Fix what the review of search and the away summary found

apps/desktop/src/components/attention/away-summary.tsx

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ const plural = (n: number, one: string, many = `${one}s`) => `${n} ${n === 1 ? o
  */
 export function AwaySummaryCard({ agents }: { agents: Agent[] }) {
   const agentById = useMemo(() => new Map(agents.map((a) => [a.id, a])), [agents]);
-  const since = useUi((s) => s.awaySince);
-  const setAwaySince = useUi((s) => s.setAwaySince);
-  const { data } = useAway(since);
-  if (!since || !data || (data.finished === 0 && data.delivered === 0)) return null;
+  const away = useUi((s) => s.away);
+  const setAway = useUi((s) => s.setAway);
+  const { data } = useAway(away);
+  if (!away || !data || (data.finished === 0 && data.delivered === 0)) return null;
   const facts = [
     plural(data.finished, "run") + " finished",
     data.failed ? plural(data.failed, "problem") : null,
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ export function AwaySummaryCard({ agents }: { agents: Agent[] }) {
     >
       <div className="mb-3 flex items-center gap-2">
         <h2 id="away-title" className="eyebrow">
-          While you were away · {formatDistanceStrict(new Date(since), new Date())}
+          While you were away · {formatDistanceStrict(new Date(away.since), new Date(away.until))}
         </h2>
-        <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-xs" className="ml-auto text-muted-foreground" aria-label="Close the summary" onClick={() => setAwaySince(null)}>
+        <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-xs" className="ml-auto text-muted-foreground" aria-label="Close the summary" onClick={() => setAway(null)}>
           <X />
         </Button>
       </div>

apps/desktop/src/components/layout/command-palette.tsx

@@ -76,11 +76,19 @@ const SETTINGS: { id: string; label: string; icon: LucideIcon; words: string }[]
   { id: "about", label: "About", icon: Info, words: "version updates" },
 ];
 
+/** Matches ignore case and accents: "cafe" finds "Café", "istanbul" finds "İstanbul". */
+const fold = (s: string) => s.normalize("NFKD").replace(/\p{M}/gu, "").toLowerCase();
+/** Scripts written without spaces between words: there a word may start anywhere. */
+const UNSPACED = /[\p{Script=Han}\p{Script=Hiragana}\p{Script=Katakana}\p{Script=Hangul}\p{Script=Thai}]/u;
+/** Keeps two items with the same text apart (two automations may share a name); never searched. */
+const ID_MARK = "\u2063";
+const unique = (text: string, id: string) => `${text}${ID_MARK}${id}`;
+
 /** Every word typed starts a word somewhere — no stray letters: "invoice" doesn't find "Voice", "sign in" not "redesign". */
 function wordFilter(value: string, search: string, keywords?: string[]): number {
-  const words = search.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
-  const text = `${value} ${keywords?.join(" ") ?? ""}`.toLowerCase();
-  return words.every((w) => new RegExp(`(^|[^\\p{L}\\p{N}])${w.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")}`, "u").test(text)) ? 1 : 0;
+  const words = fold(search).split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+  const text = fold(`${value.split(ID_MARK)[0]} ${keywords?.join(" ") ?? ""}`);
+  return words.every((w) => (UNSPACED.test(w) ? text.includes(w) : new RegExp(`(^|[^\\p{L}\\p{N}])${w.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")}`, "u").test(text))) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 export function CommandPalette() {
@@ -98,16 +106,16 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
   // What the core finds in chats (message text too), a moment after typing stops.
   const [deferred, setDeferred] = useState("");
   useEffect(() => {
-    const t = setTimeout(() => setDeferred(q.trim()), 200);
+    const t = setTimeout(() => setDeferred(q.trim()), 250);
     return () => clearTimeout(t);
   }, [q]);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) setQ("");
   }, [open]);
-  const { data: found } = useQuery({
+  const { data: found, isPlaceholderData: foundBefore } = useQuery({
     queryKey: qk.conversations("all", deferred),
     queryFn: () => api.conversations.list({ search: deferred, limit: 20 }),
-    enabled: open && deferred.length >= 2,
+    enabled: open && deferred.length >= 3,
     placeholderData: keepPreviousData,
   });
   const { data: waiting = [] } = useQuery({ queryKey: qk.attention, queryFn: api.attention, enabled: open, staleTime: 2_000 });
@@ -122,10 +130,15 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
   // Tickets by number ("#12", "12") or title; automations by name or what they do. Capped: the list stays short.
   const number = /^#?(\d+)$/.exec(query)?.[1];
   const ticketHits = searching
-    ? tasks.filter((t) => (number ? String(t.number).startsWith(number) : wordFilter(`${t.title} ${t.description ?? ""}`, q) > 0)).slice(0, 8)
+    ? number
+      ? tasks.filter((t) => String(t.number).startsWith(number)).sort((a, b) => a.number - b.number).slice(0, 8)
+      : tasks.filter((t) => wordFilter(`${t.title} ${t.description ?? ""}`, q) > 0).slice(0, 8)
     : [];
   const routineHits = searching ? routines.filter((r) => wordFilter(`${r.name} ${r.prompt}`, q) > 0).slice(0, 6) : [];
-  const chats = searching && deferred.length >= 2 && found ? found : conversations.slice(0, 50);
+  // Chats whose title or preview match here, then what the core found in their messages (for this very search).
+  const chats = searching ? conversations.filter((c) => wordFilter(`${c.title} ${c.preview ?? ""}`, q) > 0) : conversations.slice(0, 50);
+  const fresh = searching && deferred === q.trim() && !foundBefore ? (found ?? []) : [];
+  const inMessages = fresh.filter((c) => !chats.some((l) => l.id === c.id));
 
   return (
     <CommandDialog open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen} filter={wordFilter} title="Search" description="Find what waits for you, chats, tickets, automations, agents, settings and actions">
@@ -138,7 +151,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
               {(searching ? waiting : waiting.slice(0, 5)).map((item) => {
                 const Icon = ATTENTION_ICON[item.kind];
                 return (
-                  <CommandItem key={item.id} value={`waiting ${item.title} ${item.detail}`} onSelect={() => go(item.link)}>
+                  <CommandItem key={item.id} value={unique(`waiting ${item.title} ${item.detail}`, item.id)} onSelect={() => go(item.link)}>
                     <Icon className="text-warning" />
                     <span className="truncate">{item.title}</span>
                     {item.detail && <span className="ml-2 min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{item.detail}</span>}
@@ -153,7 +166,8 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
         {ticketHits.length > 0 && (
           <CommandGroup heading="Tickets">
             {ticketHits.map((t) => (
-              <CommandItem key={t.id} value={`ticket #${t.number} ${t.title}`} keywords={[q]} onSelect={() => go(`/tasks?task=${t.id}`)}>
+              // Keyed by the search: cmdk reads `keywords` only when an item mounts, and these were matched here already.
+              <CommandItem key={`${t.id}:${q}`} value={unique(`ticket #${t.number} ${t.title}`, t.id)} keywords={[q]} onSelect={() => go(`/tasks?task=${t.id}`)}>
                 <SquareKanban className="opacity-60" />
                 <span className="shrink-0 font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">#{t.number}</span>
                 <span className="truncate">{t.title}</span>
@@ -164,7 +178,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
         {routineHits.length > 0 && (
           <CommandGroup heading="Automations">
             {routineHits.map((r) => (
-              <CommandItem key={r.id} value={`automation ${r.name}`} keywords={[q]} onSelect={() => go(`/automations?edit=${r.id}`)}>
+              <CommandItem key={`${r.id}:${q}`} value={unique(`automation ${r.name}`, r.id)} keywords={[q]} onSelect={() => go(`/automations?edit=${r.id}`)}>
                 <Workflow className="opacity-60" />
                 <span className="truncate">{r.name}</span>
                 {!r.enabled && <span className="ml-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">off</span>}
@@ -211,7 +225,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
             agents.map((a) => (
               <CommandItem
                 key={`chat-${a.id}`}
-                value={`new chat with ${a.name} talk to ${a.role ?? ""}`}
+                value={unique(`new chat with ${a.name} talk to ${a.role ?? ""}`, a.id)}
                 onSelect={() => {
                   setOpen(false);
                   startChat.mutate(a);
@@ -305,7 +319,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
             <CommandSeparator />
             <CommandGroup heading="Agents">
               {agents.map((a) => (
-                <CommandItem key={a.id} value={`agent ${a.name} ${a.description}`} onSelect={() => go(`/agents/${a.id}`)}>
+                <CommandItem key={a.id} value={unique(`agent ${a.name} ${a.description}`, a.id)} onSelect={() => go(`/agents/${a.id}`)}>
                   <AgentAvatar agent={a} size="sm" still className="size-5" />
                   {a.name}
                   <span className="ml-2 truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{a.description}</span>
@@ -314,22 +328,23 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
             </CommandGroup>
           </>
         )}
-        {chats.length > 0 && (
+        {chats.length + inMessages.length > 0 && (
           <>
             <CommandSeparator />
             <CommandGroup heading="Chats">
               {chats.map((c) => (
-                <CommandItem
-                  key={c.id}
-                  value={`chat ${c.title} ${c.preview ?? ""}`}
-                  // The core found it, maybe in a message: keep it whatever the title says.
-                  keywords={chats === found ? [q] : undefined}
-                  onSelect={() => go(`/chat/${c.id}`)}
-                >
+                <CommandItem key={c.id} value={unique(`chat ${c.title} ${c.preview ?? ""}`, c.id)} onSelect={() => go(`/chat/${c.id}`)}>
                   <MessageCircle className="opacity-50" /> <span className="truncate">{c.title}</span>
                   {c.preview && <span className="ml-2 min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{c.preview}</span>}
                 </CommandItem>
               ))}
+              {inMessages.map((c) => (
+                // Found by the core in its messages: kept whatever the title says (keyed by the search, see Tickets).
+                <CommandItem key={`${c.id}:${q}`} value={unique(`chat ${c.title}`, c.id)} keywords={[q]} onSelect={() => go(`/chat/${c.id}`)}>
+                  <MessageCircle className="opacity-50" /> <span className="truncate">{c.title}</span>
+                  <span className="ml-2 min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">mentioned in a message</span>
+                </CommandItem>
+              ))}
             </CommandGroup>
           </>
         )}

apps/desktop/src/lib/api.ts

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export const api = {
   /** Everything that waits for the human ("Needs you"), from live state. */
   attention: () => get<AttentionItem[]>("/api/attention"),
   /** What the team did since the human was last here. */
-  away: (since: string) => get<AwaySummary>("/api/away", { since }),
+  away: (since: string, until: string) => get<AwaySummary>("/api/away", { since, until }),
 
   budgets: {
     get: () => get<BudgetOverview>("/api/budgets"),

apps/desktop/src/lib/hooks.ts

@@ -88,9 +88,14 @@ export function useAttention() {
   return useQuery({ queryKey: qk.attention, queryFn: api.attention, staleTime: 2_000 });
 }
 
-/** What the team did since `since` (null = not asked). */
-export function useAway(since: string | null) {
-  return useQuery({ queryKey: qk.away(since ?? ""), queryFn: () => api.away(since!), enabled: !!since, staleTime: 60_000 });
+/** What the team did while the human was away (null = not asked). */
+export function useAway(away: { since: string; until: string } | null) {
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: qk.away(away?.since ?? "", away?.until ?? ""),
+    queryFn: () => api.away(away!.since, away!.until),
+    enabled: !!away,
+    staleTime: 60_000,
+  });
 }
 
 export function useBudgets() {

apps/desktop/src/lib/presence.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function startPresence(): () => void {
     const now = Date.now();
     // Another window may have seen the human since.
     if (last !== null && now - last >= AWAY_MS) last = Math.max(last, stored() ?? 0);
-    if (last !== null && now - last >= AWAY_MS) useUi.getState().setAwaySince(new Date(last).toISOString());
+    if (last !== null && now - last >= AWAY_MS) useUi.getState().setAway({ since: new Date(last).toISOString(), until: new Date(now).toISOString() });
     last = now;
     if (now - written < WRITE_MS) return;
     written = now;
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export function startPresence(): () => void {
       /* private window: only this session notices */
     }
   };
-  const events = ["pointerdown", "keydown", "wheel"] as const;
+  // On release, not press: the summary appearing mid-click would move what the click was meant for.
+  const events = ["pointerup", "keyup", "wheel"] as const;
   for (const e of events) window.addEventListener(e, onInput, { passive: true, capture: true });
   return () => {
     for (const e of events) window.removeEventListener(e, onInput, { capture: true });

apps/desktop/src/lib/queryKeys.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export const qk = {
   bootstrap: ["bootstrap"] as unknown[],
   /** "Needs you" — under `bootstrap`, so whatever refreshes the counts refreshes the list. */
   attention: ["bootstrap", "attention"] as unknown[],
-  away: (since: string) => ["away", since],
+  away: (since: string, until: string) => ["away", since, until],
   authStatus: ["auth-status"] as unknown[],
   settings: ["settings"] as unknown[],
   notifications: ["notifications"] as unknown[],

apps/desktop/src/stores/ui.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ interface UiState {
   collapsedColumns: string[];
   /** The Agents page shows cards or the org chart. */
   agentsView: "grid" | "chart";
-  /** The human came back after a while: since when they were away (Home sums up what happened). Not kept. */
-  awaySince: string | null;
+  /** The human came back after a while: from when to when they were away (Home sums up what happened). Not kept. */
+  away: { since: string; until: string } | null;
   setWorkspace: (id: string) => void;
   setCommandOpen: (open: boolean) => void;
   setVoiceMode: (on: boolean) => void;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interface UiState {
   skipClaudeVersion: (version: string | null) => void;
   toggleColumn: (status: string) => void;
   setAgentsView: (v: "grid" | "chart") => void;
-  setAwaySince: (since: string | null) => void;
+  setAway: (away: { since: string; until: string } | null) => void;
 }
 
 export const useUi = create<UiState>()(
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const useUi = create<UiState>()(
       skippedClaudeVersion: null,
       collapsedColumns: ["cancelled"],
       agentsView: "grid",
-      awaySince: null,
+      away: null,
       setWorkspace: (workspace) => set({ workspace }),
       setCommandOpen: (commandOpen) => set({ commandOpen }),
       setVoiceMode: (voiceMode) => set({ voiceMode }),
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const useUi = create<UiState>()(
           collapsedColumns: s.collapsedColumns.includes(status) ? s.collapsedColumns.filter((c) => c !== status) : [...s.collapsedColumns, status],
         })),
       setAgentsView: (agentsView) => set({ agentsView }),
-      setAwaySince: (awaySince) => set({ awaySince }),
+      setAway: (away) => set({ away }),
     }),
     {
       // Per computer in cloud mode: the selected workspace id belongs to one computer.

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -369,11 +369,13 @@ An agent that needs the human asks and waits, instead of ending its turn with a
   socket); showing it, or `POST /api/conversations/read` (`ids` or `"all"`),
   reads it — and reading a chat whose run failed clears the agent's "Last run failed". Automation, task, delegation and
   platform chats are never unread.
-* **While you were away** (`services/away.ts`, `GET /api/away?since=<ISO>`, Cloud: allowed; phone: closed). After at
-  least two hours without the human's input (pointer, keys, wheel in a focused window; the last time is kept per computer
-  in `localStorage`, `lib/presence.ts`), Home shows what the team did since: runs that ended (checks left out) and how
-  many failed, tickets delivered, what the work cost (the spend ledger), who worked, and up to six things worth a look —
-  delivered tickets, problems (chats and automations), then replies — one line per chat or automation. Closed with ×.
+* **While you were away** (`services/away.ts`, `GET /api/away?since=<ISO>&until=<ISO>`, Cloud: allowed; phone: closed).
+  After at least two hours without the human's input (released pointer or key, wheel, in a focused window; the last time
+  is kept per computer in `localStorage`, `lib/presence.ts`), Home shows what the team did from then until they came
+  back (at most 31 days): runs that ended (checks left out) and how many failed, tickets delivered (by whom), what the
+  work cost (the spend ledger), who worked, and up to six things worth a look — delivered tickets, problems (chats still
+  unread, and automations), then replies in chats still unread — one line per chat or automation. Runs are found
+  through `idx_runs_finished` (migration 58). Closed with ×.
 * **Notices** (`services/runNotices.ts`). Such a run that nobody watched notifies once — "Mia replied in “Q4 plan”" /
   "Mia ran into a problem in “…”" — unless the agent called `notify_user` itself (the tool call, not the word) or the
   run reported a missing login (that has its own notice). Only the computer the human uses tells: a runner's runs

packages/core/src/db/migrations.ts

@@ -1019,6 +1019,15 @@ ALTER TABLE paused_runs ADD COLUMN exempt INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 -- A sub-ticket: part of a bigger ticket (its parent waits until its sub-tickets are done, then continues with them).
 ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN parent_id TEXT;
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tasks_parent ON tasks(parent_id) WHERE parent_id IS NOT NULL;
+`,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 58,
+    name: "away_indexes",
+    sql: /* sql */ `
+-- "While you were away" reads what ended, and what was delivered, in a window of time.
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_runs_finished ON runs(finished_at) WHERE finished_at IS NOT NULL;
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_task_events_kind ON task_events(kind, created_at);
 `,
   },
 ];

packages/core/src/server/routes/chat.ts

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Hono): void {
   app.get("/api/attention", (c) => c.json(listAttention()));
 
   // What the team did since the human was last here (Home's "while you were away").
-  app.get("/api/away", (c) => c.json(awaySummary(c.req.query("since") ?? "")));
+  app.get("/api/away", (c) => c.json(awaySummary(c.req.query("since") ?? "", c.req.query("until") || undefined)));
 
   app.patch("/api/conversations/:id", async (c) => {
     const patch = await body(