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fix(server): detect inherited bootstrap pipes on Windows - #34384
Fixes#17367 (after a Windows desktop update or other slow cold start, the backend misses its bootstrap envelope and silently starts in web mode, so the desktop login is rejected). This PR now carries the complete fix: it includes the commits from #17568, which was closed as stale, plus a Windows fix on top. It supersedes #17568.
On native Windows, #17568 alone still hangs in the case it is meant to fix. readBootstrapEnvelope picks its stream with stat.isSocket() || stat.isFIFO(), but Node hardwires Stats.isFIFO()/isSocket() to false on Windows, even though libuv reports the desktop's inherited fd3 pipe as S_IFIFO (mode 0o10000; fs.constants.S_IFIFO === 4096). The code therefore falls back to fs.createReadStream. When no envelope arrives, BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutError is logged but the pending threadpool read keeps the process alive indefinitely (observed >150 s, no listener). The desktop supervisor only restarts on exit, so the app stays stuck. The real-pipe test covers this, but it was skipIf(win32).
Triaged bug #17367 (labels bug, via-triage; maintainer triage notes in the issue). One problem: the desktop backend silently degrading to web mode when its bootstrap envelope is late or missing, on every platform including Windows.
Verification
Native Windows 11 x64, Node 26, at c94350d (before the later main merge and test trim). The harness spawns the server exactly like the desktop (--bootstrap-fd 3, stdio[3] = "pipe"), with an isolated home and port:
bootstrap.test.ts + cli/config.test.ts: 26/26 on Windows. Without this change, the unskipped real-pipe test fails (120 s timeout); with it, the test passes.
Real Electron dev app (vp run dev:desktop), with the first launch's envelope withheld via a temporary local hook (not committed): BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutError at 30 s → backend exits → "backend exited unexpectedly; restart scheduled" → respawn 0.5 s later → server.startup in desktop mode → getBearerToken succeeds. Self-heals in ~39 s with no error screen or browser tab.
Server typecheck, fmt, lint and knip are clean. Not verified: macOS and WSL. Linux behavior is unchanged, because isFIFO() already worked there.
Implemented and verified by Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5, claude-opus-5-5) via T3 Code triage.
Node's Stats.isFIFO() is hardwired to false on Windows, so the desktop's
fd3 pipe was read with fs.createReadStream. When the envelope never
arrived, the timeout fired but the pending threadpool read kept the
backend alive forever, so the desktop never restarted it. Check the
S_IFIFO mode bits directly and run the real-pipe test on Windows too.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change fixes inherited-pipe handling and makes missing bootstrap input an explicit startup error. It also increases the default bootstrap wait from 1 to 30 seconds, requiring human acceptance of the changed startup timing.
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The bootstrap reader returns decoded envelopes directly. It reports descriptor stat failures, read failures, input closure, and timeouts. The default timeout is 30 seconds. CLI configuration uses the updated reader result.
Changes: Bootstrap envelope reading
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Summary
Reader errors, stream selection, and validation apps/server/src/bootstrap.ts, apps/server/src/bootstrap.test.ts
The reader stats the descriptor, selects a stream based on its type, and returns decoded envelopes directly. It reports distinct errors for stat failures, read failures, input closure, and timeouts. Tests cover successful reads, the default timeout, stream cleanup, and child-process exit.
CLI configuration assigns the decoded envelope directly when a descriptor is set. A test verifies that an unavailable descriptor fails before the server base directory is created.
pingdotgg/t3code#17568: Changes readBootstrapEnvelope behavior and file-descriptor handling, including timeout and missing-envelope errors.
Suggested labels:bugfix
Suggested reviewers:juliusmarminge, t3dotgg
Merge Risk: Low · up to ec24d
The change fixes the Windows hang on inherited bootstrap pipes. The one remaining concern is a possibly flaky test, which does not affect runtime behavior.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: detecting inherited bootstrap pipes on Windows.
Linked Issues check
The PR meets the coding requirements for [#17367]. readBootstrapEnvelope detects Windows FIFO mode bits and uses NodeNet.Socket for inherited pipes. It waits 30 seconds, fails with `BootstrapEnvel…
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The changes stay within [#17367]. The source changes handle explicit bootstrap-envelope errors and Windows pipe selection. The test changes verify those behaviors. No unrelated product behavior appear…
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and Verification sections, and each is substantively filled in. The Problem section gives the reproduction contex…
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The PR meets the coding requirements for [#17367]. readBootstrapEnvelope detects Windows FIFO mode bits and uses NodeNet.Socket for inherited pipes. It waits 30 seconds, fails with BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutError or BootstrapEnvelopeMissingError, and no longer silently falls back to web mode for an explicit bootstrap fd. Tests cover timeout cleanup, missing envelopes, read errors, unavailable descriptors, and a live inherited-pipe timeout.
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The changes stay within [#17367]. The source changes handle explicit bootstrap-envelope errors and Windows pipe selection. The test changes verify those behaviors. No unrelated product behavior appears in the reviewed diff.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and Verification sections, and each is substantively filled in. The Problem section gives the reproduction context: a Windows cold start, the stat-based pipe detection, and the observed hang. The Change section lists three concrete edits. The Scope section links issue #17367 and explains the triage. The Verification section gives a platform, Node version, a results table, test counts, and a manual Electron run. It also states what was not verified (macOS, WSL). The model and harness are named at the end, as the template asks. The title-style header line from the template is not used, but the PR is titled per convention in the metadata. Minor gaps: the description does not restate the conventional commit title, and the Scope section cites maintainer triage without linking a maintainer request. These are non-critical.
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- Line 258: Update the child-process wait in the test so it does not assert
captured stdout when only the exit event has fired. Release the parent-held pipe
at fd 3 and await the child’s close event before checking stdout.
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Drain child stdout before asserting its contents.
If the child exits before its stdout pipe finishes delivering data, the exit event resolves this wait while stdout is incomplete. The assertion can then fail despite a successful timeout. After exit, release the parent’s pipe at fd 3 and await the child’s close event before checking stdout. Node.js documents that stdio can remain open when exit fires. (nodejs.org)
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Update the child-process wait in the test so it does not assert captured stdout when only the exit event has fired. Release the parent-held pipe at fd 3 and await the child’s close event before checking stdout.
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Evidence covers the real bundled server on Linux x86_64; native Windows and Electron supervisor recovery remain unverified. On both commits, use fresh synthetic state and an inherited OS pipe on fd3: deliver the desktop bootstrap envelope after 12 seconds and attempt authentication; separately withhold it with the pipe open; then launch a fresh process with immediate delivery.
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Native Windows pipe detection and cancellation of pending Windows filesystem reads: the prescribed VM runs Linux, so these platform-specific changes were not exercised.
Nightly desktop update install/restart and automatic Electron supervisor recovery: the driver spawned the real server directly and performed the next launch itself.
Recovery using the same desktop state directory: the next-spawn control used fresh synthetic state.
Exact web-mode startup logging was not captured; the base's observed failure was HTTP 401 invalid_credential after delayed envelope delivery.
Thanks for picking this up. On "native Windows and Electron supervisor recovery remain unverified": both were verified on native Windows 11 x64 (Node 26) at c94350d, before your main merge and test trim. Details are in the description's Verification section:
Electron supervisor recovery: in the real dev desktop app (vp run dev:desktop), with the first launch's envelope withheld by a temporary local hook (not committed): BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutError at 30 s → backend exits → "backend exited unexpectedly; restart scheduled" → respawn 0.5 s later → server.startup in desktop mode → getBearerToken succeeds. About 39 s end to end, no error screen and no browser tab.
Since #17568 was closed, I've updated the description to say this PR carries the complete fix. Also relevant: x3vyx reproduced the dropped envelope with the real readBootstrapEnvelope on Windows in #17367 (1 s timeout fails under a stall or late write; 30 s succeeds in every run).
Via T3 Code triage with Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5).
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Problem
Fixes #17367 (after a Windows desktop update or other slow cold start, the backend misses its bootstrap envelope and silently starts in web mode, so the desktop login is rejected). This PR now carries the complete fix: it includes the commits from #17568, which was closed as stale, plus a Windows fix on top. It supersedes #17568.
On native Windows, #17568 alone still hangs in the case it is meant to fix.
readBootstrapEnvelopepicks its stream withstat.isSocket() || stat.isFIFO(), but Node hardwiresStats.isFIFO()/isSocket()tofalseon Windows, even though libuv reports the desktop's inherited fd3 pipe asS_IFIFO(mode0o10000;fs.constants.S_IFIFO === 4096). The code therefore falls back tofs.createReadStream. When no envelope arrives,BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutErroris logged but the pending threadpool read keeps the process alive indefinitely (observed >150 s, no listener). The desktop supervisor only restarts on exit, so the app stays stuck. The real-pipe test covers this, but it wasskipIf(win32).Change
(stat.mode & S_IFMT) === S_IFIFO), so Windows uses thenet.Socketpath fix(server): require the bootstrap envelope before startup #17568 intended.Scope and approval
Triaged bug #17367 (labels
bug,via-triage; maintainer triage notes in the issue). One problem: the desktop backend silently degrading to web mode when its bootstrap envelope is late or missing, on every platform including Windows.Verification
Native Windows 11 x64, Node 26, at c94350d (before the later main merge and test trim). The harness spawns the server exactly like the desktop (
--bootstrap-fd 3,stdio[3] = "pipe"), with an isolated home and port:main/oauth/token200BootstrapEnvelopeMissingErrorbootstrap.test.ts+cli/config.test.ts: 26/26 on Windows. Without this change, the unskipped real-pipe test fails (120 s timeout); with it, the test passes.vp run dev:desktop), with the first launch's envelope withheld via a temporary local hook (not committed):BootstrapEnvelopeTimeoutErrorat 30 s → backend exits → "backend exited unexpectedly; restart scheduled" → respawn 0.5 s later →server.startupindesktopmode →getBearerTokensucceeds. Self-heals in ~39 s with no error screen or browser tab.isFIFO()already worked there.Implemented and verified by Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5, claude-opus-5-5) via T3 Code triage.
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