fix: improve file preview fallback handling

src/handlers/filesystem-handlers.ts

@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ export async function handleReadFile(args: unknown): Promise<ServerResult> {
                     fileName: path.basename(resolvedFilePath),
                     filePath: resolvedFilePath,
                     fileType: 'unsupported' as const,
+                    content: pdfContent
+                        .filter((item): item is { type: "text"; text: string } => item.type === "text")
+                        .map((item) => item.text)
+                        .join("\n"),
                 },
             };
         }
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ export async function handleReadFile(args: unknown): Promise<ServerResult> {
                     fileName: path.basename(resolvedFilePath),
                     filePath: resolvedFilePath,
                     fileType: 'image',
+                    content: imageData,
                     imageData,
                     mimeType: fileResult.mimeType
                 }
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ export async function handleReadFile(args: unknown): Promise<ServerResult> {
                     fileName: path.basename(resolvedFilePath),
                     filePath: resolvedFilePath,
                     fileType,
+                    content: textContent,
                 },
             };
         }

src/types.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export interface FilePreviewStructuredContent {
   fileName: string;
   filePath: string;
   fileType: PreviewFileType;
+  content?: string;
   imageData?: string;
   mimeType?: string;
 }

src/ui/file-preview/src/app.ts

@@ -626,15 +626,6 @@ export function bootstrapApp(): void {
         onConnected: () => {
             currentHostContext = app.getHostContext() as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
             pendingCachedPayload = widgetState.read() ?? undefined;
-
-            window.setTimeout(() => {
-                if (!initialStateResolved) {
-                    resolveInitialState(
-                        undefined,
-                        'Preview unavailable after page refresh. Switch threads or re-run the tool.'
-                    );
-                }
-            }, 8000);
         },
     }).catch(() => {
         renderStatusState(container, 'Failed to connect to host.');

src/ui/file-preview/src/file-type-handlers.ts

@@ -92,15 +92,26 @@ const handlerRegistry: Partial<Record<RenderPayload['fileType'], FileTypeHandler
         },
     },
     unsupported: {
-        getCapabilities: () => ({
-            supportsPreview: false,
-            canCopy: false,
-            canOpenInFolder: true,
-        }),
-        renderBody: () => ({
-            notice: 'Preview is not available for this file type.',
-            html: '<div class="panel-content source-content"></div>',
-        }),
+        getCapabilities: (payload) => {
+            const hasRawContent = stripReadStatusLine(payload.content).trim().length > 0;
+            return {
+                supportsPreview: hasRawContent,
+                canCopy: hasRawContent,
+                canOpenInFolder: !isLikelyUrl(payload.filePath),
+            };
+        },
+        renderBody: ({ payload }) => {
+            const rawContent = stripReadStatusLine(payload.content);
+            if (rawContent.trim().length === 0) {
+                return {
+                    notice: 'Preview is not available for this file type.',
+                    html: '<div class="panel-content source-content"></div>',
+                };
+            }
+            return {
+                html: `<div class="panel-content source-content">${renderRawFallback(rawContent)}</div>`,
+            };
+        },
     },
 };
 

src/ui/file-preview/src/payload-utils.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ export function extractToolText(value: unknown): string | undefined {
     return undefined;
 }
 
+function extractStructuredContentText(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+    if (!isObjectRecord(value)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    return typeof value.content === 'string' ? value.content : undefined;
+}
+
 export function extractRenderPayload(value: unknown): RenderPayload | undefined {
     if (!isObjectRecord(value)) {
         return undefined;
@@ -65,7 +72,10 @@ export function extractRenderPayload(value: unknown): RenderPayload | undefined
             ? value
             : null;
     if (!meta) return undefined;
-    const text = extractToolText(value) ?? extractToolText(value.structuredContent) ?? '';
+    const text = extractStructuredContentText(value.structuredContent)
+        ?? extractToolText(value)
+        ?? extractToolText(value.structuredContent)
+        ?? '';
     return buildRenderPayload(meta, text);
 }
 

test/test-file-handlers.js

@@ -306,18 +306,21 @@ async function testReadFilePreviewMetadata() {
   assert.ok(markdownResult.structuredContent, 'Markdown should include structuredContent');
   assert.strictEqual(markdownResult.structuredContent.fileType, 'markdown', 'Markdown fileType should be markdown');
   assert.strictEqual(markdownResult.structuredContent.filePath, MD_FILE, 'Markdown file path should be present');
+  assert.strictEqual(markdownResult.structuredContent.content, markdownResult.content[0].text, 'Markdown structuredContent should include returned content');
 
   const textResult = await handleReadFile({ path: TEXT_FILE });
   assert.ok(Array.isArray(textResult.content), 'Result should include content array');
   assert.ok(textResult.content[0].text.includes(textContent), 'Legacy content should still include text body');
   assert.ok(textResult.structuredContent, 'Text should include structuredContent');
   assert.strictEqual(textResult.structuredContent.fileType, 'text', 'Text fileType should be text');
+  assert.strictEqual(textResult.structuredContent.content, textResult.content[0].text, 'Text structuredContent should include returned content');
 
   const htmlResult = await handleReadFile({ path: HTML_FILE });
   assert.ok(Array.isArray(htmlResult.content), 'Result should include content array');
   assert.ok(htmlResult.content[0].text.includes('<h1>Preview</h1>'), 'Legacy content should still include html body');
   assert.ok(htmlResult.structuredContent, 'HTML should include structuredContent');
   assert.strictEqual(htmlResult.structuredContent.fileType, 'html', 'HTML fileType should be html');
+  assert.strictEqual(htmlResult.structuredContent.content, htmlResult.content[0].text, 'HTML structuredContent should include returned content');
 
   const imageResult = await handleReadFile({ path: IMAGE_FILE });
   assert.ok(Array.isArray(imageResult.content), 'Image result should include content array');
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@ async function testReadFilePreviewMetadata() {
   assert.strictEqual(imageResult.structuredContent.fileType, 'image', 'Image fileType should map to image preview state');
   assert.strictEqual(typeof imageResult.structuredContent.imageData, 'string', 'Image structured payload should include imageData');
   assert.ok(imageResult.structuredContent.imageData.length > 0, 'Image structured payload should include non-empty imageData');
+  assert.strictEqual(imageResult.structuredContent.content, imageResult.structuredContent.imageData, 'Image structuredContent should include file content');
   assert.strictEqual(imageResult.structuredContent.mimeType, 'image/png', 'Image structured payload should include mimeType');
   assert.strictEqual(imageResult.structuredContent.filePath, IMAGE_FILE, 'Image file path should be present');
 

test/test-markdown-preview.js

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { renderMarkdownEditorShell } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/markdown/
 import { createMarkdownController } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/markdown/controller.js';
 import { createSlugTracker, slugifyMarkdownHeading } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/markdown/slugify.js';
 import { getDocumentFullscreenAvailability, shouldAutoLoadDocumentOnEnterFullscreen } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/document-workspace.js';
+import { renderPayloadBody, getFileTypeCapabilities } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/file-type-handlers.js';
+import { extractRenderPayload } from '../dist/ui/file-preview/src/payload-utils.js';
 
 async function testSlugGeneration() {
   console.log('\n--- Test 1: heading slug generation ---');
@@ -520,6 +522,40 @@ async function testRefreshDoesNotMisclassifyMarkdownContentAsDeletion() {
   console.log('✓ refresh only treats actual tool errors as missing files');
 }
 
+async function testUnsupportedRawContentPreview() {
+  console.log('\n--- Test 11: unsupported files render raw structured content ---');
+
+  const payload = extractRenderPayload({
+    content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'PDF file: report.pdf (1 pages)\n' }],
+    structuredContent: {
+      fileName: 'report.pdf',
+      filePath: '/tmp/report.pdf',
+      fileType: 'unsupported',
+      content: '<!-- Page: 1 -->\nRaw PDF text',
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(payload, 'Unsupported payload should be extracted');
+  assert.strictEqual(payload.content, '<!-- Page: 1 -->\nRaw PDF text', 'Structured content text should be used as raw source');
+
+  const capabilities = getFileTypeCapabilities(payload);
+  assert.strictEqual(capabilities.supportsPreview, true, 'Unsupported payload with raw content should be displayable');
+  assert.strictEqual(capabilities.canCopy, true, 'Unsupported raw source should be copyable');
+
+  const body = renderPayloadBody({
+    payload,
+    htmlMode: 'rendered',
+    startLine: 1,
+    markdownController: {},
+  });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(body.notice, undefined, 'Raw source display should not show unavailable notice');
+  assert.ok(body.html.includes('Raw PDF text'), 'Raw content should be rendered');
+  assert.ok(body.html.includes('&lt;!-- Page: 1 --&gt;'), 'Raw content should be escaped');
+
+  console.log('✓ unsupported raw structured content renders as source');
+}
+
 export default async function runTests() {
   try {
     await testSlugGeneration();
@@ -530,6 +566,7 @@ export default async function runTests() {
     await testCopyFormatsAndEditorShell();
     await testPartialDocumentBecomesNewEditBaseline();
     await testRefreshDoesNotMisclassifyMarkdownContentAsDeletion();
+    await testUnsupportedRawContentPreview();
     await testFailedSaveResyncsEditBaseline();
     await testSuccessfulSaveResetsUndoBaseline();
     console.log('\n✅ Markdown preview tests passed!');