From af2d4be5f114c9b561305a651d0c6f30bcac29f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo Dutka <hugo@coder.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:59:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] human-readable task workspace name, ensure task title doesn't
 overflow

---
 site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx    | 3 ++-
 site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskSidebar.tsx | 4 +++-
 site/src/pages/TasksPage/TasksPage.tsx  | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
index ea32ea5d43f40..1b90b7b775e07 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Helmet } from "react-helmet-async";
 import { useQuery } from "react-query";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Link as RouterLink } from "react-router-dom";
+import { ellipsizeText } from "utils/ellipsizeText";
 import { pageTitle } from "utils/page";
 import { TaskApps } from "./TaskApps";
 import { TaskSidebar } from "./TaskSidebar";
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ const TaskPage = () => {
 	return (
 		<>
 			<Helmet>
-				<title>{pageTitle(task.prompt)}</title>
+				<title>{pageTitle(ellipsizeText(task.prompt, 64)!)}</title>
 			</Helmet>
 
 			<div className="h-full flex justify-stretch">
diff --git a/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskSidebar.tsx b/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskSidebar.tsx
index e1d31b8e6b33c..9ed19c41fa4f1 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskSidebar.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/TaskPage/TaskSidebar.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ export const TaskSidebar: FC<TaskSidebarProps> = ({ task }) => {
 					</DropdownMenu>
 				</div>
 
-				<h1 className="m-0 mt-1 text-base font-medium">{task.prompt}</h1>
+				<h1 className="m-0 mt-1 text-base font-medium truncate">
+					{task.prompt}
+				</h1>
 
 				{task.workspace.latest_app_status?.uri && (
 					<div className="flex items-center gap-2 mt-2 flex-wrap">
diff --git a/site/src/pages/TasksPage/TasksPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/TasksPage/TasksPage.tsx
index c12436c109996..adb978cb05cac 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/TasksPage/TasksPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/TasksPage/TasksPage.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { useAuthenticated } from "hooks";
 import { ExternalLinkIcon, RotateCcwIcon, SendIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { AI_PROMPT_PARAMETER_NAME, type Task } from "modules/tasks/tasks";
 import { WorkspaceAppStatus } from "modules/workspaces/WorkspaceAppStatus/WorkspaceAppStatus";
+import { generateWorkspaceName } from "modules/workspaces/generateWorkspaceName";
 import { type FC, type ReactNode, useState } from "react";
 import { Helmet } from "react-helmet-async";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "react-query";
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ export const data = {
 		templateId: string,
 	): Promise<Task> {
 		const workspace = await API.createWorkspace(userId, {
-			name: `task-${new Date().getTime()}`,
+			name: `task-${generateWorkspaceName()}`,
 			template_id: templateId,
 			rich_parameter_values: [
 				{ name: AI_PROMPT_PARAMETER_NAME, value: prompt },