fix(chat): stop streaming when you clear

[shaejaz]

Currently, the user is able to click on the clear button while messages are streaming, resulting in weird message states. This prevents the chat to be cleared until the chat is back in a ready state.

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[Haroenv]

instead, should clear maybe stop the streaming too? good catch though

[shaejaz]

instead, should clear maybe stop the streaming too? good catch though

that could be possible yes, but would it not be a bit unclear to the user that pressing clear somehow also stops it? Maybe we change the text to 'Stop'? Seems redundant due to a stop button already being present.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Prevents users from clearing chat messages while the chat is generating a response, to avoid inconsistent UI/message states during streaming.

Changes:

• Disable the Chat “Clear” button when chat status is not ready (React InstantSearch + InstantSearch.js widget wrapper).
• Add a widget options test asserting the Clear button becomes disabled while the chat is streaming.

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File	Description
tests/common/widgets/chat/options.tsx	Adds regression test for Clear button disabling during in-progress chat.
packages/react-instantsearch/src/widgets/Chat.tsx	Gates canClear on status === 'ready' in React widget header props.
packages/instantsearch.js/src/widgets/chat/chat.tsx	Gates canClear on chatStatus === 'ready' in InstantSearch.js widget wrapper.

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[Haroenv]

I think if you want to clear the input while it's busy rendering, it's likely because you want to send a new request, no? so stopping makes sense to me with the same clear text already there @shaejaz

[Haroenv]

I think instead, we should make clear stop the current request too.

[Haroenv]

might also be interesting to set the messages to empty array already before the transition? not sure if that matters or why the connector knows about the transition. Good to go though

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