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assistant responses can render html/css charts directly in the timeline using a provider-agnostic t3-html fence. visualizations use the chat's live colors and typography, fill the message width, and grow or shrink with native interactions. theme changes preserve checked controls and open sections. source and reset remain available; mobile displays source.

two opaque frames, sanitization, and restrictive csp isolate generated markup. only fixed, hash-authorized application scripts measure height and relay theme values; generated javascript, navigation, and external resources remain blocked. codex receives the shared format through thread-level developer instructions, preserving user instructions, because current codex versions can omit collaboration-mode instructions from model context. hostile html/css still has no guaranteed cpu/gpu budget.

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  • nine chromium security tests pass, including runtime attempts to bypass sanitization, network/navigation blocking, storage isolation, forged messages, live themes, and height limits. ci runs these tests.
  • 47 markdown tests, 49 codex runtime tests, 11 codex integration tests, six shared-instruction tests, web/server typechecks, and scoped lint pass.
  • a fresh codex response produced the format without fence-language coaching. real-app checks cover inline expansion/collapse, theme changes preserving controls, source/copy/reset, and 390px layout. web verified locally and through the tailnet; native desktop/mobile and non-chromium execution remain unverified.

inline visualization expanding within the timeline and following dark and light themes

additional provider-generated form demo: conditional rollout fields, scheduling, nested notes, validation, and an svg strategy diagram. native interactions, theme preservation, reset, and 390px layout verified in the real client. inputs remain local.

inline rollout form with conditional fields, nested notes, live themes, and reset

implemented with gpt-6-astra through codex.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a new inline HTML visualization capability, including nested sandboxed frames, sanitization, CSP messaging, dynamic sizing, and provider instruction changes. It is enabled on the normal assistant timeline by default, so the substantial new behavior and security boundary require human review.

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The PR adds opt-in t3-html visualization rendering for assistant messages. It sanitizes HTML, isolates it in sandboxed iframes, synchronizes theme and height, delivers runtime instructions, documents the format, and validates the behavior with Playwright in CI.

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HTML visualizations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime instruction delivery
apps/server/src/provider/...
Codex sessions load configured developer instructions and append runtime instructions for t3-html visualizations.
Visualization document isolation
apps/web/src/html-visualization.ts
Sanitized HTML runs with CSP-hashed bridge scripts. Height and theme messages are validated and relayed within bounded limits.
Assistant visualization rendering
apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/*, apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx
The assistant timeline opts into rendering complete valid fences. Other fence variants remain source code. Theme synchronization, dynamic height, and source toggling are supported.
Browser validation and delivery
apps/web/tests/html-visualization.spec.ts, apps/web/playwright.config.ts, apps/web/package.json, apps/web/tsconfig.json, .github/workflows/ci.yml
Playwright tests cover isolation, sanitization, native controls, theme updates, bounded resizing, spoofed messages, and style breakout attempts. CI installs Chromium and runs the suite.
Visualization documentation
docs/internals/html-visualizations.md, docs/user/composer.md
Documentation describes the format, controls, platform scope, security boundaries, theme handling, and fallback behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AssistantTimelineRow
  participant ChatMarkdown
  participant HtmlVisualization
  participant visualizationDocument
  participant SandboxedIframe
  AssistantTimelineRow->>ChatMarkdown: render assistant content with visualizations enabled
  ChatMarkdown->>HtmlVisualization: render a complete valid t3-html fence
  HtmlVisualization->>visualizationDocument: build sanitized document
  visualizationDocument->>SandboxedIframe: mount CSP-restricted sandbox
  SandboxedIframe-->>HtmlVisualization: send validated height and theme updates
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to caa3d

Some visualizations may render almost entirely clipped when their content uses out-of-flow positioning. This user-visible rendering risk should be addressed before merge.

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holy shit this is awesome

@maria-rcks maria-rcks changed the title feat(chat): add sandboxed html visualizations feat(chat): render themed HTML visualizations inline Sep 12, 2026

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Measure out-of-flow visualization content.

content.getBoundingClientRect().height excludes absolute-positioned and fixed-positioned descendants. If all visible content is out of flow, the bridge reports 1, and HtmlVisualization clips the visualization to one pixel.

Include document overflow or descendant visual bounds in the measurement. Also add an absolute-only regression test and update MEASURE_HASH.

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In `@apps/web/src/html-visualization.ts` at line 31, Update the height measurement
around HtmlVisualization to include document overflow or descendant visual
bounds, so visualizations containing only absolutely positioned or fixed
descendants receive their actual visible height instead of 1 pixel. Add a
regression test covering absolute-only content and update MEASURE_HASH
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