docs(tui): explain global form routing

packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type DataSessionStatus = "idle" | "running"
 
 const messageIDFromEvent = (eventID: string) => eventID.replace(/^evt_/, "msg_")
 
-export type FormInfo = FormFormInfo | FormUrlInfo
+export type FormInfo = (FormFormInfo | FormUrlInfo) & { readonly location?: LocationRef }
 
 type LocationData = {
   agent?: AgentV2Info[]
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type Data = {
     status: Record<string, DataSessionStatus>
     message: Record<string, SessionMessage[]>
     permission: Record<string, PermissionV2Request[]>
-    // Pending forms keyed by session ID.
+    // Pending forms keyed by owner: a session ID or the temporary "global" elicitation sentinel.
     form: Record<string, FormInfo[]>
   }
   project: {
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           if (store.session.form[event.data.form.sessionID]?.some((form) => form.id === event.data.form.id)) break
           setStore("session", "form", event.data.form.sessionID, [
             ...(store.session.form[event.data.form.sessionID] ?? []),
-            mutable(event.data.form),
+            mutable({ ...event.data.form, location: event.location }),
           ])
           break
         case "form.replied":
@@ -723,10 +723,28 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           },
         },
         form: {
-          list(sessionID: string) {
-            return store.session.form[sessionID]
+          list(sessionID: string, ref?: LocationRef) {
+            const forms = store.session.form[sessionID]
+            if (sessionID !== "global") return forms
+            if (!ref) return
+            const key = locationKey(ref)
+            return forms?.filter((form) => form.location && locationKey(form.location) === key)
           },
-          async refresh(sessionID: string) {
+          async refresh(sessionID: string, ref?: LocationRef) {
+            if (sessionID === "global") {
+              const result = await sdk.api.form.listRequests({ location: locationQuery(ref ?? defaultLocation()) })
+              const location = { directory: result.location.directory, workspaceID: result.location.workspaceID }
+              const key = locationKey(location)
+              setStore("session", "form", sessionID, [
+                ...(store.session.form[sessionID] ?? []).filter(
+                  (form) => form.location && locationKey(form.location) !== key,
+                ),
+                ...mutable(
+                  result.data.filter((form) => form.sessionID === "global").map((form) => ({ ...form, location })),
+                ),
+              ])
+              return
+            }
             setStore("session", "form", sessionID, mutable(await sdk.api.form.list({ sessionID })))
           },
         },
@@ -871,7 +889,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
             directory: defaultLocation().directory,
             workspace: defaultLocation().workspaceID,
           })
-          .then((response) => {
+          .then(async (response) => {
             setStore(
               "session",
               "info",
@@ -880,6 +898,16 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
               }),
             )
             for (const session of response.data) registerSession(session.id)
+            await Promise.all(
+              Array.from(
+                new Map(
+                  Object.values(store.session.info).map(
+                    (session) => [locationKey(session.location), session.location] as const,
+                  ),
+                ).values(),
+                (location) => result.session.form.refresh("global", location),
+              ),
+            )
           }),
         result.location.refresh(),
         result.location.agent.refresh(),

packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/system/notifications.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ const tui: TuiPlugin = async (api) => {
   const permissions = new Set<string>()
 
   api.event.on("form.created", (event) => {
-    if (event.data.form.sessionID === "global") return
     if (forms.has(event.data.form.id)) return
     forms.add(event.data.form.id)
     notify(api, event.data.form.sessionID, "Input needs response", "question")

packages/tui/src/routes/session/form.tsx

@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ function display(field: Field, value: FormValue | undefined) {
   return label(value)
 }
 
+function requestOptions(form: FormInfo) {
+  if (!form.location) return undefined
+  // Global forms have no session row, so the server needs their location to select the owning Form.Service.
+  return {
+    headers: {
+      "x-opencode-directory": encodeURIComponent(form.location.directory),
+      ...(form.location.workspaceID ? { "x-opencode-workspace": form.location.workspaceID } : {}),
+    },
+  }
+}
+
 export function FormPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo }) {
   return props.form.mode === "url" ? <UrlPrompt form={props.form} /> : <FieldsPrompt form={props.form} />
 }
@@ -154,7 +165,10 @@ function UrlPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "url" } }) {
         title: "Dismiss form",
         category: "Form",
         run() {
-          void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+          void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+            { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+            requestOptions(props.form),
+          )
         },
       },
     ],
@@ -172,7 +186,10 @@ function UrlPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "url" } }) {
         desc: "Dismiss form",
         group: "Form",
         cmd: () => {
-          void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+          void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+            { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+            requestOptions(props.form),
+          )
         },
       },
     ],
@@ -328,11 +345,14 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
 
   function replySingle(field: Field, value: FormValue) {
     sdk.api.form
-      .reply({
-        sessionID: props.form.sessionID,
-        formID: props.form.id,
-        answer: { [field.key]: value },
-      })
+      .reply(
+        {
+          sessionID: props.form.sessionID,
+          formID: props.form.id,
+          answer: { [field.key]: value },
+        },
+        requestOptions(props.form),
+      )
       .catch((error: unknown) => {
         setStore(
           "error",
@@ -532,7 +552,10 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
         group: "Form",
         cmd: () => {
           if (textual()) {
-            void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+            void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+              { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+              requestOptions(props.form),
+            )
             return
           }
           setStore("editing", false)
@@ -594,7 +617,10 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
           title: "Dismiss form",
           category: "Form",
           run() {
-            void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+            void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+              { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+              requestOptions(props.form),
+            )
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -638,16 +664,19 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
                     return
                   }
                   sdk.api.form
-                    .reply({
-                      sessionID: props.form.sessionID,
-                      formID: props.form.id,
-                      answer: Object.fromEntries(
-                        fields().flatMap((field) => {
-                          const value = store.answers[field.key]
-                          return value === undefined ? [] : [[field.key, value] as const]
-                        }),
-                      ),
-                    })
+                    .reply(
+                      {
+                        sessionID: props.form.sessionID,
+                        formID: props.form.id,
+                        answer: Object.fromEntries(
+                          fields().flatMap((field) => {
+                            const value = store.answers[field.key]
+                            return value === undefined ? [] : [[field.key, value] as const]
+                          }),
+                        ),
+                      },
+                      requestOptions(props.form),
+                    )
                     .catch((error: unknown) => {
                       setStore(
                         "error",
@@ -666,7 +695,10 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
                 desc: "Dismiss form",
                 group: "Form",
                 cmd: () => {
-                  void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+                  void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+                    { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+                    requestOptions(props.form),
+                  )
                 },
               },
               { key: "up", desc: "Scroll review", group: "Form", cmd: () => review?.scrollBy(-1) },
@@ -715,7 +747,10 @@ function FieldsPrompt(props: { form: FormInfo & { mode: "form" } }) {
                 desc: "Dismiss form",
                 group: "Form",
                 cmd: () => {
-                  void sdk.api.form.cancel({ sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id })
+                  void sdk.api.form.cancel(
+                    { sessionID: props.form.sessionID, formID: props.form.id },
+                    requestOptions(props.form),
+                  )
                 },
               },
               ...tuiConfig.keybinds.get("app.exit"),

packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx

@@ -182,8 +182,10 @@ export function Session() {
     )
   })
   const forms = createMemo(() => {
-    if (session()?.parentID) return []
-    return data.session.form.list(route.sessionID) ?? []
+    return [
+      ...(session()?.parentID ? [] : (data.session.form.list(route.sessionID) ?? [])),
+      ...(data.session.form.list("global", location()) ?? []),
+    ]
   })
   const [composer, setComposer] = createStore({
     open: false,
@@ -258,9 +260,11 @@ export function Session() {
         navigate({ type: "home" })
         return
       }
+      await data.session.form.refresh("global", info.location)
+      if (route.sessionID !== sessionID) return
       project.workspace.set(info.location.workspaceID)
       editor.reconnect(info.location.directory)
-      if (route.sessionID === sessionID && scroll) scroll.scrollBy(100_000)
+      if (scroll) scroll.scrollBy(100_000)
     })().catch((error) => {
       if (route.sessionID !== sessionID) return
       toast.show({
@@ -929,12 +933,12 @@ export function Session() {
               <box flexShrink={0}>
                 <Composer
                   sessionID={route.sessionID}
-                  open={composer.open || !!session()?.parentID}
+                  open={composer.open || (!!session()?.parentID && forms().length === 0)}
                   defaultTab={composer.tab ?? (session()?.parentID ? "subagents" : undefined)}
                   onClose={() => setComposer("open", false)}
                 />
                 <Switch>
-                  <Match when={composer.open || !!session()?.parentID}>{null}</Match>
+                  <Match when={composer.open || (!!session()?.parentID && forms().length === 0)}>{null}</Match>
                   <Match when={permissions().length > 0}>
                     <PermissionPrompt request={permissions()[0]} directory={session()?.location.directory} />
                   </Match>

packages/tui/test/cli/cmd/tui/notifications.test.ts

@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ const formNotification: TuiAttentionNotifyInput = {
   sound: { name: "question", when: "always" },
 }
 
+const globalFormNotification: TuiAttentionNotifyInput = {
+  ...formNotification,
+  title: undefined,
+}
+
 const permissionNotification: TuiAttentionNotifyInput = {
   title: "Demo session",
   message: "Permission needs input",
@@ -173,12 +178,12 @@ describe("internal notifications TUI plugin", () => {
     expect(harness.notifications).toEqual([formNotification, questionNotification, permissionNotification])
   })
 
-  test("ignores global forms until the TUI can render them", async () => {
+  test("notifies for global forms once the TUI can render them", async () => {
     const harness = await setup()
 
     harness.emit({ id: "event-1", created: 0, type: "form.created", data: { form: form("form-1", "global") } })
 
-    expect(harness.notifications).toEqual([])
+    expect(harness.notifications).toEqual([globalFormNotification])
   })
 
   test("dedupes pending forms, questions, and permissions until they are resolved", async () => {

packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx

@@ -877,6 +877,196 @@ test("adds, dismisses, and refreshes form requests", async () => {
   }
 })
 
+test("tracks global forms by location", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const calls = createFetch(undefined, events)
+  const other = { directory: "/tmp/opencode-other", workspaceID: "wrk_other" }
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <SDKProvider client={createClient(calls.fetch)} api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </SDKProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => data.connection.status() === "connected")
+    events.emit({
+      id: "evt_form_created_global",
+      created: 0,
+      location: other,
+      type: "form.created",
+      data: { form: { id: "frm_other", sessionID: "global", mode: "form", fields: [] } },
+    })
+
+    await wait(() => data.session.form.list("global", other)?.length === 1)
+    expect(data.session.form.list("global", { directory }) ?? []).toEqual([])
+
+    events.emit({
+      id: "evt_form_created_global_default",
+      created: 1,
+      location: { directory },
+      type: "form.created",
+      data: { form: { id: "frm_default", sessionID: "global", mode: "form", fields: [] } },
+    })
+    await wait(() => data.session.form.list("global", { directory })?.length === 1)
+
+    events.emit({
+      id: "evt_form_replied_global",
+      created: 2,
+      location: other,
+      type: "form.replied",
+      data: { id: "frm_other", sessionID: "global", answer: {} },
+    })
+    await wait(() => data.session.form.list("global", other)?.length === 0)
+    expect(data.session.form.list("global", { directory })?.map((form) => form.id)).toEqual(["frm_default"])
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
+test("refreshes global forms for the requested location", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const requests: URL[] = []
+  const other = { directory: "/tmp/opencode-other", workspaceID: "wrk_other" }
+  const calls = createFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.pathname !== "/api/form/request") return
+    requests.push(url)
+    const requestedDirectory = url.searchParams.get("location[directory]") ?? directory
+    const requestedWorkspace = url.searchParams.get("location[workspace]") ?? undefined
+    return json({
+      location: {
+        directory: requestedDirectory,
+        workspaceID: requestedWorkspace,
+        project: { id: "proj_test", directory: requestedDirectory },
+      },
+      data: [
+        {
+          id: requestedDirectory === other.directory ? "frm_other" : "frm_default",
+          sessionID: "global",
+          mode: "form",
+          fields: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+  }, events)
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <SDKProvider client={createClient(calls.fetch)} api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </SDKProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => data.connection.status() === "connected")
+    await data.session.form.refresh("global", { directory })
+    await data.session.form.refresh("global", other)
+
+    expect(requests).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(requests[1]?.searchParams.get("location[directory]")).toBe(other.directory)
+    expect(requests[1]?.searchParams.get("location[workspace]")).toBe(other.workspaceID)
+    expect(data.session.form.list("global", other)?.map((form) => form.id)).toEqual(["frm_other"])
+    expect(data.session.form.list("global", { directory })?.map((form) => form.id)).toEqual(["frm_default"])
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
+test("refreshes global forms once per loaded location after reconnect", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const requests: URL[] = []
+  const other = { directory: "/tmp/opencode-other", workspaceID: "wrk_other" }
+  const calls = createFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/session" && url.searchParams.has("parentID")) return json({ data: [], cursor: {} })
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/session")
+      return json({
+        data: [
+          { id: "ses_default", title: "Default", location: { directory }, time: { created: 0, updated: 0 } },
+          { id: "ses_other_1", title: "Other one", location: other, time: { created: 0, updated: 0 } },
+          { id: "ses_other_2", title: "Other two", location: other, time: { created: 0, updated: 0 } },
+        ],
+        cursor: {},
+      })
+    if (url.pathname !== "/api/form/request") return
+    requests.push(url)
+    const requestedDirectory = url.searchParams.get("location[directory]") ?? directory
+    const requestedWorkspace = url.searchParams.get("location[workspace]") ?? undefined
+    return json({
+      location: {
+        directory: requestedDirectory,
+        workspaceID: requestedWorkspace,
+        project: { id: "proj_test", directory: requestedDirectory },
+      },
+      data: [],
+    })
+  }, events)
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <SDKProvider client={createClient(calls.fetch)} api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </SDKProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => requests.length === 2)
+    await Bun.sleep(20)
+    requests.length = 0
+
+    events.disconnect()
+
+    await wait(() => requests.length === 2, 4000)
+    await Bun.sleep(20)
+    expect(requests).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(
+      requests.map((url) => [
+        url.searchParams.get("location[directory]") ?? directory,
+        url.searchParams.get("location[workspace]") ?? undefined,
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([
+      [directory, undefined],
+      [other.directory, other.workspaceID],
+    ])
+    expect(data.connection.status()).toBe("connected")
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
 test("settles pending tools when a live failure arrives", async () => {
   const events = createEventStream()
   const calls = createFetch((url) => {

packages/tui/test/fixture/tui-sdk.ts

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ export function createFetch(override?: FetchHandler, events?: ReturnType<typeof
       return json({ location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree } }, data: [] })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/mcp")
       return json({ location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree } }, data: [] })
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/form/request")
+      return json({ location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree } }, data: [] })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/session") return json({ data: [], cursor: {} })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/session/active") return json({ data: {}, watermarks: {} })
     if (/^\/api\/session\/[^/]+\/form$/.test(url.pathname)) return json({ data: [] })