feat(server): link to another environment#16655

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Part of cross-environment orchestration. An environment (A) can now link to another (B) and call B's T3 MCP tools as B's outside agent. It works headless and over Tailscale, LAN, Connect or loopback.

Linking

t3 environment link <url> --pairing-code … --access … (or the peerLinks.link RPC) drives B's existing MCP OAuth flow server-side: register a loopback client that is never visited, approve with the pairing code, exchange with PKCE. B needs no new endpoint.
B lists the session as T3 Code · <A's label> in Settings → Connections, where it can be revoked.
A refuses to link to itself, and refuses a peer that can't honour T3-Mode-Limit (the new mcpModeLimitHeader capability) or, from #16695, keep a link's work within it.

Storage

The token goes in A's server secret store under a random name the row records. The rest goes in peer_environment_links (migration 068).
Links last as long as B's mcp-client session: 30 days, with no renewal yet.

Calling

PeerMcpClient keeps one MCP session per peer address and re-initialises on a 404, for example after B restarts.
It sends the calling agent's limits in T3-Mode-Limit on every request (#16653).
It decodes results with the local tool's schema, and keeps B's refusal code so the agent sees why B refused.
The token only goes to an address that proves it is the linked peer: its /.well-known/t3/environment must report the linked environment id. A reused LAN address or a moved hostname never receives it.

Managing

t3 environment list [--json], t3 environment unlink <id>, and the peerLinks.list/link/unlink RPCs. List needs access:read; link and unlink need access:write.
Unlinking forgets the token on A. Revoking happens on B.

Agents start using links in the next PR.

Verification

peer/PeerLinks.test.ts runs A's real PeerLinks and PeerMcpClient, each with its own database and secret store, against B's real descriptor, MCP OAuth and /mcp routes on a real socket. B uses the real mcp-client authenticator. The four tests:
- A wrong pairing code creates no session. A good one links, B lists T3 Code · Laptop, and the link shows as reachable. A call carrying approval-required/plan arrives narrowed, and a call carrying full-access is capped at the link's auto. B's refusal code reaches the caller.
- Once B's address answers as another environment, the call fails, B receives no bearer, and the link lists as unreachable.
- Revoking on B → capability_denied with "link it again". Moving the clock 31 days → the link lists as expired, and no bearer is sent.
- Linking itself, or a peer without the capability, is refused without spending the pairing code.
Mutation-checked: each of these fails exactly its own test when removed:
- the environment-id check before sending a token;
- the self check;
- the capability check;
- the expiry check;
- the T3-Mode-Limit header;
- keeping B's refusal code.
Also ran: McpHttpServer, project/handlers, RpcAuthorization, initializeV2Database, cli/app, ws, contracts rpc and environment. All passed. Server and contracts typecheck clean.
CLI smoke test in a scratch base dir: environment list (text and --json), link to a dead address ("Nothing at … answered as a T3 Code environment"), and unlink of an unknown id.

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Token and row stay paired. Each link's token goes under a random name recorded in the row (secret_name, migration 068), written before the row points at it. Relinking removes the old token. Two links racing to one peer can no longer leave a read-only row holding a full-access token; a test forces that interleaving and fails with a shared name.
Errors say what happened. Only the peer's own OAuth refusals become pairing_rejected. A dropped connection is unreachable, and an answer this version can't read, including a malformed redirect, is incompatible instead of a crash. Storage failures show a fixed message and log the cause.
No credentials in clear. Plain http:// is refused unless the address is this machine or a Tailscale address, for the primary and alternate addresses.
Slower routes. The descriptor probe waits 10 s for non-loopback addresses (3 s on loopback), for a relayed or waking peer.
PeerLinks.get reads one stored link without probing every peer, for callers that only need its label (#16719's follower and delegation).

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JJulius Marminge15d ago

End-to-end run, two real servers

Two t3 serve processes from the top of this stack, each with its own data directory, on one machine. A laptop (port 3971) and a box (port 3972). Their projects are clones of one bare origin, so they share a repository. An outside agent (OAuth with a pairing code) drives the laptop's /mcp, and real Claude Sonnet 5.5 turns run on both sides. The last part repeats the run over Tailscale HTTPS (a *.ts.net HTTPS address).

t3 auth pairing create on the box, then t3 environment link http://127.0.0.1:3972 --pairing-code … --access auto on the laptop. The result was "Linked cups … with auto access, until 2026-11-06". t3 environment list showed it reachable, and the box logged "Approved an MCP client sign-in. { client: 'T3 Code · cups', access: 'auto', method: 'pairing-code' }".
Revocation: t3 auth session revoke <id> on the box. The laptop's next call failed with "The linked environment no longer accepts this link. It may have been revoked there; link it again.", and environment list showed that as last error.
Relinking with a new pairing code worked straight away.
Over Tailscale: I unlinked, then linked again to a *.ts.net HTTPS address, and it was reachable over HTTPS.

CI failed on the migration-list tests (055_OrchestrationV2, reconcileV2PreviewMigration), which hard-code the released migrations. Both now include 59_PeerLinks.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 189Outdated · bc58ad5Open thread

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	186	+	decision: { _tag: "pairing-code", access: input.access, code: input.pairingCode },
	187	+	},
	188	+	})
	189	+	.pipe(Effect.mapError((error) => rejected(error.message)));

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🟡 Medium peer/PeerLinks.ts:189

When an OAuth request loses connectivity or returns an incompatible response, link reports pairing_rejected instead of unreachable or incompatible. The register, decision, and token error mappings convert every failure to PeerLinkError before the outer catch can classify HttpClientError and SchemaError; preserve those errors for that classifier and map only endpoint rejections to pairing_rejected.

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3	When an OAuth request loses connectivity or returns an incompatible response, `link` reports `pairing_rejected` instead of `unreachable` or `incompatible`. The `register`, `decision`, and `token` error mappings convert every failure to `PeerLinkError` before the outer catch can classify `HttpClientError` and `SchemaError`; preserve those errors for that classifier and map only endpoint rejections to `pairing_rejected`.

JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. Only the peer's own OAuth refusals (AuthMcpRegistrationError, AuthMcpApprovalError, AuthMcpTokenError) become pairing_rejected. Transport errors fall through to unreachable and schema errors to incompatible.

apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tslines 190–190Outdated · bc58ad5Open thread

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	187	+	},
	188	+	})
	189	+	.pipe(Effect.mapError((error) => rejected(error.message)));
	190	+	const redirect = new URL(decided.redirectTo);

MmacroscopeappBoton lines 190–19015d ago

🟠 High peer/PeerLinks.ts:190

A relative or malformed decided.redirectTo makes new URL throw a defect, so link fails without returning the promised PeerLinkError. The surrounding Effect.catch does not handle defects; parse the redirect in the typed error channel and map invalid URLs to a PeerLinkError.

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1	- const redirect = new URL(decided.redirectTo);
2	+ const redirect = yield* Effect.try({
3	+ try: () => new URL(decided.redirectTo),
4	+ catch: () => rejected("The peer returned an invalid sign-in redirect."),
5	+ });

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3	A relative or malformed `decided.redirectTo` makes `new URL` throw a defect, so `link` fails without returning the promised `PeerLinkError`. The surrounding `Effect.catch` does not handle defects; parse the redirect in the typed error channel and map invalid URLs to a `PeerLinkError`.

JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. The redirect is parsed with URL.parse; one that doesn't parse is an incompatible PeerLinkError, not a defect.

apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 270Outdated · bc58ad5Open thread

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	267	+	lastReachedAt: now,
	268	+	lastError: null,
	269	+	};
	270	+	yield* secrets

MmacroscopeappBoton line 27015d ago

🟠 High peer/PeerLinks.ts:270

Concurrent link calls for the same environment can leave the database row describing one access level while resolve returns the other link's token, so a read-only link can authorize full-access calls. The credential write at secrets.set and the SQL upsert are separate, unsynchronized operations; serialize link and unlink mutations per environment across the server and CLI processes so the stored metadata and credential stay paired.

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JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. Each link's token now goes under a random name that the row records, written before the row points at it, and relinking removes the old one. A row can only name its own token, across the server and CLI processes. A test forces two links to interleave and fails with a shared name.

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Adds peer-link contracts and persistence, service flows for OAuth pairing and MCP tool calls, and CLI and WebSocket operations to list, link, and unlink remote T3 environments. The server advertises relevant capabilities and applies RPC authorization and instrumentation to the new methods.

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Peer environment links

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Link contracts and persistence `packages/contracts/src/peerLink.ts`, `packages/contracts/src/environment.ts`, `packages/contracts/src/index.ts`, `apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/060_PeerLinks.ts`, `apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts`, `apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/055_OrchestrationV2.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts`	Defines peer-link data, status, inputs, and errors, and adds environment capability flags. Migration 60 creates the peer-link table; migration registration and upgrade expectations include it.
Peer-link lifecycle `apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts`	Adds pairing with compatible remote environments, credential and link storage, status checks, link resolution, unlinking, and call-outcome recording.
Calls to linked environments `apps/server/src/peer/PeerMcpClient.ts`, `apps/server/src/server.ts`, `apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.test.ts`	Adds MCP session setup and tool calls that forward mode limits, decode peer responses, and record outcomes. Server wiring provides the client. Integration tests cover pairing, calls, identity changes, revocation, and expiry.
Management interfaces and registration `packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts`, `apps/server/src/auth/RpcAuthorization.ts`, `apps/server/src/ws.ts`, `apps/server/src/cli/environment.ts`, `apps/server/src/binCli.ts`, `apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts`, `apps/server/src/observability/RpcInstrumentation.ts`	Adds list, link, and unlink WebSocket RPCs and CLI subcommands. Registers authorization scopes, server capabilities, and RPC instrumentation for peer links.

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1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant PeerMcpClient
3	participant PeerLinks
4	participant RemoteMCP as Remote MCP endpoint
5	PeerMcpClient->>PeerLinks: Resolve environment link
6	PeerLinks-->>PeerMcpClient: Return verified URL and token
7	PeerMcpClient->>RemoteMCP: Initialize session with mode limits
8	RemoteMCP-->>PeerMcpClient: Return session ID
9	PeerMcpClient->>RemoteMCP: Call tool with mode limits
10	RemoteMCP-->>PeerMcpClient: Return tool result
11	PeerMcpClient->>PeerLinks: Record call outcome

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Linking now restricts plain HTTP and returns a fixed storage error message. A failed link attempt or a race between two links can still leave an unused access token in the server secret store. This is bounded and does not block merging, but cleaning it up is worthwhile.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tslines 232–236Outdated · bc58ad5Open thread

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	233	+	[input.url, ...(input.alternateUrls ?? [])],
	234	+	peerOrigin,
	235	+	);
	236	+	const primary = origins[0]!;

CcoderabbitaiBoton lines 232–23615d ago

🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject plain http: peer addresses that are not loopback.

peerOrigin accepts any http: URL. link sends the pairing code and receives the access token over that origin. PeerMcpClient then sends Bearer ${token} to it on every call. For a LAN address over plain HTTP, any observer on the network can read the pairing code and the long-lived token. The descriptor check does not stop this, because a passive observer does not need to answer as the peer. Allow http: only for loopback hosts. Tailscale addresses can be an explicit exception if the project wants that. Require https: for all other hosts.

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts around lines 232 - 236:
7	Update peerOrigin to accept plain HTTP only for loopback hosts and require HTTPS
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JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. Plain http:// is refused unless the host is loopback or a Tailscale address (100.64/10, fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48, *.ts.net), for primary and alternate URLs. Tested.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tslines 81–85Outdated · bc58ad5Open thread

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	82	+	new PeerLinkError({
	83	+	reason: "storage",
	84	+	message: `Peer links could not be read or saved: ${String(cause)}`,
	85	+	});

CcoderabbitaiBoton lines 81–8515d ago

📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not build the error message from cause.

storageError puts String(cause) into message. This message reaches RPC clients and the CLI. The guideline says the message "is fixed or built from those attributes, never from cause". Keep cause as a field and use a fixed message.

As per coding guidelines: "The message is fixed or built from those attributes, never from cause, cause.message, or a stringified defect."

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JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. Storage failures now carry a fixed message; the cause is logged on the server.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 418Outdated · a26edefOpen thread

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	415	+	const url = yield* Effect.findFirst(link.urls, (candidate) =>
	416	+	describe(candidate).pipe(
	417	+	Effect.map(
	418	+	(found) => Option.isSome(found) && found.value.environmentId === environmentId,

MmacroscopeappBoton line 41815d ago

🔴 Critical peer/PeerLinks.ts:418

resolve releases the linked peer's bearer token to any endpoint that returns the same public environmentId, so an attacker controlling a saved address can copy that descriptor and obtain a credential replayable against the real peer with the link's permissions. The descriptor is unsigned, so this equality check does not authenticate the peer; verify an authenticated peer identity before returning the token.

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3	`resolve` releases the linked peer's bearer token to any endpoint that returns the same public `environmentId`, so an attacker controlling a saved address can copy that descriptor and obtain a credential replayable against the real peer with the link's permissions. The descriptor is unsigned, so this equality check does not authenticate the peer; verify an authenticated peer identity before returning the token.

JJulius Marminge14d ago

Not changing here. The descriptor check is not what authenticates the peer; the transport is. Since this PR's review fixes, a link's addresses can only be https, loopback or a Tailscale address, all chosen when the link is made, and the token is only ever sent to those. Receiving it means presenting a valid certificate for that hostname, being that node on the tailnet, or being on this machine, which is the same bar as receiving any client's bearer for that environment. The descriptor match then stops a moved or reused address that does pass the transport from getting the token. Pinning the peer's identity (a key in the descriptor, signed by the server) would add defense in depth; that is a protocol change across both servers, so it is left for a follow-up and flagged for the maintainer.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts (2)
198-198: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Use Effect.catchTags for the known endpoint error tags.
The code catches AuthMcpRegistrationError, AuthMcpApprovalError, and AuthMcpTokenError with Effect.catchIf(Schema.is(...)). The guideline reserves catchIf for structural checks. Use Effect.catchTags({ AuthMcpRegistrationError: ... }) and the same form for the other two calls.
As per coding guidelines: "Catch known tags with Effect.catchTags({ ... }), even for one tag, not catchTag or catchIf with a schema predicate."
Also applies to: 226-226, 256-256

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6 Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts at line 198:
7 Replace the `Effect.catchIf(Schema.is(...))` handlers in the `PeerLinks` flow
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9 `AuthMcpApprovalError`, and `AuthMcpTokenError` tags. Preserve each handler’s
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345-349: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff
Serialize concurrent relinks before cleaning old secrets.
Two concurrent link calls can leave one unused secret in ServerSecretStore. A post-upsert reread alone does not prevent this: call A can reread its own row before call B overwrites it, so neither call removes A's secret.
resolve reads only the secret named by the current row, so the orphan is not an application-reachable authorization bypass. It is stale bearer-secret retention. unlink removes only the current row's secret, and expiration does not remove secrets.
If unused orphan credentials are intentional, document that policy and leave this code unchanged. Otherwise, serialize the read, upsert, and cleanup for each environment with a lock or transaction that prevents another link from reading the row until cleanup completes.

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6 Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts around lines 345 - 349:
7 Serialize concurrent relinks in the link flow so the read, upsert, and cleanup
8 for a given environment complete atomically relative to other link calls. Use a
9 per-environment lock or transaction around the existing previous-secret check
10 and secrets.remove cleanup, preventing another call from reading the row before
11 cleanup finishes.

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7	Review comments at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts:
8	- Line 198: Replace the `Effect.catchIf(Schema.is(...))` handlers in the
9	`PeerLinks` flow with `Effect.catchTags` handlers for the known
10	`AuthMcpRegistrationError`, `AuthMcpApprovalError`, and `AuthMcpTokenError`
11	tags. Preserve each handler’s existing behavior.
12	- Around line 345-349: Serialize concurrent relinks in the link flow so the
13	read, upsert, and cleanup for a given environment complete atomically relative
14	to other link calls. Use a per-environment lock or transaction around the
15	existing previous-secret check and secrets.remove cleanup, preventing another
16	call from reading the row before cleanup finishes.
17
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8	- Around line 324-353: In the link flow, failures from encodeUrls, readRow, or
9	the peer_environment_links upsert after storing secretName leave an unreferenced
10	secret behind. Handle failures in these post-write steps by removing secretName
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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tslines 324–353Outdated · 6a0375bOpen thread

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	350	+	// behind; it is unused either way.
	351	+	if (Option.isSome(previous) && previous.value.secret_name !== secretName) {
	352	+	yield* secrets.remove(previous.value.secret_name).pipe(Effect.ignore);
	353	+	}

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clean up the new secret if the row write fails.

link writes the token under secretName before the upsert. If readRow, encodeUrls, or the INSERT fails, nothing references the token. It then stays in the secret store indefinitely. The peer has already issued a live session for it. Remove secretName when a later step fails.

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1	- const urlsJson = yield* encodeUrls(origins).pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
2	- const previous = yield* readRow(peer.environmentId);
3	- yield* sql`
4	+ const persist = Effect.gen(function* () {
5	+ const urlsJson = yield* encodeUrls(origins).pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
6	+ const previous = yield* readRow(peer.environmentId);
7	+ yield* sql`
8	...
9	- `.pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
10	+ `.pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
11	+ return previous;
12	+ }).pipe(
13	+ Effect.tapError(() => secrets.remove(secretName).pipe(Effect.ignore)),
14	+ );
15	+ const previous = yield* persist;

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1	const secretName = yield* newSecretName;
2	yield* secrets
3	.set(secretName, new TextEncoder().encode(issued.access_token))
4	.pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
5	const persist = Effect.gen(function* () {
6	const urlsJson = yield* encodeUrls(origins).pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
7	const previous = yield* readRow(peer.environmentId);
8	yield* sql`
9	INSERT INTO peer_environment_links (
10	environment_id, secret_name, label, urls_json, access, linked_at, expires_at,
11	last_reached_at, last_error
12	) VALUES (
13	${linked.environmentId}, ${secretName}, ${linked.label}, ${urlsJson}, ${linked.access},
14	${DateTime.formatIso(linked.linkedAt)}, ${DateTime.formatIso(linked.expiresAt)},
15	${DateTime.formatIso(now)}, NULL
16	)
17	ON CONFLICT (environment_id) DO UPDATE SET
18	secret_name = excluded.secret_name,
19	label = excluded.label,
20	urls_json = excluded.urls_json,
21	access = excluded.access,
22	linked_at = excluded.linked_at,
23	expires_at = excluded.expires_at,
24	last_reached_at = excluded.last_reached_at,
25	last_error = NULL
26	`.pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));
27	return previous;
28	}).pipe(
29	Effect.tapError(() => secrets.remove(secretName).pipe(Effect.ignore)),
30	);
31	const previous = yield* persist;
32	// Linking again replaces the old token. A racing link may leave its own
33	// behind; it is unused either way.
34	if (Option.isSome(previous) && previous.value.secret_name !== secretName) {
35	yield* secrets.remove(previous.value.secret_name).pipe(Effect.ignore);
36	}

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts around lines 324 - 353:
7	In the link flow, failures from encodeUrls, readRow, or the
8	peer_environment_links upsert after storing secretName leave an unreferenced
9	secret behind. Handle failures in these post-write steps by removing secretName
10	from secrets before propagating the original failure; keep successful
11	persistence and previous-secret cleanup unchanged.
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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 152Outdated · 6a0375bOpen thread

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	149	+	);
	150	+
	151	+	const clientFor = (origin: string) =>
	152	+	HttpApiClient.make(EnvironmentHttpApi, { baseUrl: origin }).pipe(

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🔴 Critical peer/PeerLinks.ts:152

OAuth requests can send the pairing code, authorization code, and PKCE verifier to an untrusted HTTP host. peerOrigin validates only the initial origin, while clientFor uses a redirect-following HTTP client, so a 307 from an HTTPS peer can resend the request body in cleartext; disable redirects for these requests or validate each redirect destination before following it.

No longer relevant as of 689401d1c75129edabfe1464402aac39f3351751

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 365Outdated · d6ebcf2Open thread

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	362	+	expires_at = excluded.expires_at,
	363	+	last_reached_at = excluded.last_reached_at,
	364	+	last_error = NULL
	365	+	`.pipe(Effect.catch(failStorage));

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🟡 Medium peer/PeerLinks.ts:365

If readRow or the upsert fails after secrets.set succeeds, link leaves the new bearer token permanently orphaned in the secret store: no row records secretName, so unlink and later relinks cannot remove it. Clean up secretName when the row commit fails.

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3	If `readRow` or the upsert fails after `secrets.set` succeeds, `link` leaves the new bearer token permanently orphaned in the secret store: no row records `secretName`, so `unlink` and later relinks cannot remove it. Clean up `secretName` when the row commit fails.

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	214	+	});
	215	+	}
	216	+	const success = Schema.fromJsonString(input.success);
	217	+	return yield* Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(success)(text).pipe(

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Successful peer calls that return multiple text blocks are reported as version-mismatch failures even when they include a valid result in structuredContent. This code concatenates the blocks and parses them as one JSON document; decode structuredContent when present, using the text only as a fallback.

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1	- const success = Schema.fromJsonString(input.success);
2	- return yield* Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(success)(text).pipe(
3	+ const decoded =
4	+ body.result.structuredContent === undefined
5	+ ? Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Schema.fromJsonString(input.success))(text)
6	+ : Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(input.success)(body.result.structuredContent);
7	+ return yield* decoded.pipe(

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3	Successful peer calls that return multiple text blocks are reported as version-mismatch failures even when they include a valid result in `structuredContent`. This code concatenates the blocks and parses them as one JSON document; decode `structuredContent` when present, using the text only as a fallback.

GGoshujinsama10d ago

Question about peerOrigin in apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts. Plain http is accepted only for loopback and Tailscale hosts. DirectEndpoints draws the line somewhere else: it advertises numeric private-network addresses, VPN ranges included, as plain-HTTP routes that carry the client's credential, and keeps only public addresses off them:

These routes are plain HTTP and carry the client's credential, so a public address would send it across the internet unencrypted

Is the stricter rule for links deliberate? If it isn't, accepting isPrivateNetworkHost here as well would match it.

Our case: two machines on the same LAN, plus a laptop that reaches home over a plain WireGuard tunnel (not Tailscale), at fixed 192.168.x addresses. Linking them today means putting a TLS front in front of every server, while the client connection to those same servers already runs over plain HTTP on the same network. We're carrying that one-condition change locally for now.

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apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.tsline 136Outdated · 9f58c2cOpen thread

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132	133		[61, "PullRequestReviewGuides", Migration0061],
133	134		[62, "ThreadFailureLookupIndex", Migration0062],
134	135		[63, "DropUnusedV1Projections", Migration0063],
	136	+	[64, "PeerLinks", Migration0064],

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The keeps released migrations contiguous test fails because migrationEntries now includes migration 64, but the test still expects only 63 IDs. Update the expected length to 64 in 055_OrchestrationV2.test.ts so the migration test suite passes.

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JJacksondr54d ago

Hi Julius! I maintain a fork of T3 Code adapted for working with large teams of agents and people inside a managed corporate environment. In the last few weeks we shipped peering between servers and I wanted to flag a couple of things that broke our first design and may also impact yours.

1. A machine that nothing can reach. A common setup for us is an always-on work VM plus a laptop behind a corporate firewall that drops every inbound connection. The laptop can open HTTPS out through the office proxy; the VM can never connect to the laptop. Links handle laptop → VM well: the laptop opens every connection, and the follower in #16719 waits on the VM's thread for the result. The reverse needs a separate link from the VM to the laptop, and behind that firewall the laptop can be reached only through an outbound tunnel such as Connect or Tailscale. A task the laptop delegated couldn't use that link either, since linked work never uses links (assertNotLinked in PeerForwarding), so it can't reach back to the laptop.

Is Connect meant to be the answer for that direction? We doubt it would survive a managed work laptop: cloudflared dials Cloudflare on port 7844 rather than going through the office's HTTPS proxy, and security teams commonly flag an unsanctioned cloudflared as a tunnel out of the network.

2. A machine that's off when work arrives, such as a laptop that sleeps or a server the desktop app runs. A forwarded call is synchronous, so a t3_thread_send, or the launch step of a remote delegate_task, to a sleeping box fails back to the agent. The agent has to remember to retry, which #16654's clientRequestId makes safe. The follower's backoff covers results, not the first call. Our direct mode has the same gap today: a direct send to a sleeping peer gives up after about a second, which is part of why we added polling.

We ended up with two modes, chosen per pair of servers when they're peered (this page draws both):

Send directly: each side connects to the other, which is what links do today.
Poll: the side that can't be reached, or may be off, opens every connection, including for its own sends, using ordinary outbound HTTPS. The reachable side stores messages for it until it polls. A poll is held open for up to 25 seconds, so a waiting message arrives within moments while the poller is up. The polls double as presence (online if it polled in the last two minutes), so the sender's send succeeds with "recorded; the other server is offline, last available N minutes ago" instead of an error.

The client that introduces the two servers picks the mode. It asks each server to reach the other at the addresses that server reports for itself, and checks how each one is run (desktop app, service, or started by hand). It then recommends a mode, asks only what the check couldn't settle, and lets the person set it up differently.

Our definition is cross-device.md, and the session where we added poll mode tells the story. This isn't a request to adopt it; Connect may cover most setups for you. Happy to compare notes.

— Jackson (drafted with Claude Opus 5.5)

JJulius Marminge3d ago

Taking over this one for maintainer batch ssh-relay-remote-15. I will rebuild its mode-limit, launch-retry and peer-link layers on current main, repair the occupied migration and capability recheck, then verify two isolated servers before publishing a replacement stack. No merge or unverified push.

JJulius Marminge3d ago

Thanks @juliusmarminge for the peer-link design and working CLI/OAuth path. I rebuilt it because main’s migrations and orchestration APIs moved, and the mode-limit and launch-retry prerequisites need separate review. I compared the original diff against the stack: link/list/get/relink/unlink, protected RPCs, credential persistence and live identity/capability probing are retained in the peer layer; occupied migrations are preserved by using 065. The mode and retry prerequisites are below it, with durable-preparation recovery and current caller checks repaired.

Replacement, bottom to top: #21670 (per-request mode ceilings) → #21671 (durable launch retry) → #21672 (peer pairing, RPC/CLI and migration 065) → #21673 (agent forwarding and bounded thread Stop).

Current corrected stack passed 192 focused tests in 11 files; Opus independently passed 74 tests in four files. Both reviewers re-audited the entire 58-file stack with no source blocker. Two isolated production server processes verified OAuth mode narrowing, pre-bearer refusals, lost replies and process-restart replay, old Stop keys leaving new runs alone, and a 105-second mock-provider run through 50/50/10-second waits. Latest complete CI passed; cancelled superseded runs remain visible, and neutral approval checks are not called green. Current sanitized proof.

Closing this PoC in favor of those unmerged replacements. Human permission-policy approval and real two-host TLS/relay/tunnel plus macOS, Windows, Electron, iOS and Android checks remain. Remote delegate_task is explicitly outside the forwarding layer. No merge performed.

Takeover: GPT-6.1-sol/Codex in T3 Code; tests GPT-6-Astra, reviews Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 454Outdated · 689401dResolved by Julius Marminge

JJulius Marminge23h ago

Re the Macroscope finding on PeerLinks.ts (resolve not checking the answering peer still enforces mode limits): not changing this layer. #16695 in the same stack adds exactly that check, so resolve refuses as incompatible when the answering descriptor lacks mcpModeLimitHeader/linkFence, and the stack lands together.

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