Don't truncate commands + show running commands

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What Changed

• Removed the manual truncateDetail call for tool calls send by the agent (the output is still truncated via css ellipsis in the UI, but can be viewed by hovering)
• Show the command while it is running with optionally a different label

Why

• Longer commands got truncated in the UI
• Sometimes the agent would run a command in the background and get stuck (like an interactive binary or something that takes very long to complete). Currently the UI gives no feedback on that until the command exits or you kill it via taskmgr or similar.

UI Changes

• State before this PR:

• Longer command string visible:

• Different label while the command is running:

• Same command with formatting:

• Video demonstration
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUpSWBkfUk

PS: Also works with the latest changes to not show the shell wrapper, this PR is unaffected by that.

Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
• I explained what changed and why
• I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
• I included a video for animation/interaction changes

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Note

Medium Risk
Medium risk because it changes server→web event payload shape (itemId) and rewrites work-log collapsing logic, which could affect timeline ordering/merging for tool lifecycle entries.

Overview
Work log entries now include tool.started so users can see in-progress tool/command execution (with lifecycle-aware titles like “Running command” vs “Ran command”).

Server ingestion and provider mapping propagate itemId into tool lifecycle activity payloads and stop truncating detail for tool.started/tool.completed events, keeping full command/detail text available to the UI.

Web collapsing logic is reworked to merge tool.started/tool.updated/tool.completed into a single row using a stable collapseKey (preferring toolCallId, then itemId, then a normalized fallback), even when lifecycle events are non-adjacent; merged rows retain the original id/createdAt from the first event.

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Note

Show running commands in work log and stop truncating command details

• Command execution items now show "Running command" while in progress and "Ran command" when complete, via a lifecycle-aware itemTitle in CodexAdapter.ts.
• tool.started events are no longer filtered out of the work log and tool.detail is forwarded without truncation in ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts.
• The work log collapse logic in session-logic.ts is reworked to merge tool.started, tool.updated, and tool.completed entries into a single row using a stable collapseKey (preferring toolCallId or itemId), even when entries are non-adjacent.
• Merged lifecycle rows now retain the original id and createdAt from the first entry rather than the latest event's values.

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Verdict: Needs human review

This PR changes runtime UI behavior by showing running commands and removing command truncation. An unresolved high-severity review comment identifies a collapse key mismatch bug that would leave phantom 'Running command' entries visible after completion.

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Updated commands prematurely labeled "Ran command" while still running

Medium Severity

itemTitle receives started = true only when lifecycle === "item.started". For item.updated events — which fire while a command is still executing — started is false, so the title becomes "Ran command". When merged with the tool.started entry, the label prematurely changes from "Running command" to "Ran command", undermining the PR's core feature of indicating running state.

 

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