finos · akira-in-tech · Aug 11, 2026 · Aug 12, 2026 · Aug 12, 2026 · Sep 9, 2026
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 * Added labels and tooltips to dropdowns in the FDC3 for Web reference implementation demo. ([#193](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/pull/1932))
 
 * Added `fdc3.close()` API call allowing an app to request that its own window or frame be closed, with `closeRequest`/`closeResponse` DACP messages and `CloseError` enumeration ([#1918](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/pull/1918))
+* Added FDC3 Workbench support for `DesktopAgent` and `PrivateChannel` events, including automatic user channel updates, private channel event reporting, context-type-aware streaming, FDC3 2.0-2.1 compatibility, and copyable code examples. ([#1674](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues/1674))
 
 * Added an optional `newInstance` parameter to the `raiseIntent` and `raiseIntentForContext` API calls, allowing an app to explicitly request that a **new instance** of the target application be launched (`newInstance: true`) or that an **existing instance** be used and a new one never launched (`newInstance: false`, which rejects with `ResolveError.TargetInstanceUnavailable` if no running instance is available). Omitting the parameter (or passing `null` or `undefined`) preserves the Desktop Agent's default resolution behavior. The parameter is carried on the `raiseIntentRequest` / `raiseIntentForContextRequest` DACP payloads, implemented in the agent proxy and reference web implementation, and covered by unit and conformance tests (`RaiseIntentNewInstanceForced`, `RaiseIntentExistingInstanceRequired`, `RaiseIntentFailExistingInstanceRequired`). ([#1940](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues/1940))
 

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     "start": "vite",
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "build": "tsc && vite build",
+    "pretest": "npm run build --workspace=@finos/fdc3",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "lint": " eslint src/",
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix src/**/*.{ts,tsx} && prettier --write src/**/*.{ts,tsx}"
   },

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export const ChannelField = observer(
 
     const handleRemoveOrDisconnect = (channel: Fdc3ChannelRecord) => {
       if (isPrivateChannel) {
-        privateChannelStore.disconnect(channel.channel as PrivateChannel);
+        void privateChannelStore.disconnect(channel.channel as PrivateChannel);
       } else {
         appChannelStore.remove(channel.channel);
       }
@@ -341,6 +341,37 @@ export const ChannelField = observer(
                     </Link>
                   </Grid>
                 </Grid>
+                {isPrivateChannel && (
+                  <Grid container sx={styles.secondMargin} alignItems="center">
+                    <Grid item sx={styles.field}>
+                      <Typography variant="h6" sx={styles.h6}>
+                        Private channel events
+                      </Typography>
+                      <Typography variant="body2">
+                        Received events are shown in the Workbench listeners panel.
+                      </Typography>
+                    </Grid>
+                    <Grid item container sx={styles.controls} sm={5} justifyContent="flex-end">
+                      <Tooltip title="Copy code example" aria-label="Copy code example">
+                        <IconButton
+                          size="small"
+                          aria-label="Copy code example"
+                          color="primary"
+                          onClick={copyToClipboard(codeExamples.privateChannelEvents, 'privateChannelEvents')}
+                        >
+                          <FileCopyIcon />
+                        </IconButton>
+                      </Tooltip>
+                      <Link
+                        onClick={openApiDocsLink}
+                        target="FDC3APIDocs"
+                        href="https://fdc3.finos.org/docs/api/ref/PrivateChannel#addeventlistener"
+                      >
+                        <InfoOutlinedIcon />
+                      </Link>
+                    </Grid>
+                  </Grid>
+                )}
                 <Button
                   variant="contained"
                   color="secondary"

@@ -175,6 +175,46 @@ export const Channels = observer(
 
         <div style={styles.border}></div>
 
+        <Grid item xs={12}>
+          <Typography variant="h5">User channel events</Typography>
+        </Grid>
+        <Grid container direction="row" justifyContent="space-between" sx={styles.controls}>
+          <Grid item sx={styles.dropDown}>
+            <Typography variant="body1">
+              {channelStore.isUserChannelChangedListenerActive
+                ? 'Listening for userChannelChanged events'
+                : 'Event listener unavailable (requires FDC3 2.2+)'}
+            </Typography>
+          </Grid>
+          <Grid item>
+            <Grid container direction="row" justifyContent="flex-end" spacing={1}>
+              <Grid item sx={styles.controls}>
+                <Tooltip title="Copy code example" aria-label="Copy code example">
+                  <IconButton
+                    size="small"
+                    aria-label="Copy code example"
+                    color="primary"
+                    onClick={copyToClipboard(codeExamples.userChannelChangedEvent, 'userChannelChanged')}
+                  >
+                    <FileCopyIcon />
+                  </IconButton>
+                </Tooltip>
+              </Grid>
+              <Grid item sx={styles.controls}>
+                <Link
+                  onClick={openApiDocsLink}
+                  target="FDC3APIDocs"
+                  href="https://fdc3.finos.org/docs/api/ref/DesktopAgent#addeventlistener"
+                >
+                  <InfoOutlinedIcon />
+                </Link>
+              </Grid>
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        </Grid>
+
+        <div style={styles.border}></div>
+
         <Grid item xs={12}>
           <Typography variant="h5">Join user channels</Typography>
         </Grid>

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const IntentResolutionField = observer(
               setPrivateChannel(true);
               setChannelsList([{ id: channel.id, channel: channel }]);
               privateChannelStore.addChannelListener(channel as PrivateChannel, 'all');
+              await privateChannelStore.listenForEvents(channel as PrivateChannel);
             }
             setResolutionResult(null);
           } else if (result) {

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const classes = {
 
 export const PrivateChannelListeners = observer(() => {
   const contextListeners: AccordionListItem[] = [];
+  const channelEvents: AccordionListItem[] = [];
 
   privateChannelStore.channelListeners.forEach(({ id, channelId, type, lastReceivedContext, metaData }) => {
     const receivedContextListenerValue = lastReceivedContext ? JSON.stringify(lastReceivedContext, undefined, 4) : '';
@@ -51,17 +52,30 @@ export const PrivateChannelListeners = observer(() => {
     contextListeners.push({ id, textPrimary: `Channel Id: ${channelId}: ${type}`, afterEachElement: contextField });
   });
 
+  privateChannelStore.privateChannelEvents.forEach(({ id, channelId, type, contextType }) => {
+    const eventDetails = type === 'disconnect' ? type : `${type}: ${contextType ?? 'all context types'}`;
+    channelEvents.push({ id, textPrimary: `Channel Id: ${channelId}: ${eventDetails}` });
+  });
+
   const handleDeleteListener = (id: string) => {
     privateChannelStore.removeContextListener(id);
   };
 
   return (
-    <AccordionList
-      title="Private Channels"
-      icon="Any context already in the channel will NOT be received automatically"
-      noItemsText="No Private Channel Listeners"
-      listItems={contextListeners}
-      onDelete={handleDeleteListener}
-    />
+    <>
+      <AccordionList
+        title="Private Channels"
+        icon="Any context already in the channel will NOT be received automatically"
+        noItemsText="No Private Channel Listeners"
+        listItems={contextListeners}
+        onDelete={handleDeleteListener}
+      />
+      <AccordionList
+        title="Private Channel Events"
+        icon="Shows context listener and disconnect events received from private channels"
+        noItemsText="No Private Channel Events"
+        listItems={channelEvents}
+      />
+    </>
   );
 });
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ let current = await fdc3.getCurrentChannel();
 //leave the current channel\nawait fdc3.leaveCurrentChannel();
 //the fdc3Listener will now cease receiving context`,
 
+  userChannelChangedEvent: `// FDC3 2.2+
+const listener = await fdc3.addEventListener('userChannelChanged', event => {
+    console.log('Current user channel:', event.details.currentChannelId);
+});
+
+// Stop listening when the event is no longer needed
+await listener.unsubscribe();`,
+
   broadcast: `const instrument = {
     type: 'fdc3.instrument',
     id: {
@@ -78,6 +86,19 @@ const contactListener = appChannel.addContextListener('fdc3.contact', contact =>
     //add context handling code here
 });`,
 
+  privateChannelEvents: `// FDC3 2.2+
+const added = await privateChannel.addEventListener('addContextListener', event => {
+    console.log('Listener added for:', event.details.contextType ?? 'all');
+});
+
+const removed = await privateChannel.addEventListener('unsubscribe', event => {
+    console.log('Listener removed for:', event.details.contextType ?? 'all');
+});
+
+const disconnected = await privateChannel.addEventListener('disconnect', () => {
+    console.log('The other participant disconnected');
+});`,
+
   intentListener: `const listener = fdc3.addIntentListener('StartChat', context => {
   // start chat has been requested by another application
 });`,
@@ -100,9 +121,20 @@ const listener = fdc3.addIntentListener('StartChat', context => {
 	return channel;
 });`,
 
-  intentListenerWithPrivateChannel: `const listener = fdc3.addIntentListener('StartChat', context => {
+  intentListenerWithPrivateChannel: `const listener = fdc3.addIntentListener('StartChat', async context => {
 	// start chat has been requested by another application
 	const channel = await fdc3.createPrivateChannel();
+
+	await channel.addEventListener('addContextListener', event => {
+		console.log('Listener added for:', event.details.contextType ?? 'all');
+	});
+	await channel.addEventListener('unsubscribe', event => {
+		console.log('Listener removed for:', event.details.contextType ?? 'all');
+	});
+	await channel.addEventListener('disconnect', () => {
+		console.log('The other participant disconnected');
+	});
+
 	return channel;
 });`,
 

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export const getLogMessage = (name: logMessagesName, type: logMessagesType, valu
       success: `Retrieved current channel [${value}]`,
       error: `Failed to retrieve current channel`,
     },
+    userChannelChanged: {
+      info: `User channel changed to [${value}]`,
+      error: `Failed to listen for user channel changes`,
+    },
     joinUserChannel: {
       success: `Joined the [${value}] channel`,
       error: `Failed to join the [${value}] channel`,
@@ -112,6 +116,9 @@ export const getLogMessage = (name: logMessagesName, type: logMessagesType, valu
       success: `${value}`,
       error: `${value}`,
     },
+    privateChannelEventListener: {
+      error: `Failed to listen for events on private channel [${value}]`,
+    },
   };
 
   return logMessages[name][type] ?? (value != '' ? `${value}` : `Undefined log message ${name}.${type}`);

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright FINOS FDC3 contributors - see NOTICE file
+ */
+import { Channel, DesktopAgent, EventHandler, Listener } from '@finos/fdc3';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import systemLogStore from './SystemLogStore.js';
+import { ChannelStore } from './ChannelStore.js';
+
+const createListener = (): Listener => ({
+  unsubscribe: vi.fn(),
+});
+
+describe('ChannelStore event support', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    systemLogStore.logList = [];
+  });
+
+  it('updates the current user channel when a 2.2 event is received', async () => {
+    const channels = [{ id: 'red' }, { id: 'green' }] as Channel[];
+    let eventHandler: EventHandler | undefined;
+    const agent = {
+      getUserChannels: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(channels),
+      getCurrentChannel: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(channels[0]),
+      getInfo: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fdc3Version: '2.2' }),
+      addEventListener: vi.fn(async (_type: string, handler: EventHandler) => {
+        eventHandler = handler;
+        return createListener();
+      }),
+    } as unknown as DesktopAgent;
+    const store = new ChannelStore(async () => agent, false);
+
+    await store.getUserChannels();
+    await store.listenForUserChannelChanges();
+    eventHandler?.({
+      type: 'userChannelChanged',
+      details: { currentChannelId: 'green' },
+    });
+
+    expect(agent.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('userChannelChanged', expect.any(Function));
+    expect(store.isUserChannelChangedListenerActive).toBe(true);
+    expect(store.currentUserChannel).toEqual(channels[1]);
+    expect(systemLogStore.logList.at(-1)?.message).toBe('User channel changed to [green]');
+  });
+
+  it('clears the current user channel when the event reports no channel', async () => {
+    const channel = { id: 'red' } as Channel;
+    let eventHandler: EventHandler | undefined;
+    const agent = {
+      getUserChannels: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([channel]),
+      getCurrentChannel: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(channel),
+      getInfo: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fdc3Version: '3.0.0' }),
+      addEventListener: vi.fn(async (_type: string, handler: EventHandler) => {
+        eventHandler = handler;
+        return createListener();
+      }),
+    } as unknown as DesktopAgent;
+    const store = new ChannelStore(async () => agent, false);
+
+    await store.getUserChannels();
+    await store.listenForUserChannelChanges();
+    eventHandler?.({
+      type: 'userChannelChanged',
+      details: { currentChannelId: null },
+    });
+
+    expect(store.currentUserChannel).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('does not register the new event API for FDC3 2.1', async () => {
+    const agent = {
+      getInfo: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fdc3Version: '2.1' }),
+      addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+    } as unknown as DesktopAgent;
+    const store = new ChannelStore(async () => agent, false);
+
+    await store.listenForUserChannelChanges();
+
+    expect(agent.addEventListener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(store.isUserChannelChangedListenerActive).toBe(false);
+  });
+});