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Problem

When the Claude Code CLI exits before it sends its first message, the turn fails about 10 ms after prompt.offer with only Provider turn failed. (transport_error, no code). The cause is not recorded anywhere. One example is macOS denying the CLI access to the project folder, where it prints error: An internal error occurred (EPERM) and exits 1. T3 starts the CLI with stderr set to ignore, so the CLI's own explanation is thrown away. The server log then shows only "Claude Code process exited with code 1".

To reproduce on Linux, point a Claude instance at a CLI that writes that line to stderr and exits 1, then send any prompt. The turn fails with Provider turn failed. and the EPERM line appears nowhere.

Change

  • stderr is kept: spawnClaudeProcessGroup now pipes the CLI's stderr and always drains it. The query runner keeps up to 2,048 characters of it until the CLI's first message, the same limit the SDK uses when it starts the CLI itself.
  • Startup exits get a named error: a nonzero exit or a signal before the first message becomes a ClaudeCodeStartupExitError. failure.ts lists it as a curated error, so the turn reads "Claude Code exited with code 1 before it responded. Check the server log for details."
  • stderr stays in the server log: the stderr tail is attached only to the error's cause chain. The existing orchestration-v2.claude-query-stream-failed server warning prints it. It never reaches the failure message clients see, because stderr can carry paths or tokens.
  • Unchanged cases: a stop (SDK AbortError), exit code 0, a spawn that fails before any exit, and a CLI that dies after it has answered all keep today's error. The Windows spawn path feeds the same tail.

Scope and approval

Fixes #16297

Triaged via the automated issue flow; GitCafe issue #16297.

Verification

Tests

  • ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts gains two tests that use the real query runner and a fake CLI. That CLI writes a private-looking EPERM line to stderr and exits 1.
    • names Claude Code's exit code when it exits before answering: the failure message includes "exited" and "code 1" and not the stderr text.
    • keeps the CLI's startup stderr for the server log: Cause.pretty includes the stderr line.
  • Both fail on main (expected 'Provider turn failed.' to include 'exited'; stderr missing from the cause) and pass with the fix.
  • The query-runner and failure.test.ts suites pass: 22 tests.
  • vp run check:changed passed at the merged head: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 23 packages, and 266 tests in 3 files.

Runtime
This is a server-only fix with no render path, so there are no captures. I ran a real dev server on a fresh database, t3 thread start --wait with the reporter's prompt, and a stub CLI:

Before (main 36d4d711b7) After (0004ae9b87)
Turn failure Provider turn failed. Claude Code exited with code 1 before it responded. Check the server log for details.
claude-query-stream-failed cause Claude Code process exited with code 1 ClaudeCodeStartupExitError → stderr: error: An internal error occurred (EPERM) → SDK exit error
Real Claude CLI 2.1.303, same prompt OK OK

Runtime transcript · stub CLI

Not checked

  • cannot-verify macos: I did not run an actual macOS folder-access denial. The stub reproduces its observable shape (stderr line, exit 1, no SDK frames).
  • Windows was not executed; its spawn path only adds the same tail.

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol; harnesses: Claude Agent SDK and Codex through T3 Code.

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juliusmarminge and others added 3 commits October 27, 2026 15:58
…xit and stderr

A Claude CLI that writes to stderr and exits 1 before its first message
fails the turn with only "Provider turn failed.", and the stream failure
cause carries no trace of the CLI's stderr for the server log. These
tests reproduce #16297 and fail on main.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
A Claude CLI that exited before its first message (for example macOS
denying it the project folder with EPERM) failed the turn with only
"Provider turn failed.", and its stderr was discarded, so the server log
had no reason either.

The process-group spawn now pipes and always drains stderr, keeping a
2048-char tail until the first message arrives. A query that fails before
answering, after a nonzero exit or a signal, and is not an SDK abort,
becomes a curated ClaudeCodeStartupExitError ("Claude Code exited with
code 1 before it responded."). The stderr tail rides only in its cause
chain, so Cause.pretty in the stream-failure warning shows it while the
client message never does. Windows' own spawn feeds the same tail.

Fixes #16297

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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#	packages/provider-core/src/server/failure.ts
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Verdict: Approved at 84fc347

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Claude startup failures now report the process exit status and preserve diagnostic causes without exposing raw stderr in turn errors. The remaining Windows stderr timing concern is limited to diagnostic completeness.

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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: b883156 · PR result: 84fc347 · 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

The Claude runner now records child exit status and captures bounded stderr. Before the first response, it classifies qualifying failures as startup errors while preserving the root-refusal case. Query failures are carried into turn-start protocol errors.

Changes: Claude startup error handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Capture CLI stderr and exit status
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
The runner captures Windows stderr while forwarding it to the configured callback. It records the child exit code and signal.
Convert early exits to provider errors
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, packages/provider-core/src/server/failure.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts
Before a response, the runner distinguishes SDK aborts and successful exits from other failures. Root refusals retain their specific error. Other nonzero exits or signals become startup errors, with stderr retained in the cause chain and excluded from the public error message. The provider failure mapper recognizes the new error. Tests check the provider message and server diagnostics.
Carry query failures into turn-start errors
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
The live query context retains stream failure causes. A turn-start protocol error includes the saved cause if the query ended before the turn started. The test checks that the root-refusal message and startup stderr reach the turn failure.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#26082 — Both concern Claude startup exits that otherwise surface as generic provider errors; this change reports qualifying exit status and retains stderr.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#5943 — Both concern startup failures with exit details hidden; this change reports qualifying exit status and preserves stderr for server diagnostics.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#30675 — Both modify Claude CLI exit handling in ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner; this change classifies nonzero exits before the first message, while that PR handles buffered messages after process exit.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#23804 — This change reuses the bounded stderr and root-refusal startup path introduced by that PR, and adds classification for other nonzero exits and signals.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#33008 — Both address a query ending before turn start; this change saves the stream failure cause and attaches it to the turn-start error.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to 84fc3

This change makes Claude startup failures name the exit code and keeps stderr in the server log. On Windows, stderr could arrive after the exit is classified, which may leave diagnostic text out or misreport a root refusal. The impact is limited to error diagnostics, so the change is mergeable with that follow-up noted. The original macOS failure has not been tested directly.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #16297 requires a Claude turn launched from T3 to return model output when the same authenticated CLI works directly. The current changes retain stderr and classify a pre-response exit as `Claud… Fix the T3 Claude launch path so the affected authenticated CLI starts and returns its first response. Add an automated test that covers successful startup and model output for the reproduced environment. Keep the startup-exit diagnostic fo…
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the server fix: report when Claude Code exits during startup before responding.
Description check Passed The description includes all required sections and provides the problem, implementation details, scope reference, focused test results, runtime verification, and untested cases.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within issue #16297. Bounded stderr capture, startup-exit classification, privacy-safe client messages, server-log causes, and regression tests all support diagnosis of the reported e…
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The changes stay within issue #16297. Bounded stderr capture, startup-exit classification, privacy-safe client messages, server-log causes, and regression tests all support diagnosis of the reported early Claude failure. No unrelated product area is changed.

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Issue #16297 requires a Claude turn launched from T3 to return model output when the same authenticated CLI works directly. The current changes retain stderr and classify a pre-response exit as ClaudeCodeStartupExitError; they do not prevent the CLI from exiting or make the turn return OK. The added tests explicitly assert a failed turn with a clearer message and a server-log cause. The reported macOS scenario therefore remains unresolved.

Resolution

Fix the T3 Claude launch path so the affected authenticated CLI starts and returns its first response. Add an automated test that covers successful startup and model output for the reproduced environment. Keep the startup-exit diagnostic for genuine CLI failures.

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Another real-world case for this fix, reproducible on Linux (not just the macOS EPERM from #16297):

Repro. ~/.local/bin/claude is a bash wrapper that runs Claude through mise (mise use -g claude). The thread runs in a git worktree that contains a mise.toml.

  1. The worktree's mise.toml is not trusted yet, so mise prints its "not trusted" error and exits 1 before the real claude binary starts.
  2. After mise trust, there is a second failure: the mise.toml templates {{ env.SOME_KEY }}, which comes from a gitignored .env.local that the worktree does not have. Same result: exit 1 within ~0.5 s.

Both runs show only Provider error: Provider turn failed. in the thread, and the server log has no stderr. I had to find the cause by running the wrapper by hand in a shell. With this PR, the thread would show "Claude Code exited with code 1 before it responded" and the log would carry mise's message. That is exactly enough to point the user at mise trust or the missing env file.

Conflict with main. This branch now conflicts with #23804 (merged), which added a partial stderr capture to the same spot in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts: stderrTail, kept until the first message and matched only against the root refusal (ClaudeCodeRootRefusalError). The PR description's "T3 starts the CLI with stderr set to ignore" no longer holds on main. The rebase should mostly simplify things: reuse #23804's stderrTail/stderrClosed drain, and keep the root refusal as the specific case inside the new generic startup-exit error. ClaudeCodeRootRefusalError keeps its curated message, and any other nonzero exit or signal before the first message becomes ClaudeCodeStartupExitError.

# Conflicts:
#	apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
#	apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts

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Minor · Preserve startup failures until the turn attaches · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:11193-11200

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:11193-11200
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve startup failures until the turn attaches

If the stream fails during resolveAutoCompactWindow, lastTurn is still null and the startup error is discarded. The user receives a generic start failure, and this path skips the stream-failure log.

Retain the stream failure on the query context before clearing ownership, then propagate it when attachment fails. Preserve the existing clean-exit and cancellation behavior.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 11193 - 11200:
Update the query-exit flow around queryContext and finalizeActiveTurnAfterQueryExit to retain a stream failure before clearing live-query ownership, then propagate that failure if the turn has not attached yet. Preserve clean-exit and cancellation behavior, and keep the existing handling for attached turns unchanged.

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@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:
- Around line 1408-1409: Update the query-stream failure handler around lastTurn
so it logs the failure cause, including any stderr-bearing cause, before
returning when no turn is attached; preserve the existing handling when lastTurn
is present.
- Around line 1266-1269: Update the Windows stderr handling in the Claude
adapter so stderrClosed resolves when child.stderr closes and exit
classification waits for that closure before using diagnostic output. Add a
regression test where stderr arrives after the exit event and verify the startup
error includes the diagnostic text.

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- Around line 11193-11200: Update the query-exit flow around queryContext and
finalizeActiveTurnAfterQueryExit to retain a stream failure before clearing
live-query ownership, then propagate that failure if the turn has not attached
yet. Preserve clean-exit and cancellation behavior, and keep the existing
handling for attached turns unchanged.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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git rev-parse --verify accc7a05017b9a77a806d94dc59625d5f839b190
git rev-parse --verify b883156e269de2002873aebdef6019f336b687a7
echo '--- reviewed source ---'
git show accc7a05017b9a77a806d94dc59625d5f839b190:"$p" | nl -ba | sed -n '1130,1445p'
echo '--- full PR diff ---'
git diff b883156e269de2002873aebdef6019f336b687a7 accc7a05017b9a77a806d94dc59625d5f839b190 -- "$p"
echo '--- lockfile SDK ---'
rg -n -F -- '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk' pnpm-lock.yaml bun.lock package.json apps/server/package.json 2>/dev/null || :

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rg -n -F -e 'spawnClaudeCodeProcess' -e 'stderr' -e 'RootRefusal' -e 'StartupExit' -- apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts
echo '--- helper implementation ---'
n=$(rg -n -F 'function spawnClaudeProcessGroup' "$p" | cut -d: -f1 | head -1); if [ -n "$n" ]; then cat -n "$p" | sed -n "$((n-8)),$((n+110))p"; fi
echo '--- SDK local source candidates ---'
rg --files -g '*claude-agent-sdk*' -g '!pnpm-lock.yaml' . .repos 2>/dev/null || :
echo '--- node version ---'
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Anthropic claude agent sdk 0.3.321 npm sdk.mjs spawnClaudeCodeProcess exit event stderr close asynchronous iterator error

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- Releases · anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-typescript · GitHub — https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-typescript/releases
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- Claude Agent SDK TypeScript v0.3.321 | deployedbyai — https://deployedbyai.com/log/dc04efca909d/claude-agent-sdk-typescript-v0-3-321/
- Agent SDK reference - TypeScript — https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/typescript

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python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
url='https://unpkg.com/@anthropic-ai/[email protected]/sdk.mjs'
try:
    with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=20) as response:
        s=response.read().decode()
    print('source:',url,'bytes:',len(s))
    for term in ['spawnClaudeCodeProcess', '.on("exit"', '.once("exit"', 'exited with code', 'process exited with code']:
        print('\nTERM:',term,'count:',s.count(term))
        pos=0
        for _ in range(min(s.count(term), 6)):
            i=s.find(term,pos)
            print(s[max(0,i-500):min(len(s),i+900)])
            pos=i+len(term)
except Exception as e:
    print('FETCH FAILED:',repr(e))
PY
echo '--- query iterator wrapper and tests ---'
p=apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
cat -n "$p" | sed -n '346,362p;890,930p'
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- ChildProcess | Node.js 26.13.0 Documentation — https://beta.docs.nodejs.org/child_process/ChildProcess
- Difference between ChildProcess close, exit events — https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37522010/difference-between-childprocess-close-exit-events
- run_shell_command: stdout lost on fast commands due to child.on('exit') vs child.on('close') race in shellExecutionService · Issue #24923 · google-gemini/gemini-cli — GitHub issue 24923 in google-gemini/gemini-cli (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- race condition — GitHub issue 7 in pkrumins/node-tree-kill (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

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python3 - <<'PY'
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url='https://unpkg.com/@anthropic-ai/[email protected]/sdk.mjs'
with urllib.request.urlopen(url,timeout=20) as r: s=r.read().decode()
for term in ['.onExit(', 'async*readMessages()', 'spawnLocalProcess(', 'class vk{']:
    print('\nTERM',term,'count',s.count(term))
    pos=0
    for _ in range(min(s.count(term),8)):
        i=s.find(term,pos)
        print(s[max(0,i-750):min(len(s),i+1800)])
        pos=i+len(term)
PY
echo '--- test platform setup ---'
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python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
u='https://unpkg.com/@anthropic-ai/[email protected]/sdk.mjs'
with urllib.request.urlopen(u,timeout=20) as r:s=r.read().decode()
for term in ['.readMessages()', 'readMessages(){', 'messages.error(', 'messages.fail(', 'for await(let']:
 print('\n',term,'count',s.count(term))
 pos=0
 for _ in range(min(s.count(term), 12)):
  i=s.find(term,pos); print(s[max(0,i-700):min(len(s),i+1400)]); pos=i+len(term)
PY

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python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
u='https://unpkg.com/@anthropic-ai/[email protected]/sdk.mjs'
with urllib.request.urlopen(u,timeout=20) as r:s=r.read().decode()
i=s.index('async readMessages(){try{for await(let e of this.transport.readMessages()')
j=s.index('async*readSdkMessages()',i)
v=s[i:j]
print('Query readMessages through readSdkMessages:',len(v),'characters')
for term in ['catch(', 'this.cleanup(', 'this.inputStream.error(', 'this.inputStream.done()']:
 p=0
 while True:
  k=v.find(term,p)
  if k<0:break
  print('\n',term, v[max(0,k-350):min(len(v),k+650)])
  p=k+len(term)
i=s.rfind('async cleanup(',0,i)
print('\ncleanup start',i)
if i>=0:
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PY

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Wait for Windows stderr before classifying the exit.

If the SDK fails before stderr closes, the startup error can omit diagnostic text or miss a root refusal. Resolve stderrClosed on stream close, as on non-Windows. Add a test with stderr delivered after exit.

Suggested fix

+              stderrClosed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+                child.stderr.once("close", resolve);
+              });
               child.stderr.setEncoding("utf8").on("data", (chunk: string) => {
                 appendStderr(chunk);
                 options.stderr?.(chunk);
               });
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 1266 - 1269:
Update the Windows stderr handling in the Claude adapter so stderrClosed resolves when child.stderr closes and exit classification waits for that closure before using diagnostic output. Add a regression test where stderr arrives after the exit event and verify the startup error includes the diagnostic text.

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The real app opened the query, the CLI exited before any frame, and the
stream's consumer fiber cleared the live query before startTurn claimed it.
With no turn to finalize, the exit cause was dropped and startTurn failed
with the generic "query ended before the turn could start", so neither the
curated exit message nor the stderr reached the client or the server log.

Keep the query's failure cause on the live query and attach it to that
start error, so failure curation finds ClaudeCodeStartupExitError and the
logged cause chain carries the bounded stderr.

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Fix the T3 Claude launch path so the affected authenticated CLI starts and
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and model output for the reproduced environment. Keep the startup-exit
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Configure Claude with an executable stub that writes error: An internal error occurred (EPERM) to stderr and exits 1 without SDK messages. Open a fresh thread, send Reply with exactly: OK, and inspect the failed turn and server cause.

Both sides: real web/server app, isolated fresh database, Chromium 1280×800, light theme. Screenshots show the conversation region. Recordings mask the lower controls to remove private runtime metadata.

Before After
b883156e26 84fc3470b6
Before: generic provider startup failure After: Claude exit code and server-log guidance
Fresh-thread recording Fresh-thread recording
Server cause omits EPERM Server cause retains EPERM

Head identifies exit code 1 and directs the user to server logs. EPERM remains absent from the client message.

Reproduction procedure · Executable stub · Equivalent seed script

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Not shown:

  • Signal termination was not exercised; the reproduction used exit code 1.
  • Startup stderr truncation bounds were not exercised; the stub emitted one short line.

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[Bug]: Claude turns fail immediately with transport_error on macOS while standalone CLI and non-TTY subprocess succeed

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