fix(tui): show /browser connect progress like CLI

Return CLI-style browser connect status messages from the gateway and render them in the TUI so local Chrome launch attempts are visible instead of ending in a silent delayed failure.

ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts

@@ -207,6 +207,33 @@ describe('createSlashHandler', () => {
     expect(ctx.gateway.gw.request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('renders browser connect progress messages from the gateway', async () => {
+    const rpc = vi.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        connected: false,
+        messages: [
+          "Chrome isn't running with remote debugging — attempting to launch...",
+          'Browser not connected — start Chrome with remote debugging and retry /browser connect'
+        ],
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:9222'
+      })
+    )
+    const ctx = buildCtx({ gateway: { ...buildGateway(), rpc } })
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)('/browser connect')).toBe(true)
+    expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith('checking Chrome remote debugging at http://127.0.0.1:9222...')
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "Chrome isn't running with remote debugging — attempting to launch..."
+      )
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'Browser not connected — start Chrome with remote debugging and retry /browser connect'
+      )
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('browser connect failed')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('routes /rollback through native RPC when a session is active', () => {
     patchUiState({ sid: 'sid-abc' })
     const rpc = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))

ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/ops.ts

@@ -108,12 +108,15 @@ export const opsCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
 
       if (action === 'connect') {
         payload.url = requested || 'http://127.0.0.1:9222'
+        ctx.transcript.sys(`checking Chrome remote debugging at ${payload.url}...`)
       }
 
       ctx.gateway
         .rpc<BrowserManageResponse>('browser.manage', payload)
         .then(
           ctx.guarded<BrowserManageResponse>(r => {
+            r.messages?.forEach(message => ctx.transcript.sys(message))
+
             if (action === 'status') {
               return ctx.transcript.sys(
                 r.connected
@@ -124,13 +127,14 @@ export const opsCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
 
             if (action === 'connect') {
               if (r.connected) {
-                ctx.transcript.sys(`browser connected: ${r.url || '(url unavailable)'}`)
+                ctx.transcript.sys(`Browser connected to live Chrome via CDP`)
+                ctx.transcript.sys(`Endpoint: ${r.url || '(url unavailable)'}`)
                 ctx.transcript.sys('next browser tool call will use this CDP endpoint')
 
                 return
               }
 
-              return ctx.transcript.sys('browser connect failed')
+              return
             }
 
             ctx.transcript.sys('browser disconnected')

ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts

@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ export interface ProcessStopResponse {
 
 export interface BrowserManageResponse {
   connected?: boolean
+  messages?: string[]
   url?: string
 }