fix(shared): login-shell environment probe ignores DEBUG trap output#32646

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Problem

T3 Code reads environment variables such as PATH and XDG_DATA_HOME by running the login shell with -ilc and printing each value between __T3CODE_ENV_<NAME>_START__ / _END__ markers. A common .bashrc snippet that shows the running command in the terminal title, trap 'echo -ne "\033]0;${BASH_COMMAND}\007"' DEBUG, echoes every probe command to stdout before it runs, markers included. The parser then reads the trap's output as the value. In the report, XDG_DATA_HOME came back as '\a__T3CODE_ENV_XDG_DATA_HOME_START__\n\e]0;printenv XDG_DATA_HOME\a…, and "Update all" ran claude update with it, which rewrote ~/.local/bin/claude into a broken symlink. PATH is corrupted the same way.

Reproduced on main with bash 5.2: a profile containing that trap, XDG_DATA_HOME unset, then readEnvironmentFromLoginShell("/bin/bash", ["XDG_DATA_HOME", "PATH"]). The returned XDG_DATA_HOME is exactly the corrupt prefix of the reporter's symlink target (the target is that value plus /claude/versions/<version>).

Change

buildEnvironmentCaptureCommand now starts the probe with (trap - DEBUG) 2>/dev/null && trap - DEBUG; when the shell's basename is bash, zsh, sh, ksh or ksh93, so a DEBUG trap is cleared before any marker is printed. The reset is tried in a subshell first because OpenBSD ksh (loksh, oksh; also OpenBSD's /bin/sh) exits on trap - DEBUG even with || true; there the subshell fails and the probe runs as before. Other shells (dash, mksh, fish, csh, tcsh, Nushell) get exactly the command they get on main: fish and csh cannot parse the guarded form. The server (os-jank.ts) and the desktop shell-environment discovery both build their probe with this function, so both are fixed.

Scope and approval

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#32637

Verification

Regression test readEnvironmentFromLoginShell > ignores probe markers a bash DEBUG trap echoes into the terminal title in packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts runs the generated probe in a real /bin/bash -c whose BASH_ENV installs the title trap. It fails on main (log) and passes on this branch.
vp test run on packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.test.ts, apps/server/src/os-jank.test.ts at 6f9adc64ff: 97 passed, 2 skipped (Nushell not installed; one Windows-only test) (log). vp run check:changed at the same head: format, lint, knip 1/2, typecheck and tests pass; knip 2/2 was killed by its 900 s timeout on a loaded machine and passed in 22 s on the previous head (log, previous).
Runtime transcripts at d313b2aff3 (main) and 6f9adc64ff (this branch), each imported from its own clean checkout, production -ilc invocation, synthetic HOME and profiles per row (index, matrix, matrix additions):

Row	Shell and profile	main	this branch
F01	bash 5.2, title-echo DEBUG trap (report pair, server and desktop name lists)	corrupt values, unset names returned	clean; unset omitted
F02	bash, no trap, `set -e`, empty/unset/multiline values	clean	identical
F03	bash invoked as `sh`, DEBUG trap (also F22)	corrupt	clean
F04	zsh 5.9, `trap … DEBUG`	corrupt	clean
F05	zsh 5.9, `TRAPDEBUG()`	corrupt	clean
F06 / F24	ksh93u+m 1.0.4 as `ksh93`, `printf` / `print -n` title DEBUG trap	corrupt	clean
F06 as `ksh`	ksh93u+m 1.0.4 run as `/bin/ksh`, F06 fixture (audit rebuild, `runtime/*.json`; report)	corrupt	clean
F19 / F20	loksh 7.5 as `ksh`, without / with `set -e`	clean	identical, exit 0
F23	loksh 7.5 as `sh`, without / with `set -e`	clean	identical, exit 0
F21	BusyBox ash 1.36 as `sh`, without / with `set -e`	clean	identical, exit 0
F07 / F08	dash 0.5.12, without / with `set -e`	clean	identical (same command as main)
F09 / F10	mksh R59c, without / with `set -e`	clean	identical (same command as main)
F11	fish 3.6.0	clean	identical (same command as main)
F12	BSD csh	clean	identical (same command as main)
F13	tcsh 6.24 (rejects `-ilc`)	exit 1, reader throws	unchanged

Environment: Ubuntu 24.04.4, kernel 6.8.0, Node v26.13.0; zsh, ksh93, mksh, fish, csh and tcsh in Debian 12, loksh and BusyBox in Alpine 3.20 (image digests in the index). What else changed: in the trap rows, raw stdout still carries title escapes before the first marker (the trap fires for the reset commands themselves: one to two titles per shell), outside the parsed values. No row changes exit status or stderr. Nushell and Windows commands are unchanged (source-equivalent). Not checked: macOS /bin/bash 3.2, a live claude update run. A symlink that was already corrupted is not repaired by this change.

Scripts (scratch, not committed): seed-fixtures.mjs, extend-fixtures.mjs, capture-driver.mjs, backend.mjs, reproduce.sh, Dockerfile.debian, Dockerfile.alpine, raw records.

Verification log

Review round 1: one review found no issues; the other found that trap - DEBUG is fatal in OpenBSD ksh (probe returned nothing where main returned PATH). Fixed by the subshell guard and the shell allowlist.
Review round 2: the first narrowing left ksh93 unfixed and OpenBSD ksh installed as sh still broken; replaced by the subshell-guarded form covering ksh/ksh93.
Review round 3: no code findings from either review; both asked for this description and the transcripts to be refreshed for the current head, done above.
Proof audit pass 1: every runtime row matched and was rebuilt independently; asked for test and check logs and a wording fix, added above.
Proof audit pass 2: all 46 delivered runtime records reproduced exactly; corrected the ksh93 basename label, added its ksh-named rebuild, and narrowed the symlink-target wording.
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test(shared): reproduce #32637 login-shell probe reads DEBUG-trap title noisec0fc3d3
fix(shared): login-shell environment probe ignores DEBUG trap outputcc9837c

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The login-shell environment probe clears noisy DEBUG traps while guarding shells that do not support them. The change is confined to temporary probe processes and addresses the supplied shell-compatibility concerns.

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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	✅

Baseline: 871b009 · PR result: 8457e47 · 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

The environment capture command now removes DEBUG traps for bash, zsh, sh, ksh, and ksh93 before capturing values. A conditional Bash test checks that terminal-title output from a DEBUG trap does not appear in the captured environment.

Changes: Shell environment capture

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Capture command and regression test `packages/shared/src/shell.ts`, `packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts`	The command builder prefixes capture commands with DEBUG-trap cleanup for bash, zsh, sh, ksh, and ksh93. Other shells use the capture command without this prefix. The Bash test checks that terminal-title output does not appear in the captured environment.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Linked Issues check	Warning	Directly linked issue [`#32637`] has four coding expectations. The whole-PR diff at head changes packages/shared/src/shell.ts and packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts. (1) Environment discovery returns a …	Choose one option. (a) Implement expectations 3 and 4 with automated tests, and keep the Fixes reference. Cite the code path and test that show a failed Claude update keeps the executable and reports an actionable error. (b) Change the refe…

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Title check	Passed	The title clearly identifies the shared login-shell environment probe fix and the DEBUG trap output it addresses.
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files. packages/shared/src/shell.ts adds DEBUG_TRAP_SHELLS and a conditional prefix to the capture command. packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts adds …
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The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files. packages/shared/src/shell.ts adds DEBUG_TRAP_SHELLS and a conditional prefix to the capture command. packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts adds one Bash-specific regression test. Both changes address the DEBUG-trap contamination of the environment probe that [#32637] reports. Nushell and Windows commands are unchanged. No unrelated code or refactoring appears in the diff.

The PR description does not match the code. It cites an earlier suffix form, dash and mksh handling, and a non-Nushell rule that the allowlist no longer implements. These are description errors. They do not indicate unrelated code changes.

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The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and focused verification. It links issue #32637 and reports test results, runtime checks, and known limitations. It does not include an explicit maintainer approval comment, but the description is otherwise substantially complete.

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Directly linked issue [#32637] has four coding expectations. The whole-PR diff at head changes packages/shared/src/shell.ts and packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts.

(1) Environment discovery returns a clean path [#32637]: met for the shells in the allowlist. At head, DEBUG_TRAP_SHELLS contains bash, zsh, sh, ksh, and ksh93. For these shells, buildEnvironmentCaptureCommand prefixes the probe with a subshell test and then a current-shell reset, so OpenBSD ksh does not exit on the reset. Other shells receive the unchanged capture command. The regression test runs the current builder under /bin/bash with a DEBUG title trap and expects only the captured PATH. Zsh, ksh, and ksh93 are covered by code reading only. The PR description transcripts were produced for an earlier command form that used a || true suffix, so they do not establish runtime behavior at head.

(2) Update does not corrupt the executable symlink [#32637]: indirectly addressed. Clean input removes the contamination that the PR identifies as the cause. No code or test in this repository exercises the Claude update path, and the updater runs outside this repository.

(3) If the update fails, the existing executable remains functional [#32637]: not addressed. The diff does not change update or failure handling. The PR comments state that executable preservation in other installer-failure cases is unverified.

(4) T3 Code reports an actionable error on failure [#32637]: not addressed by the diff. The PR cites the existing message 'Update command completed, but T3 Code could not verify the provider version.' No code or test in the PR shows that this message is actionable.

The PR description still states Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#32637. That wording claims closure of expectations 3 and 4, which remain unmet at head.

Resolution

Choose one option. (a) Implement expectations 3 and 4 with automated tests, and keep the Fixes reference. Cite the code path and test that show a failed Claude update keeps the executable and reports an actionable error. (b) Change the reference to Refs pingdotgg/t3code#32637. State in the PR description that expectations 3 and 4 remain open, and track them in a separate issue or PR. Also update the PR description to match head. Replace the stated trap command with the current subshell form. Remove the claim that the prefix applies to every non-Nushell shell, and remove the dash and mksh suffix claims. List the allowlist (bash, zsh, sh, ksh, ksh93). Regenerate the runtime transcripts for head, or label them as produced by an earlier command form.

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Guard the unsupported DEBUG trap.
If an mksh startup file enables set -e, the unsupported DEBUG trap can stop the probe before capture. The fallback shell may not provide mksh-specific PATH or other environment values.

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1 - return isNushell ? capture : `trap - DEBUG 2>/dev/null; ${capture}`;
2 + return isNushell ? capture : `trap - DEBUG 2>/dev/null || true; ${capture}`;

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fix(shared): environment probe survives set -e when trap - DEBUG is unsupported9838027

JJulius Marminge8d ago

@coderabbitai Both items from the review at 1e836dc:

Guard the unsupported DEBUG trap: confirmed and fixed in 9838027d75. With set -e in a dash profile, dash -ilc stopped at the failed trap - DEBUG and printed no markers. It is now trap - DEBUG 2>/dev/null || true;, the same guard the probe already uses on printenv. dash with set -e and fish both capture values.
Linked issue, expectations 3 and 4: keeping Fixes. The broken symlink was written by Claude's own updater, which built its install path from the corrupt XDG_DATA_HOME T3 Code passed it. With a clean environment the updater gets a real path, so the failure the issue describes no longer occurs. T3 Code already reports a failed update ("could not verify the provider version"). How Claude's installer handles its own failures is outside this repository.

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JJulius Marminge8d ago

@coderabbitai On the Linked Issues check: Fixes stays.

Expectation 4 (a failed update is reported): already true on main. When the updated CLI can't be verified, apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.ts (around line 600) records the update as unchanged with "Update command completed, but T3 Code could not verify the provider version." The reporter saw that exact message.
Expectation 3 (the old executable keeps working): claude update replaces ~/.local/bin/claude itself. T3 Code runs that command; it does not touch the symlink. The symlink broke only because the updater was given a corrupt XDG_DATA_HOME. This PR removes that cause, which is the defect in this repository.

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5	printf '%s\n' '=== Maintenance update and verification references ==='
6	rg -n -C 5 'could not verify the provider version\|unchanged\|resolveMaintenance\|update command\|Update command\|claude update' apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.ts
7	printf '%s\n' '=== Shared shell outline ==='
8	ast-grep outline packages/shared/src/shell.ts --items all
9	printf '%s\n' '=== Shared shell capture references ==='
10	rg -n -C 5 'buildEnvironmentCaptureCommand\|trap - DEBUG\|readEnvironmentFromLoginShell' packages/shared/src/shell.ts packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts
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@juliusmarminge Thanks for the clarification. I withdraw my recommendation to change Fixes to Refs.

I confirmed that providerMaintenanceRunner.ts records a nonzero exit or timeout as failed. When the command completes but version verification fails, it records unchanged with the message you cited.

The environment fix addresses the reported cause. It does not establish that Claude preserves the executable for every installer failure. A failed update in a disposable environment would provide a separate check of that behavior.

The saved Linked Issues check may still show its earlier warning. I have not rerun it.

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@juliusmarminge Thanks for the clarification and the guard fix. The guard addresses the reported dash failure with set -e.

I withdraw the recommendation to change Fixes to Refs. The existing maintenance runner reports failed commands and records an unverified version as unchanged. Executable preservation on other Claude installer failures remains unverified.

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Reviewed exact PR HEAD 9838027d7525b67ce2e49602011871821d840615, limited to packages/shared/src/shell.ts and packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts.

The generated POSIX capture command now disables a user DEBUG trap in the short-lived probe shell before emitting any sentinel markers. That is the right boundary: it prevents a Bash preexec/DEBUG hook that writes terminal-title escape sequences from contaminating the stdout consumed by the marker parser, while leaving the user's interactive shell and startup files unchanged. The existing Nushell-specific capture remains separate, and the 2>/dev/null || true guard keeps shells without this trap syntax (including shells using set -e) from aborting the probe.

The new regression installs the reported BASH_COMMAND terminal-title DEBUG trap through an isolated temporary BASH_ENV, runs the generated capture command in a child Bash process, and asserts that PATH is captured cleanly while unset XDG_DATA_HOME is omitted. The fixture cleans its temporary directory and does not read or mutate the user's dotfiles. This is an appropriate subprocess-level regression under the repository testing guidance. I also read the reported #32637 reproduction and the author's clarification that the malformed XDG_DATA_HOME value was the cause of the broken Claude symlink; the existing maintenance runner already reports an unverified update rather than claiming success.

Normal PR workflow #42414423823 completed SUCCESS at this exact head. The selected Test log reports shell.test.ts 61 tests / 2 skipped; shared package 99 files / 1,483 passed + 3 skipped. All eight server shards, Test Web, Lint, Build/Typecheck, Release Smoke and aggregate Check succeeded. Rust and Mobile Native Static Analysis were skipped. Root AGENTS.md and docs/internals/testing.md were read at this head; no nested shared-package AGENTS files apply.

No P1/P2 source finding remains in the bounded change. This approval is source-review evidence only: PR base 25bf84a is four commits behind current main a9e709f, although the 13-path main-only delta is disjoint from the two changed files; no current-main-composed CI is claimed. Real Linux/macOS interactive login-shell, provider-update and installer acceptance remain NOT RUN. Those unperformed host checks are not a blanket source-merge veto and this review does not grant merge or landing custody.

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fix(shared): reset the DEBUG trap only in shells that accept it18869a9
Merge branch 'fix/issue-32637' of https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code into pr-32646e74d285

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fix(shared): clear the DEBUG trap in ksh too, guarded by a subshell6f9adc6

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8	- Line 211: Update the shell detection and capture flow around DEBUG_TRAP_SHELLS
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12	- Line 211: Update the DEBUG trap reset logic associated with DEBUG_TRAP_SHELLS
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-326378457e47

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Both sides: Linux x86_64, Bash login shell, Electron under headless-desktop/Xvfb, light theme, 1440×900. Identical disposable native-Claude 2.1.321 seed; fresh isolated databases; no authentication. Environment labels and scratch home paths were redacted.

Steps: source .bashrc from the login profile, enable the reported DEBUG trap, leave XDG_DATA_HOME unset, reopen the built app, open Settings → Providers, confirm Claude 2.1.321, select Claude, click Update all, and wait for completion. Inspect the actual updater environment and executable symlink. Repeat unchanged on head.

Before	After
871b00907d	8457e47106
Update recording	Update recording
Before: Claude becomes Not found	After: Claude remains detected at v2.1.322
Version-verification error, then Claude Not found. The updater received contaminated PATH and XDG_DATA_HOME; its broken symlink contained probe markers and terminal escapes. Runtime observations.	Update succeeded. The updater received clean PATH with XDG_DATA_HOME absent. The valid native symlink runs Claude 2.1.322. Runtime observations.

Driver and seed scripts. Recordings and stills were visually inspected; stills passed the identical-screenshot check 500 ms apart. Both worktrees, app processes, disposable account and scratch files were removed after upload.

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Other supported shells and macOS were not exercised; this proof covers the reported Linux/Bash native-updater failure.

fix(shared): login-shell environment probe ignores DEBUG trap output#32646

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