[Bug]: iPad thread header buttons disappear after switching apps and back; only a force-quit restores them #28551

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1. juliusmarminge commented on Nov 1, 2026

   

   juliusmarminge

   on Nov 1, 2026 – with GitCafe Production

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   I tried to reproduce this on current main (ce9e016) with the iPad dev build on an iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) simulator, in landscape split view (sidebar + thread), connected to a T3 Code server on another machine over Tailscale. I opened an existing thread and checked the header after each of these:

   • switching to Settings and back, 5 times, a few seconds each
   • 45 seconds in another app before coming back
   • going through the app switcher
   • light → dark → light while T3 Code was in the background, then 3 more switches with dark mode as the base
   • rotating to portrait and back while in the background, and returning in portrait
   • stopping the server while the app was backgrounded, returning to "Reconnecting", then starting it again
   • hiding the sidebar, then switching apps

   The sidebar toggle, New task, terminal, git and files buttons stayed in every case.

   Could you add:

   1. iPadOS version, and the T3 Code version and build number (Settings → About in the app).
   2. Your multitasking mode (Settings → Multitasking & Gestures: Full Screen Apps, Windowed Apps, or Stage Manager), and whether another app was next to T3 Code or in Slide Over when it happened.
   3. Roughly how long T3 Code was in the background, and how you switched away (home gesture, app switcher, Dock, another app's notification or link).
   4. Whether the keyboard was open, or a turn was running in that thread, when you switched away.
   5. A screen recording that covers the switch away and back, if you can catch one.
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   needs more infoInitial triage showed no bug. Awaiting more infoInitial triage showed no bug. Awaiting more info

   on Nov 1, 2026