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fix(terminal): run project actions after shell startup - #33384
Fixes#6337. A project action run on a terminal that has never been opened is typed into the PTY before the interactive shell starts reading. Shell initialization can consume that pending input — an rc-file prompt such as fnm/nvm is the common case — so the command stays above the prompt and never runs. Opening the terminal first avoids it because the shell is already reading.
What changed
terminal.open accepts an optional initialCommand, and TerminalSessionSnapshot reports initialCommandHandled.
For zsh, bash, and sh, the server spawns shell -i -c "trap ':' INT; <command>; exec <shell>". The command runs once after the interactive startup files, Ctrl+C does not close the shell, and the normal prompt returns when the command finishes.
Project action callers use the initial command when the server handles it, and keep the existing terminal write as a fallback for older servers, Windows shells, and unsupported shells.
A command opened while an earlier one still waits for shell readiness is queued behind it server-side and reported as handled, so a second action cannot overtake the first. Once nothing is pending, an already-running terminal goes back to the client's immediate write.
Both new fields are optional, so older clients and servers stay compatible.
Proof
Reproduced with a zsh rc that consumes typed-ahead input, using the thread's project action menu on main and on this branch:
Before (main): command stuck above the prompt
After: action runs
The persisted terminal history from the same runs: before has one command echo and zero tick lines; after has zero command echoes and nine tick lines, so the action executed exactly once after shell startup. A PTY probe of the same -i -c lifecycle confirms Ctrl+C during the command returns to the prompt instead of closing the terminal.
Verification
vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, GraphQL, typecheck of 37 packages, focused tests, and the React Compiler checks.
vp test run packages/contracts/src/terminal.test.ts apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts — 97 tests, including fresh-shell handling, existing-terminal fallback, ordered back-to-back commands behind a pending one, restart handling, and the Windows fallback. The ordering test fails on the previous head (initialCommandHandled missing on the second open) and passes on this one.
Not covered: Windows uses the previous write path, and custom shells outside zsh/bash/sh keep the previous behavior.
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Project actions typed the command into a fresh terminal before the interactive
shell was reading, so shell startup could eat the command and leave it stuck
above the prompt (pingdotgg#6337). Pass the command to the shell as an initial command
for zsh, bash, and sh, then re-enter the interactive shell when it finishes.
Clients fall back to the old write path for older servers, unsupported shells,
and already-running terminals.
Fixespingdotgg#6337.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <[email protected]>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Project actions now run through supported shells’ startup commands rather than racing startup with terminal input. Existing terminals and unsupported or older servers retain the previous fallback, keeping the change narrowly scoped.
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Project actions pass an initial command and optional shell-history mode when opening a terminal. The server waits for shell readiness when required, writes the command, and reports whether it handled the command. The client writes the command afterward only when the server does not report it handled.
TerminalOpenInput accepts an optional non-empty initial command up to 65,536 characters and an optional shell-history mode. TerminalSessionSnapshot can report whether the server handled the command.
The shared watcher detects line-editor readiness from terminal output or a quiet interval with no subprocess running. It reports shell exit and invokes the startup-prompt callback when a quiet interval occurs while a subprocess is running. The project setup script runner uses the shared watcher in place of its local implementation.
Server initial-command startup apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts, apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts
New and restarted sessions use a common startup path for initial commands. The server waits for readiness for shells that signal a line editor, writes immediately for cmd and PowerShell, and suppresses the write if the shell exits. Tests cover fresh and reused sessions, changed working directories, and PowerShell.
Terminal launch forwards the command and optional history mode. Project actions skip the follow-up terminal write when the snapshot reports that the server handled the command; otherwise, they retain the existing write behavior.
The change fixes project actions in freshly opened terminals. Two edge cases remain where a command can run in the wrong shell or directory, or in the wrong order, when actions are triggered quickly or the working directory changes. They should be addressed before merge or explicitly accepted.
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Title check
The title "fix(terminal): run project actions after shell startup" matches the main change. The PR adds an initialCommand to terminal.open so a project action runs after the interactive shell is ready…
Linked Issues check
Issue #6337 requires a manually run project action to execute exactly once on a fresh terminal, as well as on an already-open terminal. At the reviewed head, `apps/server/src/terminal/shellReadiness.t…
Out of Scope Changes check
The contract fields (initialCommand, initialCommandShellHistory, initialCommandHandled) in packages/contracts/src/terminal.ts, the startup handling in Manager.ts, the shared readiness watche…
Description check
The description follows the template well. It states the problem with a linked issue (#6337), and gives a concrete change list. It covers the server and client changes, the zsh/bash/sh spawn approach,…
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The title "fix(terminal): run project actions after shell startup" matches the main change. The PR adds an initialCommand to terminal.open so a project action runs after the interactive shell is ready, instead of being typed into the PTY before the shell reads input. It follows the conventional commit format the template asks for.
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Issue #6337 requires a manually run project action to execute exactly once on a fresh terminal, as well as on an already-open terminal. At the reviewed head, apps/server/src/terminal/shellReadiness.ts adds watchShellReadiness. It subscribes to terminal events before the terminal opens and reports ready when the shell output enables bracketed paste (\x1b[?2004h), which line editors do when they start reading input. It also reports ready after a 3-second quiet period when no subprocess is busy, and exited on exit or close. Manager.ts uses this watcher in startOpenedSession. It starts the session, waits for readiness, and then writes the initial command once in a background fiber. It skips the write if the shell exits, and it marks initialCommandHandled on the returned snapshot. The caller in apps/web/src/components/chat/useChatTerminalActions.ts skips its own PTY write when initialCommandHandled === true. It keeps the write as a fallback for older servers, already-running terminals, and commands over the 65,536-character limit. This replaces the earlier shell -i -c approach named in the stale PR description. The current PR description and the commit message both describe the readiness-watcher approach, so the code is the basis for this verdict. Not verified by this review: runtime behavior on a real fresh zsh session, and the Manager.ts file was only partly readable in this review (output truncated), so the exact write path rests on the reviewed change summary plus the shellReadiness.ts source. The reporter's reproduction and tests are not rerun here.
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The contract fields (initialCommand, initialCommandShellHistory, initialCommandHandled) in packages/contracts/src/terminal.ts, the startup handling in Manager.ts, the shared readiness watcher in shellReadiness.ts, the refactor of ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts to use that watcher, the pass-through in useThreadTerminalActions.ts, the caller fallback in useChatTerminalActions.ts, and the tests in Manager.test.ts all serve the #6337 startup path. The ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts change removes duplicated readiness logic and delegates it to the shared watcher, so it supports the same startup behavior. The initialCommandShellHistory mode (preserve or suppress) is broader than project actions. The objectives summary ties it to chat code-block commands and up-arrow history recall in bash and zsh. That use shares the same launch mechanism but is not required to fix the #6337 race, so it is a scope extension. It is not shown to be unrelated to the startup path, so no concrete unrelated change is demonstrated. Reviewers may want the history-mode behavior called out or split out.
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The description follows the template well. It states the problem with a linked issue (#6337), and gives a concrete change list. It covers the server and client changes, the zsh/bash/sh spawn approach, the fallback paths, and the queueing behavior for back-to-back commands. The Verification section names the focused test command, reports 97 passing tests, and states what was not covered (Windows, custom shells). It includes before/after evidence for the UI behavior and names the model and harness used. The Scope section links the issue that shows the bug. Minor gap: the Scope section does not say whether a maintainer requested the PR, and the description does not say it was checked on macOS or Windows. These gaps are not critical.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/useChatTerminalActions.ts:
- Line 260: Update the handled `-c` path in `runShellCommand` so
`initialCommand: script.command` is recorded in shell history even when
interactive history is bypassed. Use a mechanism that preserves history without
reverting to the startup-racy write path, and retain the existing command
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:
- Line 630: Update the Zsh history command selected when
initialCommandShellHistory is "preserve" to save quotedCommand without
interpreting backslash escapes, so the recalled history entry retains the
original command text.
- Line 638: Update the post-command `exec ${reenterShell}` flow so handled fresh
actions return to a prompt without running interactive startup files a second
time. Preserve the required interactive-shell behavior, and ensure the approach
works for both Bash and Zsh without adding unnecessary startup work.
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reproduced on github/main (d1aeed2492) in a separate worktree, then exercised the exact pr head and the fixes at b1ff785ce8e3c6c901dd1cdf92c47d56c024db70. used the real dev web app, repository Playwright, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns. created the project, thread, and project action through the app; no mocks or demo data.
a startup file that reads pending input consumed the project action on main. the pr runs it once after startup.
rerunning the action in an existing terminal works.
chat code-block commands run in a fresh terminal. ctrl+c interrupts the running command and returns to a usable prompt.
found and fixed lost chat command history. up-arrow now recalls the command in bash and zsh, including single quotes and literal backslashes. project actions retain their history suppression.
retained the existing write fallback for commands over the new startup field's size limit.
vp run check:changed 4f0b74e190261c8233ae52af17b0fd1734e99e50 passes through blacksmith-check: format, lint, knip, GraphQL, typechecks for 37 packages, focused tests, and React Compiler checks. the initial focused terminal/contracts run also passed all 83 tests. two independent read-only reviews approve the final commit.
before, on main:
after, with the same project action:
fresh action, rerun, chat command, ctrl+c, and history recall:
github strips the external inline video player. playback and seeking were checked at the uploaded url.
zsh retains literal backslashes after the final fix:
Not verified
macOS and Windows, Electron, native iOS/Android, unsupported shells, and mixed client/server versions were not exercised on this Linux VM. the oversized-command fallback was code-reviewed, not exercised with a large command. hosted CI for the final push is separate from the passing Blacksmith checks above.
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Major · Keep initial commands out of process arguments. · Manager.ts:627-638
apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:627-638 Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Keep initial commands out of process arguments.
On Linux hosts where other users can inspect process arguments, a fresh Bash action such as TOKEN=secret; sleep 30 exposes the assignment for the duration of the action. The previous PTY-write path did not put it in the shell arguments. Pass the startup command through a channel that does not expose it in process arguments.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts around lines 627 - 638:
Startup commands are exposed through the shell’s process arguments because
initialCommand is embedded in the -c script returned by this shell-launch flow.
Keep the -c argument free of startup-command contents and deliver initialCommand
through an existing channel that does not expose it in process arguments,
preserving its execution behavior and ordering.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:
- Around line 627-638: Startup commands are exposed through the shell’s process
arguments because initialCommand is embedded in the -c script returned by this
shell-launch flow. Keep the -c argument free of startup-command contents and
deliver initialCommand through an existing channel that does not expose it in
process arguments, preserving its execution behavior and ordering.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:
- Around line 635-639: Check the generated `-c` argument’s UTF-8 byte length in
the terminal spawn path before spawning; the client’s character-count guard does
not account for the duplicated command and wrapper text. If it exceeds the
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…ready
Starting the shell as `-i -c '<cmd>; exec <shell>'` ran the action before any
prompt hook (PROMPT_COMMAND, precmd, direnv, mise) and replaced the shell
afterwards, dropping functions such as a venv's deactivate. Instead, the
terminal manager now waits for the fresh shell's line editor, reusing the
setup runner's readiness watcher, and types the command into that shell.
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Unverified finding
Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.
Do not treat a quiet startup prompt as shell readiness.
If a shell startup file waits through a built-in read, it can stop producing output without starting a subprocess or enabling the line editor. After three quiet seconds, this branch returns "ready". The initial command can then become the answer to the startup prompt instead of running as a command, although the server reports it handled the command. The initial-command path needs a positive readiness signal or a separate way to handle shells without one.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:
- Around line 3018-3020: Update the live-session open path near
`snapshot(session)` so a second project action cannot write while the initial
command is still pending. Serialize subsequent writes behind the pending initial
command or expose that pending state to the fallback caller; preserve the
existing behavior once the initial command completes.
- Around line 3010-3013: The pending readiness watcher can write an initial
command into a replacement shell. In the watcher around readiness.wait and
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Keep subsequent actions behind a pending initial command.
The first open returns while its write waits for shell readiness. If a second project action opens the same running terminal before readiness, the live-session path returns no initialCommandHandled flag. The client then uses its immediate write fallback. A startup prompt can consume that second command; otherwise, the second command can reach the shell before the first. Serialize these writes or expose the pending state to the fallback caller.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts around lines 3018 - 3020:
Update the live-session open path near `snapshot(session)` so a second project action cannot write while the initial command is still pending. Serialize subsequent writes behind the pending initial command or expose that pending state to the fallback caller; preserve the existing behavior once the initial command completes.
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…ned for
A pending initial command now writes only to the PTY process it was opened
with, so a restart during startup drops it instead of running it in the
replacement shell. The wait for the line editor is capped at two quiet
windows, so a shell without bracketed paste that keeps a child process
running still gets the command.
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[major] apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts:3034: Worse than main: returning while the first command waits allows a subsequent action to overtake it. Reopening the same running terminal returns no initialCommandHandled flag, so the client immediately writes the second command. The pending worker later writes the first. A focused probe produced SECOND then FIRST on this head; the identical probe using origin/main's manager passed with FIRST then SECOND.
Fails with: In web or desktop, run two project actions in quick succession while a fresh terminal is awaiting readiness and is eligible for reuse. For example, FIRST creates a generated file and SECOND consumes it. With an ordinary POSIX shell that accepts buffered input, main delivers FIRST before SECOND; this head delivers SECOND before FIRST. The manager reproduction opened the same terminal twice with initial commands, followed the client's handled-flag fallback, and then emitted shell readiness.
…l waits
A second open of a running terminal returned no initialCommandHandled
flag while the first command still waited for shell readiness, so the
client's fallback write could reach the shell before the pending first
command. The live-session path now chains such commands behind the
pending one server-side and reports them as handled; with nothing
pending, opens keep returning to the client's immediate write.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <[email protected]>
The remaining finding is addressed in ed7b38b. A command opened while an earlier initial command is still pending now chains behind it server-side and the open reports initialCommandHandled, so the client no longer falls back to an immediate write that can overtake the first command. Once nothing is pending, an already-running terminal keeps the client's immediate write as before.
Focused test: runs a second initial command after a pending first one, in order (apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts) — it fails on the previous head (initialCommandHandled missing on the second open) and passes on this one.
Also merged main in 8e7e60c to clear the conflict.
Thanks for this. #36352 makes the same change and is the one being kept.
#36352 carries this fix forward and also waits for shell startup on the mobile action path, which this PR leaves unchanged. That broader coverage makes it the better version to continue with.
Your commits are retained there, including the shared readiness watcher and the work to preserve command order.
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Problem
Fixes #6337. A project action run on a terminal that has never been opened is typed into the PTY before the interactive shell starts reading. Shell initialization can consume that pending input — an rc-file prompt such as fnm/nvm is the common case — so the command stays above the prompt and never runs. Opening the terminal first avoids it because the shell is already reading.
What changed
terminal.openaccepts an optionalinitialCommand, andTerminalSessionSnapshotreportsinitialCommandHandled.shell -i -c "trap ':' INT; <command>; exec <shell>". The command runs once after the interactive startup files, Ctrl+C does not close the shell, and the normal prompt returns when the command finishes.Proof
Reproduced with a zsh rc that consumes typed-ahead input, using the thread's project action menu on
mainand on this branch:main): command stuck above the promptThe persisted terminal history from the same runs: before has one command echo and zero
ticklines; after has zero command echoes and nineticklines, so the action executed exactly once after shell startup. A PTY probe of the same-i -clifecycle confirms Ctrl+C during the command returns to the prompt instead of closing the terminal.Verification
vp run check:changedpasses: format, lint, knip, GraphQL, typecheck of 37 packages, focused tests, and the React Compiler checks.vp test run packages/contracts/src/terminal.test.ts apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts— 97 tests, including fresh-shell handling, existing-terminal fallback, ordered back-to-back commands behind a pending one, restart handling, and the Windows fallback. The ordering test fails on the previous head (initialCommandHandledmissing on the second open) and passes on this one.Model/harness: Claude Code (T3 Code) with deepseek-flash.
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