Studio Agentic UI: Define signed-out experience for Agentic UI chat by katinthehatsite · Pull Request #4183 · Automattic/studio

katinthehatsite · 2026-07-13T10:36:52Z

Related issues

Fixes STU-1898

How AI was used in this PR

It was used to extract the changes that were suggested in the exploration from #3975

Proposed Changes

This PR adds a logged-out experience for the users for the agentic UI:

Testing Instructions

Pull the changes from this branch
Start Studio with npm start
Enable the Agentic UI feature flag from Studio -> Feature flags from the topbar
Log out of WordPress.com
Observe that New chat button is disabled
Observe that when you select a specific site, you get redirected to its settings with the log in banner
Observe the Log in button in the sidebar
Confirm that the Share button for the previews is disabled and it asks you to log in to share the link

Confirm that log in button works as expected and that once you log in, all the disabled options become available

Pre-merge Checklist

Have you checked for TypeScript, React or other console errors?

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bcotrim

I did some brief testing.
Some initial comments:

I believe this branch needs to adjust to the latest trunk updates
While offline I still see my sites when I try publish:

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katinthehatsite · 2026-07-15T09:50:23Z

I believe this branch needs to adjust to the latest trunk updates

I just did the rebase 👍

While offline I still see my sites when I try publish

I have not tested the offline mode yet, I will take a look now. I will check if it makes sense to handle this as a part of this PR or open a completely new issue to handle the offline mode across the whole agentic UI

katinthehatsite · 2026-07-15T10:03:55Z

@bcotrim for the offline mode, I think we need a separate issue. I will create one in Linear, there are multiple elements that need to de handled holistically e.g. Log in button, Publish button, New chat button, some sort of indication that the user is offline. I think we can focus on logged out screen in this PR, and handle the offline mode separately. What do you think?

wpmobilebot · 2026-07-15T10:04:18Z

📊 Performance Test Results

Comparing 328973c vs trunk

app-size

Metric	trunk	`328973c`	Diff	Change
App Size (Mac)	1355.69 MB	1353.86 MB	1.83 MB	🟢 -0.1%

site-editor

Metric	trunk	`328973c`	Diff	Change
load	1066 ms	1100 ms	+34 ms	⚪ 0.0%

site-startup

Metric	trunk	`328973c`	Diff	Change
siteCreation	6505 ms	6511 ms	+6 ms	⚪ 0.0%
siteStartup	2396 ms	2398 ms	+2 ms	⚪ 0.0%

Results are median values from multiple test runs.

Legend: 🟢 Improvement (faster) | 🔴 Regression (slower) | ⚪ No change (<50ms diff)

bcotrim · 2026-07-15T10:30:49Z

@bcotrim for the offline mode, I think we need a separate issue. I will create one in Linear, there are multiple elements that need to de handled holistically e.g. Log in button, Publish button, New chat button, some sort of indication that the user is offline. I think we can focus on logged out screen in this PR, and handle the offline mode separately. What do you think?

Yes, I think it makes sense to address offline mode in a separate issue.
I did mean to say "logged-out" in my test, I didn't check offline mode 😅

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katinthehatsite · 2026-07-16T09:06:59Z

I did mean to say "logged-out" in my test, I didn't check offline mode 😅

I see what you mean now - I have adjusted the dropdown to show only the button to create a site when the user is logged out without loading all the other sites. This is how it looks like when the user is logged out:

Let me know what you think!

bcotrim · 2026-07-16T12:51:36Z

I did mean to say "logged-out" in my test, I didn't check offline mode 😅

I see what you mean now - I have adjusted the dropdown to show only the button to create a site when the user is logged out without loading all the other sites. This is how it looks like when the user is logged out:

Let me know what you think!

I think that's good for now, we can ask @shaunandrews for a review to get his thoughts on it.

However the request to fetch the sites is still being made, so we get this on the logs:

Error occurred in handler for 'fetchSyncableWpcomSites': Error: Authentication required to fetch WordPress.com sites.
    at fetchSyncableWpcomSites (/Users/bcotrim/.mognet/worktrees/studio/mognet-37cfb615/apps/studio/dist/main/index.js:48639:33)
    at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:116010)
Error occurred in handler for 'fetchSyncableWpcomSites': Error: Authentication required to fetch WordPress.com sites.
    at fetchSyncableWpcomSites (/Users/bcotrim/.mognet/worktrees/studio/mognet-37cfb615/apps/studio/dist/main/index.js:48639:33)
    at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:116010)
Error occurred in handler for 'fetchSyncableWpcomSites': Error: Authentication required to fetch WordPress.com sites.
    at fetchSyncableWpcomSites (/Users/bcotrim/.mognet/worktrees/studio/mognet-37cfb615/apps/studio/dist/main/index.js:48639:33)
    at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:116010)
Error occurred in handler for 'fetchSyncableWpcomSites': Error: Authentication required to fetch WordPress.com sites.
    at fetchSyncableWpcomSites (/Users/bcotrim/.mognet/worktrees/studio/mognet-37cfb615/apps/studio/dist/main/index.js:48639:33)
    at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:116010)

I think we should prevent the request from being made, if possible.

katinthehatsite · 2026-07-17T10:22:14Z

I think we should prevent the request from being made, if possible.

Agreed, I am taking a look now 👀

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katinthehatsite · 2026-07-17T12:17:02Z

It should now be addressed @bcotrim - let me know what you think

bcotrim · 2026-07-17T13:02:45Z

Thanks for addressing the issue @katinthehatsite, I no longer see the network request when opening the publish menu.
Some issues I noticed:

"+" menu reverted to the previous version with "New chat, new site, import...".

Preview shows update option when logged out (the error layout isn't good but let's do that in a follow-up)

Connected site is lost when logged out, which matches the behavior in legacy UI, but it's strange to send the user to create a new site if the site is already connected to another. Maybe when logged out we could change the action from "create a new site" to "login to WordPress.com" matching exactly the workflow we have in legacy UI.

Logged-in	Logged-out

- Revert sidebar header to simple "+" button (trunk version) - Disable preview update button when signed out - Disable pull/push/disconnect when signed out - Show "Log in" button instead of "Publish" when signed out Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

katinthehatsite · 2026-07-17T19:22:56Z

@bcotrim I made some more changes based on your feedback, let me know what you think! Feel free to take over while I am AFK

bcotrim

Pushed some smaller fixes.
LGTM 👍

@sejas

…#4130) ## Related issues - Related to STU-1985 — extracted from #3998 as part of splitting it into smaller PRs. ## How AI was used in this PR The core change was cherry-picked from #3998 (authored there with AI assistance). Claude Code ported it onto trunk, resolved merge conflicts (including the moves to id-based session↔site matching from #4131 and the signed-out gates from #4183), addressed review feedback, and wrote the unit tests for the redirect logic. All code was reviewed and verified locally (lint, typecheck, apps/ui test suite). ## Proposed Changes Studio's agentic UI always lands on the first site (in raw fetch order) at launch, regardless of where the user was working. This PR makes the app reopen on the site the user last worked with: - The dashboard remembers the last visited site in `localStorage`. - On launch, the `/` index route opens that site's newest active chat (or a new chat if it has none) — matching exactly what clicking the site in the site-centric sidebar (#4191) does. - If the remembered site no longer exists (deleted) or nothing is stored yet, it falls back to the **top site in sidebar order**, respecting the manual ordering from #4134 instead of raw fetch order. - The sidebar auto-scrolls to keep the restored site's row visible when it sits below the fold (thanks @sejas for catching this!). An earlier revision restored the exact last-visited *session*. We simplified to site-level restore to stay consistent with the site-centric sidebar model: sites are the primary navigation unit, and a site always opens its newest active chat. No launch-time cost: the index route already fetched sites and sessions before redirecting; this adds only a synchronous `localStorage` read. ## Testing Instructions 1. Launch Studio with the agentic UI and open a chat on a site other than the top one in the sidebar. 2. Quit and relaunch — you should land on that same site (its newest active chat). 3. With enough sites to make the sidebar scroll, work on a site near the bottom, relaunch — the sidebar should scroll so the selected site's row is visible. 4. Archive the chat you were on, relaunch — you should land on that site's newest remaining active chat, or a new chat if none are left. 5. Delete the site you were on, relaunch — you should land on your sidebar's top site, with no errors. 6. Drag a different site to the top of the sidebar, clear the app's localStorage, relaunch — the fallback should follow your sidebar order. ## Pre-merge Checklist - [x] Have you checked for TypeScript, React or other console errors? 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Shaun Andrews <shaun@automattic.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Explore logout experience, first go

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katinthehatsite self-assigned this Jul 13, 2026

katinthehatsite marked this pull request as draft July 13, 2026 10:37

Kateryna Kodonenko added 5 commits July 14, 2026 11:31

Merge branch 'trunk' of github.com:Automattic/studio into add/logout-…

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Fix non-existent font

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Adjust settings

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Adjust remaining elements

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Handle no sites experience

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Merge branch 'trunk' of github.com:Automattic/studio into add/logout-…

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Use agentic mock

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Kateryna Kodonenko added 3 commits July 16, 2026 10:32

Merge branch 'trunk' of github.com:Automattic/studio into add/logout-…

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Fix unit tests

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katinthehatsite requested a review from bcotrim July 16, 2026 09:07

Kateryna Kodonenko added 4 commits July 17, 2026 13:45

Merge branch 'trunk' of github.com:Automattic/studio into add/logout-…

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Ensure we don't fetch sites for logged out users

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Remove unrelated changes

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katinthehatsite force-pushed the add/logout-experience-for-agentic-ui branch from 9d9cb50 to e8933b2 Compare July 17, 2026 12:14

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katinthehatsite force-pushed the add/logout-experience-for-agentic-ui branch from 3aa3cce to 5f85bf5 Compare July 17, 2026 19:13

Kateryna Kodonenko and others added 2 commits July 17, 2026 21:16

Remove unrelated data-liberation dist changes

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Remove stale data-liberation chunk files deleted on trunk

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

bcotrim added 3 commits July 20, 2026 10:07

Distinguish auth loading from signed-out in agentic features

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Move signin banner into new default Overview settings tab

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Return to the chat screen after logging in from the signin banner

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bcotrim mentioned this pull request Jul 20, 2026

Scope preview list --format json output to the authenticated user #4252

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Rename supportsAgenticOptOut to agenticRequiresAuth

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Add pending state to the dropdown Log in button

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Hide preview snapshots while signed out

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Add pending state to the welcome Sign up button

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Agentic UI: Make the site settings WordPress version field a dropdown #4284

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