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Fix startup wedge when several terminal hosts are unadoptable #10299

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Add failing test for two dead hosts behind one pane
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Project restored tabs from durable identity, not live surfaces
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20 changes: 12 additions & 8 deletions cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/mux.rs
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Expand Up @@ -2724,16 +2724,20 @@ impl Mux {
return Err(error);
}
if terminal_host_record_liveness(&record_path, &record) == TerminalHostLiveness::Dead {
let _ = crate::terminal_host_runtime::remove_stale_terminal_host_record(
&record_path,
&record,
);
// Commit the durable exit before deleting the record. The
// record is the only proof that this host ever existed, so a
// failed commit must leave the next startup able to retry
// instead of facing a lifecycle row with no evidence.
self.mark_terminal_exited_and_detach(
&terminal_id,
"terminal-host-proven-dead",
"host-process-ended-before-adoption",
&options,
)?;
let _ = crate::terminal_host_runtime::remove_stale_terminal_host_record(
&record_path,
&record,
);
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct commit-before-delete ordering; extract the duplicated cleanup into one helper.

Both blocks now call mark_terminal_exited_and_detach(...)? before remove_stale_terminal_host_record, so a failed commit keeps the host record as evidence for the next startup retry instead of deleting it first. This matches the PR's stated fix and is correct.

These two blocks are now identical apart from the trailing continue, and a third copy of the same "mark exited, then best-effort remove the stale record" sequence already exists elsewhere in adopt_terminal_hosts (finish_terminal_adoption failure path). Three independent copies of the same ordering-sensitive sequence is what let one copy drift out of order before this fix. Extract a small helper, for example fn reconcile_dead_terminal_host(&self, terminal_id: &str, record_path: &Path, record: &TerminalHostRecord, options: &SurfaceOptions) -> anyhow::Result<()>, and call it from all three sites.

Also applies to: 2758-2767

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/mux.rs` around lines 2727 - 2740, Extract
the duplicated commit-before-delete sequence into a helper such as
reconcile_dead_terminal_host, using the existing mark_terminal_exited_and_detach
and remove_stale_terminal_host_record operations. Replace all three copies in
adopt_terminal_hosts, including the finish_terminal_adoption failure path, with
calls to the helper while preserving each caller’s existing control flow and
continue behavior.

handled_terminals.insert(terminal_id.clone());
continue;
}
Expand All @@ -2751,16 +2755,16 @@ impl Mux {
if terminal_host_record_liveness(&record_path, &record)
== TerminalHostLiveness::Dead
{
let _ = crate::terminal_host_runtime::remove_stale_terminal_host_record(
&record_path,
&record,
);
self.mark_terminal_exited_and_detach(
&terminal_id,
"terminal-host-proven-dead",
"host-process-ended-before-adoption",
&options,
)?;
let _ = crate::terminal_host_runtime::remove_stale_terminal_host_record(
&record_path,
&record,
);
handled_terminals.insert(terminal_id.clone());
} else {
// Socket loss and descriptor pressure are not process
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40 changes: 20 additions & 20 deletions cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/mux/resource_content.rs
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::workspace_registry::{
RegistryViewportColumn, RegistryWorkspace, ResourceChange, ResourcePatch, ResourcePatchCommit,
WorkspaceMutation, WorkspaceRegistry,
};
use crate::{ResourceSelectors, ResourceTarget};
use crate::{ResourceSelectors, ResourceTarget, SurfaceId};

impl Mux {
pub(crate) fn resource_project_terminal_selected(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -727,20 +727,9 @@ impl Mux {

let mut tab_order = Vec::with_capacity(pane.tabs.len());
for (position, surface_slot) in pane.tabs.iter().enumerate() {
// Restored terminal tabs exist in the topology before
// their host runtime is adopted. A structural commit
// must preserve those durable views instead of making
// unrelated host adoption a precondition.
let surface = state.surfaces.get(surface_slot);
let identity = surface
.and_then(|surface| surface.resource_identity().cloned())
.or_else(|| {
Some(TabResourceIdentity::new(
state.resource_indexes.tab_ids.get(surface_slot)?.clone(),
state.resource_indexes.content_ids.get(surface_slot)?.clone(),
))
})
.with_context(|| {
let identity =
tab_resource_identity(state, *surface_slot).with_context(|| {
format!("pane surface {surface_slot} has no resource identity")
})?;
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let before_tab = before_tabs.get(&identity.tab_id);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1072,18 +1061,29 @@ impl Mux {
}
}

/// Durable identity of one pane tab. Restored tabs exist in the topology
/// before their host runtime is adopted, and an unadoptable host never gets a
/// surface at all, so the durable indexes are the authority here. A live
/// surface is only the faster path to the same identity.
fn tab_resource_identity(state: &State, surface_slot: SurfaceId) -> Option<TabResourceIdentity> {
if let Some(identity) =
state.surfaces.get(&surface_slot).and_then(|surface| surface.resource_identity().cloned())
{
return Some(identity);
}
Some(TabResourceIdentity::new(
state.resource_indexes.tab_ids.get(&surface_slot)?.clone(),
state.resource_indexes.content_ids.get(&surface_slot)?.clone(),
))
}
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fn ordered_terminal_tab_ids(
state: &State,
) -> anyhow::Result<HashMap<crate::resource::TerminalPublicId, Vec<TabPublicId>>> {
let mut tabs = Vec::new();
for pane in state.panes.values() {
for (position, surface_slot) in pane.tabs.iter().enumerate() {
let surface = state
.surfaces
.get(surface_slot)
.with_context(|| format!("pane references missing surface {surface_slot}"))?;
let identity = surface
.resource_identity()
let identity = tab_resource_identity(state, *surface_slot)
.with_context(|| format!("pane surface {surface_slot} has no resource identity"))?;
if let ContentPublicId::Terminal(terminal_id) = &identity.content_id {
tabs.push((
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74 changes: 74 additions & 0 deletions cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/tests/terminal_host_recovery.rs
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Expand Up @@ -3088,6 +3088,80 @@ fn daemon_restart_safe_prunes_dead_host_without_rematerializing_exited_terminal(
);
}

#[test]
fn daemon_restart_prunes_every_dead_host_behind_one_pane() {
let mut harness = RecoveryHarness::start("dead-hosts-restart");
let first = request(
&harness.socket,
serde_json::json!({
"id":1,"cmd":"run","argv":["/bin/cat"],"new_workspace":true,
"cols":80,"rows":24,
}),
);
let pane = first["pane"].as_u64().unwrap();
let workspace_id = first["workspace"].as_u64().unwrap();
let first_terminal = first["terminal_id"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
let second = request(
&harness.socket,
serde_json::json!({
"id":2,"cmd":"run","argv":["/bin/cat"],"pane":pane,
"cols":80,"rows":24,
}),
);
let second_terminal = second["terminal_id"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
assert_eq!(second["pane"].as_u64(), Some(pane), "second terminal left the first pane");
let tree = request(&harness.socket, serde_json::json!({"id":3,"cmd":"list-workspaces"}));
let workspace_key = tree["workspaces"]
.as_array()
.unwrap()
.iter()
.find(|workspace| workspace["id"].as_u64() == Some(workspace_id))
.unwrap()["key"]
.as_str()
.unwrap()
.to_string();
let records = wait_for_host_records(&harness.host_root(), 2);

// Stop the mux first so it observes neither Exit. Startup then has to
// reconcile two dead hosts behind the same pane. Recovery of the first
// one must not depend on the second one already having a live surface.
harness.signal_daemon(libc::SIGSTOP);
for (_, record) in &records {
// SAFETY: the record PIDs are the harness-owned terminal hosts.
assert_eq!(unsafe { libc::kill(record.host_pid as libc::pid_t, libc::SIGKILL) }, 0);
}
harness.sigkill();
harness.restart();

for terminal_id in [&first_terminal, &second_terminal] {
let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(15);
loop {
let resolved = request(
&harness.socket,
serde_json::json!({"id":4,"cmd":"resolve-terminal","terminal_id":terminal_id}),
);
if resolved["lifecycle"] == "exited" {
assert_eq!(resolved["surface"], serde_json::Value::Null);
break;
}
assert!(
Instant::now() < deadline,
"dead startup host {terminal_id} was not projected as Exited"
);
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25));
}
}
wait_for_no_host_records(&harness.host_root());
let recovered = request(&harness.socket, serde_json::json!({"id":5,"cmd":"list-workspaces"}));
let workspace = recovered["workspaces"]
.as_array()
.unwrap()
.iter()
.find(|workspace| workspace["key"].as_str() == Some(&workspace_key))
.expect("original workspace was not recovered");
assert!(first_tab(workspace).is_none(), "Exited terminals were rematerialized after restart");
}

fn request(path: &Path, value: serde_json::Value) -> serde_json::Value {
let response = request_response(path, value);
assert_eq!(response["ok"], true, "request failed: {response}");
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