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perf(webview): stop task history globalState writes
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fix(history): prevent deleted task fallback
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test(history): seed authoritative store in sticky mode tests
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test(history): complete deleted-task regression fixture
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test(webview): cover file-backed history cutover
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/1542-remove-task-history-write-through
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fix: remove legacy task history after successful migration
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revert: keep legacy task history blob cleanup out of this PR
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74 changes: 17 additions & 57 deletions src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
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Expand Up @@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
private recentTasksCache?: string[]
public readonly taskHistoryStore: TaskHistoryStore
private taskHistoryStoreInitialized = false
private globalStateWriteThroughTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
private static readonly GLOBAL_STATE_WRITE_THROUGH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 5000 // 5 seconds
public static readonly PENDING_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000 // 30 seconds
private providerProfileMutationQueue = Promise.resolve()
private historyTaskCreationQueue = Promise.resolve()
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this.mdmService = mdmService
void this.updateGlobalState("codebaseIndexModels", EMBEDDING_MODEL_PROFILES)

// Initialize the per-task file-based history store.
// The globalState write-through is debounced separately (not on every mutation)
// since per-task files are authoritative and globalState is only for downgrade compat.
this.taskHistoryStore = new TaskHistoryStore(this.contextProxy.globalStorageUri.fsPath, {
onWrite: async () => {
this.scheduleGlobalStateWriteThrough()
},
})
// Initialize the authoritative per-task file-based history store.
this.taskHistoryStore = new TaskHistoryStore(this.contextProxy.globalStorageUri.fsPath)
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Stops new writes, but the old "taskHistory" blob is still sitting in globalState from before migration. VS Code fires the large-state warning whenever it reads or writes the total extension state, so the warning will keep appearing even after this PR lands. Should initializeTaskHistoryStore (or the migration block in it) also call this.context.globalState.update("taskHistory", undefined) after marking the migration complete?

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@PierrunoYT - after reviewing the recent changes, lets revert this request, and instead file a separate ticket for it, it might not be a simple addition for handling old blobs.

this.initializeTaskHistoryStore().catch((error) => {
this.log(`Failed to initialize TaskHistoryStore: ${error}`)
})
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await this.marketplaceManager?.cleanup()
this.customModesManager?.dispose()
this.taskHistoryStore.dispose()
this.flushGlobalStateWriteThrough()
this.log("Disposed all disposables")
ClineProvider.activeInstances.delete(this)

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try {
// Update the task history with the new mode first.
const taskHistoryItem =
this.taskHistoryStore.get(task.taskId) ??
(this.getGlobalState("taskHistory") ?? []).find((item) => item.id === task.taskId)
const taskHistoryItem = this.getTaskHistoryItem(task.taskId)

if (taskHistoryItem) {
await this.updateTaskHistory({ ...taskHistoryItem, mode: newMode })
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// been persisted into taskHistory (it will be captured on the next save).
task.setTaskApiConfigName(apiConfigName)

const taskHistoryItem =
this.taskHistoryStore.get(task.taskId) ??
(this.getGlobalState("taskHistory") ?? []).find((item) => item.id === task.taskId)
const taskHistoryItem = this.getTaskHistoryItem(task.taskId)

if (taskHistoryItem) {
await this.updateTaskHistory({ ...taskHistoryItem, apiConfigName })
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// Task history

private getTaskHistoryItem(id: string): HistoryItem | undefined {
const historyItem = this.taskHistoryStore.get(id)

// Once initialization and migration succeed, the file-backed store is authoritative.
// Legacy global state is only a fallback while startup is incomplete or has failed.
if (historyItem || this.taskHistoryStoreInitialized) {
return historyItem
}

return (this.getGlobalState("taskHistory") ?? []).find((item) => item.id === id)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Cover the cold-start legacy-history fallback.

taskHistoryStoreInitialized starts as false, so getTaskHistoryItem can read getGlobalState("taskHistory") before store initialization. The existing missing-file test covers the warm fallback with a legacy item. It does not cover the cold-start case where "taskHistory" is absent. Add a test that keeps the store uninitialized, returns undefined for that key, and asserts that getTaskWithId rejects with "Task not found". The repository convention requires both cold-start and warm fallback cases.

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In `@src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts` at line 2239, Extend the tests around
getTaskHistoryItem and getTaskWithId to cover the cold-start legacy-history
fallback: leave taskHistoryStoreInitialized false, make
getGlobalState("taskHistory") return undefined, and assert that getTaskWithId
rejects with "Task not found". Preserve the existing warm fallback test and
ensure both initialization states are covered.

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}

async getTaskWithId(id: string): Promise<{
historyItem: HistoryItem
taskDirPath: string
apiConversationHistoryFilePath: string
uiMessagesFilePath: string
apiConversationHistory: Anthropic.MessageParam[]
}> {
const historyItem =
this.taskHistoryStore.get(id) ?? (this.getGlobalState("taskHistory") ?? []).find((item) => item.id === id)
const historyItem = this.getTaskHistoryItem(id)

if (!historyItem) {
throw new Error("Task not found")
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3134,44 +3132,6 @@
return history
}

/**
* Schedule a debounced write-through of task history to globalState.
* Only used for backward compatibility during the transition period.
* Per-task files are authoritative; globalState is the downgrade fallback.
*/
private scheduleGlobalStateWriteThrough(): void {
if (this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer) {
clearTimeout(this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer)
}

this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer = setTimeout(async () => {
this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer = null
try {
const items = this.taskHistoryStore.getAll()
await this.updateGlobalState("taskHistory", items)
} catch (err) {
this.log(
`[scheduleGlobalStateWriteThrough] Failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
)
}
}, ClineProvider.GLOBAL_STATE_WRITE_THROUGH_DEBOUNCE_MS)
}

/**
* Flush any pending debounced globalState write-through immediately.
*/
private flushGlobalStateWriteThrough(): void {
if (this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer) {
clearTimeout(this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer)
this.globalStateWriteThroughTimer = null
}

const items = this.taskHistoryStore.getAll()
this.updateGlobalState("taskHistory", items).catch((err) => {
this.log(`[flushGlobalStateWriteThrough] Failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
})
}

/**
* Broadcasts a task history update to the webview.
* This sends a lightweight message with just the task history, rather than the full state.
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Expand Up @@ -4962,6 +4962,36 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Comprehensive Edit/Delete Edge Cases", () => {
})

describe("getTaskWithId", () => {
it("does not restore a deleted file-backed task from legacy history", async () => {
const historyItem = {
id: "deleted-task",
task: "legacy task",
ts: Date.now(),
number: 1,
tokensIn: 0,
tokensOut: 0,
totalCost: 0,
}
vi.mocked(mockContext.globalState.get).mockImplementation((key: string) => {
if (key === "taskHistory") {
return [historyItem]
}
return undefined
})

provider.taskHistoryStore["cache"].set(historyItem.id, historyItem)
await provider.taskHistoryStore.delete(historyItem.id)
provider["taskHistoryStoreInitialized"] = true

await expect(provider.getTaskWithId(historyItem.id)).rejects.toThrow("Task not found")
})

it("rejects a missing task before file-backed history initialization", async () => {
provider["taskHistoryStoreInitialized"] = false
vi.mocked(mockContext.globalState.get).mockReturnValue(undefined)
await expect(provider.getTaskWithId("cold-start-missing-task")).rejects.toThrow("Task not found")
})

it("returns empty apiConversationHistory when file is missing", async () => {
const historyItem = { id: "missing-api-file-task", task: "test task", ts: Date.now() }
vi.mocked(mockContext.globalState.get).mockImplementation((key: string) => {
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Expand Up @@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
let mockWebviewView: vscode.WebviewView
let mockPostMessage: any

async function seedTaskHistory(items: HistoryItem[]) {
for (const item of items) {
await provider.taskHistoryStore.upsert(item)
}
}

beforeEach(async () => {
vi.clearAllMocks()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -325,8 +331,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Get the actual taskId from the mock
const taskId = (mockTask as any).taskId || "test-task-id"

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -378,8 +384,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Add task to provider stack
await provider.addClineToStack(mockTask as any)

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: mockTask.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -418,8 +424,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Get the actual taskId from the mock
const taskId = (mockTask as any).taskId || "test-task-id"

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -541,8 +547,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Get the actual taskId from the mock
const taskId = (mockTask as any).taskId || "test-task-id"

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history with our task
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -599,25 +605,21 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
[parentTaskId]: "architect", // Parent starts with architect mode
}

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
const getGlobalStateMock = vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState")
getGlobalStateMock.mockImplementation((key) => {
if (key === "taskHistory") {
return Object.entries(taskModes).map(([id, mode]) => ({
id,
ts: Date.now(),
task: `Task ${id}`,
number: 1,
tokensIn: 0,
tokensOut: 0,
cacheWrites: 0,
cacheReads: 0,
totalCost: 0,
mode,
}))
}
// Return empty array for other keys
return []
// Read task metadata from the authoritative store's test double.
vi.spyOn(provider.taskHistoryStore, "get").mockImplementation((id) => {
const mode = taskModes[id]
return mode === undefined
? undefined
: {
id,
ts: Date.now(),
task: `Task ${id}`,
number: 1,
tokensIn: 0,
tokensOut: 0,
totalCost: 0,
mode,
}
})

// Mock updateTaskHistory to track mode changes
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -828,8 +830,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Add task to provider stack
await provider.addClineToStack(mockTask as any)

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: mockTask.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -895,8 +897,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Add task to provider stack
await provider.addClineToStack(mockTask as any)

// Mock getGlobalState
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: mockTask.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -984,8 +986,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Add task to provider stack
await provider.addClineToStack(mockTask as any)

// Mock getGlobalState to return task history
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: mockTask.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1042,8 +1044,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
// Add task to provider stack
await provider.addClineToStack(mockTask as any)

// Mock getGlobalState
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: mockTask.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1111,8 +1113,8 @@ describe("ClineProvider - Sticky Mode", () => {
await provider.addClineToStack(task2 as any)
await provider.addClineToStack(task3 as any)

// Mock getGlobalState to return all tasks
vi.spyOn(provider as any, "getGlobalState").mockReturnValue([
// Seed the authoritative file-backed task history.
await seedTaskHistory([
{
id: task1.taskId,
ts: Date.now(),
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Expand Up @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ vi.mock("@roo-code/cloud", () => ({
getOrganizationMemberships: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
getUserSettings: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(null),
isTaskSyncEnabled: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
off: vi.fn(),
}
},
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -386,6 +387,32 @@ describe("ClineProvider Task History Synchronization", () => {
return calls.filter((call) => call[0]?.type === type)
}

it("uses per-task files without registering a globalState write-through callback", () => {
expect(provider.taskHistoryStore["onWrite"]).toBeUndefined()
})

it("does not write task history to globalState after a history mutation", async () => {
vi.mocked(mockContext.globalState.update).mockClear()

await provider.updateTaskHistory(createHistoryItem({ id: "file-backed-task", task: "File-backed task" }), {
broadcast: false,
})

expect(mockContext.globalState.update).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("taskHistory", expect.anything())

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that no taskHistory write call occurs.

expect.anything() excludes null and undefined, so a call to globalState.update("taskHistory", undefined) passes these assertions. VS Code treats undefined as removing the stored key. (vitest.dev) Check that no recorded call has "taskHistory" as its first argument in either test.

As per path instructions, “Require regression coverage at the lowest valid harness with behavior-focused assertions, including relevant negative, error, false/unset, and boundary cases.”

Suggested assertion 
- expect(mockContext.globalState.update).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("taskHistory", expect.anything())
+ expect(mockContext.globalState.update.mock.calls.filter(([key]) => key === "taskHistory")).toEqual([])

Also applies to: 413-413

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In `@src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.taskHistory.spec.ts` at line 401,
Update both task-history test assertions using mockContext.globalState.update to
verify that no recorded call has "taskHistory" as its first argument, including
calls whose value is undefined or null.

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})

it("does not write task history to globalState during disposal", async () => {
await provider.updateTaskHistory(
createHistoryItem({ id: "disposed-file-backed-task", task: "Disposed file-backed task" }),
{ broadcast: false },
)
vi.mocked(mockContext.globalState.update).mockClear()

await provider.dispose()

expect(mockContext.globalState.update).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("taskHistory", expect.anything())
})

describe("updateTaskHistory", () => {
it("broadcasts task history update by default", async () => {
await provider.resolveWebviewView(mockWebviewView)
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},
"core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.sticky-mode.spec.ts": {
"@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
"count": 37
"count": 27
}
},
"core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.sticky-profile.spec.ts": {
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