voice: unify connected animation and clarify GPT Live usage #343315

Fixes #343323

Summary

Use one blue listening animation whenever Voice Mode is connected, rather than changing or hiding the animation between listening, speaking, idle, and processing. This shared behavior applies to both hosted voice and GPT Live.

• Keep the connected glow across chat inputs and the floating voice widget, including while muted. Preserve ownership gating, audio reactivity, theming, high contrast, and reduced motion.


• Remove the remaining purple speaking accents, the listening placeholder, and barge-in placeholder hints. Preserve transcripts, mute/manual-talk hints, and interruption behavior.


• Show the GPT Live/OpenAI model notice only on the first successful GPT Live connection, persisted per profile across reconnects and restarts. Cancelled startup does not consume the notice.


• Identify OpenAI GPT Live in both segmented and standalone Voice Mode hovers based on the active connection, not just configuration.


• Consolidate glow fixtures and add regression coverage, including legacy-class cleanup and explicit DOM synchronization in decoration tests.

Validation

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  npm run compile-client — passed, zero compilation errors for the GPT Live changes.


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  npm run build-fast -- --client-only — passed after all follow-up changes.


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  ./scripts/test.sh --reporter dot --run src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/micButtonHovers.test.ts --run src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/voiceClient/voiceSessionController.test.ts --run src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/voiceInputMode.test.ts --run src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/voiceClient/voiceGlow.test.ts --run src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/voiceClient/voiceInputDecorations.test.ts — passed, 204 tests.


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  git diff --name-only -z | xargs -0 node build/hygiene.ts — passed for all 10 files in the latest follow-up, including lint and formatting checks.


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  npm run stylelint -- src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/voiceInputMode/media/voiceInputMode.css src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/voiceClient/media/voiceGlow.css — passed for the speaking-color changes.


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  git diff --cached --check — passed before both latest commits.


• Earlier validation: 26 targeted glow/decorations/onboarding tests passed. Connected-glow fixtures were inspected in Dark, Light, and DarkHighContrast; render/dispose checks passed for all three fixtures. Rendered voice control colors matched across connected idle, listening, and speaking states in Code OSS.

Manual testing

1. Connect Voice Mode and verify the blue animation remains visible while idle, listening, processing, playing speech, and muted; it clears on disconnect.


2. Verify no listening or barge-in placeholder appears. Confirm transcripts and mute/manual-talk hints still work and interruption is unaffected.


3. Switch sessions and check that only the voice-owning input glows. Check reduced-motion and high-contrast behavior.


4. Connect GPT Live for the first time: one OpenAI model information notice should appear after session initialization. Disconnect/reconnect and restart: it should not repeat. Cancel a first connection before session initialization: the next successful connection should still show the notice.


5. While using GPT Live, hover Voice Mode and verify the description names OpenAI GPT Live. With hosted voice, verify the generic real-time voice description remains.

Live voice-provider conversation end-to-end testing was not performed.