remove recents from new chat

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx

@@ -6219,9 +6219,6 @@ function App() {
                             {!tabHasConversation ? (
                               <ChatEmptyState
                                 wide
-                                recentRuns={runs}
-                                onSelectRun={(rid) => void navigateToView({ type: 'chat', runId: rid })}
-                                onOpenChatHistory={() => void navigateToView({ type: 'chat-history' })}
                                 onPickPrompt={setPresetMessage}
                               />
                             ) : (

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/chat-empty-state.tsx

@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-import { ArrowUpRight, Bot, Mail, MessageSquare, Sparkles, Telescope } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Bot, Mail, Sparkles, Telescope } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { formatRelativeTime } from '@/lib/relative-time'
 import { ToolConnectionsCard } from '@/components/tool-connections-card'
 
-export interface ChatEmptyStateRun {
-  id: string
-  title?: string
-  createdAt: string
-}
-
 interface ChatEmptyStateProps {
-  recentRuns?: ChatEmptyStateRun[]
-  onSelectRun?: (runId: string) => void
-  onOpenChatHistory?: () => void
   /** Fill the composer with a starter prompt (does not submit). */
   onPickPrompt: (prompt: string) => void
   /** Use a wider column — for the full-screen chat where the narrow column looks cramped. */
@@ -27,13 +17,10 @@ const SUGGESTED_ACTIONS: { icon: typeof Mail; title: string; sub: string; prompt
 ]
 
 /**
- * Empty-state body for the chat surface: greeting, recent chats, and starter
+ * Empty-state body for the chat surface: greeting and starter action cards.
- * action cards. Shown in both the side-pane copilot and full-screen chat.
+ * Shown in both the side-pane copilot and full-screen chat.
  */
 export function ChatEmptyState({
-  recentRuns = [],
-  onSelectRun,
-  onOpenChatHistory,
   onPickPrompt,
   wide = false,
 }: ChatEmptyStateProps) {
@@ -45,45 +32,13 @@ export function ChatEmptyState({
         </div>
         <div>
           <div className="text-base font-semibold tracking-tight">What are we working on?</div>
-          <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Ask anything, or pick up where you left off.</div>
+          <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Ask anything, or start with a suggestion.</div>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {recentRuns.length > 0 && (
-        <div>
-          <div className="flex items-center px-1 pb-2 text-[10.5px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
-            <span className="flex-1">Recent chats</span>
-            {onOpenChatHistory && (
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                onClick={onOpenChatHistory}
-                className="inline-flex items-center gap-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium normal-case tracking-normal text-primary hover:underline"
-              >
-                View all
-                <ArrowUpRight className="size-3" />
-              </button>
-            )}
-          </div>
-          <div className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
-            {recentRuns.slice(0, 4).map((run) => (
-              <button
-                key={run.id}
-                type="button"
-                onClick={() => onSelectRun?.(run.id)}
-                className="flex items-center gap-2.5 rounded-md px-2.5 py-2 text-left hover:bg-accent"
-              >
-                <MessageSquare className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
-                <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-[13px]">{run.title || '(Untitled chat)'}</span>
-                <span className="shrink-0 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{formatRelativeTime(run.createdAt)}</span>
-              </button>
-            ))}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      )}
-
       <div>
         <div className="px-1 pb-2 text-[10.5px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
-          {recentRuns.length > 0 ? 'Or start fresh' : 'Get started'}
+          Get started
         </div>
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
           {SUGGESTED_ACTIONS.map((action) => (

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/chat-sidebar.tsx

@@ -674,11 +674,6 @@ export function ChatSidebar({
                           {!tabHasConversation ? (
                             <ChatEmptyState
                               wide={isMaximized}
-                              // A pinned coding-session chat must not offer jumping
-                              // to other conversations from the empty state either.
-                              recentRuns={pinnedToCodeSession ? [] : recentRuns}
-                              onSelectRun={pinnedToCodeSession ? undefined : onSelectRun}
-                              onOpenChatHistory={pinnedToCodeSession ? undefined : onOpenChatHistory}
                               onPickPrompt={setLocalPresetMessage}
                             />
                           ) : (