Collapse tool-call chat rows into a single live status line

Each round of a multi-tool-call chain used to append a new "Calling: X"
message, so a long tool chain stacked up a growing list of rows in the
transcript. Replaced with a transient status line under the thinking
indicator that updates in place each round; once the response
completes, the whole chain collapses into one expandable summary
message ("Used N tool calls") instead of N separate ones.
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2026-08-05 11:33:10 +02:00
parent 2eaddd7641
commit 8875ae9aa9
2 changed files with 67 additions and 24 deletions
+37 -7
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@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ class ChatViewModel {
var messages: [Message] = []
var inputText: String = ""
var isGenerating: Bool = false
/// Live "what's happening right now" line shown under ProcessingIndicator's thinking verb
/// while a tool-calling loop is running e.g. "🔧 Calling: read_file". Replaced in place each
/// round rather than appending a new chat message, so a long multi-round tool chain doesn't
/// stack up a growing list of rows. Not persisted; nil whenever no tool round is in flight. The
/// full chain is still recorded, just collapsed into one expandable summary message once the
/// loop finishes see generateAIResponseWithTools's use of allToolCallDetails.
var currentToolActivity: String? = nil
var sessionStats = SessionStats()
var selectedModel: ModelInfo?
var currentProvider: Settings.Provider = .openrouter
@@ -1589,6 +1596,10 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
streamingTask = Task {
let startTime = Date()
var wasCancelled = false
// Accumulates ToolCallDetail entries across every round of this tool-calling loop
// collapsed into a single expandable summary message once the loop exits (success,
// cancellation, or error), instead of one persisted message per round.
var allToolCallDetails: [ToolCallDetail] = []
do {
// Include web_search tool when online mode is on (not needed for OpenRouter it handles search via :online suffix)
let tools = mcp.getToolSchemas(onlineMode: onlineMode && currentProvider != .openrouter)
@@ -1741,15 +1752,16 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
break
}
// Show what tools the model is calling
// Show what tools the model is calling as a transient status line rather than
// a new chat message see currentToolActivity's doc comment.
let toolNames = toolCalls.map { $0.functionName }.joined(separator: ", ")
let toolMsgId = showSystemMessage("🔧 Calling: \(toolNames)")
currentToolActivity = String(localized: "🔧 Calling: \(toolNames)")
// Initialise detail entries with inputs (results fill in below)
// Initialise detail entries with inputs (results fill in below); appended to
// allToolCallDetails once this round finishes executing.
var toolDetails: [ToolCallDetail] = toolCalls.map { tc in
ToolCallDetail(name: tc.functionName, input: tc.arguments, result: nil)
}
updateToolCallMessage(id: toolMsgId, details: toolDetails)
let usingTextCalls = !textCalls.isEmpty
@@ -1800,9 +1812,9 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
resultJSON = "{\"error\": \"Failed to serialize result\"}"
}
// Update the detail entry with the result so the UI can show it
// Record the result so the collapsed summary message can show it once
// the whole tool-calling loop finishes.
toolDetails[i].result = resultJSON
updateToolCallMessage(id: toolMsgId, details: toolDetails)
if usingTextCalls {
// Inject results as a user message for text-call models
@@ -1822,6 +1834,8 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
apiMessages.append(["role": "user", "content": combined])
}
allToolCallDetails.append(contentsOf: toolDetails)
// If this was the last iteration, note it
if iteration == maxIterations - 1 {
hitIterationLimit = true // We're exiting with pending tool calls
@@ -1834,6 +1848,8 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
wasCancelled = true
}
flushToolCallSummary(allToolCallDetails)
// If we hit the iteration limit or the model returned no text at all, silently
// nudge a follow-up turn instead of showing a placeholder/blank bubble.
let willAutoContinue = (hitIterationLimit || finishedWithEmptyContent) && !wasCancelled
@@ -1891,6 +1907,10 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
} catch {
let responseTime = Date().timeIntervalSince(startTime)
// Same collapse as the success path any tool rounds that completed before the
// error/cancellation are still worth keeping a record of.
flushToolCallSummary(allToolCallDetails)
// Check if this was a cancellation
let isCancellation = Task.isCancelled || wasCancelled || error is CancellationError
@@ -1935,7 +1955,17 @@ Don't narrate future actions ("Let me...") - just use the tools.
messages[idx].toolCalls = details
}
}
/// Clears the live tool-activity status line and, if any tool calls actually ran, collapses
/// them into a single persisted, expandable summary message used on every exit path of
/// generateAIResponseWithTools's loop (success, cancellation, or error).
private func flushToolCallSummary(_ details: [ToolCallDetail]) {
currentToolActivity = nil
guard !details.isEmpty else { return }
let summaryId = showSystemMessage("🔧 Used ^[\(details.count) tool call](inflect: true)")
updateToolCallMessage(id: summaryId, details: details)
}
// MARK: - Error Helpers
private func friendlyErrorMessage(from error: Error) -> String {
+30 -17
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct ChatView: View {
// Processing indicator
if viewModel.isGenerating && viewModel.messages.last?.isStreaming != true {
ProcessingIndicator()
ProcessingIndicator(toolActivity: viewModel.currentToolActivity)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
@@ -156,30 +156,43 @@ struct ChatView: View {
}
struct ProcessingIndicator: View {
/// Current tool round's status (e.g. "🔧 Calling: read_file"), replaced in place each round
/// rather than the chat accumulating a new row per round see ChatViewModel.currentToolActivity.
let toolActivity: String?
@State private var animating = false
@State private var thinkingText = ThinkingVerbs.random()
var body: some View {
HStack(spacing: 8) {
Text(thinkingText)
.font(.system(size: 14, weight: .medium))
.foregroundColor(.confabSecondary)
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
HStack(spacing: 8) {
Text(thinkingText)
.font(.system(size: 14, weight: .medium))
.foregroundColor(.confabSecondary)
HStack(spacing: 4) {
ForEach(0..<3) { index in
Circle()
.fill(Color.confabSecondary)
.frame(width: 6, height: 6)
.scaleEffect(animating ? 1.0 : 0.5)
.animation(
.easeInOut(duration: 0.6)
.repeatForever()
.delay(Double(index) * 0.2),
value: animating
)
HStack(spacing: 4) {
ForEach(0..<3) { index in
Circle()
.fill(Color.confabSecondary)
.frame(width: 6, height: 6)
.scaleEffect(animating ? 1.0 : 0.5)
.animation(
.easeInOut(duration: 0.6)
.repeatForever()
.delay(Double(index) * 0.2),
value: animating
)
}
}
}
if let toolActivity {
Text(toolActivity)
.font(.system(size: 12))
.foregroundColor(.confabSecondary.opacity(0.75))
.transition(.opacity)
}
}
.animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15), value: toolActivity)
.padding(.horizontal, 16)
.padding(.vertical, 12)
.background(Color.confabSecondary.opacity(0.05))