feat(app-server, core): return threads by created_at or updated_at (#9247)

Add support for returning threads by either `created_at` OR `updated_at`
descending. Previously core always returned threads ordered by
`created_at`.

This PR:
- updates core to be able to list threads by `updated_at` OR
`created_at` descending based on what the caller wants
- also update `thread/list` in app-server to expose this (default to
`created_at` if not specified)

All existing codepaths (app-server, TUI) still default to `created_at`,
so no behavior change is expected with this PR.

**Implementation**
To sort by `updated_at` is a bit nontrivial (whereas `created_at` is
easy due to the way we structure the folders and filenames on disk,
which are all based on `created_at`).

The most naive way to do this without introducing a cache file or sqlite
DB (which we have to implement/maintain) is to scan files in reverse
`created_at` order on disk, and look at the file's mtime (last modified
timestamp according to the filesystem) until we reach `MAX_SCAN_FILES`
(currently set to 10,000). Then, we can return the most recent N
threads.

Based on some quick and dirty benchmarking on my machine with ~1000
rollout files, calling `thread/list` with limit 50, the `updated_at`
path is slower as expected due to all the I/O:
- updated-at: average 103.10 ms
- created-at: average 41.10 ms

Those absolute numbers aren't a big deal IMO, but we can certainly
optimize this in a followup if needed by introducing more state stored
on disk.

**Caveat**
There's also a limitation in that any files older than `MAX_SCAN_FILES`
will be excluded, which means if a user continues a REALLY old thread,
it's possible to not be included. In practice that should not be too big
of an issue.

If a user makes...
- 1000 rollouts/day → threads older than 10 days won't show up
- 100 rollouts/day → ~100 days

If this becomes a problem for some reason, even more motivation to
implement an updated_at cache.
This commit is contained in:
Owen Lin
2026-01-16 12:58:55 -08:00
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parent e893e83eb9
commit f1653dd4d3
18 changed files with 1022 additions and 127 deletions

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@@ -1182,11 +1182,21 @@ pub struct ThreadListParams {
pub cursor: Option<String>,
/// Optional page size; defaults to a reasonable server-side value.
pub limit: Option<u32>,
/// Optional sort key; defaults to created_at.
pub sort_key: Option<ThreadSortKey>,
/// Optional provider filter; when set, only sessions recorded under these
/// providers are returned. When present but empty, includes all providers.
pub model_providers: Option<Vec<String>>,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
#[ts(export_to = "v2/")]
pub enum ThreadSortKey {
CreatedAt,
UpdatedAt,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
#[ts(export_to = "v2/")]
@@ -1359,6 +1369,9 @@ pub struct Thread {
/// Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the thread was created.
#[ts(type = "number")]
pub created_at: i64,
/// Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the thread was last updated.
#[ts(type = "number")]
pub updated_at: i64,
/// [UNSTABLE] Path to the thread on disk.
pub path: PathBuf,
/// Working directory captured for the thread.