Reconcile duplicate cmux-cua skill links across agent roots

[austinywang]

Summary

Fixes the duplicate cmux-cua discovery path behind issue #11801 by reconciling verified cmux-owned skill links across the Claude and Codex global roots during explicit global installation.

• When CMUX_COMPUTER_USE_INSTALL_GLOBAL_SKILL=1, an existing verified cmux link in the other agent root is retargeted to the current bundled macOS driving skill.
• A missing link in the other root is never created, so a Claude launch does not silently add a Codex projection (or vice versa).
• User-owned directories, unrelated symlinks, dangling/unverifiable links, project skills, and symlinked global roots that mirror a checkout are preserved.
• Project skill precedence remains deterministic; the wrapper does not add a same-name fallback path that would produce another picker row.
• The bundled skill remains available to cmux-launched Claude and Codex sessions through the existing explicit-install contract.

The final picker UI and its discovery implementation are owned by Codex. This PR verifies the filesystem/discovery contract and the wrapper behavior that controls what Codex can discover; it does not patch Codex's picker UI.

Existing-install remediation

For an existing installation with both ~/.claude/skills/cmux-cua and ~/.agents/skills/cmux-cua, launch a cmux-managed Claude or Codex session once with the explicit durable-install flag:

CMUX_COMPUTER_USE_INSTALL_GLOBAL_SKILL=1 claude
# or
CMUX_COMPUTER_USE_INSTALL_GLOBAL_SKILL=1 codex

Only verified cmux-owned app links are migrated. The wrapper never overwrites a real skill directory, unrelated symlink, project skill, or symlinked root mirror.

Trade-offs

• Durable global discovery remains opt-in because automatic writes during every agent launch are surprising and can create picker collisions.
• Cross-root migration retargets only an existing link whose bundle identity, install root, and ownership prove cmux ownership; unknown or dangling paths are left for manual review because their original owner cannot be established safely.
• The project-file change is a deterministic normalization required by scripts/check-pbxproj.sh after merging the current main; it does not change app behavior.

Validation

Regression coverage is split into two commits: the test-only commit fails against the pre-follow-up policy, and the following fix commit makes it pass.

• env -u CMUX_TAG -u CMUX_CUA_RUNTIME_SCOPE /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 tests/test_codex_wrapper_computer_use_mcp.py — PASS
• env -u CMUX_TAG -u CMUX_CUA_RUNTIME_SCOPE /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 tests/test_claude_wrapper_computer_use_skill.py — PASS
• /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 tests/test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py — PASS (4 tests)
• /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 tests/test_cmux_cua_helper_identity.py — PASS
• /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 tests/test_cmux_cua_build_cache_safety.py — PASS
• python3 scripts/swift_file_length_budget.py — PASS (0 changed files)
• python3 scripts/normalize-pbxproj.py --check cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj — PASS
• bash scripts/check-pbxproj.sh — PASS
• bash scripts/lint-pbxproj-test-wiring.sh — PASS (821 test files)
• bash -n Resources/bin/cmux-codex-wrapper Resources/bin/cmux-claude-wrapper skills/cmux-cua/link-policy.sh — PASS
• python3 -m py_compile tests/test_codex_wrapper_computer_use_mcp.py tests/test_claude_wrapper_computer_use_skill.py tests/test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py — PASS
• git diff --check — PASS

No local XCUITest or xcodebuild test was run. The required tagged cloud build succeeded at HEAD 219adca70f with --no-dev-backend, and the installed tagged app's debug CLI health check returned workspace:1 [selected]. An artifact-level harness then exercised the installed Contents/Resources/cmux-cua/link-policy.sh against isolated homes, covering cross-root convergence, project collision suppression, user-owned directory and symlink preservation, dangling-link preservation, and project-root mirror preservation. The final picker UI and its discovery implementation remain Codex-owned, so this PR verifies cmux's bundled wrapper/filesystem discovery contract rather than Codex's picker rendering.

CI note: both attempts of tests-build-and-lag reached Validate Swift warning budget and failed on the same six pre-existing mainline warning buckets; this branch changes no Swift files and does not change the checked-in warning budget. The clean rerun also reported unrelated baseline failures in swift-package-tests (GhosttyKit.xcframework static-library name and missing UUID import in FakeTerminalEngine.swift) and app-host unit tests (6/6) (two ClaudeHookLifecycleCleanupTests command-expectation failures). Other completed app-host shards passed. These failures do not exercise or implicate the cmux-cua policy or wrapper changes.

Issue: #11801

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Medium Risk
Changes filesystem symlink migration under explicit global install and adds cross-process locking; mistakes could retarget or leave stale links in user skill directories, though guards limit edits to verified cmux-managed links.

Overview
Fixes duplicate cmux-cua discovery when both Claude and Codex global skill roots have old cmux-managed links (#11801).

With CMUX_COMPUTER_USE_INSTALL_GLOBAL_SKILL=1, link-policy.sh now retargets an existing verified cmux symlink in the other agent root (~/.claude/skills vs ~/.agents/skills) to the current bundle. It does not create a missing cross-root link, and it still skips user-owned dirs, unrelated symlinks, project collisions, and symlinked global-root mirrors.

Reconciliation is serialized per home via a /tmp advisory lock (Perl flock + exec) so concurrent Claude/Codex launches cannot race. Docs for Computer Use and the bundled skill describe the migration rule.

Tests: new test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py, cross-root cases on Claude/Codex wrapper tests, CI wiring; minor Bun test timeout signature updates and a flaky DB pool test race removal.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes duplicate cmux-cua picker rows from issue #11801 by retargeting verified cmux-owned skill links in both Claude and Codex global roots during explicit global installation.

• Missing links are never created; user-owned directories, unrelated symlinks, project skills, and symlinked global roots that mirror a checkout are preserved.
• Concurrent reconciliations for the same home directory are serialized via a per-home kernel lock.
• Removes a timing race in web/tests/vm-publication-pool-db.test.ts and updates two web tests to the current Bun timeout signature.
• Documents the vm.diagnostics socket method in the cloud-vm skill.

Migration

• Existing installs with links in both roots must launch a cmux-managed Claude or Codex session once with CMUX_COMPUTER_USE_INSTALL_GLOBAL_SKILL=1.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Explicit skill installation now retargets existing verified cmux skill links across supported agent roots.
  • Missing links are not created, while user-owned, unrelated, and project-specific paths remain unchanged.
  • Concurrent skill reconciliation is coordinated to prevent conflicting updates.
  • Added a socket-based cloud diagnostics method, with an option to open the diagnostics window.

• Documentation

  • Updated installation and cloud diagnostics guidance.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for reconciliation, concurrency, link preservation, and project mirrors.

Current CI status (HEAD 54f1ac4e7efe5c9ca0546a3604b2a4fa00b72f86)

The infrastructure failures from the first run were rerun successfully: CLA, Bun setup, web checks, Linux preflight, Swift package tests, and five of six app-host shards are green. The remaining required failures reproduce from a clean origin/main archive and do not exercise this PR's changed paths:

• tests-build-and-lag reaches the existing Swift warning-budget gate after a successful build and reports the same pre-existing mainline warning buckets.
• app-host unit tests (6/6) fails the existing tests/test_claude_wrapper_mutual_shim_loop.py issue Wrapper re-entry through a custom Claude Binary Path duplicates injected --settings without bound, pinning a CPU core and breaking session restore #10230 fixture (malformed hooks structure); the same test fails from clean origin/main.

The release build is still running in CI. Because these are current-main baseline failures, this PR does not modify unrelated warning-budget or Claude hook behavior to force a green result.

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In `@tests/test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py`:
- Around line 82-83: Update the lock-contention tests around the child
processes’ wait calls to use a test-only readiness signal emitted immediately
before each child attempts flock, rather than subprocess.TimeoutExpired
wall-clock assertions. Wait for both readiness signals before inspecting links
and releasing the parent lock, while preserving the existing lock verification
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Review follow-up for the current 219adca70f head:

• CodeRabbit’s localization suggestion remains disagree: docs/computer-use.md and skills/cmux-cua/SKILL.md are English source-of-truth Markdown; this repository has no localized counterpart for either file, so creating parallel translations would create a second remediation source that can drift.
• CodeRabbit’s cross-root serialization and unused-binding findings are fixed in b73531a530 and 7948013ab7.
• CodeRabbit’s lock-contention test finding is fixed in 219adca70f; both contention cases now synchronize on a test-only marker immediately before flock and no longer use wall-clock assertions.
• Cursor’s lock-acquisition race finding is fixed in b73531a530; the implementation now uses a kernel advisory lock with ownership/type checks and inherited lock lifetime.
• CodeRabbit’s generic docstring-coverage suggestion is disagree: the production change is Bash, the Python helpers are executable regression harnesses, and generated docstrings would add noise without documenting a public API. The repository’s targeted tests and static checks pass.

The Codex/Cubic/Greptile-style checks have no additional actionable review body. The final picker rendering remains Codex-owned; this PR verifies the filesystem/discovery contract that feeds it.

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3959772726	coderabbitai	docs/computer-use.md:38	Move the English migration policy into localized documentation	disagree — these Markdown files are the English source of truth and have no locale-specific counterparts; duplicating them would create drift	54f1ac4e7efe5c9ca0546a3604b2a4fa00b72f86
3959772737	coderabbitai	skills/cmux-cua/link-policy.sh:348	Serialize cross-root and current-root reconciliation under one per-HOME lock	fix — kernel advisory locking now covers cleanup, migration, and both mutations	b73531a530801bc6c9873fe7ff4f952324c06aca
3959772745	coderabbitai	tests/test_codex_wrapper_computer_use_mcp.py:1229,1246	Rename unused args bindings	fix	7948013ab79344f7fe74d5ca0e62ce0c52af09e8
3959959424	cursor	skills/cmux-cua/link-policy.sh:344	Prevent the empty-lock acquisition race	fix — replaced directory/PID locking with ownership-checked kernel locking whose lifetime follows the process	b73531a530801bc6c9873fe7ff4f952324c06aca
3960310340	coderabbitai	tests/test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py:82,104	Replace wall-clock contention assertions with a lock-attempt signal	fix — test-only readiness now proves each child is contending on the held flock before the parent releases it	d8a7c423d30541c999c7da547f05b6ae7ec9d9fd
5587864582	coderabbitai	PR pre-merge checks	Raise generic docstring coverage to 80%	disagree — the production change is Bash and the Python files are executable regression harnesses; generated docstrings would add noise without documenting a public API	54f1ac4e7efe5c9ca0546a3604b2a4fa00b72f86
3994272210	coderabbitai	tests/test_cmux_cua_skill_reconciliation.py:94	Prove both child processes are contending before releasing the parent lock	fix — each child first proves the parent-held flock would block via LOCK_NB, then emits readiness; the four reconciliation tests pass	d8a7c423d30541c999c7da547f05b6ae7ec9d9fd

The final picker UI/discovery presentation is Codex-owned; this PR’s verification boundary is the filesystem/discovery contract and wrapper behavior. The tagged runtime app was cloud-built and exercised through the debug CLI and installed helper policy harness; the Codex picker rendering itself remains outside this repository’s control. Current-main CI baseline failures are documented in the PR body; this PR does not alter unrelated warning-budget or Claude hook behavior to manufacture green CI.

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Verification update (rechecked at HEAD 219adca70f):

• The required tagged cloud build completed on cmux11s-mac-mini.1 with CMUX_SKIP_ZIG_BUILD=1, RELOAD_CLOUD_FALLBACK_LOCAL=0, and --no-dev-backend (the backend is not needed for this shell/filesystem contract).
• The installed tagged app launched and CMUX_TAG=issue-11801-cua-picker-dedupe ./scripts/cmux-debug-cli.sh list-workspaces returned workspace:1 [selected].
• The installed bundle's Contents/Resources/cmux-cua/link-policy.sh passed an isolated-home harness for cross-root convergence, project collision suppression, user-owned directory and symlink preservation, dangling-link preservation, and project-root mirror preservation.
• The picker presentation itself remains Codex-owned; this PR verifies cmux's bundled wrapper and filesystem/discovery contract, not Codex's final picker rendering.

This supersedes the earlier verification limitation in the audit discussion; no second audit table is being posted.

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