fix: prevent countdown timer from showing in history for answered follow-up questions (#7686)

packages/types/src/message.ts

@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ export const clineMessageSchema = z.object({
 	contextCondense: contextCondenseSchema.optional(),
 	isProtected: z.boolean().optional(),
 	apiProtocol: z.union([z.literal("openai"), z.literal("anthropic")]).optional(),
+	isAnswered: z.boolean().optional(),
 	metadata: z
 		.object({
 			gpt5: z

src/core/task/Task.ts

@@ -887,6 +887,24 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
 		this.askResponse = askResponse
 		this.askResponseText = text
 		this.askResponseImages = images
+
+		// Mark the last follow-up question as answered
+		if (askResponse === "messageResponse" || askResponse === "yesButtonClicked") {
+			// Find the last unanswered follow-up message using findLastIndex
+			const lastFollowUpIndex = findLastIndex(
+				this.clineMessages,
+				(msg) => msg.type === "ask" && msg.ask === "followup" && !msg.isAnswered,
+			)
+
+			if (lastFollowUpIndex !== -1) {
+				// Mark this follow-up as answered
+				this.clineMessages[lastFollowUpIndex].isAnswered = true
+				// Save the updated messages
+				this.saveClineMessages().catch((error) => {
+					console.error("Failed to save answered follow-up state:", error)
+				})
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public approveAsk({ text, images }: { text?: string; images?: string[] } = {}) {

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx

@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ const ChatViewComponent: React.ForwardRefRenderFunction<ChatViewRef, ChatViewPro
 					onSuggestionClick={handleSuggestionClickInRow} // This was already stabilized
 					onBatchFileResponse={handleBatchFileResponse}
 					onFollowUpUnmount={handleFollowUpUnmount}
-					isFollowUpAnswered={messageOrGroup.ts === currentFollowUpTs}
+					isFollowUpAnswered={messageOrGroup.isAnswered === true || messageOrGroup.ts === currentFollowUpTs}
 					editable={
 						messageOrGroup.type === "ask" &&
 						messageOrGroup.ask === "tool" &&