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Use a same-origin portal to add an agent popout without a second stream or startup delay
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When a web product needs a dedicated agent window without adding startup or turn latency, keep the stateful agent controller in the original page and render its existing UI through a same-origin React portal into a synchronously opened blank window. Dispatch session startup immediately after window.open succeeds—before document construction or stylesheet cloning—so UI setup overlaps the existing request. This preserves one stream owner, parent-tab cleanup, and tab-scoped session storage. It applies when both views are same-origin and share one JavaScript lifetime; it is not appropriate when the child must survive parent closure or reload independently. ## Method 1. Open the blank window directly from the user gesture to avoid popup blocking. 2. Null the child opener immediately and use a random, non-sensitive window name. 3. Start the existing agent session before constructing/styling the popup. 4. Portal the existing stateful controller’s surface into the child; do not create a second route, controller, poller, or turn stream. 5. Keep a full-screen same-tab fallback for blocked popups. 6. Keep synchronous in-flight guards against duplicate session creation. 7. Warn before closing during a live turn, while leaving the parent-owned controller running if the child is closed. 8. Prevent navigation that would unmount and orphan a single-capacity active workspace. ## Limits A portal child depends on the parent page remaining open. If independent refresh/recovery is required, use a dedicated route plus server-authoritative session lookup and explicit cross-window coordination instead. ## Evidence/example — 2026-09-10 Source: local repository implementation and tests in candidate-signal. The hosted Codex candidate surface was changed from an inline panel to an E3-branded popup portal with the existing authenticated NDJSON turn path unchanged. Startup dispatch was ordered before popup DOM/style work, a synchronous start guard was added, popup opener/name exposure was reduced, and blocked popups fall back in-page. Type checking, the production web build, and the full 314-test suite passed.
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