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Summary

The profile page has a Remote button when you can message someone, but the profile preview (the hover card on names and avatars) didn't, so starting a remote meant opening the profile first. Now the card's ⋯ menu starts with Remote @handle whenever the profile would show the button, and it opens the remote with them.

Changes

  • The preview endpoint returns canPush with the same rule as the profile: you can message them and the remote isn't restricted or closed. It's always false for guests.
  • UserSafetyMenu takes canPush and puts Remote @handle above Mute and Block, with a separator. Only the preview passes it, since the profile already has its button.
  • After a block or unblock from the preview's menu, the preview reloads its data, so it doesn't reopen with a remote or Block left over from before. Mute already stays in sync through the menu's shared mute state. Raised by CodeRabbit.
  • The knowledge base mentions the new place to start a remote.

Validation

Local, on d57489a7 (based on f7aa5e97, the latest production):

  • composer test:lint and composer test:types pass, type coverage is 100%.
  • Pest passes all 5,388 tests at 100% coverage.
  • Every Node and .tsx unit test passes.
  • New tests cover canPush in the preview when they follow you or not, when they pushed to you first, for an admin, with remotes off on either side, with a block either way, and for guests, plus the menu offering the remote only when canPush is true, and the preview reloading after a block or unblock from its menu but not after a mute. They all fail on production.
  • In Chrome, choosing the item opens /remotes/@demo-reader, and the card closes. After blocking from the card, reopening it shows Unblock and no remote, and unblocking brings Block back. The remote stays hidden then, since a block ends follows both ways.

Visual evidence

The preview's open ⋯ menu in Chrome (2x), production (f7aa5e97) vs this branch, signed in as a regular (non-admin) local user. demo-reader follows them; demo-stranger doesn't.

Before After
Follows you, 1440×900 light
Follows you, 1440×900 dark
Doesn't follow you, 1440×900 light

1366×650: follows you, light · follows you, dark · doesn't follow, dark. The other captures, including the remote it opens, are on the assets branch.

Layout shift is 0 at every viewport and theme, from page load to the open menu.

Device verification

The preview only opens on devices that can hover, so there's no phone capture: on touch screens, names and avatars link straight to the profile, which already has the button. Checked in desktop Chrome only.

Independent review

A separate, read-only reviewer agent (given the task, the repo guidelines, the diff and these captures) returned CODE: PASS and VISUAL: PASS for f7aa5e97..d57489a7, media 6ce7f0df, as it had for the earlier heads. After the rebase onto the new shared mute state, it checked that production's menu changes are intact, that a mute can't change canPush or anything else the card shows from its data, so reloading only after a block or unblock is enough, and that nothing new in production changes who can be messaged. It didn't run Pest, which ran separately (above).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Profile previews now show a link to start a remote conversation when messaging is available, based on relationship and access settings.
    • After a successful block or unblock, the preview refreshes to reflect the change.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified that profile access is available on a developer’s profile, and the alternate Remote control is in the menu on a hovered-name card on computers.

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Walkthrough

The preview response now includes canPush. The preview menu uses this value to show or hide a conversation link. Successful block and unblock actions trigger a preview refresh. The knowledge base clarifies where the Remote control is available.

Changes: Remote preview menu

Layer / File(s) Summary
Calculate preview push eligibility
app/Http/Controllers/UserPreviewController.php, tests/Feature/Controllers/UserPreviewControllerTest.php
The controller sets canPush to false for guests. For authenticated viewers, it checks messaging eligibility and push access. Feature tests cover follow relationships, prior pushes, admin status, remote settings, and blocking.
Render the link and refresh preview data
resources/js/components/user-preview.tsx, resources/js/components/user-safety-menu.tsx, tests/Unit/FollowState.test.tsx, KNOWLEDGE_BASE.md
The preview passes canPush and a relation-change callback to the safety menu. When canPush is true, the menu renders a conversation link and separator. Successful block and unblock actions invoke the callback, which refetches preview data. Tests cover link visibility, callbacks, and refetching. The knowledge base clarifies the Remote control’s locations.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant UserPreviewController
  participant PushAccessQuery
  participant UserPreview
  participant UserSafetyMenu
  UserPreviewController->>PushAccessQuery: Query push access
  UserPreview->>UserSafetyMenu: Pass canPush and relation-change callback
  UserSafetyMenu->>UserPreview: Invoke callback after successful block or unblock
  UserPreview->>UserPreviewController: Refetch preview data
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Merge Risk: Low · up to d5748

The preview menu can temporarily show stale actions after a block. The change is mergeable with awareness of these bounded refresh risks.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to d5748

The new shortcut uses existing conversation permissions rather than granting messaging access itself. Failed or overlapping refreshes can leave the preview showing stale safety options, but the server continues to enforce blocks and sending restrictions.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new caller exposes an existing viewer-to-partner conversation destination. Selecting a target does not supply sender identity or an authorization grant: those remain derived from the authenticated request and route-bound partner.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — canPush is advisory UI state. Conversation-page and message-list requests independently require canMessage. Message creation additionally permits only PushAccess::Open, rejecting Request, Waiting, Restricted, and Closed states. Forging or retaining a true client flag does not satisfy these server checks.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Blocking persists the viewer-owned block and removes follows in both directions within a database transaction. Unblocking detaches only the viewer's block. Both actions complete before the controller returns success, so a subsequent preview-refresh failure does not roll back the persisted safety decision.
  • observed — Opening the existing conversation page may advance the viewer's read receipt. The update is scoped to that viewer and conversation, bounded by the last message, and conditional on moving forward, limiting repetition and out-of-order updates.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — If immediate safety-state consistency is required, invalidate affected preview entries after block changes and accept refresh responses only for the current viewer, target, and request generation. This would strengthen presentation consistency without replacing server authorization.
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a Remote action to the profile preview menu.
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- Around line 93-106: Update the block and unblock success paths in
UserSafetyMenu to notify UserPreview to refresh its preview data, then pass the
refreshed result to setData so mounted state and cached data update and canPush
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tests/Unit/FollowState.test.tsx: 1

327-347: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Exercise the resolved refetch and assert the updated preview.

This test never resolves fetch, and the test harness uses no-op useState setters. It only checks the request URL. Use a stateful render with a resolved PreviewData fixture, then assert that the rerendered menu uses the fixture’s relation fields and canPush.

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Review comment at @tests/Unit/FollowState.test.tsx around lines 327 - 347:
Update the test for profile preview reloads after a mute or block to use a
stateful render and resolve fetch with a PreviewData fixture. Assert that the
rerendered menu reflects the fixture’s relation fields and canPush, rather than
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- Around line 317-318: Update the preview request flow around fetchPreview and
setData so an older in-flight response cannot overwrite state or cache after a
newer refresh, such as the post-block fetch. Order or invalidate requests before
applying their results, ensuring only the current request can update preview
data.
- Line 319: Update the rejection handler in the onRelationChange refresh flow
using fetchPreview so a failed refresh invalidates both preview stores: remove
the previewUrl entry from cache and clear data with setData. This must hide the
mounted Remote action and allow reopening the preview to retry the request.

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Review comments at @tests/Unit/FollowState.test.tsx:
- Around line 327-347: Update the test for profile preview reloads after a mute
or block to use a stateful render and resolve fetch with a PreviewData fixture.
Assert that the rerendered menu reflects the fixture’s relation fields and
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fetchPreview(previewUrl).then(
setData,

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Prevent older preview responses from replacing the refresh.

An opening fetch can remain in flight while cached data lets the viewer block the user. If the post-block fetch completes first, the older response can then overwrite both state and cache with the pre-block snapshot. The menu can show Block and Remote again.

Order or invalidate preview requests before they update state or cache.

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318:
Update the preview request flow around fetchPreview and setData so an older
in-flight response cannot overwrite state or cache after a newer refresh, such
as the post-block fetch. Order or invalidate requests before applying their
results, ensuring only the current request can update preview data.

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This needs the opening request to outlast opening the menu, confirming the block, and the block's round trip, so I'd rather not add request ordering for it.

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@raz-iacob Understood. The race requires the opening response to arrive after the post-block refresh. I accept your decision to leave request ordering out of this PR.

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onRelationChange={() =>
fetchPreview(previewUrl).then(
setData,
() => undefined,

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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Invalidate both preview state stores when relation refresh fails.

After a successful block, a failed refresh leaves data.canPush true and preserves the cached snapshot. Clearing only cache does not hide the mounted Remote action. Updating only data does not prevent the stale action from returning when the preview reopens.

Invalidate both stores on failure. Reopening the preview can then retry the request.

Suggested fix
--- "a/resources/js/components/user-preview.tsx"
+++ "b/resources/js/components/user-preview.tsx"
@@ -313,12 +313,15 @@
                                     scheduleClose();
                                 }
                             }}
                             onRelationChange={() =>
                                 fetchPreview(previewUrl).then(
                                     setData,
-                                    () => undefined,
+                                    () => {
+                                        cache.delete(previewUrl);
+                                        setData(null);
+                                    },
                                 )
                             }
                         />
                     </div>,
                     document.body,
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() => undefined,
() => {
cache.delete(previewUrl);
setData(null);
},
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Review comment at @resources/js/components/user-preview.tsx at line 319:
Update the rejection handler in the onRelationChange refresh flow using
fetchPreview so a failed refresh invalidates both preview stores: remove the
previewUrl entry from cache and clear data with setData. This must hide the
mounted Remote action and allow reopening the preview to retry the request.

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If the reload fails, the preview loads again the next time it opens, the same as any other failed load today, so I'm keeping it as is.

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@raz-iacob Understood. scheduleOpen fetches fresh data on each open, even when cached data exists, so reopening retries the failed refresh. The stale Remote action can remain until a refresh succeeds, but I respect your decision to keep the current behavior.

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