[roomote-community]

​Opened on behalf of @zarnivoop. Follow up by mentioning @roomote, in the web UI, or in Discord.

Related issue

Requested sidebar improvement; no linked issue.

Why this PR exists

• A maintainer explicitly invited this PR in the linked issue or discussion
• I am a maintainer / this is internal Roomote work

Automation runs can crowd personal sessions out of the sidebar's bounded recent list.

What changed

• Recent sessions opts into excludeAutomations on the existing session-list query. SQL filters the persisted ownerKind before the limit and cursor page are computed.
• The classification covers custom and built-in automation origins for both task-backed and conversational sessions. It does not infer provenance from titles, source surfaces, triggers, or tasks later attached to a human-origin session.
• Other callers retain existing defaults, including the main sessions list and automation history. Ownership, privacy, and access predicates remain intact. Viewing or participating in automation sessions does not re-include them in Recent sessions.
• Document the sidebar behavior in the sessions guide.

How it was tested

• 45 tests passed across src/lib/server/sessions.test.ts, src/trpc/routers/sessions.test.ts, and src/components/layout/side-nav/RecentSessions.client.test.tsx using the web package Vitest command with .env.test.
• Database-backed regressions verify custom-owner exclusion, built-in task and conversational provenance, filtering before pagination with full pages/correct end cursors, omitted/false defaults, automation history, private-session access, and preservation of human-origin sessions even with automation-like titles, webhook origin, or attached automation work.
• Sidebar regressions verify the opt-in query, ordering, active/unread cues, retry behavior, and empty state.
• Follow-up: both parent SideNav.client.test.tsx exact query expectations include excludeAutomations: true for expanded and collapsed states. All 25 tests pass across SideNav.client.test.tsx and RecentSessions.client.test.tsx; all pre-push gates pass on the updated head.
• pnpm lint:fast, pnpm check-types:fast, pnpm knip, mise exec -- pnpm --filter @roomote/docs check, and git diff --check passed. Pre-commit formatting and all pre-push gates passed. Formatting-inclusive full pnpm lint / pnpm check-types were not run.
• Real local database fixtures and dev-login verified the rendered sidebar omission alongside main-list retention on the initial implementation. No new browser proof applies to the test-only follow-up. The docs preview returned Internal Server Error, so rendered docs verification remains unavailable despite successful Mintlify build validation and link checks.

Checklist

• The PR title follows the repo convention: [Fix], [Feat], [Improve], [Refactor], [Docs], or [Chore] followed by a user-facing description
• This PR is small and scoped to one change
• pnpm lint and pnpm check-types pass locally
• I added tests or included a clear manual validation note above
• I removed secrets, tokens, private keys, and customer data from code, logs, and screenshots
• If this change should appear in the changelog, I ran pnpm changeset

[roomote-community]

No new code issues found. Both parent SideNav expectations now match the query input; the prior finding is addressed and its thread is resolved. Current-head CI lint, type checks, knip, and docs checks passed; tests and Docker build were still running when checked. See task

• 🟡 Update both parent SideNav query expectations in apps/web/src/components/layout/side-nav/SideNav.client.test.tsx:356,445 to include excludeAutomations: true.

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