fix(frontend): rewrite MentionInput sync to prevent onChange overwriting mention draft

The root cause: handleMentionSelect set draft to mention HTML, but the
subsequent MentionInput.onInput event fired with plain text (after the
programmatic DOM insert) and overwrote the draft.

Solution: replace pendingSyncRef trick with a clean isUserInputRef flag.
- useEffect: if getPlainText(el) === value, DOM already correct (skip).
  Mark isUserInputRef = false so next useEffect skips caret restore.
- handleInput: always set isUserInputRef = true before calling onChange.

This eliminates the pendingSyncRef/__mentionSkipSync global flag mess
entirely.

src/components/room/MentionInput.tsx

@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ export const MentionInput = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, MentionInputProps>(functi
   onSend,
 }, ref) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const pendingSyncRef = useRef(false);
   const internalValueRef = useRef(value);
 
   // Merge forwarded ref with internal ref
@@ -158,40 +157,36 @@ export const MentionInput = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, MentionInputProps>(functi
     }
   }, [ref]);
 
+  /** Track whether the last DOM update was from user input (vs programmatic) */
+  const isUserInputRef = useRef(true);
+
   /** Sync external value changes into the DOM */
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (pendingSyncRef.current) {
-      pendingSyncRef.current = false;
-      return;
-    }
     const el = containerRef.current;
     if (!el) return;
 
-    const currentText = getPlainText(el);
+    // If the DOM already contains what we want, nothing to do.
-    if (currentText === internalValueRef.current) return;
+    // (Programmatic updates via onChange already set the DOM correctly.)
-    if (internalValueRef.current === value) return;
+    if (getPlainText(el) === value) {
-
+      isUserInputRef.current = false;
-    // Save cursor position ratio (skip if this is a mention-insertion update from parent)
+      return;
-    const skipCaretRestore = (window as any).__mentionSkipSync;
-    let oldCaret = 0;
-    if (!skipCaretRestore) {
-      oldCaret = getCaretOffset(el);
     }
 
+    // Save cursor position ratio for non-user-input updates
+    const oldCaret = isUserInputRef.current ? getCaretOffset(el) : 0;
+    const oldLen = internalValueRef.current.length;
+
     // Update DOM
     el.innerHTML = value.trim() ? renderToHtml(value) : '';
     internalValueRef.current = value;
+    isUserInputRef.current = false;
 
-    // Restore cursor only for non-mention updates
+    // Restore caret for non-mention user updates
-    if (!skipCaretRestore) {
+    if (oldLen > 0) {
-      const oldLen = internalValueRef.current.length - (value.length - currentText.length); // approximate
+      const ratio = oldCaret / oldLen;
-      const ratio = oldLen > 0 ? oldCaret / oldLen : 0;
       const newLen = value.length;
-      const newCaret = Math.round(ratio * newLen);
+      setCaretAtOffset(el, Math.round(ratio * newLen));
-      setCaretAtOffset(el, Math.min(newCaret, newLen));
     }
-    // Clean up the global flag
-    if (skipCaretRestore) (window as any).__mentionSkipSync = false;
   }, [value]);
 
   /** Handle input changes — extracts plain text from DOM and sends to parent */
@@ -199,8 +194,8 @@ export const MentionInput = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, MentionInputProps>(functi
     const el = containerRef.current;
     if (!el) return;
     const newText = getPlainText(el);
-    pendingSyncRef.current = true;
     internalValueRef.current = newText;
+    isUserInputRef.current = true;
     onChange(newText);
   }, [onChange]);
 

src/components/room/RoomChatPanel.tsx

@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ const ChatInputArea = memo(function ChatInputArea({
   ref,
 }: ChatInputAreaProps) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  /** Flag: skip MentionInput's caret restoration on the next sync (used after mention insertion) */
-  const skipCaretRestoreRef = useRef(false);
 
   // ─── Central mention state ───────────────────────────────────────────────
   const ms = useMentionState(
@@ -116,14 +114,10 @@ const ChatInputArea = memo(function ChatInputArea({
       const insertion = ms.buildInsertionAt('user', id, label);
       const before = draft.substring(0, insertion.startPos);
       const newValue = before + insertion.html + ' ' + draft.substring(insertion.startPos);
-      skipCaretRestoreRef.current = true;
       onDraftChangeRef.current(newValue);
       ms.setValue(newValue);
       ms.setShowMentionPopover(false);
-      setTimeout(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => containerRef.current?.focus(), 0);
-        skipCaretRestoreRef.current = false;
-        containerRef.current?.focus();
-      }, 0);
     },
     insertCategory: (category: string) => {
       const textBefore = draft.substring(0, ms.cursorOffset);
@@ -150,15 +144,10 @@ const ChatInputArea = memo(function ChatInputArea({
     const insertion = ms.buildInsertionAt(suggestion.category, suggestion.mentionId, suggestion.label);
     const before = draft.substring(0, insertion.startPos);
     const newValue = before + insertion.html + ' ' + draft.substring(ms.cursorOffset);
-    // Skip MentionInput's caret restoration — DOM is already at the right place
-    skipCaretRestoreRef.current = true;
     onDraftChangeRef.current(newValue);
     ms.setValue(newValue);
     ms.setShowMentionPopover(false);
-    setTimeout(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => containerRef.current?.focus(), 0);
-      skipCaretRestoreRef.current = false;
-      containerRef.current?.focus();
-    }, 0);
   }, [draft, ms]);
 
   // ─── Auto-show/hide popover when @ context appears ────────────────────
@@ -177,13 +166,9 @@ const ChatInputArea = memo(function ChatInputArea({
       const html = buildMentionHtml(type as 'user' | 'repository' | 'ai', id, label);
       const spacer = ' ';
       const newValue = draft.substring(0, ms.cursorOffset) + html + spacer + draft.substring(ms.cursorOffset);
-      skipCaretRestoreRef.current = true;
       onDraftChangeRef.current(newValue);
       ms.setValue(newValue);
-      setTimeout(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => containerRef.current?.focus(), 0);
-        skipCaretRestoreRef.current = false;
-        containerRef.current?.focus();
-      }, 0);
     };
     document.addEventListener('mention-click', onMentionClick);
     return () => document.removeEventListener('mention-click', onMentionClick);