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Tyler Slaton 55aaad21a6 test(react-core): add React 18 + 19 unit-test CI matrix (#6060)
## Summary

Adds a `react-version` matrix axis (**18**, **19**) to the unit-test
workflow so react-core, react-ui, and a2ui-renderer are exercised across
the full **supported peer range** (`^18 || ^19`), not just the
repo-default React 19.

This is a **reconstruction of the durable parts of #4221**
(@tylerslaton) onto current `main`. That PR went stale (~5,000 commits
behind, conflicting) and never landed. Rather than rebase it, this
rebuilds its design fresh — and deliberately **scopes to the supported
React range**: React 17 is dropped, because it is no longer a supported
peer version and carried ~80% of the original PR's complexity
(polyfills, `use-sync-external-store` source shims, `jsx-runtime`
aliases, a legacy `renderHook` fallback).

## What surfaced

Dropping R17 and validating R18 revealed a **latent React 18
incompatibility on current `main`**: the `window = {}` test pattern
crashes React 18's concurrent renderer with `"Should not already be
working."` mid-commit, which then corrupts the scheduler for the rest of
the file — **22 failures across 5 files** under React 18. (React 19
happens to tolerate the empty-window swap, so it was invisible until
now.)

The original PR fixed this but mislabeled it R17-only; it's actually
needed for R18, a *supported* version. So the matrix earned its keep on
day one.

Replacing `window = {}` with `stubWindowLocation()` is the load-bearing
fix — it resolves the crash cascade. Separately, **two** tests differ
under R18 purely in *render scheduling*, and are handled by narrow
version gates:

| Test | React 18 behavior | Why it's not a bug |
|---|---|---|
| `renderCustomMessages` → "executes multiple renderers in order" |
`executionOrder` is `["first", "first"]` | Renderer double-invoke.
`second` still never runs, which is the actual contract. |
| `use-human-in-the-loop` → `statusHistory` | `inProgress → executing →
inProgress → complete` | Transient backwards transition from extra
effect runs. Start, end, and the set of observed statuses are all still
correct. |

**No assertion tolerates a different state value.** An earlier revision
of this PR also relaxed the three-turn state-snapshot assertion to
accept `Turn: 2` on R18; @tylerslaton correctly flagged that as an
observable-behavior difference rather than a scheduling artifact.
Re-verified against a real 18.3.1 install — the strict `Turn: 3`
assertion passes **25/25** consecutive runs — so that gate was
unnecessary and has been removed (`a227f46a8`). The two gates above were
re-tested the same way and both genuinely reproduce.

## Changes

| File | What |
|---|---|
| `.github/workflows/test_unit.yml` | `react-version: ["18","19"]` axis.
R19 installs frozen; R18 overrides the root `pnpm.overrides` React
version and installs unfrozen. Adds a guard verifying the installed
React matches the matrix leg, and suffixes `NX_CI_EXECUTION_ID` with the
React version. Layered on top of the existing nx-affected selection
logic. |
| `test-helpers/stub-window-location.ts` *(new)* | Clears
`window.location` (so the localhost auto-open-inspector heuristic skips)
while keeping the real jsdom window — the safe replacement for `window =
{}`. |
| `use-agent-error-state`, `CopilotKitProvider.onError`,
`CopilotKitProvider.test` | Swap `window = {}` for
`stubWindowLocation()`. |
| `use-human-in-the-loop.e2e`, `renderCustomMessages.e2e` | Two
React-version-gated assertions, both **render-scheduling only** (see
table above). State assertions stay strict on every leg. |

No dependency or lockfile changes. None of the R17-only machinery from
#4221.

## CI cost

Full runs go from 3 legs (node 20/22/24) to **6** (node × react). On
PRs, nx-affected still scopes what actually builds/tests; the full 6×
only hits `workflow_dispatch` or when `test_unit.yml` itself changes (so
this PR runs all 6). This is the honest price of adding R18 coverage.

## Testing

Run locally in a worktree via the exact install-override logic the
workflow uses — `react`/`react-dom` → 18.3.1,
`@types/react`/`@types/react-dom` → `^18`, `@testing-library/react` →
`^14.3.1`, `streamdown>react` → 18.3.1, then `pnpm install
--no-frozen-lockfile`. Installed versions confirmed by resolving from
`packages/react-core` (18.3.1 / 19.2.3, `@testing-library/react` 14.3.1
on the R18 leg).

| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| react-core full suite @ React 18.3.1 | **117 files, 1433/1433
passing** ✓ |
| react-core full suite @ React 19.2.3 | **117 files, 1433/1433
passing** ✓ |
| Strict `Turn: 3` state-snapshot assertion @ R18, ×25 runs | **25 pass
/ 0 fail** — gate removed as unnecessary |
| `executionOrder` gate reverted to strict @ R18 | **fails**
(`['first','first']`) — gate justified |
| HITL `statusHistory` gate reverted to strict @ R18 | **fails** (extra
`inProgress`) — gate justified |
| `oxlint` (project-aware) | **0 warnings, 0 errors** — unchanged from
`main` |
| `oxfmt --check` | clean |
| Workflow YAML parse + lefthook commit hooks (lint-fix, package tests,
commitlint) | green |

Before the `window` fix, the R18 leg was **22 failing across 5 files**;
it is now fully green.

Credit to @tylerslaton for the original design in #4221, and for
catching the over-relaxed state assertion in review.

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