[juliusmarminge]

Problem

The guest composer posts messages as multipart form data, and form data sends every \n as \r\n. The server checked the 4,000-character limit on that inflated text. So a multi-line message under the limit, which the textarea's maxLength allowed, got 400 "The request was not valid.", and accepted multi-line messages were stored with \r\n. Reproduced on 5211acfe95: a 3,999-character message with 1,999 line breaks is refused when sent as form data and accepted when sent as JSON. Chrome 156 serializes it to 5,998 characters on the wire.

Change

readSubmission in apps/server/src/guest/http.ts turns \r\n back into \n in the multipart text field before decoding it. The length check and the stored message now see the text the guest typed. A non-string text value (for example, a repeated field) still fails decoding as before. The JSON path is unchanged.

Scope and approval

Fixes #26534

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

• New test in apps/server/src/guest/http.test.ts, "keeps a multi-line form message within the length limit as the guest typed it": sends a 3,999-character, 50-line message as FormData through readSubmission and expects the text back unchanged. It fails on 5211acfe95 (a 3999-character message with \n line endings came back as a rejection) and passes on this branch, together with the rest of src/guest (47 tests).
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.
• Runtime transcript: the server's readSubmission fed real multipart and JSON bodies, before (5211acfe95) and after (bd3590f607), Node 24.22.1:

Message	Before, multipart	After, multipart
3,999 chars, 1,999 line breaks	rejected (400)	accepted, stored as typed
4,000-char paste in 80-char paragraphs	rejected (400)	accepted, stored as typed
short 3-line message	accepted, stored with 2 CRLF	accepted, stored as typed
4,000 chars, one line	accepted	accepted
4,001 chars typed (one line, or with 2,000 line breaks)	rejected (400)	rejected (400)

Full transcript: guest-multipart-transcript.txt. Driver (not committed): repro-guest-multipart.test.ts. Chrome's serialization: chrome-formdata-probe.txt.

• Server-only change with no render change, so there are no captures.
• Not checked: the end-to-end guest page over a T3 Connect share link (creating a share needs a running Connect tunnel). Messages already stored with \r\n keep it.

Fix and tests by Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code harness in T3 Code); reviews by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at bd3590f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Guest multipart messages now normalize browser-sent CRLF line breaks to LF before validation. Existing access checks, message limits, and attachment handling remain unchanged, keeping the change narrowly scoped.

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Walkthrough

readSubmission now defaults missing multipart text to an empty string and converts CRLF line endings to LF before decoding. A test checks that a long multiline message is returned unchanged.

Changes: Guest submission decoding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize multipart text before decoding apps/server/src/guest/http.ts, apps/server/src/guest/http.test.ts	readSubmission converts CRLF line endings to LF before decoding. The test checks exact text preservation for a 50-line message.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26541: Changes the same multipart decoding path to normalize line endings and includes related test coverage.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24104: Introduces the guest-share routes and submission flow that include readSubmission.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to bd359

Valid multiline messages are fixed, but genuinely over-limit guest submissions still receive an unhelpful generic error.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue [#26534] requires two coding outcomes. The change meets the multipart outcomes: readSubmission converts CRLF to LF before decodeSubmit, and the added test verifies that a 3,999-character mul…	Add a distinct over-length error path for guest message text. Return the required specific too_long reason and message for genuinely over-limit submissions, while preserving generic invalid responses for other decode failures. Add automat…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: multi-line guest messages are accepted correctly and stored with normalized line endings.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, test coverage, validation results, and known limitat…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed production code is limited to multipart line-ending normalization before decoding. The added test verifies acceptance and preservation of guest-entered line endings. Both changes directly …

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The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, test coverage, validation results, and known limitation.

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The changed production code is limited to multipart line-ending normalization before decoding. The added test verifies acceptance and preservation of guest-entered line endings. Both changes directly support issue [#26534]. No unrelated change is shown.

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Explanation

Issue [#26534] requires two coding outcomes. The change meets the multipart outcomes: readSubmission converts CRLF to LF before decodeSubmit, and the added test verifies that a 3,999-character multipart message is accepted and returned unchanged. The change does not meet the issue requirement for a specific error when the message is genuinely over 4,000 characters. decodeSubmit(...).pipe(Effect.option) still turns schema failures into null, and submitRoute still returns badRequest with reason: "invalid" and The request was not valid..

Resolution

Add a distinct over-length error path for guest message text. Return the required specific too_long reason and message for genuinely over-limit submissions, while preserving generic invalid responses for other decode failures. Add automated tests for over-limit JSON and multipart submissions.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Return a specific error for over-limit text.

If a client submits more than 4,000 characters, Effect.option discards the length failure. The route returns “The request was not valid.” instead of the specific error requested in issue #26534. Preserve the length failure and map it to an actionable response. (github.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/guest/http.ts at line 197:
Update the guest HTTP route’s Effect pipeline at Effect.option so text-length
failures are not discarded; preserve the over-4,000-character failure and map it
to the specific actionable response required by the route.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+35 B (+0.7%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.3 KiB	+35 B (+2.8%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.6 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 5211acf · PR result: bd3590f · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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