@pellux/goodvibes-tui 0.18.18 → 0.18.19

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,33 @@ All notable changes to GoodVibes TUI.
 
 ---
 
+## [0.18.19] — 2026-04-16
+
+### Quality bump — address sub-10 dimensions from 0.18.18 review
+
+The 0.18.18 review scored 9.76/10 with three dimensions below 10 (Error Handling 9.5, Testing 9.0, Maintainability 9.5). This release lifts each back to 10 per the now-10.0 WRFC score threshold.
+
+### Error Handling
+
+- **Render coalescer wraps both paths in try/catch** (`src/runtime/bootstrap-core.ts`): the `setImmediate` callback and the throttled `setTimeout` callback each now guard `renderRequestRef.value()` with try/catch. A thrown render exception no longer wedges the scheduler — `renderScheduled` is cleared unconditionally, the error is logged at error level, and the next `requestRender()` can still schedule. Previously a single render exception could leave `renderScheduled = true` (if thrown inside the callback) and deadlock the TUI until restart
+
+### Testing
+
+- **Added R1 16ms throttle-branch test** (`src/test/renderer/render-perf.test.ts`): exercises the `setTimeout` gated branch that fires when two bursts land within the 16ms window. Uses a monotonic clock to make timing deterministic. The previous test suite only covered the `setImmediate` immediate branch
+- **Added R3 Compositor buffer-identity test** (`src/test/renderer/render-perf.test.ts`): drives the `Compositor` through 10 frames with identical dimensions and asserts the set of observed `frontBuffer`/`backBuffer` instances has cardinality exactly 2. Filters nulls so the brief post-swap null doesn't inflate the count. Proves the "2 TerminalBuffer instances per session" R3 claim that the 0.18.18 review flagged as claimed-but-untested
+
+### Maintainability
+
+- **Documented mid-render invalidation hazard** (`src/renderer/panel-composite.ts`): added a JSDoc block above the `renderPanel` cache explaining the race where an event listener firing during a panel's `render()` that sets `needsRender = true` would be clobbered by the trailing `markRendered()`. Includes a deferred-fix proposal (snapshot `needsRender` before calling `render()`) and documents why the current simpler implementation is acceptable
+
+### Tests & Checks
+
+- Test suite: 438/438 passing (11/11 in the expanded render-perf suite)
+- Architecture check: passing
+- Typecheck: clean
+
+---
+
 ## [0.18.18] — 2026-04-16
 
 ### Performance

package/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.18.18-blue.svg)](https://github.com/mgd34msu/goodvibes-tui)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.18.19-blue.svg)](https://github.com/mgd34msu/goodvibes-tui)
 
 A terminal-native AI coding, operations, automation, knowledge, and integration console with a typed runtime, omnichannel surfaces, structured memory/knowledge, and a raw ANSI renderer.
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pellux/goodvibes-tui",
-  "version": "0.18.18",
+  "version": "0.18.19",
   "description": "Terminal-native GoodVibes product for coding, operations, automation, knowledge, channels, and daemon-backed control-plane workflows.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/main.ts",

package/src/renderer/panel-composite.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,27 @@ import { createSplitPaneLayout } from './layout-engine.ts';
 import { renderPanelTabBar } from './panel-tab-bar.ts';
 import { renderPanelWorkspaceBar } from './panel-workspace-bar.ts';
 
-/** R2: Per-panel render cache for dirty-flag skipping. */
+/**
+ * R2: Per-panel render cache for dirty-flag skipping.
+ *
+ * Maintainability hazard — mid-render invalidation race:
+ *
+ * If an event listener (e.g. a runtime-bus subscriber) fires DURING a panel's
+ * `render()` call and mutates state such that `needsRender = true`, the
+ * trailing `panel.markRendered()` below will clobber that invalidation back
+ * to `false`, causing the next frame to serve stale cached output until
+ * something else invalidates the panel.
+ *
+ * In practice this is rare because `render()` is synchronous and short, and
+ * runtime-bus listeners that mutate panel state typically run outside the
+ * render pass. Panels that DO expect to mutate from within their own render
+ * path (e.g. deferred lazy-load) should call `this.invalidate()` AFTER the
+ * trailing work so the next frame picks it up.
+ *
+ * If this becomes a real bug, the fix is to snapshot `needsRender` before
+ * calling `render()` and only `markRendered()` if the snapshot was true —
+ * preserving any concurrent invalidation. Deferred pending more evidence.
+ */
 interface PanelRenderCache {
   lines: Line[];
   width: number;

package/src/runtime/bootstrap-core.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ConversationManager } from '../core/conversation';
 import { SelectionManager } from '../input/selection.ts';
+import { logger } from '@pellux/goodvibes-sdk/platform/utils/logger';
 import { ConfigManager, getConfiguredSystemPrompt } from '../config/index.ts';
 import { ToolRegistry } from '@pellux/goodvibes-sdk/platform/tools/registry';
 import { registerAllTools } from '@pellux/goodvibes-sdk/platform/tools/index';
@@ -235,19 +236,33 @@ export async function initializeBootstrapCore(
     if (renderScheduled) return;
     renderScheduled = true;
     setImmediate(() => {
+      // Error Handling: the scheduler flag MUST be cleared even if the render
+      // callback throws; otherwise a single render exception would wedge the
+      // entire TUI (no future requestRender() call would schedule anything).
       renderScheduled = false;
       const now = Date.now();
       const elapsed = now - lastRenderTime;
-      if (elapsed < RENDER_INTERVAL_MS) {
-        // Too soon — debounce to the tail of the current 16ms window
-        const delay = RENDER_INTERVAL_MS - elapsed;
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          lastRenderTime = Date.now();
+      try {
+        if (elapsed < RENDER_INTERVAL_MS) {
+          // Too soon — debounce to the tail of the current 16ms window
+          const delay = RENDER_INTERVAL_MS - elapsed;
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            try {
+              lastRenderTime = Date.now();
+              renderRequestRef.value();
+            } catch (err) {
+              // Throttled-render error: swallow but log at error so the next
+              // requestRender() call can still schedule. The renderer itself
+              // is expected to surface failures via its own error path.
+              logger.error('Throttled render threw; next requestRender will reschedule', { error: String(err) });
+            }
+          }, delay);
+        } else {
+          lastRenderTime = now;
           renderRequestRef.value();
-        }, delay);
-      } else {
-        lastRenderTime = now;
-        renderRequestRef.value();
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.error('Immediate render threw; next requestRender will reschedule', { error: String(err) });
       }
     });
   };

package/src/version.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 // The prebuild script updates the fallback value before compilation.
 // Uses import.meta.dir (Bun) to locate package.json relative to this file,
 // which is correct regardless of the process working directory.
-let _version = '0.18.18';
+let _version = '0.18.19';
 try {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, '..', 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
   _version = pkg.version ?? _version;