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Image attachments used to show up as just a filename. They now get a small thumbnail next to the name in the composer, the AI Assistant's attachment tray, and on sent emails in the thread. Clicking an image chip on a sent email opens the full image in a modal.

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  • Two image sources. The composer and assistant chips build a local object URL from the File the learner picked, so the thumbnail shows up right away, even mid-upload. Sent emails use the ref.url that came back from the upload.
  • Expiring URLs. Upload URLs are presigned and expire. If a sent image fails to load, the thumbnail is removed and the chip goes back to a plain, non-clickable filename. If the attachment also has author text, it stays clickable and opens the text preview instead.
  • Object URL lifetime. Object URLs are cached per File in a WeakMap and revoked only when the learner removes the attachment. Revoking them in clearAttachments() would break the delete-draft rollback, which restores the same attachment items after a failed save.
  • Chip sizing. The design-system tag has a fixed height, so a new .attachment--image variant lets the chip grow to fit a 40px thumbnail. Non-image chips look the same as before.
  • What counts as an image. An image/* MIME type, or a .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif or .webp extension.

Not covered: seeded scenario attachments ({ name, text? }) have no image data, and assistant chat history deliberately drops the expiring file URLs. Both still show the filename only.

Testing

  • npm test includes two new tests: the composer thumbnail is created once and revoked on remove, and a sent image's thumbnail falls back to the plain name on a load error.
  • Manually: run npm run dev, attach a PNG plus a PDF in the composer and confirm only the PNG gets a thumbnail. Send it, open the sent email, and click the image chip to see the full image. Then attach an image in the AI Assistant tray and confirm it gets a thumbnail too.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Email attachments now display image thumbnails and can open in an image preview modal. Text attachments remain previewable. If an image fails to load, the image and preview button are removed while the filename remains visible. Composer and assistant attachments use cached local object URLs, which are revoked when attachments are removed or the composer is cleared. Tests cover image previews, PDF behavior, URL cleanup, and image-load failure.

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Image previews have a filename fallback when loading fails, and local preview URLs are released when attachments are removed or cleared. No actionable merge risk remains beyond normal checks.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: showing thumbnails for image attachments.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

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public/app.js: 1

1491-1494: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Click handler selects the preview type from mutable CSS state.

The handler checks chip.classList.contains('attachment--image'). The thumbnail error handler removes that class. If the image fails and the attachment has text, the chip stays a button and opens the text preview. This works as intended.

The decision depends on DOM class state. Use an explicit check instead. For example, track a local let showImage = Boolean(imageUrl) and clear it in the onError callback. The behavior then does not depend on a class name.

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Review comment at @public/app.js around lines 1491 - 1494:
The click handler in the attachment chip flow chooses the preview based on
mutable CSS state. Track whether the image preview is available with a local
boolean initialized from imageUrl, clear it in the thumbnail error handler, and
use it to select openImagePreview or openAttachmentPreview instead of checking
attachment--image.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @public/app.js:
- Line 2371: Update clearAttachments and clearAssistantAttachments to call
releaseFilePreview for every attachment’s file before clearing their respective
attachment arrays; keep URL recreation lazy through filePreviewUrl so retry and
re-render paths continue to work.

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Review comments at @public/app.js:
- Around line 1491-1494: The click handler in the attachment chip flow chooses
the preview based on mutable CSS state. Track whether the image preview is
available with a local boolean initialized from imageUrl, clear it in the
thumbnail error handler, and use it to select openImagePreview or
openAttachmentPreview instead of checking attachment--image.

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Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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