fix(tui): fix cursor positioning and underflow in selection list

[echobt]

Summary

Fixes #5175, #5174, #5173 - Selection list cursor and layout issues.

Problems

1. Cursor doesn't match truncated display
2. Byte length used instead of char count
3. Width underflow in disabled items

Solution

Used char-aware cursor positioning and saturating arithmetic.

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Greptile Overview

Greptile Summary

WARNING: PR title and description are completely incorrect. This PR has nothing to do with TUI cursor positioning or selection lists. The actual changes address multiple security and reliability issues:

Security Fixes

• Command validation bypass prevention - normalized commands to prevent whitespace, quote, and path-based bypasses of blocked command checks
• Path traversal improvements - switched from string matching to component-based detection to avoid false positives on filenames containing ".."
• Config validation - added bounds checking for ratios (0.0-1.0) in compaction threshold and OTEL sampling configs

Concurrency Fixes

• TOCTOU race elimination - fixed race conditions in MCP server initialization and plugin registration by holding write locks during entire check-and-set operations

Type Safety

• Token counts - changed from i64 to u64 across config, protocol, and event types (token counts cannot be negative)

Memory Management

• Tool response store - new bounded storage with TTL and capacity limits to prevent unbounded memory growth (#5292, #5293)

Reliability Improvements

• Storage error handling - improved error collection and logging in session listing operations while still returning available data
• Session manager consistency - enhanced transactional semantics to restore state on storage failures

Critical Issues Found

• Message restore order bug in session/manager.rs line 287 will cause incorrect ordering on rollback

Confidence Score: 3/5

• This PR has good security and reliability improvements but contains a critical logic bug and misleading metadata
• Score reflects the combination of valuable fixes (TOCTOU races, command bypass prevention, type safety) with a critical message ordering bug in pop_last_exchange restore logic. The completely incorrect PR title/description raises concerns about testing and review process.
• src/cortex-tui/src/session/manager.rs requires immediate attention for the message restore order bug at line 287

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/cortex-cli/src/utils/paths.rs	Improved tilde expansion to handle bare ~ and fixed path traversal detection using component analysis instead of string contains
src/cortex-engine/src/tools/response_store.rs	New module: bounded tool response storage with TTL, capacity limits, and automatic cleanup to prevent unbounded memory growth
src/cortex-engine/src/validation.rs	Added command normalization to prevent bypass via whitespace, quotes, or path variants in blocked command validation
src/cortex-mcp-server/src/server.rs	Fixed TOCTOU race by holding write lock during entire check-and-set operation in handle_initialize
src/cortex-plugins/src/registry.rs	Fixed TOCTOU race using Entry API for atomic check-and-insert in plugin registration
src/cortex-tui/src/session/manager.rs	Enhanced error handling and consistency in message operations - restores state on storage failure in pop_last_exchange

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant CLI
    participant Validator
    participant Config
    participant MCPServer
    participant PluginRegistry
    participant Storage
    participant ToolStore

    Note over User,ToolStore: Path Validation Flow
    User->>CLI: provide path with "~"
    CLI->>CLI: expand_tilde("~/path")
    CLI->>CLI: validate_path_safety()
    CLI->>CLI: check components for ParentDir
    CLI-->>User: safe expanded path

    Note over User,ToolStore: Command Validation Flow
    User->>Validator: submit command
    Validator->>Validator: normalize_command()
    Note right of Validator: Remove quotes, whitespace,<br/>extract basename
    Validator->>Validator: check against blocked list
    Validator-->>User: validation result

    Note over User,ToolStore: Config Validation Flow
    User->>Config: load config with ratios
    Config->>Config: deserialize_threshold_percent()
    Config->>Config: validate 0.0 <= value <= 1.0
    Config-->>User: validated config or error

    Note over User,ToolStore: TOCTOU Race Prevention
    User->>MCPServer: initialize (concurrent)
    User->>MCPServer: initialize (concurrent)
    MCPServer->>MCPServer: acquire write lock
    MCPServer->>MCPServer: check state == Uninitialized
    MCPServer->>MCPServer: set state = Initializing
    MCPServer->>MCPServer: release write lock
    Note right of MCPServer: Second request blocked<br/>until state change complete
    MCPServer-->>User: one succeeds, one fails

    User->>PluginRegistry: register plugin (concurrent)
    PluginRegistry->>PluginRegistry: acquire write lock
    PluginRegistry->>PluginRegistry: Entry API check-and-insert
    PluginRegistry-->>User: atomic operation

    Note over User,ToolStore: Storage Error Handling
    User->>Storage: list_sessions()
    Storage->>Storage: iterate directory entries
    alt entry read fails
        Storage->>Storage: collect error, continue
    end
    alt session load fails
        Storage->>Storage: collect error, continue
    end
    Storage-->>User: available sessions + error logs

    Note over User,ToolStore: Tool Response Store
    User->>ToolStore: store(call_id, result)
    alt at capacity
        ToolStore->>ToolStore: evict oldest entry
    end
    ToolStore->>ToolStore: store new response
    User->>ToolStore: take(call_id)
    ToolStore->>ToolStore: remove and return
    Note right of ToolStore: Prevents unbounded growth

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Incorrect restore order causes message ordering bug. Line 221-222 pop in order last, prev, but restore pushes prev, last, resulting in reversed order.

Suggested change

	// Restore in reverse order (prev was popped second, so push it first)
	if let Some(msg) = prev {
	self.messages.push(msg);
	}
	if let Some(msg) = last {
	self.messages.push(msg);
	// Restore in correct order: prev was popped second, last was popped first
	if let Some(msg) = last {
	self.messages.push(msg);
	}
	if let Some(msg) = prev {
	self.messages.push(msg);
	}

Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: src/cortex-tui/src/session/manager.rs
Line: 287:292

Comment:
Incorrect restore order causes message ordering bug. Line 221-222 pop in order `last, prev`, but restore pushes `prev, last`, resulting in reversed order.

```suggestion
                // Restore in correct order: prev was popped second, last was popped first
                if let Some(msg) = last {
                    self.messages.push(msg);
                }
                if let Some(msg) = prev {
                    self.messages.push(msg);
                }
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

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Additional Comments (1)

src/cortex-cli/src/utils/paths.rs
This pattern still has false positives: ..hidden starts with ".." but is NOT a parent directory traversal - it's a valid filename starting with two dots.

        let safe_patterns = ["file..txt", "...hidden", "test...file", "foo/bar..baz/file"];

Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: src/cortex-cli/src/utils/paths.rs
Line: 88:90

Comment:
This pattern still has false positives: `..hidden` starts with ".." but is NOT a parent directory traversal - it's a valid filename starting with two dots.

```suggestion
        let safe_patterns = ["file..txt", "...hidden", "test...file", "foo/bar..baz/file"];
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

[echobt]

Consolidated into #69 - fix(tui): consolidated TUI fixes for overflow, positioning, and panic prevention