Take the audit log and file checksums out of the chat surface

The thread panel rendered an "Audit" feed — "Chat message sent", "Task
run completed", "Approval requested" rows with monospace timestamps —
a server log sitting inside a conversation. Attachments showed an eight-
character SHA-256 fragment next to the file type. Neither belongs in a
surface a non-technical operator reads as people talking.

Remove the audit replay from the chat thread (and its now-dead
replayEventsForThread/auditPayload plumbing) and drop the checksum from
the attachment card. The audit trail itself is unchanged — it is still
recorded and still shown on the task activity tab. The e2e thread check
now asserts the reply box, not the log.

AgentCompany-New/src/renderer/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   collectParticipants,
   filterApprovalsForSpace,
   isRootMessage,
-  replayEventsForThread,
 } from "./chat/chat-helpers";
 import { ROLE_KEY } from "../../../shared/domain";
 import type { PageProps } from "./types";
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ export function ChatPage({ snapshot, actions }: PageProps) {
     () => snapshot.approvals.filter((a) => a.orgId === orgId && a.state === "pending"),
     [snapshot.approvals, orgId],
   );
-  const auditEventsAll = useMemo(
-    () => snapshot.auditEvents.filter((event) => event.orgId === orgId),
-    [snapshot.auditEvents, orgId],
-  );
   const channels = useMemo(() => spaces.filter((space) => space.spaceType !== "direct"), [spaces]);
   const directs = useMemo(() => spaces.filter((space) => space.spaceType === "direct"), [spaces]);
   const canBoardIntervene = useMemo(
@@ -106,10 +101,6 @@ export function ChatPage({ snapshot, actions }: PageProps) {
   const threadMessages = selectedThread
     ? messagesInSpace.filter((m) => m.threadId === selectedThread.id && m.id !== selectedThread.rootMessageId)
     : [];
-  const threadAuditEvents = useMemo(
-    () => (selectedThread ? replayEventsForThread(auditEventsAll, selectedThread, messagesInSpace) : []),
-    [auditEventsAll, selectedThread, messagesInSpace],
-  );
   const selectedBoardInterventions = useMemo(
     () => (selectedThread ? boardInterventionsAll.filter((item) => item.threadId === selectedThread.id) : []),
     [boardInterventionsAll, selectedThread],
@@ -309,7 +300,6 @@ export function ChatPage({ snapshot, actions }: PageProps) {
           slashInvocations={slashInvocationsAll}
           boardInterventions={selectedBoardInterventions}
           files={files}
-          auditEvents={threadAuditEvents}
           context={{ employees, agents }}
           canIntervene={canBoardIntervene}
           attachmentFileId={threadAttachmentFileId}

AgentCompany-New/src/renderer/src/pages/chat/ChatMessageRow.tsx

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function AttachmentCard({ file, handoff = false, onOpen }: { file: FileObjectRec
             </span>
           )}
         </div>
-        <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: "var(--text-3)" }}>{file.kind.toUpperCase()} · {file.sha256.slice(0, 8)}</div>
+        <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: "var(--text-3)" }}>{file.kind.toUpperCase()}</div>
       </div>
       {canOpen && <IconButton icon="arrowUpRight" label={`Open ${file.name}`} onClick={onOpen ?? undefined} />}
     </div>

AgentCompany-New/src/renderer/src/pages/chat/ChatThreadPanel.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, type FormEvent } from "react";
 import { Button, Icon, IconButton, Pill } from "../../shared/ui";
 import type {
-  AuditEventRecord,
   BoardInterventionRecord,
   ChatAttachmentRecord,
   ChatMentionRecord,
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
   ChatThreadRecord,
   FileObjectRecord,
 } from "../../../../shared/domain";
-import { auditEventLabel, formatTime } from "../types";
+import { formatTime } from "../types";
 import { ChatMessageRow } from "./ChatMessageRow";
 import { MentionTextarea } from "./MentionTextarea";
 import { senderName, type MessageContext } from "./chat-helpers";
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ export function ChatThreadPanel({
   slashInvocations,
   boardInterventions,
   files,
-  auditEvents,
   context,
   canIntervene,
   attachmentFileId,
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ export function ChatThreadPanel({
   slashInvocations: ChatSlashInvocationRecord[];
   boardInterventions: BoardInterventionRecord[];
   files: FileObjectRecord[];
-  auditEvents: AuditEventRecord[];
   context: MessageContext;
   canIntervene: boolean;
   attachmentFileId: string;
@@ -118,7 +115,6 @@ export function ChatThreadPanel({
             compact
           />
         ))}
-        {auditEvents.length > 0 && <AuditReplay events={auditEvents} />}
       </div>
       <form onSubmit={onSubmit} style={{ padding: 12, flexShrink: 0 }}>
         <div style={{ border: "1px solid var(--border-strong)", borderRadius: 10, background: "var(--panel)", padding: "8px 10px" }}>
@@ -244,33 +240,3 @@ function boardStateLabel(state: string): string {
 function formatBoardAction(action: string): string {
   return action.replace(/_/g, " ");
 }
-
-function AuditReplay({ events }: { events: AuditEventRecord[] }) {
-  return (
-    <section style={{ borderTop: "1px solid var(--border-soft)", marginTop: 18, paddingTop: 14 }}>
-      <div className="section-label" style={{ marginBottom: 10 }}>Audit</div>
-      <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 8 }}>
-        {events.map((event) => (
-          <div
-            key={event.id}
-            className="row"
-            style={{
-              alignItems: "baseline",
-              gap: 8,
-              border: "1px solid var(--border)",
-              borderRadius: 8,
-              padding: "8px 10px",
-              background: "var(--panel)",
-              minWidth: 0,
-            }}
-          >
-            <span className="mono" style={{ fontSize: 12, color: "var(--text-3)", flexShrink: 0 }}>{formatTime(event.createdAt)}</span>
-            <span style={{ fontSize: 12, color: "var(--text-1)", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "nowrap" }}>
-              {auditEventLabel(event.entityType, event.action)}
-            </span>
-          </div>
-        ))}
-      </div>
-    </section>
-  );
-}

AgentCompany-New/src/renderer/src/pages/chat/chat-helpers.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type {
   AgentRecord,
   ApprovalRecord,
-  AuditEventRecord,
   ChatAttachmentRecord,
   ChatMessageRecord,
   ChatSpaceRecord,
@@ -81,33 +80,6 @@ export function countMessagesIn(spaceId: string, messages: ChatMessageRecord[]):
   return messages.filter((message) => message.spaceId === spaceId).length;
 }
 
-export function replayEventsForThread(
-  events: AuditEventRecord[],
-  thread: ChatThreadRecord,
-  messages: ChatMessageRecord[],
-): AuditEventRecord[] {
-  const messageIds = new Set(
-    messages
-      .filter((message) => message.threadId === thread.id || message.id === thread.rootMessageId)
-      .map((message) => message.id),
-  );
-  return events
-    .filter((event) => {
-      if (event.entityType === "chat_message" && messageIds.has(event.entityId)) return true;
-      const payload = auditPayload(event);
-      return payload.threadId === thread.id || payload.sourceThreadId === thread.id;
-    })
-    .sort((a, b) => new Date(a.createdAt).getTime() - new Date(b.createdAt).getTime());
-}
-
-function auditPayload(event: AuditEventRecord): Record<string, unknown> {
-  const parsed = JSON.parse(event.payloadJson) as unknown;
-  if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-    throw new Error("Audit event payload is invalid.");
-  }
-  return parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
-}
-
 export function formatDay(iso: string): string {
   const date = new Date(iso);
   if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) return "—";

AgentCompany-New/tests/e2e/desktop.spec.ts

@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ test("onboards, hires, and creates work in the Electron shell", async () => {
     await expect(page.getByText("@Board").first()).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText("/escalate").first()).toBeVisible();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open thread" }).first().click();
-    await expect(page.getByText("Audit")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Thread reply" })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByText("Chat message sent").first()).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByText("Approval requested").first()).toBeVisible();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Approvals" }).click();
     await expect(page.getByText("Escalate release").first()).toBeVisible();