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Kyle Carberry b9c729457b fix(chatd): queue interrupt messages to preserve conversation order (#22736)
## Problem

When `message_agent` is called with `interrupt=true`, two independent
code paths race to persist messages:

1. `SendMessage` inserts the **user message** into `chat_messages` at
time T1
2. `persistInterruptedStep` saves the partial **assistant response** at
time T2 (T2 > T1)

Since `chat_messages` are ordered by `(created_at, id)`, the assistant
message ends up **after** the user message that triggered the interrupt.
On reload, this produces a broken conversation where the interrupted
response appears below the new user message — and Anthropic rejects the
trailing assistant message as unsupported prefill.

The root cause is that **two independent writers can't guarantee
ordering**. Any solution involving timestamp manipulation or
signal-then-wait coordination leaves race windows.

## Fix

Route interrupt behavior through the existing queued message mechanism:

1. `SendMessage` with `BusyBehaviorInterrupt` now inserts into
`chat_queued_messages` (not `chat_messages`) when the chat is busy
2. After queuing, `setChatWaiting` signals the running loop to stop
3. The deferred cleanup in `processChat` persists the partial assistant
response first, then auto-promotes the queued user message

This eliminates the race entirely: the assistant partial response and
user message are written by the same serialized cleanup flow, so
ordering is guaranteed by the DB's auto-incrementing `id` sequence. No
timestamp hacks, no reordering at send time.

Supersedes #22728 — fixes the root cause instead of reordering at prompt
construction time.
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