⌛ feat: Add Default Temporary Chat User Setting (#10731)

client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Chat/Chat.tsx

@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ const toggleSwitchConfigs = [
     hoverCardText: undefined,
     key: 'modularChat',
   },
+  {
+    stateAtom: store.defaultTemporaryChat,
+    localizationKey: 'com_nav_default_temporary_chat',
+    switchId: 'defaultTemporaryChat',
+    hoverCardText: 'com_nav_info_default_temporary_chat',
+    key: 'defaultTemporaryChat',
+  },
 ];
 
 function Chat() {

client/src/locales/en/translation.json

@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
   "com_nav_conversation_mode": "Conversation Mode",
   "com_nav_convo_menu_options": "Conversation Menu Options",
   "com_nav_db_sensitivity": "Decibel sensitivity",
+  "com_nav_default_temporary_chat": "Temporary Chat by default",
   "com_nav_delete_account": "Delete account",
   "com_nav_delete_account_button": "Permanently delete my account",
   "com_nav_delete_account_confirm": "Delete account - are you sure?",
@@ -480,6 +481,7 @@
   "com_nav_info_code_artifacts": "Enables the display of experimental code artifacts next to the chat",
   "com_nav_info_code_artifacts_agent": "Enables the use of code artifacts for this agent. By default, additional instructions specific to the use of artifacts are added, unless \"Custom Prompt Mode\" is enabled.",
   "com_nav_info_custom_prompt_mode": "When enabled, the default artifacts system prompt will not be included. All artifact-generating instructions must be provided manually in this mode.",
+  "com_nav_info_default_temporary_chat": "When enabled, new chats will start with temporary chat mode activated by default. Temporary chats are not saved to your history.",
   "com_nav_info_enter_to_send": "When enabled, pressing `ENTER` will send your message. When disabled, pressing Enter will add a new line, and you'll need to press `CTRL + ENTER` / `⌘ + ENTER` to send your message.",
   "com_nav_info_fork_change_default": "`Visible messages only` includes just the direct path to the selected message. `Include related branches` adds branches along the path. `Include all to/from here` includes all connected messages and branches.",
   "com_nav_info_fork_split_target_setting": "When enabled, forking will commence from the target message to the latest message in the conversation, according to the behavior selected.",

client/src/routes/ChatRoute.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Spinner } from '@librechat/client';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useRecoilCallback, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { Constants, EModelEndpoint } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import { useGetModelsQuery } from 'librechat-data-provider/react-query';
 import type { TPreset } from 'librechat-data-provider';
@@ -11,13 +12,13 @@ import { ToolCallsMapProvider } from '~/Providers';
 import ChatView from '~/components/Chat/ChatView';
 import useAuthRedirect from './useAuthRedirect';
 import temporaryStore from '~/store/temporary';
-import { useRecoilCallback } from 'recoil';
 import store from '~/store';
 
 export default function ChatRoute() {
   const { data: startupConfig } = useGetStartupConfig();
   const { isAuthenticated, user } = useAuthRedirect();
 
+  const defaultTemporaryChat = useRecoilValue(temporaryStore.defaultTemporaryChat);
   const setIsTemporary = useRecoilCallback(
     ({ set }) =>
       (value: boolean) => {
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ export default function ChatRoute() {
   const isTemporaryChat = conversation && conversation.expiredAt ? true : false;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (conversationId !== Constants.NEW_CONVO && !isTemporaryChat) {
-      setIsTemporary(false);
+    if (conversationId === Constants.NEW_CONVO) {
+      setIsTemporary(defaultTemporaryChat);
     } else if (isTemporaryChat) {
       setIsTemporary(isTemporaryChat);
+    } else {
+      setIsTemporary(false);
     }
-  }, [conversationId, isTemporaryChat, setIsTemporary]);
+  }, [conversationId, isTemporaryChat, setIsTemporary, defaultTemporaryChat]);
 
   /** This effect is mainly for the first conversation state change on first load of the page.
    *  Adjusting this may have unintended consequences on the conversation state.

client/src/store/temporary.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { atomWithLocalStorage } from '~/store/utils';
 
 const isTemporary = atomWithLocalStorage('isTemporary', false);
+const defaultTemporaryChat = atomWithLocalStorage('defaultTemporaryChat', false);
 
 export default {
   isTemporary,
+  defaultTemporaryChat,
 };