint shows only when recording is off; with recording on, the line says "No calls recorded yet."

For async, a new Duplicate subscriptions: line gives how many duplicate usages there are, which components they are in, and how to fix them. The tool description and apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md are updated, and the docs page gains a table of the four Live cases.

How it was verified

  • pnpm commit:check: 1 commit message OK
  • pnpm format:check: all files pass
  • pnpm typecheck: exit 0
  • pnpm test:devtools: the pipe tests (pipe-explain, pipes-collector, pipes-pages) pass 41/41. In the full run, 8 tests in unrelated files hit the 5-second timeout on a heavily loaded machine; those files pass (46/46) with --testTimeout=60000.
  • pnpm test:panel: not run, app/ unchanged
  • Docs updated and pnpm docs:build passes
  • pnpm extension:build: not needed, app/ unchanged
  • Browser axe check: not needed, no UI change

New tests in rpc/__tests__/pipe-explain.test.ts:

  • Live line: no page connected; not in use with recording off; not in use with recording on; in use with recording off (shows the Record calls hint); in use with recording on and no calls.
  • Async duplicates: each component is listed once and non-duplicate usages are left out; no line appears when nothing is a duplicate.

Notes for reviewers

  • "No page connected" comes from the size of the server's page map (pipePages.size). A page reports pipes whenever the debug APIs are present, even when it uses no pipes, so this tells "no page" apart from "not in use".
  • pipes-collector.test.ts changes only at two call sites that pass the new argument.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Pipe explanations now identify | async usages that subscribe to the same source as another usage and report affected components.
    • The Live status distinguishes when no page is connected, a connected page is not using the pipe, and a used pipe has no recorded calls. When recording is off, the explanation shows a recording hint.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the explain-pipe guide to describe duplicate async subscriptions and clarify the Live status in these scenarios.

explain-pipe answered "Live: unknown, recording is off" whenever a pipe
was not seen live and recording was off. Pipe discovery is always on, so
on a connected page that meant the pipe is simply not in use, and over
the stdio server no page can connect at all, so the Record calls hint
pointed agents at a button that could not help.

The live line now has three distinct answers: no page is connected, the
pipe is not in use on the connected page, or the pipe is in use but no
calls were recorded (with the Record calls hint only when recording is
off). The handler passes the number of reporting pages so the first two
cases can be told apart.

For async, the collector's duplicate flag (shown in the panel as
"duplicate subscription") was dropped. A "Duplicate subscriptions" line
now lists the components whose async usages share a source.
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The explain-pipe output reports duplicate | async subscriptions and distinguishes live-status messages by connected-page, pipe-usage, and recording state. Its caller passes the connected-page count. Tests and documentation cover the updated behavior.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Pipe explanation output
packages/devtools/src/rpc/pipe-explain.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/__tests__/pipe-explain.test.ts
explainPipeText uses the connected-page count to distinguish disconnected and unused states. For async, it reports duplicate subscriptions and their component owners. Tests cover these output cases and recording hints.
Caller wiring and documentation
packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/pipes-collector.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md
The devframe caller passes the connected-page count. Tool descriptions and documentation cover duplicate subscriptions and live-status cases. Existing tests pass the new argument.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix


Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0ba64

The tool currently gives the correct explanation and is mergeable. Add a small test assertion to protect that wording from regression.

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Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/rpc/pipe-explain.ts:
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A duplicate | async usage repeats work only when the source is cold and
unshared, such as an HTTP request. A Subject or shared source does not
run again per subscriber, so say so instead of claiming every
subscription reruns the source.

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packages/devtools/src/rpc/__tests__/pipe-explain.test.ts (1)

113-153: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the cold/unshared-source qualification.

The duplicate test checks the count, components, and removal of the old heading, but it does not check the qualification that repeated work applies only to cold, unshared sources. A future unconditional explanation could therefore pass this test. Add one assertion to protect the user-facing text.

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     expect(text).not.toContain('**Resubscribing:**');
+    expect(text).toContain(
+      'For a cold, unshared source each subscription repeats the work',
+    );
   });
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In the duplicate-subscription test, add an assertion that the output from
explainPipeText includes the cold, unshared-source qualification: “For a cold,
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Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/rpc/__tests__/pipe-explain.test.ts:
- Around line 113-153: In the duplicate-subscription test, add an assertion that
the output from explainPipeText includes the cold, unshared-source
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