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feat: manage recordings and delete several at once - #1382
Depends on #1381. This branch is stacked on it and reuses its recordings code. Until #1381 merges, this PR's diff includes those two commits too; the new work is the last commit, 64e8ad58.
Summary
A Manage recordings row in the OpenScreen menu, under Open project, opens a dialog listing every take in the recordings folders, newest first.
Each row: a checkbox, the date, the size, and either Used by … with the project titles or Not used by any project. A Show in folder button reveals the take's video.
Selecting: pick takes one by one, Select all / Clear selection, or Select unused. The footer shows the selected count and size, or the total when nothing is selected.
Deleting:Delete asks Move the selected recordings (size) to the Trash? (Recycle Bin on Windows). Each take goes with all its files: the video, .cursor.json, .session.json and -webcam files. If the Trash refuses, the prompt offers Delete permanently for what is left. Removed files are dropped from media-links.registry.json; files that weren't removed keep their links.
Takes still in use: they can be deleted, but the prompt first names the projects that will lose that media.
Unreadable project files: if a project file doesn't parse, a banner says a recording marked unused may still be in use, and the prompt repeats it.
Safety in the main process:recordings.delete only accepts ids that name a take, <recordings folder>/recording-<digits>. Anything else is refused before a file is touched, including file names, other folders and ...
AiEditionService: new listRecordings and deleteRecordings.
Bridge actions recordings.list and recordings.delete.
New ManageRecordingsModal.tsx.
Strings in all 15 locales, a Managing recordings section on the media-library page in all 8 site languages, and manual checklist items.
Related issue
Closes#1376. With #1381 this covers the request: view recordings in the app, delete several at once, and get a warning when deleting ones that projects use.
Type of change
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Feature
Enhancement
Documentation
Refactor / maintenance
Performance
Security
Release impact
Patch
Minor
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Windows
macOS
Linux
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Testing
npm run test: 5003 passed, 1 skipped.
New tests:
project-recordings.test.ts: listing, ordering, duplicate folders, a missing folder, unreadable projects, and id validation that refuses paths outside the folders, file names, non-takes and ...
aiEditionService.deleteRecordings.test.ts: list, trash with link cleanup, a refused id, and Trash refusal keeping links before a permanent delete.
ManageRecordingsModal.test.tsx: rows, select unused, the in-use warning, the permanent fallback, Recycle Bin wording, the unreadable banner and Show in folder.
EditorTopBar.test.tsx: the new menu row.
npx tsc --noEmit, npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit, npm run lint and npm run i18n:check pass.
The new manual checklist items haven't been run; the dialog hasn't been checked in the running app yet.
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New Features
Added a recordings manager to browse recordings by date, size, and project usage; select recordings, reveal their files, and move them to the Trash or Recycle Bin.
Project deletion keeps recordings by default. You can choose to move eligible recordings to the Trash or Recycle Bin; recordings used by other projects are retained.
Deleting recordings also removes associated cursor and camera files. Warnings identify projects that use selected recordings.
If moving recordings to the Trash or Recycle Bin fails, you can confirm permanent deletion.
Documentation
Added guidance on project deletion and recording management.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts:
- Line 598: Make the deletion flow in deleteProjectAfter recoverable if the app
stops after renaming the project file but before removeMedia completes. Add
startup recovery that restores or completes handling of `.deleting` files, or
persist deletion intent before the rename; ensure interrupted deletions do not
make projects disappear from listing or opening without a recovery path.
- Around line 600-603: Update the deleteProjectAfter failure path around
removeMedia and renameWithRetry so a partial media-removal failure cannot
restore a project that references media already removed; establish a recovery
outcome that keeps the project and its media references consistent. Add a test
where removal succeeds for some files and then rejects, verifying the project is
not restored in an inconsistent state.
- Around line 598-600: Update deleteProjectAfter to serialize the rename, media
removal, restore-on-error, and final deletion with writes for the same project,
while avoiding a nested enqueue if deleteProject already queues its work. Keep
removeMedia from calling DocumentService for that project during the queued
operation to prevent deadlock.
Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts:
- Around line 242-245: Update fileExists so it reports a file as absent only
when fs.access fails with ENOENT; treat other access errors as present so the
loop does not add those files to gone or remove their registry links through
forgetMediaLinks.
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Walkthrough
This change adds native recording discovery, listing, and deletion, plus editor dialogs for recording management and project deletion choices. It adds project-usage warnings, Trash-failure handling, media-link cleanup, localization, tests, and documentation.
Changes: Recording management
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Summary
Recording discovery and ownership electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts, electron/ai-edition/project-recordings.ts, electron/ai-edition/project-recordings.test.ts
Project scans now report unreadable paths. New helpers group recording files into takes, calculate sizes and timestamps, identify project references, list takes, and resolve recording IDs.
Native requests now support recording summaries, listing, and deletion. The service handles project and recording disposal, and removes media-link entries for files that are gone.
Project deletion with recording choices src/components/ai-edition/Modals.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/NewEditorShell.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/OpenProjectModal.test.tsx, src/i18n/locales/*/editor.json
Project deletion keeps recordings by default and can dispose of eligible recordings. The dialog reports recordings retained for other projects or unreadable project files, and offers permanent deletion after a Trash failure.
The editor adds a recordings dialog with selection, project usage, sizes, and file reveal. It supports Trash deletion and a permanent-deletion retry after Trash failure. Tests and localized documentation cover these flows.
sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant EditorTopBar
participant NewEditorShell
participant ManageRecordingsModal
participant nativeBridgeClient
participant nativeBridge
participant AiEditionService
participant project_recordings
User->>EditorTopBar: Select Manage Recordings
EditorTopBar->>NewEditorShell: Invoke manageRecordings action
NewEditorShell->>ManageRecordingsModal: Open dialog
ManageRecordingsModal->>nativeBridgeClient: Request recording list
nativeBridgeClient->>nativeBridge: Send recordings.list
nativeBridge->>AiEditionService: Call listRecordings
AiEditionService->>project_recordings: List takes and project usage
project_recordings-->>AiEditionService: Return recording sets
User->>ManageRecordingsModal: Select takes and confirm deletion
ManageRecordingsModal->>nativeBridgeClient: Request deletion with disposal mode
nativeBridgeClient->>nativeBridge: Send recordings.delete
nativeBridge->>AiEditionService: Call deleteRecordings
AiEditionService->>project_recordings: Resolve IDs and remove recording sets
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Possibly related issues
getopenscreen/openscreen#1376: Adds in-app recording listing and multi-select deletion, with warnings when selected recordings are used by projects.
Possibly related PRs
getopenscreen/openscreen#1381: Implements project-recording ownership and disposal, which this change extends with recording listing, ID resolution, and the management dialog.
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to de007
Resolve project-deletion recovery and concurrent-save handling before merging: interrupted or partially failed deletion can hide projects or leave missing media, and concurrent edits can be lost. Malformed recording-deletion requests can also bypass Trash.
Pre-merge checks: 5
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Title check
The title clearly and concisely describes the primary changes: managing recordings and bulk deletion.
Description check
The description includes all required template sections, explains the feature and issue scope, identifies the change type and release impact, and lists comprehensive automated testing. It also clearly…
Linked Issues check
The implementation satisfies the coding requirements in [#1376]. ManageRecordingsModal lists takes, supports individual and bulk selection, and deletes selected recordings. The service groups compan…
Out of Scope Changes check
The changes stay within the scope of [#1376]. Project-deletion recording handling, usage checks, unreadable-project reporting, registry cleanup, translations, documentation, bridge contracts, and test…
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The description includes all required template sections, explains the feature and issue scope, identifies the change type and release impact, and lists comprehensive automated testing. It also clearly notes that manual checks and running-app verification remain incomplete.
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The implementation satisfies the coding requirements in [#1376]. ManageRecordingsModal lists takes, supports individual and bulk selection, and deletes selected recordings. The service groups companion files, supports Trash and permanent deletion, and cleans registry links only for removed files. The UI and tests cover warnings for recordings used by projects. The main process validates recording IDs before file operations. The current head also adds bridge tests for valid and invalid disposal values.
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Explanation
The changes stay within the scope of [#1376]. Project-deletion recording handling, usage checks, unreadable-project reporting, registry cleanup, translations, documentation, bridge contracts, and tests support viewing, safe deletion, and warnings for recordings. No demonstrated unrelated product behavior appears in the supplied whole-PR summary or the change since the previous review.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts:
- Around line 570-573: Validate request.payload.recordings in the IPC handler
before calling AiEditionService.deleteProject, allowing only the supported
disposal values and returning an invalid-request response for any other supplied
value. Preserve existing behavior when the value is omitted.
Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts:
- Around line 263-279: Update deleteProject’s recording-removal flow so
forgetMediaLinks runs in a finally block, including when recordings.trashItem
fails partway through removal. Track the owned files and pass only those that no
longer exist at their original paths to forgetMediaLinks, preserving links for
files that remain.
Review comments at @src/components/ai-edition/ManageRecordingsModal.tsx:
- Around line 109-115: Update runDelete so it closes confirmation and clears the
trash-failure state only when deletion succeeds; keep confirmation open for
non-trash failures, while preserving the existing trash-failure handling.
Review comments at @src/components/ai-edition/Modals.tsx:
- Around line 345-352: Associate the recording-choice text in the Modals
component with the control that updates trashRecordings, so clicking either the
text or the control changes the choice and the Delete action uses the selected
value.
Review comments at @src/components/ai-edition/NewEditorShell.tsx:
- Around line 870-875: Update the project deletion handler around the catch
block to return an explicit failure result when the bridge rejects or reports
unsuccessful deletion, rather than returning undefined; ensure
OpenProjectModal.confirmDelete treats that result as failure and keeps the row
armed for retry.
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Hi @marcgabe15, a quick nudge on this one: the open CodeRabbit threads are what's left before the next review. No rush, just making sure it didn't fall through the cracks.
…oes not parse
A project that fails to parse is left out of the list the delete checks for
other users of a recording, so a take it shares could be trashed with the
project being deleted. While any project file is unreadable, the dialog
offers no Trash and says why, and the delete itself refuses to remove
recordings.
Any value but "trash" took the permanent-delete path, so a malformed one
removed recordings for good. Also fixes a grammar slip in the media-library
docs.
…d never strand a project
trashFailed was set for any error in the disposal block, so a failed
project scan offered "Delete them permanently?". It is now set only when
removing the recordings throws.
The project file is moved aside before any recording is removed: a project
that cannot be deleted fails before anything irreversible, and it is put
back if the Trash refuses.
Manage recordings, in the OpenScreen menu, lists each take in the
recordings folders with its size and the projects that use it. Takes can
be selected one by one, all at once or only the unused ones, then moved
to the Trash with their cursor, session and camera files; if the Trash
refuses, a permanent delete is offered. Deleting a take a project still
uses names that project first, and a project file that does not parse
puts up a warning that usage may be incomplete.
The main process only deletes ids that name a take in a recordings
folder.
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Minor · Guard document.delete against a missing payload. · nativeBridge.ts:577-578
electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts:577-578 Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value
Guard document.delete against a missing payload.
A raw IPC call with domain: "aiEdition", action: "document.delete", and no payload reaches the document.delete case. The recordings read throws a TypeError, and the generic catch returns INTERNAL_ERROR instead of INVALID_REQUEST. The unguarded request.payload.projectId read at the base commit already has this behavior, so this is a pre-existing issue, not one this change introduces.
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Review comment at @electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts around lines 577 - 578:
Add a missing-payload guard at the start of the document.delete case, before
reading request.payload.projectId or request.payload.recordings. Return an
INVALID_REQUEST response through createErrorResponse for requests without a
payload, and preserve the existing handling for valid payloads.
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Review comments at @electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts:
- Line 598: Make the deletion flow in deleteProjectAfter recoverable if the app
stops after renaming the project file but before removeMedia completes. Add
startup recovery that restores or completes handling of `.deleting` files, or
persist deletion intent before the rename; ensure interrupted deletions do not
make projects disappear from listing or opening without a recovery path.
- Around line 600-603: Update the deleteProjectAfter failure path around
removeMedia and renameWithRetry so a partial media-removal failure cannot
restore a project that references media already removed; establish a recovery
outcome that keeps the project and its media references consistent. Add a test
where removal succeeds for some files and then rejects, verifying the project is
not restored in an inconsistent state.
- Around line 598-600: Update deleteProjectAfter to serialize the rename, media
removal, restore-on-error, and final deletion with writes for the same project,
while avoiding a nested enqueue if deleteProject already queues its work. Keep
removeMedia from calling DocumentService for that project during the queued
operation to prevent deadlock.
Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts:
- Around line 242-245: Update fileExists so it reports a file as absent only
when fs.access fails with ENOENT; treat other access errors as present so the
loop does not add those files to gone or remove their registry links through
forgetMediaLinks.
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts:
- Around line 577-578: Add a missing-payload guard at the start of the
document.delete case, before reading request.payload.projectId or
request.payload.recordings. Return an INVALID_REQUEST response through
createErrorResponse for requests without a payload, and preserve the existing
handling for valid payloads.
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@EtienneLescot the CodeRabbit threads are answered and resolved, and the branch is rebased on main. It is stacked on #1381, so it shows that PR's commits until #1381 merges. Ready for review.
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Summary
A Manage recordings row in the OpenScreen menu, under Open project, opens a dialog listing every take in the recordings folders, newest first.
.cursor.json,.session.jsonand-webcamfiles. If the Trash refuses, the prompt offers Delete permanently for what is left. Removed files are dropped frommedia-links.registry.json; files that weren't removed keep their links.recordings.deleteonly accepts ids that name a take,<recordings folder>/recording-<digits>. Anything else is refused before a file is touched, including file names, other folders and...Code:
electron/ai-edition/project-recordings.ts: newlistRecordingsandresolveRecordingIds, built on feat(recording): delete a project's recordings along with the project #1381's take grouping.AiEditionService: newlistRecordingsanddeleteRecordings.recordings.listandrecordings.delete.ManageRecordingsModal.tsx.Related issue
Closes #1376. With #1381 this covers the request: view recordings in the app, delete several at once, and get a warning when deleting ones that projects use.
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Testing
npm run test: 5003 passed, 1 skipped.project-recordings.test.ts: listing, ordering, duplicate folders, a missing folder, unreadable projects, and id validation that refuses paths outside the folders, file names, non-takes and...aiEditionService.deleteRecordings.test.ts: list, trash with link cleanup, a refused id, and Trash refusal keeping links before a permanent delete.ManageRecordingsModal.test.tsx: rows, select unused, the in-use warning, the permanent fallback, Recycle Bin wording, the unreadable banner and Show in folder.EditorTopBar.test.tsx: the new menu row.npx tsc --noEmit,npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit,npm run lintandnpm run i18n:checkpass.Summary by CodeRabbit