Improve issue thread scale and markdown polish (#4861)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip's board UI is the operator surface for supervising
AI-agent companies.
> - Issue threads are where operators read progress, respond to agents,
inspect markdown, and jump through long histories.
> - Large threads and rich markdown had become difficult to navigate and
expensive to render.
> - The previous rollup mixed these UI scale fixes with unrelated
backend recovery, costs, backups, and settings changes.
> - This pull request isolates the issue-thread scale and markdown
polish work.
> - The benefit is a reviewable UI slice that can merge independently of
the backend reliability, database backup, workflow, and board QoL PRs.

## What Changed

- Virtualized long issue chat threads and stabilized
anchor/jump-to-latest behavior for large histories.
- Added incremental issue-list row loading and tests for
scroll-triggered pagination behavior.
- Hardened markdown body rendering and markdown editor behavior around
HTML tags, image drops, code-copy UI, and escaped newline handling.
- Added a long-thread measurement harness at
`scripts/measure-issue-chat-long-thread.mjs` plus
`perf:issue-chat-long-thread`.
- Added focused UI/lib regression coverage for thread rendering,
markdown, optimistic comments, and message building.

## Verification

- `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`
- `pnpm exec vitest run ui/src/components/IssueChatThread.test.tsx
ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.test.tsx
ui/src/lib/issue-chat-messages.test.ts
ui/src/lib/optimistic-issue-comments.test.ts`
- Result: 6 test files passed, 170 tests passed.
- UI screenshots not included because this PR is covered by targeted
component tests and does not introduce a new page layout.

## Risks

- Virtualization changes can affect scroll anchoring in edge cases on
very long threads.
- Markdown/editor hardening changes are intentionally defensive, but
malformed content may render differently than before.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5.5, code execution and GitHub CLI tool use, medium
reasoning effort.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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@@ -478,22 +478,34 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
});
});
it("anchors the mention menu inside the visual viewport when mobile offsets are present", () => {
it("places the menu top on the caret line and offsets the left a space-width past the caret", () => {
expect(
computeMentionMenuPosition(
{ viewportTop: 180, viewportLeft: 120 },
{ viewportTop: 100, viewportBottom: 118, viewportLeft: 240 },
{ offsetLeft: 0, offsetTop: 0, width: 800, height: 600 },
),
).toEqual({
top: 100,
left: 250,
});
});
it("applies visual viewport offsets when present", () => {
expect(
computeMentionMenuPosition(
{ viewportTop: 20, viewportBottom: 38, viewportLeft: 120 },
{ offsetLeft: 24, offsetTop: 320, width: 320, height: 260 },
),
).toEqual({
top: 372,
left: 144,
top: 340,
left: 154,
});
});
it("clamps the mention menu back into view near the viewport edges", () => {
expect(
computeMentionMenuPosition(
{ viewportTop: 260, viewportLeft: 240 },
{ viewportTop: 260, viewportBottom: 278, viewportLeft: 240 },
{ offsetLeft: 0, offsetTop: 0, width: 280, height: 220 },
),
).toEqual({
@@ -502,16 +514,28 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
});
});
it("flips the menu above the caret line when it would overflow below", () => {
expect(
computeMentionMenuPosition(
{ viewportTop: 560, viewportBottom: 580, viewportLeft: 200 },
{ offsetLeft: 0, offsetTop: 0, width: 800, height: 600 },
),
).toEqual({
top: 372,
left: 210,
});
});
it("keeps a short mention menu on the same line when it fits below the caret", () => {
expect(
computeMentionMenuPosition(
{ viewportTop: 160, viewportLeft: 120 },
{ viewportTop: 160, viewportBottom: 178, viewportLeft: 120 },
{ offsetLeft: 0, offsetTop: 0, width: 320, height: 220 },
{ width: 188, height: 42 },
),
).toEqual({
top: 164,
left: 120,
top: 160,
left: 130,
});
});
@@ -619,8 +643,20 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
editable.remove();
});
it("accepts mention selection from touchstart taps", async () => {
const handleChange = vi.fn();
function createTouchEvent(
type: "touchstart" | "touchmove" | "touchend",
touches: Array<{ clientX: number; clientY: number }>,
) {
const event = new Event(type, { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
const list = touches as unknown as TouchList;
Object.defineProperty(event, "touches", { value: type === "touchend" ? [] : list });
Object.defineProperty(event, "changedTouches", { value: list });
return event;
}
async function openMentionMenuFor(
handleChange: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>,
): Promise<{ option: HTMLButtonElement; root: ReturnType<typeof createRoot> }> {
const root = createRoot(container);
await act(async () => {
@@ -645,7 +681,6 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
const editable = container.querySelector('[contenteditable="true"]');
expect(editable).not.toBeNull();
const textNode = editable?.firstChild;
expect(textNode?.nodeType).toBe(Node.TEXT_NODE);
@@ -659,15 +694,24 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
act(() => {
document.dispatchEvent(new Event("selectionchange"));
});
await flush();
const option = Array.from(document.body.querySelectorAll('button[type="button"]'))
.find((node) => node.textContent?.includes("Paperclip App"));
.find((node) => node.textContent?.includes("Paperclip App")) as HTMLButtonElement | undefined;
expect(option).toBeTruthy();
return { option: option!, root };
}
it("accepts mention selection from a touch tap", async () => {
const handleChange = vi.fn();
const { option, root } = await openMentionMenuFor(handleChange);
const point = { clientX: 100, clientY: 50 };
act(() => {
option?.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchstart", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }));
option.dispatchEvent(createTouchEvent("touchstart", [point]));
});
act(() => {
option.dispatchEvent(createTouchEvent("touchend", [point]));
});
expect(handleChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -678,4 +722,44 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
root.unmount();
});
});
it("does not preventDefault on touchstart so the mention menu can scroll on mobile", async () => {
const handleChange = vi.fn();
const { option, root } = await openMentionMenuFor(handleChange);
const touchstart = createTouchEvent("touchstart", [{ clientX: 100, clientY: 50 }]);
act(() => {
option.dispatchEvent(touchstart);
});
expect(touchstart.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
expect(handleChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
await act(async () => {
root.unmount();
});
});
it("does not select when the touch moves like a scroll", async () => {
const handleChange = vi.fn();
const { option, root } = await openMentionMenuFor(handleChange);
const start = { clientX: 100, clientY: 50 };
const moved = { clientX: 100, clientY: 90 };
act(() => {
option.dispatchEvent(createTouchEvent("touchstart", [start]));
});
act(() => {
option.dispatchEvent(createTouchEvent("touchmove", [moved]));
});
act(() => {
option.dispatchEvent(createTouchEvent("touchend", [moved]));
});
expect(handleChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
await act(async () => {
root.unmount();
});
});
});