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fix(devices): let Windows SSH device startup close its session - #24370
Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/24367. On native Windows OpenSSH, SSH device-host start / agent-start prints healthy JSON but never closes the session, so T3 waits for its 1,300-second bootstrap timeout. Detached Windows children retain inheritable SSH pipe handles despite stdio: ['ignore', log, log] and unref().
Change
Run the existing Windows startup bootstrap through Win32_Process.Create (PowerShell/CIM), outside the process tree holding the SSH pipes. This isolates both the detached hub and the indirectly spawned agent-device daemon. Preserve the working directory and Unicode environment, relay the existing response/error through an atomically written owner-local temporary file, detect premature worker exit, and clean up the temporary directory. Windows probe/stop and macOS/Linux still execute the bootstrap directly. No new dependencies or native binaries.
This PR fixes only bootstrap handle inheritance. It does not change missing ps, SDK discovery, adb port selection, or the shell/npm transport covered by https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/18172.
Verification
Original live evidence at e76d400a4c6bf12bc6943536e7b35cca192026a2; baseline: upstream aaf4a901c490da4f0943afe1d941f3a8d58dc1c8. Live tests used Windows 11 Pro build 26100.9711, Windows OpenSSH, Node 24.19.0, and Git Bash, on 2026-10-24 UTC.
Generated remote script over SSH, fresh unique owner for each run:
Mode
Upstream baseline
This change
start
Healthy JSON printed; no EOF after 20.014 s
SSH exit 0 in 5.209 s; hub still healthy after SSH returned
agent-start
Healthy JSON printed; no EOF after 45.025 s
SSH exit 0 in 21.028 s; hub and daemon still healthy after SSH returned
The baseline observations were bounded reproductions, not full 1,300-second waits. Timings measure local SSH process launch to exit with Python time.monotonic; the baseline numbers are observation limits. Both fixed runs had zero temporary bootstrap directories before cleanup. Only recorded reproduction PIDs were stopped, and all reproduction owner directories were removed.
The generated source was piped to node - under Git Bash through the same Windows OpenSSH route. Existing npm.exe / ps.exe shims were on PATH, ANDROID_HOME and platform-tools PATH were set explicitly, and native adb used ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=5038. These isolate the other field-report failures; the protected wrapper / stdio-isolating launcher was not used or modified. Existing tool installs were reused: expo-device-hub 0.15.3 and agent-device 0.21.25. The live host's owner directory and processes were untouched.
Focused tests: the two new startup isolation regressions first failed on the baseline (expected 0 to be 1 worker launches). The expanded fixture executes the generated bootstrap and its worker, checking response/error forwarding, temporary cleanup, failed launch, worker death, direct macOS/Linux paths, and Windows probe/stop.
vp test run apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.test.ts apps/server/src/device/SshDeviceHost.test.ts --maxWorkers=1: 13 passed.
vp run check:changed upstream/main: passed format, lint, both knip passes, generated GraphQL checks, typechecks for the two affected packages, and the adjacent 12-test script suite. Child checks ran serially, with two CPU cores, a 2 GiB Node heap cap and one test worker.
Unicode launcher follow-up (a9c1b2a926529b3d80d0c14c6a025fc73ba582db): PowerShell now receives UTF-16LE base64 through -EncodedCommand, avoiding Windows PowerShell 5.1's stdin code page. The updated fixture first failed against the prior launcher (5 Windows startup cases), then passed all 13 targeted tests with accented/Hebrew characters in the home/state directory, Node executable path, and cwd. Both commands above passed again for this revision.
One fresh Windows start run from an accented/Hebrew cwd returned with exit 0 in 5.691 s; the hub remained healthy after SSH exited, no bootstrap directory remained, and only the recorded reproduction hub PID and owner directory were cleaned up. The same npm/ps shims, explicit SDK PATH, and adb port 5038 were used. The measured command was 2,032 UTF-16 characters, including the full PowerShell executable path, quotes and terminating NUL, below CreateProcess's 32,767-character limit. spawnSync launches PowerShell directly; environment values are still read within PowerShell rather than embedded in its argument. A non-ASCII Windows profile/Node installation path was checked by the fixture, not live; agent-start was not rerun for this follow-up.
Not checked: the full T3 device_list / device_open UI/MCP journey, emulator boot or screenshots, fresh npm tool installation, standard-user Windows/CIM permissions, actual macOS hardware, and the full suite/build (CI owns those). The live tests prove the generated bootstrap's SSH completion and surviving service health. This adds a Windows startup dependency on local PowerShell/CIM; launch denial surfaces as an error. No migration or persistent configuration change is involved; reverting restores the previous launch behavior.
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The fix is narrowly aimed at allowing Windows SSH device startup to terminate cleanly, but it adds substantial WMI/CIM process orchestration, temporary bootstrap files, polling, and error relay to an existing production path. The accompanying tests cover the generated-script scenarios, while the OS integration itself remains complex enough for human review.
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The SSH device script now separates bootstrap results from output handling. On Windows, start and agent-start run bootstrap in a WMI-created process, then return its result or error. Tests exercise generated scripts across modes and platforms, including failures and cleanup.
Changes: SSH device bootstrap
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Summary
Bootstrap result handling apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.ts
Bootstrap returns probe and startup details instead of printing them. The start() wrapper handles dispatch and output.
Windows process dispatch and regression tests apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.ts, apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.test.ts
Windows start and agent-start launch bootstrap through WMI and poll for its result. Tests cover generated scripts across modes and platforms, worker failures, and cleanup.
sequenceDiagram
participant SSHScript
participant WMI
participant BootstrapProcess
SSHScript->>WMI: Launch bootstrap process
WMI->>BootstrapProcess: Run bootstrap
BootstrapProcess-->>WMI: Write result or error
SSHScript->>WMI: Poll for result
WMI-->>SSHScript: Return result or error
SSHScript-->>SSHSession: Print result or report error
The change lets Windows SSH start and agent-start sessions close after the services are healthy. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains. An optional test assertion could be added to guard the response fields the host requires.
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Title check
The title names the main change: Windows SSH device startup is changed so the session closes. It uses a conventional commit prefix and matches the objectives, which describe running Windows startup th…
Description check
The description covers the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. It explains the Windows handle-inheritance bug, the isolation approach, the linked issue, and detailed verificat…
Linked Issues check
[#24367] The whole-PR diff against the merge base confirms the Windows startup isolation. On win32, start and agent-start skip the direct path. The start() wrapper launches bootstrap() through…
Out of Scope Changes check
[#24367] The source diff changes only the device bootstrap script. It wraps the existing workflow in bootstrap() and adds the Windows-only start() launcher. It does not change ps handling, SDK d…
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The title names the main change: Windows SSH device startup is changed so the session closes. It uses a conventional commit prefix and matches the objectives, which describe running Windows startup through Win32_Process.Create so the SSH session can end.
Full details: Description check
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The description covers the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. It explains the Windows handle-inheritance bug, the isolation approach, the linked issue, and detailed verification with timings, tests, and untested areas. It does not follow the template's Scope guidance exactly, since it says the issue is a new report without maintainer triage, and the template asks for a bug link and a reason for no issue. The description is still mostly complete, so the check passes.
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[#24367] The whole-PR diff against the merge base confirms the Windows startup isolation. On win32, start and agent-start skip the direct path. The start() wrapper launches bootstrap() through Win32_Process.Create via PowerShell (-EncodedCommand, UTF-16LE). The launcher sets CurrentDirectory to process.cwd() and passes the environment. It writes the response or error to result.json through a .tmp file and renameSync. It detects premature worker exit with process.kill(pid, 0) and ESRCH. Its finally removes the .bootstrap-* directory. Probe mode and macOS/Linux still reach bootstrap() directly. The bootstrap now returns values instead of printing them, and the final handler prints the returned value. This keeps the existing JSON response and error text. Previous focused tests covered both isolated modes, forwarding, launch failure, worker exit, cleanup, and direct paths. I did not re-read the test file in this pass. Live evidence in the PR description is author-reported and was not independently verified here.
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[#24367] The source diff changes only the device bootstrap script. It wraps the existing workflow in bootstrap() and adds the Windows-only start() launcher. It does not change ps handling, SDK discovery, adb port selection, or the shell/npm transport from #18172. No dependency, native binary, or persistent configuration change appears in the diff. The probe return change and the output-handler change support the isolation work, because the worker must return values for relay. Unrelated changes were not found in the inspected source diff. The test file was not re-inspected in this pass; the previous assessment covered it.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.ts:
- Around line 255-260: Update the PowerShell launch in the `spawnSync` call to
pass the assembled script through `-EncodedCommand` after encoding it as
UTF-16LE and converting it to Base64, rather than sending it via stdin with
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thanks @tzachbon. the wmi boundary addresses the ssh handle inheritance, and the unicode/environment forwarding is worth keeping. i merged current main into your branch without rewriting your commits. i compared the original diff with the final diff: the implementation and regressions are retained; no unrelated changes or replacement pr.
verification at e2affb587bc1861a50e390e434249083727e65c1:
current main still fails five windows isolation regression cases; the other seven pass.
after the merge, all 13 focused tests pass (sshDeviceScript.test.ts and SshDeviceHost.test.ts).
blacksmith vp run check:changed passes format, lint, both knip passes, graphql checks, affected typechecks and adjacent tests.
all 28 pr checks pass, with no conflicts. two independent code/lifecycle reviews approve this head. the existing encoded-command review finding is already addressed; the latest bot review adds no findings.
unverified here: native windows openssh cold startup, standard-user cim permissions, and the full client/mcp device journey. this linux vm cannot repeat your documented windows runs. no ui changed.
@tzachbon, one nonblocking lifecycle follow-up: cancelling or timing out ssh after wmi launches can leave the independent worker and .bootstrap-* result directory behind, potentially containing the daemon token. only the ssh-side finally removes it today. both reviews accepted recording this limit separately; normal completion and worker/launch failures are covered. maintainer approval of the windows process boundary remains maria's review decision.
checked exact head e2affb587bc1861a50e390e434249083727e65c1 on this linux boat vm. no code changes or pushes.
first installed and ran github/main (4c9c7d0bb6) in /home/user/main. added an actual ssh endpoint through settings; probing and hub startup completed on linux. stopped that server before starting the pr.
installed the pr head and ran its real dev server with isolated home /home/user/t3code/.t3 (web 5733, server 13773). drove the web client using the repo's playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome.
added /home/user/t3code as a project through the app and configured a real task-owned ssh endpoint, user@localhost:2224. no mocks, fixtures, or replay provider.
two real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns called device_list through the provider's t3 mcp path. both completed. the second reported the ssh host ready with hub 0.19.0-canary-20261023-1357114 and agent-device 0.21.31 installed and running.
exercised remote agent-start through the running server's device.list websocket rpc with retryHostId, using the browser's actual authenticated session. it returned successfully with both running versions populated.
checked adjacent lifecycle behavior: disabling agent access stopped agent-device while keeping the hub running; disabling the hub stopped both; re-enabling the hub and retrying the host restarted both successfully. final cleanup stopped both services.
ran the existing sshDeviceScript.test.ts and SshDeviceHost.test.ts suites through blacksmith: 13 tests passed. the exact head also reports 30 successful ci checks, zero failing or pending. these tests are supplemental evidence, not proof of native windows behavior.
short runtime transcript:
device.list {retryHostId: remoteId}: Success; host ready; hub.running=0.19.0-canary-20261023-1357114; agent.running=0.21.31
UI hub off -> device.list {inspectOnly:true}: Success; hub.running=null; agent.running=null
UI hub on -> device.list {}: Success; host ready; hub.running=0.19.0-canary-20261023-1357114; agent.running=null
UI agent access on -> device.list {retryHostId: remoteId}: Success; both running
UI agent access off -> device.list {inspectOnly:true}: Success; hub running; agent.running=null
UI hub off -> device.list {inspectOnly:true}: Success; both stopped
the clip samples the real interaction; it is not a performance measurement. inspected all captured frames and checked uploaded playback and seeking in t3's browser player.
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the windows-specific fix remains unverified. this vm only provides linux. i could not reproduce native windows openssh pipe-handle inheritance on main or exercise powershell/cim Win32_Process.Create, windows ssh eof, unicode windows paths/environment, launch permissions, or surviving windows services after ssh exits. the pr author's previous windows results were not reproduced in this pass. overall status is unverifiable for that target behavior, despite the passing linux integration checks.
no android emulator or connected device exists here. discovery correctly returned no devices and a missing-emulator warning (emulator -list-avds, exit 127); device open, streaming, and control are unverified. native desktop, ios/android clients, macos hosts, and remote relay/tunnel modes were not exercised.
The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:
the fix is written and reviewed, but proving it needs something no worker has:
Permanent blocker: a native Windows 11 OpenSSH host with Git Bash, Node 22+, working npm/ps shims, Android SDK configuration, and a nonconflicting adb port is required and unavailable on this VM. Both start and agent-start remain unverified, including SSH closure after healthy JSON and continued helper operation.
These assertions still pass if platforms disappears from either result or helpers disappears from a start result. The Probe and Started schemas in apps/server/src/device/SshDeviceHost.ts Lines 44–61 require those fields, so the host would reject that stdout. Extend these existing assertions to cover the required fields. As per coding guidelines, “Backend behavior changes ship with focused tests for that behavior.” As per path instructions, “In review, request a missing test only if it would catch a real regression.”
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Extend the existing stdout assertions in the probe and start branches to verify the required fields accepted by the Probe and Started decoders: include platforms in both results and helpers in start results, while preserving the current field checks.
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Problem
Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/24367. On native Windows OpenSSH, SSH device-host
start/agent-startprints healthy JSON but never closes the session, so T3 waits for its 1,300-second bootstrap timeout. Detached Windows children retain inheritable SSH pipe handles despitestdio: ['ignore', log, log]andunref().Change
Run the existing Windows startup bootstrap through
Win32_Process.Create(PowerShell/CIM), outside the process tree holding the SSH pipes. This isolates both the detached hub and the indirectly spawned agent-device daemon. Preserve the working directory and Unicode environment, relay the existing response/error through an atomically written owner-local temporary file, detect premature worker exit, and clean up the temporary directory. Windows probe/stop and macOS/Linux still execute the bootstrap directly. No new dependencies or native binaries.Scope and approval
Requested by @tzachbon. https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/24367 records the failure and intended behavior; it is a new report and has not yet received maintainer triage. The original field report is #18172 (comment).
This PR fixes only bootstrap handle inheritance. It does not change missing
ps, SDK discovery, adb port selection, or the shell/npm transport covered by https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/18172.Verification
Original live evidence at
e76d400a4c6bf12bc6943536e7b35cca192026a2; baseline: upstreamaaf4a901c490da4f0943afe1d941f3a8d58dc1c8. Live tests used Windows 11 Pro build 26100.9711, Windows OpenSSH, Node 24.19.0, and Git Bash, on 2026-10-24 UTC.Root-cause proof: a minimal Node script spawned an unref'ed detached Node child with ignored stdin and file-backed stdout/stderr, printed JSON, and exited. At 10.008 s, SSH still had no EOF; a separate process check confirmed parent absent / child alive. Stopping only the captured child released SSH with exit 0. libuv's Windows
CreateProcessWcall enables handle inheritance: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/src/win/process.c. The proposed boundary uses the native launcher documented at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/create-method-in-class-win32-process.Generated remote script over SSH, fresh unique owner for each run:
startagent-startThe baseline observations were bounded reproductions, not full 1,300-second waits. Timings measure local SSH process launch to exit with Python
time.monotonic; the baseline numbers are observation limits. Both fixed runs had zero temporary bootstrap directories before cleanup. Only recorded reproduction PIDs were stopped, and all reproduction owner directories were removed.The generated source was piped to
node -under Git Bash through the same Windows OpenSSH route. Existingnpm.exe/ps.exeshims were on PATH,ANDROID_HOMEand platform-tools PATH were set explicitly, and native adb usedANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=5038. These isolate the other field-report failures; the protected wrapper / stdio-isolating launcher was not used or modified. Existing tool installs were reused: expo-device-hub 0.15.3 and agent-device 0.21.25. The live host's owner directory and processes were untouched.Focused tests: the two new startup isolation regressions first failed on the baseline (
expected 0 to be 1worker launches). The expanded fixture executes the generated bootstrap and its worker, checking response/error forwarding, temporary cleanup, failed launch, worker death, direct macOS/Linux paths, and Windows probe/stop.vp test run apps/server/src/device/sshDeviceScript.test.ts apps/server/src/device/SshDeviceHost.test.ts --maxWorkers=1: 13 passed.vp run check:changed upstream/main: passed format, lint, both knip passes, generated GraphQL checks, typechecks for the two affected packages, and the adjacent 12-test script suite. Child checks ran serially, with two CPU cores, a 2 GiB Node heap cap and one test worker.Unicode launcher follow-up (
a9c1b2a926529b3d80d0c14c6a025fc73ba582db): PowerShell now receives UTF-16LE base64 through-EncodedCommand, avoiding Windows PowerShell 5.1's stdin code page. The updated fixture first failed against the prior launcher (5 Windows startup cases), then passed all 13 targeted tests with accented/Hebrew characters in the home/state directory, Node executable path, and cwd. Both commands above passed again for this revision.One fresh Windows
startrun from an accented/Hebrew cwd returned with exit 0 in 5.691 s; the hub remained healthy after SSH exited, no bootstrap directory remained, and only the recorded reproduction hub PID and owner directory were cleaned up. The same npm/ps shims, explicit SDK PATH, and adb port 5038 were used. The measured command was 2,032 UTF-16 characters, including the full PowerShell executable path, quotes and terminating NUL, below CreateProcess's 32,767-character limit.spawnSynclaunches PowerShell directly; environment values are still read within PowerShell rather than embedded in its argument. A non-ASCII Windows profile/Node installation path was checked by the fixture, not live;agent-startwas not rerun for this follow-up.Not checked: the full T3
device_list/device_openUI/MCP journey, emulator boot or screenshots, fresh npm tool installation, standard-user Windows/CIM permissions, actual macOS hardware, and the full suite/build (CI owns those). The live tests prove the generated bootstrap's SSH completion and surviving service health. This adds a Windows startup dependency on local PowerShell/CIM; launch denial surfaces as an error. No migration or persistent configuration change is involved; reverting restores the previous launch behavior.Fixes #24367