feat(chat): add cross-provider conversation handoffs

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Add “Continue with another provider” to idle chats. Choose a provider and model to open a linked chat in the same workspace with a saved context draft. Review it before sending; the original chat stays unchanged and the handoff itself makes no model request. Addresses #653.

The draft includes bounded conversation text and tool calls/results, with truncation notices. It excludes private reasoning, attachment contents, and provider-specific state. Session and draft creation are atomic, and running source sessions are rejected.

Tests: 380 frontend tests, focused backend tests, build, typecheck, lint, and an authenticated API smoke test pass. Full backend: 401 passed, 1 skipped, 2 existing skills-test failures reproduced on the base commit. Browser validation was canceled; UI behavior is covered by component tests.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added the ability to create a linked chat draft with another provider or model from an idle conversation.
  • Transfers recent conversation context while excluding attachments, private reasoning, and provider-specific state.
  • Supports model selection, truncation notices, and navigation to the new draft.
  • Added validation and user-friendly error handling for unavailable or active conversations.

• Documentation

  • Documented provider handoff behavior, transferred context, limitations, and truncation details.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds provider handoff from an idle chat. The flow selects another provider and model, creates a linked session, transfers bounded text context into a durable draft, and navigates to the new session. Server validation, transaction handling, authentication, localization, documentation, and tests are included.

Changes

Provider handoff

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Handoff persistence and orchestration server/modules/database/..., server/modules/providers/services/..., server/modules/providers/tests/...	Session creation accepts fork and model metadata. The handoff service validates the source, renders bounded transferable context, saves an unsent draft, broadcasts the new session, and rolls back on persistence failure.
Authenticated handoff API server/modules/providers/provider.routes.ts, server/modules/providers/tests/provider.routes.test.ts	Adds POST /sessions/:sessionId/handoff with provider, model, and authenticated-user validation.
Chat handoff control and client contract src/modules/chat/..., src/shared/api.ts, src/modules/i18n/locales/en/chat.json, docs/README.md	Adds provider/model selection, API submission, draft storage, navigation, localized strings, feature documentation, and client coverage for success, errors, disabled state, and unmount handling.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant SessionHandoffButton
  participant API
  participant sessionHandoffService
  participant Database
  User->>SessionHandoffButton: Select another provider and model
  SessionHandoffButton->>API: POST session handoff
  API->>sessionHandoffService: Validate request and source session
  sessionHandoffService->>Database: Create linked session and save draft
  Database-->>sessionHandoffService: Return persisted handoff
  sessionHandoffService-->>API: Return session and draft
  API-->>SessionHandoffButton: Return handoff response
  SessionHandoffButton->>SessionHandoffButton: Store draft and navigate

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Suggested reviewers: blackmammoth

Poem

A rabbit hops through chats anew
With drafts tucked safely in its queue
It skips the tools and trims the tale
Then links a path on moonlit trail
Another provider joins the ride

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5dd44

The handoff endpoint should have its source-session access expectations confirmed before merge; under the current single-user model the exposure is bounded, but future multi-user use would require explicit authorization.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding cross-provider conversation handoffs for chats.
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Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 10 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In `@server/modules/providers/provider.routes.ts`:
- Line 829: Update the handoff flow around sessionHandoffService.createHandoff
to authorize userId’s access to the source session before fetchHistory executes.
Reject unauthorized or non-member requests and only create the handoff after the
existing ownership/workspace access check succeeds.

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📒 Files selected for processing (12)

• docs/README.md
• server/modules/database/index.ts
• server/modules/database/repositories/sessions.db.ts
• server/modules/providers/provider.routes.ts
• server/modules/providers/services/session-handoff.service.ts
• server/modules/providers/tests/provider.routes.test.ts
• server/modules/providers/tests/session-handoff.test.ts
• src/modules/chat/ChatInterface.tsx
• src/modules/chat/modals/SessionHandoffButton.tsx
• src/modules/chat/tests/sessionHandoff.test.tsx
• src/modules/i18n/locales/en/chat.json
• src/shared/api.ts

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