Xinmin Zeng 22290c1616
fix(frontend): preserve messages across context summarization (#3825) (#3826)
After SummarizationMiddleware runs, the merged conversation view could drop
already-displayed messages (previous assistant output, current user input),
leaving a nearly-empty thread.

Root cause: the display merge combines `visibleHistory` (archived history, a
React `useState` in useThreadHistory) with `persistedMessages` (live thread,
the LangGraph SDK external store via useSyncExternalStore). On summarization
the backend removes every live message and onUpdateEvent re-archives them via
an async `appendMessages` setState. Those two state systems are scheduled
independently, so a render can observe the post-summary (shrunk) thread before
the archive setState commits — the rescued messages are then absent from BOTH
merge inputs and get dropped.

Fix: bridge the async gap with a synchronous `pendingArchivedMessagesRef`
buffer written the moment onUpdateEvent computes the moved messages and read by
the merge on every render, so correctness no longer depends on how the two
channels interleave. The buffer drains once history confirms absorption and
only injects messages missing from history (live copies stay authoritative,
order preserved). It is tagged with the thread it was captured from and the
merge overlays it only when that matches the viewed `threadId` (the same prop
visibleHistory is gated on), so it can never leak into another thread or the
new-chat screen — a read-only check, no render-phase ref mutation.

Extracts the moved-message derivation and the merge overlay into pure,
unit-tested helpers (computeSummarizationMovedMessages, resolvePreservedHistory,
pruneConfirmedArchivedMessages) with regression coverage for the full rescue
pipeline.
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