chore: v2.8.55 — chat + menu no longer covered by the controls under the prompt box

Opened downward, the panel had no z-index, so the AI Proxy / Permission /
Local selects (positioned, later in the DOM) drew over its first rows.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Claude Code Working Guide
 
-_Last synced: v2.8.53 (2026-11-02) — chat + menu opens downward when there is no room above._ A change that makes any statement in this file, `AGENTS.md`, or a README wrong — a moved path, a new or changed extension point, a retired rule — updates that file in the same change-set and bumps this marker. **Bump = replace the version/date and a ≤ 1-line summary; never append a changelog here** — details belong in the commit message and `docs/`, because this whole file is loaded into every session.
+_Last synced: v2.8.55 (2026-11-02) — chat + menu paints above the controls row under the prompt box._ A change that makes any statement in this file, `AGENTS.md`, or a README wrong — a moved path, a new or changed extension point, a retired rule — updates that file in the same change-set and bumps this marker. **Bump = replace the version/date and a ≤ 1-line summary; never append a changelog here** — details belong in the commit message and `docs/`, because this whole file is loaded into every session.
 
 ## Project mission
 - Maintain a reliable local-first dashboard for Claude Code session monitoring.

client/src/components/run/ChatAddMenu.tsx

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function loadLists(cwd: string): Promise<Lists> {
 }
 
 const PANEL =
-  "absolute w-60 rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface-1 py-1 shadow-lg animate-fade-in";
+  "absolute z-40 w-60 rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface-1 py-1 shadow-lg animate-fade-in";
 /** Room the menu and its tallest submenu (Project files: search + list) need. */
 const MENU_ROOM = 380;
 

client/src/components/run/PaneChat.tsx

@@ -689,8 +689,11 @@ export const PaneChat = memo(function PaneChat({
     // another dashboard on the same database, or the socket dropped) would
     // otherwise leave Stop up after the turn ended.
     intervalMs: working || waiting ? 5000 : undefined,
+    // The transcript growing re-reads it too: a hook that reached another
+    // dashboard on the same database sends this one no agent_updated, and
+    // without a poll Stop never showed for a turn the chat calls Thinking….
     match: (msg) =>
-      msg.type === "agent_updated" &&
+      (msg.type === "agent_updated" || msg.type === "transcript_changed") &&
       (msg.data as { session_id?: string } | undefined)?.session_id === sessionId,
   });
 

client/src/lib/__tests__/panePaste.test.ts

@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@ describe("readRunBusy", () => {
     let rows = ["✻ Thinking… (4s · ↓ 120 tokens · esc to interrupt)"];
     const off = registerPane("agenthub-lane-8", () => {}, () => true, undefined, undefined, () => rows);
     expect(readRunBusy("agenthub-lane-8", "claude")).toBe(true);
+    // Claude's spinner with the footer's hint gone (a narrow pane, a tip).
+    rows = ["✶ Skedaddling… (41s · ↓ 2.8k tokens · thought for 2s)", "  ⏵⏵ auto mode on"];
+    expect(readRunBusy("agenthub-lane-8", "claude")).toBe(true);
+    rows = ["✻ Thinking… (1m 3s)"];
+    expect(readRunBusy("agenthub-lane-8", "claude")).toBe(true);
+    // The line a finished turn leaves is not.
+    rows = ["✻ Cooked for 1m 2s", "❯ "];
+    expect(readRunBusy("agenthub-lane-8", "claude")).toBe(false);
     // Claude's permission footer is not a turn at work.
     rows = ["Esc to cancel · Tab to amend"];
     expect(readRunBusy("agenthub-lane-8", "claude")).toBe(false);

client/src/lib/panePaste.ts

@@ -368,10 +368,15 @@ function typeRow(options: PaneMenuOption[]): number {
 /** The status line a tool's TUI shows only while a turn runs, read off its
  *  binary's own strings: Claude's and Codex's `esc to interrupt`, agy's
  *  `Thinking… (3s · esc to cancel)` — in parentheses after an ellipsis, so
- *  Claude's permission footer (`Esc to cancel · Tab to amend`) is not it. A
- *  tool missing here (omp, Cursor) has no line we know. */
+ *  Claude's permission footer (`Esc to cancel · Tab to amend`) is not it.
+ *  Claude ≥ 2.1.3xx keeps `esc to interrupt` only in its footer, which a
+ *  narrow pane, a tip or a notice replaces, so its spinner line counts too:
+ *  a verb, an ellipsis and the turn's time in parentheses
+ *  (`✶ Skedaddling… (41s · ↓ 2.8k tokens)`) — the line a finished turn leaves
+ *  (`✻ Cooked for 1m 2s`) has neither. A tool missing here (omp, Cursor) has
+ *  no line we know. */
 export const BUSY_LINE: Readonly<Record<string, RegExp>> = {
-  claude: /\besc to interrupt\b/i,
+  claude: /\besc to interrupt\b|…\s*\(\s*\d+[smh]\b/i,
   codex: /\besc to interrupt\b/i,
   antigravity: /…\s*\([^)]*\besc to cancel\)/i,
 };

client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap

@@ -7316,7 +7316,7 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Settings — about 1`] = `
                 <span
                   class="text-status-warning/90"
                 >
-                  UI build v2.8.53 (rebuild client to match)
+                  UI build v2.8.55 (rebuild client to match)
                 </span>
               </p>
             </div>

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "agenthub",
-  "version": "2.8.53",
+  "version": "2.8.55",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "agenthub",
-      "version": "2.8.53",
+      "version": "2.8.55",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "UNLICENSED",
       "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agenthub",
-  "version": "2.8.53",
+  "version": "2.8.55",
   "bin": {
     "agenthub": "bin/agenthub.js"
   },