Surface sidecar/connection failures in the UI #6

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opened 2026-07-15 12:21:40 +01:00 by pedromcaraujo · 0 comments

pedromcaraujo commented

2026-07-15 12:21:40 +01:00

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When backend pieces go down, the launcher degrades silently with no user-facing signal:

web/index.html:482 — if channels.json is unreachable, CHANNELS stays empty and the sidebar just renders blank.
web/index.html:547 — if the status-poll (/status) fails, the dots freeze but polling continues every 8s with no indication the data is stale.
web/index.html:881-883 — cross-origin iframe key-handler attach failure only console.warns; Shift+Enter / Ctrl chords / OSC 52 silently no-op.

Goal: show a lightweight connection/health indicator (e.g. a banner or a global status dot) so a broken deploy is visible instead of looking like an empty or frozen UI.

When backend pieces go down, the launcher degrades silently with no user-facing signal: - `web/index.html:482` — if `channels.json` is unreachable, `CHANNELS` stays empty and the sidebar just renders blank. - `web/index.html:547` — if the status-poll (`/status`) fails, the dots freeze but polling continues every 8s with no indication the data is stale. - `web/index.html:881-883` — cross-origin iframe key-handler attach failure only `console.warn`s; Shift+Enter / Ctrl chords / OSC 52 silently no-op. **Goal:** show a lightweight connection/health indicator (e.g. a banner or a global status dot) so a broken deploy is visible instead of looking like an empty or frozen UI.

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