feat(cli): documented Windows automation verb set (#144) - #196
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`launch_layout` previously built a `--launch-layout=<name>` string and
pushed it through `App.newWindow(.{ .arguments = ... })`, which on win32
lands in `App.performAction(.new_window)` -> `applyNewWindowArguments`.
PR #185 turns that argv into a deny-by-default allowlist and `launch-layout`
is not on it, so the keybind, the palette, `+perform-action
launch_layout:<name>` and `+new-window --launch-layout=<name>` would all
have been refused at that one choke point once both PRs merged -- silently,
because the refusal returns `true` without creating a window.
Widening the allowlist is not an option: a layout names a file that selects
profiles, and profiles carry commands.
- `apprt.Action.launch_layout` becomes a first-class action alongside
`save_layout`, so the keybind, the palette and automation stop going
through the forwarded-config-argv path entirely.
- New IPC `RequestKind.launch_layout = 8`, the value #144/#196 reserved.
Wire version stays 1 and kinds 1-3 are byte-for-byte unchanged; 4-7 stay
free for #196. The payload is a length-prefixed layout NAME and nothing
else, validated independently in the encoder and the decoder for length,
UTF-8, interior NUL, traversal, separators and reserved device names.
- The server composes `launch_layout:<name>` from the validated name and
reuses the existing refcounted automation mailbox hop, its 10s timeout
and its ack-status mapping. A pipe client never supplies action text.
- `+new-window --launch-layout=<name>` sends kind 8 instead of kind 1 and
refuses to be combined with other arguments; with no instance listening
it still falls through to cold start unchanged.
- docs/windows.md replaces the "known limitation" callout, which was also
wrong in detail: it claimed the flag was dropped and a plain window
opened, and that the keybind and palette were unaffected.
Refs #133
Refs #185
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When the source pane was created in an existing instance by +new-window -e <command> or another forwarded command override, it has no launch_profile_key, so this early return leaves both automation tab and split configs on self.config.command rather than the command actually running in the source pane. Fresh evidence beyond the earlier profile-only finding is the forwarded -e path, which applies its command only to the per-window config and never assigns a profile key; therefore +new-tab or +new-split from that pane silently launches the default command despite the documented source-command inheritance contract.
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The default-shell follow-up is not a production gap: Config.finalize resolves command=null on Windows to windows_shell.previewCommand before any Surface is created (src/config/Config.zig:3981-4015). The null path remains only in builtin.is_test, where that deliberately expensive host lookup is skipped. Surface.init therefore captures the resolved production command; adding a second resolver there could diverge from the exact finalized command. No code change for that finding. |
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Addressed detached pane targeting in ec0ec72. Explicit surface IDs now resolve only while the surface remains in a live tab, so focus/send-text reject close/undo-detached PTYs. The focused target regression, omitted-target regression, captured-command regression, required unfiltered emitted suite, executable build, and diff-check pass. |
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In `@docs/automation.md`:
- Around line 65-68: Update the --working-directory documentation to distinguish
syntax validation from actual locality: retain that UNC and device path syntax
is rejected, but state that accepted drive-letter paths may still resolve
remotely through mapped or subst drives and junctions/reparse points.
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new_split, using non-null working_directory values. Exercise each request’s
retain, release, and Message.deinit lifecycle so the working_directory cleanup
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In `@src/apprt/win32_ipc.zig`:
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Apply the same fix in `@src/apprt/win32.zig` around lines 1174 - 1182: Covers the
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It introduces a new automation protocol surface (IPC codecs, deadlines, and verb semantics) that is security- and correctness-sensitive and warrants final human review despite strong test coverage.
Pull request overview
This PR formalizes noctty’s Windows single-instance automation surface into a documented, script-friendly CLI verb set with a versioned JSON contract, stable exit-code taxonomy, and an interactive Win11 end-to-end harness to lock the behavior down.
Changes:
- Adds new automation verbs (
+new-tab,+new-split,+focus,+send-text) alongside expanded+list-windows/+perform-actionsupport for--timeoutand stable exit codes. - Introduces the
noctty.windows.v3automation snapshot schema (instance/window/pane metadata + nullable fields emitted asnull) and extends the Win32 IPC wire protocol with deadline-capable request kinds. - Adds/Registers an interactive Win11 automation harness plus verification-contract assertions, and documents the stability/security/privacy contract in
docs/automation.mdwith cross-links from other docs.
File summaries
| File | Description |
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| test/windows/interactive-win11-validate.ps1 | Registers the new CLI automation harness in the interactive Win11 validation suite. |
| test/windows/flagship/contracts/Contracts.71-CliAutomation.ps1 | Adds a verification contract to ensure the harness structure/registration and key behaviors don’t regress. |
| test/windows/cli-automation.ps1 | New end-to-end PowerShell harness that drives the running instance via the new automation verbs and validates v3 payload shape + exit codes. |
| src/cli/send_text.zig | Implements +send-text with strict CLI-side text policy (control refusal) and stable exit mapping. |
| src/cli/perform_action.zig | Adds --timeout, stable exit taxonomy mapping, and tighter argument validation for +perform-action. |
| src/cli/new_window.zig | Adds --timeout to +new-window and routes through a testable perform seam with updated exit mapping. |
| src/cli/new_tab.zig | New +new-tab verb with validated optional working-directory and window targeting. |
| src/cli/new_split.zig | New +new-split verb with validated optional working-directory, target selection, and explicit direction encoding. |
| src/cli/list_windows.zig | Extends +list-windows with --timeout and --format=json (only supported format) plus stable exit mapping. |
| src/cli/ghostty.zig | Wires new verbs into CLI dispatch and options plumbing. |
| src/cli/ghostty_action.zig | Adds the new actions to the action enum and adjusts compile-time quota for help generation. |
| src/cli/focus.zig | New +focus verb targeting window or surface IDs with stable exit mapping. |
| src/cli/automation_working_directory.zig | Centralizes CLI-side working-directory policy validation to mirror receiver-side rules. |
| src/cli/automation_test_support.zig | Adds test-only helpers to make automation CLI seams easy to unit test. |
| src/cli/args.zig | Updates argument iteration to preserve +... values after -- for literal payloads (needed for +send-text). |
| src/cli/action.zig | Stops action detection at -- so literal payloads don’t get reinterpreted as top-level actions. |
| src/apprt/win32/sys.zig | Adds Win32 externs needed for nonblocking pipe behavior and foreground-window focus checks. |
| src/apprt/win32_ipc.zig | Extends wire protocol with new request kinds, deadlines, new payload codecs, new ACK statuses, and tighter timed I/O behavior. |
| src/apprt/none.zig | Updates the no-runtime backend stubs to match the expanded automation API surface. |
| src/apprt/ipc.zig | Introduces v3 automation schema types (instance metadata, window titles, optional pane title/cwd) and ownership/deinit behavior. |
| src/App.zig | Adds automation request lifecycle (claim/cancel/complete) and a new automation-command request type to run verbs on the app thread safely. |
| README.md | Links to the new automation documentation entry point. |
| docs/windows.md | Updates Windows docs to reference v3 schema, new verb set, and the new automation contract doc. |
| docs/windows-capability-matrix.md | Updates the “Local automation” row to reflect the new stable verbs/contract. |
| docs/status.md | Notes the local CLI automation capability and links to the contract doc. |
| docs/getting-started.md | Updates the automation section to point to docs/automation.md and adds it to the docs index. |
| docs/automation.md | New canonical stability/security/privacy contract for automation verbs, schema, deadlines, and exit codes. |
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339-342: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReject control characters at the IPC boundary.
encodeSendTextRequestanddecodeSendTextPayloadaccept C0 controls, DEL, ESC, carriage return, and newline. A client that writes directly to the named pipe can bypass CLI validation and inject terminal input through+send-text. Apply one shared control-character validator to both paths.Proposed fix
+fn validateAutomationText(text: []const u8) !void { + if (text.len == 0 or text.len > max_action_text_len or + !std.unicode.utf8ValidateSlice(text) or + std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, text, 0) != null) + { + return error.InvalidAutomationText; + } + for (text) |byte| { + if (byte < 0x20 or byte == 0x7f) { + return error.InvalidAutomationText; + } + } +}As per path instructions, “Maintain Windows automation security rules: validate UTF-8/NUL/size limits, reject control characters and unsafe targets.”
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In `@src/apprt/win32_ipc.zig`:
- Around line 339-342: Update encodeSendTextRequest and decodeSendTextPayload to
use one shared validator for automation text that preserves the existing size,
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Summary Turns noctty's ad-hoc automation entry points into a documented, PowerShell-friendly CLI verb set over the running instance: four new verbs (
+new-tab,+new-split,+focus,+send-text), a versionednoctty.windows.v3JSON contract with instance/window/pane metadata, a stable 0-5 exit taxonomy,--timeoutand--format=jsonon every verb, anddocs/automation.mdas the stability contract. Deliberately narrow on the security side: no verb can choose a program to run. There is no-e,--commandor--titleon the launch verbs;--working-directoryis the only launch override and is restricted to local, non-UNC forms, validated on both the client and the app thread. Fixes #144 ## Dependencies integratedThe current head contains both prerequisite changes:
This PR keeps the automation verbs on their narrow codecs and does not duplicate or bypass either dependency's policy.
Changes Verbs (
src/cli/): newfocus.zig,send_text.zig,new_tab.zig,new_split.zig, plusautomation_working_directory.zig(shared path policy) andautomation_test_support.zig(test-only helpers).--classand--timeout=<0..10000>on every verb;--format=jsonis the sole accepted format. Explicit IDs are opaque nonzero decimal integers;0is a usage error and an unknown ID on a live instance is exit 3, never a silent fallback to the focused target. Exit taxonomy: 0 success / 1 usage / 2 no instance / 3 target not found / 4 policy refusal / 5 IPC failure or timeout. Each verb maps its own errors; nothing relies on the global exit-1 fallback. Pre-existinglist_windows/perform_actiontests asserting 1 for IPC failure and no-instance were updated to 5 and 2. Schema v3 (src/apprt/ipc.zig):noctty.windows.v3/api_version = 3, comptime suffix pin retained. Addsinstance {pid, version, class}(class is the effective sanitized pipe namespace captured at server start, so it round-trips into--class), non-nullwindow.titlefrom the cached host caption, and nullablepane.title/pane.working_directory. Nullable fields are emitted asnull, never omitted.pane.pidis deliberately not exposed. Terminal grid text, scrollback, selection, clipboard contents and pending shell input remain absent from the payload. Wire protocol (src/apprt/win32_ipc.zig):wire_versionstays 1 and kinds 1-3 are byte-for-byte unchanged; appendsnew_tab=4,new_split=5,focus=6,send_text=7, with 8 reserved by comment forlaunch_layoutunder #133. Split direction is an explicit wire value (1-4), never an internal enum ordinal. Decoders reject invalid UTF-8, interior NUL, unknown target tags and unknown directions, and free what they allocated on every error path.+send-textpolicy, enforced identically in the CLI before connecting and again on the app thread after decode: non-empty valid UTF-8 up to 16 KiB, every UnicodeCccode point refused (0x00..0x1Fincluding TAB/CR/LF,0x7F,U+0080..U+009F), plus refusal whenwin32_paste_protection.inspect(text).severityis.control_chars(matched by tag name, not ordinal). Shell metacharacters and mixed content stay allowed and are pinned by a test. Delivery is exclusivelycompleteClipboardRequest(.paste, text_z, false);UnsafePastemaps to exit 4. There is no raw or bypass mode. The guarantee is stated narrowly: automation cannot transmit Enter, newline or control input and never raises a paste-confirm prompt — printable text can still be acted on by a TUI or a pending prompt. Docs: newdocs/automation.md;docs/windows.md's duplicated## Automationdetail replaced by a summary and link; links added fromREADME.mdanddocs/getting-started.md;docs/status.mdand thedocs/windows-capability-matrix.md"Local automation" row updated. Tests:test/windows/cli-automation.ps1end-to-end harness, registered intest/windows/interactive-win11-validate.ps1and pinned bytest/windows/flagship/contracts/Contracts.71-CliAutomation.ps1. ## Validation Every result below was produced by running the command on this branch ata5a0e4f2aand reading the output. Nothing here is reported second-hand. | Command | Result | | --- | --- | |zig fmt --check src| exit 1, sole outputsrc\build\uucode_tables.zig— the pre-existing generated-file exception.git diff --stat 5220df49e -- src/build/uucode_tables.zigis empty, so this branch does not touch it. | |zig build -Demit-exe=true| exit 0 | |zig build test -Dtest-filter=automation| exit 0 | |zig build -Demit-test-exe=truethen./zig-out/bin/ghostty-test.exe| exit 0 —3789 passed; 70 skipped; 0 failed| |pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/check-source-format.ps1| exit 0 —PowerShell syntax and JSON validity checks passed.| |pwsh -NoProfile -File test/windows/flagship/Test-VerificationContracts.ps1| exit 0 —flagship verification contracts: PASS (2 scenarios)| All six were re-run after the harness fix atfb3bb84c4, with identical results. The full suite mattered: a filtered-Dtest-filter=automationrun was green while the full suite segfaulted at test 92/3859. Factoring the.new_tabaction body into a reusablecreateNewTabhad also changed that action's behavior, adding asource.core().pwd()call the original never made. Fixed ina5a0e4f2aby scoping the cwd re-anchor to the case it exists for — an explicit automation--window-id— so the in-app action and the focused automation target now usenewConfig(.tab)unchanged. Both halves are pinned by new regression tests. ## Live validation on a real desktop The verbs were exercised against a running instance, asserting on observed state rather than on exit codes alone. Artifacts underevidence/144/. - Payload isnoctty.windows.v3/api_version = 3, withinstance.pidmatching the server process. -+new-tabmoved the window's tab count 1 -> 2. -+new-splitmoved the tab's pane count 1 -> 2. -+focusreported the target panefocused = True,active = True. - Foreground activation genuinely crosses applications. The first attempt proved nothing because noctty already held foreground, so it was re-run with a decoy Notepad in front: BEFOREpid=47844 'Untitled - Notepad', AFTERpid=55172== noctty. The docs previously undersold this as "best-effort"; the wording is now tightened to say activation does cross application boundaries, while still noting that exit 0 guarantees selection, since foreground-lock rules can refuse the activation half when the requesting process holds no foreground rights. - Exit codes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 were all observed, including 3 for unknown surface and window IDs. The+send-textsecurity contract holds under live test. Every UnicodeCccontrol was refused with exit 4 andAutomation control input refused.— LF (the Enter case), CR, CRLF, TAB, VT, FF, ESC, DEL, BEL, C1 NEL0x85, C1 CSI0x9B, and a lone LF — while printable content still passed, includinga|b;c>d&e,echo $HOME & whoamiand non-ASCII text. Automation cannot transmit Enter. ## Documented gaps in that validation - Exit 5 was not exercised. It needs an induced transport fault that a healthy machine will not produce. Recorded as a gap, not as a pass. - NUL was not driven end to end, by construction rather than by omission. A Win32 command line is a NUL-terminated string, so an embedded NUL truncates the argument and the verb only ever receives the printable prefix — the path is unreachable over argv. The check is not redundant: it still guards the app-thread half against a direct pipe client, which is not bound by that argv limitation. This reasoning is now stated indocs/automation.md. ## Harness defect found and fixed Live validation found one real defect, and it was in the harness, not the verbs: as originally shipped,test/windows/cli-automation.ps1could not pass. It sets$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'and bootstraps throughInvoke-InteractiveWin11Bootstrap, which hard-codespowershell.exe— Windows PowerShell 5.1 — where a native command writing to stderr raises a terminatingNativeCommandError.Wait-AutomationStateis deliberately written to tolerate a nonzero exit while the server starts, but the very first+list-windowspoll printsNo matching noctty instance is listeningto stderr and killed the script before that tolerance could run. Every assertion in the harness was correct; only the shell it bootstraps into was wrong. Fixed infb3bb84c4by relaxing and restoring the preference around just the CLI invocation — the same patterntest/windows/interactive-win11-pr-smoke.ps1:21-28already uses for its native build call, which is why this was chosen over switching the shared bootstrap topwsh(that line is used by ~20 harnesses and changing it would put all of them back in scope). It also covers$PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreferenceon PowerShell 7.3+, which keys off the same'Stop'. Both halves are now pinned inContracts.71-CliAutomation.ps1so the invocation cannot regress to a bare native call. Verified headlessly against an unused--class, reproducing the exact first-poll condition (evidence/144/harness-fix-verify.txt): | Shell | Pre-fix body | Post-fix body | | --- | --- | --- | | Windows PowerShell 5.1.26100.9168 | TERMINATED by EAP=Stop | SURVIVED, exit 2, preference restored | | PowerShell 7.6.5 | SURVIVED, exit 2 | SURVIVED, exit 2, preference restored | The unfixed harness had already been confirmed green end to end underpwsh 7(cli automation validation: PASS), so this change makes the bootstrapped shell match the shell it was proven under, without altering a single assertion. ## Residuals / user steps - The harness has not been re-run end to end after the shell fix. The fix is verified in isolation under both shells as tabled above, and no assertion changed, but one confirming interactive run is worth doing before this is marked ready. - Exit 5 remains unexercised (see the gap above). - New verbs against an older running instance fail generically with exit 5. There is no capability negotiation, by design. - Not fixed here, needs its own issue:+new-window'shome/inherit_working_directory_seenbug. It changes existing+new-windowbehavior and is out of scope for #144. - Deliberately not built:+launch-layout(named layouts do not exist in this tree; wire kind 8 is reserved for #133),+query-state(superseded byinstancein the v3 payload),--format=text, andpane.pid. ## Summary by Sourcery Document and standardize the Windows automation interface around a versioned metadata-rich JSON contract. New Features: - Expose instance, window, and pane metadata through the versionednoctty.windows.v3automation snapshot, including titles and working directories. Bug Fixes: - Update automation snapshot handling and tests to correctly manage newly exposed metadata and preserve existing behavior. Enhancements: - Document the expanded Windows automation contract and update related user-facing documentation links and capability references. Documentation: - Add comprehensive Windows automation documentation and link it from the relevant project guides. Tests: - Add Windows end-to-end automation coverage and verification contracts for the v3 JSON payload and CLI behavior.Summary by CodeRabbit
--and strengthened timeout and cancellation behavior.