[juliusmarminge]

The review item was correct: only TerminalManager PTYs got the recovered display variables. Claude's SDK query runner built the CLI environment from sdkOptions.env (host environment plus provider configuration) with no lookup, and the CLI's Bash tool shells inherit that environment. ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.open (ClaudeAdapterV2.ts) now runs readGraphicalSessionEnv at each spawn, using the runner's spawner and platform and the query's environment as HostProcess.Environment. It merges the result under the query environment: { ...sessionDisplayEnv, ...environment, AGENT_THREAD_ENV }. If a provider setting already gives DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY, the lookup is skipped, and any explicit provider value, even an empty one, overrides the looked-up one. The lookup keeps its existing guards: Linux only, skipped when a display is already set, a 2s timeout, and nothing added on failure. Together with the earlier TerminalManager change, integrated terminals and Claude agent shells now see the desktop session's display. No new regex or parser: the existing busctl JSON decoder is reused. Not verified with a real Claude turn; the unit test is the proof.

Fixes #35736

Reproduction on main

Commit: origin/main 7bf2a43. 1) Started T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev with DISPLAY, WAYLAND_DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY removed from its environment, as a boot-started service would have it; the systemd user manager on the VM had DISPLAY=:0 (systemctl --user show-environment). /proc//environ had no display variables. 2) Added a project and a Replay (dev) thread through the server CLI. 3) The preview browser is blocked on this host, so I drove the real web client with Playwright headless Chromium: paired, opened the thread, pressed Ctrl+J to open the integrated terminal and typed commands. 4) In the terminal, the shell's spawn environment (tr '\0' '\n' < /proc/$$/environ | grep -cE '^(DISPLAY|WAYLAND_DISPLAY)=') printed 0, while systemctl --user show-environment showed DISPLAY=:0. A plain echo $DISPLAY printed :0 only because this VM's ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile export DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:0} (a plain xdg-open then opened Chrome on the VM display). Without that dotfile fallback, env -u DISPLAY -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY xdg-open https://example.com/t3-test printed 'www-browser/links2/elinks/links/lynx/w3m: not found', then "xdg-open: no method available for opening 'https://example.com/t3-test'", and exited 3, matching the report. Agent shells were not run; the code shows readGraphicalSessionEnv is used only by the editor launcher. The failing test on factory/repro-35736 (apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts, 'gives terminals the desktop session display a boot-started Linux server missed') fails on main with DISPLAY undefined in the PTY spawn env.

Evidence

Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.

Tests

Without the adapter change, vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts -t 'desktop session' fails (expected undefined to equal ':0'). With it, vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts passes 20/20. vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (5 files).

Not in this change

• Agent shells started by provider CLIs (Codex, Claude, OpenCode and other adapters) build their environment from the server's environment through each adapter and mergeProviderInstanceEnvironment, so they still miss the desktop display. A per-adapter or provider-core change would fix that and is a separate change.
• The lookup spawns busctl once per terminal open, and only on a Linux server with no display. It is not cached, because the desktop session can start after the server.
• The other providers (Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Grok, Kiro, Pi, ACP registry) also build their subprocess environments from the server's environment and do not get this lookup. The review item and the issue's reproduction name Claude; the rest would be a separate per-adapter or provider-core change.
• The lookup spawns busctl once per Claude CLI start and per terminal open, and only on a Linux server with no display. It is not cached, because the desktop session can start after the server.

Who did the work

• Written by Claude Opus 5.5, in Claude Code
• Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
• Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5

Run by the t3code factory in T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at e788630

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Terminal and Claude subprocesses can recover the desktop display environment missed by a boot-started Linux server. Recovery is limited to three graphical-session variables, skips environments already carrying a display, and falls back harmlessly if lookup fails.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Other scenarios

All 64 scenario measurements match main.

All 64 scenario measurements

Provider	Scenario	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	short turn resume	WebSocket decoded	10.5 KiB	10.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Codex	short turn resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	long turn running, cold open	HTTP decoded	281.7 KiB	281.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn running, cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	long turn running, history page	HTTP decoded	92.4 KiB	92.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn running, history page	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	long turn finished, cold open	HTTP decoded	381.5 KiB	381.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket decoded	381.6 KiB	381.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	long turn finished, work page	HTTP decoded	186.2 KiB	186.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, work page	rows	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Codex	idle thread resume	WebSocket decoded	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	idle thread resume	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	fleet shell snapshot	HTTP decoded	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	fleet shell snapshot	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket decoded	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	fleet shell resume check	HTTP decoded	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Codex	fleet shell resume check	rows	0	0	0	0	✅
Codex	stale shell reload	HTTP decoded	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	stale shell reload	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	stale shell resume	WebSocket decoded	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Codex	stale shell resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	HTTP decoded	72.4 KiB	72.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	nodes	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	subagents	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	plans	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	providerTurns	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	checkpoints	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	short turn resume	WebSocket decoded	10.6 KiB	10.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Claude	short turn resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	long turn running, cold open	HTTP decoded	283.3 KiB	283.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn running, cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	long turn running, history page	HTTP decoded	93.4 KiB	93.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn running, history page	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	long turn finished, cold open	HTTP decoded	384.2 KiB	384.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket decoded	384.3 KiB	384.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	long turn finished, work page	HTTP decoded	188.1 KiB	188.1 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, work page	rows	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Claude	idle thread resume	WebSocket decoded	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	idle thread resume	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	fleet shell snapshot	HTTP decoded	43.0 KiB	43.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	fleet shell snapshot	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket decoded	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	fleet shell resume check	HTTP decoded	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Claude	fleet shell resume check	rows	0	0	0	0	✅
Claude	stale shell reload	HTTP decoded	43.0 KiB	43.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	stale shell reload	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	stale shell resume	WebSocket decoded	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Claude	stale shell resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	HTTP decoded	73.4 KiB	73.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	nodes	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	subagents	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	plans	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	providerTurns	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	checkpoints	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅

Baseline: 59e64ee · PR result: e788630 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Terminal and Claude process spawning now reads graphical-session environment variables at spawn time. The values are merged with each process’s base environment. Linux tests cover propagation of display variables.

Changes: Graphical session environment propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Read and apply graphical-session environment apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.ts, apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts, apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts	readGraphicalSessionEnv is exported and used when constructing terminal and Claude process environments. The terminal test checks DISPLAY and WAYLAND_DISPLAY; the Claude test checks DISPLAY and preserves an explicitly empty WAYLAND_DISPLAY.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TerminalManager
  participant readGraphicalSessionEnv
  participant UserManager as systemd user manager
  participant PTY
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant ClaudeQuery
  TerminalManager->>readGraphicalSessionEnv: Read graphical-session variables
  readGraphicalSessionEnv->>UserManager: Query graphical-session environment
  UserManager-->>readGraphicalSessionEnv: Return filtered environment values
  readGraphicalSessionEnv-->>TerminalManager: Return values or empty fallback
  TerminalManager->>PTY: Spawn with merged terminal environment
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>readGraphicalSessionEnv: Read graphical-session variables
  readGraphicalSessionEnv->>UserManager: Query graphical-session environment
  UserManager-->>readGraphicalSessionEnv: Return filtered environment values
  readGraphicalSessionEnv-->>ClaudeAdapterV2: Return values or empty fallback
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeQuery: Open query with merged environment

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Suggested reviewers: yash-singh1, maria-rcks, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to e7886

Terminals can receive session display values that replace explicitly configured ones in the server environment. This only matters when the server has XAUTHORITY or an empty display variable set explicitly, so the risk is small, but swapping the merge order is a simple fix.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: terminals now receive the desktop display variables that a boot-started Linux server missed. It follows the conventional commit form and matches the objectives, which …
Description check		The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, Verification, and attribution. The Problem section gives the reproduction environment and expected behavior. The Change section e…
Linked Issues check		Linked issue #35736 is the only active direct target. Its coding requirements: (1) integrated terminals get graphical-session variables on Linux servers without a display; (2) agent shells get them to…
Out of Scope Changes check		Changed files and their links to the issue: ClaudeAdapterV2.ts (per-spawn display lookup for Claude agent shells), Manager.ts (per-spawn display lookup for terminals), externalLauncher.ts (readGraphic…

Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title names the main change: terminals now receive the desktop display variables that a boot-started Linux server missed. It follows the conventional commit form and matches the objectives, which describe the terminal and Claude agent shell lookup. The title does not mention Claude agent shells, so it covers the main fix but not every part of it.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the template sections: Problem, Change, Scope, Verification, and attribution. The Problem section gives the reproduction environment and expected behavior. The Change section explains the merge order and guards. The Scope section links issue #35736 and explains the exclusions. The Verification section gives focused test commands and results, plus a manual reproduction on main. The Evidence section says before and after captures are still pending and that the section must be filled before merge. The Scope section repeats the note about the Claude busctl lookup, and the Problem section does not state the Linux-only and no-display conditions clearly. The Evidence gap is a blocking item for merge under the template's UI guidance, but the description is otherwise mostly complete.

Resolution

Complete the Evidence section with the before and after captures in the real app, or confirm that the change has no UI effect and the section can be removed. Remove the duplicated note about the busctl lookup cost in the Not in this change section.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Linked issue #35736 is the only active direct target. Its coding requirements: (1) integrated terminals get graphical-session variables on Linux servers without a display; (2) agent shells get them too; (3) reuse readGraphicalSessionEnv at spawn time; (4) existing server or provider values take precedence; (5) 2 s bound, no caching, headless hosts unchanged.

Evidence from the whole-PR diff (merge base 7bf2a43 to head e788630):

• Terminals: apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts builds readSessionDisplayEnv from readGraphicalSessionEnv with the spawner, HostProcess.Environment (baseEnv) and HostProcess.Platform. It runs per spawn and merges the result into the input to createTerminalSpawnEnv. This covers requirements 1 and 3.
• Claude agent shells: apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts calls readGraphicalSessionEnv per query spawn. It builds env as { ...sessionDisplayEnv, ...environment, AGENT_THREAD_ENV }, so provider values override looked-up values, including empty ones. This covers requirements 2 and 4.
• Tests: Manager.test.ts and ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts add Linux cases for the display variables. Test results are reported by the author and were not re-run here.

Residual gaps, not counted as failures: agent shells from other providers (Codex, OpenCode and others) do not get the lookup. The PR objectives mark those as out of scope. Requirement 5 (2 s bound, no caching, Linux-only) relies on the existing readGraphicalSessionEnv body, which the diff only exports. I did not re-read that body, so its skip-when-display-set guard is taken from the PR description. Also, Manager.ts spreads the lookup result after baseEnv, so an explicitly empty DISPLAY in baseEnv depends on how the existing guard treats empty values. This edge case is not covered by a cited test.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

Changed files and their links to the issue: ClaudeAdapterV2.ts (per-spawn display lookup for Claude agent shells), Manager.ts (per-spawn display lookup for terminals), externalLauncher.ts (readGraphicalSessionEnv changed from const to export const, needed by both callers), and the two test files (tests for the new behavior). Each change supports objective #35736. No unrelated refactor, dependency change or non-test behavior change appears in the diff. The change set excludes other providers, which the PR describes as a separate follow-up; that exclusion is a scope limit, not an out-of-scope change.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:
- Line 2553: Update the environment merge around baseEnv and
readSessionDisplayEnv so session values are applied first and existing baseEnv
values take precedence, including explicit XAUTHORITY and empty display values;
extend the terminal test with a conflicting XAUTHORITY to verify the base value
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve existing base environment values.

When baseEnv has neither display variable but has an explicit XAUTHORITY, the reader still queries the session manager. This spread replaces that XAUTHORITY with the manager's value. It also replaces explicitly empty display values. Runtime overrides do not protect values supplied only through baseEnv.

Merge session values first, then existing base values. Extend the terminal test with a conflicting XAUTHORITY.

The issue requires existing server environment values to take precedence.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts at line 2553:
Update the environment merge around baseEnv and readSessionDisplayEnv so session values are applied first and existing baseEnv values take precedence, including explicit XAUTHORITY and empty display values; extend the terminal test with a conflicting XAUTHORITY to verify the base value is preserved.

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[juliusmarminge]

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: real Claude agent-shell before/after captures require first-party Claude authentication, explicitly listed as unavailable on every VM. The brief prohibits working around that limitation and requires stopping at this blocker.
• Integrated-terminal DISPLAY recovery was not captured during this attempt.
• WAYLAND_DISPLAY recovery was not exercised during this attempt.

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