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fix(server): a linked launch above the link's access names the link, not the parent mode - #27334
When an agent asks a linked environment for a runtimeMode above the link's approved access, through delegate_task with target.environmentId or t3_thread_launch with environmentId, the other environment correctly refuses it. The error it sends back, though, is Child runtime mode auto is broader than parent mode approval-required. The "parent mode" in that message is really the link's access, so an agent whose thread is already in Auto or Full access goes looking for a parent-mode bug. Reproduced on main 8970a32 with the two-server harness in RemoteDelegation.test.ts: parent full-access, link auto-accept-edits, asking for full-access or auto returns "…broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits."
Change
PeerForwarding.forward is the one path every forwarded tool call takes. It now checks an explicit runtimeMode against the link's stored access before anything is sent. A request broader than that access is refused here with the same runtime_mode_escalation_denied code and a message that names the link and its access, for example: Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in auto. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access. An omitted or inherit mode is unchanged: it still runs at a mode up to the link's access (a narrower project default still applies). A read-only link still gets the other environment's own capability error, and an expired link still reports that it expired. The other environment's check is untouched and stays authoritative.
Triaged via the automated issue flow. The wider rewording of the shared "parent mode" message (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/26293) and the orchestrator_capabilities note from the issue are out of scope.
Verification
vp test run src/peer/RemoteDelegation.test.ts src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts (apps/server): 33/33 pass at the PR head. Both red tests from 4fd8bb0 fail on main with expected 'Child runtime mode full-access is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.' to contain '"Box"' (and …parent mode auto. for the direct launch):
RemoteDelegation.test.ts "a task named only by environment inherits the parent's model, within the link": a delegate_task above the link's access names the link and its access, and nothing launches there.
PeerForwarding.test.ts "refuses a launch there above the link's access, naming the link": the same for a direct t3_thread_launch with environmentId; once the link has expired, the same launch reports the expiry instead.
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages), tests (3 files) all pass.
This is a server-only fix with no visible surface, so there are no captures. Runtime transcript from the same two-server harness (laptop and box over real HTTP/OAuth, parent full-access, link auto-accept-edits; synthetic fixture data):
After (6b51548; 256bd4d changes only "at auto-accept-edits" to "at a mode up to auto-accept-edits")
delegate_taskruntimeMode: "full-access"
Child runtime mode full-access is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.
Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in full-access. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access.
delegate_taskruntimeMode: "auto"
Child runtime mode auto is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.
Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in auto. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access.
delegate_taskruntimeMode: "inherit"
launches at auto-accept-edits
launches at auto-accept-edits (unchanged)
Not checked: a live link between two separate installed T3 servers (the harness runs both servers in-process over real HTTP).
Implemented by Claude Opus 5.5 (tests and fix) and reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5, all running in T3 Code.
These tests reproduce #27317: a delegate_task or t3_thread_launch to a
linked environment asking for a runtime mode above the link's access is
refused with "Child runtime mode X is broader than parent mode Y", where Y
is the link's access, not the parent's mode. They expect the refusal to
name the link and its access, and nothing to launch there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
An agent asking a linked environment for a runtime mode above the link's
access was refused there as "broader than parent mode <link access>",
which misleads when the parent here is broader. PeerForwarding.forward,
which every forwarded call passes through, now refuses an explicit
runtimeMode above the link's access before anything leaves, naming the
link's label and access and how to proceed. Read-only links are left to
the other environment's own capability error, which stays authoritative.
Fixes#27317
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Requests above a linked environment’s access ceiling now receive an error naming the link rather than blaming the parent mode. Existing access limits and default runtime-mode behavior remain unchanged.
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Walkthrough
Peer forwarding now checks requested runtime modes against the access of an active linked environment before forwarding. It reports denied escalations with link details, maps link lookup failures to orchestration errors, and includes tests for denied launches and expired links.
Changes: Linked environment access
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Summary
Validate link access and denied launches apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts
PeerForwarding checks active link access before forwarding and reports denied escalations with the link and access levels. Link storage failures use a shared error mapper. Tests verify that a denied launch does not start a thread and that an expired link is reported.
pingdotgg/t3code#28533 — Changes the link-listing status data that PeerForwarding.listLinks exposes.
pingdotgg/t3code#29779 — Refreshes link labels used in escalation errors and link listings.
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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 14ff0
The refusal now accurately explains the link’s access limit. No identified issue remains that should block merging after normal checks.
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The title clearly identifies the main change: linked launches that exceed link access now name the link instead of the parent mode. It is concise and uses a conventional commit format.
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Issue #27317 requires remote runtime-mode refusals to identify the linked environment and the link access, with the check before forwarding. PeerForwarding.forward now calls assertWithinLinkAccess…
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The whole-PR diff changes only PeerForwarding.ts and its focused tests. The production changes implement the linked-access validation and reuse the existing link-storage error mapping. The tests cov…
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Issue #27317 requires remote runtime-mode refusals to identify the linked environment and the link access, with the check before forwarding. PeerForwarding.forward now calls assertWithinLinkAccess before sending the request. An explicit mode above the active link access returns runtime_mode_escalation_denied with the link label and access. The added tests cover delegate_task forwarding and direct t3_thread_launch, verify that no launch occurs, and verify that an expired link still reports expiry. Read-only, omitted, and inherit cases retain their existing paths. The shared parent-mode wording and orchestrator_capabilities changes are optional issue suggestions and are outside the required fix.
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The whole-PR diff changes only PeerForwarding.ts and its focused tests. The production changes implement the linked-access validation and reuse the existing link-storage error mapping. The tests cover the new refusal and expiry behavior. These changes support issue #27317 and do not show unrelated scope.
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- Line 150: Update the linked-environment access message to describe access as a
ceiling: omitting runtimeMode allows work to use a permitted mode up to the
link’s access, rather than asserting it runs exactly at that access. Keep the
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if (access === "read-only" || runtimeModeRank(requested) <= runtimeModeRank(access)) return;
return yield* new OrchestratorMcpFailure({
code: "runtime_mode_escalation_denied",
message: `Linked environment "${label}" was linked with ${access} access, so work there cannot run in ${requested}. Omit runtimeMode to run it at ${access}, or link it again with broader access.`,
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Describe link access as a ceiling.
Omitting runtimeMode does not always run work at access. For example, an auto link can launch in approval-required when the remote project has that default. The remote t3_thread_launch handler applies the project default when it is within the ceiling. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Say that omitting runtimeMode uses an allowed mode up to the link’s access.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts at line 150:
Update the linked-environment access message to describe access as a ceiling:
omitting runtimeMode allows work to use a permitted mode up to the link’s
access, rather than asserting it runs exactly at that access. Keep the guidance
about requesting a mode beyond the ceiling and relinking with broader access.
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Omitting runtimeMode there can start below the link's access when the
project's default mode is narrower.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts:
- Line 147: Update the access refusal check using access and runtimeModeRank so
it does not reject a request when the peer link has expired; allow expired links
to continue to PeerLinks.resolve so it can return the expired-link error.
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The link-access refusal ran before resolution, so a mode above an
expired link's access hid the expiry the agent can act on.
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Enable linked environments, link a target with approval-required access, and start an Auto parent. Call delegate_task and t3_thread_launch against that target with runtimeMode: "auto". Capture the refusals and target thread lists before and after.
Real server/MCP output, using identical scripted ACP calls and fresh synthetic databases on both commits. Images format the captured responses; they are not app screenshots. Private environment label redacted.
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The suggested recovery actions—omitting runtimeMode or relinking with broader access—were not executed.
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When an agent asks a linked environment for a
runtimeModeabove the link's approved access, throughdelegate_taskwithtarget.environmentIdort3_thread_launchwithenvironmentId, the other environment correctly refuses it. The error it sends back, though, isChild runtime mode auto is broader than parent mode approval-required.The "parent mode" in that message is really the link's access, so an agent whose thread is already in Auto or Full access goes looking for a parent-mode bug. Reproduced on main 8970a32 with the two-server harness inRemoteDelegation.test.ts: parent full-access, linkauto-accept-edits, asking forfull-accessorautoreturns "…broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits."Change
PeerForwarding.forwardis the one path every forwarded tool call takes. It now checks an explicitruntimeModeagainst the link's stored access before anything is sent. A request broader than that access is refused here with the sameruntime_mode_escalation_deniedcode and a message that names the link and its access, for example:Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in auto. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access.An omitted orinheritmode is unchanged: it still runs at a mode up to the link's access (a narrower project default still applies). A read-only link still gets the other environment's own capability error, and an expired link still reports that it expired. The other environment's check is untouched and stays authoritative.Scope and approval
Fixes #27317
Triaged via the automated issue flow. The wider rewording of the shared "parent mode" message (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/26293) and the
orchestrator_capabilitiesnote from the issue are out of scope.Verification
vp test run src/peer/RemoteDelegation.test.ts src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts(apps/server): 33/33 pass at the PR head. Both red tests from 4fd8bb0 fail on main withexpected 'Child runtime mode full-access is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.' to contain '"Box"'(and…parent mode auto.for the direct launch):RemoteDelegation.test.ts"a task named only by environment inherits the parent's model, within the link": adelegate_taskabove the link's access names the link and its access, and nothing launches there.PeerForwarding.test.ts"refuses a launch there above the link's access, naming the link": the same for a directt3_thread_launchwithenvironmentId; once the link has expired, the same launch reports the expiry instead.vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages), tests (3 files) all pass.auto-accept-edits; synthetic fixture data):delegate_taskruntimeMode: "full-access"Child runtime mode full-access is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in full-access. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access.delegate_taskruntimeMode: "auto"Child runtime mode auto is broader than parent mode auto-accept-edits.Linked environment "Box" was linked with auto-accept-edits access, so work there cannot run in auto. Omit runtimeMode to run it at a mode up to auto-accept-edits, or link it again with broader access.delegate_taskruntimeMode: "inherit"auto-accept-editsauto-accept-edits(unchanged)Not checked: a live link between two separate installed T3 servers (the harness runs both servers in-process over real HTTP).
Implemented by Claude Opus 5.5 (tests and fix) and reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5, all running in T3 Code.
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