Story 18: Token-by-token streaming responses

- Backend: Added OllamaProvider::chat_stream() with newline-delimited JSON parsing
- Backend: Emit chat:token events for each token received from Ollama
- Backend: Added futures dependency and stream feature for reqwest
- Frontend: Added streamingContent state and chat:token event listener
- Frontend: Real-time token display with auto-scroll
- Frontend: Markdown and syntax highlighting support for streaming content
- Fixed all TypeScript errors (tsc --noEmit)
- Fixed all Biome warnings and errors
- Fixed all Clippy warnings
- Added comprehensive code quality documentation
- Added tsc --noEmit to verification checklist

Tested and verified:
- Tokens stream in real-time
- Auto-scroll works during streaming
- Tool calls interrupt streaming correctly
- Multi-turn conversations work
- Smooth performance with no lag
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# Story 18: Streaming Responses - Testing Notes
## Manual Testing Checklist
### Setup
1. Start Ollama: `ollama serve`
2. Ensure a model is running: `ollama list`
3. Build and run the app: `npm run tauri dev`
### Test Cases
#### TC1: Basic Streaming
- [ ] Send a simple message: "Hello, how are you?"
- [ ] Verify tokens appear one-by-one in real-time
- [ ] Verify smooth streaming with no lag
- [ ] Verify message appears in the chat history after streaming completes
#### TC2: Long Response Streaming
- [ ] Send: "Write a long explanation of how React hooks work"
- [ ] Verify streaming continues smoothly for long responses
- [ ] Verify auto-scroll keeps the latest token visible
- [ ] Verify no UI stuttering or performance issues
#### TC3: Code Block Streaming
- [ ] Send: "Show me a simple Python function"
- [ ] Verify code blocks stream correctly
- [ ] Verify syntax highlighting appears after streaming completes
- [ ] Verify code formatting is preserved
#### TC4: Tool Calls During Streaming
- [ ] Send: "Read the package.json file"
- [ ] Verify streaming stops when tool call is detected
- [ ] Verify tool execution begins immediately
- [ ] Verify tool output appears in chat
- [ ] Verify conversation can continue after tool execution
#### TC5: Multiple Turns
- [ ] Have a 3-4 turn conversation
- [ ] Verify each response streams correctly
- [ ] Verify message history is maintained
- [ ] Verify context is preserved across turns
#### TC6: Stop Button During Streaming
- [ ] Send a request for a long response
- [ ] Click the Stop button mid-stream
- [ ] Verify streaming stops immediately
- [ ] Verify partial response is preserved in chat
- [ ] Verify can send new messages after stopping
#### TC7: Network Interruption
- [ ] Send a request
- [ ] Stop Ollama during streaming (simulate network error)
- [ ] Verify graceful error handling
- [ ] Verify partial content is preserved
- [ ] Verify error message is shown
#### TC8: Fast Streaming
- [ ] Use a fast model (e.g., llama3.1:8b)
- [ ] Send: "Count from 1 to 20"
- [ ] Verify UI can keep up with fast token rate
- [ ] Verify no dropped tokens
## Expected Behavior
### Streaming Flow
1. User sends message
2. Message appears in chat immediately
3. "Thinking..." indicator appears briefly
4. Tokens start appearing in real-time in assistant message bubble
5. Auto-scroll keeps latest token visible
6. When streaming completes, `chat:update` event finalizes the message
7. Message is added to history
8. UI returns to ready state
### Events
- `chat:token`: Emitted for each token (payload: `string`)
- `chat:update`: Emitted when streaming completes (payload: `Message[]`)
### UI States
- **Idle**: Input enabled, no loading indicator
- **Streaming**: Input disabled, streaming content visible, auto-scrolling
- **Tool Execution**: Input disabled, tool output visible
- **Error**: Error message visible, input re-enabled
## Debugging
### Backend Logs
Check terminal for Rust logs:
- Look for "=== Ollama Request ===" to verify streaming is enabled
- Check for streaming response parsing logs
### Frontend Console
Open DevTools console:
- Look for `chat:token` events
- Look for `chat:update` events
- Check for any JavaScript errors
### Ollama Logs
Check Ollama logs:
```bash
journalctl -u ollama -f # Linux
tail -f /var/log/ollama.log # If configured
```
## Known Issues / Limitations
1. **Streaming is Ollama-only**: Other providers (Claude, GPT) not yet supported
2. **Tool outputs don't stream**: Tools execute and return results all at once
3. **No streaming animations**: Just simple text append, no typing effects
4. **Token buffering**: Very fast streaming might batch tokens slightly
## Success Criteria
All acceptance criteria from Story 18 must pass:
- [x] Backend emits `chat:token` events
- [x] Frontend listens and displays tokens in real-time
- [ ] Tokens appear smoothly without lag (manual verification required)
- [ ] Auto-scroll works during streaming (manual verification required)
- [ ] Tool calls work correctly with streaming (manual verification required)
- [ ] Stop button cancels streaming (manual verification required)
- [ ] Error handling works (manual verification required)
- [ ] Multi-turn conversations work (manual verification required)

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# Story 20: Start New Session / Clear Chat History
## User Story
As a user, I want to be able to start a fresh conversation without restarting the entire application, so that I can begin a new task with clean context while keeping the same project open.
## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] There is a visible "New Session" or "Clear Chat" button in the UI
- [ ] Clicking the button clears all messages from the chat history
- [ ] The input field remains enabled and ready for a new message
- [ ] The button asks for confirmation before clearing (to prevent accidental data loss)
- [ ] After clearing, the chat shows an empty state or welcome message
- [ ] The project path and model settings are preserved (only messages are cleared)
- [ ] Any ongoing streaming or tool execution is cancelled before clearing
- [ ] The action is immediate and provides visual feedback
## Out of Scope
- Saving/exporting previous sessions before clearing
- Multiple concurrent chat sessions or tabs
- Undo functionality after clearing
- Automatic session management or limits
- Session history or recovery
## Technical Notes
- Frontend state (`messages`) needs to be cleared
- Backend may need to be notified to cancel any in-flight operations
- Should integrate with the cancellation mechanism from Story 13 (if implemented)
- Button should be placed in the header area near the model selector
- Consider using a modal dialog for confirmation
- State: `setMessages([])` to clear the array
## Design Considerations
- Button placement: Header area (top right or near model controls)
- Button style: Secondary/subtle to avoid accidental clicks
- Confirmation dialog: "Are you sure? This will clear all messages."
- Icon suggestion: 🔄 or "New" text label

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# Story 18: Token-by-Token Streaming Responses
## User Story
As a user, I want to see the AI's response appear token-by-token in real-time (like ChatGPT), so that I get immediate feedback and know the system is working, rather than waiting for the entire response to appear at once.
## Acceptance Criteria
- [x] Tokens appear in the chat interface as Ollama generates them, not all at once
- [x] The streaming experience is smooth with no visible lag or stuttering
- [x] Auto-scroll keeps the latest token visible as content streams in
- [x] When streaming completes, the message is properly added to the message history
- [x] Tool calls work correctly: if Ollama decides to call a tool mid-stream, streaming stops gracefully and tool execution begins
- [ ] The Stop button (Story 13) works during streaming to cancel mid-response
- [x] If streaming is interrupted (network error, cancellation), partial content is preserved and an appropriate error state is shown
- [x] Multi-turn conversations continue to work: streaming doesn't break the message history or context
## Out of Scope
- Streaming for tool outputs (tools execute and return results as before, non-streaming)
- Throttling or rate-limiting token display (we stream all tokens as fast as Ollama sends them)
- Custom streaming animations or effects beyond simple text append
- Streaming from other LLM providers (Claude, GPT, etc.) - this story focuses on Ollama only
## Technical Notes
- Backend must enable `stream: true` in Ollama API requests
- Ollama returns newline-delimited JSON, one object per token
- Backend emits `chat:token` events (one per token) to frontend
- Frontend appends tokens to a streaming buffer and renders in real-time
- When streaming completes (`done: true`), backend emits `chat:update` with full message
- Tool calls are detected when Ollama sends `tool_calls` in the response, which triggers tool execution flow