[Bug]: Clicking on a file to display is blocked when the agent is working

[amanape]

Is there an existing issue for the same bug?

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Describe the bug

When the agent is running a task, the user is unable to open any of the files in the workspace.

Current OpenHands version

0.9.1

Installation and Configuration

make build && make run

Model and Agent

N/A

Operating System

macOS Sonoma

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a file (or two) in the workspace with some content
2. Ask OpenHands something to perform a task
3. While OpenHands is working, attempt to open the file

Logs, Errors, Screenshots, and Additional Context

No response

[mamoodi]

Yep. I've seen this as well. At first I thought it's by design because what would happen if you edited a file while OpenHands was working on it? But I think it's because OpenHands does everything synchronously.

[amanape]

@mamoodi Good point. It would make sense to the user if they are unable to edit a file while OpenHands is working, but it may be confusing if they are unable to open it. I think it is natural for the user to try and open a file, especially when OpenHands is working, to "see what is going on" (even if we don't stream changes at the moment)

[xingyaoww]

I think we can fix this by tweaking this: https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands/blob/d1a741792fe3b7c607e0acd0d47eb8e8a735a51b/openhands/runtime/client/client.py#L492-L498

We can allow endpoint like /list_file etc to not hold this lock at all -- the lock was mainly there to make sure we are not executing multiple bash commands at the same time

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