feat(artifacts): publish ArtifactPending event + artifact_pending socket bridge (#3162 backend)

src/core/event_bus/events.rs

@@ -408,6 +408,40 @@ pub enum DomainEvent {
         thread_id: Option<String>,
         client_id: Option<String>,
     },
+    /// An artifact record has been **created** (`ArtifactStatus::Pending`)
+    /// but no bytes are on disk yet — the producing tool has only just
+    /// reserved the row. Published by
+    /// [`crate::openhuman::artifacts::store::create_artifact`].
+    /// Bridged to the web channel as an `artifact_pending` socket event
+    /// so the frontend can render an in-progress / "Generating…" card the
+    /// moment the tool dispatches, instead of waiting until the file
+    /// arrives via [`Self::ArtifactReady`]. The pending card is replaced
+    /// in place when the matching `ArtifactReady` / `ArtifactFailed`
+    /// event with the same `artifact_id` arrives. Sub-task #3162 of #1535.
+    ArtifactPending {
+        /// UUID of the freshly-created artifact record.
+        artifact_id: String,
+        /// Lowercase variant of `ArtifactKind` (`presentation`,
+        /// `document`, `image`, `other`).
+        kind: String,
+        /// Human-readable title (also the on-disk filename stem).
+        title: String,
+        /// Absolute workspace root the artifact belongs to — see
+        /// [`Self::ArtifactReady::workspace_dir`] for rationale.
+        workspace_dir: String,
+        /// Relative path under `<workspace>/artifacts/` where the file
+        /// *will* land. The frontend uses it to render a stable card key
+        /// so subsequent `ArtifactReady` can swap the same surface in
+        /// place without flicker.
+        path: String,
+        /// Chat thread the artifact belongs to, when the producing turn
+        /// carried an `APPROVAL_CHAT_CONTEXT`. `None` for CLI / cron /
+        /// sub-agent paths — no client to fan out to.
+        thread_id: Option<String>,
+        /// Socket.IO client id (room) to surface the card to, when known.
+        /// `None` for non-chat callers.
+        client_id: Option<String>,
+    },
 
     // ── Webhooks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     /// An incoming webhook request from the transport layer, ready for routing.
@@ -956,7 +990,9 @@ impl DomainEvent {
 
             Self::ApprovalRequested { .. } | Self::ApprovalDecided { .. } => "approval",
 
-            Self::ArtifactReady { .. } | Self::ArtifactFailed { .. } => "artifact",
+            Self::ArtifactReady { .. }
+            | Self::ArtifactFailed { .. }
+            | Self::ArtifactPending { .. } => "artifact",
 
             Self::McpServerInstalled { .. }
             | Self::McpServerConnected { .. }
@@ -1056,6 +1092,7 @@ impl DomainEvent {
             Self::ApprovalDecided { .. } => "ApprovalDecided",
             Self::ArtifactReady { .. } => "ArtifactReady",
             Self::ArtifactFailed { .. } => "ArtifactFailed",
+            Self::ArtifactPending { .. } => "ArtifactPending",
             Self::McpServerInstalled { .. } => "McpServerInstalled",
             Self::McpServerConnected { .. } => "McpServerConnected",
             Self::McpServerDisconnected { .. } => "McpServerDisconnected",

src/openhuman/artifacts/store.rs

@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ fn sanitize_filename_stem(title: &str) -> String {
 /// `extension` is the file extension WITHOUT the leading dot
 /// (e.g. `"pptx"`, `"pdf"`). Used to build the rendered filename
 /// under the artifact directory.
+///
+/// Publishes [`DomainEvent::ArtifactPending`] on the global bus the
+/// moment the row is reserved so the chat surface can render an
+/// in-progress / "Generating…" card immediately (#3162). When the
+/// matching [`finalize_artifact`] / [`fail_artifact`] later fires it
+/// reuses the same `artifact_id`, so the card swaps in place without
+/// flicker. Same chat-context routing rules as the Ready/Failed pair —
+/// `thread_id` / `client_id` come from the
+/// [`crate::openhuman::approval::ApprovalChatContext`] task-local and
+/// are `None` for CLI / cron / sub-agent paths, in which case the web
+/// bridge silently drops the event for lack of a routing target.
 pub async fn create_artifact(
     workspace_dir: &Path,
     kind: super::types::ArtifactKind,
@@ -342,6 +353,23 @@ pub async fn create_artifact(
         meta.kind.as_str(),
         absolute_path
     );
+
+    // Surface the "Generating…" card the moment the row is reserved so
+    // the user doesn't stare at an empty composer until the tool finishes
+    // (#3162). When `finalize_artifact` / `fail_artifact` later fires the
+    // matching Ready/Failed event with the same `artifact_id`, the
+    // frontend can swap the card in place.
+    let (thread_id, client_id) = current_chat_context();
+    crate::core::event_bus::publish_global(crate::core::event_bus::DomainEvent::ArtifactPending {
+        artifact_id: meta.id.clone(),
+        kind: meta.kind.as_str().to_string(),
+        title: meta.title.clone(),
+        workspace_dir: workspace_dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+        path: meta.path.clone(),
+        thread_id,
+        client_id,
+    });
+
     Ok((meta, absolute_path))
 }
 

src/openhuman/artifacts/store_tests.rs

@@ -190,3 +190,139 @@ async fn validate_artifact_id_rejects_slashes() {
         "unexpected error: {err}"
     );
 }
+
+// ── create_artifact event publication (#3162) ─────────────────────────────
+
+use crate::core::event_bus::{
+    init_global, subscribe_global, DomainEvent, EventHandler, SubscriptionHandle,
+};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex as StdMutex};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct PendingCollector {
+    events: Arc<StdMutex<Vec<DomainEvent>>>,
+}
+
+impl PendingCollector {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            events: Arc::new(StdMutex::new(Vec::new())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn subscribe(&self) -> Option<SubscriptionHandle> {
+        subscribe_global(Arc::new(self.clone()))
+    }
+
+    fn snapshot(&self) -> Vec<DomainEvent> {
+        self.events.lock().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl EventHandler for PendingCollector {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "test::pending_collector"
+    }
+
+    /// Filter at the bus boundary so the broadcast channel never delivers
+    /// non-artifact traffic to this subscriber — keeps the per-test
+    /// receive buffer small even when other tests pump unrelated events
+    /// in parallel.
+    fn domains(&self) -> Option<&[&str]> {
+        Some(&["artifact"])
+    }
+
+    async fn handle(&self, event: &DomainEvent) {
+        // domains() filter guarantees only artifact-domain variants
+        // arrive, but match defensively in case the enum grows.
+        if matches!(
+            event,
+            DomainEvent::ArtifactPending { .. }
+                | DomainEvent::ArtifactReady { .. }
+                | DomainEvent::ArtifactFailed { .. }
+        ) {
+            self.events.lock().unwrap().push(event.clone());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// #3162: `create_artifact` publishes `DomainEvent::ArtifactPending`
+/// the moment the row is reserved, so the chat surface can render an
+/// in-progress "Generating…" card before the file lands on disk.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn create_artifact_publishes_artifact_pending_event() {
+    init_global(256);
+    let collector = PendingCollector::new();
+    let _handle = collector.subscribe();
+
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let (meta, _path) = create_artifact(tmp.path(), ArtifactKind::Presentation, "Q3 Deck", "pptx")
+        .await
+        .expect("create_artifact succeeds");
+    let expected_workspace = tmp.path().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+
+    // The bus is broadcast-based and processed off-task — wait until the
+    // subscriber's tokio task delivers OUR event. Filtering by
+    // artifact_id + workspace_dir keeps the test robust against parallel
+    // `cargo test` runs that may publish unrelated artifact lifecycle
+    // events into the same process-wide bus.
+    let matches_this_artifact = |event: &DomainEvent| {
+        matches!(
+            event,
+            DomainEvent::ArtifactPending {
+                artifact_id,
+                workspace_dir,
+                ..
+            } if artifact_id == &meta.id && workspace_dir == &expected_workspace
+        )
+    };
+    let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(2);
+    loop {
+        if collector.snapshot().iter().any(matches_this_artifact) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+            panic!(
+                "ArtifactPending event for id={} was not observed within 2s",
+                meta.id
+            );
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+    }
+
+    let mine: Vec<DomainEvent> = collector
+        .snapshot()
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(matches_this_artifact)
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(
+        mine.len(),
+        1,
+        "exactly one ArtifactPending for {} expected, got {mine:?}",
+        meta.id
+    );
+    let DomainEvent::ArtifactPending {
+        artifact_id,
+        kind,
+        title,
+        workspace_dir,
+        path,
+        thread_id,
+        client_id,
+    } = &mine[0]
+    else {
+        unreachable!("filter pinned us to ArtifactPending");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(*artifact_id, meta.id);
+    assert_eq!(kind, "presentation");
+    assert_eq!(title, "Q3 Deck");
+    assert_eq!(*workspace_dir, expected_workspace);
+    assert_eq!(*path, meta.path);
+    // No chat context bound on this test task, so the routing fields are
+    // None — the web bridge drops the event in that case, which is the
+    // intended degradation path for CLI / cron / sub-agent callers.
+    assert!(thread_id.is_none(), "thread_id leaked, got {thread_id:?}");
+    assert!(client_id.is_none(), "client_id leaked, got {client_id:?}");
+}

src/openhuman/channels/providers/web.rs

@@ -67,13 +67,22 @@ pub fn register_approval_surface_subscriber() {
 static ARTIFACT_SURFACE_HANDLE: OnceLock<SubscriptionHandle> = OnceLock::new();
 
 /// Bridge artifact lifecycle events onto the web channel.
-/// `DomainEvent::ArtifactReady` / `ArtifactFailed` (published by
-/// `artifacts::store::{finalize,fail}_artifact` from #2778's producer
-/// surface) carry the thread_id + client_id when the producing turn
-/// ran under an `APPROVAL_CHAT_CONTEXT`. When present, fan out as an
-/// `artifact_ready` / `artifact_failed` socket event so the frontend
-/// `chatRuntimeSlice` can upsert the snapshot and the `ArtifactCard`
-/// can render in the message timeline. Sub-task #2779 of #1535.
+/// `DomainEvent::ArtifactPending` / `ArtifactReady` / `ArtifactFailed`
+/// (published by `artifacts::store::{create,finalize,fail}_artifact`)
+/// carry the thread_id + client_id when the producing turn ran under an
+/// `APPROVAL_CHAT_CONTEXT`. When present, fan out as an
+/// `artifact_pending` / `artifact_ready` / `artifact_failed` socket
+/// event so the frontend `chatRuntimeSlice` can upsert the snapshot and
+/// the `ArtifactCard` can render in the message timeline:
+///
+/// - `artifact_pending` → render an in-progress "Generating…" card the
+///   moment the producing tool dispatches (#3162).
+/// - `artifact_ready` → swap the same card to a download surface when
+///   the file lands (#2779).
+/// - `artifact_failed` → swap to a retry-hint card on producer error.
+///
+/// The card is keyed on `artifact_id`, so the Pending → Ready/Failed
+/// transition reuses the same surface instead of flickering a new one.
 /// Idempotent. No-op for non-chat events (thread/client id absent).
 pub fn register_artifact_surface_subscriber() {
     if ARTIFACT_SURFACE_HANDLE.get().is_some() {
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn register_artifact_surface_subscriber() {
         Some(handle) => {
             let _ = ARTIFACT_SURFACE_HANDLE.set(handle);
             log::info!(
-                "[web-channel] artifact-surface subscriber registered (domain=artifact) — will bridge ArtifactReady/Failed → artifact_ready/artifact_failed socket events"
+                "[web-channel] artifact-surface subscriber registered (domain=artifact) — will bridge ArtifactPending/Ready/Failed → artifact_pending/artifact_ready/artifact_failed socket events"
             );
         }
         None => {
@@ -175,6 +184,38 @@ impl EventHandler for ArtifactSurfaceSubscriber {
                     ..Default::default()
                 });
             }
+            DomainEvent::ArtifactPending {
+                artifact_id,
+                kind,
+                title,
+                workspace_dir,
+                path,
+                thread_id,
+                client_id,
+            } => {
+                let (Some(thread_id), Some(client_id)) = (thread_id, client_id) else {
+                    log::debug!(
+                        "[web-channel] artifact-surface skip ArtifactPending id={artifact_id}: no chat context"
+                    );
+                    return;
+                };
+                log::info!(
+                    "[web-channel] artifact-surface emitting artifact_pending id={artifact_id} kind={kind} thread_id={thread_id} client_id={client_id}"
+                );
+                publish_web_channel_event(WebChannelEvent {
+                    event: "artifact_pending".to_string(),
+                    client_id: client_id.clone(),
+                    thread_id: thread_id.clone(),
+                    args: Some(serde_json::json!({
+                        "artifact_id": artifact_id,
+                        "kind": kind,
+                        "title": title,
+                        "workspace_dir": workspace_dir,
+                        "path": path,
+                    })),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                });
+            }
             _ => {}
         }
     }