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docs(comparison): TanStack AI vs pi, single process and client/server - #1910
The new docs page "TanStack AI vs pi" helps a reader pick between the two toolkits. pi is built for an agent that runs in one process. TanStack AI runs an agent in one process too, in a terminal through the harness CLI, and it also splits the agent across a client and a server. The page says pick pi for its coding agent CLI or its subscription logins, and TanStack AI for everything else.
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New page docs/comparison/pi.md.
It opens with a "Where the agent runs" table with four rows: in one process, in a terminal, split across client and server, and with a browser UI. TanStack AI covers all four. pi covers the first two, and keeps the loop in the browser with streamProxy.
"Pick TanStack AI when" starts with terminal agents, bots and scripts (chat() and the harness), then web apps, server tools, one tool definition, and approvals.
"Pick pi when" lists pi's coding agent as the product, subscription logins, and a loop that must stay in the browser.
An API map and a feature table follow, in the same shape as "TanStack AI vs Vercel AI SDK". Experimental parts are labeled on both sides.
docs/comparison/vercel-ai-sdk.md: the realtime voice row now lists Gemini (geminiRealtime). This is a factual fix, so updatedAt does not change.
docs/config.json: a nav entry under Comparison, with addedAt 2026-10-26.
This PR replaces #1894. The pi event bridge (@tanstack/ai-pi-stream) is not part of it, because pi defines no shared wire protocol for agent events.
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The pi claims were checked against the published pi 1.4.0 READMEs. The TanStack AI terminal claims come from docs/harness/cli.md.
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Open the Preview deploy and go to Comparison, then "TanStack AI vs pi".
Read the opener. It says pi is single-process, and TanStack AI does that plus client and server.
Read the "Where the agent runs" table. The TanStack AI column has an answer in all four rows.
Click "Run a harness in the terminal". It opens the harness CLI page.
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Added a comparison of TanStack AI and pi, covering where each runs, when to choose each toolkit, how their core APIs map, and how their capabilities compare.
Added the pi comparison to the documentation’s Comparison section.
Updated the Vercel AI SDK comparison to list Gemini alongside OpenAI, Grok, and ElevenLabs as a stable option for realtime voice.
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The change adds a TanStack AI and pi comparison page and links it from the documentation navigation. It also adds Gemini to the stable TanStack AI realtime voice provider listing.
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Adds selection guidance, runtime and API comparisons, and a feature table for pi and TanStack AI. Adds a navigation entry for the comparison page.
TanStack/ai#1894: Adds pi interoperability and an earlier pi comparison page. This PR documents the pi and TanStack AI comparison.
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- **You build a web app.** `useChat` renders the run on the client, and the run survives a slow network or a reload. See [UI](../ui/react) and [Resumable Streams](../resumable-streams/overview).
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<title>Client Persistence | TanStack AI Docs</title>
<location>https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/persistence/client-persistence</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 days ago; On reload, the persistence option also brings back a pending approval. ... `import { fetchServerSentEvents, useChat } from '@tanstack/ai-react' ... `import { memoryStream, resumeServerSentEventsResponse } from '@tanstack/ai' ... This needs a durability-backed connection: a route that records the stream and has a replay handler.
# Client Persistence
Client persistence writes useChat messages to storage in the browser. A reload keeps the conversation and a reply that was still streaming.
On reload, the persistence option also brings back a pending approval.
## Quick setup#
Pick who owns the history. Then copy that path.
### The browser owns the chat#
Use this for a single-page app, an offline-first app, or any app with no server store. Pass a storage adapter and a stable threadId:
tsx
`import {
fetchServerSentEvents,
localStoragePersistence,
useChat,
} from '@tanstack/ai-react'
export function Chat() {
const { messages, sendMessage } = useChat({
threadId: 'support-chat',
connection: fetchServerSentEvents('/api/chat'),
persistence: localStoragePersistence(),
})
return (
<div>
{messages.map((message) => (
<div key={message.id}>{message.role}</div>
))}
<button type="button" onClick={() => void sendMessage('hi')}>
))}
<button type="button" onClick={() => void sendMessage('hi')}>
Send
</button>
</div>
)
}`
2. Add a GET next to your chat POST:
ts
`import { memoryStream, resumeServerSentEventsResponse } from '@tanstack/ai'
import { reconstructChat } from '@tanstack/ai-persistence'
import { persistence } from './persistence'
export function GET(request: Request): Response | Promise<Response> {
const durability = memoryStream(request)
// A reconnecting client sends a resume cursor. Replay the log.
if (durability.resumeFrom() !== null) {
return resumeServerSentEventsResponse({ adapter: durability })
}
// Otherwise return the stored thread, plus any run that still streams.
return reconstructChat(persistence, request, {
// Without this, anyone who guesses a thread id gets the transcript.
authorize: async (threadId, req) => ownsThread(req, threadId),
})
}
async function ownsThread(request: Request, threadId: string): Promise<boolean> {
void request
void threadId
return true // Replace with your session and ownership check.
}`
The replay branch works only when your POST records the stream. To record it, pass { durability: { adapter: memoryStream(request) } } to toServerSentEventsResponse in the POST. The overview quick setup shows the full route.
Reload the page. useChat loads the thread from the server. Open the same threadId on another device, and you get the same chat.
You do not fetch or seed the transcript yourself. You need no loader and no initialMessages. The threadId is the stable key, and the server finds everything from it.
## Pick a stable thread id#
The threadId is the key that the record is saved under. A new id on each mount restores nothing. Take it from your own data, for example a conversation id or a route param. Id map explains how to choose one, and how it differs from the runId that the hook reports.
## What a reload restores#
* The transcript. It shows again from storage or from the server.
* A pending interrupt. An approval prompt comes back as it was.
* A reply that was still streaming. It finishes in place. This needs a durability-backed connection: a route that records the stream and has a replay handler. See Resumable streams.
Replay rebui…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>How Persistence Works (Advanced) | TanStack AI Docs</title>
<location>https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/persistence/internals</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 days ago; | A log per run, keyed by runId | Resumable Streams ... A replayable stream is not a saved conversation. ... A reload posts the last user message. ... participant Hook as useChat (persistence: true) ... * Server state (this page): AIPersistence stores that the middleware lifecycle drives.
# How Persistence Works (Advanced)
This page describes the calls a reload makes. To set persistence up, use the overview.
## The short version#
* Two layers. Delivery durability replays a live stream. State persistence stores the conversation. They share no code, and most apps want both.
* Two ids. A thread is the conversation. A run is one execution inside it. Restore starts from the thread.
* Merge by id. withPersistence merges the incoming messages into the stored thread by message id, then saves the full list.
* Isolation is your job. Store methods take a bare threadId. Authorize the user before you load or save.
## How it works#
### Two layers#
Layer | Answers | Lives in | Docs
--- | --- | --- | ---
Delivery durability | "How do I reconnect to a stream that still runs?" | A log per run, keyed by runId | Resumable Streams
State persistence | "What is the conversation, and is it still there later?" | A durable store, on the client, the server, or both | This section
Delivery durability replays a live byte stream, so a dropped connection resumes where it stopped. State persistence stores the conversation itself, so it survives a reload and opens on another device. A replayable stream is not a saved conversation. A saved conversation is not a live stream.
### Threads and runs#
A thread (threadId) is the conversation. It is stable, survives reloads, and exists on every device. A run (runId) is one execution inside the thread, made fresh for each streamed answer. A thread collects many runs. Delivery durability logs one run. State persistence stores the whole thread.
mermaid
`flowchart TB
subgraph thread ["One thread, threadId (stable, the conversation)"]
direction LR
run1["run r1
completed"] --> run2["run r2
completed"] --> run3["run r3
running"]
end
subgraph delivery ["Delivery durability, one byte log per run"]
log["log for r3
replays the live stream to a reconnecting client"]
With a client storage adapter, useChat reads the client record on load. Then it does one of three things:
1. The run had finished. The record has the transcript and no resume pointer. The conversation paints from storage, with no network.
2. The run had paused on an interrupt. The resume pointer holds the pending interrupts. The transcript paints, and the approval UI comes back as it was.
3. The run was still streaming. The transcript paints from storage. Then the client rejoins the live run through the durability log, and the reply finishes in place. Only this case needs both layers.
If the connection drops while the page stays open, delivery durability reconnects by itself. Persistence matters when the page itself is gone.
In server-authoritative mode, the client paints from a server read, not from localStorage. A GET with limit returns the newest window and a page object. An older window uses before. The delivery log cannot supply that history, because it holds one run, not the thread.
Both layers expect the work to be over when the client comes back. Replaying a log and reading a transcript both read something that already exists. A long-running sandboxed agent is different: the run still goes on, and its producer was the host that disappeared. That needs a later request that adopts the run and keeps driving it. See Takeover & Detached Runs.
### Why server-authoritative is the recommended default#
* One source of truth. History lives on the server, so two copies canno…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>Resumable Streams (Advanced) | TanStack AI Docs</title>
<location>https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/resumable-streams/advanced</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 days ago; `npm i @tanstack/ai-durable-stream` ... import { durableStream } from '@tanstack/ai-durable-stream' ... Reload the page while a reply streams. ... For the conversation, use persistence. ... That handler is resumeServerSentEventsResponse({ adapter }) (or resumeHttpResponse for NDJSON).
const stream = chat({
adapter: openaiText('gpt-6.1-sol'),
messages,
threadId,
runId,
})
return toServerSentEventsResponse(stream, {
durability: {
adapter: durableStream(request, durableOptions),
batch: 32,
batchWaitMs: 50,
},
})
}
export async function GET(request: Request) {
return resumeServerSentEventsResponse({
adapter: durableStream(request, durableOptions),
})
}`
3. Reload the page while a reply streams. The client reconnects, possibly to a different process, and the reply finishes in place.
The client code does not change.
## How it works#
* Core appends each batch of chunks to the log before it sends them. The adapter returns one opaque offset per chunk.
* The client remembers the last offset. On a reconnect, it sends that offset, and the server replays the log from that point. The model does not run again.
* The producer is not tied to the client socket. A disconnect cancels the response, but the run keeps writing to the log until it ends.
* The log stores one run. It does not store the conversation. For the conversation, use persistence.
## Advanced#
### durableStream options#
Option | What it does | Default
--- | --- | ---
server | Base URL of the Durable Streams server. Optional when you pass fetch (for example, a Cloudflare service binding). | None
streamPrefix | Prefix for the stream names. | runs
headers | Headers for every create, append, read, and close request. A static object, or an async resolver that runs for every request so tokens can rotate. | None
fetch | The fetch implementation. | Global fetch
reconnect | Bounds for the read retry loop: { maxReadFailures, delayMs }. See Reconnection bounding. | { maxReadFailures: 10, delayMs: 250 }
operationTimeoutMs | Timeout for one create, append, or close request. snapshot is bounded by it too. A long-poll read is not. | 30000
producerEpoch | Sent as Producer-Epoch on every append. A backend that fences producers rejects appends from a lower epoch, so a host that lost its claim cannot keep writing. Pass RunRecord.driverEpoch here. | 0
Behavior to know:
* The backend must return a non-empty Stream-Next-Offset header on create, append, and close. If the header is missing, the call fails. The adapter never guesses an offset.
* durableStream returns a plain StreamDurability. Its offsets contain a cursor that the backend assigns, so a caller cannot choose one. It has no upsert. Code that requires UpsertableStreamDurability fails to compile where you wire it.
* You do not need upsert to resume a run after a producer restart. See Resuming a run without duplicating what you already streamed. For adapters that can offer upsert, see Re-persisting a stored range.
### Batch the log writes#
Each append to a remote backend is one request. A chunk goes to the client only after its append. Two options on durability balance the number of writes against how fast the text shows:
* batch: the maximum number of chunks in one append. The default is 32.
* batchWaitMs: the maximum time in milliseconds that a chunk waits for more chunks. Then its batch is appended and sent. The default is 50.
If your backend charges per write, increase batchWaitMs and batch. The text then arrives in bigger steps. If the reply arrives in large blocks, decrease batchWaitMs. Set it to 0 to append each chunk alone.
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<title>ai/packages/ai/skills/ai-core/client-persistence/SKILL.md at main · TanStack/ai · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/TanStack/ai/blob/main/packages/ai/skills/ai-core/client-persistence/SKILL.md</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last month; The server half is a separate package — see `@tanstack/ai-persistence` and its `ai-persistence/server` skill. ... * Resumable streams docs — mid-stream rejoin
name | ai-core/client-persistence
description | Browser chat persistence on useChat / ChatClient: localStoragePersistence, sessionStoragePersistence, indexedDBPersistence. Client-authoritative (adapter, full transcript) vs server-authoritative (persistence: true, no client cache). Reload restore, pending interrupts, mid-stream rejoin with delivery durability. Use for SPA reload durability — NOT server history alone. Also covers generation hooks (useGenerateImage etc.), which take only the server-driven mode: persistence: true hydrates the last generation for the (REQUIRED) threadId from the server on mount and repaints status/result/error, nothing is cached in the browser. No extra package: the adapters ship in the framework packages.
type | sub-skill
library | tanstack-ai
library_version | 0.42.0
sources |
TanStack/ai:docs/persistence/client-persistence.md TanStack/ai:docs/persistence/overview.md
# Client Persistence
> Builds on ai-core, and on `ai-core/chat-experience` for `useChat` itself.
>
> No extra package. The adapters below ship in the framework packages (`@tanstack/ai-react` and friends, re-exported from `@tanstack/ai-client`), so browser persistence needs nothing installed beyond what a chat UI already has. The server half is a separate package — see `@tanstack/ai-persistence` and its `ai-persistence/server` skill.
A `ChatClient` / `useChat` keeps messages in memory. The `persistence` option stores one record per `threadId` so a reload can repaint the transcript, restore a pending interrupt, and rejoin an in-flight run.
Import adapters from the framework package (not `@tanstack/ai-client` unless vanilla JS):
import {
useChat,
fetchServerSentEvents,
localStoragePersistence,
sessionStoragePersistence,
indexedDBPersistence,
} from '@tanstack/ai-react'
## Adapters
Adapter | Survives | Notes
--- | --- | ---
`localStoragePersistence()` | Reloads + browser restarts | Sync hydrate; quota-bound; JSON codec default
`sessionStoragePersistence()` | Reloads in the same tab | Cleared when tab/session ends
`indexedDBPersistence()` | Reloads + restarts | Async open (first paint may be empty briefly); structured clone
All default to the chat persisted-state shape — no type argument or codec required for normal use.
Nothing is cached client-side: no transcript, no resume pointer.
On mount, `useChat` hydrates the thread from the server by `threadId` (paint + tail active run). Same path for another device. Pair with server `withPersistence` + a hydrate route (`reconstructChat` or equivalent).
Best for: large transcripts, multi-device, compliance (no message bodies in browser storage).
## What a reload restores
1. Finished run — transcript from the adapter (mode A) or server (mode B).
2. Paused on interrupt — approval UI restored (from the adapter in mode A, the server hydrate in mode B).
3. Still streaming — needs delivery durability on the route (`toServerSentEventsResponse(stream, { durability: … })`) so the client can `joinRun` and finish the reply. Persistence alone is not enough.
## Stable `threadId` is the identity
Persistence keys on `threadId`. The hooks have no separate `id` option — a chat's identity is its `threadId`. Without a stable one, each load is a new chat. Generate it server-side or from a route param the user owns; do not randomize per mount.
## Generation hooks: server-driven only
The generation hooks (`useGenerateImage`, `useGenerateVideo`, `useGeneration`, `useSummarize`, `useTranscription`, …) take a `persistence` option too, but it is boolean only — there is no storage-adapter mode, and the browser caches nothing. The hooks are transparent, mirroring `useChat`: a reload repaints the h…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>ai/packages/ai-sandbox/CHANGELOG.md at main · TanStack/ai · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/TanStack/ai/blob/main/packages/ai-sandbox/CHANGELOG.md</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; Resumable streams: reconnect to an in-flight SSE or NDJSON response without re-running the provider. ... Handlers on the lightweight adapters (`@tanstack/ai-client`). `stream()` and `rpcStream()` take an optional second argument, `StreamConnectionHandlers` (`{ hydrate, hydrateGeneration, joinRun }`), spread onto the returned adapter so server-driven persistence works without an HTTP endpoint — each handler is typically a one-line server-function or RPC call. ... Server-function run replay (`@tanstack/ai`). `memoryStream` also accepts an explicit `{ runId, offset?
Nothing reclaimed anything automatically before this changeset, and nothing does after it either, absent that wiring.
Fix `useChat` aborting an in-flight delivery resume on mount. When `live` was not enabled, the mount effect called `client.unsubscribe()` unconditionally, which cancelled the shared in-flight stream — including the `joinRun` rejoin the client had just started for a reloaded run. The result was a mid-stream reload that caught up to the buffered point and then froze instead of continuing. `useChat` now only tears down a subscription it actually started, so a reload rejoins and streams the run through to completion.
Resumable streams: reconnect to an in-flight SSE or NDJSON response without re-running the provider.
`toServerSentEventsResponse` and `toHttpResponse` both accept a `durability: { adapter, batch }` option. The adapter (`StreamDurability`) records every chunk to an ordered log before delivery and tags each event with an opaque, adapter-owned offset — an SSE `id:` line, or the `id` of an NDJSON `{ id, chunk }` envelope (NDJSON has no native event-id). A reconnect (`Last-Event-ID`) or an explicit `?offset` read replays strictly after that offset from the log — the lazy provider stream is never iterated on resume. Producers terminalize the log on cancellation and failure (`RUN_ERROR` append
Make a mid-stream reload resume the same conversation cleanly.
* `withPersistence` now persists the pending turn at the start of a run (so a reload during generation still shows the user's message), stamps each assistant turn with its stream `messageId`, and accepts `withPersistence(persistence, { snapshotStreaming: true })` to also persist the in-progress reply on a throttled interval (`snapshotIntervalMs`, default `1000`) for partial-output durability.
* `ModelMessage` gains an optional `id`; `modelMessagesToUIMessages` preserves it, so a hydrated message keeps the same identity as its live stream.
* On reload, the chat client rebuilds an in-flight assistant turn from the delivery log (replaying from the start and applying the buffered backlog in one batch) instead of reconciling against the persisted partial, so the reload shows one clean bubble that catches up and continues rather than a frozen or duplicated partial.
Make generation persistence work with server functions and direct connections. </excerpt>
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Citations:
- 1: https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/persistence/client-persistence?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/resumable-streams/advanced?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/persistence/client-persistence?utm_source=openai
- 4: https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/persistence/internals?utm_source=openai
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State the setup required for reload recovery.
useChat alone does not restore an active run after a reload. Qualify both claims to state that reload recovery requires persisted chat state plus a durability-backed stream and replay handler.
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-- **You build a web app.** `useChat` renders the run on the client, and the run survives a slow network or a reload. See [UI](../ui/react) and [Resumable Streams](../resumable-streams/overview).+- **You build a web app.** `useChat` renders the run on the client. With persisted chat state and a durability-backed stream with a replay handler, an active run can survive a reload. See [UI](../ui/react), [Persistence](../persistence/overview) and [Resumable Streams](../resumable-streams/overview).
...
-| Resumable streams | `pi-durable` resumes a turn after a crash (experimental) | Built in. `useChat` reconnects by itself |+| Resumable streams | `pi-durable` resumes a turn after a crash (experimental) | Built in with a durability adapter and replay handler. `useChat` reconnects by itself once configured |
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-**You build a web app.**`useChat` renders the run on the client, and the run survives a slow network or a reload. See [UI](../ui/react) and [Resumable Streams](../resumable-streams/overview).
-**You build a web app.**`useChat` renders the run on the client. With persisted chat state and a durability-backed stream with a replay handler, an active run can survive a reload. See [UI](../ui/react), [Persistence](../persistence/overview) and [Resumable Streams](../resumable-streams/overview).
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Update the web-app description and Resumable streams table entry to clarify that
reload recovery is not provided by useChat alone: it requires persisted chat
state, a durability-backed stream, and a replay handler. Preserve the existing
references and clarify that useChat reconnects once this setup is configured.
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- Say pi events stay in-process by default; pi-protocol and RPC mode can send them out
- Link coding-agent harnesses to harness/coding-agents and mark the harness experimental
- Note harness steering in the steering row
- Fix pi subagents, persistence, getModel and systemPrompt cells; drop pi-web-ui
- Reword the pi-coding-agent bullet in our own words
- Add Gemini to realtime voice and cost to token usage (Vercel page too)
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docs(comparison): TanStack AI vs pi, by where the agent runs
docs(comparison): TanStack AI vs pi, single process and client/server
Oct 27, 2026
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The new docs page "TanStack AI vs pi" helps a reader pick between the two toolkits. pi is built for an agent that runs in one process. TanStack AI runs an agent in one process too, in a terminal through the harness CLI, and it also splits the agent across a client and a server. The page says pick pi for its coding agent CLI or its subscription logins, and TanStack AI for everything else.
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docs/comparison/pi.md.streamProxy.chat()and the harness), then web apps, server tools, one tool definition, and approvals.docs/comparison/vercel-ai-sdk.md: the realtime voice row now lists Gemini (geminiRealtime). This is a factual fix, soupdatedAtdoes not change.docs/config.json: a nav entry under Comparison, withaddedAt2026-10-26.This PR replaces #1894. The pi event bridge (
@tanstack/ai-pi-stream) is not part of it, because pi defines no shared wire protocol for agent events.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.docs/for this change, or this change is not user-facing.pnpm changeset), or this PR does not change a published package.🚀 Release Impact
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