devframes · dvcolomban · Aug 21, 2026 · Aug 22, 2026 · Aug 22, 2026
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/20.events.md b/docs/content/1.guide/20.events.md
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ Each subsystem host emits on `ctx.<subsystem>.events`, consumed **inside the sam
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `docks:entry:updated` | `DocksHost.register` / `update` | context → `devframe:docks` shared state | `DevframeDockUserEntry` |
 | `docks:activate` | `DocksHost.activate()` | context → broadcast + `devframe:docks:active` | `DevframeDockActivation` |
+| `docks:panel:state` | viewer state reports and RPC disconnects | hub consumers | `DevframeDockPanelStateEvent` |
 | `terminals:session:updated` | `TerminalsHost` register / update / remove / status change | context → `devframe:terminals:updated`; terminals plugin | `DevframeTerminalSession` |
 | `messages:added` / `messages:updated` / `messages:removed` / `messages:cleared` | `MessagesHost` mutations | context → `devframe:messages:updated`; messages plugin | entry / entry / id / — |
 | `commands:registered` / `commands:unregistered` | `CommandsHost` register / update / unregister | context → `devframe:commands` shared state | entry / id |
 
+`docks:panel:state` emits `connected` with the first reported `open` value, `changed` when that value changes, and `disconnected` when the reporting RPC connection closes. Its numeric `sessionId` identifies that connection for the lifetime of the Node process. A reload or reconnect receives a new id.
+
 ### Server RPC methods — client → server
 
 | Method | Signature | Purpose |
 |---|---|---|
 | `hub:docks:activate` | `({ dockId, params? }) => void` | Ask the viewer to switch its active dock — see [Deep Linking](/guide/deep-linking). |
+| `hub:docks:panel:state` | `(open) => void` | Report this viewer connection's current dock-panel state. |
 | `hub:commands:execute` | `(id, ...args) => unknown` | Invoke a registered server command by id. |
 | `hub:messages:add` | `(input) => DevframeMessageEntry` | Add a message to the feed (marked `from: 'browser'`). |
 | `hub:messages:update` | `(id, patch) => DevframeMessageEntry \| undefined` | Patch a message by id. |

diff --git a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/state/context.test.ts b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/state/context.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { DevframeDockEntry } from '@devframes/hub'
 import type { DevframeRpcClient, DockSessionStorage } from '@devframes/hub/client'
 import type { SharedState } from 'devframe/utils/shared-state'
+import { HUB_EVENTS } from '@devframes/hub/constants'
 import { DEVFRAME_EVENTS } from 'devframe/constants'
 import { createEventEmitter } from 'devframe/utils/events'
 import { createSharedState } from 'devframe/utils/shared-state'
@@ -74,6 +75,38 @@ async function flushRestore(): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 describe('createDocksContext', () => {
+  it('reports the restored panel state and later open-state transitions', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(4)
+
+    const { rpc, sharedStates, trust } = createStubRpc()
+    const session = ref<DockSessionStorage>({
+      open: true,
+      selectedDockId: 'git',
+      selectedDockRoute: null,
+    })
+    await createDocksContext('embedded', rpc, undefined, session)
+
+    trust()
+    sharedStates.get('devframe:docks')!.push([gitEntry])
+    sharedStates.get('devframe:dock-renderers')!.push({})
+    await flushRestore()
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      if (vi.mocked(rpc.call).mock.calls.length !== 1)
+        throw new Error('waiting for the restored panel state report')
+    })
+
+    expect(rpc.call).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(rpc.call).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, true)
+
+    session.value.open = false
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(rpc.call).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false)
+
+    session.value.open = false
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(rpc.call).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
   it('mounts a restored dock once after all initial server state arrives', async () => {
     expect.assertions(7)
 

diff --git a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/state/context.ts b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/state/context.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { SharedState } from 'devframe/utils/shared-state'
 import type { WhenContext } from 'devframe/utils/when'
 import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { DevframeDocksUserSettings } from './dock-settings'
-import { attachFrameNavClient, createDockRenderersContext } from '@devframes/hub/client'
+import { attachFrameNavClient, createDockRenderersContext, reportDockPanelState } from '@devframes/hub/client'
 import { DEFAULT_STATE_USER_SETTINGS, DOCK_RENDERERS_STATE_KEY, HUB_EVENTS } from '@devframes/hub/constants'
 import { DEVFRAME_EVENTS } from 'devframe/constants'
 import { computed, markRaw, reactive, ref, toRefs, watch, watchEffect } from 'vue'
@@ -637,12 +637,14 @@ export async function createDocksContext(
   // the captured session intent.
   // `switchEntry` then consumes the persisted iframe route when the view boots.
   const restoreAfterInitialization = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    // The authorization gate can still clear the live session on reload, so restore only after it settles.
+    await waitUntilTrusted()
+
     const restoreDockId = restoreIntent.selectedDockId
     if (!restoreIntent.open || restoreDockId == null)
       return
 
     await Promise.all([
-      waitUntilTrusted(),
       dockEntriesInitialSyncComplete,
       rendererManifestInitialSyncComplete,
     ])
@@ -658,7 +660,15 @@ export async function createDocksContext(
     initialRestorePending.value = false
     await switchEntry(restoreDockId)
   }
-  void restoreAfterInitialization()
+  const reportPanelStateAfterInitialization = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await restoreAfterInitialization()
+    watch(
+      () => sessionStore.value.open,
+      open => void reportDockPanelState(rpc, open).catch(() => {}),
+      { immediate: true },
+    )
+  }
+  void reportPanelStateAfterInitialization()
 
   docksContextByRpc.set(rpc, docksContext)
   return docksContext

diff --git a/packages/hub/src/client/__tests__/host.test.ts b/packages/hub/src/client/__tests__/host.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { SharedState } from 'devframe/utils/shared-state'
 import type { DevframeDockEntry } from '../../types/docks'
 import { createEventEmitter } from 'devframe/utils/events'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { HUB_EVENTS } from '../../events'
 import { getDevframeClientContext } from '../context'
 import { createDevframeClientHost } from '../host'
 
@@ -67,6 +68,26 @@ function groupEntry(id: string, extra?: Record<string, unknown>): DevframeDockEn
 }
 
 describe('createDevframeClientHost', () => {
+  it('reports its initial panel state and later open-state assignments', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(3)
+
+    const { rpc, calls } = createStubRpc()
+    const host = await createDevframeClientHost({ rpc, clientType: 'embedded' })
+
+    expect(calls).toEqual([[HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false]])
+
+    host.context.panel.session.open = true
+    host.context.panel.session.open = true
+    expect(calls).toEqual([
+      [HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false],
+      [HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, true],
+    ])
+
+    host.context.panel.session.open = false
+    expect(calls.at(-1)).toEqual([HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false])
+    host.dispose()
+  })
+
   it('publishes the global client context with the full surface', async () => {
     const { rpc } = createStubRpc()
     const host = await createDevframeClientHost({ rpc })

diff --git a/packages/hub/src/client/host.ts b/packages/hub/src/client/host.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { HUB_EVENTS } from '../events'
 import { getDevframeClientContext, setDevframeClientContext } from './context'
 import { attachFrameNavClient } from './frame-nav'
 import { createMessagesClient } from './messages'
+import { reportDockPanelState } from './panel-state'
 import { createDockRenderersContext } from './renderers'
 
 const DOCKS_STATE_KEY = HUB_EVENTS.sharedState.docks
@@ -154,7 +155,10 @@ export async function createDevframeClientHost(
     ...options.categoryOrder,
   }
 
-  const panel = createPanelContext(clientType)
+  const sendPanelState = (open: boolean): void => {
+    void reportDockPanelState(rpc, open).catch(() => {})
+  }
+  const panel = createPanelContext(clientType, sendPanelState)
   const docks = createDocksContext()
   const commands = createCommandsContext()
   const renderers = createRenderersContext()
@@ -225,6 +229,7 @@ export async function createDevframeClientHost(
     )
   }
   setDevframeClientContext(context)
+  sendPanelState(panel.session.open)
 
   const loadedScripts = new Set<string>()
   if (loadScriptsEnabled) {
@@ -549,7 +554,10 @@ export async function createDevframeClientHost(
 
 // ── shared helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-function createPanelContext(clientType: DockClientType): DocksPanelContext {
+function createPanelContext(
+  clientType: DockClientType,
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void,
+): DocksPanelContext {
   const store: DocksPanelContext['store'] = {
     mode: 'edge',
     width: 480,
@@ -559,9 +567,17 @@ function createPanelContext(clientType: DockClientType): DocksPanelContext {
     position: 'right',
     inactiveTimeout: 0,
   }
+  let open = clientType === 'standalone'
   const session: DocksPanelContext['session'] = {
-    // A standalone runtime owns the page, so its "panel" is always open.
-    open: clientType === 'standalone',
+    get open() {
+      return open
+    },
+    set open(nextOpen) {
+      if (nextOpen === open)
+        return
+      open = nextOpen
+      onOpenChange(open)
+    },
     selectedDockId: null,
     selectedDockRoute: null,
   }

diff --git a/packages/hub/src/client/index.ts b/packages/hub/src/client/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from './frame-location'
 export * from './frame-nav'
 export * from './host'
 export * from './messages'
+export * from './panel-state'
 export * from './remote'
 export * from './renderers'
 export * from 'devframe/client'
diff --git a/packages/hub/src/client/panel-state.ts b/packages/hub/src/client/panel-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { DevframeRpcClient } from 'devframe/client'
+import { HUB_EVENTS } from '../events'
+
+/** Report this RPC connection's current dock-panel state to the hub. */
+export async function reportDockPanelState(
+  rpc: DevframeRpcClient,
+  open: boolean,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await rpc.call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, open)
+}
diff --git a/packages/hub/src/events.ts b/packages/hub/src/events.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const HUB_EVENTS = {
   bus: {
     docksEntryUpdated: 'docks:entry:updated',
     docksActivate: 'docks:activate',
+    docksPanelState: 'docks:panel:state',
     terminalsSessionUpdated: 'terminals:session:updated',
     messagesAdded: 'messages:added',
     messagesUpdated: 'messages:updated',
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export const HUB_EVENTS = {
   /** Server RPC methods a connected client calls (client → server), `hub:` prefix. */
   rpc: {
     docksActivate: 'hub:docks:activate',
+    docksPanelState: 'hub:docks:panel:state',
     commandsExecute: 'hub:commands:execute',
     messagesAdd: 'hub:messages:add',
     messagesUpdate: 'hub:messages:update',

diff --git a/packages/hub/src/node/__tests__/host-docks.test.ts b/packages/hub/src/node/__tests__/host-docks.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { DevframeViewLauncher } from '../../types/docks'
+import type { DevframeDockPanelStateEvent, DevframeViewLauncher } from '../../types/docks'
 import type { DevframeHubContext } from '../context'
 import { mkdtempSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { REMOTE_CONNECTION_KEY } from 'devframe/constants'
 import { getInternalContext } from 'devframe/node/hub-internals'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { parseRemoteConnection } from '../../client/remote'
+import { HUB_EVENTS } from '../../events'
 import { DevframeDocksHost } from '../host-docks'
+import { disconnectDockPanelState, updateDockPanelState } from '../panel-state'
 
 function createContext(): DevframeHubContext {
   const storageDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'devframe-hub-docks-'))
@@ -221,6 +223,45 @@ describe('devframeDockHost activate', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('devframeDockHost panel state', () => {
+  it('emits the first report and changed values while suppressing duplicates', () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+
+    const host = new DevframeDocksHost(createContext())
+    const events: DevframeDockPanelStateEvent[] = []
+    host.events.on(HUB_EVENTS.bus.docksPanelState, event => events.push(event))
+
+    updateDockPanelState(host, 11, false)
+    updateDockPanelState(host, 11, false)
+    updateDockPanelState(host, 11, true)
+
+    expect(events).toEqual([
+      { type: 'connected', sessionId: 11, open: false },
+      { type: 'changed', sessionId: 11, open: true },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('tracks sessions independently and disconnects only reporting sessions', () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+
+    const host = new DevframeDocksHost(createContext())
+    const events: DevframeDockPanelStateEvent[] = []
+    host.events.on(HUB_EVENTS.bus.docksPanelState, event => events.push(event))
+
+    updateDockPanelState(host, 11, true)
+    updateDockPanelState(host, 12, false)
+    disconnectDockPanelState(host, 99)
+    disconnectDockPanelState(host, 11)
+    disconnectDockPanelState(host, 11)
+
+    expect(events).toEqual([
+      { type: 'connected', sessionId: 11, open: true },
+      { type: 'connected', sessionId: 12, open: false },
+      { type: 'disconnected', sessionId: 11 },
+    ])
+  })
+})
+
 describe('devframeDockHost ~builtin category', () => {
   it('returns no docks until an integration registers one', () => {
     const host = new DevframeDocksHost(createContext())

diff --git a/packages/hub/src/node/__tests__/initiate.test.ts b/packages/hub/src/node/__tests__/initiate.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import type { DevframeDefinition, DevframeNodeContext, DevframeRpcClientFunctions, DevframeRpcServerFunctions } from 'devframe/types'
+import type { DevframeDockPanelStateEvent } from '../../types/docks'
 import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { createServer } from 'node:http'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { createRpcClient } from 'devframe/rpc/client'
 import { createWsRpcChannel } from 'devframe/rpc/transports/ws-client'
 import { getPort } from 'get-port-please'
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { DOCK_RENDERERS_STATE_KEY } from '../../constants'
+import { HUB_EVENTS } from '../../events'
 import { DEVFRAMES_HUB_BASE, initHub } from '../initiate'
 
 function makeDist(html: string): string {
@@ -38,10 +40,12 @@ function makeFrame(id: string, distDir?: string): DevframeDefinition {
 }
 
 function connectWsClient(url: string) {
-  return createRpcClient<DevframeRpcServerFunctions, DevframeRpcClientFunctions>(
+  const channel = createWsRpcChannel({ url })
+  const client = createRpcClient<DevframeRpcServerFunctions, DevframeRpcClientFunctions>(
     {} as DevframeRpcClientFunctions,
-    { channel: createWsRpcChannel({ url }) },
+    { channel },
   )
+  return Object.assign(client, { close: channel.close })
 }
 
 describe('initHub', () => {
@@ -152,6 +156,63 @@ describe('initHub', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('tracks panel state by RPC connection and emits disconnect separately from close', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(9)
+
+    const host = '127.0.0.1'
+    const port = await getPort({ port: 18215, host })
+    const hub = initHub({
+      base: DEVFRAMES_HUB_BASE,
+      auth: false,
+      host,
+      ws: { port },
+      devframes: [makeFrame('alpha')],
+    })
+    const clients: ReturnType<typeof connectWsClient>[] = []
+
+    try {
+      await hub.ready
+      const context = await hub.context
+      const lifecycleEvents: DevframeDockPanelStateEvent[] = []
+      context.docks.events.on(HUB_EVENTS.bus.docksPanelState, event => lifecycleEvents.push(event))
+
+      const firstClient = connectWsClient(`ws://${host}:${port}/__ws`)
+      const secondClient = connectWsClient(`ws://${host}:${port}/__ws`)
+      clients.push(firstClient, secondClient)
+
+      await firstClient.$call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, true)
+      await firstClient.$call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, true)
+      await firstClient.$call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false)
+      await secondClient.$call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, false)
+
+      expect(lifecycleEvents).toHaveLength(3)
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[0]).toMatchObject({ type: 'connected', open: true })
+      expect(typeof lifecycleEvents[0]!.sessionId).toBe('number')
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[1]).toEqual({ type: 'changed', sessionId: lifecycleEvents[0]!.sessionId, open: false })
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[2]).toMatchObject({ type: 'connected', open: false })
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[2]!.sessionId).not.toBe(lifecycleEvents[0]!.sessionId)
+
+      firstClient.close()
+      await vi.waitFor(() => {
+        if (lifecycleEvents.length !== 4)
+          throw new Error('waiting for the first client to disconnect')
+      })
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[3]).toEqual({ type: 'disconnected', sessionId: lifecycleEvents[0]!.sessionId })
+
+      const reconnectedClient = connectWsClient(`ws://${host}:${port}/__ws`)
+      clients.push(reconnectedClient)
+      await reconnectedClient.$call(HUB_EVENTS.rpc.docksPanelState, true)
+
+      expect(lifecycleEvents[4]).toMatchObject({ type: 'connected', open: true })
+      expect([lifecycleEvents[0]!.sessionId, lifecycleEvents[2]!.sessionId]).not.toContain(lifecycleEvents[4]!.sessionId)
+    }
+    finally {
+      for (const client of clients)
+        client.close()
+      await hub.close()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('ui slot: viewer owns the root, embedded.js serves the entry, discovery still wins', async () => {
     const viewerDist = makeDist('<!doctype html><title>hub viewer</title>')
     const embeddedDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'hub-embedded-'))