From 0e1f580370db6a54f169c0b74ff21942e7a9f495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Leoutsakos <billleoutsakos@Bills-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:17:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(terminal): keep running-command tooltips concise

---
 .../terminal-session/terminal-session.test.ts | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../terminal-session/terminal-session.tsx     | 10 ++---
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.test.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.test.ts
index ea0a4eae4b9..58769251e92 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.test.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.test.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,45 @@ import {
   terminalFontSizeForZoom,
   terminalSelectionLabel,
   terminalSelectionSnapshot,
+  terminalTooltip,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session'
 
+describe('terminal tab tooltips', () => {
+  it('summarizes a long compound heredoc command by its foreground program', () => {
+    const running = `mkdir -p ~/.doordash-bot/bin && cat > ~/.doordash-bot/bin/dd-cli-mock <<'EOF'
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const carts = new Map()
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify([...carts]))
+EOF
+chmod +x ~/.doordash-bot/bin/dd-cli-mock && echo '--- smoke test ---' && ~/.doordash-bot/bin/dd-cli-mock submit mock_123`
+    const tooltip = terminalTooltip({
+      terminalId: 'terminal-1',
+      title: 'mkdir',
+      cwd: '/Users/emirkarabeg',
+      running,
+      interactive: false,
+      active: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(tooltip).toBe('/Users/emirkarabeg — dd-cli-mock')
+    expect(tooltip).not.toContain('const carts')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the working-directory tooltip for idle terminals', () => {
+    const idleTab = {
+      terminalId: 'terminal-1',
+      title: 'sim',
+      cwd: '/Users/emirkarabeg/sim',
+      running: null,
+      interactive: false,
+      active: true,
+    }
+
+    expect(terminalTooltip(idleTab)).toBe('/Users/emirkarabeg/sim')
+    expect(terminalTooltip({ ...idleTab, cwd: null })).toBe('Terminal')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('suspended terminal resource lifecycle', () => {
   it('does not remove a resource when administrative suspension clears its PTYs', () => {
     expect(shouldRemoveTerminalResource(0, true, true)).toBe(false)
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.tsx
index badaa075443..cb124f6e479 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-content/components/terminal-session/terminal-session.tsx
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ function hideMountedMenuSurfaces(): void {
  */
 const COMMAND_SETTLE_MS = 1_000
 
-/** Full working directory, plus whatever the shell is running in it. */
-function terminalTooltip(tab: TerminalTabState): string {
+/** Full working directory, plus a concise name for whatever the shell is running. */
+export function terminalTooltip(tab: TerminalTabState): string {
   const where = tab.cwd ?? 'Terminal'
-  return tab.running ? `${where} — ${tab.running}` : where
+  return tab.running ? `${where} — ${describeRunningCommand(tab.running)}` : where
 }
 
 function sameIds(a: ReadonlySet<string>, b: ReadonlySet<string>): boolean {
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ export function TerminalSession({ visible, scopeId }: TerminalSessionProps) {
         id: tab.terminalId,
         title: counts.get(label) === 1 ? label : `${label} ${occurrence}`,
         // The label is a basename, and the tab may be running something it
-        // is not naming yet, so hovering gives the whole picture: where the
-        // shell is, and what it is doing there.
+        // is not naming yet, so hovering identifies the working directory and
+        // foreground program without exposing the literal command.
         tooltip: terminalTooltip(tab),
         icon: (
           <TerminalTabIcon