From 6efdd000f040ae6355846399a7f15b964ea2da52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: roboomp <omp@can.ac>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 05:22:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(collab): preserved editor ask responses verbatim

Dropped trim and empty gating in the collab web composer so custom ask editor responses ship exactly what the user typed, matching HookEditor's local submit.
---
 packages/collab-web/src/components/shell/Composer.tsx | 7 +++----
 packages/collab-web/test/composer.test.tsx            | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/collab-web/src/components/shell/Composer.tsx b/packages/collab-web/src/components/shell/Composer.tsx
index 119fd9e19..282b47a83 100644
--- a/packages/collab-web/src/components/shell/Composer.tsx
+++ b/packages/collab-web/src/components/shell/Composer.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function Composer({ client, snapshot }: ComposerProps): ReactNode {
 	const busy = snapshot.working || (snapshot.state?.isStreaming ?? false);
 	const queued = snapshot.state?.queuedMessageCount ?? 0;
 	const canSend = canPrompt && text.trim().length > 0;
-	const canSubmitUiDraft = canPrompt && uiRequest?.kind === "editor" && uiDraft.trim().length > 0;
+	const canSubmitUiDraft = canPrompt && uiRequest?.kind === "editor";
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		setUiDraft(uiRequest?.kind === "editor" ? (uiRequestPrefill ?? "") : "");
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ export function Composer({ client, snapshot }: ComposerProps): ReactNode {
 	}, [client, live, readOnly, text]);
 
 	const submitUiDraft = useCallback((): void => {
-		const trimmed = uiDraft.trim();
-		if (!trimmed || !canPrompt || uiRequest?.kind !== "editor") return;
-		client.sendUiResponse(uiRequest.reqId, trimmed);
+		if (!canPrompt || uiRequest?.kind !== "editor") return;
+		client.sendUiResponse(uiRequest.reqId, uiDraft);
 		setUiDraft("");
 	}, [canPrompt, client, uiDraft, uiRequest]);
 
diff --git a/packages/collab-web/test/composer.test.tsx b/packages/collab-web/test/composer.test.tsx
index 8805dcf83..0447b2380 100644
--- a/packages/collab-web/test/composer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/collab-web/test/composer.test.tsx
@@ -57,4 +57,13 @@ describe("Composer host UI requests", () => {
 		expect(html).toContain("draft");
 		expect(html).toContain("Submit");
 	});
+
+	it("keeps the editor submit enabled for whitespace-only drafts", () => {
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+			<Composer client={client} snapshot={snapshot({ reqId: 3, kind: "editor", title: "Other", prefill: "   " })} />,
+		);
+
+		expect(html).toContain('title="submit response"');
+		expect(html).not.toMatch(/title="submit response"[^>]*disabled/);
+	});
 });