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id(web): saving a .txt file silently deletes every list, quote, code block and table #1306
Description
id(web): saving a .txt file silently deletes every list, quote, code block and table
Summary
A .txt document is edited in the full rich editor, but the save path
extracts only paragraph and heading text. Every other block the editor
allows — bullet/ordered/task lists, blockquotes, code blocks, tables,
horizontal rules — is silently deleted on save, with a success
response. This is unrecoverable data loss for any .txt file whose
author used the toolbar, markdown shortcuts, paste, or a collab peer's
edit to create a non-paragraph block.
Evidence
- Editor side:
pkgs/id/web/src/editor.ts:288-289—getSchema(mode)
returnsrichSchemafor every mode exceptraw, and:295
hasToolbarincludesplain. The file comment at:42says the
full schema (lists, GFM task lists, tables) applies to
"rich/markdown/plain modes". So a.txtdoc legitimately contains
any block type. - Save side:
pkgs/id/src/web/routes.rs:1976convert_doc_to_bytes
routes.txt(ContentMode::Plain) toextract_plain_text
(routes.rs:2009). That function handles onlyparagraphand
headingat the top level; the catch-all arm atroutes.rs:2049
is_ => {}— every other node is dropped without a log, error, or
placeholder. (Inline non-text nodes are likewise dropped at:2032.) - Verified this run on origin/main 90f7ea0 with a probe crate holding
the verbatimextract_plain_textbody (log:
hidden_files/probe-2026-10-26-2352/out4.log): a doc containing
paragraph "intro", a 2-item bullet list, a blockquote, a code block,
a table cell and a paragraph "outro" extracted to exactly
"intro\noutro"— the list items, quote, code and cell text all
vanished.
Why it matters
Silent, success-reported deletion is the worst failure class for a
documents app: the user only discovers the loss on the next open, and
by then the saved bytes are the only copy. The heading arm shows the
authors already knew non-paragraph blocks reach this function; the
remaining block types were simply never handled.
Acceptance criteria
- Saving a
.txtdoc containing lists, blockquote, code block, table
or horizontal rule no longer silently discards their text: either
the text is extracted in a documented plain-text rendering (e.g.
list item text per line, cell text per line), or the save fails
loudly for docs it cannot represent — pick one policy, document it
onconvert_doc_to_bytes, and pin it with tests. - A regression test in the web routes/markdown test suite covers at
least: bullet list, blockquote, code block, table — asserting the
saved.txtbytes contain their text (or the save errors, per the
chosen policy). - Paragraph/heading-only
.txtdocs save byte-identically to today. - The markdown (
.md) and raw save paths are unchanged.
Suggested direction
Recursive text extraction over block children (list_item → its
paragraphs, blockquote → its blocks, table rows/cells → their
paragraphs, code_block → its text) is the smallest change that makes
.txt save loss-free for text content; formatting marks/structure
are inherently lost in plain text, text must not be.
Activity
developing-today commentedon Oct 27, 2026
CODE-424
dezren39 commentedon Oct 27, 2026
🤖 Agent note · state: filed
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dezren39 commentedon Oct 27, 2026
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b27dbe8e15e6984e3afed5c712d31551b063e08f); issue id(web): saving a .txt file silently deletes every list, quote, code block and table #1306 auto-closed. The .txt save path is now loss-free: recursiveextract_plain_textinpkgs/id/src/web/routes.rswith the rendering policy documented, plus regression tests for bullet list, blockquote, code block, table (row-major), byte-identical paragraph/heading docs, and the mixed id(web): saving a .txt file silently deletes every list, quote, code block and table #1306 repro doc.nix flake checkaggregate rollup job in the nix-ci workflow, still QUEUED since 17:19Z (runner starvation) over the same checks that had each individually passed; merged under the standing rule after verifying the change itself green. Queue task 1315 completes asfixed_merged.queue/1315-1306-txt-plain-textchore(flake): bump opencode_2 to 424c8d6f (opencode: bench ladder #1305…
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