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coder/coderd/chatd
Kyle Carberry 741af057dc feat: paginate chat messages endpoint with cursor-based infinite scroll (#23083)
Adds cursor-based pagination to the chat messages endpoint.

## Backend

- New `GetChatMessagesByChatIDPaginated` SQL query: returns messages in
`id DESC` order with a `before_id` keyset cursor and configurable
`limit`
- Handler parses `?before_id=N&limit=N` query params, uses the `LIMIT
N+1` trick to set `has_more` without a separate COUNT query
- Queued messages only returned on the first page (no cursor) since
they're always the most recent
- SDK client updated with `ChatMessagesPaginationOptions`
- Fully backward compatible: omitting params returns the 50 newest
messages

## Frontend

- Switches `getChatMessages` from `useQuery` to `useInfiniteQuery` with
cursor chaining via `getNextPageParam`
- Pages flattened and sorted by `id` ascending for chronological display
- `MessagesPaginationSentinel` component uses `IntersectionObserver`
(200px rootMargin prefetch) inside the existing `flex-col-reverse`
scroll container
- `flex-col-reverse` handles scroll anchoring natively when older
messages are prepended — no manual `scrollTop` adjustment needed (same
pattern as coder/blink)

## Why cursor-based instead of offset/limit

Offset-based pagination breaks when new messages arrive while paginating
backward (offsets shift, causing duplicates or missed messages). The
`before_id` cursor is stable regardless of inserts — each page is
deterministic.
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