feat(ui): auto-discard short task logs instead of erroring by anzzyspeaksgit · Pull Request #151 · dhth/hours

anzzyspeaksgit · 2026-03-12T20:03:06Z

Description

Fixes #100

When a user accidentally starts tracking a task and then immediately tries to stop it (before a minute has passed), the UI previously displayed an error: Task log duration is too short to save; press <ctrl+x> if you want to discard it.

This PR improves the UX by automatically dispatching a deleteActiveTL command when the duration is too short (ErrDurationNotLongEnough), smoothly discarding the irrelevant task log instead of forcing the user to manually use <ctrl+x>.

Changes

Modified getCmdToFinishActiveTL in internal/ui/handle.go to return deleteActiveTL(m.db) instead of setting an info message.

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coderabbitai · 2026-03-12T20:07:13Z

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The change modifies the getCmdToFinishActiveTL function in internal/ui/handle.go. When task-log duration is insufficient, the previous implementation would flag an error and return. The updated implementation calls deleteActiveTL(m.db) and returns the resulting command instead of returning an error. This change affects the control flow, replacing error handling with a deletion operation on the active task-log entry.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: automatically discarding short task logs instead of displaying an error.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly relates to the changeset, explaining the UX improvement and the specific implementation change made.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR successfully addresses issue `#100` by implementing auto-discard of short task logs via deleteActiveTL instead of showing an error.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly related to the objective of issue `#100`; the modification to getCmdToFinishActiveTL is narrowly focused on the intended behavior.
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In `@internal/ui/handle.go`:
- Around line 95-96: The current branch returns deleteActiveTL(m.db) on a
duration-too-short error which calls an unconditional DELETE FROM task_log WHERE
active=true (internal/persistence/queries.go) and can remove the wrong active
row under concurrency; change this to delete only the specific active task_log
row for the in-memory active log (use the active row's primary key or
m.activeTLBeginTS to identify it) or, better, move the "finish-or-discard"
decision into a single atomic persistence call so the DB checks the stored
begin_ts/ID and deletes only that exact active TL (or marks it finished) instead
of deleting all active=true rows; update/deleteActiveTL and/or add a new
persistence method and ensure handleActiveTLDeletedMsg semantics still match the
scoped delete.

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internal/ui/handle.go

coderabbitai · 2026-03-12T20:07:16Z

internal/ui/handle.go

 	if errors.Is(err, types.ErrDurationNotLongEnough) {
-		m.message = infoMsg("Task log duration is too short to save; press <ctrl+x> if you want to discard it")
-		return nil
+		return deleteActiveTL(m.db)


⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Delete the specific short log, not every active=true row.

This branch now turns a local duration check into deleteActiveTL(m.db), but that helper issues an unconditional DELETE FROM task_log WHERE active=true in internal/persistence/queries.go:70-83. Since the decision here is based on m.activeTLBeginTS in memory and the delete runs asynchronously, a concurrent tracker / second hours instance can race this path and we can discard the wrong active log, then handleActiveTLDeletedMsg will still clear the current UI state as if the intended row was removed. Please scope the delete to the exact active TL being stopped, or move the finish-or-discard decision into one atomic persistence operation.

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed. In `@internal/ui/handle.go` around lines 95 - 96, The current branch returns deleteActiveTL(m.db) on a duration-too-short error which calls an unconditional DELETE FROM task_log WHERE active=true (internal/persistence/queries.go) and can remove the wrong active row under concurrency; change this to delete only the specific active task_log row for the in-memory active log (use the active row's primary key or m.activeTLBeginTS to identify it) or, better, move the "finish-or-discard" decision into a single atomic persistence call so the DB checks the stored begin_ts/ID and deletes only that exact active TL (or marks it finished) instead of deleting all active=true rows; update/deleteActiveTL and/or add a new persistence method and ensure handleActiveTLDeletedMsg semantics still match the scoped delete.

Closes dhth#100 When a user attempts to stop recording a task that has been active for less than a minute, `hours` previously showed an error and forced the user to manually discard it using `<ctrl+x>`. This behavior was unintuitive. This PR modifies `getCmdToFinishActiveTL` to automatically discard the active task log if its duration is too short, improving the UX for quick accidental starts. AI Disclosure: This PR was generated autonomously by anzzyspeaksgit.

anzzyspeaksgit · 2026-03-17T12:15:01Z

I have scoped the active task log deletion down to the specific beginTs rather than doing an unconditional DELETE FROM task_log WHERE active=true. This guarantees that if there is concurrent activity, we strictly delete the exact task log associated with the in-memory activeTLBeginTS. The DeleteActiveTL signature now strictly requires beginTs time.Time and the deleteActiveTL command wraps it appropriately. Thanks for the heads up!

anzzyspeaksgit · 2026-03-17T17:43:14Z

@coderabbitai[bot] Thanks for catching that! I've updated DeleteActiveTL to only delete the specific active task_log row by matching its begin_ts.

coderabbitai · 2026-03-17T17:44:39Z

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@anzzyspeaksgit: The updated implementation looks great! The SQL predicate WHERE active=true AND begin_ts=? in DeleteActiveTL correctly scopes the deletion to the exact in-flight task log, and both call sites — the auto-discard path in getCmdToFinishActiveTL and the manual ctrl+x path — consistently pass m.activeTLBeginTS through. This is a solid and safe fix.

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anzzyspeaksgit force-pushed the feat/stop-short-recording branch from fc6162e to 1dda2bc Compare March 17, 2026 12:14

fix: scope deleteActiveTL to specific task_log row

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