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Summary

  • Pass comparison props (fileVersionId, isComparing, isComparedPreview) into renderCustomPreview so hosts can tell the current pane from the compared pane (PREVIEW-1982).
  • Stop clearing renderCustomPreview on the compared pane, so HTML and Markdown render the selected version instead of falling through to Preview.
  • The compared pane sets isComparedPreview. The main pane still sets isComparing and leaves the version id empty so the host shows the current file.

Used by preview-client side-by-side comparison for HTML and Markdown. Banner ownership stays out of this change.

https://jira.inside-box.net/browse/PREVIEW-1982

Test plan

  • Compare a markdown file: left pane is the current version, right pane is the selected version, and both render markdown.
  • Compare an HTML file the same way.
  • Compare a PDF or image and confirm the existing Preview path is unchanged.
  • Confirm annotations stay off on the compared pane.

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    • Custom preview renderers now receive the selected file version and comparison-state information. In version comparisons, custom renderers are used for supported HTML and Markdown files; other compared files continue to use the standard preview viewer. The same selection rules apply to preview loading, rendering, and hotkey handling.

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Compared panes now use the custom renderer for supported file extensions and the Preview viewer for other files. Preview loading, rendering, and hotkey suppression follow this renderer selection. The custom renderer receives the selected version ID and comparison flags.

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Compared-pane custom rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Renderer selection and props
src/elements/content-preview/ContentPreview.js, src/elements/content-preview/CustomPreviewWrapper.js, src/elements/content-preview/__tests__/ContentPreview.test.js
ContentPreview selects custom rendering for compared files with supported extensions: HTML and Markdown variants. Other compared files use Preview. The wrapper passes the selected version ID and comparison flags to the custom renderer. Tests cover compared Markdown and PDF preview loading and rendering.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: ahorowitz123

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d4564

The main comparison pane can show a selected version instead of the current file. Correct its version ID before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 69b79

The change preserves existing credentials and built-in comparison restrictions, but historical content now reaches custom renderers. Their authorization, content isolation, read-only behavior, and asynchronous cleanup could not be verified, so the remaining risk is not minimal.

Retained concerns

  • Low · security · inferred: Historical-version rendering now depends on host custom-renderer controls. Built-in comparison restrictions remain, but they do not establish that the external renderer preserves content isolation, version authorization, or read-only behavior. No bypass or exploit is verified.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The newly reachable content is the selected historical version of the supplied file. The renderer receives the existing token and API host, not a newly elevated credential. Effective downstream data or write exposure depends on that token's permissions and the unavailable host implementation; cross-tenant access is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The wrapper forwards file/version identity to trusted host code without implementing authorization or content sanitization. Rendered output remains inside the existing ErrorBoundary, which is error containment rather than a security isolation boundary. Host enforcement for historical HTML and Markdown is unresolved.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Version-keyed remounting provides local separation between compared versions, but it cannot establish cancellation or identity checks for host-owned asynchronous work. Security conclusions about stale content across file, token, failure, and unmount transitions therefore remain limited.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Define a host integration acceptance contract for compared previews: authorize the file/version pair, preserve HTML and Markdown sanitization or isolation, prohibit comparison-pane writes, and cancel or reject stale loads after file, version, credential, or mount changes.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: rendering Markdown comparison panes. It is concise and includes the relevant issue ID.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the change and includes a test plan. It provides clear context about comparison props and the behavior for Markdown, HTML, PDFs, and images.
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- Around line 2018-2019: Update the compared-pane logic in ContentPreview so
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logger={logger}
onPreviewError={this.onPreviewError}
onPreviewLoad={this.onPreviewLoad}
fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')}

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Keep the main pane on the current version during comparison.

When the caller supplies previewVersion, the main pane can pass its ID to the custom renderer during comparison. The renderer contract says the main pane must leave fileVersionId empty in this state.

Suggested fix
-                                                                    fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')}
+                                                                    fileVersionId={
+                                                                        isComparing && !this.props.isComparedPreview
+                                                                            ? undefined
+                                                                            : getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')
+                                                                    }
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fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')}
fileVersionId={
isComparing && !this.props.isComparedPreview
? undefined
: getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')
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