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feat(link): gated remote ocx, Child update contract and observation cache - #8505

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wp1 of the Home-orchestrated Child updates roadmap (devlog/_plan/261111_link_child_updates/010_foundations.md). It adds the building blocks a later phase uses to update a Child, without wiring them to any route, CLI verb or timer, so user-visible behaviour is unchanged.

The central problem it solves: on OpenCodex 2.93–2.96, ocx update ignores its arguments and performs a real update. A Home that probed an old Child with ocx update --plan would therefore replace that Child's runtime. The new gated remote command reads the selected executable's version inside the remote script and exits 121 before any arguments run when it is below the minimum (2.97.0 for update verbs, 2.93.0 for sync) or when the candidate is an ocx-child. The script also sets OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF=1, because a package launcher otherwise answers --version through the Desktop's newer ocx while still running update itself.

  • src/link/ssh-argv.ts and src/link/remote-windows.ts: remoteGatedOcxArgv for POSIX and Windows. remotePinnedSyncArgv becomes a 2.93.0 gate and gains an optional restart, which no caller uses yet. windowsPinnedSyncArgv stays as a wrapper.
  • src/link/child-gated-ocx.ts: update plan and apply argv builders (Windows apply refused), stderr framing reader, and probe and apply classifiers. A plan token starting with - is applied without --expect-plan, because the Child's parser cannot accept it.
  • src/link/child-update-contract.ts: strict parsers for the Child's ocx.update.plan/1 and ocx.update.result/1, plus the exit mapping. It imports nothing from src/update.
  • src/link/child-observations.ts: a tolerant per-link cache at <configDir>/link/child-observations.json. links.json is untouched.
  • src/link/sync-fanout-classify.ts: the sync-result classifier moves here, re-exported from src/cli/sync-fanout.ts.
  • structure/remote-link.md and structure/cli-management.md are updated.

The plan passed a two-round roadmap audit (#8500) and a phase audit whose two blockers, the Desktop handoff and the deleted Windows builder, are folded in.

Verification

  • New tests, written failing-first ("Cannot find module" before the implementation): tests/clients/link-gated-ocx-argv.test.ts, link-child-update-contract.test.ts, link-child-observations.test.ts. The gate tests run the real POSIX script against fake executables. One fake reports 2.96.0, and another answers --version with a Desktop version only when the handoff is enabled; both must exit 121 and record no update call. The handoff test fails when the OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF export is removed.
  • bun test on the 3 new files plus the pinned-sync, ssh-argv, ssh-argv-discovery, ephemeral-child-discovery, sync-fanout, sync-command-fanout, cli-sync-expect-link and both test-layout files: 268 pass, 16 skip (Windows-only), 0 fail.
  • bun run typecheck, bun run privacy:scan, bun run structure:check and bun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts: pass.
  • bun run test:changed (implementation lane): 36,436 pass, 120 skip, 5 fail. The five failures were 5 s timeouts in unrelated tests/server image, readiness, search and body-size tests on a loaded host; all five passed on rerun.

NOT RUN: the full root suite locally (shared, loaded host; CI covers it). Windows-only cases are skipped on macOS.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Remote Child updates now check supported versions and platforms, and report clearer outcomes for unsupported, busy, failed, or uncertain attempts.
    • Child update observations and status are retained between runs.
    • Remote sync can request an application restart after syncing.
  • Documentation
    • Updated Remote Link and CLI readiness documentation to reflect Child update and sync behavior.

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The Link code adds Child update contracts, gated remote command builders, sync-result classification, and persistent per-Child observations. Tests cover these behaviors, and documentation describes the remote Link flow.

Changes: Child Link foundations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update contracts and verdicts
src/link/child-update-contract.ts, tests/clients/link-child-update-contract.test.ts
Adds strict plan and result parsing, plan classification, and apply-exit verdict mapping. Tests cover contract variants, classification, exit mapping, and CLI plan output.
Gated remote commands
src/link/child-gated-ocx.ts, src/link/ssh-argv.ts, src/link/remote-windows.ts, tests/clients/link-gated-ocx-argv.test.ts, devlog/_plan/261111_link_child_updates/010_foundations.md, structure/remote-link.md
Adds version-gated update and sync command builders for POSIX and Windows, output framing, and plan/apply classification. Sync commands support optional restart requests. Tests cover gates, framing, and verdicts; documentation describes the flow and requirements.
Sync fan-out classification
src/link/sync-fanout-classify.ts, src/cli/sync-fanout.ts, src/cli/sync-command.ts, tests/clients/link-gated-ocx-argv.test.ts, structure/cli-management.md
Moves sync-result classification into the Link module and re-exports it from the CLI. Selected executable markers can be validated, and child result rows use explicit fields.
Child observation persistence
src/link/child-observations.ts, src/link/paths.ts, tests/clients/link-child-observations.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout-clients.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Adds bounded observation parsing, patching, and locked persistence, with link-store pruning and permission handling. Tests cover parsing and writes; the client test layout registers the new suites.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Home as remoteUpdatePlanArgv
  participant Gate as remoteGatedOcxArgv
  participant Child as ocx update
  participant Framing as readGatedFraming
  participant Classifier as classifyUpdatePlanProbe
  Home->>Gate: Build gated plan command
  Gate->>Child: Execute version-gated command
  Child-->>Framing: Return SSH result and framed output
  Framing->>Classifier: Provide parsed framing
  Classifier-->>Home: Return plan-probe verdict
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Possibly related issues

  • lidge-jun/opencodex#8359: The issue describes candidate selection that can choose a stale or non-serving binary. This PR adds version-gated remote command selection, which is related to that objective.

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Merge Risk: Low · up to afbc5

The change is mergeable with bounded follow-up: add the missing-file pruning test and correct the clock-marker description before the later phase relies on it.

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Review comments at @devlog/_plan/261111_link_child_updates/010_foundations.md:
- Around line 717-718: Update the clock-marker disposition in the plan so it
matches readGatedFraming and the test contract: a malformed or duplicate clock
marker makes the entire framing result { kind: "invalid" }. Remove the claim
that childNowMs can be "invalid"; retain the stated capture and validation
details only if they remain accurate.

Review comments at @src/link/ssh-argv.ts:
- Around line 435-437: Update the Windows restart path through
remoteGatedOcxArgv and windowsGatedOcxArgv so accepted restart requests preserve
their args and emit the selected-kind signal needed by classifySyncResult. Keep
the existing remotePinnedSyncArgv behavior that sets reportSelectedKind for
restart requests, and ensure the Windows script reports ocx-child as the
selected executable when that signal is requested.

Review comments at @tests/clients/link-child-observations.test.ts:
- Around line 92-98: Add a regression test alongside the damaged-links test that
leaves links.json absent, seeds child observations for A and B, and calls
updateChildObservations with the missing store path. Assert that the resulting
children collection is empty, preserving the current behavior that a missing
store prunes all entries.

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  • devlog/_plan/261111_link_child_updates/010_foundations.md
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  • src/cli/sync-fanout.ts
  • src/link/child-gated-ocx.ts
  • src/link/child-observations.ts
  • src/link/child-update-contract.ts
  • src/link/paths.ts
  • src/link/remote-windows.ts
  • src/link/ssh-argv.ts
  • src/link/sync-fanout-classify.ts
  • structure/cli-management.md
  • structure/remote-link.md
  • tests/clients/link-child-observations.test.ts
  • tests/clients/link-child-update-contract.test.ts
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Comment on lines +92 to +98
test("damaged links.json does not prune", () => {
const dir = configDir(); writeLinks(dir, [A]);
writeFileSync(linkStorePath(dir), "{ damaged");
const path = childObservationsPath(dir);
writeFileSync(path, file({ [A]: observation(), [B]: observation() }));
expect(Object.keys(updateChildObservations(() => {}, { path, storePath: linkStorePath(dir) }).children).sort()).toEqual([A, B]);
});

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Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a regression test for a missing links.json.

updateChildObservations (src/link/child-observations.ts, Lines 176-178) skips pruning only when readLinkStore throws. readLinkStore (src/link/store.ts, Lines 118-125) returns an empty store for a missing file. In that case linkIds is an empty set, and the loop removes every child entry.

This behavior is consistent with the doc comment, because only a damaged file disables pruning. No test pins it, though. The "damaged links.json does not prune" test covers only the damaged case. A later change to readLinkStore or to the prune guard could change the missing-file result without a test failure.

Add a test that states the intended result. The diff below assumes pruning everything is intended. If you want to keep entries instead, change the expectation and the guard.

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+  test("missing links.json prunes every entry", () => {
+    const dir = configDir();
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, "link"), { recursive: true });
+    const path = childObservationsPath(dir);
+    writeFileSync(path, file({ [A]: observation(), [B]: observation() }));
+    const written = updateChildObservations(() => {}, { path, storePath: linkStorePath(dir) });
+    expect(Object.keys(written.children)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test("maxEntries bounds the file", () => {
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Review comment at @tests/clients/link-child-observations.test.ts around lines 92 - 98:
Add a regression test alongside the damaged-links test that leaves links.json absent, seeds child observations for A and B, and calls updateChildObservations with the missing store path. Assert that the resulting children collection is empty, preserving the current behavior that a missing store prunes all entries.

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Agreed. A missing links.json pruning test is added in wp2, which is the first phase that writes observations from a running Home.

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@lidge-jun Thanks for adding the missing links.json pruning test in wp2. Would you like me to open a follow-up issue to track it?

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  • src/link/remote-windows.ts
  • src/link/ssh-argv.ts
  • src/link/sync-fanout-classify.ts
  • structure/remote-link.md
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Maintainer integration into dev under MAINTAINERS.md (maintainer with admin access, PR-only bypass of the second-approval requirement; no self-approval).

Exact head: afbc5d38323e9034ec508324e891209de1fe4a74.

  • Required CI on this head: gates, all five Ubuntu test shards, docker smoke, storage policy, npm-global, api usage, structure gate, enforce-target, hygiene and CodeRabbit pass.
  • Review: the phase plan was audited (GO-WITH-FIXES, both blockers folded into 010 Revision 6). A fresh final merge-gate review gave GO-WITH-FIXES on 27212d2a99 (Windows command length for preview versions; selected-kind leaking into ocx.sync.fanout/1); both were fixed in afbc5d3832, and the confirmation round returned PASS on this head.
  • CodeRabbit: all three threads answered. The plan-doc wording fix and the links.json pruning test move to wp2.
  • Local checks: 294 tests across 12 focused files with 0 failures; bun run typecheck, privacy:scan, structure:check and the file-size ratchet pass.
  • NOT RUN: Windows PowerShell execution of the new script text. No PowerShell on the macOS host; the next batch lane=all run on dev covers it.

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#8517)

The Windows containment probe for the pinned sync command failed on every
lane=all run since #8505 grew the packed script to 7740 encoded characters. The
test decoded the builder's command, prepended a ConstrainedLanguage line and
re-encoded it through powershellArgv, which also repeats its preamble; that
scaffolding overhead alone pushed it to 8020 and tripped the 8000 cap, so the
test threw before PowerShell ever ran. The production command stays under the
cap and the builder still enforces it.

The prefix is now encoded beside the builder's own argv, and a cross-platform
case pins that each probe runs the builder's command unchanged.
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