fix(shared): Windows command discovery no longer blocks the event loop#27391

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Problem

cold windows command discovery synchronously probes PATH and PATHEXT on the server event loop. misses are deliberately uncached, so repeated missing-runner checks block other server callbacks.

Change

use ordered asynchronous stat/access probes and await discovery in the shared spawn path, macos git selection, claude, muse, and acp registry consumers.
preserve positive caching, immediate discovery after misses, explicit-path checks, executable validation, and launcher handling.
keep direct file probes instead of adding directory enumeration and its fallback cases. acp searches filter unmatched agents first and resolve each package manager once per search.
replace the original windows-only regressions with two tests that run on linux ci; reuse existing launcher and registry cases with asynchronous resolvers.

Verification

passed through blacksmith-testbox:

the yielding regression fails against current main aa11ef6783da with expected true to be false, then passes with the fix.
six focused files: 125 passed, two existing windows-only skips.
vp run check:changed: format, lint, both knip passes, graphql, 31 affected typechecks, and 93 tests passed with two existing skips.

real linux processrunner smoke check, using windows discovery rules and a real executable:

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1	{"platformRules":"win32","host":"linux","success":{"code":0,"stdout":"spawn-ok"},"miss":"ProcessSpawnError"}

two independent gpt-6.1-sol reviews approved 131dfbc2cca78ecbda61f84bebeeafcf18d32341 with no findings.

the head now also merges main and awaits the resolver in source control's bad-architecture install hint (7660c1cc42). blacksmith vp run check:changed passed again on that head: format, lint, knip, graphql, 34 affected typechecks and 5 test files. github ci is green on it. no merge-blocking review findings remain.

known low-priority limit from review: the yielding regression detects the original synchronous resolver, but cannot rule out every hypothetical future synchronous probe before an asynchronous yield. the production resolver uses asynchronous stat/access; no test-only implementation guards were added.

unverified: native windows execution and real authenticated provider turns. no ui behavior or appearance changed, so screenshots do not apply. no throughput or timing claim is made.

Takeover

Replaces https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/24752, with thanks to @Enmani for the original implementation.

the contributor fork disables maintainer edits. compared against all nine files in the original diff: asynchronous discovery and every caller adaptation remain. directory enumeration and its denied-listing/8.3-alias tests were dropped; direct probes already preserve those cases. the claude async test moved into existing launcher cases, and windows precedence/cache coverage now runs across platforms. the original pr remains open.

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Verdict: Approved at 7660c1c

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Executable discovery becomes asynchronous, preventing filesystem lookups from blocking the event loop while preserving existing command-selection and launch behavior. No product defaults, permissions or diagnostic suppressions change.

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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: a7f6c68 · PR result: 7660c1c · 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

Executable resolution now supports asynchronous results. Shared shell utilities and Claude, Muse, ACP registry, and source-control integrations await resolver results. ACP registry search caches package-manager availability during each search.

Changes: Asynchronous executable resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Async resolver and command discovery `packages/shared/src/shell.ts`, `packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts`, `packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts`	The shared resolver accepts asynchronous results and awaits filesystem checks. Command and macOS Git lookups await resolution. Tests cover Windows lookup timing, PATH and PATHEXT order, and cached results. Source-control discovery passes the resolved environment to the resolver.
Claude and Muse launch 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 await executable resolution before applying the `binaryPath` fallback. Their test helpers provide asynchronous resolvers.
ACP registry discovery and search `packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.ts`, `packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.test.ts`	Discovery, inspection, and resolution use effectful executable lookup. Search checks each package manager once and excludes agents when a required manager is unavailable. Tests verify asynchronous resolution and an `npm` lookup.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#24293 — This PR changes executable resolution and its consumers, but does not add pnpm target extraction.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

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The previously identified install-hint failure is fixed. No actionable issue remains from this review; native Windows behavior has not been verified.

Pre-merge checks: ^Passed 3 · ^Inconclusive 1

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Linked Issues check	Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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_Nitpick The yielding test checks only that settlement is delayed by one microtask. It does not detect synch…

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The yielding test checks only that settlement is delayed by one microtask. It does not detect synchronous filesystem work before the resolver yields.
The test asserts settled === false after one Effect.promise(() => Promise.resolve()) turn. That check catches a resolver that returns an already-settled value. It does not catch a resolver that blocks the event loop with synchronous probes and then returns a pending promise. Such a resolver still leaves settled false, so the test passes. The test name and the PR's nonblocking goal both imply a stronger guarantee than the assertion checks.
Add a deterministic check that no synchronous filesystem call runs during the synchronous part of the resolver call. For example, spy on the synchronous node:fs probes, such as statSync, accessSync, and existsSync, and assert they are not called before the returned promise is awaited.
Open the source location

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6 Review comment at @packages/shared/src/shell.test.ts around lines 683 - 706:
7 Strengthen the “yields while discovering a Windows executable” test around
8 SpawnExecutableResolution.defaultValue() to detect synchronous filesystem work
9 during the resolver call. Spy on the relevant node:fs synchronous probes and
10 assert none are called before the returned promise is awaited; retain the
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Verified in a real dev environment

verified the linux paths at 131dfbc2cca78ecbda61f84bebeeafcf18d32341, without source changes. baseline was github/main at 6575ce3250 in a separate worktree. installed both with vp i, ran one background dev server at a time, and drove google chrome with repo playwright. projects, threads, and codex turns were created through the app; no mocks or fixture data.

settings > providers > add provider > show more exercised the real acp registry and executable resolver. both builds returned 35 compatible agents and found gemini. syscall tracing reproduced synchronous npm discovery on the main server thread (tid 31236); the pr performed those probes on worker tids 37882 through 37885, outside server main tid 37819. this verifies the changed mechanism on linux, without a latency or throughput claim.
neighboring flows passed: an unmatched search returned no agents; clearing it restored 35; searching again restored gemini. clicking add installed the real @google/gemini-cli@0.66.0 package through npm, resolved its installed executable, and advanced to identity setup. stopped before sign-in.
real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns launched from the web composer on both builds. each executed pwd && git rev-parse --show-toplevel in the selected repo, exited 0, and completed with codex launch verified. in provider protocol logs. reloading the pr thread displayed the saved reply in the client.
four focused existing test files passed through blacksmith-check: 92 passed, two existing windows-only skips. the unchanged head has 30 successful ci checks.

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main, same registry query:

main registry search for gemini

pr, same registry query:

pr registry search for gemini

pr search, empty result, restored results, and package preparation

real codex reply persisted and displayed after reload

Not verified

native windows is unavailable on this linux vm. i could not reproduce the original windows stall or exercise real windows PATH/PATHEXT ordering and cmd/bat launcher behavior. macos git/xcode selection, desktop shell integration, native ios/android, and authenticated claude/muse turns were not exercised. gemini was prepared but not authenticated or used for a turn.

live reply rendering did not pass: the initial live view omitted the codex reply on both main and the pr despite completed provider events. refreshing the pr thread showed the saved reply. this was present on main and is not attributed to this resolver change; no unrelated fix was added.

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fix(shared): keep Windows command discovery off the event loope36ecb3

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…	…	@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ export type SpawnExecutableResolver = (
75	75		platform: NodeJS.Platform,
76	76		env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
77		-	) => string \| undefined;
	77	+	) => string \| undefined \| Promise<string \| undefined>;

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1	#!/bin/bash
2	rg -nP -C3 'SpawnExecutableResolution' --type=ts -g '!*/.test.ts'
3	rg -nP -C3 'resolveExecutable\(' --type=ts -g '!*/.test.ts'

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1	#!/bin/bash
2	git cat-file -e e36ecb3b0d163fe7fa05353fe00d238037282983^{commit} && git cat-file -e 3d78e915e3998eed664469486527b596af8f2f3e^{commit}
3	printf '\n--- shared resolver ---\n'
4	nl -ba packages/shared/src/shell.ts \| sed -n '60,130p'
5	printf '\n--- discovery branch and usages ---\n'
6	nl -ba packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts \| sed -n '275,390p'
7	rg -n -C 4 'architecture\|installHint\|spawnFailure\|spawn.*Hint\|cannot run\|another CPU' packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.test.ts
8	printf '\n--- PR diff of relevant files ---\n'
9	git diff 3d78e915e3998eed664469486527b596af8f2f3e e36ecb3b0d163fe7fa05353fe00d238037282983 -- packages/shared/src/shell.ts packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts

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Await the executable resolver in the install hint.

For a macOS bad-architecture error, the default resolver makes the hint show [object Promise] instead of the executable path. It also prevents the fallback when resolution misses.

Suggested fix

diff

1	- const path = resolveExecutable(executable, platform, yield* HostProcess.Environment);
2	+ const env = yield* HostProcess.Environment;
3	+ const path = yield* Effect.promise(async () => resolveExecutable(executable, platform, env));

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6	Review comment at @packages/shared/src/shell.ts at line 77:
7	Update the macOS bad-architecture install-hint flow to await the executable
8	resolver before using its result as a path. Handle an unresolved result as
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✅ Confirmed as addressed by @maria-rcks

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Fixed in 7660c1cc42. The hint now awaits the resolver, so it shows the path or falls back to the command name.

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1	#!/bin/bash
2	set -uo pipefail
3	printf '%s\n' '--- Current revision ---'
4	git rev-parse HEAD
5	printf '\n%s\n' '--- Discovery structure ---'
6	ast-grep outline packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts --items all --match 'hint\|Hint\|architecture\|Architecture\|install\|Install'
7	printf '\n%s\n' '--- Resolver and hint context ---'
8	rg -n -C 8 'resolveExecutable\(\|SpawnExecutableResolution\|bad CPU\|architecture\|installHint' packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.test.ts
9	printf '\n%s\n' '--- Reported commit, if available ---'
10	if git cat-file -e 7660c1cc42^{commit} 2>/dev/null; then
11	git show --format=fuller --stat --no-renames 7660c1cc42 -- packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.test.ts
12	else
13	echo 'Reported commit is not available in this checkout.'
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2	set -uo pipefail
3	repo='pingdotgg/t3code'
4	printf '%s\n' '--- Current PR head ---'
5	head_sha=$(gh api "repos/$repo/pulls/27391" --jq '.head.sha') \|\| exit 1
6	printf '%s\n' "$head_sha"
7	printf '\n%s\n' '--- Reported commit and changed files ---'
8	gh api "repos/$repo/commits/7660c1cc42" --jq '{sha, files: [.files[] \| {filename, patch}]}' \|\| true
9	printf '\n%s\n' '--- Current install hint ---'
10	gh api "repos/$repo/contents/packages/source-control-core/src/server/discovery.ts?ref=$head_sha" --jq '.content' \| base64 -d \| nl -ba \| sed -n '340,375p'

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@maria-rcks Code inspection confirms that 7660c1cc42 awaits the resolver and falls back to the executable name when resolution returns undefined. Thanks for the fix!

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'github/main' into maria/takeover-pr-24752e57069c
fix(source-control): await executable resolver in bad-architecture install hint7660c1c

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