🤖 fix: batch multiple queued messages with proper display

- Show /compact rawCommand only for single compaction request
- Show actual message texts when multiple messages are queued
  (since compaction metadata is lost when options are overwritten)
- Display now matches what will actually be sent
- Multiple queued messages still sent together in single turn

_Generated with `mux`_

Author: ammar-agent

src/node/services/messageQueue.test.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("MessageQueue", () => {
       expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe("/compact -t 3000");
     });
 
-    it("should return rawCommand even with multiple messages if last has compaction metadata", () => {
+    it("should show actual messages when compaction is added after normal message", () => {
       queue.add("First message");
 
       const metadata: MuxFrontendMetadata = {
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ describe("MessageQueue", () => {
 
       queue.add("Summarize this conversation...", options);
 
-      // Should use rawCommand from latest options
-      expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe("/compact");
+      // When multiple messages are queued, compaction metadata is lost when sent,
+      // so display shows actual messages (not rawCommand) to match what will be sent
+      expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe("First message\nSummarize this conversation...");
     });
 
     it("should return joined messages when metadata type is not compaction-request", () => {
@@ -116,6 +117,68 @@ describe("MessageQueue", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("multi-message batching", () => {
+    it("should batch multiple follow-up messages", () => {
+      queue.add("First message");
+      queue.add("Second message");
+      queue.add("Third message");
+
+      expect(queue.getMessages()).toEqual(["First message", "Second message", "Third message"]);
+      expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe("First message\nSecond message\nThird message");
+    });
+
+    it("should batch follow-up message after compaction", () => {
+      const metadata: MuxFrontendMetadata = {
+        type: "compaction-request",
+        rawCommand: "/compact",
+        parsed: {},
+      };
+
+      queue.add("Summarize...", {
+        model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+        muxMetadata: metadata,
+      });
+      queue.add("And then do this follow-up task");
+
+      // When a follow-up is added, compaction metadata is lost (latestOptions overwritten),
+      // so display shows actual messages to match what will be sent
+      expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe("Summarize...\nAnd then do this follow-up task");
+      // Raw messages have the actual prompt
+      expect(queue.getMessages()).toEqual(["Summarize...", "And then do this follow-up task"]);
+    });
+
+    it("should produce combined message for API call", () => {
+      queue.add("First message", { model: "gpt-4" });
+      queue.add("Second message");
+
+      const { message, options } = queue.produceMessage();
+
+      // Messages are joined with newlines
+      expect(message).toBe("First message\nSecond message");
+      // Latest options are used
+      expect(options?.model).toBe("gpt-4");
+    });
+
+    it("should batch messages with mixed images", () => {
+      const image1 = { url: "data:image/png;base64,abc", mediaType: "image/png" };
+      const image2 = { url: "data:image/jpeg;base64,def", mediaType: "image/jpeg" };
+
+      queue.add("Message with image", { model: "gpt-4", imageParts: [image1] });
+      queue.add("Follow-up without image");
+      queue.add("Another with image", { model: "gpt-4", imageParts: [image2] });
+
+      expect(queue.getMessages()).toEqual([
+        "Message with image",
+        "Follow-up without image",
+        "Another with image",
+      ]);
+      expect(queue.getImageParts()).toEqual([image1, image2]);
+      expect(queue.getDisplayText()).toBe(
+        "Message with image\nFollow-up without image\nAnother with image"
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("getImageParts", () => {
     it("should return accumulated images from multiple messages", () => {
       const image1 = {

src/node/services/messageQueue.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ function isCompactionMetadata(meta: unknown): meta is CompactionMetadata {
  * - Message texts (accumulated)
  * - Latest options (model, thinking level, etc. - overwrites on each add)
  * - Image parts (accumulated across all messages)
+ *
+ * Display logic:
+ * - Single compaction request → shows rawCommand (/compact)
+ * - Multiple messages → shows all actual message texts (since compaction metadata is lost anyway)
  */
 export class MessageQueue {
   private messages: string[] = [];
@@ -63,17 +67,17 @@ export class MessageQueue {
 
   /**
    * Get display text for queued messages.
-   * Returns rawCommand if this is a compaction request, otherwise joined messages.
-   * Matches StreamingMessageAggregator behavior.
+   * - Single compaction request shows rawCommand (/compact)
+   * - Multiple messages or non-compaction show actual message texts
    */
   getDisplayText(): string {
-    // Check if we have compaction metadata (cast from z.any() schema type)
-    const cmuxMetadata = this.latestOptions?.muxMetadata as unknown;
-    if (isCompactionMetadata(cmuxMetadata)) {
-      return cmuxMetadata.rawCommand;
+    // Only show rawCommand for single compaction request
+    // (compaction metadata is only preserved when no follow-up messages are added)
+    const muxMetadata = this.latestOptions?.muxMetadata as unknown;
+    if (this.messages.length === 1 && isCompactionMetadata(muxMetadata)) {
+      return muxMetadata.rawCommand;
     }
 
-    // Otherwise return joined messages
     return this.messages.join("\n");
   }