fix(server): browser profiles reported by one client survive another client's report#21745

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Problem

Each connected client reports the browser profiles from its own client-settings.json to the server through preview.reportProfiles, and the server kept only the most recent report. With two desktop clients on one server, whichever client connected or reconnected last replaced the whole catalog, so a client with fewer profiles made the others disappear. Agents then failed preview_open with No browser profile is named "<id>" for a profile they had used minutes earlier, even though its data under userdata/server-browser/profiles/<id> was intact. Re-reporting from the other client did not stick because the first client reported again right away.

Reproduced on v0.1.1-nightly.20261019.3360 against the real ServerBrowser service: client A reports profiles X and Y, client B reports only Y, and opening X fails with

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1	PreviewAutomationUnknownProfileError
2	No browser profile is named "profile-x". Use one of: Default (id default), Incognito (id incognito), Y (id profile-y).

Change

ServerBrowser.reportProfiles stored a single value, so every report overwrote the catalog. It is replaced by profileReporter, a scoped Effect that each WebSocket connection acquires once in the /ws route handler and that hands back the report function the previewReportProfiles handler calls. The server keeps the latest report per live connection and rebuilds the catalog as their union: built-ins first, deduplicated by id with the latest report winning, and the default profile taken from the most recent report. When a connection closes its report is dropped and the catalog is rebuilt, so a profile a client removed from its settings disappears once no connected client lists it. When the last client disconnects the last catalog is kept, which is what a single report did before.

The reporter is acquired in the route handler rather than inside layerWsRpc because Effect.provide(layer) closes the layer's scope as soon as the provided effect returns, which happens before the socket starts serving.

Scope and approval

Issue #19279, confirmed by a second user with a different setup (server and one client on Windows, second client on macOS). The issue has no maintainer triage yet, so this is submitted under the small, focused fix for an obvious bug exception: the catalog lost profiles that still existed on the server, the fix stays inside the one server service and its RPC handler, and the RPC contract and clients are unchanged.

Verification

New test in apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts: two reporters, one closes its scope, one re-reports without a profile. It fails when the rebuild only uses the latest report (the previous behavior) and passes with the change.
vp test run apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.test.ts: 62 passed.
tsc-rs --noEmit in apps/server: no errors. vp lint and vp fmt --check on the touched files: clean.
A runtime probe with the installed Effect version confirmed that a layer finalizer under Effect.provide runs when the provided effect returns, which is why the reporter is acquired in the connection handler.
Not checked: two real desktop clients against one server.

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fix(server): browser profiles reported by one client survive another client's report2579337

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Verdict: Approved at 2579337

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused server bug fix that preserves the existing RPC contract while making browser-profile reports connection-scoped and unioning active clients’ profiles. The production impact is localized and directly covered by regression tests for reporting, disconnect cleanup, and profile resolution.

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Walkthrough

ServerBrowser now provides scoped profile reporters for connected clients. It merges active reports into a profile catalog and removes each report when its scope closes. WebSocket RPC acquires and invokes the reporter. Tests cover profile aggregation and update related test doubles.

Changes: Browser profile reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scoped profile catalog `apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts`, `apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts`	ServerBrowser replaces the direct reporting method with a scoped reporter. It merges profiles from active reporters and rebuilds the catalog when a report changes or a reporter closes. Tests cover multiple reporters, default selection, and profile removal.
WebSocket RPC integration `apps/server/src/ws.ts`, `apps/server/src/ws.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.test.ts`	WebSocket setup acquires the reporter and passes it to the RPC handler. The profile-report handler invokes it. Test setups and stream test doubles provide no-op reporters.

Priority: External image Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid

1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant WebSocketSetup
3	participant ServerBrowser
4	participant layerWsRpc
5	participant previewReportProfiles
6	WebSocketSetup->>ServerBrowser: acquire profileReporter
7	WebSocketSetup->>layerWsRpc: pass profileReporter
8	previewReportProfiles->>layerWsRpc: handle profile report request
9	layerWsRpc->>ServerBrowser: invoke profileReporter

Possibly related issues

Profiles disappearing when a second client reports: this change retains reports per live connection and merges their profiles.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: External image Minimal · up to 39b92

No current merge-blocking behavior is established. Adding a final-disconnect test would protect catalog retention against regressions.

Security architecture risk: External image Low · up to 25793

The change preserves existing authentication and preview permissions while preventing one client from replacing another client’s profiles. No introduced privilege escalation was established. Residual risk centers on connection teardown reliably withdrawing the correct report; the complete socket lifecycle was not independently verified.

Retained concerns No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

inferred — The directly affected scope is the shared catalog and subsequent profile selection within a ServerBrowser service instance, including persistent browser contexts selected through that catalog. Reports are not scoped to individual threads or reporting users. This shared-state authority predates the PR; the change alters contribution retention rather than introducing per-client storage isolation.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — A report can now select a default contributed only by another connection because default validation uses the merged catalog. This is not established as an introduced security boundary bypass: an authorized reporter could already advertise that same ID and choose it as the global default, and reporting and opening profiles require the same preview-operation permission.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — WebSocket authentication precedes reporter acquisition. RPC authorization continues to check the authenticated session’s scopes, and profile reporting requires AuthPreviewOperateScope. The changed handler invokes only the callback supplied to that connection; authentication and authorization wiring are unchanged in the base-to-head comparison.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

inferred — The route ties connection execution to a race between the WebSocket HTTP effect and session invalidation, while the scoped reporter has a release finalizer. This supports cleanup on termination under normal scope semantics. Exact socket-completion timing and request-fiber shutdown remain unverified because the external executor implementation was not inspected.

Pre-merge checks: ^Passed 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title is concise, specific, and accurately describes the main server-side profile-reporting fix.
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Added 2 commits15d ago

fix(server): merge main and preserve reported recording frame rates27d54f9
test(server): supply profile reporters to websocket config tests4d08eb6

Mmaria15d ago

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

@Marve10s, thanks for the scoped reporter implementation. i kept your commit and the connection-scoped union design, merged current main without rewriting history, and pushed the updates to this branch.

i resolved the conflicts while preserving main's recording-frame-rate reporting and owner analytics. the existing regression now uses the current broker readiness path, and the two websocket config tests supply the new reporter argument. no rpc contracts or client code changed. the final diff is five server files, +106/-21.

verification at 4d08eb68ed345eec9f8068f26545a5c910821747:

the regression fails against current main with No browser profile is named "profile-work" after the second client's report.
blacksmith: both preview suites pass (41 tests). vp run check:changed passes format, lint, both knip checks, graphql, affected typechecks, and 49 tests across three existing files.
two independent source reviews approve this head with no remaining findings.
runtime with system chrome and two isolated web-client contexts: A reports Work + Shared, B reports Shared, B disconnects, A reports only Shared. each report receives a successful websocket response. the service regression separately verifies Work remains openable after B's report, the default falls back when B disconnects, and Work becomes unknown after A removes it.

unverified: the complete agent-tool path through a real provider, two packaged desktop clients, and macOS/Windows. no UI components changed; there are no appearance captures. dev processes and the task's blacksmith worker have been stopped.

Mmaria13d ago

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Verified in a real dev environment

verified as-is at 4d08eb68ed345eec9f8068f26545a5c910821747 on this linux boat vm. no source changes or pushes.

installed with vp i in separate main and pr checkouts. ran each real dev server in the background with isolated state. used the repo's playwright dependency and /usr/bin/google-chrome to add real repository projects, create threads, select codex gpt-6.1-sol, and send real provider turns through the local proxy.
two independent web-client contexts: a reports work + shared, default work; b reports shared, default shared. profile settings were persisted using the app's updateClientSettings function because the web ui disables desktop-only profile controls. the actual BrowserProfileReporter, websocket rpc, connection scope, codex provider, mcp tools, and server chrome browser ran without mocks.
before, github/main at 570d4b03ee: codex's preview_status listed only shared after b connected. preview_open(profileId="profile-work") failed with No browser profile is named "profile-work", although a remained connected.
after, the exact pr head: the same provider-tool flow retained both profiles and successfully opened work. the latest report's default was shared.
disconnect cleanup: closed b's context. preview_status switched the default to work, and preview_open without a profile selected work successfully.
removal and built-ins: a removed work and reported only shared. work disappeared and opening it returned the expected unknown-profile error. incognito still opened successfully. every created browser tab was closed.
inspected the persisted tool results, screenshots, and recording. uploaded playback and seeking worked in the t3 browser player.
blacksmith: vp test run apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.test.ts passed, 41 tests in 2 files. existing ci at this head reports 28 successful checks, 0 failing, 0 pending.

short runtime transcript, from the persisted provider tool results:

text

1	main: a[work,shared] + b[shared]
2	preview_status -> profiles[default,incognito,shared], default=shared
3	preview_open(work) -> unknown profile
4	pr: a[work,shared] + b[shared]
5	preview_status -> profiles[default,incognito,work,shared], default=shared
6	preview_open(work) -> available=true, tab.profileId=profile-work
7	pr: disconnect b
8	preview_status -> default=profile-work
9	preview_open(no profile) -> available=true, tab.profileId=profile-work
10	pr: a removes work
11	preview_status -> profiles[default,incognito,shared], default=shared
12	preview_open(work) -> unknown profile
13	preview_open(incognito) -> available=true, tab.profileId=incognito

full sanitized command/tool transcript

main: real codex turn fails to open work after the second client's report

pr: real codex turn opens work while both profile reporters are connected

recording: codex opens work through the live server browser and closes the tab

Not verified

packaged desktop clients and their native profile settings controls, native ios/android, macos/windows, relay/tunnel connections, and profile retention after the final reporting client disconnects. desktop-only controls cannot be clicked in this linux web client; the real client persistence/reporting path was exercised as described above. this verification covers the server fix and real codex browser-tool integration, not native desktop ui integration.

Added 1 commit11d ago

fix(server): merge main into browser profile catalog fix39b920e

Mmaria11d ago

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

merged github/main at 812c0a71c785 into the existing contributor head without rewriting history. pushed 39b920ea3c7e241543e56197a842089adb7800ea to Marve10s:fix/browser-profile-catalog-merge without force. the only conflict was the websocket setup call; it keeps main's updated arguments and the connection-scoped reporter. the diff against main remains five server files, +106/-22.

verification on this head:

blacksmith vp run check:changed passes format, lint, both knip checks, graphql generation check, affected typechecks, and 52 tests in four existing files.
two independent read-only reviews approve this exact head with no blocking findings.
live linux dev server and system chrome: two isolated web clients persist work/shared profile settings through updateClientSettings and connect/disconnect through the actual websocket path.
github reports mergeable. existing bot reviews have no actionable findings.

not repeated on this head: the full real-provider browser-tool flow demonstrated in the earlier verification comment, packaged desktop/mobile clients, macos/windows, or relay/tunnel paths. no UI components changed. the dev server and blacksmith worker have been stopped.

CcoderabbitaiBotreviewed11d ago

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apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts: 1

1308-1350: External image Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Cover final-client disconnect retention.
The test closes clientB while clientA remains active. It never closes the final reporting scope and checks that the last catalog remains usable. Add that assertion to cover the retention behavior.

Suggested fix

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1 - const reportFromA = yield* browser.profileReporter;
2 + const clientA = yield* Scope.make();
3 + const reportFromA = yield* browser.profileReporter.pipe(
4 + Effect.provideService(Scope.Scope, clientA),
5 + );
6 ...
7 const removed = yield* openWork().pipe(Effect.flip);
8 expect(removed).toMatchObject({
9 ...
10 });
11 + yield* Scope.close(clientA, Exit.void);
12 + expect(yield* broker.invoke<PreviewAutomationStatus>({
13 + scope,
14 + operation: "open",
15 + input: { reuseExistingTab: false, show: false, profileId: shared.id },
16 + })).toMatchObject({ defaultProfileId: shared.id });

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6 Review comment at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts around lines
7 1308 - 1350:
8 Update the profile retention test to give reportFromA an explicit client scope,
9 then close clientA after the existing removal assertion and verify the remaining
10 catalog is still usable through broker.invoke. Keep the check focused on the
11 last reported profile and its defaultProfileId after the final reporting scope
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Mmaria11d ago

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

reviewed the final-client-disconnect test suggestion. it is optional coverage, with no identified behavior bug: rebuildReportedProfiles returns before replacing reportedProfiles when the last reporter leaves (ServerBrowser.ts:1333). leaving this nit unchanged to keep the takeover focused.

all 29 checks pass on 39b920ea3c7e241543e56197a842089adb7800ea; github reports mergeable, and there are no unresolved review threads. both independent reviews approve this head. ready for maria's review and merge.