feat(webapp): pin the dashboard agent to a deployed version (#4128)

## Summary

The dashboard agent runs as a `chat.agent` in its own Trigger.dev
project, deployed separately from the app that starts its sessions. This
adds independent, non-disruptive deploys for it: a new workflow deploys
the agent with `--skip-promotion` (so a deploy never becomes the current
version on its own), and the app pins its sessions to a chosen version.

## How it works

`DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION` (unset by default) pins agent sessions to a
specific deployed version; when unset, sessions run on the project
environment's current version. The pin is passed on session start and
head start and is forwarded to every continuation run, so a pinned
session stays on its version for its whole life. Cutting over to a new
build becomes a config change (set the version) rather than a redeploy,
and rollback is flipping it back.

The workflow (`dashboard-agent-deploy.yml`) runs a leg per environment
(staging and prod), each gated by its own environment, and triggers on
pushes to `main` that touch the agent or its store (also available via
manual dispatch). Deploy versions are per-environment, so each
environment pins to its own leg's version.

Author: ericallam

.github/workflows/dashboard-agent-deploy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: "🤖 Deploy dashboard agent"
+
+# Deploys the @internal/dashboard-agent chat.agent to its Trigger.dev project
+# with --skip-promotion, so a deploy never becomes "current" on its own. The
+# consuming app cuts over by pinning DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION to the new version.
+# Runs a leg per environment (staging + prod), each gated by its own environment;
+# a push to main that touches the agent or its store triggers both. Version
+# numbers are per-environment, so pin each environment to its own leg's version.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "internal-packages/dashboard-agent/**"
+      - "internal-packages/dashboard-agent-db/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy dashboard agent (${{ matrix.environment }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        environment: [staging, prod]
+    # Per-environment reviewer gate + source of the scoped deploy PAT.
+    environment: dashboard-agent-${{ matrix.environment }}
+    concurrency:
+      group: dashboard-agent-deploy-${{ matrix.environment }}
+      cancel-in-progress: false
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    env:
+      TRIGGER_API_URL: https://api.trigger.dev
+      TRIGGER_DASHBOARD_AGENT_PROJECT_REF: ${{ vars.TRIGGER_DASHBOARD_AGENT_PROJECT_REF }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@fc06bc1257f339d1d5d8b3a19a8cae5388b55320 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          version: 10.33.2
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.20.2
+          cache: "pnpm"
+
+      - name: Install + build the CLI and the agent's deps
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+          # Prisma client is needed because the build closure pulls in @trigger.dev/database.
+          pnpm run generate
+          # Config-time imports the agent's trigger.config.ts needs: defineConfig (sdk), aptGet (build).
+          pnpm run build --filter trigger.dev --filter @trigger.dev/build --filter @trigger.dev/sdk
+
+      - name: Deploy (--skip-promotion)
+        working-directory: internal-packages/dashboard-agent
+        env:
+          TRIGGER_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TRIGGER_DASHBOARD_AGENT_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}
+        # Invoke the built CLI directly (what the workspace .bin/trigger wrapper does),
+        # so a not-yet-linked bin after a fresh install can't break the deploy.
+        run: node ../../packages/cli-v3/dist/esm/index.js deploy --skip-promotion --env ${{ matrix.environment }}

apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ const EnvironmentSchema = z
     // standard chat.agent SDK flow. When unset, the live agent is disabled — the
     // conversation store / History still work, no chat can start.
     DASHBOARD_AGENT_SECRET_KEY: z.string().optional(),
+    // Pins agent sessions to a specific deployed version (paired with
+    // --skip-promotion deploys); unset => the project env's current version.
+    DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION: z.string().optional(),
     // Global default for the `hasDashboardAgentAccess` flag. "0" (off) ships the
     // agent dark; flip to "1" to enable it for everyone at GA. Per-org overrides
     // (org featureFlags) win regardless.

apps/webapp/app/services/dashboardAgent.server.ts

@@ -57,13 +57,22 @@ export function isDashboardAgentConfigured(): boolean {
   return Boolean(env.DASHBOARD_AGENT_SECRET_KEY);
 }
 
+// Pins every agent session (and its continuation runs) to a deployed version
+// when DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION is set; unset runs on the env's current version.
+export function dashboardAgentTriggerConfig(): { lockToVersion: string } | undefined {
+  return env.DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION ? { lockToVersion: env.DASHBOARD_AGENT_VERSION } : undefined;
+}
+
 export async function startDashboardAgentSession(params: {
   chatId: string;
   clientData?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }): Promise<{ publicAccessToken: string }> {
   const config = dashboardAgentConfig();
   if (!config) throw new Error("DASHBOARD_AGENT_SECRET_KEY is not set");
-  const startSession = chat.createStartSessionAction(TASK_ID, { apiClient: config });
+  const startSession = chat.createStartSessionAction(TASK_ID, {
+    apiClient: config,
+    triggerConfig: dashboardAgentTriggerConfig(),
+  });
   return startSession({ chatId: params.chatId, clientData: params.clientData });
 }
 

apps/webapp/app/services/dashboardAgentHeadStart.server.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import {
 import { chat as chatServer } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/chat-server";
 import { streamText, type UIMessage } from "ai";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
-import { dashboardAgentApiOrigin } from "~/services/dashboardAgent.server";
+import {
+  dashboardAgentApiOrigin,
+  dashboardAgentTriggerConfig,
+} from "~/services/dashboardAgent.server";
 import { logger } from "~/services/logger.server";
 
 const TASK_ID = "dashboard-agent";
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export async function startDashboardAgentHeadStart(params: {
     chatId: params.chatId,
     messages: params.messages,
     metadata: params.metadata,
+    triggerConfig: dashboardAgentTriggerConfig(),
     // Scope session creation + the agent trigger to the agent's project/env. The
     // Anthropic key here only powers the warm step-1 call.
     apiClient: {