Guard empty/whitespace chat messages on the frontend #51

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2026-07-28T05:07:25-07:00

westfarn commented

2026-07-28 05:07:25 -07:00

Problem

Idle browser tabs (including mobile viewport) keep a WebSocket open and send keepalive { "type": "ping" } frames. Combined with backend treating empty payloads as new chats (see chat_backend#31), this spawned rogue conversations in prod.

Frontend form validation already requires prompt text, but whitespace-only input could still slip through, and sendMessage did not reject empty text.

Expected

Yup validation trims prompt text (whitespace-only fails)
Submit handlers and sendMessage refuse empty/whitespace messages
Tests cover empty sendMessage rejection

## Problem Idle browser tabs (including mobile viewport) keep a WebSocket open and send keepalive `{ "type": "ping" }` frames. Combined with backend treating empty payloads as new chats (see chat_backend#31), this spawned rogue conversations in prod. Frontend form validation already requires prompt text, but whitespace-only input could still slip through, and `sendMessage` did not reject empty text. ## Expected - Yup validation trims prompt text (whitespace-only fails) - Submit handlers and `sendMessage` refuse empty/whitespace messages - Tests cover empty `sendMessage` rejection ## Related - Backend fix: https://git.aimloperations.com/ai_ml_operations/chat_backend/issues/31

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2026-07-28 05:07:43 -07:00

Reject empty/whitespace chat messages before send.

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2026-07-28 05:07:50 -07:00

Ignore WS heartbeats and reject empty chat messages #32

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2026-07-28 05:07:50 -07:00

Reject empty/whitespace chat messages before send #52

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