fix(voice): show the voice panel that typed chat asks for

set_panel_open for voice-settings or voice-preview reported success while
chat's open state kept the voice panel hidden, minimized chat included. A
successful explicit show now closes chat, which keeps the typed session,
its running turn and its messages; reopening chat restores them.

docs/CURRENT-STATE.md

@@ -767,7 +767,10 @@ starts. Settings opened from chat keep chat's frame and show the shared AI
 provider and the quick-commands option, with Back to chat; voice Settings show
 Back to voice. Escape steps back from either Settings view, closes Voice
 Preview, and does nothing in chat. Closing chat ends a typed session, and the
-voice panel's close turns voice off.
+voice panel's close turns voice off. Asking the assistant from chat to open
+Voice Settings or Voice Preview puts chat away, minimized or not, and shows the
+voice panel; the typed conversation and its running reply carry on, and the
+chat button brings them back.
 
 Contacts nearest-aircraft follow-ups retain the snapshot's distance basis even
 after the camera moves. An explicit new scope replaces that basis. Provider

src/voice/panel/host.test.mjs

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ test('the voice inactivity timeout never ends a typed chat session', async (t) =
 
 async function directActions(
   t,
-  { storage = null, delayExit = false, exposePanel = true } = {},
+  { storage = null, delayExit = false, exposePanel = true, typed = false } = {},
 ) {
   let f, releaseExit;
   const state = { active: true, exits: 0, visual: [] };
@@ -544,7 +544,12 @@ async function directActions(
       exposePanel ? f?.commands.captureVoicePanelOperation() : undefined,
   });
   f = mounted(t, { native: true, runner, storage });
-  await f.commands.session.start();
+  // A typed chat session starts from chat's first send instead.
+  if (typed) {
+    const adapter = f.instances[0];
+    adapter.getStartOptions = () => ({ textOnly: true });
+    adapter.sendText = () => true;
+  } else await f.commands.session.start();
   return {
     ...f,
     runner,
@@ -618,6 +623,53 @@ test('named voice settings exits Cockpit directly; Preview stays disabled and vi
   );
 });
 
+for (const minimized of [false, true])
+  test(`an explicit voice panel request from ${minimized ? 'minimized ' : ''}typed chat shows the panel and keeps the chat`, async (t) => {
+    const f = await directActions(t, { typed: true });
+    const adapter = f.instances[0];
+    f.ui.emit('chat-button');
+    f.ui.emit('chat-input', 'Fly to Tokyo');
+    f.ui.emit('chat-submit');
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.chat.busy, true, 'the typed turn is running');
+    if (minimized) f.ui.emit('chat-minimize');
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.root.chatOpen, true);
+    for (const [panelId, view] of [
+      ['voice-settings', 'settings'],
+      ['voice-preview', 'preview'],
+    ]) {
+      const result = await f.run('set_panel_open', { panelId, open: true });
+      assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+      // `[data-chat-open='true'] .gev-voice-panel` is display:none.
+      assert.equal(f.ui.state.root.chatOpen, false, panelId);
+      assert.equal(f.ui.state.chat.open, false);
+      assert.equal(f.ui.state.voicePanel.hidden, false);
+      assert.equal(f.ui.state.voicePanel.view, view);
+    }
+    assert.equal(adapter.stops, 0, 'the typed session continues');
+    assert.equal(f.commands.session.isActive(), true);
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.chat.busy, true, 'the turn is not cancelled');
+    adapter.hooks.emit({
+      type: 'transcript',
+      role: 'assistant',
+      text: 'Flying to Tokyo.',
+      final: true,
+      itemId: 'reply',
+    });
+    adapter.hooks.emit({ type: 'completion', status: 'completed' });
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.chat.busy, false);
+    f.ui.emit('chat-button');
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.root.chatOpen, true);
+    assert.equal(f.ui.state.voicePanel.hidden, true);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      f.ui.chatMessages.map(({ role }) => role),
+      ['user', 'assistant'],
+      'reopened chat shows the whole conversation',
+    );
+    assert.equal(f.ui.chatMessages[0].text, 'Fly to Tokyo');
+    assert.equal(adapter.stops, 0);
+  });
+
 test('canonical exit reveals requested voice UI; newer manual choice or Stop defeats pending reveal', async (t) => {
   const f = await directActions(t, { delayExit: true });
   const pending = f.run('control_cockpit', {

src/voice/sessionCommands.js

@@ -157,7 +157,20 @@ export function createVoiceCommands({
   controls.voiceCard = card;
   if (panelMount) {
     controls.voicePanel = panelMount.panel;
-    controls.captureVoicePanelOperation = panelMount.captureOperation;
+    // An explicit, successful show hands the frame from chat to the voice
+    // panel, which chat's open state hides. Closing chat keeps its typed
+    // session, running turn and messages; reopening chat restores them.
+    controls.captureVoicePanelOperation = () => {
+      const operation = panelMount.captureOperation();
+      return {
+        ...operation,
+        show(view, open = true) {
+          const result = operation.show(view, open);
+          if (open && result.ok) chat?.close();
+          return result;
+        },
+      };
+    };
     controls.getVoicePanelState = panelMount.snapshot;
     controls.getVoicePreferences = panelHost.snapshot;
   }