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feat(recording): delete a project's recordings along with the project - #1381
Deleting a project can now also remove its recordings. The confirm on a project's row in Load Project offers Also move its recordings to the Trash (size) (Recycle Bin on Windows), switched off by default.
Which recordings: takes in OpenScreen's recordings folders (the current one and the default) that the project's assets point at, with every file recorded beside them: the video, .cursor.json, .session.json and -webcam files. A video imported from anywhere else is never deleted.
Shared takes are kept: a take another project also uses is left alone, and the row names that project.
Unreadable projects block it: if any other project file fails to parse, it can't be checked for shared takes, so all recordings are kept and the row says why. The delete re-checks this, and if a file broke after the dialog opened it deletes nothing.
Trash first: recordings are removed before the project. If the Trash refuses (some Linux setups and drives), nothing is deleted and the row asks Delete them permanently?
Deleted files are dropped from media-links.registry.json.
New strings are in all 15 locales. The media-library docs and the manual e2e checklist are updated.
Related issue
Refs #1376. This covers deleting recordings together with their project; a screen to browse and multi-select recordings would be a follow-up.
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Testing
npm run test: 4984 passed, 1 skipped.
New tests in project-recordings.test.ts, aiEditionService.deleteRecordings.test.ts, mediaLinksRegistry.test.ts and OpenProjectModal.test.tsx. They cover companion files, recording-12 vs recording-123, shared takes, imported videos, unreadable project files, Trash refusal with permanent fallback, and Recycle Bin wording.
npx tsc --noEmit, npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit, npm run lint and npm run i18n:check pass.
The manual checks added to manual-e2e-checklist.md have not been run yet.
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New Features
When deleting a project, choose to keep its recordings, move eligible recordings to the system Trash or Recycle Bin, or permanently delete them.
See when recordings are retained because another project uses them, and which project is using them.
If moving recordings to the Trash or Recycle Bin fails, you can choose whether to permanently delete them.
Recordings are kept by default. Removal is blocked when project files can’t be read and recordings may still be in use.
Documentation
Updated media-library guidance for project deletion and recording management.
Project deletion can optionally include recordings in configured recording folders. The flow checks recording ownership, preserves recordings used by other projects, and supports Trash or permanent removal.
Project reads report unreadable file paths. Recording discovery groups matching files and companions into sets, excludes recordings referenced by other projects, and reports unreadable project files when they prevent ownership checks.
Service disposal and registry cleanup electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts, electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts, electron/media/mediaLinksRegistry.ts, electron/media/mediaLinksRegistry.test.ts, electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.deleteRecordings.test.ts
The service reports recording counts and sizes, then handles the requested disposal before deleting the project. Disposed paths are removed from the media-links registry. Tests cover keep, Trash, unreadable project files, and Trash failure.
Native recordings API src/native/contracts.ts, electron/ipc/handlers.ts, electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts, src/native/client.ts, src/native/browserShim.ts, electron/ipc/nativeBridge.deleteProject.test.ts
Native contracts and IPC support recording queries and disposal choices. The browser shim returns an empty recording result. Bridge tests cover accepted and rejected disposal values.
The confirmation displays recording details and offers keep or Trash choices. If Trash fails, it offers permanent deletion. Tests, translations, and documentation cover the flow.
getopenscreen/openscreen#1376 — This change adds optional recording cleanup to project deletion and reports shared-recording protection. Direct browsing and multi-select are not included.
Possibly related PRs
getopenscreen/openscreen#1382 — This PR extends the same recording ownership, disposal, registry cleanup, bridge contracts, and project-deletion flow.
getopenscreen/openscreen#1406 — This PR adds Linux recording pointer sidecars that are companion files handled by recording-set grouping and disposal.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 94acd
The cleanup flow has bounded failure-handling issues: unsuccessful deletion can leave missing-media references or unreported project files, and an unreadable target can leave selected recordings behind. Merge with owner awareness and follow-up for these cases.
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feat: delete a project's recordings along with the project
feat(recording): delete a project's recordings along with the project
Oct 24, 2026
Thanks @marcgabe15, this is a careful take on #1376: shared takes, imported videos and unreadable projects are all handled, and the Trash-first order is the right call.
Before this goes to review, could you add:
a short screen recording of the Load Project confirm, with the checkbox on, one shared take and one Trash refusal if you can trigger it;
the results of the manual checks you added to manual-e2e-checklist.md, with the OS you ran them on.
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/nativeBridge.ts:
- Around line 570-573: Validate renderer-provided recordings disposal in the
document.delete handler before passing it to aiEditionService.deleteProject.
Accept only undefined, "keep", "trash", or "permanent"; return an
INVALID_REQUEST error for any other value, and pass the validated value to
deleteProject.
Review comments at @website/docs/media-library.md:
- Line 55: In the project-deletion description, fix the ungrammatical relative
clause in the sentence about recordings still used by another project; add
“that” after “except any” while preserving the surrounding meaning.
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Hi @marcgabe15, gentle nudge on this one. The approach looks good; it is only waiting on the items from my earlier comment: a short screen recording of the Load Project confirm (checkbox on, a shared take, a Trash refusal if you can trigger it), the results of the manual checks you added to the checklist, and the two open CodeRabbit threads. Happy to help if anything is unclear.
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Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts:
- Around line 215-221: Update the disposal error handling around
findProjectRecordings and removeRecordingSets so trashFailed is true only when
removeRecordingSets fails during a Trash operation. Keep errors from earlier
steps, such as findProjectRecordings or documents.readAllProjectsReport, from
setting trashFailed.
- Around line 207-225: Update deleteProject so that if
documents.deleteProject(projectId) fails after removeRecordingSets and
forgetMediaLinks succeed, restore every removed recording and its media-link
entry before returning failure, while preserving and propagating the unlink
error. Keep the unreadable-project recheck and current Trash-refusal behavior
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Thanks @marcgabe15, the screenshots and the video make the toggle on/off flow clear!
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trashFailed is set for any error in the block, including a failed project scan, so the UI would offer Delete them permanently? when the Trash never refused. Setting it only when removeRecordingSets throws fixes that.
If the project unlink fails after the recordings are gone, the project stays and points at missing files. A fix or a short reply on how you want to handle it is fine.
Manual checks: the results of the steps you added to manual-e2e-checklist.md, with the OS you ran them on, including the shared-take case (two projects using the same recording).
Switch off: the row offers Also move its recordings to the Trash with a size, off by default. After deleting, the files are still in the recordings folder (screenshots and video above).
Switch on: the .mp4, .cursor.json and .session.json went to the Trash and restore from there (video above).
Shared take: added one recording to two projects and deleted one with the switch on. The row named the other project as keeping it, and the other project still opens with its media.
Imported video from outside the recordings folder: no switch offered, and the file is untouched after the delete.
…oes not parse
A project that fails to parse is left out of the list the delete checks for
other users of a recording, so a take it shares could be trashed with the
project being deleted. While any project file is unreadable, the dialog
offers no Trash and says why, and the delete itself refuses to remove
recordings.
Any value but "trash" took the permanent-delete path, so a malformed one
removed recordings for good. Also fixes a grammar slip in the media-library
docs.
…d never strand a project
trashFailed was set for any error in the disposal block, so a failed
project scan offered "Delete them permanently?". It is now set only when
removing the recordings throws.
The project file is moved aside before any recording is removed: a project
that cannot be deleted fails before anything irreversible, and it is put
back if the Trash refuses.
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Review comments at @electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts:
- Around line 599-604: Before changing the catch block in deleteProjectAfter,
define the intended project state when removeRecordingSets partially fails; then
make the recovery path preserve that decision so a restored project does not
reference recordings already removed.
- Around line 606-609: Update deleteProjectAfter and the delete result type to
report when removal of the parked project file fails, then handle that result in
the renderer so the user is informed that project content remains. Preserve the
existing recording-disposal outcome; do not rethrow the removal error or rename
the file back.
Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/aiEditionService.ts:
- Around line 213-216: Update the retry prompt associated with
removeRecordingSets in the deleteProjectAfter flow so it accurately describes
partial Trash failures: report how many recordings were moved before the
failure, or use wording that covers both partial and zero-item failures.
- Around line 198-205: Update findProjectRecordings so an unreadable target
project is treated as unknown rather than as having no recordings; ensure the
unreadable count reaches the guard in deleteProjectAfter so it does not delete
the project or report success while selected recordings remain.
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Summary
Deleting a project can now also remove its recordings. The confirm on a project's row in Load Project offers Also move its recordings to the Trash (size) (Recycle Bin on Windows), switched off by default.
.cursor.json,.session.jsonand-webcamfiles. A video imported from anywhere else is never deleted.media-links.registry.json.New strings are in all 15 locales. The media-library docs and the manual e2e checklist are updated.
Related issue
Refs #1376. This covers deleting recordings together with their project; a screen to browse and multi-select recordings would be a follow-up.
Type of change
Release impact
Desktop impact
Screenshots / video
None yet.
Testing
npm run test: 4984 passed, 1 skipped.project-recordings.test.ts,aiEditionService.deleteRecordings.test.ts,mediaLinksRegistry.test.tsandOpenProjectModal.test.tsx. They cover companion files,recording-12vsrecording-123, shared takes, imported videos, unreadable project files, Trash refusal with permanent fallback, and Recycle Bin wording.npx tsc --noEmit,npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit,npm run lintandnpm run i18n:checkpass.manual-e2e-checklist.mdhave not been run yet.Summary by CodeRabbit