[codex] improve issue and routine UI responsiveness (#3744)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - Operators rely on issue, inbox, and routine views to understand what
the company is doing in real time
> - Those views need to stay fast and readable even when issue lists,
markdown comments, and run metadata get large
> - The current branch had a coherent set of UI and live-update
improvements spread across issue search, issue detail rendering, routine
affordances, and workspace lookups
> - This pull request groups those board-facing changes into one
standalone branch that can merge independently of the heartbeat/runtime
work
> - The benefit is a faster, clearer issue and routine workflow without
changing the underlying task model

## What Changed

- Show routine execution issues by default and rename the filter to
`Hide routine runs` so the default state no longer looks like an active
filter.
- Show the routine name in the run dialog and tighten the issue
properties pane with a workspace link, copy-on-click behavior, and an
inline parent arrow.
- Reduce issue detail rerenders, keep queued issue chat mounted, improve
issues page search responsiveness, and speed up issues first paint.
- Add inbox "other search results", refresh visible issue runs after
status updates, and optimize workspace lookups through summary-mode
execution workspace queries.
- Improve markdown wrapping and scrolling behavior for long strings and
self-comment code blocks.
- Relax the markdown sanitizer assertion so the test still validates
safety after the new wrap-friendly inline styles.

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts ui/src/pages/Issues.test.tsx
ui/src/context/BreadcrumbContext.test.tsx
ui/src/context/LiveUpdatesProvider.test.ts
ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
ui/src/api/execution-workspaces.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/execution-workspaces-routes.test.ts`

## Risks

- This touches several issue-facing UI surfaces at once, so regressions
would most likely show up as stale rendering, search result mismatches,
or small markdown presentation differences.
- The workspace lookup optimization depends on the summary-mode route
shape staying aligned between server and UI.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent in the Codex CLI environment.
Exact backend model deployment ID was not exposed in-session.
Tool-assisted editing and shell execution were used.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

server/src/__tests__/execution-workspaces-routes.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import express from "express";
+import request from "supertest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const mockExecutionWorkspaceService = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  list: vi.fn(),
+  listSummaries: vi.fn(),
+  getById: vi.fn(),
+  getCloseReadiness: vi.fn(),
+  update: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockWorkspaceOperationService = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  listForExecutionWorkspace: vi.fn(),
+  createRecorder: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+function registerServiceMocks() {
+  vi.doMock("../services/index.js", () => ({
+    executionWorkspaceService: () => mockExecutionWorkspaceService,
+    logActivity: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    workspaceOperationService: () => mockWorkspaceOperationService,
+  }));
+}
+
+async function createApp() {
+  const [{ executionWorkspaceRoutes }, { errorHandler }] = await Promise.all([
+    vi.importActual<typeof import("../routes/execution-workspaces.js")>("../routes/execution-workspaces.js"),
+    vi.importActual<typeof import("../middleware/index.js")>("../middleware/index.js"),
+  ]);
+  const app = express();
+  app.use(express.json());
+  app.use((req, _res, next) => {
+    (req as any).actor = {
+      type: "board",
+      userId: "local-board",
+      companyIds: ["company-1"],
+      source: "local_implicit",
+      isInstanceAdmin: false,
+    };
+    next();
+  });
+  app.use("/api", executionWorkspaceRoutes({} as any));
+  app.use(errorHandler);
+  return app;
+}
+
+describe("execution workspace routes", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    vi.doUnmock("../services/index.js");
+    vi.doUnmock("../routes/execution-workspaces.js");
+    vi.doUnmock("../routes/authz.js");
+    vi.doUnmock("../middleware/index.js");
+    registerServiceMocks();
+    vi.resetAllMocks();
+    mockExecutionWorkspaceService.list.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mockExecutionWorkspaceService.listSummaries.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        id: "workspace-1",
+        name: "Alpha",
+        mode: "isolated_workspace",
+        projectWorkspaceId: null,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("uses summary mode for lightweight workspace lookups", async () => {
+    const res = await request(await createApp())
+      .get("/api/companies/company-1/execution-workspaces?summary=true&reuseEligible=true");
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body).toEqual([
+      {
+        id: "workspace-1",
+        name: "Alpha",
+        mode: "isolated_workspace",
+        projectWorkspaceId: null,
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(mockExecutionWorkspaceService.listSummaries).toHaveBeenCalledWith("company-1", {
+      projectId: undefined,
+      projectWorkspaceId: undefined,
+      issueId: undefined,
+      status: undefined,
+      reuseEligible: true,
+    });
+    expect(mockExecutionWorkspaceService.list).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

server/src/routes/execution-workspaces.ts

@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ export function executionWorkspaceRoutes(db: Db) {
   router.get("/companies/:companyId/execution-workspaces", async (req, res) => {
     const companyId = req.params.companyId as string;
     assertCompanyAccess(req, companyId);
-    const workspaces = await svc.list(companyId, {
+    const filters = {
       projectId: req.query.projectId as string | undefined,
       projectWorkspaceId: req.query.projectWorkspaceId as string | undefined,
       issueId: req.query.issueId as string | undefined,
       status: req.query.status as string | undefined,
       reuseEligible: req.query.reuseEligible === "true",
-    });
+    };
+    const workspaces = req.query.summary === "true"
+      ? await svc.listSummaries(companyId, filters)
+      : await svc.list(companyId, filters);
     res.json(workspaces);
   });
 

server/src/routes/issues.ts

@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ export function issueRoutes(
       originId: req.query.originId as string | undefined,
       includeRoutineExecutions:
         req.query.includeRoutineExecutions === "true" || req.query.includeRoutineExecutions === "1",
+      excludeRoutineExecutions:
+        req.query.excludeRoutineExecutions === "true" || req.query.excludeRoutineExecutions === "1",
       q: req.query.q as string | undefined,
       limit,
     });

server/src/services/execution-workspaces.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import { executionWorkspaces, issues, projects, projectWorkspaces, workspaceRuntimeServices } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import type {
   ExecutionWorkspace,
+  ExecutionWorkspaceSummary,
   ExecutionWorkspaceCloseAction,
   ExecutionWorkspaceCloseGitReadiness,
   ExecutionWorkspaceCloseReadiness,
@@ -336,6 +337,15 @@ function toExecutionWorkspace(
   };
 }
 
+function toExecutionWorkspaceSummary(row: Pick<ExecutionWorkspaceRow, "id" | "name" | "mode" | "projectWorkspaceId">): ExecutionWorkspaceSummary {
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    name: row.name,
+    mode: row.mode as ExecutionWorkspaceSummary["mode"],
+    projectWorkspaceId: row.projectWorkspaceId ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
 function usesInheritedProjectRuntimeServices(row: ExecutionWorkspaceRow) {
   if (row.mode !== "shared_workspace" || !row.projectWorkspaceId) return false;
   return !readExecutionWorkspaceConfig((row.metadata as Record<string, unknown> | null) ?? null)?.workspaceRuntime;
@@ -372,6 +382,33 @@ async function loadEffectiveRuntimeServicesByExecutionWorkspace(
 }
 
 export function executionWorkspaceService(db: Db) {
+  function buildListConditions(
+    companyId: string,
+    filters?: {
+      projectId?: string;
+      projectWorkspaceId?: string;
+      issueId?: string;
+      status?: string;
+      reuseEligible?: boolean;
+    },
+  ) {
+    const conditions = [eq(executionWorkspaces.companyId, companyId)];
+    if (filters?.projectId) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.projectId, filters.projectId));
+    if (filters?.projectWorkspaceId) {
+      conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.projectWorkspaceId, filters.projectWorkspaceId));
+    }
+    if (filters?.issueId) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.sourceIssueId, filters.issueId));
+    if (filters?.status) {
+      const statuses = filters.status.split(",").map((value) => value.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+      if (statuses.length === 1) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.status, statuses[0]!));
+      else if (statuses.length > 1) conditions.push(inArray(executionWorkspaces.status, statuses));
+    }
+    if (filters?.reuseEligible) {
+      conditions.push(inArray(executionWorkspaces.status, ["active", "idle", "in_review"]));
+    }
+    return conditions;
+  }
+
   return {
     list: async (companyId: string, filters?: {
       projectId?: string;
@@ -380,21 +417,7 @@ export function executionWorkspaceService(db: Db) {
       status?: string;
       reuseEligible?: boolean;
     }) => {
-      const conditions = [eq(executionWorkspaces.companyId, companyId)];
-      if (filters?.projectId) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.projectId, filters.projectId));
-      if (filters?.projectWorkspaceId) {
-        conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.projectWorkspaceId, filters.projectWorkspaceId));
-      }
-      if (filters?.issueId) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.sourceIssueId, filters.issueId));
-      if (filters?.status) {
-        const statuses = filters.status.split(",").map((value) => value.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-        if (statuses.length === 1) conditions.push(eq(executionWorkspaces.status, statuses[0]!));
-        else if (statuses.length > 1) conditions.push(inArray(executionWorkspaces.status, statuses));
-      }
-      if (filters?.reuseEligible) {
-        conditions.push(inArray(executionWorkspaces.status, ["active", "idle", "in_review"]));
-      }
-
+      const conditions = buildListConditions(companyId, filters);
       const rows = await db
         .select()
         .from(executionWorkspaces)
@@ -409,6 +432,27 @@ export function executionWorkspaceService(db: Db) {
       );
     },
 
+    listSummaries: async (companyId: string, filters?: {
+      projectId?: string;
+      projectWorkspaceId?: string;
+      issueId?: string;
+      status?: string;
+      reuseEligible?: boolean;
+    }) => {
+      const conditions = buildListConditions(companyId, filters);
+      const rows = await db
+        .select({
+          id: executionWorkspaces.id,
+          name: executionWorkspaces.name,
+          mode: executionWorkspaces.mode,
+          projectWorkspaceId: executionWorkspaces.projectWorkspaceId,
+        })
+        .from(executionWorkspaces)
+        .where(and(...conditions))
+        .orderBy(desc(executionWorkspaces.lastUsedAt), desc(executionWorkspaces.createdAt));
+      return rows.map((row) => toExecutionWorkspaceSummary(row));
+    },
+
     getById: async (id: string) => {
       const row = await db
         .select()

server/src/services/issues.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export interface IssueFilters {
   originKind?: string;
   originId?: string;
   includeRoutineExecutions?: boolean;
+  excludeRoutineExecutions?: boolean;
   q?: string;
   limit?: number;
 }
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
           )!,
         );
       }
-      if (!filters?.includeRoutineExecutions && !filters?.originKind && !filters?.originId) {
+      if (filters?.excludeRoutineExecutions && !filters?.originKind && !filters?.originId) {
         conditions.push(ne(issues.originKind, "routine_execution"));
       }
       conditions.push(isNull(issues.hiddenAt));
@@ -1162,7 +1163,6 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
         eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
         isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
         unreadForUserCondition(companyId, userId),
-        ne(issues.originKind, "routine_execution"),
       ];
       if (status) {
         const statuses = status.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);