The accumulated fixes move the test build toward the current product shape: Popi models are the default provider surface, remote community workflow APIs are removed from the local template flow, media nodes expose accurate preview/preview-modal behavior, and Generate Video owns first-class duration, resolution, and sound defaults instead of burying those values in provider schemas.
The test suite was brought back in line with the product mode split: Popi provider mode is the default runtime, while multi-provider model search remains covered explicitly under multi mode.
Constraint: Product direction is canvas-owned workflow structure with Popi Models as the tested default provider path.
Rejected: Keep legacy community workflow API surface | user requested removing remote data paths and retaining local templates.
Rejected: Treat video duration/resolution/sound as hidden provider params | these are user-facing Generate Video controls.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: broad
Directive: Do not reintroduce remote community template loading without a product decision on hosted templates and i18n ownership.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generateVideoExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerateVideoNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/ModelSearchDialog.test.tsx src/store/utils/__tests__/localStorage.test.ts
Tested: npm run test:run
Not-tested: Live provider generation calls against paid external APIs.
The bottom composer is the canonical image-generation control surface now. The legacy right-side control panel was still rendering schema defaults for selected image nodes, which made aspect and size controls disagree on the same operation.
Constraint: Image generation controls must stay consistent with the Popi composer UX
Rejected: Synchronize both panels | duplicating controls preserves the confusing two-source UI
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not re-enable the right-side image panel unless it reads from the same composer-owned state
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/ControlPanel.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/ControlPanel.test.tsx
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
Tested: Playwright localhost check for composer visible and legacy image settings absent
The composer top row no longer shows the placeholder Style, Mark, and Focus chips. Reference image upload remains available while those future controls are deferred.
Constraint: User asked to hide the highlighted area temporarily, not remove reference upload
Rejected: Disabling the buttons visually | hidden controls better avoid confusing unfinished affordances
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Reintroduce these chips only with implemented behavior behind them
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
The bottom generation composer now treats reference thumbnails as previewable assets: clicking a thumbnail opens a portal lightbox with the full image, backdrop/click-close behavior, and Escape close support. The remove button stops propagation so deletion remains distinct from preview opening.
Constraint: Keep the interaction inside the existing composer surface without introducing a shared modal dependency
Rejected: Reusing output-node lightbox directly | it is coupled to node media state and download/video behavior
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep thumbnail click and remove click separated; do not nest buttons
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
Tested: Playwright uploaded a reference image, opened the preview dialog, and closed it with Escape
Gemini native image edits can default to the input image dimensions unless the response format also carries the requested image shape. The NewApiWG Gemini payload now sends the existing imageConfig plus responseFormat.image so Popi 16:9 selections survive image-to-image generation while preserving the prior native config path.
Constraint: Gemini image edit defaults can keep the input image dimensions when output format is not explicit
Rejected: Changing composer or node sizing first | the selected aspect ratio already reached the API payload in tests
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep imageConfig and responseFormat in sync for Gemini-native NewApiWG image models
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts src/app/api/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
New users now land on Popi gateway defaults that match the tested production-style path: APIYI Nano Banana 2 for images, Doubao Seedance for video, and Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite for LLM chat/tool use. Settings and FTUX screens render these effective defaults instead of empty placeholders, while existing local node defaults keep taking precedence.
The same pass keeps provider-overload errors user-facing by formatting the model name that the node currently displays, so fallback and switched-model failures are easier to understand across media nodes.
Constraint: Popi mode should hide internal NewApiWG naming and default to models available through the Popi gateway.
Rejected: Persist default values into localStorage for every new user | would make future system default changes harder and could overwrite explicit user preferences.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not change these defaults without checking the Popi gateway model ids and www.popi.art login/model-routing assumptions.
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generateVideoExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/ProjectSetupModal.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/app/api/chat/__tests__/route.test.ts src/components/__tests__/LLMGenerateNode.test.tsx src/utils/__tests__/userFacingErrors.test.ts
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: npm run lint currently fails because next lint is no longer a valid project command in this Next.js setup
The right-side assistant now uses the existing chat/tooling path as a docked canvas surface instead of a hidden floating experiment. It can prepare workflow edits, prepare run actions, and keep all mutations behind an explicit preview/apply step.
A shared chat node schema keeps the model prompt and local edit validator aligned with real node types, while the context builder strips broader media payloads before chat requests.
Constraint: Keep the deployed master/TEST-s version stable while this work proceeds on a feature branch
Constraint: No new dependencies and no broad canvas rewrite
Rejected: Directly applying model-suggested edits | local validation and preview remain the safety boundary
Rejected: Full multimodal image upload in the first pass | current implementation only exposes media metadata and failure state
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Add new AI-editable node fields through src/lib/chat/nodeSchema.ts before exposing them in prompts
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/lib/chat/contextBuilder.test.ts src/lib/chat/tools.test.ts src/lib/chat/editOperations.test.ts src/components/__tests__/ChatPanel.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx src/app/api/chat/__tests__/route.test.ts
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
Tested: Browser smoke on http://localhost:3000 verified docked assistant, close/reopen, selected-node focus, and run controls
Not-tested: Live LLM tool-call execution against the gateway
Default provider mode now exposes only Popi Models while preserving the existing multi-provider implementation behind an explicit multi mode. The model browser, project settings, onboarding, node badges, and model API all share the same provider-mode decision so the test deployment matches the www.popi.art login-aligned direction.
This also includes the pending UI and i18n node-label changes already present in the tracked worktree so the committed state matches the verified build.
Constraint: Product entry must align with www.popi.art by exposing Popi Models instead of internal NewApiWG naming
Constraint: Test deployment should match the full tracked working tree that passed build
Rejected: Delete legacy provider code | multi-provider internals remain useful behind PROVIDER_MODE=multi
Rejected: UI-only hiding | API and store layers now enforce Popi mode too
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: broad
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep NewApiWG as the internal provider id unless the gateway API/env contract is migrated
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/ProjectSetupModal.test.tsx src/app/api/models/__tests__/route.test.ts src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerateVideoNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerateAudioNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/Generate3DNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/LLMGenerateNode.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/lib/chat/tools.test.ts
Tested: PROVIDER_MODE=popi NEXT_PUBLIC_PROVIDER_MODE=popi npm run build
Tested: Browser smoke on http://localhost:3000 verified Project Settings and Model Search only expose Popi Models
Not-tested: Direct npx tsc --noEmit remains blocked by pre-existing test typing errors outside this change
Node plus actions should offer a short continuation menu while handle dragging remains a full exploration surface. This records the product rule in a dedicated PRD and implements a static priority filter inside the existing connection menu instead of introducing a separate ranking layer.
Constraint: Test server flow uses the connection drop menu for both drag-created nodes and node plus quick-add actions
Rejected: Split quick-add into a separate menu component | duplicated option compatibility logic and increased drift risk
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep quick-add filtering downstream of compatibility filtering so suggestions never create invalid handle connections
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/ConnectionDropMenu.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: npm run lint; current next lint script is not supported by the installed Next CLI
The TEST-s line can fast-forward into master, but the verification gate exposed stale test assumptions: video nodes now expose both input and output Video labels, and WorkflowCanvas tests need the ReactFlow setNodes API used by image node resizing.
Constraint: Preserve runtime behavior while making the merge gate reliable
Rejected: Change production node labels | the UI behavior is intentional and already deployed on TEST-s
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateVideoNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run
Tested: npm run build
The collapsed composer should expand from the surrounding summary area, but the model label and generate button are explicit action targets. This keeps model selection and generation isolated while retaining one-click expansion from the remaining collapsed surface.
Constraint: Red-marked collapsed controls have dedicated product actions
Rejected: Treat the whole collapsed summary as one expand button | steals the model selector action
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not bind collapsed-container expansion over buttons with dedicated actions
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: npm run lint | existing script calls unsupported next lint under Next 16
Not-tested: npx tsc --noEmit | existing unrelated test type errors remain
Users expect a collapsed bottom composer to expand from the visible summary itself, not only the small expand icon. The collapsed summary now acts as the expansion target while preserving the generate button's submit behavior, and a regression test locks the summary-click path.
Constraint: TEST-s deployment branch is used for the test server
Rejected: Keep model summary opening the model dialog while collapsed | conflicts with the requested one-click expand behavior
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep collapsed summary clicks focused on expansion; preserve generate button isolation
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Tested: Local browser check on http://localhost:3000/ collapsed summary click
Not-tested: npm run lint | existing script calls unsupported next lint under Next 16
Not-tested: npx tsc --noEmit | existing unrelated test type errors remain
The canvas needs to respect what users can see: media nodes should reflect the actual image ratio, and the connection menu should dismiss when the user clicks away instead of forcing a node choice. The fix stays inside the affected node/menu components and their regression tests.
Constraint: Windows pointer/canvas interactions can prevent bubble-phase outside-click handlers from seeing the click
Rejected: Add a modal/backdrop around the connection menu | heavier behavior change and unnecessary for a transient menu
Rejected: Add user-facing aspect-ratio controls | the media already exposes dimensions and should not need extra configuration
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep connection-menu dismissal as capture-phase pointer handling unless Windows canvas behavior is revalidated
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/ConnectionDropMenu.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/ImageInputNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: Manual Windows PC browser run
The LLM selector exposed display-style Doubao model names that the NewApiWG test gateway cannot route. The UI now stores the gateway model ids returned by /models, while the API route maps legacy saved selector values to those ids so existing workflows do not keep failing.
Constraint: Preserve GPT-4.1 Mini as the NewApiWG default and keep old workflow JSON compatible.
Rejected: Remove Doubao from the LLM selector | the gateway exposes working Doubao chat model ids, so the issue is stale ids rather than product support.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: LLM selector values must be callable provider ids; use labels only for display text.
Tested: Live NewApiWG chat completion with doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 and doubao-seed-2-0-pro-260215.
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/app/api/llm/__tests__/route.test.ts src/components/__tests__/LLMGenerateNode.test.tsx src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Seedream 5.0 rejects the previous default 1024x1024 size when the user selects high resolution output. The NewApiWG image endpoint now derives a provider pixel size from the visible resolution and aspect-ratio controls unless the model schema supplied an explicit size.
Constraint: Keep the fix server-side and preserve explicit model size parameters when provided.
Rejected: Change the composer resolution UI for one model | the UI already sends the intended 4K and 16:9 values; the loss happened in provider payload mapping.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not default OpenAI-compatible image endpoints to 1024x1024 when resolution/imageSize is present.
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/app/api/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: Live Seedream 5.0 paid generation call.
P0 regressions showed several workflow paths needed to stay visible and deterministic: language switching had a hardcoded composer label, Video Trim hid controls before media loaded, and media handoffs to LLM needed real canvas edges rather than implicit conversion. P1 fixes keep canvas-owned structure by adding explicit image/video LLM handles, audio composer validation, 3D output/file routing, and Chat proposal cards that require user apply before mutating nodes.
Constraint: User asked to stop new feature work and only repair P0/P1 product-fit gaps.
Rejected: Auto-convert image or video directly into text for LLM | hides workflow structure and violates the visible-node product model.
Rejected: Let Chat tool calls silently add or edit nodes | canvas structure must be previewed and explicitly applied.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep media transformations represented by visible handles, nodes, and edges; do not add silent Chat or media mutation paths without product review.
Tested: Browser automation for language switch, video input to Generate Video, prompt to Generate Video, LLM default model, Video Trim controls, and video media to LLM input.
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/ConnectionDropMenu.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/VideoTrimNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/LLMGenerateNode.test.tsx src/store/execution/__tests__/llmGenerateExecutor.test.ts src/app/api/llm/__tests__/route.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generateAudioExecutor.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generate3dExecutor.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/simpleNodeExecutors.test.ts src/components/__tests__/OutputNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/Generate3DNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/ChatPanel.test.tsx src/lib/chat/tools.test.ts src/lib/chat/editOperations.test.ts src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --cached --check
Not-tested: npm run lint, because the existing script calls removed Next.js lint command and exits with invalid project directory /lint.
Not-tested: Live paid provider calls for LLM, audio, and 3D generation.
The TEST-s branch renders the composer generate action with the English aria-label used by nearby tests. Updating the stale assertion keeps the test focused on image-count persistence instead of locale-specific text.
Constraint: TEST-s currently renders the generate button aria-label as Generate in this test setup
Rejected: Change composer runtime label for the test | would alter UI behavior to satisfy a stale assertion
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Prefer stable accessible labels already used in adjacent composer tests
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: Full browser locale sweep
TEST-s carries test-branch multi-image generation work while master contains the current P0/P1 fixes and Nano Banana settings correction. This merge keeps the test-server branch current without rewriting its branch-specific history.
Constraint: TEST-s has branch-specific commits not present on master, so direct master-to-TEST-s push is not a fast-forward
Rejected: Force-push master to TEST-s | would drop TEST-s-only work
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep TEST-s synchronized through merge commits unless branch ownership changes
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: Test-server runtime smoke after remote deployment
NewApiWG Nano Banana models execute through the Gemini-native image path, where aspectRatio and imageSize/resolution are the effective product controls. The generic schema panel exposed size=1024x1024 alongside 16:9/2K, creating a misleading and potentially conflicting UI.
Constraint: NewApiWG Nano Banana schemas may expose generic size fields that are not the effective Gemini-native controls
Rejected: Keep both schema size and first-class ratio controls | presents contradictory settings to users
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Gemini-native image models should use first-class aspect/resolution controls, not generic size schema fields
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: npm run lint | package script calls removed Next 16 next lint command
P0/P1 reports clustered around unavailable LLM defaults, video media connections, and missing controls on the generation surface. This routes the default NewApiWG LLM away from the unavailable Doubao channel, makes video a first-class schema and canvas connection type, carries request ids into node errors, and fills the composer, trim, audio, and 3D gaps without changing the canvas workflow model.
Constraint: NewApiWG Doubao channels are not reliably routed in the default gateway
Constraint: Video model schemas expose video fields that must not flow through image handles
Rejected: Continue accepting video through image handles | hides incorrect graph types and loses schema-specific dynamic inputs
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep media handle types explicit; add schema mapping when adding a new connectable media type
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/store/execution/__tests__/generateVideoExecutor.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/connectedInputs.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generateAudioExecutor.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/llmGenerateExecutor.test.ts src/store/__tests__/workflowStore.integration.test.ts src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/app/api/chat/__tests__/route.test.ts src/app/api/llm/__tests__/route.test.ts src/app/api/models/[modelId]/__tests__/route.test.ts src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: npm run lint | package script calls removed Next 16 next lint command
Not-tested: npx tsc --noEmit | existing test type errors remain; changed runtime files filtered clean
NewApiWG model discovery was allowing Doubao text models to appear in media-generation contexts, which made image nodes call a model with no generation channel. The change filters Doubao chat/vision model names out of generation capability inference, bumps model caches, and guards execution for stale saved workflows.
Constraint: NewApiWG /models may return chat models without explicit capability metadata
Rejected: Keep all unknown models visible | it lets text-only models fail inside media nodes
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Do not classify chat/VLM models as media generators without explicit generation capability metadata
Tested: npm test -- src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts
Tested: npm test -- src/components/__tests__/ModelSearchDialog.test.tsx
Not-tested: Full tsc remains blocked by existing unrelated test type errors
The generation composer previously collapsed multiple reference images into a single thumbnail with a count badge. The composer now renders each reference thumbnail in sequence, keeps them scrollable in the toolbar, and lets editable drafts remove a specific image by position.
Constraint: Reference image ordering matters for multi-image generation context.
Rejected: Keep count badge overlay | it hides which images are attached and makes order ambiguous.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to GenerationComposer files
Not-tested: Full tsc remains blocked by existing unrelated test typing errors
The browser path helper briefly acted as a type predicate, which made existing non-browser path branches narrow to never under the production build. The callers now guard nullable paths explicitly while the helper stays a plain boolean check.
Constraint: ProjectSetupModal depends on checking both browserfs paths and regular filesystem strings in the same helper flow.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/store/execution/__tests__/nanoBananaExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to touched browser path files
Not-tested: Full tsc remains blocked by existing test typing errors outside this change scope
Browser-local projects were deriving a null generations path, so carousel entries that only retained an image id could not resolve media during previous/next navigation. Generated images are now written into the browser-selected generations folder, project metadata keeps that browserfs generations path, and the image node can read browserfs generation files directly before falling back to the server load endpoint.
Constraint: Browser-selected folders cannot be read through server API routes.
Rejected: Keep relying on inline image history only | saved or migrated workflows can contain id-only history entries.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Browser-local media paths must stay on the File System Access API path, not server /api/load-generation.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/store/execution/__tests__/nanoBananaExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to touched files
Not-tested: Full tsc remains blocked by existing test typing errors outside this change scope
Image generation settings arrive at /api/generate as top-level aspectRatio and resolution fields, but the NewApiWG provider path only forwarded model-specific parameters. Native NewApiWG Gemini image generation therefore fell back to default imageConfig values and ignored composer/control-panel ratio choices. The route now merges top-level image settings into provider parameters while preserving explicit model parameter overrides.
Constraint: NewApiWG provider implementations read aspect ratio and image size from GenerationInput.parameters.
Rejected: Parse aspect ratio from prompt text | UI settings should be authoritative and prompts are ambiguous.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep top-level GenerateRequest image settings and provider parameters in sync for image providers.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/app/api/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/nanoBananaExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to generate route files
Not-tested: Full tsc due existing test mock overload errors in route.test.ts
Browser-local projects cannot load node carousel history through the server-side generations API. Each new image history entry now keeps the generated data URL for immediate in-session switching, while server-backed projects can still fall back to loading by generation id. Browser-local generation paths also skip /api/save-generation because that endpoint can only write server filesystem paths.
Constraint: Project storage can be browser-local and therefore unavailable to server filesystem APIs.
Rejected: Force carousel switching through /api/load-generation | browserfs paths cannot be resolved by the server and cause switching failures.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep carousel history able to switch without server round-trips when images were generated in the current session.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/GenerateImageNode.test.tsx src/store/execution/__tests__/nanoBananaExecutor.test.ts
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to changed production files
The hosted app should not save each operator's project into the shared test server filesystem when the browser can grant local folder access. Project creation now requires a browser-selected local folder in supported browsers, remembers that folder as the project browser root, and the workflow browser can list and load projects from File System Access handles. Server filesystem APIs remain as a fallback for unsupported browsers.
Constraint: Hosted users need per-operator local project storage instead of shared server paths.
Rejected: Keep manual absolute path entry on supported browsers | it can silently target the server filesystem in the deployed app.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not re-enable server path entry for hosted browsers without adding per-user isolation and auth boundaries.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/ProjectSetupModal.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/QuickstartTemplatesView.test.tsx src/store/utils/__tests__/localStorage.test.ts
Tested: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty false filtered to changed files
This aligns image, video, and text defaults with the PopiArt NewApi gateway while keeping provider-specific escape hatches available. Chat now uses the OpenAI-compatible NewApiWG route so workflow editing and LLM generation share the same Doubao-first text default. The canvas composer and quick-add controls are tightened so visible actions map to real clickable behavior, while temporarily unused header actions stay hidden.
Constraint: Text/chat requests must prefer Doubao-Seed-2.0-lite through NewApiWG.
Constraint: Image and video defaults should prefer PopiArt NewApi gateway models when configured.
Rejected: Keep /api/chat on Gemini 3 Flash | conflicts with the requested NewApiWG text/chat default.
Rejected: Hand-roll AI SDK chat streaming | would risk tool-call and UI stream compatibility.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Do not add new text/chat defaults without updating src/lib/llmModels.ts and the chat route together.
Tested: npm test -- --run src/app/api/chat/__tests__/route.test.ts src/components/__tests__/LLMGenerateNode.test.tsx src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/lib/chat/tools.test.ts
Tested: npm test -- --run src/lib/__tests__/llmModels.test.ts src/store/utils/__tests__/nodeDefaults.test.ts src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/lib/quickstart/__tests__/templates.test.ts src/lib/quickstart/__tests__/validation.test.ts src/lib/quickstart/__tests__/prompts.test.ts src/components/__tests__/ProjectSetupModal.test.tsx
Tested: npm test -- --run src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx
Not-tested: Full suite; repository has pre-existing unrelated type/test warnings outside this change.
Provider video URLs can expire before users finish composing, and the bottom composer was too visually dominant for canvas work. This change keeps remote videos playable while background-localizing them, teaches video previews to use the media proxy, makes audio nodes first-class in the composer and executor, and adds a compact composer state for canvas visibility.
Constraint: Provider media URLs may be remote, signed, or CORS-restricted during playback and thumbnail extraction
Constraint: Audio generation nodes need to work from their internal prompt as well as connected text
Rejected: Store only provider URLs | remote URLs can expire and break later playback
Rejected: Treat audio nodes as unsupported composer nodes | it falls back to the image model and corrupts user intent
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep provider media playable through the resolver/proxy path and preserve local refs as the durable source when available
Tested: npm run test:run
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx src/store/execution/__tests__/generateAudioExecutor.test.ts src/store/execution/__tests__/generateVideoExecutor.test.ts src/components/__tests__/VideoStitchNode.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/GenerateVideoNode.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: npm run lint currently fails because next lint is not supported by this Next.js setup
Not-tested: npx tsc --noEmit still reports pre-existing test typing errors outside this change
The bottom composer now treats video stitch and ease curve as processing-node inspectors instead of unsupported prompt editors. The connection menu also keeps video streams and ease-curve settings on separate handle paths so downstream creation matches the node graph semantics.
Constraint: Processing nodes should run existing local media operations and must not expose model or prompt controls
Constraint: Ease curve Settings handles carry curve parameters, not video media
Rejected: Let Settings handles reuse generic video/text drop options | creates misleading nodes and invalid graph intent
Rejected: Make Video Input a downstream target from Video Out | Video Input is an import/source node, not a processing destination
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep media handles and settings handles separated in connection menus and validation
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/ConnectionDropMenu.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Tested: git diff --check
Not-tested: npm run lint still uses the existing Next 16-incompatible next lint script
The bottom composer now edits and reruns the current generation node while canvas-visible actions own downstream node creation. NewApiWG media normalization, video frame extraction, and node quick-add keep generated media flows explicit and connected rather than hidden behind the prompt box.
Constraint: Composer must not call providers directly or create hidden downstream branches when a node is selected
Constraint: NewApiWG video families use inconsistent media schemas, so common media aliases are normalized in the provider adapter
Rejected: Let the bottom composer create next-step nodes from selected outputs | hides graph mutation and conflicts with the PRD source-of-truth rules
Rejected: Put NewApiWG model-family payload rules in the composer | provider-specific schemas would leak into UI state
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep provider payload normalization in provider/executor layers; do not move it into GenerationComposer
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerationComposer.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/WorkflowCanvas.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/components/__tests__/GenerateVideoNode.test.tsx
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/app/api/generate/providers/__tests__/newapiwg.test.ts src/app/api/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
Tested: npm run test:run -- src/store/execution/__tests__/videoProcessingExecutors.test.ts
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: npm run lint fails because next lint is incompatible with the current Next 16 script configuration
Server-side native folder pickers cannot select a Windows user's local directory when the app is deployed remotely. This adds a browser File System Access path for supported browsers so the user can choose a local folder, create the project subfolder, and save the workflow JSON directly from the client.
Constraint: File System Access handles are browser-only and cannot be passed to server filesystem APIs
Constraint: External media folder storage still depends on server filesystem endpoints, so browser-local projects keep media embedded or remote in the workflow JSON
Rejected: Make /api/browse-directory choose the user's Windows folder | that endpoint runs on the server, not in the browser
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Extend the browser filesystem utility for local media inputs/generations before enabling external media storage for browserfs paths
Tested: npx vitest run src/components/__tests__/ProjectSetupModal.test.tsx src/components/__tests__/Header.test.tsx
Tested: npm run build
Not-tested: Manual Chrome/Edge File System Access flow on Windows test server