From 5c8ae70d2e34172749e7a759c37be7096e3cfda5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ethernet <arilotter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:02:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(desktop): drop the legacy localStorage queue
 migration

The old client-owned queue was ephemeral draft state; losing a queued
message across the one upgrade isn't worth carrying migration code
forever. The stale localStorage key is simply ignored.
---
 .../chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts |  8 ---
 apps/desktop/src/store/composer-queue.ts      | 51 -------------------
 2 files changed, 59 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts
index 4a06ff50422..ddda3de145d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { type ComposerAttachment } from '@/store/composer'
 import {
   $pendingSteersBySession,
   $queuedPromptsBySession,
-  migrateLegacyQueue,
   migrateQueuedPrompts,
   promoteQueuedPrompt,
   type QueuedPromptEntry,
@@ -221,13 +220,6 @@ export function useComposerQueue({
     migrateQueuedPrompts(prev, activeQueueSessionKey)
   }, [activeQueueSessionKey, queueSessionKey])
 
-  // One-time legacy migration: entries stranded in the localStorage queue
-  // (from before the queue moved to the gateway) are pushed to
-  // session.queue.add and the storage key is cleared.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    migrateLegacyQueue(activeQueueSessionKey)
-  }, [activeQueueSessionKey])
-
   // Queue-edit cleanup: on session swap the scope effect already stashed the
   // edit snapshot; only restore into the composer when still on the same scope.
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-queue.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-queue.ts
index 4a94b94095b..a8c71ff876f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-queue.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-queue.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ export interface PendingSteerEntry {
 type QueueState = Record<string, QueuedPromptEntry[]>
 type SteerState = Record<string, PendingSteerEntry[]>
 
-// Legacy localStorage key from the client-owned queue era. Read once by
-// migrateLegacyQueue() to push stranded entries to the gateway, then cleared.
-const LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY = 'hermes.desktop.composerQueue.v1'
-
 export const $queuedPromptsBySession = atom<QueueState>({})
 export const $pendingSteersBySession = atom<SteerState>({})
 
@@ -295,53 +291,6 @@ export const migrateQueuedPrompts = (fromKey: string | null | undefined, toKey:
   return true
 }
 
-/** One-time migration: push any entries stranded in the legacy localStorage
- *  queue (client-owned era) to the gateway, then clear the storage key. */
-export const migrateLegacyQueue = (key: string | null | undefined) => {
-  const sid = sidOf(key)
-
-  if (!sid || typeof window === 'undefined') {
-    return
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY)
-
-    if (!raw) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(raw)
-
-    if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-      window.localStorage.removeItem(LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY)
-
-      return
-    }
-
-    const state = parsed as Record<string, { text?: string }[]>
-    const entries = state[sid]
-
-    if (entries?.length) {
-      for (const entry of entries) {
-        if (entry?.text?.trim()) {
-          void enqueueQueuedPrompt(sid, { text: entry.text })
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    delete state[sid]
-
-    if (Object.keys(state).length === 0) {
-      window.localStorage.removeItem(LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY)
-    } else {
-      window.localStorage.setItem(LEGACY_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(state))
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Best-effort — a broken legacy blob shouldn't take down the composer.
-  }
-}
-
 // ── Pending steers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // A steer RPC is accepted instantly, but the text only reaches the model at
 // the next tool-batch boundary. These helpers track that in-between state so