fix(tui): clarify interrupted task actions

tui/src/app.test.ts

@@ -1050,6 +1050,8 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
     await setup.renderOnce()
     expect(setup.captureCharFrame()).toContain("Task interrupted")
+    expect(setup.captureCharFrame()).toContain("Tools will not replay automatically")
+    expect(ui.status.plainText).toContain("continue or dismiss")
     expect(ui.activeTurn).toBe(false)
     expect(ui.composer.focused).toBe(true)
 
@@ -1085,6 +1087,19 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     expect(ui.activeTurn).toBe(false)
     expect(ui.composer.focused).toBe(true)
 
+    app.accept({
+      event: "recovery_state",
+      chat_id: "chat",
+      status: "awaiting_user",
+      recovery_id: "recovery-unavailable",
+      can_continue: false,
+    })
+    await setup.renderOnce()
+    const unavailableFrame = setup.captureCharFrame()
+    expect(unavailableFrame).toContain("can’t be resumed safely")
+    expect(unavailableFrame).not.toContain("Continue")
+    expect(ui.status.plainText).toContain("dismiss to start a new message")
+
     app.accept({
       event: "recovery_state",
       chat_id: "chat",

tui/src/app.ts

@@ -1266,7 +1266,9 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         ? "Recovery failed"
         : "Task interrupted")
       this.setCurrentAction(detail)
-      this.status.content = "Waiting for recovery decision"
+      this.status.content = state.can_continue === false
+        ? "Interrupted · dismiss to start a new message"
+        : "Interrupted · continue or dismiss"
       this.host.reportState("blocked", detail)
       this.composer.focus()
       return

tui/src/recovery-notice.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ interface RecoveryNoticeOptions {
 /** A quiet action surface for a gateway-owned interrupted turn. */
 export class RecoveryNotice {
   readonly root: BoxRenderable
-  private readonly message: TextRenderable
+  private readonly title: TextRenderable
+  private readonly detail: TextRenderable
   private readonly dismiss: TextRenderable
   private readonly resume: TextRenderable
   private state: RecoveryState | null = null
@@ -39,18 +40,24 @@ export class RecoveryNotice {
     this.root = new BoxRenderable(renderer, {
       id: "nanobot-tui-recovery-notice",
       width: "100%",
-      height: 1,
+      height: 2,
       flexShrink: 0,
-      flexDirection: "row",
+      flexDirection: "column",
-      alignItems: "center",
-      gap: 2,
       paddingLeft: 1,
       paddingRight: 1,
       visible: false,
       backgroundColor: RGBA.defaultBackground(),
     })
-    this.message = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
+    const header = new BoxRenderable(renderer, {
-      id: "nanobot-tui-recovery-message",
+      id: "nanobot-tui-recovery-header",
+      width: "100%",
+      height: 1,
+      flexDirection: "row",
+      alignItems: "center",
+      gap: 2,
+    })
+    this.title = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
+      id: "nanobot-tui-recovery-title",
       width: "auto",
       minWidth: 0,
       flexGrow: 1,
@@ -58,11 +65,20 @@ export class RecoveryNotice {
       truncate: true,
       selectable: false,
     })
+    this.detail = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
+      id: "nanobot-tui-recovery-detail",
+      width: "100%",
+      height: 1,
+      truncate: true,
+      selectable: false,
+    })
     this.dismiss = this.action(renderer, "dismiss", "Dismiss", options.onDismiss)
     this.resume = this.action(renderer, "continue", "Continue", options.onContinue, true)
-    this.root.add(this.message)
+    header.add(this.title)
-    this.root.add(this.dismiss)
+    header.add(this.dismiss)
-    this.root.add(this.resume)
+    header.add(this.resume)
+    this.root.add(header)
+    this.root.add(this.detail)
   }
 
   get visible(): boolean {
@@ -128,15 +144,15 @@ export class RecoveryNotice {
     const contextUnavailable = this.state.can_continue === false
     const title = failed ? "Recovery failed" : "Task interrupted"
     const detail = failed
-      ? "Review the task before continuing"
+      ? "Review the saved task before continuing."
       : contextUnavailable
-        ? "Saved context unavailable"
+        ? "This task can’t be resumed safely. Dismiss to start a new message."
-      : "Tools will not replay automatically"
+        : "Review the saved context. Tools will not replay automatically."
-    this.message.content = new StyledText([
+    this.title.content = new StyledText([
       chunk("△ ", failed ? this.theme.error : this.theme.accent),
       chunk(title, this.theme.text, true),
-      chunk(` · ${detail}`, this.theme.muted),
     ])
+    this.detail.content = new StyledText([chunk(`  ${detail}`, this.theme.muted)])
     this.dismiss.fg = RGBA.fromHex(this.busy ? this.theme.muted : this.theme.text)
     this.resume.visible = !contextUnavailable
     this.resume.fg = RGBA.fromHex(this.busy ? this.theme.muted : this.theme.accent)