Cold Windows command lookups synchronously walk PATH × PATHEXT on the server event loop. Misses intentionally bypass the positive cache, so bursts of missing-runner checks can stall other server work. In the real server ProcessRunner, eight missing-command attempts held up a 5 ms callback for a median 1.10 seconds on the test host.
Use asynchronous filesystem reads for spawn executable discovery. On Windows, list each PATH directory to avoid probing absent extension candidates; retain direct probes when enumeration is denied and for short names omitted from listings. Preserve PATH/PATHEXT ordering, executable checks, the existing positive-cache policy, and immediate discovery after a miss.
Await the resolver in every direct consumer, including macOS Git selection, Claude and Muse launchers, ACP registry discovery, and the Claude recording helper. These adaptations are necessary for the shared resolver's asynchronous result; they do not introduce separate features.
Submitted under the focused obvious-bug exception: blocking filesystem work in the server spawn path prevents concurrent server callbacks from running. There is no new setting or product workflow.
Related: #12600 introduced the positive cache; uncached lookups still block. #19596 was closed because its nonthrowing-stat optimization supplied resolver-only evidence. This change instead moves I/O off the event loop and supplies actual ProcessRunner runs in addition to a deterministic failing regression. No prior maintainer approval is claimed.
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e9d61252f6fd; Windows 10 build 19045, x64, Node 26.12.1.vp test run packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts -t "yields while discovering a Windows executable" fails with expected true to be false. The patched test passes. It asserts ordering, with no elapsed-time assertion, sleep, polling, retry, or custom timeout.check:changed script passes formatting, lint, both knip passes, GraphQL checks, and typechecks for all 29 affected packages. An external launcher translates bare vp into the installed Node/Vite+ entry point on Windows, without changing check arguments.The runtime experiment uses isolated fixtures and no running T3 state. Absolute timings depend on host load. It does not establish the cause of every reconnect or measure high-concurrency agent throughput. Full repository tests and production builds are left to CI.
Model: GPT-6. Harness: Codex desktop.
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Verdict: Approved at a248393
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a contained fix that moves existing Windows executable discovery off the event loop while preserving lookup and caching semantics. The caller updates are limited to awaiting the resolver, with targeted regression tests covering Windows discovery and fallback behavior.
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The shared executable resolver now supports asynchronous implementations. Shell utilities, the ACP registry, and Claude and Muse provider adapters await resolution results. Tests cover asynchronous discovery and Windows executable lookup cases.
Changes: Asynchronous executable resolution
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
|---|---|
Async resolver and filesystem checks packages/shared/src/shell.ts, packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts | The shared resolver awaits filesystem checks and injected resolvers. Windows PATH lookup probes candidates when directory listing fails. Cached macOS Git paths are checked before reuse. Tests cover delayed discovery, updated PATH results, inaccessible directories, and short-name executables. |
ACP registry async lookups packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.ts, packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.test.ts | The registry awaits executable lookups during package discovery, search, inspection, and resolution. UV command candidates are checked in sequence. |
Claude and Muse async resolution apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.testkit.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeExecutable.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeExecutable.test.ts, packages/provider-muse/src/server/sdk.ts, packages/provider-muse/src/server/sdk.test.ts | Claude and Muse adapters await executable resolution. Tests cover asynchronous resolver implementations. |
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes
Change: Bug fix
Possibly related PRs
resolveClaudeSdkExecutablePath; this PR updates the resolver call to await asynchronous results.Suggested labels: bugfix, size:M
Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks
a2483Selective ACP registry searches may become substantially slower on Windows. Filter by rank and reuse package-manager availability within each search before merging.
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| Title check | Passed | The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: asynchronous Windows command discovery that avoids blocking the event loop. |
| Description check | Passed | The description includes all required sections. It explains the problem, implementation, scope rationale, related issues, focused verification, test results, limitations, and tool usage. |
| Linked Issues check | Passed | Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. |
| Out of Scope Changes check | Passed | Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. |
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| 8 | @packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.ts: |
| 9 | - Line 1611: In the agent search loop, check whether an agent has a searchRank |
| 10 | before resolving its package manager; cache the result of resolveExecutable by |
| 11 | packageManager for the duration of the search and reuse it for agents using the |
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d847f06d-59c9-49e4-abd6-0ef372b2da05Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between c79ef8c454e1268ff79da5a9dcb74572e86f7861 and a2483937a692e8e266bf36a01c0abff04b439342.
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.testkit.tsapps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeExecutable.test.tsapps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeExecutable.tspackages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.test.tspackages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.tspackages/provider-muse/src/server/sdk.test.tspackages/provider-muse/src/server/sdk.tspackages/shared/src/shell.test.tspackages/shared/src/shell.tsIncluded review availability: This review used your included allowance. Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review.
| … | … | @@ -1600,11 +1608,11 @@ export const makeAcpRegistryCatalog = Effect.fn("AcpRegistryCatalog.make")(funct | |
| 1605 | - | ? [] | |
| 1606 | - | : [{ agent, distribution, rank }]; | |
| 1607 | - | }); | |
| 1611 | + | (yield* resolveExecutable(packageManager, hostEnvironment)) !== undefined; | |
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Resolve each package manager once per search.
On Windows, each lookup can read PATH directories. This loop repeats the same npm or uv lookup for every agent, even when searchRank excludes the agent. A large registry can therefore make a selective search wait for hundreds of redundant filesystem scans. Skip agents without a rank before checking availability, and reuse the availability result for each package manager.
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| 7 | @packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.ts at line 1611: |
| 8 | In the agent search loop, check whether an agent has a searchRank before |
| 9 | resolving its package manager; cache the result of resolveExecutable by |
| 10 | packageManager for the duration of the search and reuse it for agents using the |
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An independent Windows run of your benchmark and tests, in case a second machine helps: Windows 11 (10.0.26300), x64, Node 24.13.0 (not 26), PR head a2483937a6, baseline shell.ts from e9d61252f6, 72 entries in the real PATH. I ran your t3-pr-benchmark.ts unchanged except for the output path.
Medians of three alternating trials, ms (elapsed / max callback gap):
| Work | Baseline | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| 32 uncached misses, real PATH | 1373 / 1373 | 1366 / 21.5 |
| 32 hits, last of 30 fixture dirs | 256 / 264 | 127 / 14.4 |
| 8 ProcessRunner missing-command attempts | 522 / 530 | 338 / 18.6 |
| 8 ProcessRunner node starts | 833 / 55 | 1328 / 88.5 |
Every sample returned the expected result (0 found / 32 found / 8 spawn errors / 8 successes).
Tests:
shell.test.ts on the PR: 45 passed, 1 skipped. Your new test yields while discovering a Windows executable against the baseline resolver fails with expected true to be false, as you described.AcpRegistrySupport.test.ts: 15 failed / 16 passed on the PR, and the same 15 fail with the unmodified base sources of that file, its test and shell.ts on this machine. So the failures are a Windows baseline here too, matching your note.Not run: check:changed, Linux, a production build, or the Claude/Muse launcher paths in a real app.
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria
thanks @Enmani. your pr correctly moves command discovery off the event loop while preserving resolution order, positive caching, and launcher handling, and includes a regression that fails before the fix.
your fork disables maintainer edits, so i rebuilt the fix against current main in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/27391 instead of pushing to your branch. it keeps the asynchronous resolver and all caller adaptations, and resolves the acp search review finding by checking only matched agents and reusing each package manager's availability within a search. the commit credits you as co-author.
i compared all nine files in your original diff against the replacement. directory enumeration and its denied-listing/8.3-alias special cases were dropped in favor of ordered direct asynchronous probes. the claude async case moved into existing launcher tests. precedence/cache and yielding regressions now run on linux ci as well. no original intent was dropped, and this pr remains open.
verification: the yielding test fails on current main and passes with the fix; 125 focused tests and check:changed (including 31 affected typechecks) pass. two independent reviews found no issues. a real linux processrunner check using windows discovery rules returned code 0 for an executable and ProcessSpawnError for a miss. native windows and authenticated provider turns remain unverified; ci status is tracked on the replacement.
Closing in favour of #27391, which makes the same change. Thanks for the work here!
