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finding(plugin-detail): record:details read mode draws a multi-line textarea field on one line, though the textarea widget's own read display keeps its line breaks #11577

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Filing-gate category: ①, a product defect with a named landing and a reproduction. reach: public door, measured once.

Filed by objectstack's domain:devx seat 2 (seat post objectstack-ai/objectstack#20163, session_01HRYqpqGcWpJuJkDmbRF75w). It comes from an out-of-scope finding in objectstack-ai/objectstack PR #21625's browser verification, and that PR's contract review (comment 5973239645) escalated it for filing. ⛔ Not graded here. ⛔ Not claimed.

Reproduction (the public door)

  • Build: the Console built at objectui ab1879721595, served by examples/app-showcase (pnpm dev -- --fresh --ui --no-watch, own port, ephemeral DB, seeded admin), in headless Chromium.
  • Steps:
    1. Set a showcase_task record's notes (a textarea field) to Call back Monday.\n\nBudget approved, needs legal review.\n through the data API.
    2. Open the record page.
  • Result: in record:details READ mode the Notes value's innerText is Call back Monday. Budget approved, needs legal review., one line with the breaks collapsed. The stored value keeps both line breaks. In EDIT mode the field opens as a multi-line TEXTAREA that carries them (objectui#11562, which fixed edit mode only).

Why it is a defect, not a display choice

objectui's own textarea widget keeps line breaks in its read display: packages/fields/src/widgets/TextAreaField.tsx:96 (at ab1879721595) renders the read-only value in a whitespace-pre-wrap block. The same holds for RichTextField, comments, replies and the activity timeline. record:details read mode does not reach that display, so a multi-line field reads as one paragraph on the record page.

Where it lands

packages/plugin-detail, the read-mode value rendering of record:details.

Dedupe

Read on 2026-10-03:

  • Searched: every open objectui issue (58), the 370 most recently updated closed ones, and the 30 newest issues, by title, against textarea|line break|multi-line|newline|whitespace|pre-wrap.
  • Hits: one, objectui#11562 (edit mode). Its body and comments do not mention read mode, display, pre-wrap or "one line".

Reader

Triage grades and routes it, presumably to domain:ui at objectui (plugin-detail). That lane's seat dispatches the fix.


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Activity

  1. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 3, 2026

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    Triage: first grade — bug · priority:p3 · domain:ui · area:records · pm:queue. record:details read mode shows a textarea through the fields package's own read display, which keeps line breaks

    Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post objectstack-ai/objectstack#6015) · session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U · 2026-10-03T20:54Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch.

    Measured now (objectui origin/main 09036173c5): packages/fields/src/widgets/TextAreaField.tsx:96 renders its read value in a whitespace-pre-wrap block. record:details read mode does not reach it.

    Why p3. It is display only: the stored value keeps its breaks, and edit mode carries them since objectui#11562. A multi-line note reads as one paragraph on the record page.

    Routing: packages/plugin-detail, the read-mode value rendering, so domain:ui.

    Direction: the read-mode half of objectui#11562.

    • Read mode draws a textarea value through the fields package's own read display (TextAreaField's), as edit mode now routes to its editor.
    • ⛔ No second hand-written pre-wrap copy in plugin-detail if the shared display can be reached.
    • Pins:
      • a value with \n\n and a trailing newline reads back with its breaks in read mode;
      • a single-line value is unchanged;
      • other plain-text types are unchanged.

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  2. added
    area:recordsBusiness objects, records, the views that show data, usable forms, search
    bugSomething isn't working
    domain:uiobjectui ui stream: fix lands on the published library or apps — objectui execution seat
    on Oct 3, 2026
  3. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 4, 2026

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    Claim: PM loop round 8
    Session: session_01FjqrwXPfSMkSfkKYDSRkN2
    Account: os-zhuang (the seat's linked user as GET /user answers it; the card's assignee)
    Branch: claude/issue-11577-textarea-read-breaks
    Worktree: objectui-issue-11577
    Domain: domain:ui
    Seat: domain:ui#1
    File surface: triage 5973392794 (the read-mode half of objectui#11562), read at objectui origin/main 2e818d0 as leads:

    • the record:details read-mode value path in packages/plugin-detail/src/ (DetailView.tsx and its section / field renderers): a textarea value reaches TextAreaField's own read branch (packages/fields/src/widgets/TextAreaField.tsx, the whitespace-pre-wrap block), with no second hand-written copy;
    • new pins (breaks kept, a single line unchanged, other plain-text types unchanged); one @object-ui/plugin-detail patch changeset.

    The dev stops on a breach and explains it in the report.
    Container & model: M, mode:subagent, model: opus (default judgment tier; dispatch-gates --tier --repo objectstack-ai/objectui printed "no path-derived mandate" for these paths)
    Clause-②: no
    Why: a display-only change in how read mode renders a textarea value; no schema, type or accept set moves.
    Thread-read: 5973392794
    Serial constraints cleared: read 2026-10-04T07:55Z.

    • No open PR touches packages/plugin-detail/** or TextAreaField.tsx. objectui#11562 (the edit half) is on main.
    • This seat's in flight: objectui#11569 (packages/plugin-form) and objectui#11546 (metadata-admin/previews/FlowCanvas.tsx) are claimed in this act, with disjoint files.
    • Scope: the maintainer opened p3 work on 2026-10-04 (「可以开始处理 p3 的任务了」).

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  4. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 4, 2026

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    os-dev-report

    {
    "issue": 11577,
    "status": "done",
    "branch": "claude/issue-11577-textarea-read-breaks",
    "pr": "#11602",
    "session": "session_01FjqrwXPfSMkSfkKYDSRkN2",
    "premise_still_valid": true,
    "summary": "Premise held on origin/main 2e818d0: the fields package's standard cell-renderer table maps textarea to TextCellRenderer (a one-line truncate cell), and DetailSection is the single read path of the record:details body, so a multi-line note read as one line. Fix: DetailSection routes a row whose resolved renderer type is textarea to TextAreaField with readonly (its own whitespace-pre-wrap read branch), ahead of getCellRenderer, with the value as String(coerceToSafeValue(value)) so a string passes byte for byte and a non-string reads as the replaced cell drew it. TextAreaField was already exported by @object-ui/fields and imported by plugin-detail, so no export moves (Clause-②: no) and TextAreaField.tsx is untouched; the grid's table mapping is unchanged. Real Chromium (console dev server, real RecordDetailView, stub data source): before = innerText Call back Monday. Budget approved, needs legal review. with white-space nowrap (the card's exact reading); after = the stored value with both breaks and the trailing newline, white-space pre-wrap; a text control with the same value stays one line. Interpretation stated in the PR: the ruling's 'a single-line value is unchanged' is pinned as 'reads back as the same text'; the cell no longer ellipsizes, so a long single-line textarea value now wraps, as the record form's read-only field does.",
    "tests": "HEAD 897bd53 unless named. NEW PIN packages/plugin-detail/src/renderers/tests/record-details.textareaReadDisplay-11577.test.tsx (real RecordDetailsRenderer, bare field names, schema via a data-source double; desktop+mobile): 8 passed (8). RED LEG (ablation via objectstack scripts/ablation-replace.mjs under a HEAD-restoring trap): anchor if (resolvedType === 'textarea') { 1→0, blob a9dc7b51→3699ca2e, Tests 4 failed | 4 passed (the two multi-line pins x desktop/mobile red; single-line control x2, text and email controls green; expected direction = red, observed red); restore proven blob a9dc7b51 == HEAD, git diff HEAD empty. First red run on base 2e818d0 (before the single-line control was narrowed to text-only) read 6 failed | 2 passed. WHOLE PACKAGE (at f535ade; DetailSection.tsx byte-identical since): pnpm exec vitest run --maxWorkers=2 packages/plugin-detail/ → Test Files 234 passed | 1 skipped (235), Tests 2321 passed | 8 skipped (2329), VERDICT command-exit 0. OUTSIDE PACKAGE, 73 files selected by import of plugin-detail / detail renderers and by source-text read of plugin-detail paths: Test Files 73 passed (73), Tests 2726 passed (2726), VERDICT command-exit 0 (first attempt was queue-timeout 99 = NOT MEASURED, retried on the same slot). BUILD pnpm --workspace-concurrency=2 --filter '@object-ui/plugin-detail^...' build exit 0; TYPE-CHECK pnpm --filter @object-ui/plugin-detail type-check (script name echoed) exit 0; tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --listFiles lists the new pin (1 hit) and compiles at 897bd53 content. BROWSER: Chromium /opt/pw-browsers/chromium via an untracked scratch harness in apps/console (deleted; never committed), before leg served under the same ablation. ESLINT narrowed to the 2 changed .ts(x) files: population = root eslint.config.js (no package config), file count 2 from --format json, 0 errors both; 12 pre-existing warnings in DetailSection.tsx all outside this diff's hunks, 0 in the test; invariance: no type-aware linting (0 hits for projectService/parserOptions/TypeChecked) so untouched files' verdicts cannot move; repo-wide pnpm lint declared to CI.",
    "mcp_calls": "0",
    "api_writes": "3 REST writes, each through ONE fleet-write relay dispatch (POST /repos/objectstack-ai/objectstack/dispatches): (1) pr_create → POST /repos/objectstack-ai/objectui/pulls (#11602, draft; 8361 bytes sent, stored identical); (2) label-write --assign os-zhuang → POST /repos//issues/11602/assignees (read back MATCHES, labels untouched: plugin, tests from labeler); (3) this os-dev-report comment → POST /repos//issues/11577/comments via post-stamped. Plus 4 git pushes of the claim branch (not REST).",
    "open_questions": [],
    "out_of_scope_findings": [
    "carrier: 承接者:无 · noted in PR Acceptance notes, not filed · the record:highlights strip (HeaderHighlight) still draws a textarea value through TextCellRenderer as one line with an ellipsis; not class a/b/c (the card names record:details, the strip is a compact chip band) · dedupe words: highlights textarea one line, HeaderHighlight TextCellRenderer textarea, record highlights multi-line",
    "carrier: 承接者:无 · noted in PR Acceptance notes, not filed · on the mobile grouped-inset row a textarea value now draws at TextAreaField's text-sm where the row span sets 15px; changing it needs a TextAreaField edit beyond reaching its read branch or a per-surface copy the ruling refuses · dedupe words: mobile detail textarea font size, TextAreaField readonly text-sm, grouped-inset row 15px",
    "carrier: 承接者:无 · noted in PR Acceptance notes, not filed · a host registerFieldRenderer('textarea', ...) override no longer reaches the details row (routing precedes getCellRenderer); measured zero producers (git grep 0 hits; control 'lookup' 2 hits) · dedupe words: registerFieldRenderer textarea override, detail textarea custom renderer"
    ],
    "gates": [
    {
    "command": "pnpm exec vitest run --maxWorkers=2 packages/plugin-detail/src/renderers/tests/record-details.textareaReadDisplay-11577.test.tsx (at 897bd53)",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "Test Files 1 passed (1); Tests 8 passed (8)"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm exec vitest run --maxWorkers=2 packages/plugin-detail/ (at f535ade)",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "os-verify-lock: VERDICT command-exit 0; Test Files 234 passed | 1 skipped (235); Tests 2321 passed | 8 skipped (2329)"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm exec vitest run --maxWorkers=2 (73 outside-package files by import + source-text read)",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "os-verify-lock: VERDICT command-exit 0; Test Files 73 passed (73); Tests 2726 passed (2726)"
    },
    {
    "command": "ablation: node ../objectstack/scripts/ablation-replace.mjs --file packages/plugin-detail/src/DetailSection.tsx (textarea routing anchor) -- vitest on the pin",
    "exit": 1,
    "verdict": "expected red: Tests 4 failed | 4 passed; ablation-replace: ok restored: blob == HEAD (a9dc7b51b703) and git diff HEAD is empty"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm --workspace-concurrency=2 --filter '@object-ui/plugin-detail^...' build",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "os-verify-lock: VERDICT command-exit 0"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm --filter @object-ui/plugin-detail type-check",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "os-verify-lock: VERDICT command-exit 0 (tsc --noEmit && tsc -p tsconfig.test.json)"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm check:control-bytes",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "check-control-bytes: OK (scanned 7496 tracked text file(s); skipped 85 binary)"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm check:new-line-citations",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "VERDICT new-cross-file-line-citations: 0 new citation(s), enforcement report-only → exit 0 (the gate prints an ASCII arrow; re-spelled here so no angle-bracket character reaches GitHub)"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm check:changeset-claims",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "No pending changeset names a file this change touches."
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm check:pending-changeset-literals",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "No test source names a pending changeset."
    },
    {
    "command": "node scripts/check-changeset-presence.mjs",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "2 source file(s) of 1 released package(s) changed, and this change declares 1 changeset(s): .changeset/11577-textarea-read-breaks.md."
    },
    {
    "command": "node scripts/check-changeset-fixed.mjs / check-changeset-no-major.mjs / check-type-check-coverage.mjs",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "privatePackages declared; No changeset declares a major bump; 43/43 packages compile their tests"
    },
    {
    "command": "pnpm check:phantom-deps / check:self-import / check:unreferenced-sources / check:handler-key-reads / check:test-path-roots / check:vi-mock-override-shape / check:vi-mock-specifiers / check:vi-mock-inherit / check:i18n-keys",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "each exit 0 with its OK line (phantom-deps: Every in-scope import is declared; unreferenced-sources: Every shipped source file ... is reachable)"
    },
    {
    "command": "eslint --format json (2 changed files, from packages/plugin-detail)",
    "exit": 0,
    "verdict": "files 2; errors 0; warnings 12 pre-existing in DetailSection.tsx outside the diff hunks, 0 in the new test"
    },
    {
    "command": "CI on 897bd53 (PR #11602)",
    "exit": null,
    "verdict": "in_progress at report time: 42 check runs, 20 success, 3 skipped, 19 in_progress; convergence belongs to the PM"
    }
    ],
    "files_changed": [
    "packages/plugin-detail/src/DetailSection.tsx",
    "packages/plugin-detail/src/renderers/tests/record-details.textareaReadDisplay-11577.test.tsx",
    ".changeset/11577-textarea-read-breaks.md"
    ],
    "deviations": [
    "Commit trailers: the harness attribution reminder asked for a model-named Co-Authored-By trailer; commits carry the model-free pair (Claude-Session + Co-authored-by: Claude) per objectui AGENTS.md, which the reminder yields to. Reported, history not rewritten.",
    "Browser verification used an untracked scratch harness (apps/console tmp page + tsx mounting the real RecordDetailView with a stub data source) and a driver under node_modules; all deleted, never committed; vite dev server on :5291 started and killed by its own PIDs.",
    "The whole-package test run is at f535ade, not the final head 897bd53; the two later commits touch only the changeset and the new test file (re-run at 897bd53: 8 passed, plus its type-check).",
    "Lint narrowed to the changed files with the three evidence items; repo-wide pnpm lint declared to CI.",
    "One lock-wrapped run outlived the tool's foreground timeout and was moved to background by the harness; it was waited on in the foreground with tail --pid and its VERDICT read from the redirect log."
    ],
    "line_budget": "n/a (no skills/** touched)",
    "clause_2": "no: no package index export of @object-ui/plugin-detail or @object-ui/fields changed",
    "worktree": "removed after the PR opened (node_modules deleted first; git worktree remove exit 0; the tree was clean and the branch head 897bd53 is on origin)"
    }


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  5. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 4, 2026

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    ✅ ACCEPT: PR objectui#11602 at head 897bd535d (dev report 5978339688); it lands through the merge queue when every check is green

    domain:ui seat 1 · session_01FjqrwXPfSMkSfkKYDSRkN2 · 2026-10-04T09:03Z. Reviewed against GitHub, not the report.

    • Shape: draft, base main. The first line is Fixes #11577, with no other closing keyword. Clause-②: no is at line start. 3 files, +247 / −1. check-governed-merges: NOT governed. The PR assignee is os-zhuang.

    • Clause-②: no re-checked: TextAreaField and coerceToSafeValue were already exports of @object-ui/fields, and no package-index export moves in either package. patch ✓.

    • Triage 5973392794, carried out:

      • In DetailSection.tsx, a row whose resolved type is textarea renders TextAreaField with readonly, ahead of getCellRenderer. That is the widget's own whitespace-pre-wrap read branch, the display the record form uses.
      • There is no hand-written pre-wrap copy in plugin-detail, and TextAreaField.tsx is untouched.
      • The cell-renderer table's textarea → TextCellRenderer mapping stays, so grid cells keep their one-line display.
      • The value goes through String(coerceToSafeValue(value)), the same input TextCellRenderer drew from. An empty value never reaches this branch: this seat read the hasCellValue guard just above it, which renders the shared EmptyValue.
    • Pins: record-details.textareaReadDisplay-11577 mounts the real RecordDetailsRenderer on desktop and mobile:

      • a value with \n\n and a trailing newline reads back with its breaks;
      • a single-line control reads back as the same text;
      • text and email controls are unchanged.

      Ablating the textarea route turns exactly the 4 multi-line cases red, and it was restored by blob hash. The whole plugin-detail package is green: 234 files, 2,321 tests. So are 73 outside files selected by import and by source-text read. A real-Chromium before/after on the console reads the stored value with both breaks after the fix.

    • Accepted behaviour note: a long single-line textarea value now wraps at the column width instead of ending in an ellipsis. That matches the record form's read-only field, and the changeset says so.

    • Out-of-scope readings, all Acceptance notes (no class a/b/c with a measured reach):

      • the record:highlights strip still draws a textarea as one line (a compact chip band, not this card's surface);
      • on the mobile grouped-inset row the value draws at text-sm where the row sets 15px;
      • a host registerFieldRenderer('textarea', …) override no longer reaches the details row. Zero producers were measured.

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  6. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 4, 2026

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    Landed and verified by content: closed completed by PR objectui#11602 · domain:ui seat 1 · session_01FjqrwXPfSMkSfkKYDSRkN2 · 2026-10-04T09:31Z.

    • The merge: PR objectui#11602 went through the merge queue to main as b61c116 at 2026-10-04T09:30Z (seat ACCEPT 5978353004).

    • Content check of packages/plugin-detail/src/DetailSection.tsx on main b61c116 against its first parent 2e818d0:

      main parent
      the textarea route, if (resolvedType === 'textarea') { 1 0
      the import of coerceToSafeValue, TextAreaField from @object-ui/fields 1 0
      const ignoreReadOnlyChange 1 0

      The pin record-details.textareaReadDisplay-11577.test.tsx and the changeset 11577-textarea-read-breaks.md are in the tree. The diff is exactly the reviewed 3 files, +247 / −1.

    • No other card closed in that window.

    • pm:dispatched is removed in the same act. domain:ui, area:records, the type and the priority stay.


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