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[task] Add desktop app-server loading and error states #23
Description
Goal
Make desktop app-server startup, loading, and error states clear and actionable.
Why this matters
The desktop app depends on the Rust app-server. Users need to know whether Nexgit is loading, missing auth, outside a repo, blocked by app-server startup, or failing due to GitHub/API errors.
Command/API target
Improve renderer state handling around typed preload/app-server requests.
Depends on
- [task] Add app-server auth and repository status methods #7 for auth/repo states.
- [task] Render GitHub workflow dashboard in desktop #14 for desktop dashboard structure.
Out of scope
- Do not add new GitHub data methods.
- Do not run GitHub calls from renderer code.
- Do not redesign the full app shell.
Definition of done
- Desktop distinguishes app-server starting, app-server failed, GitHub no-auth, no-repo, empty data, and normal loaded states.
- Errors are readable and do not collapse the whole screen into raw stack traces.
- Retry or refresh behavior is either implemented or clearly deferred.
Verification
pnpm desktop:typecheckpnpm desktop:build- Run
pnpm desktop:devwith normal and forced app-server failure conditions; include screenshots or observations.
Activity
github-actions commentedon Apr 29, 2026
This issue needs a small update before triage:
Areamust be one of Automation, CLI, Core, Desktop, Design, Docs, Protocol, Tests, or TUI so triage automation can route the issue.Please edit the issue instead of opening a new one.
Potentially related existing work:
If one of these is the canonical thread, comment there and a maintainer can close this issue with
/duplicate #123; otherwise a maintainer can clear the review with/not-duplicate.