Mood: 😊
Category: General

Goal

Improve the left-sidebar Group by experience so users can group sessions by status and optionally narrow the list to one or more specific statuses.

Problem

Today, the sidebar menu allows selecting Group by = Status, but it does not allow refining to specific status values (for example only Open or only Working). This makes the grouped view less useful when many sessions are present.

Proposed UX

1. Keep Group by as a layout choice (Project / Status / Last updated).
2. Add a Status filter control for sidebar sessions.
3. Allow selecting specific values (example: Open, Working), with an All statuses default.
4. If Group by = Status, still show status groups, but only for the selected filtered values.
5. Persist the chosen filter and make active filtering visually clear.

Why this helps

• Faster triage when many sessions are visible.
• Better focus on active work without switching to a different view.
• More consistent behavior with other filterable surfaces in the app.

Suggested acceptance criteria

• User can select one or more status values from the sidebar filter.
• Sidebar content updates correctly in all group modes.
• Group-by-status view only displays selected status groups.
• Clearing filter returns to all statuses.
• Filter state persists across navigation/restart.
• Keyboard and screen-reader interaction works for the new filter controls.

Test notes

• Verify on Windows first (reported environment), then macOS/Linux sanity pass.
• Validate behavior with large session lists and mixed statuses.