**Files Changed tab no longer shows uncommitted local changes**
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- github
- Domain
- desktop
Research direction
Start at the Files Changed tab behavior for a project session with local staged, unstaged, and untracked changes plus a linked draft PR. Trace how the tab selects its diff source and verify that local changes remain visible and support inline comments when the PR is linked; reproduce the reported case on Windows if needed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
Files Changed tab no longer shows uncommitted local changes
Previously, the Files Changed tab showed my working-tree diff (staged, unstaged, and untracked files), and I could add inline comments on those uncommitted changes. Now, once a PR is linked to the session (draft PR in my case), the tab only shows the diff from the last commit vs. the base branch — local uncommitted changes (staged/unstaged/untracked) don't appear at all, and I can't comment on them.
Expected: ability to see and comment on uncommitted local changes, not just committed/pushed diffs, even when a PR is linked.
Repro: open a project session with local uncommitted changes and a linked PR → Files Changed tab shows only the PR's committed diff.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| App version | 1.1.22 |
| OS | Windows 10.0.22631 |
| Theme | Fox |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 11 |
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- Forks
- 157
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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