fix(core): keep locations alive while sessions are executing (24h cap) - #57274

## Summary

- Qualify OpenCode **2.2.1** (latest stable, 29 October) with the
existing locked **2.1.0 client/plugin** dependencies, and **recommend**
it.
- Keep the technical **minimum at 2.1.2**: no consumed contract changed,
so the minimum has no new reason to move.
- 2.1.2, 2.1.4 and 2.2.0 daemons stay ready and get an optional upgrade
offer. 2.2.1 is the `tested` version. Newer and custom labels keep
authenticated contract recognition.
- The reviewed-contract fast path lists the 2.1.2 minimum and the 2.2.1
target.
- The recommended version is updated in the help (all ten locales), both
READMEs, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `dev-docs/OPENCODE_COMPATIBILITY.md` and the
architecture skill.
## Contract review (v2.1.4 → v2.2.0 → v2.2.1; 661 + 134 commits)

Reviewed from the exact tags `v2.1.4` (`68bc26b7da`), `v2.2.0`
(`1097e2668b`) and `v2.2.1` (`3ebcf9a32c`), the published npm packages,
and an authenticated OpenAPI dump from each official CLI running in its
own sandbox. The [changelog](https://opencode.ai/changelog) covers
2.2.0. It had no 2.2.1 entry at review time (29 October), so 2.2.1 was
reviewed from its commit log.

- **Authenticated OpenAPI:** 124 → 130 → **134 paths**, 149 → 156 →
**162 operations**. Each dump matches the tagged
`packages/protocol/openapi.json`.
- **2.2.0 adds** `GET /api/plugin/gui`; `POST
/api/experimental/generate/{text,image,decisions}`; `POST`/`DELETE
/api/experimental/fs/watch`; `GET /api/experimental/media/{hash}`; and
`GET /api/experimental/usage/limits`.
- **2.2.0 removes** `POST
/api/experimental/voice/session/{sessionID}/instructions`.
- **2.2.1 adds** six `/api/experimental/schedule` operations (list,
create, get, delete, pause, resume), gated by `experimental.schedules`.
  - **Changed operations:**
- `GET /api/model` gains an optional `types` filter. Without it the
route lists chat models only. Image and decision models are new in
2.2.0, so the default listing matches 2.1.4.
    - `GET /api/event` gains an optional `types` filter.
    - `GET /api/vcs/diff` gains an optional `untracked` parameter.
- `POST /api/experimental/generate` becomes the deprecated alias of
`/generate/text`.
- Nine session, project and saved-permission routes drop
`LocationNotFoundError` from their 404 responses: they no longer boot a
Location ([#58997](anomalyco/opencode#58997)).
- `GET /api/agent` can now answer 503 while plugins settle
([#59082](anomalyco/opencode#59082)).
- In 2.2.1, the session log and persistent-PTY operation IDs move under
`experimental.*`. Their paths are unchanged.
- **Schemas:** all 103 consumed-family schemas are byte-identical from
2.1.4 to 2.2.1. These are `V2EventEncoded`, `Session.*` (messages,
parts, inbox, info), `Form.*`, `Permission.*`, `Prompt*`, `Event.*`,
`Location.*` and PTY/Shell. The session prompt, environment, message,
form/permission reply and RPC operations are unchanged too. The only
`Config.InfoEncoded` changes are additive opt-ins:
`experimental.media_blob`, `experimental.image_generate`,
`experimental.schedules` and `timezone`. Model `type`, prompt-cache
`cache` settings, `FileDiff.Info.more`, `Mcp.Server.title` and
`ServerInfo.hostname` are additive fields.
- **Admission:** every predicate CodeNomad's
`compatibility/negotiate.ts` checks holds on 2.2.0 and 2.2.1. That
covers the canonical API, `session_environment` and the 2.1 replay shape
(`native` without `state`, compaction `metadata` without `recent`).
- **Instance proxy:** none of the new routes is on the allowlist. That
includes the GUI plugin bundle, generation, file watch, media blobs,
usage limits and schedules. The removed voice route was never exposed.
The routes CodeNomad does proxy kept their paths.
- **Published declarations** (2.1.0 pins → 2.1.4 → 2.2.1):
- **Client:** 143 → 147 → 185 methods. 2.2.1 mirrors the experimental
methods under `client.experimental.*`. The only removal is
`voice.instructions`, which CodeNomad doesn't use. 2.2.1 doesn't send
the `experimental-media-uri` capability, so media reads stay inline.
- **Schema:** 2.2.0 adds media refs (`MediaRef`,
`Session.Message.MediaUser`, inbox `MediaUserPayload`), `generate`,
`usage-limits` and `Model.Type`. 2.2.1 adds `goal` and `schedule`. The
one removal since 2.1.0 is `SessionEvent.Source` (2.1.4).
- **Plugin:** 2.2.0 adds the `gui/*` SDK (excluded from the host
runtime) and `Host.packageID`. 2.2.1 adds
`SessionIdle`/`SessionIdleBackground`. The event `subscribe` domain
gains an optional `types` filter; CodeNomad's plugins don't subscribe
through it.
- **Typecheck:** the server and UI typecheck with **0 errors** against
the 2.1.4 and 2.2.1 client/schema/plugin declarations, through scratch
`paths` overrides. The pinned 2.1.0 control is also clean.
- **Host modules:** CodeNomad's three daemon-loaded bundles resolve
`@opencode/plugin` (`Plugin`), `/effect` (`Plugin`, `Rpc`, `Location`),
`/promise/adapter` (`fromPromise`), `/rpc` (`Rpc`), `effect` and
`effect/encoding` (`Base64Url`) from the host. `@opencode/schema` and
`@opencode/client` are bundled from the 2.1.0 pins, and
`@opencode/schema/location` imports are type-only. A probe plugin loaded
in an isolated **2.2.1** daemon resolves every one of these modules and
bindings, as on 2.1.4. The host Effect stays **4.0.1**, with the same
lockfile hash.
- **Private native services:** the pending-request reader and Missions
recurrence use keyed native services: `LocationServiceMap`, `Form`,
`Permission`, `Location`, `Job`, `Database`, `Session` and `Bus`. Their
keys are unchanged at v2.2.1, and the members CodeNomad calls are
unchanged. The changes are additive: `Permission.assertNotDenied`,
`Session.*WithRefs`, an `image` Job kind, and
`LocationServiceMap.canonical` normalizing paths.
- **Storage** (migrations from 2.1.4 to 2.2.1): `blob`/`blob_ref`
(always created; written only with `experimental.media_blob`) and
`schedule` are new. `session_pending` is dropped; CodeNomad never reads
it. A `session_v2.allowance` column is added and dropped within 2.2.0.
- The tables CodeNomad reads directly (`session_message`, `session_v2`,
`session_inbox`, `event`, `event_sequence`, `kv`) keep their shape.
- The pruning plugin's `media-blob.ts` already projects `media:<sha256>`
refs.
- The pruning fixture enables `media_blob` explicitly, so the
always-present `blob` table doesn't change its expectation.
- Missions reads `session_inbox` only by count and ID in production
code.
- **Behavior changes checked:**
- **Code Mode:** 2.2.1 moves programs onto one job queue
([#57976](anomalyco/opencode#57976)). The
run-to-completion regression behind the 2.1.2 minimum passes on 2.1.4,
2.2.0 and 2.2.1: `{ total: 2000, beforeAwait: 1000, count: 1000 }`.
- **Session form polling** returns `[]` without booting a cold Location
([#59083](anomalyco/opencode#59083)). Forms are
in memory, so nothing pending is hidden. This matches CodeNomad's
existing-only pending reader.
- **Location keys and `session.create` directories** are canonical on
POSIX too: trailing slash removed, `posix.normalize`
([#59327](anomalyco/opencode#59327)). Windows
already normalized. This is low risk; it was reviewed in source only,
since the location and ownership fixtures run on Windows and the POSIX
certification covers migration, Code Mode and Git-degraded.
- **Location keep-alive:** the changelog line "keep project services
alive … with a 24-hour inactivity cap"
([#57274](anomalyco/opencode#57274)) doesn't
match the shipped tree. That commit was superseded before 2.1.4, and no
cap exists at v2.2.0 or v2.2.1. From 2.1.4 to 2.2.1,
`location-activity.ts` only canonicalizes paths and generalizes Job
kinds. Long-waiting Missions sessions keep their Location as on 2.1.4.
- **Plugin readiness:** each runner step and tool call now waits for
plugin activation
([#51133](anomalyco/opencode#51133)), and
agent/provider lists wait for plugins. Presence leases stay outside the
discovery root, so this adds no reload.
- **Service lifecycle:** registration and config renames are retried on
Windows. The managed service ignores a saved `XDG_STATE_HOME`
([#58815](anomalyco/opencode#58815)); CodeNomad
never sets it. The `OPENCODE_SERVER_USERNAME` change was added and
reverted within 2.2.0. Detached POSIX children are killed when OpenCode
exits; service start uses its own spawn path.
  - **2.2.1 opt-ins:**
- schedules, both the API and the agent tool, need
`experimental.schedules`;
    - `image_generate` needs `experimental.image_generate`;
    - `/goal` runs only when invoked;
- the subagent tool description now invites follow-ups to *running*
subagents, with the same mechanics as 2.1.4.
- **Other changes:** compaction sizing from the provider's count, MCP
malformed-tool tolerance, OAuth refresh coordination
([#54023](anomalyco/opencode#54023)) and
webfetch redirect rules. They touch no consumed contract and were
reviewed in source; of these, the native suites exercise compaction
only.
- **Upstream #52922** (Bus routing before Location fanout) is still
open: keep the discovery and event-relay mitigations.

**Verdict:** no consumed contract changed from 2.1.4 to 2.2.1.

- The **2.1.0 client/plugin pins can stay**.
- The **2.1.2 minimum has no reason to move**.
- 2.2.1 is admitted through the existing contract recognition, and
nothing found blocks recommending it once the native suites pass on it.
- No CodeNomad bug was found.

Bumping the pins is optional. It would bring the 2.2 client's
discard-tool-result-payload option and its "register running sessions
missed while disconnected" fix
([#53012](anomalyco/opencode#53012)). It would
also move the replay reducer, so it belongs in its own PR. The UI and
server already typecheck against 2.2.1.

**Not verified here:**
- the full native suites against 2.2.0/2.2.1 (only the Code Mode
regression and the host-module probe ran);
- the TUI pruning companion under OpenTUI 0.7. It uses only
`Plugin.define`, `ctx.data.session` and `ctx.data.listen`, so the 0.7
renderable changes don't apply, but this wasn't run;
- POSIX canonicalization on a real Linux/macOS runtime;
- the 2.2.1 release notes, which were unpublished at review time.
## Isolated Windows qualification

Base: dev `157766206`; Node **25.2.1** (local; CI runs the pinned
24.20.0); exact official CLI **2.2.1**; unchanged locked client/plugin
**2.1.0**.

- **Build and checks:** production server and native plugin builds
(pruning, automation, Missions), root typecheck.
- **Native runtime:** Code Mode job ordering (`{ total: 2000,
beforeAwait: 1000, count: 1000 }` on 2.2.1), plugin runtime, automation;
complete pruning, history, proxy, navigation and media; Location,
worktree families/management and event relay; permission receipts; Git
init/degraded.
- **Missions:** contract, family control, native and trajectory; **all
11 recurring Mission journeys** (`ABCDGELFWQN`).
- **Sessions:** environment, fork, aside, interrupt, lifecycle, blank
cleanup (`--conditions=browser`, as in CI), compaction isolation, prompt
skills, provider usage/accounts/selection, service usage, web search,
plugin packages, output limit, Promise-tool failure, subagent depth,
temporary workspaces.
- **Migrations:** history from **2.1.0, 2.1.2, 2.1.4 and 2.2.0** to
2.2.1.
- **Installation:** fresh install, native upgrade and legacy replacement
fixtures.
- **Units after the recommendation change:**
compatibility/transport/update **35/35**; full server **2,628 passed, 8
skipped, 1 cancelled** (`index.test.ts` shutdown test timed out at 5 s
under full-suite load and passes **4/4** alone); ten-locale help checks
pass.

In CI, `latest` resolves to 2.2.1: the compatibility job runs the native
suites against the minimum and latest on Windows, and the migration and
Git-degraded certification runs them on Ubuntu, Windows and macOS. WSL,
packaged desktop, installers/updater end-to-end and real mobile devices
keep their separate release gates.