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Kyle Carberry 0908505348 fix(chats): archive chat tree with single query instead of loop (#22496)
## Problem

When archiving an agent with subagents, the children briefly flash in
the sidebar as root-level items before disappearing. Two issues:

1. **Backend:** Archive used N+1 queries — a recursive DFS
(`archiveChatTree`, no transaction) or BFS loop (`chatd.ArchiveChat`,
N+1 queries in a tx) to walk the tree and archive each chat
individually.
2. **Frontend:** The SSE `deleted` event handler only filtered out the
parent chat from the cache. Children remained briefly, got promoted to
root-level by `buildChatTree`, then disappeared on the next re-fetch.

## Fix

**Backend:** Replace both tree-walk implementations with a single SQL
query:
```sql
UPDATE chats SET archived = true, updated_at = NOW()
WHERE id = @id OR root_chat_id = @id;
```
This leverages the existing `root_chat_id` column (already indexed) to
archive the entire tree atomically.

**Frontend:** When a `deleted` event arrives, also filter out any chats
whose `root_chat_id` matches the deleted chat, so children vanish from
the sidebar immediately with the parent.

## Changes

- `coderd/database/queries/chats.sql` — Added `ArchiveChatTreeByID`
query
- `coderd/chats.go` — Use single query, delete `archiveChatTree`
function
- `coderd/chatd/chatd.go` — Simplify `ArchiveChat` to use single query
- `coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go` — Auth wrapper for new query
- `coderd/chats_test.go` — Added `TestArchiveChat/ArchivesChildren`
subtest
- `site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentsPage.tsx` — Filter children in SSE
handler
- Generated files updated via `make gen`
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