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feat(server): work a linked environment starts stays within its link#16695

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opened16d agobyJJulius Marminge
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Part of cross-environment orchestration. #16653 caps the modes of work that a linked environment starts here. Within those modes, though, the link could still steer the user's own threads or change this environment's projects and settings. This fences work that a link starts to that link, following the peerOrigin idea from #15966.

A full-access link is not fenced. An agent a link starts runs as this environment's user, so at full access the fence only ever stopped T3's own tools, never what the agent could do with a shell. It also kept a host from driving machines it fully trusts: answering a question or steering a thread the user started there, updating a project, or getting a working worktree, since the setup script was skipped. The stamp now records the access the link was paired with (linkOrigin.access), and only a link below full access is fenced. Full-access work still carries the stamp, so clients still show "From ". A stamp from before access was recorded stays fenced.

How a session is known to be a link

  • #16655's linking side now registers its OAuth client with the t3code-peer-link software id.
  • The receiving side carries that marker through the signed client id and the authorization code into the session's signed claims (plk), then into the MCP caller (client.linked).
  • An ordinary outside agent, such as Claude Code, is not a link and is not fenced. Claiming the marker only ever adds limits.

Stamping

  • OrchestrationV2AppThread and the thread shell gain an optional, immutable linkOrigin: {sessionId, label, access}.
  • What carries it:
    • Threads a link session launches (t3_thread_launch, via startsThreads handing the handler linkOrigin).
    • Subagents and forks, which already spread their source thread.
    • create_threads, which copies its parent's stamp.
  • What can't set it: a client's own thread.create over the WebSocket has linkOrigin stripped in withCreationProvenance.

Rules for a link below full access (mcp/linkOrigin.ts, applied in the shared declarations in McpToolAccess, not tool by tool)

  • writesThreads: a linked caller may change only threads with the same linkOrigin session. That rules out the user's own threads and another link's.
  • writesEnvironment: changing projects and settings is refused for a linked caller. Adding one (t3_project_create, t3_project_clone) is allowed, though below full access it still needs a full-access caller.
  • writes: refused for linked callers, except attachment uploads and discards, which their own sends need.
  • startsThreads: each tool now has to say whether linked work is stamped or refused. t3_thread_launch is stamped. schedule_task is refused, because a scheduled run starts later with nothing to carry the link.
  • Reads are not fenced.
  • Setup scripts: ProjectSetupScriptRunner.runForThread skips threads with a fenced stamp, so the launch, worktree-handoff and PR-checkout paths all obey it. The worktree handoff reports it as skipped. Opting in at pairing is left for later; the default is off.
  • Docs: docs/internals/remote.md gets the trust model, and says this is a routing rule, not OS isolation.

Verification

  • mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts runs a real orchestrator (replay harness, in-memory SQLite) behind the production orchestrator, thread and project toolkits. Two tests:
    • Stamping. A launch by a linked session is stamped with that session. The real subagent builder (makeSubagentChildThread) and the real fork planner (ThreadForkService.plan) carry the stamp to child and fork. An ordinary outside agent's launch is not stamped.
    • Fencing, through an auto link. The link can rename its own thread. It is refused (capability_denied) on the user's own thread, and another link is refused on it; the user's thread keeps its title. An ordinary outside agent can still rename the user's thread. t3_project_update and delete_scheduled_task are refused for the link. t3_thread_read on the user's thread still works.
  • mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts, a third test: a full-access link's launch is stamped with its access, and the link may rename the user's own thread, update a project and add one.
  • mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts: writes and writesWithCapability refuse a linked client below full access and run for a full-access one.
  • project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts: the real runner skips a thread stamped by an auto link and opens no terminal, and runs the script for one stamped by a full-access link.
  • orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts: a client thread.create carrying a forged linkOrigin loses it.
  • peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts (#16684): B's fixture thread is now one the laptop's real link session started, so forwarded sends still land. That's the fence passing end to end over HTTP.
  • Mutation-checked: each of these fails its test when removed:
    • the decider's stamp;
    • the launch handler's stamp;
    • the same-link check;
    • comparing by session rather than "any stamp";
    • the environment-write fence;
    • the scheduled-task fence;
    • the setup-script skip;
    • subagents keeping the stamp;
    • the client strip.
  • Also ran all of mcp, peer, auth, project and cli, plus ThreadManagementService, ThreadLaunchService, ThreadForkService, ProjectionStore and GitManager: 74 files, 924 tests, all passing. Server, contracts, client-runtime and web typecheck clean.

Review fixes (bots plus two adversarial reviews)

  • No third environment below full access. Work a fenced link started here can't use this environment's own links: PeerForwarding refuses before anything leaves, since the next environment would see this one's session, not the link the work came from. Tested for read, send and launch; no bearer reaches the box.
  • Own id is still here. A linked caller naming this environment's own id is fenced like any local target (layer 4's fix, tested here).
  • Only fenced peers. A new linkFence capability; linking requires the peer to advertise it, so a peer running only the earlier layers is refused.
  • Setup scripts fail closed. If the thread's origin can't be read, nothing runs.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

ProviderMetricMain baselineThis PRImpactPR ceiling
CodexTotal thread wire—5.0 KiB—6.8 KiB✅
CodexThread snapshot wire—3.8 KiB—4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire—1.2 KiB—2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded—20.9 KiB—29.3 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages—2—8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire—5.0 KiB—6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire—3.8 KiB—4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire—1.2 KiB—2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded—21.2 KiB—29.3 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages—2—8✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: e7be319 · 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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JJulius Marminge16d 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).

On the box, every thread the laptop started carried linkOrigin: {"sessionId":"a7d58672-…","label":"T3 Code · cups"}, read straight from the box's projection. A thread imported by a handoff carries the stamp of the session that imported it.

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This PR introduces a cross-cutting peer-link authorization boundary spanning OAuth/session claims, MCP operations, orchestration provenance, peer forwarding, setup scripts, and persistence. It changes default behavior for newly paired linked environments and modifies authentication/security code, so the production impact warrants human review.

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The changes identify peer-link MCP clients, attach link origins to threads and derived work, and restrict linked callers’ write operations. Linked threads skip project setup scripts. Peer linking now requires the linkFence capability.

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Peer-link MCP behavior

Layer / File(s)Summary
Identify peer-link clients and sessions
packages/contracts/src/auth.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts, apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/SessionStore.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.testkit.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.test.ts		Peer registration supplies a software identifier. OAuth and signed sessions carry peer-link status into authenticated MCP scope. Peer descriptors advertise linkFence, and linking rejects peers without it.
Propagate link origins to threads
packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/{Orchestrator,ProjectionStore,ThreadManagementService}.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts		Thread launches and derived threads carry link origins through orchestration and projections. Creation provenance removes client-supplied origins. Tests cover origin inheritance.
Enforce linked-caller write boundaries
apps/server/src/mcp/{McpInvocationContext,McpToolAccess,linkOrigin}.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/{attachment,orchestrator}/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/{McpHttpServer,McpToolAccess}.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts		MCP access checks restrict linked callers’ thread changes to matching origins and reject environment writes. Attachment operations allow linked callers; scheduling and peer forwarding are refused.
Skip setup scripts for linked threads
apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/WorktreeMcpService.ts, docs/internals/remote.md		The setup-script runner returns skipped-for-link for threads with a link origin. MCP reporting maps the result to skipped. The documentation describes the link-origin restrictions.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant PeerLinks
3 participant McpOAuth
4 participant SessionStore
5 participant EnvironmentAuth
6 participant McpProjectTools
7 participant ThreadLaunchService
8 participant Orchestrator
9 PeerLinks->>McpOAuth: Register with peer-link software ID
10 McpOAuth->>SessionStore: Issue session with peer-link marker
11 SessionStore->>EnvironmentAuth: Verify signed session
12 EnvironmentAuth->>McpProjectTools: Set client.linked
13 McpProjectTools->>ThreadLaunchService: Pass caller link origin
14 ThreadLaunchService->>Orchestrator: Create thread with link origin
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ee5bb

New links require a peer that fences linked work, but links stored before this change can still forward work to peers that don't. Check linkFence when stored links are resolved before merging. A failed thread read during setup now stops the script instead of running it.

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apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.tsline 329Outdated · e8e9ebdOpen thread
……@@ -312,6 +324,10 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
314326 )(function* (input) {
327+ const thread = yield* threads
328+ .getThreadShell(ThreadId.make(input.threadId))
329+ .pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => null));
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Fail closed when the thread projection cannot be read.

If getThreadShell fails, Effect.orElseSucceed(() => null) treats the thread as unstamped. runForThread can then open a terminal and run the project script for linked work. Map the read failure to a structured runner error and stop before script execution. As per coding guidelines, “Map each failure where its context is known; don't wrap a whole pipeline in one generic error.”

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JJulius Marminge15d ago

Fixed. runForThread now maps a failed thread read to ProjectSetupScriptOperationError (readThread) and runs nothing. Tested.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 311Outdated · ee5bbdeOpen thread
……@@ -301,7 +308,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
302309 });
303310 }
304- if (peer.capabilities.mcpModeLimitHeader !== true) {
311+ if (peer.capabilities.mcpModeLimitHeader !== true || peer.capabilities.linkFence !== true) {
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Re-check linkFence when resolving stored links.

resolve validates the peer identity but not peer.capabilities.linkFence. PeerMcpClient then uses the returned token to open or reuse an MCP session. A link created by the preceding peer-links version can therefore remain usable without the new fence requirement.

Require linkFence === true during resolve, and reject the link when the peer does not advertise it so the link must be renewed.

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JJulius Marminge7d ago

Fixed in e0dec1dab6. resolve now reads the fence from the same descriptor it uses to prove the peer's identity, and refuses a peer that doesn't advertise mcpModeLimitHeader and linkFence, before the token is sent. The agent hears capability_denied with "Update it, then link again." This covers a link made before the fence and a peer moved back to an older version. The test makes a link, has the peer stop advertising the fence, and checks the call is refused with no bearer sent; it fails with the check removed.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.tsline 476Outdated · e0dec1dOpen thread
……@@ -456,6 +471,14 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
458473 }
474+ // A link made before the peer had to fence linked work, or a peer moved
475+ // back to such a version, would carry work past those limits.
476+ if (!fenced) {
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🔴 Critical peer/PeerLinks.ts:476

Existing links still return their pre-upgrade token after the peer advertises linkFence, so forwarded writes can bypass the fence and modify the user's threads or projects. fenced checks only the peer's current capabilities; it does not establish that the stored credential was issued with the software_id marker. Require re-pairing or otherwise invalidate legacy credentials before returning them.

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3Existing links still return their pre-upgrade token after the peer advertises `linkFence`, so forwarded writes can bypass the fence and modify the user's threads or projects. `fenced` checks only the peer's current capabilities; it does not establish that the stored credential was issued with the `software_id` marker. Require re-pairing or otherwise invalidate legacy credentials before returning them.
JJulius Marminge7d ago

Fixed in 4550254eb5. Each stored link now records whether its session was issued as a link (migration 064 adds a fenced column, set to 1 by link). A row without it, from before links were marked, is refused before its token is sent: "The link to Box was made by an older T3 Code. Link it again with a new pairing code from Box." The capability check stays as a second guard. The test marks a stored link unfenced, checks the call is refused with no bearer sent, then links again and checks it works; it fails with the guard removed.

JJulius Marminge4d ago

Taking over this one for maintainer integration. I am rebuilding the necessary peer-link lifecycle, forwarding, and provenance enforcement as focused branches from current main, then running focused tests, independent reviews, and permission-path proof. I will preserve the latest full-access exemption and keep lower-access and legacy work fenced. The original stays open until the replacement is published and compared; nothing will be merged.

JJulius Marminge4d ago

Thanks @juliusmarminge — the original established the right boundary: retain the pairing's access as immutable thread provenance, and keep lower-access linked work within that session.

Taking over this one is complete as a three-layer rebuild on current main. The original depended on unmerged lifecycle and forwarding work, and main's authorization and migration layout had moved:

  • #21824: persistent links, signed OAuth marker, mode ceilings, CLI and permission-checked RPCs.
  • #21825: shared destination routing, native MCP transport/session recovery and durable namespaced launch retries.
  • #21826: immutable origin inheritance, same-session and third-hop fences, setup/settle handling, and legacy credentials.

I compared all 37 paths of the actual original diff against the complete stack. The behavior is retained; the missing prerequisites are rebuilt below it. The old fence migration moved to 066 to preserve main's 064 canonicalization and the new 065 link storage. The mocked origin harness was replaced by native service/HTTP/SQL tests; the feature narration moved to the existing user guide. No origin badge existed in the original implementation, so none is claimed.

Both independent final reviewers cleared every layer. The final layer passed 304 distinct focused tests; seven boundary mutations failed as expected and passed after restoration. Sanitized live proof covers real CLI/OAuth, two server processes, provenance versus mode ceilings, own/previous-pairing writes, each server restart with no duplicate launch, and unlink.

Closing this original in favor of those PRs. The replacements remain unmerged; CI, configured reviews, and human approval for auth/persistence/default behavior are still gates. Linux loopback was verified; relay/tunnel, live providers/Git network and native platforms remain explicit limits in each body.

Added 3 commits

  • feat(server): work a link starts may add projects6c6c711
  • feat(server): work a linked environment starts stays within its linkcc95290
  • feat(server): a full-access link is not fencede7be319