Allow removing/canceling a queued message without interrupting the active run
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Domain
- cli
Research direction
Start by inspecting the Command Code TUI handling for queued messages and the Esc/Ctrl+C interrupt action. Define the queue-management behavior and verify that removing a queued message leaves the active agent run untouched; the issue does not name specific files or tests.
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Description
Feature Description
Add a way in the Command Code TUI to remove/cancel a queued user message without interrupting the currently active agent run.
Today, while Command Code is working, a new prompt can appear as Queued (1). If I change my mind and no longer want that queued instruction to run, there does not appear to be a non-destructive way to remove it. Esc / Ctrl+C interrupts the active run, which is much more disruptive than simply deleting the queued message.
This is especially noticeable during long-running tasks: the foreground agent may have been working for 10–20+ minutes, and cancelling one accidental or obsolete queued prompt should not require stopping that work.
Use Case
Example workflow:
- Start a long-running task.
- While it is still running, type a follow-up such as "check all sub-agent statuses".
- The prompt is shown as
Queued (1). - Realize that the follow-up is unnecessary or would be better asked later.
- Want to remove only that queued message while leaving the active run completely untouched.
Current options are poor:
- Wait for the active run to finish and let the unwanted queued message execute.
- Press
Esc/Ctrl+C, which interrupts the active run too.
Expected Behavior
Provide a non-destructive queue-management action, for example one or more of:
- Select/click a queued message and choose Remove from queue.
- A shortcut such as
Alt+Backspace/Ctrl+Shift+Backspacefor the most recently queued message. - A small queue panel where pending messages can be viewed, reordered, edited, or deleted.
- A command such as
/queuewithremove,clear, oreditactions.
Important semantic requirement: removing a queued message must not interrupt, steer, cancel, or restart the active agent run.
Actual Behavior
The TUI shows that a message is queued (Queued (1)), but there is no obvious way to remove only that queued message. The available interrupt action (Esc / Ctrl+C) affects the active run instead of just the queued input.
Additional Context
Related to #627 ("Edit Queued Messages"), but this request is specifically about cancelling/removing queued messages without touching the active run. Editing support would be useful too, but deletion/unqueue is important on its own because it provides a safe way to undo accidental queued prompts.
Also related historically to #356, whose report explicitly mentioned being unable to unqueue a message, although that issue focused on queued-message behavior after /compact.
Environment where this was observed: Windows, Command Code TUI in Windows Terminal / PowerShell.
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