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fix(process-sessions): crash on stdin EPIPE, dropped login-shell args, Windows pty signal #401

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44 changes: 44 additions & 0 deletions src/process-sessions.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -178,6 +178,48 @@ if (!buffered.outputTruncated && buffered.sessionId) {
assert.equal(buffered.outputTruncated, true);
if (buffered.sessionId) manager.terminate("workspace-a", buffered.sessionId);

if (process.platform !== "win32") {
// Regression: a stdin write racing child exit must not crash the process via
// an unhandled EPIPE 'error' event on the child's stdin. The shell exits
// immediately while the backgrounded `sleep` keeps stdout open, so the
// session stays running with an already-dead stdin.
const deadStdin = await manager.start({
workspaceId: "workspace-a",
cwd: process.cwd(),
command: "sleep 5 </dev/null & exit 0",
yieldTimeMs: 250,
});
assert.equal(deadStdin.running, true);
assert.ok(deadStdin.sessionId);

const deadStdinWrite = await manager.write({
workspaceId: "workspace-a",
sessionId: deadStdin.sessionId,
chars: "hello\n",
yieldTimeMs: 10,
});
assert.equal(deadStdinWrite.running, true);
manager.terminate("workspace-a", deadStdin.sessionId);

// Regression: pipe sessions must launch the resolved login shell (`-lc`),
// not a plain `-c` invocation, so PATH entries from ~/.zprofile etc. apply.
const previousShell = process.env.SHELL;
process.env.SHELL = "/bin/bash";
try {
const login = await manager.start({
workspaceId: "workspace-a",
cwd: process.cwd(),
command: "shopt -q login_shell && echo LOGIN_OK || echo LOGIN_MISSING",
yieldTimeMs: 2_000,
});
assert.equal(login.running, false);
assert.match(login.output, /LOGIN_OK/);
} finally {
if (previousShell === undefined) delete process.env.SHELL;
else process.env.SHELL = previousShell;
}
}

try {
if (process.platform === "win32") {
const pty = await manager.start({
Expand All @@ -188,6 +230,7 @@ try {
yieldTimeMs: 10_000,
});
assert.equal(pty.running, false);
assert.equal(pty.signal, undefined);

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P2 Signal fix remains untested

This Windows assertion never reaches the changed onExit handler: start() uses startPipe on Windows, even with tty: true. The POSIX assertion also passes with the old handler because a clean exit reports numeric zero. The existing process-session tests passed with the old signal expression restored, while a focused callback check distinguished the implementations for signal: undefined.

This is a non-blocking regression-coverage gap: both assertions can pass if the signal fix is removed. Add a focused test that supplies an absent signal to the PTY exit callback and fails with the old implementation.

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  • Executed runner generated isolated source copies and captured commands and results, preserving tracked files.

Focused signal and dispatch probe

  • Executed probe checked native Linux exit signals, simulated platform dispatch, and mocked PTY callbacks, distinguishing the signal handlers.

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  • Captured numbered source and test lines plus runtime details, establishing the branch and assertion evidence.

Executed source with old signal handler

  • Temporary source copy restored the old expression and was executed, providing the before implementation.

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  • Executed test copy targeted the temporary old-handler source, preserving the existing assertions.

Existing tests with old signal handler

  • Captured the existing tests passing against the old expression with exit code 0, demonstrating the coverage gap.

Focused probe with old signal handler

  • Captured an injected undefined signal becoming the string "undefined", demonstrating the old behavior.

Executed source with current signal handler

  • Temporary source copy retained the current expression and was executed, providing the after implementation.

Existing tests targeting current signal handler

  • Executed test copy targeted the temporary current-handler source, preserving the same assertions.

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  • Captured the same existing tests passing against the current expression with exit code 0, matching the before test outcome.

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  • Captured an injected undefined signal remaining actual undefined, demonstrating the corrected behavior.

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assert.match(pty.output, /pty-ok/);
} else {
const pty = await manager.start({
Expand All @@ -210,6 +253,7 @@ try {
yieldTimeMs: 2_000,
});
assert.equal(resizedPty.running, false);
assert.equal(resizedPty.signal, undefined);
assert.match(resizedPty.output, /columns:120/);
}
} finally {
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27 changes: 23 additions & 4 deletions src/process-sessions.ts
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Expand Up @@ -322,8 +322,16 @@ export class ProcessSessionManager {

private startPipe(session: ProcessSession, input: StartCommandInput): void {
const shell = resolveShellCommand(input.command);
const detached = process.platform !== "win32";
const child = spawn(input.command, {
const windows = process.platform === "win32";
const detached = !windows;
// Spawn the resolved shell directly (like the PTY path) so its full argument
// list survives: Node's `shell` option always invokes `<shell> -c <command>`,
// dropping the login-shell flag resolved for POSIX. On Windows, replicate
// what Node's `shell` option does for cmd.exe — verbatim arguments with the
// command wrapped in an extra pair of quotes — because cmd does not honor
// Node's default backslash escaping of embedded quotes.
const args = windows ? ["/d", "/s", "/c", `"${input.command}"`] : shell.args;
const child = spawn(shell.executable, args, {
cwd: input.cwd,
env: processEnvironment({
workspaceId: input.workspaceId,
Expand All @@ -332,14 +340,18 @@ export class ProcessSessionManager {
stdio: "pipe",
windowsHide: true,
detached,
shell: shell.executable,
windowsVerbatimArguments: windows,
});

session.process = {
write: (data) => child.stdin.write(data),
kill: (signal = "SIGTERM") => terminateProcessTree(child, signal, detached),
resize: input.tty ? () => undefined : undefined,
};
// A stdin write racing child exit surfaces as an EPIPE 'error' event with no
// listener, which would crash the process; the 'close' handler already
// reports the session as ended, so the error can be ignored.
child.stdin.on("error", () => undefined);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report stdin write failures while the session remains running.

If a child closes stdin but keeps running, child.stdin.write() can fail after ProcessSessionManager.write accepts the input. This listener discards the error, so the tool can report a running session without showing that the input was lost. Keep the listener to prevent an unhandled error, but expose the write failure in the session result. (github.com)

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Review comment at @src/process-sessions.ts at line 354:
Update the child.stdin error listener in ProcessSessionManager so write failures
are captured and exposed through the session result while the session remains
running, rather than discarded. Retain the listener to prevent unhandled errors
and integrate the failure with the existing session result/error reporting path.

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child.stdout.on("data", (data: Buffer) => this.append(session, data.toString("utf8")));
child.stderr.on("data", (data: Buffer) => this.append(session, data.toString("utf8")));
child.on("error", (error) => this.append(session, `${error.message}\n`));
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};
pty.onData((data) => this.append(session, data));
pty.onExit(({ exitCode, signal }) => {
this.finish(session, exitCode, signal === 0 ? undefined : String(signal));
// node-pty only delivers a numeric signal on POSIX; on Windows it is
// undefined, and `String(undefined)` would record "undefined" for clean
// exits.
this.finish(
session,
exitCode,
typeof signal === "number" && signal !== 0 ? String(signal) : undefined,
);
});
}

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