feat(server): background services update themselves#17586

t3/background-provider-updates

t3/background-server-updates

opened16d agobyMmaria

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Background services only updated when someone pressed Update server or ran t3 update. With Update automatically on (#17585), a background-service install (t3 service install) now updates itself.

How it updates

It checks its release channel hourly. It downloads and preflights the newest release right away, through the existing launcher handshake.
It restarts only inside the #17585 update window, with 5 quiet minutes instead of 2, since a restart disconnects every client for about 10 s. For a restart that window also waits for any terminal running a command (a terminal counts as busy only when both the native process monitor and the ps fallback fail), any project clone or workspace setup, any review guide being written, and any native background subagent or background task still running under a finished turn. The window is checked again under the restart lock right before the handoff, so work that starts during the up-to-30-second preflight postpones the restart.
From the handoff until the launcher stops the server (at most 5 minutes), it holds a restart lock. Turn starts already wait on install locks, so no turn starts in that gap.
Servers started by the desktop app, npx, a terminal, or the dev runner are skipped. Update everything (#18053) still uses the manual path, and both paths share one in-flight guard.

Guards

A stable service never installs a prerelease.
A release whose preflight reports a different orchestration protocol is left for a manual update, since current clients would be refused. It is rejected inside preflight, before it is published, so a run of incompatible releases does not pile up runtimes on disk. A runtime that is already installed, for example by t3 update, is left alone.
A release the launcher rolled back or failed is not tried again.
A staging error (download, checksum, or preflight failure) clears the staged target and is retried at the next hourly release check, since the staging API cannot tell a transient failure from a permanent one. A protocol mismatch is skipped for the life of the running server, and a target the launcher recorded as failed or rolled back is skipped from startup.
Staging a newer release first clears the previously staged one, so a withdrawn release is never installed after a newer one fails to stage.

Launcher

After a commit or a return to the previous runtime, it removes old runtimes. It keeps the version the service unit points to (including a t3 update whose restart is deferred), the runtime the t3 CLI currently points to (recorded by t3 update before it swaps the CLI), the active and previous versions, any pending target, incomplete downloads, and any runtime published within the last hour, so a just-installed runtime is never swept before t3 update records its restart.
A new version that does not report ready within 10 minutes (was 30) is rolled back. The limit covers slow migrations on a large database; on a hang the service is down until then, since the old server has already stopped.
A crashing server is restarted in-process with backoff (1 s doubling to 30 s, reset after a minute of uptime). It no longer exits, so systemd's start limit (5 per 300 s) cannot strand an unattended service. A stop request cancels any pending backoff restart.

This replaces the earlier version of this PR (+4k lines). Gone:

the process ledger
the crash-loop downgrade with its schema hash
shell prompt injection for terminal detection (this now uses the existing subprocess poller)
the updateRestart client announcement
kept previous web assets (the web client already reloads once on a stale chunk)
the git-refresh restart blocker

Verified

Real systemd unit (head 7c978ff5cf, then rechecked at e4790eb475). On a Blacksmith Ubuntu VM, built archives from this branch were installed with t3 service install as a dedicated user, under that user's own systemd manager, with T3CODE_RELEASE_BASE_URL pointed at a local feed:

Idle restart: 0.1.1 was staged at 18:46:35, and the service committed it automatically at 19:01:56.
Active work: at 959 s, with a foreground terminal command running, 0.1.1 stayed staged and the service stayed on 0.1.0. It updated after the command ended.
Rollback: a bad 0.1.2 exited 42 on start. The launcher restored 0.1.1, and the recovered server's next check fetched only the index.
Pruning: the active, previous, pending, CLI, and incomplete runtimes were kept. An old complete orphan was removed.
Stop during backoff: restarts came after 1.008, 2.008, 4.010 and 8.015 s. After a stop, the attempt count stayed at 5 for 35 s.

Earlier runs used the real service launcher and server from this branch, with fake runtimes that run the branch's server under node and a local release feed:

Auto update, no client connected:
- B was staged 2 minutes after start.
- At 15 minutes (the quiet period then) the log showed "Installing a background server update". The launcher prepared, handed off, and committed B, and /.well-known/t3/environment reported B.
- Stale complete runtimes were pruned. The previous version and an incomplete download were kept.
Busy terminal: a terminal running sleep 1500 held the restart for 8 minutes past the quiet window. After it ended, the update committed on the next passes.
Crash backoff:
- A runtime that exits immediately was restarted after 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 30, and 30 s.
- The delay reset after a 62 s run, and the launcher stayed up throughout.
Protocol mismatch: a release with a different protocol was staged and then skipped.
Prereleases: a stable service offered only a prerelease and a nightly fetched the index and nothing else.
Rollback: a release that exited on start was rolled back and pruned. The next server fetched only the index and did not stage it again.
Blacksmith:
- 235 tests across 9 server files, plus cliRelease.test.ts.
- The turn-start memory and self-update tests.
- Server, web, and mobile typechecks, lint, and format.

After the final-round fixes and merging current main through #17585: Blacksmith ran the server and shared typechecks and 235 tests across the launcher, CLI update, self-update, update window, terminal manager, turn start, and provider maintenance files; before that merge, 300 tests across 10 files plus repo-wide lint and format. Earlier: 293 tests across 9 server test files (launcher, self-update, update window, terminal manager, projections, review guides, turn start, provider maintenance), the server and shared typechecks, lint, and format.

Not verified:

A launchd unit, and systemd on a real desktop session (the systemd run above was a VM).
Keeping the launcher's own version on a real single-executable install. The live launcher ran under node; a unit test covers this.
macOS and Windows.
Mobile on a device.

Before: the Update automatically row describes provider CLI updates only

After: the row also covers background-service installs

Here Update automatically also drives background-service updates, which do not need Provider update checks, so it stays usable when checks are off. #17585 disables it in that state; this PR keeps it enabled on web and mobile and says what still depends on checks:

Before: Provider update checks off, Update automatically on with no hint that provider CLIs will not update

After: the same row stays on and usable and reads "Provider CLIs update only while Provider update checks is on."

Made with Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, with Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol (Codex) subagents, running in T3 Code.

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apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.tsline 101Outdated · 3d81780Open thread

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	98	+
	99	+	const updateDesktopApp = (downloadedVersion: string) =>
	100	+	Effect.gen(function* () {
	101	+	if (!(yield* automaticUpdatesEnabled) \|\| skippedTargets.has(downloadedVersion)) return;

MmacroscopeappBoton line 10116d ago

🟡 Medium updates/ServerAutoUpdater.ts:101

When a downloaded report arrives while automaticUpdates is false, updateDesktopApp discards that version, so enabling automatic updates later does not install it unless another updater report arrives. The desktop worker only processes receiver.desktopUpdates and does not retry on settings changes; reevaluate the latest downloaded state when the setting changes or retain the version for retry.

No longer relevant as of 0df12e8170ac317b49232aa8c5dfaf2553c07f3e

Mmaria16d ago

Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Automatic desktop relaunch has been removed. A backend cannot prove every desktop window and WSL backend is idle. Desktop downloads now remain ready and install when the user quits, so this downloaded-report loss path no longer exists.

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📝 Walkthrough

The server now stages eligible boot-service updates, checks staged runtimes, and coordinates restart timing with terminal activity. Settings text and the user guide describe automatic T3 Code and provider updates, including update conditions and retry behavior.

Changes: Server automatic updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime staging and preflight `apps/server/src/cloud/selfUpdate.ts`, `apps/server/src/cloud/servicePreflight.ts`, `apps/server/src/cloud/selfUpdate.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/cloud/servicePreflight.test.ts`	Self-update exposes staging for boot-service installs and shares a semaphore between staging and manual updates. Preflight results can include the orchestration protocol version, which staging validates alongside runtime version and status.
Terminal activity and restart coordination `apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts`, `apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/updates/UpdateWindow.ts`	TerminalManager detects busy terminals and gates terminal launches, writes, and restarts with a permit. UpdateWindow checks terminal activity and holds that permit during server-restarting updates.
Release checks and update handoff `apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.ts`, `apps/server/src/updates/UpdateWindow.ts`, `apps/server/src/server.ts`, `apps/server/src/cli/update.ts`, `apps/server/src/cloud/serviceLauncherClient.ts`, `apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.autoPull.test.ts`	The server adds a boot-service updater, connects it to UpdateWindow, and exposes the launcher’s last completed update outcome.
Settings text and update guide `apps/mobile/src/features/settings/SettingsServerControlsRouteScreen.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx`, `docs/user/updating.md`	Settings descriptions and the update guide include automatic T3 Code updates alongside provider updates. The guide also describes update conditions and retry behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant ServerAutoUpdater
3	participant resolveNewestVersion
4	participant ServerSelfUpdate
5	participant ServicePreflight
6	participant UpdateWindow
7	ServerAutoUpdater->>resolveNewestVersion: Resolve newest release
8	ServerAutoUpdater->>ServerSelfUpdate: Stage target version
9	ServerSelfUpdate->>ServicePreflight: Run preflight for staged runtime
10	ServicePreflight-->>ServerSelfUpdate: Return ready result and protocol
11	ServerAutoUpdater->>UpdateWindow: Wait for an open update window
12	ServerAutoUpdater->>ServerSelfUpdate: Install staged update

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f3963

Release checks can continue while installation is deferred, and the guide now explains the background-work delay. No identified issue blocks merging.

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apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.tslines 84–93Outdated · 3d81780Open thread

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	90	+	yield* Effect.logInfo("Installing a background server update", { targetVersion });
	91	+	yield* selfUpdate.update({ targetVersion });
	92	+	}),
	93	+	);

CcoderabbitaiBoton lines 84–9316d ago

🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

A long runWhenOpen wait blocks discovery of newer releases.

Effect.repeat(Schedule.spaced(...)) starts the next release check only after updateBootService completes. runWhenOpen keeps looping until the window opens. Suppose the update window stays closed for days, for example because of busy threads or scheduled tasks. The worker then stays bound to the version it staged first and never checks the release index again. A newer release that arrives during the wait goes uninstalled until this target installs. That target may already be superseded.

The desktop path handles this case with Stream.switchMap. To match it, use runIfOpen with a bounded number of retries, or put a timeout on the wait equal to releaseCheckInterval. The next pass then re-resolves the newest version.

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.ts around lines 84
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Mmaria16d ago

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Release discovery and idle-window retries are paced separately. Each idle retry is runIfOpen; the hourly release check can replace a pending target while the environment stays busy.

Confirmed in the live service lab: 0.0.52 staged while a 100-second terminal command kept the window closed and installed after it exited.

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@maria-rcks Thanks for clarifying. I verified the current apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.ts.

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	80	+	targetVersion,
	81	+	});
	82	+	return;
	83	+	}

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Suppress retries after a failed staging attempt.

When selfUpdate.stage(targetVersion) fails, the outer handler logs the error and returns success. Effect.repeat then runs the same target again at the next release-check interval. The failure occurs before launcher.requestUpdate, so launcher.lastOutcome does not record it. This violates the guide's contract that failed T3 Code updates wait for a newer version.

Suggested fix

diff

1	- const staged = yield* selfUpdate.stage(targetVersion);
2	+ const staged = yield* selfUpdate.stage(targetVersion).pipe(
3	+ Effect.catchCause((cause) =>
4	+ Effect.sync(() => {
5	+ skippedTargets.add(targetVersion);
6	+ }).pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.failCause(cause))),
7	+ ),
8	+ );

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1	return;
2	}
3	yield* Effect.logInfo("Staging a background server update", { targetVersion });
4	const staged = yield* selfUpdate.stage(targetVersion).pipe(
5	Effect.catchCause((cause) =>
6	Effect.sync(() => {
7	skippedTargets.add(targetVersion);
8	}).pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.failCause(cause))),
9	),
10	);
11	if (
12	staged.orchestrationProtocol !== undefined &&
13	staged.orchestrationProtocol !== ORCHESTRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION
14	) {
15	// Connected clients would be refused until they update; leave this one to a person.
16	skippedTargets.add(targetVersion);
17	yield* Effect.logInfo("Skipping a background update that changes the client protocol", {
18	targetVersion,
19	});
20	return;
21	}

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Failed staging marks that target skipped in the current process. Launcher rollback/failure outcomes remain skipped across restarts. Newer versions are discovered independently of the idle-window wait.

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	3010	+
	3011	+	const write: TerminalManager["Service"]["write"] = (input) =>
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Confirmed. The full update-window check now holds provider admission without holding terminal admission. Only an open server restart takes the terminal permit, rechecks busy terminals, and keeps that permit through installation and shutdown. Blacksmith ran the actual UpdateWindow layer with a held initial scan: input completed before the scan was released, a busy final scan skipped installation, and input stayed blocked during installation. The server typecheck, lint/formatting, and 122 terminal, self-update and provider-runner tests passed on 1489f98b.

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	86	+	Background services also wait for integrated terminal commands to finish.
	87	+
	88	+	Desktop updates download in the background and install when you quit the app.
	89	+	The app stays open while you work, including when it hosts multiple backends.

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80		-	or usage-limit resume is due within 5 minutes. A failed update is retried
81		-	after 6 hours or when a newer version is published.
	78	+	waits until no thread is running or waiting for you, no client has been used for
	79	+	15 minutes, and no scheduled task or usage-limit resume is due within 5 minutes.

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Document the queued-work handoff blocker.

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6	Settings → General → Update automatically is on by default. Each environment
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The guide now includes pending background work in the shared update-window conditions. Integrated terminal commands remain documented separately as a server restart blocker, matching UpdateWindow: they do not block provider-only installs. This is a documentation-only correction; production source is unchanged from the verified head.

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The default behavior and lifecycle expansion are intentional and explicitly requested by Maria for this feature stack: stage updates in the background, defer installation around active work and scheduled tasks, and enable seamless updates by default. The PR author, maria-rcks, is listed in the current upstream contribution-triage exemptions.

The automatic handoff is limited to boot-service environments. Development, foreground/npx, and desktop-hosted servers are skipped. Shared admission defers handoff around active or pending work, recent client activity, near-due scheduled tasks or usage-limit resumes, provider installation, and integrated terminal commands. This scope finding does not warrant changing the requested production behavior.

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	84	+	- the newest T3 Code release on its channel, when it runs as a background service
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	87	+	Background services also wait for integrated terminal commands to finish.

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73	77		provider.updateState?.status === "queued" \|\| provider.updateState?.status === "running",
74	78		);
75	79		if (providerUpdating) found.push("provider-update");
	80	+	if (restartsServer && (yield* terminals.hasBusyTerminals)) found.push("terminal-work");

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An automatic restart can kill a terminal command or input admitted after hasBusyTerminals reports idle. That check is only a snapshot: blockers still performs asynchronous reads before runIfOpen hands off to the installer, and the provider admission permit does not serialize TerminalManager.write or terminal startup. Hold terminal admission through handoff and perform a final fresh idle check.

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Enabling ServerAutoUpdater.layer exposes a terminal-start/input race during automatic shutdown. UpdateWindow.runIfOpen checks terminals once, then ServerSelfUpdate.update runs stageRuntime again before launcher.requestUpdate; neither holds a terminal admission permit or rechecks terminals. TerminalManager.write and restart do not acquire the provider admission permit held by the window. Input or a new terminal command admitted after the idle check can consequently be killed by the automatic restart. Hold terminal admission and perform a final fresh terminal check immediately before handoff.

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Leaving this as is on purpose. An earlier revision did exactly this: one terminal admission permit around open, write and restart, held through the handoff with a final fresh check. It made every keystroke on the server wait behind terminal opens, including opens blocked on a worktree-deletion lease, and it still left a gap (a write that lands just before the permit, before the shell forks, still reads as idle).

The remaining window is the time between the terminal check and the launcher handoff. It only opens after 15 minutes with no client interaction, no live runs, and no terminal command running in the last poll, and a failed poll now counts as busy (66920cb49a). We think that residual risk is better than serializing all terminal I/O.

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	3183	+	[...state.sessions.values()].some(
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	3185	+	session.status === "starting" \|\|
	3186	+	(session.status === "running" && session.hasRunningSubprocess),

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🟠 High terminal/Manager.ts:3186

When pollSubprocessActivity fails, hasBusyTerminals reports false for a running terminal with cached hasRunningSubprocess === false, so UpdateWindow.runIfOpen(..., { restartsServer: true }) can restart the server and kill an active command. Track failed inspections as busy, or require a successful fresh inspection before reporting the terminal as idle.

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1	In file @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts around line 3186:
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3	When `pollSubprocessActivity` fails, `hasBusyTerminals` reports `false` for a running terminal with cached `hasRunningSubprocess === false`, so `UpdateWindow.runIfOpen(..., { restartsServer: true })` can restart the server and kill an active command. Track failed inspections as busy, or require a successful fresh inspection before reporting the terminal as idle.

Mmaria16d ago

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Fixed in 66920cb49a. A failed process snapshot or per-terminal inspection now marks the last poll as unreliable, and hasBusyTerminals treats every running terminal as busy until a later poll succeeds.

Mmariareviewed16d ago

Added 12 commits14d ago

fix(server): a crash loop after an update commit never restores the old database73928d1
docs: describe crash-loop recovery without a post-commit database restore2e5508f
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates-int2a365b8
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates-intb2164c7
fix(client-runtime): a failed or rolled-back background server update stays visible, and a manual retry error takes priority0b6bfb8
fix(server): the service launcher stops a crashed server's orphaned providers before starting another runtime0dbeb87
fix(server): a provider cleanup failure no longer stops the service launcher7854446
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates-intdd1a08b
docs: describe the launcher stopping orphaned providers before it starts a runtime6452e91
test(server): the launcher cleanup failure case reaps a crashed server's record5c8be8a
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates-int8a98dcc
test(server): launcher tests never touch the real provider maintenance cachebf396d8

MmacroscopeappBotreviewed · 1 inline thread14d ago

apps/server/src/process/ownedProcesses.tsline 362Outdated · bf396d8Open thread

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	359	+	}
	360	+	}
	361	+	// Persist newly discovered children before signalling: recovery can itself be killed.
	362	+	write(file, next);

MmacroscopeappBoton line 36214d ago

🟠 High process/ownedProcesses.ts:362

If write(file, next) fails after the SIGSTOP loop, reap rejects without killing or resuming the stopped processes; ServiceLauncher.#reapProviders then swallows that rejection and starts the next runtime while the old providers remain stopped and hold resources or locks. Add error cleanup that terminates or resumes every identity in stopped before propagating the failure.

No longer relevant as of 1e6bfc9dbc5ffd4b4185a9c1731a7a6bb2c13440

Mmaria14d ago

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Fixed in b367a977ae: if anything fails after the freeze (the record write, or a tree that never reaches a fixed point), every frozen process is resumed before the error propagates, so the next cleanup can retry. Processes found to be protected after freezing are resumed too. Covered by "resumes a provider tree it froze when cleanup cannot finish", which fails without the fix.

Added 3 commits14d ago

fix(server): local file release mirrors still pass the download origin check740a721
fix(server): provider cleanup resumes a tree it froze when it cannot finishb367a97
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates1e6bfc9

Mmariareviewed14d ago

Added 1 commit14d ago

Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates99eb10f

VViperJuice14d ago

Following the pointer from pingdotgg/t3code#18284, I inspected pingdotgg/t3code#17586 head 99eb10f00015dfffead47e3f0cb996dc3dd66975 (stacked on pingdotgg/t3code#17585). This is source feedback on the restart window, not approval of the full stack or installed-release qualification.

The complete review-guide lifetime needs an explicit blocker/test, including superseded generations. PullRequestReviewGuideService.write starts host/activity reads and checkoutHead (git fetches/worktree creation) before TextGeneration.generateReviewGuide, then finishes result storage and scoped checkout/ref cleanup afterward. TextGeneration.ts:64-86 wraps the model call with the host read lease/local launch permit. The guide's outer fiber still forks into serviceScope, with the per-PR map tracking only the latest claim. UpdateWindow checks projected threads, provider-session background work, installs/tasks/terminals, but I do not see whole-guide lifetime accounting or an all-generation inspection operation there.

Source-based concern: local admission can drain when a guide is preparing its checkout or finalizing after the model lease, and a latest/null map result still cannot account for a superseded older guide. Please add restart-window regressions holding an old generation (a) in pre-model fetch/setup and (b) in post-model cleanup, after a newer guide has settled; assert restart admission remains closed until all such fibers/finalizers end. For attended repair, a supported read-only all-generation report across affected processes would avoid guessing from SQL/latest-guide state.

Our currently installed nightly2980 predates this unmerged stack. Installing/restarting to gain the new guard would itself require complete idle proof, so the future automatic update window is not yet a supported inspection route for its already-running untracked guide fibers. The owner selected preserving current work and waiting for complete inspection; no live restart, client disconnect, source activation, database edit or guard bypass was performed in this qualification.

Added 3 commits14d ago

Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updateseb22e76
fix(server): background server restarts wait for review guides, clones, and git refreshes29b0303
Merge branch 't3/background-provider-updates-int' into t3/background-server-updates1990a52

Mmaria14d ago

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Thanks, this was a real gap. Fixed in 29b0303b99 on this PR:

Every review guide generation is now tracked for its whole lifetime: host/activity reads, checkoutHead fetches and worktree creation, generation, result storage, and checkout/ref cleanup. That includes superseded generations, which stay counted until their finalizers finish, not just the latest claim in the per-PR map.
A background server restart (UpdateWindow with restartsServer) stays closed while any generation is in flight, and the count shows in the existing blocker log line.
The regressions you asked for are in place: an older generation held (a) in pre-model fetch/setup and (b) in post-model cleanup after a newer guide has settled. Both assert restart admission stays closed until the old fiber and its finalizers end, then opens. On the previous code they fail, and so do three of them with latest-claim-only accounting.
The same audit found project clones, workspace preparation, and background git refreshes with the same gap; they now hold restarts too. Provider model admission was already covered by the launch permit.

I did not add a separate all-generation report RPC; the blocker log is the inspection point. On your installed nightly: agreed, it predates this stack, so automatic updates are not a safe way to drain its untracked guide fibers. Waiting for idle as you did is the right call there.

Added 7 commits13d ago

chore(stack): carry provider install ownership fixesd70a0d0
fix(server): preserve installer leases during launcher cleanup3844019
test(server): await launcher startup without nesting promises70dcc18
feat(server): background services update themselves58351c6
test(server): provide the install lock to the turn-start memory fixture4b808e3
test(server): provide background update layers in one call195f2aa
refactor(server): rebuild background service updates on top of the slim provider layerffe315b

MmacroscopeappBotreviewed · 2 inline threads13d ago

apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.tsline 606Outdated · ffe315bOpen thread

…	…	@@ -561,6 +596,22 @@ export class Launcher {
	603	+	try {
	604	+	// The unit's ExecStart names a specific runtime/versions/<v>/t3.
	605	+	const executableDir = NodePath.dirname(await NodeFSP.realpath(process.execPath));
	606	+	const versionsDir = NodePath.join(this.#baseDir, "runtime", "versions");

MmacroscopeappBoton line 60613d ago

🟠 High src/serviceLauncher.ts:606

With a symlinked T3CODE_HOME, pruning fails to identify the launcher runtime and can delete the executable still referenced by the boot service; after enough updates, the next restart or reboot then fails. process.execPath is resolved with realpath, but versionsDir is not, so resolve versionsDir before comparing the paths.

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3	With a symlinked `T3CODE_HOME`, pruning fails to identify the launcher runtime and can delete the executable still referenced by the boot service; after enough updates, the next restart or reboot then fails. `process.execPath` is resolved with `realpath`, but `versionsDir` is not, so resolve `versionsDir` before comparing the paths.

Mmaria13d ago

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Fixed in 40c86dabae (60c6653397): the runtime versions directory is now resolved with realpath too before it is compared with the launcher executable. If it cannot be resolved, pruning is skipped.

apps/server/src/updates/ServerAutoUpdater.tsline 107Outdated · ffe315bOpen thread

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	104	+
	105	+	const pass = Effect.gen(function* () {
	106	+	if (!(yield* enabled)) return;
	107	+	if (staged === undefined && (yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis) >= nextReleaseCheckAt) {

MmacroscopeappBoton line 10713d ago

🟠 High updates/ServerAutoUpdater.ts:107

A release withdrawn or superseded while the update window is closed is still installed, so the server can activate a stale version. Because staged !== undefined prevents stageNewest from checking the feed and handOff passes that cached version directly to selfUpdate.update, refresh the candidate on schedule and validate it again before handoff.

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3	A release withdrawn or superseded while the update window is closed is still installed, so the server can activate a stale version. Because `staged !== undefined` prevents `stageNewest` from checking the feed and `handOff` passes that cached version directly to `selfUpdate.update`, refresh the candidate on schedule and validate it again before handoff.

Mmaria13d ago

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Fixed in 40c86dabae (7b9422a822): the hourly feed check keeps running while a release waits for the window. A newer release replaces the staged one, a staged release that is no longer newest-and-newer is dropped, and the same version is not downloaded again. A test stages 1.1.0, publishes 1.2.0, and checks the handoff asks for 1.2.0.

Added 4 commits13d ago

fix(server): keep the launcher runtime when the service home is a symlink60c6653
fix(server): a waiting background update follows the newest release7b9422a
fix(server): reclaim a stale provider install lock exclusively20f2cbe
fix(server): follow the newest release and keep a symlinked launcher runtime40c86da

Mmariareviewed13d ago

Added 2 commits7d ago

chore(server): merge provider updates into background server updates56c1781
style(server): format the service launcher mock in startup tests4002ec5

MmacroscopeappBotreviewed · 2 inline threads7d ago

apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.tsline 412Outdated · 56c1781Open thread

…	…	@@ -380,6 +385,34 @@ async function runtimeExists(baseDir: string, version: string): Promise<boolean>
	409	+	}
	410	+	// An incomplete directory is a staging in progress, not an old runtime.
	411	+	if (!(await runtimeExists(baseDir, entry.name))) continue;
	412	+	await NodeFSP.rm(NodePath.join(versionsDir, entry.name), { recursive: true, force: true });

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🟠 High src/serviceLauncher.ts:412

Pruning deletes the runtime still named by the installed service unit, so the next service start or reboot cannot launch and the CLI symlink to that runtime dangles. When cli/update.ts declines a restart, BootService.install({ start: false }) can update the unit to version B while launcher A keeps running; after later updates make B neither active nor previous, launcherVersion identifies only A and this loop removes B. Preserve the installed unit's target before deleting completed runtimes.

No longer relevant as of 4e75b612eaf9dcb60520108672110a056dad7bad

Mmaria7d ago

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Fixed in 93eb189966: pruning keeps the runtime a deferred t3 update repointed the unit and CLI to (.restart-pending), alongside the active, previous, pending and running-launcher versions. A follow-up on this branch also keeps runtimes published within the last hour and the runtime the t3 CLI currently points to.

apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.tsline 836Outdated · 56c1781Open thread

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	833	+	}
	834	+	const delay = this.#crashDelayMs;
	835	+	this.#crashDelayMs = Math.min(delay * 2, CRASH_RESTART_MAX_MS);
	836	+	this.#timer = setTimeout(() => {

MmacroscopeappBoton line 8367d ago

🟡 Medium src/serviceLauncher.ts:836

After SIGTERM sets #stopRequested, #handleExit() still schedules this backoff timeout because it checks only #stopping; the queued stop then resolves completion without clearing the timer, keeping Node alive for up to 30 seconds. Skip scheduling when #stopRequested is set.

No longer relevant as of 4e75b612eaf9dcb60520108672110a056dad7bad

Mmaria7d ago

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Fixed in 93eb189966: #handleExit no longer schedules the crash-backoff restart once a stop has been requested, so a child exit handled ahead of the queued stop cannot start a new child after the launcher completes.

Added 4 commits7d ago

fix(server): preserve work during background update handoffs93eb189
chore(server): merge provider install lock fix into background server updates7fb705d
chore(server): merge atomic provider install lock into background server updates9afe4dd
chore(server): merge provider install lock protocol into background server updates4e75b61

MmacroscopeappBotreviewed · 1 inline thread7d ago

apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.tsline 419Outdated · 4e75b61Open thread

…	…	@@ -380,6 +385,41 @@ async function runtimeExists(baseDir: string, version: string): Promise<boolean>
	416	+	}
	417	+	// An incomplete directory is a staging in progress, not an old runtime.
	418	+	if (!(await runtimeExists(baseDir, entry.name))) continue;
	419	+	await NodeFSP.rm(NodePath.join(versionsDir, entry.name), { recursive: true, force: true });

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🟠 High src/serviceLauncher.ts:419

A concurrent CLI install can leave the service state and unit pointing to a runtime that this loop deletes, so the service cannot start. bootService.install publishes the runtime before writing the restart-pending marker or selecting it; if pruning runs in that interval, the target is absent from keep and is removed before the installer selects it. Coordinate pruning with installation or reserve the target before publishing it.

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Mmaria7d ago

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Fixed in 64c08d28ef: pruning skips any runtime directory modified within the last hour, so a runtime t3 update just published cannot be swept before it records the restart that selects it. 858c5fcae2 also keeps whatever runtime the t3 CLI currently points to: t3 update records the CLI launcher path before swapping, and pruning resolves that link.

Added 1 commit7d ago

fix(server): keep a just-published service runtime out of pruning64c08d2

Mmariareviewed7d ago

Added 4 commits7d ago

chore(server): merge main into background updates59fac8a
fix(server): keep cli runtimes and trust successful terminal fallback858c5fc
chore(server): merge resumed-owner fencing into background server updatesd90a7cf
chore(server): merge main via background provider updates202629c

Mmariareviewed7d ago

Added 1 commit7d ago

chore(server): merge automatic update setting fix into background server updates883be32

JJulius Marminge6d ago

Taking over this one for maintainer batch desktop-app-12. I am checking the current dependency and restart-admission contract before rebuilding it into reviewable layers; no merge is planned.

JJulius Marminge6d ago

Maintainer takeover desktop-app-12: blocked on the unmerged provider-update base; this PR stays open and no implementation was pushed.

I compared 883be32 with current main 1451e7c. The behavior remains useful and is absent from main. It requires #17585, which is outside this batch: main has no UpdateWindow, ProviderInstallLock, persisted automaticUpdates, or BackgroundPolicy.sinceLastClientInteraction. Copying only this layer would lose the admission contract that keeps turns from starting during restart handoff. Launcher backoff alone would not complete this feature.

Handoff after the prerequisite lands:

Rebuild from main as three reviewable layers: launcher recovery/runtime retention; verified staging and restart-work accounting; automatic update policy with web/mobile settings copy. Preserve whole-generation review-guide accounting through finalizer completion.
Recheck staging-failure retry behavior: stageNewest calls selfUpdate.stage before assigning staged, and its failure path does not currently add that target to skipped. The description claims stronger suppression. Decide whether transient staging failures should retry and make the code, test, and description agree.
Preserve the documented limit of terminal admission: the final busy scan does not prove the shell cannot start another command before handoff. Do not present it as an atomic idle guarantee.
Keep the smallest behavioral coverage in existing suites: staging/manual exclusion and handoff lock retention; update-window and turn-start integration; whole-lifetime background-work blockers; terminal inspection failure; launcher backoff/reset/stop and runtime retention. A fresh Astra test assessment counted 20 newly added cases across six files before takeover; no tests were changed or executed for this blocked branch.
Qualify a real installed Linux service (systemd restart/backoff, staged commit and rollback, runtime pruning), then launchd/Windows and actual single-executable launcher retention. Existing saved CI and the author's Node launcher lab are useful evidence, but do not cover those installed paths.

No duplicate exists among this batch's four targets. No replacement PR was opened, and no approval or merge-readiness claim is being made. Resume this PR when its prerequisite API is on main or when taking over that base is explicitly added to scope.

Assessment: GPT-6.1-Sol and GPT-6-Astra through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

Added 4 commits5d ago

chore(server): merge updated provider services into background updates0de1890
fix(server): reconcile background update staging with current services7c978ff
Merge branch 'slim/17585' into slim/1758645ac6ad
fix(server): skip an incompatible background release without keeping it on diske4790eb

Mmaria5d ago

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

@juliusmarminge updates on your handoff list, on e4790eb475. The branch now includes current main through #17585 (48321a2a10).

Item 2, staging retries: the code, test, and description now agree. A staging error (download, checksum, or preflight) clears the staged target and is retried at the next hourly check, because stage cannot tell a transient failure from a permanent one. Only a protocol mismatch or a launcher-recorded failure or rollback is skipped. The PR body says this.
Item 3, terminal admission: still a documented limit. A command typed in an existing terminal during the 2-second handoff delay can be cut off.
Item 5, real service: ran on a Blacksmith Ubuntu VM with t3 service install under a dedicated user's systemd manager and a local release feed. Covered: idle staging and commit, deferral behind a running terminal command, a failing release rolled back and not retried, pruning that keeps the active, previous, pending, CLI and incomplete runtimes, and stop during crash backoff (1/2/4/8 s, then no more restarts). launchd, Windows, and the single-executable launcher are still unverified.
New fix: a release with a different client protocol used to be published to disk before it was skipped. Once a protocol bump shipped, every later release would leave another runtime until a manual update. It is now rejected inside preflight, so nothing is published. Runtimes already installed by t3 update are left alone.

I did not touch item 1, the split into three layers.

Added 4 commits5d ago

Merge branch 'slim/17585' into slim/17586d227f0e
fix(server): restart a service update after 5 quiet minutes and roll back after 10f701a46
Merge branch 'slim/17585' into slim/17586ddb78d5
Merge branch 'slim/17585' into slim/17586c2ed45a

Ssaphid2d ago

Source-level restart/install admission concern at c2ed45a:

ServerAutoUpdater.pass checks the update window before acquiring the separate server-restart lock. A provider installer can acquire its own update.lockKey after that check. Both subsequent canRestart checks in handOff pass ignoreInstallLocks: true, and UpdateWindow.isOpen then skips every install lock. ProviderInstallLock.tryRun excludes only the same key, so the restart lock does not exclude that installer. A service restart can therefore be handed off while a provider install is running, despite the window's no-installer condition.

Please make the under-lock restart check exclude only its own lock while checking other installers, or otherwise serialize admission across those keys. A deterministic regression should hold a different provider key after the outer idle check but before restart-lock acquisition, then assert no launcher handoff until that installer releases. This is separate from the acknowledged terminal-input snapshot tradeoff in the existing review.

I verified the pinned source but have not executed the base or head: the validation resource gate is denied. This is a source-supported interleaving to test, not a reproduced runtime failure or a review of the entire stack.