feat(cursor): native SelectedImage vision for verified models (data: only) - #1742

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Inline comments:
In `@src/adapters/cursor/images.ts`:
- Around line 489-494: Update the JPEG dimension marker handling in the image
dimension sniffer to recognize all SOF markers listed in the review, while
explicitly excluding non-SOF markers 0xc4, 0xc8, and 0xcc. Preserve the existing
width/height extraction and validation behavior so sniffed dimensions continue
to support alreadySmallJpeg and buildSelectedImages.
- Around line 550-566: Update resolveActiveCursorImages to derive the
active-turn index by reusing cursorVisionPrepareStartIndex instead of performing
its own backward scan and trailing-toolResult checks. Use the returned index to
select the active message, preserving an empty result when it points past the
message list or does not identify a user/developer message, so image resolution
remains aligned with prepareCursorRawMessages.
- Around line 342-378: Reduce redundant decoding in the image-processing flow
around metadata validation and encodeAt: verify that Bun.Image.metadata()
rejects corrupt input, then reuse a single Bun.Image instance for metadata and
subsequent encodes when supported; otherwise merge the existing validation
decode with metadata() as the minimum change. Preserve fail-closed handling for
corrupt payloads and the current resize, quality-ladder, and omission behavior.
- Around line 331-334: In the image validation flow, replace the unsupported
Bun.Image toBuffer terminal call with bytes(), and update the error handling
around the enclosing try/catch to rethrow this programming TypeError before the
generic fail-closed omission path; leave the existing bytes() call unchanged.

In `@src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts`:
- Line 322: Preserve the existing empty image behavior of contentText for active
prompts, but add a history-specific serializer used by conversationTurns when
constructing replayed UserMessage.text; it must represent image-only parts with
a short text-only marker and never include base64 data. Export the marker
constant from images.ts alongside CURSOR_VISION_IMAGE_OMITTED, update the
historical tool-result conversion consistently where needed, and add a
regression test in cursor-blob.test.ts covering an image-only historical turn.
- Around line 586-591: Update the actionCase expression in
encodeCursorRunRequest to parenthesize the condition explicitly and require
!lastRawIsToolResult for both non-empty text and selectedImages. Preserve
userMessageAction only when the last raw message is not a tool result and either
content condition is met; otherwise return resumeAction.

In `@tests/cursor-images.test.ts`:
- Around line 60-65: Strengthen the test around resolveCursorImages and
decodeCursorImageDataUrl by asserting the oversized data URL is rejected
specifically by the decode-size guard before retaining the existing soft-omit
expectation. Ensure the generated oversized base64 payload has valid alphabet
and padding, including padding to a multiple of four when needed, so the size
check is the failure reached.

In `@tests/cursor-vision-wire-harness.test.ts`:
- Around line 100-101: The cursor wire-harness test should also verify that the
encoded request bytes do not contain the tool-result image data URL or base64
payload as text. Extend the assertions around anyMcpImageContent(viewBytes) to
inspect the raw encoded bytes while preserving the existing no-McpImageContent
check.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/adapters/cursor/images.ts`:
- Around line 656-681: Update prepareCursorRawMessages to count image parts in
the active preparation range and reject when the count exceeds MAX_CURSOR_IMAGES
before calling prepareCursorContentParts or performing any image decoding.
Preserve existing abort and unchanged-message behavior, and add a regression
test beside the existing MAX_CURSOR_IMAGES rejection test asserting that
prepareCursorRawMessages rejects over-limit input.
- Around line 553-562: The resolveActiveCursorImages flow must reuse the image
bytes produced by the preparation pass instead of reprocessing rewritten
data:image/jpeg URLs. Update the prepare/selection integration around
cursorVisionPrepareStartIndex, resolveCursorImageParts, and selectedImages so
prepared bytes are carried forward and consumed directly, avoiding a second JPEG
encoding while preserving the existing active-message filtering.

In `@src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts`:
- Around line 329-335: The tool-result content conversion must preserve
image-only results and make the harness inspect the actual blob-backed text. In
src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts lines 329-335, update contentToText to
map image parts to CURSOR_VISION_IMAGE_HISTORY_MARKER while retaining text
parts. In tests/cursor-vision-wire-harness.test.ts lines 102-105, hydrate
rootPromptMessagesJson, turns, each turn’s userMessage, and each steps entry
through blobData; run the image data URI and payload checks against that
combined text plus the frame, and assert that the marker is present.
- Around line 600-606: Move the buildSelectedContext(selectedImages,
requestScope) call into the userMessageAction branch so it is evaluated only
when actionCase is "userMessageAction"; leave selectedContext absent or unused
for resumeAction paths. Preserve the existing action selection logic and ensure
tool-result continuations with selectedImages do not invoke buildSelectedContext
or admit blobs.

In `@src/providers/registry.ts`:
- Around line 974-977: Update CURSOR_NO_VISION_MODELS to include glm-5.3, and
revise the GetUsableModels modality handling so unknown live model IDs follow an
explicit text-only policy instead of defaulting to image support. Add regression
coverage for glm-5.3 and unknown text-only IDs while preserving native
SelectedImage behavior for known multimodal models.

In `@tests/provider-registry-parity.test.ts`:
- Around line 657-660: Strengthen the Cursor parity test by adding explicit
assertions that a native-vision model declared by the Cursor catalog is absent
from noVisionModels and a curated no-vision model remains present. Update the
test near the existing seed.noVisionModels expectations, using the catalog’s
actual native-vision identifier if grok-4.5 is unavailable.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/adapters/cursor/images.ts`:
- Around line 660-668: In the image preparation flow, call
throwIfImagePhaseAborted(signal) immediately after the empty messages return and
before the active-message MAX_CURSOR_IMAGES guard, so an already-cancelled
request raises AbortError first. Preserve the existing cancellation check inside
the asynchronous preparation loop.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts`:
- Around line 530-533: Update rootPromptMessages in
src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts:530-533 to use
historyContentText(message), ensuring image-only historical turns emit
CURSOR_VISION_IMAGE_HISTORY_MARKER, and add a focused regression test in tests/.
Update tests/cursor-vision-wire-harness.test.ts:114-125 to hydrate every
rootPromptMessagesJson blob before scanning turns so base64 and marker
assertions cover root history.