Cannot send after non-keyboard paste (right-click/iPhone) when input text is empty but pasted content exists

[egns-ai]

Summary

In clay-server@2.17.0, sending is gated by inputEl.value.trim() in several places. When paste creates pendingPastes/pendingImages/pendingFiles but leaves the textarea empty (common with right-click paste and iPhone flows), Enter/send does not work.

Version

• clay-service depends on clay-server: ^2.17.0
• Reproduced in this bundled frontend code path

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open chat input
2. Paste content using right-click paste (or on iPhone paste text/image that becomes pending content/chip)
3. Try to send with Enter or Send button

Expected Behavior

Message sends whenever there is sendable content:

• text OR
• pending paste chips OR
• pending images/files

Actual Behavior

Send is blocked when textarea text is empty, even if pending pasted content exists.

Why This Happens (Code References)

• Send button only sends if text is non-empty:
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/modules/input.js:675
• Long paste is converted to pendingPastes chip (textarea can remain empty):
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/modules/input.js:582
• Enter handling is blocked on touch devices (iPhone):
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/modules/input.js:659
• Send/stop mode also uses text-only checks:
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/modules/input.js:613
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/modules/input.js:129
  • node_modules/clay-server/lib/public/app.js:2110

Suggested Fix

Introduce a shared hasSendableContent() check (text OR pendingPastes OR pendingImages OR pendingFiles) and use it for:

• send button click behavior
• send/stop mode decisions
• Enter behavior consistency across paste paths (including iPhone UX decisions)

Impact

• Right-click paste path can't be sent reliably
• iPhone paste path can leave users unable to send after paste
• Inconsistent behavior vs keyboard paste (Ctrl+V) experience

[chadbyte]

Just pushed an update to main for this. Going to test it a bit more in beta before releasing. Thanks for reporting!

[github-actions]

This issue has been resolved in version 2.18.0-beta.11 (main).

To update, run:

npx clay-server@2.18.0-beta.11

-- Clay Deploy Bot

Build anything, with anyone, in one place.

[github-actions]

This issue has been resolved in version 2.18.0 (stable).

To update, run:

npx clay-server@2.18.0

-- Clay Deploy Bot

Build anything, with anyone, in one place.