@dreb/coding-agent 2.25.0 → 2.25.2

package/dist/modes/interactive/interactive-mode.js

@@ -441,11 +441,8 @@ export class InteractiveMode {
         this.initTabTitleGenerator();
         // Subscribe to agent events
         this.subscribeToAgent();
-        // Auto-load buddy if one exists
-        const existingBuddy = this.buddyController.start();
-        if (existingBuddy) {
-            this.mountBuddy(existingBuddy);
-        }
+        // Auto-load buddy if one exists (skips visual mount when hidden via /buddy off).
+        this.mountExistingBuddyIfVisible();
         // Set up theme file watcher
         onThemeChange(() => {
             this.ui.invalidate();
@@ -4365,6 +4362,19 @@ ${cycleModelForward || cycleModelBackward ? `| \`${cycleModelForward}\` / \`${cy
         this.showBuddyStatsPanel(state);
         await this.checkAndWarnOllama();
     }
+    /**
+     * Load the persisted buddy at startup and mount it only if it is visible.
+     * A buddy hidden via `/buddy off` is still loaded by start() (disabled) so
+     * context/idle wiring stays intact, but it must not be re-mounted on screen
+     * in a new session — that is the regression fixed for #243. Extracted into a
+     * standalone method so the mount-gate decision is directly unit-testable.
+     */
+    mountExistingBuddyIfVisible() {
+        const existingBuddy = this.buddyController.start();
+        if (existingBuddy && !existingBuddy.hidden) {
+            this.mountBuddy(existingBuddy);
+        }
+    }
     mountBuddy(state) {
         // Remove existing if any
         this.removeBuddy();