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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe shell integrations now record the parent shell’s process start time and validate both PID and start time before continuing detached watchers. A regression test covers bash and zsh guard behavior, injected loops, shipped polling loops, and CI execution. ChangesWatcher PID identity guard
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ParentShell
participant WatcherLoop
participant _cmux_watcher_guard_tick
participant StartTimeSource
ParentShell->>WatcherLoop: Start with PID and start time
WatcherLoop->>_cmux_watcher_guard_tick: Check parent
_cmux_watcher_guard_tick->>StartTimeSource: Read current start time
StartTimeSource-->>_cmux_watcher_guard_tick: Return identity token
_cmux_watcher_guard_tick-->>WatcherLoop: Continue or exit
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR improves shell-watcher cleanup for recycled parent PIDs, but Bash can still stop a live watcher when its identity provider changes format, and a narrow cleanup path may later signal an unrelated same-user process after PID reuse. These bounded correctness and local safety issues should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 24 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash`:
- Around line 1447-1448: Update _cmux_watcher_parent_alive in
Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash at lines 1447-1448 and
Resources/shell-integration/cmux-zsh-integration.zsh at lines 1530-1531 so an
empty expected start time returns failure before any PID-only liveness check;
preserve the existing behavior for non-empty expected values.
In `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py`:
- Line 175: Replace the fixed sleeps in the watcher PID reuse tests with an
explicit watcher-ready completion signal emitted after the first parent-identity
check, and wait for that signal before liveness assertions. Retain wait_pid_gone
for the parent-death assertion, covering both affected test locations.
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In `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py`:
- Around line 65-71: Add an explicit check=False argument to the subprocess.run
call in the affected test helper, preserving the callers’ existing returncode
and stdout inspection behavior.
- Around line 206-212: Update the test around shell_start_time so an empty
recorded_start is treated as a test failure rather than replaced with
FAKE_START_TIME; retain the fallback only where an actual missing value is
intentionally valid, and ensure the helper-failure case remains distinct from
the PID-reuse mismatch case.
- Around line 253-284: Update spawn_loop so write_fd is closed immediately after
run_shell returns, before parsing stdout or calling wait_ready, while retaining
finally-based cleanup for exceptional paths. Ensure read_fd is also closed when
run_shell raises, and preserve the existing child descriptor handling and
READY/LOOP result behavior.
- Around line 429-431: Update the process-termination call in the watcher PID
reuse test to use os.kill(parent.pid, signal.SIGKILL) rather than targeting the
process group, so only the parent shell is signaled and the watcher guard path
remains exercised. Keep the existing readiness expectations and wait assertions
unchanged.
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| return subprocess.run( | ||
| [*shell_argv, "-c", script, "cmux-test", *args], | ||
| env=env, | ||
| capture_output=True, | ||
| text=True, | ||
| timeout=timeout, | ||
| pass_fds=pass_fds, |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Add an explicit check=False to satisfy the lint rule.
Ruff reports PLW1510 for this subprocess.run call. The callers inspect returncode and stdout themselves, so the intent is check=False.
♻️ Proposed change
return subprocess.run(
[*shell_argv, "-c", script, "cmux-test", *args],
env=env,
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=timeout,
pass_fds=pass_fds,
+ check=False,
)📝 Committable suggestion
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| return subprocess.run( | |
| [*shell_argv, "-c", script, "cmux-test", *args], | |
| env=env, | |
| capture_output=True, | |
| text=True, | |
| timeout=timeout, | |
| pass_fds=pass_fds, | |
| return subprocess.run( | |
| [*shell_argv, "-c", script, "cmux-test", *args], | |
| env=env, | |
| capture_output=True, | |
| text=True, | |
| timeout=timeout, | |
| pass_fds=pass_fds, | |
| check=False, |
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[error] 64-71: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run(
[*shell_argv, "-c", script, "cmux-test", *args],
env=env,
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=timeout,
pass_fds=pass_fds,
)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').
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[error] 65-65: subprocess call: check for execution of untrusted input
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[warning] 65-65: subprocess.run without explicit check argument
Add explicit check=False
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In `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py` around lines 65 - 71, Add
an explicit check=False argument to the subprocess.run call in the affected test
helper, preserving the callers’ existing returncode and stdout inspection
behavior.
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| short = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sleep", "60"]) | ||
| try: | ||
| recorded_start = shell_start_time(shell_argv, integration, env, short.pid) | ||
| finally: | ||
| short.kill() | ||
| short.wait() | ||
| proc = run_shell(shell_argv, guard_script, [str(integration), str(short.pid), recorded_start or FAKE_START_TIME], env) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Fail when the recorded start time cannot be read.
shell_start_time returns "" when the helper fails. Line 212 then substitutes FAKE_START_TIME, which turns case 3 into a duplicate of the PID-reuse mismatch case and hides a broken helper. Record a failure instead.
🧪 Proposed change
short = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sleep", "60"])
try:
recorded_start = shell_start_time(shell_argv, integration, env, short.pid)
finally:
short.kill()
short.wait()
+ if not recorded_start:
+ fail(f"[{name}] could not record a start time for a live process before it exited")
+ return
- proc = run_shell(shell_argv, guard_script, [str(integration), str(short.pid), recorded_start or FAKE_START_TIME], env)
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| short = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sleep", "60"]) | |
| try: | |
| recorded_start = shell_start_time(shell_argv, integration, env, short.pid) | |
| finally: | |
| short.kill() | |
| short.wait() | |
| proc = run_shell(shell_argv, guard_script, [str(integration), str(short.pid), recorded_start or FAKE_START_TIME], env) | |
| short = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sleep", "60"]) | |
| try: | |
| recorded_start = shell_start_time(shell_argv, integration, env, short.pid) | |
| finally: | |
| short.kill() | |
| short.wait() | |
| if not recorded_start: | |
| fail(f"[{name}] could not record a start time for a live process before it exited") | |
| return | |
| proc = run_shell(shell_argv, guard_script, [str(integration), str(short.pid), recorded_start], env) |
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In `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py` around lines 206 - 212,
Update the test around shell_start_time so an empty recorded_start is treated as
a test failure rather than replaced with FAKE_START_TIME; retain the fallback
only where an actual missing value is intentionally valid, and ensure the
helper-failure case remains distinct from the PID-reuse mismatch case.
| def spawn_loop(pid: int, expected: str) -> tuple[int | None, int, bool]: | ||
| read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe() | ||
| try: | ||
| ready_command = ( | ||
| f"print -r -- READY >&{write_fd}" if name == "zsh" else f"printf 'READY\\n' >&{write_fd}" | ||
| ) | ||
| launch_suffix = "&!;" if name == "zsh" else "& disown;" | ||
| loop_script = ( | ||
| 'source "$1"; ' | ||
| f"{{ _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; {ready_command}; " | ||
| "while true; do sleep 0.2; _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; done; } >/dev/null 2>&1 " | ||
| f"{launch_suffix} " | ||
| 'printf \'LOOP:%s\\n\' "$!"' | ||
| ) | ||
| proc = run_shell( | ||
| shell_argv, | ||
| loop_script, | ||
| [str(integration), str(pid), expected], | ||
| env, | ||
| pass_fds=(write_fd,), | ||
| ) | ||
| loop_pid = None | ||
| for line in proc.stdout.splitlines(): | ||
| if line.startswith("LOOP:"): | ||
| try: | ||
| loop_pid = int(line.split(":", 1)[1]) | ||
| except ValueError: | ||
| loop_pid = None | ||
| break | ||
| return loop_pid, read_fd, wait_ready(read_fd) | ||
| finally: | ||
| os.close(write_fd) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Close write_fd before waiting, so the negative case ends on a real signal.
spawn_loop calls wait_ready(read_fd) while the finally block still holds write_fd open in the Python process. The reader can therefore never observe EOF. In the PID-reuse case the watcher exits without writing READY, so wait_ready always blocks for the full 5s timeout instead of returning as soon as the watcher exits. Close write_fd immediately after run_shell returns; the child already holds its own copy, so EOF then means "watcher exited without a first identity check". This also removes the leak of read_fd if run_shell raises TimeoutExpired.
As per coding guidelines, tests should "Prefer, in order, a real completion signal, an injected virtual clock, or a deadline-bounded poll of a real predicate".
♻️ Proposed restructure
def spawn_loop(pid: int, expected: str) -> tuple[int | None, int, bool]:
read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe()
try:
ready_command = (
f"print -r -- READY >&{write_fd}" if name == "zsh" else f"printf 'READY\\n' >&{write_fd}"
)
launch_suffix = "&!;" if name == "zsh" else "& disown;"
loop_script = (
'source "$1"; '
f"{{ _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; {ready_command}; "
"while true; do sleep 0.2; _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; done; } >/dev/null 2>&1 "
f"{launch_suffix} "
'printf \'LOOP:%s\\n\' "$!"'
)
- proc = run_shell(
- shell_argv,
- loop_script,
- [str(integration), str(pid), expected],
- env,
- pass_fds=(write_fd,),
- )
+ try:
+ proc = run_shell(
+ shell_argv,
+ loop_script,
+ [str(integration), str(pid), expected],
+ env,
+ pass_fds=(write_fd,),
+ )
+ except BaseException:
+ os.close(read_fd)
+ raise
+ # Drop the parent's write end so that EOF on read_fd is a real
+ # signal that the watcher exited before its first identity check.
+ os.close(write_fd)
+ write_fd = -1
loop_pid = None
for line in proc.stdout.splitlines():
if line.startswith("LOOP:"):
try:
loop_pid = int(line.split(":", 1)[1])
except ValueError:
loop_pid = None
break
return loop_pid, read_fd, wait_ready(read_fd)
finally:
- os.close(write_fd)
+ if write_fd != -1:
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| def spawn_loop(pid: int, expected: str) -> tuple[int | None, int, bool]: | |
| read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe() | |
| try: | |
| ready_command = ( | |
| f"print -r -- READY >&{write_fd}" if name == "zsh" else f"printf 'READY\\n' >&{write_fd}" | |
| ) | |
| launch_suffix = "&!;" if name == "zsh" else "& disown;" | |
| loop_script = ( | |
| 'source "$1"; ' | |
| f"{{ _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; {ready_command}; " | |
| "while true; do sleep 0.2; _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; done; } >/dev/null 2>&1 " | |
| f"{launch_suffix} " | |
| 'printf \'LOOP:%s\\n\' "$!"' | |
| ) | |
| proc = run_shell( | |
| shell_argv, | |
| loop_script, | |
| [str(integration), str(pid), expected], | |
| env, | |
| pass_fds=(write_fd,), | |
| ) | |
| loop_pid = None | |
| for line in proc.stdout.splitlines(): | |
| if line.startswith("LOOP:"): | |
| try: | |
| loop_pid = int(line.split(":", 1)[1]) | |
| except ValueError: | |
| loop_pid = None | |
| break | |
| return loop_pid, read_fd, wait_ready(read_fd) | |
| finally: | |
| os.close(write_fd) | |
| def spawn_loop(pid: int, expected: str) -> tuple[int | None, int, bool]: | |
| read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe() | |
| try: | |
| ready_command = ( | |
| f"print -r -- READY >&{write_fd}" if name == "zsh" else f"printf 'READY\\n' >&{write_fd}" | |
| ) | |
| launch_suffix = "&!;" if name == "zsh" else "& disown;" | |
| loop_script = ( | |
| 'source "$1"; ' | |
| f"{{ _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; {ready_command}; " | |
| "while true; do sleep 0.2; _cmux_watcher_guard_tick \"$2\" \"$3\" || exit 0; done; } >/dev/null 2>&1 " | |
| f"{launch_suffix} " | |
| 'printf \'LOOP:%s\\n\' "$!"' | |
| ) | |
| try: | |
| proc = run_shell( | |
| shell_argv, | |
| loop_script, | |
| [str(integration), str(pid), expected], | |
| env, | |
| pass_fds=(write_fd,), | |
| ) | |
| except BaseException: | |
| os.close(read_fd) | |
| raise | |
| # Drop the parent's write end so that EOF on read_fd is a real | |
| # signal that the watcher exited before its first identity check. | |
| os.close(write_fd) | |
| write_fd = -1 | |
| loop_pid = None | |
| for line in proc.stdout.splitlines(): | |
| if line.startswith("LOOP:"): | |
| try: | |
| loop_pid = int(line.split(":", 1)[1]) | |
| except ValueError: | |
| loop_pid = None | |
| break | |
| return loop_pid, read_fd, wait_ready(read_fd) | |
| finally: | |
| if write_fd != -1: | |
| os.close(write_fd) |
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In `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py` around lines 253 - 284,
Update spawn_loop so write_fd is closed immediately after run_shell returns,
before parsing stdout or calling wait_ready, while retaining finally-based
cleanup for exceptional paths. Ensure read_fd is also closed when run_shell
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In `@Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash`:
- Around line 1428-1474: Update _cmux_watcher_parent_start_time so its ps
fallback converts the validated lstart fields into an epoch-second token,
matching the 10–11 digit format emitted by _cmux_capture_shell_start_time and
FAKE_START_TIME. Preserve the existing input validation and identity check, but
replace the current YYYYMMDDhhmmss token generation with a UTC epoch-seconds
conversion.
Apply the same fix in `@Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash`
around lines 1428 - 1474.
Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py` around
lines 37 - 38: Covered by the shared test-constant and epoch-seconds
requirement.
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| _cmux_watcher_parent_start_time() { | ||
| local pid="${1:-}" raw month day clock year token | ||
| case "$pid" in ''|*[!0-9]*) return 1 ;; esac | ||
| case "$pid" in *[1-9]*) ;; *) return 1 ;; esac | ||
| local kernel sec usec | ||
| kernel="$(/usr/sbin/sysctl -n "kern.proc.pid.$pid" 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/od -An -tu4 2>/dev/null)" | ||
| while read -r sec usec; do | ||
| if [[ "$sec" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$usec" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$sec" -ge 1000000000 && "$sec" -le 3000000000 && "$usec" -lt 1000000 ]]; then | ||
| printf '%s%06d\n' "$sec" "$usec" | ||
| return 0 | ||
| fi | ||
| done < <(printf '%s\n' "$kernel" | awk '{ for (i=1;i<NF;i++) print $i, $(i+1) }') | ||
| # Darwin's ps exposes process start time through `lstart`, which is a | ||
| # locale-formatted string. Force the stable C locale and UTC timezone, | ||
| # then convert the five fields to a fixed-width numeric token before | ||
| # comparing. | ||
| raw="$(TZ=UTC LC_ALL=C /bin/ps -o lstart= -p "$pid" 2>/dev/null)" || return 1 | ||
| case "$raw" in *$'\n'*) return 1 ;; esac | ||
| local -a words=() | ||
| local IFS=$' \t\n' | ||
| read -r -a words <<< "$raw" || true | ||
| (( ${#words[@]} == 5 )) || return 1 | ||
| case "${words[0]}" in Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun) ;; *) return 1 ;; esac | ||
| case "${words[1]}" in | ||
| Jan) month=01 ;; Feb) month=02 ;; Mar) month=03 ;; | ||
| Apr) month=04 ;; May) month=05 ;; Jun) month=06 ;; | ||
| Jul) month=07 ;; Aug) month=08 ;; Sep) month=09 ;; | ||
| Oct) month=10 ;; Nov) month=11 ;; Dec) month=12 ;; | ||
| *) return 1 ;; | ||
| esac | ||
| case "${words[2]}" in | ||
| [1-9]) day="0${words[2]}" ;; | ||
| 0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]) day="${words[2]}" ;; | ||
| *) return 1 ;; | ||
| esac | ||
| case "${words[3]}" in | ||
| [01][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]|2[0-3]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]) clock="${words[3]}" ;; | ||
| *) return 1 ;; | ||
| esac | ||
| case "${words[4]}" in | ||
| [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]) year="${words[4]}" ;; | ||
| *) return 1 ;; | ||
| esac | ||
| token="${year}${month}${day}${clock//:/}" | ||
| _cmux_watcher_parent_identity_valid "$pid" "$token" || return 1 | ||
| printf '%s\n' "$token" | ||
| } |
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Use one process-identity representation across Bash, Zsh, and the regression test. Bash currently emits a 16-digit seconds-plus-microseconds token from sysctl and a 14-digit calendar token from ps, while Zsh and the test use epoch seconds. If sysctl succeeds during capture but later fails, a live Bash watcher can compare incompatible formats and exit incorrectly. Make both Bash providers emit epoch-second tokens, accept the shared 10–11 digit format in validation, and keep FAKE_START_TIME plus its comment accurate for both shells. Extend the Bash assertions so the provider-switch path remains alive until the expected mismatch case.
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In `@Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash` around lines 1428 -
1474, Update _cmux_watcher_parent_start_time so its ps fallback converts the
validated lstart fields into an epoch-second token, matching the 10–11 digit
format emitted by _cmux_capture_shell_start_time and FAKE_START_TIME. Preserve
the existing input validation and identity check, but replace the current
YYYYMMDDhhmmss token generation with a UTC epoch-seconds conversion.
Apply the same fix in `@Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash`
around lines 1428 - 1474.
Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py` around
lines 37 - 38: Covered by the shared test-constant and epoch-seconds
requirement.
Red on purpose: asserts _cmux_watcher_parent_start_time and _cmux_watcher_parent_alive exist and that a watcher whose recorded parent PID now points at a live process with a different start time exits within a bounded time, for both the zsh and bash integrations. Also covers the normal paths: parent alive keeps the watcher running, dead unreused parent PID reaps it. Uses a scratch HOME, a private unix socket, and unique panel ids; never touches /tmp/cmux-debug.sock.
The per-iteration kill -0 guard in the disowned watcher loops (zsh PR poll, zsh git HEAD watch, bash PR poll) is defeated by PID reuse: once macOS recycles the recorded shell PID onto any live process the guard returns true forever, so watchers accumulate (793 orphans / 2.1 GB / 208 concurrent gh after 20 days in the issue). Record a stable parent identity at spawn: PID plus /bin/ps -o lstart= start time, whitespace-normalized so lstart's padded day-of-month compares stably. The shared per-iteration guard _cmux_watcher_parent_alive treats a start-time mismatch (recycled PID) or a failed ps as parent-dead and exits the watcher. An empty recorded start time (ps failed at spawn) degrades to the old liveness check. Cost is one /bin/ps per second per watcher, matching the subprocess cadence the loops already have. Fish and nushell integrations have no disowned-watcher pattern and are unchanged. Closes #10926
The first cut ran /bin/ps once per second per watcher and once per preexec (git HEAD watch spawn), adding steady-state forks to a fix for an idle-CPU problem. Tiered guard instead: cache the shell's own start time once per shell in _CMUX_SHELL_START_TIME (lazy, $$ never changes, only non-empty values cached so a transient ps failure heals), keep the builtin kill -0 every iteration, and run the full ps identity comparison only every Nth iteration via _cmux_watcher_guard_tick (default 30, override with _CMUX_WATCHER_IDENTITY_INTERVAL). Plain parent death is still caught within one iteration; PID-reuse detection latency is bounded by N seconds instead of never. The test pins the interval to 1 for its bounded-exit legs and asserts the deferral cadence directly.
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Reviewed: start-time identity, plus re-checking it every 30 iterations, closes the PID-reuse hole behind #10926, and both merged scripts pass |
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Fixes #10926.
The disowned watcher loops (zsh PR poll, zsh git HEAD watch, bash PR poll) guard parent liveness with a bare
kill -0 $watch_shell_pid. macOS recycles PIDs within days on a busy machine, so once the recorded shell PID is reassigned to any live process the guard returns true forever and the watcher never exits. Combined with zshexit hooks not running on the untrapped-SIGHUP pane-close path, this accumulated 793 orphaned watchers holding 2.1 GB and spawning up to 208 concurrentghprocesses over 20 days.The fix is principled: it replaces the raw PID with a stable process identity.
_cmux_watcher_parent_start_timerecords the parent's/bin/ps -o lstart=start time at watcher spawn (whitespace-normalized, since lstart pads single-digit days), and the shared per-iteration guard_cmux_watcher_parent_aliverequires both PID liveness and a matching start time. A mismatch means the PID was recycled and the watcher exits; a failed ps also counts as parent-dead. Cost is one/bin/psper second per watcher, the same subprocess cadence the loops already have. Residual risk: lstart granularity is 1 second, so a recycled PID whose new process has an identical start time string could still fool the guard; that requires the exact PID to be recycled within the same wall-clock second the original shell started, which is far outside observed reuse timescales.The bash integration had the same pattern in its PR poll loop and gets the same helpers; its git probe is a one-shot, not a loop. The fish and nushell integrations have no disowned-watcher pattern and are unchanged. Commit 1 adds the failing regression test (
tests/test_issue_10926_watcher_pid_reuse_guard.py, red without the helpers), commit 2 adds the fix (green); the test injects a live not-the-parent PID with a mismatched start time and asserts bounded-time exit, plus the parent-alive and parent-dead-unreused paths, for both shells, without touching any running cmux or/tmp/cmux-debug.sock.Summary by cubic
Fixes #10926 by pairing each disowned watcher's PID with the parent shell's start time, so a recycled PID no longer keeps the watcher alive — previously watchers accumulated (793 orphans / 2.1 GB after 20 days). Watchers now fail closed: a missing, malformed, or mismatched start time counts as parent-dead, and a watcher skips starting if the start time can't be captured.
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sysctl kern.proc.pid.X), falling back to a locale-independentlstarttoken, so an identically-timed PID recycle is effectively impossible.kill -0liveness check runs every iteration; the start-time identity check runs every 30 iterations by default (_CMUX_WATCHER_IDENTITY_INTERVAL), so steady-state watchers add no subprocess forks.psfailure heals on the next watcher start.Written for commit e989548. Summary will update on new commits.
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