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Nightly #12261 failed after Gatekeeper rejected the universal Computer Use helper for all 80 attempts. Universal and thin copies retain the same slice CDHash, so independent submissions can retrieve a ticket covering a different architecture set. On a fleet Mac, a real arm64-only ticket attached to the universal helper passed stapler validate despite lacking its Intel CDHash.

Each helper submission now gets a UUID in its signed Info.plist before the final Developer ID signature. The helper keeps its bundle identifier and designated requirement. The start/finish state tracks every architecture, and both the accepted notary log and stapled ticket must cover every slice. The standalone copy still must pass Gatekeeper, and the outer app alone is resealed afterward. Stable and nightly releases use this shared path.

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Broader CI blocker: web-typecheck fails with the same nine TypeScript diagnostics before and after the fix (billing/cron test mock typings and ImportMeta.dir in the VM image test). Its dependent preflight/test jobs are blocked; the signing workflow-guard job is green. This PR does not change web code.

Localization audit: changes are confined to CI signing scripts and test diagnostics; no application UI, cmux CLI commands, or translated message catalogs change.

Related: #12261 (automatically closed after the next main nightly succeeded; this addresses the recurring packaging failure).


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Changes macOS release signing and notarization gates for a nested helper; mistakes could block releases or ship incomplete tickets, but scope is CI scripts with expanded automated checks.

Overview
Fixes Computer Use helper notarization so universal and thin builds cannot reuse each other's tickets when slice CDHashes match.

A new notarization-ticket.sh library adds per-architecture CDHash discovery, injects a CMUXNotarizationSubmission UUID into the helper's signed Info.plist before the final Developer ID sign (so each submission gets distinct hashes without changing bundle ID), and verifies both the notarytool log and stapled ticket include every architecture slice—not only what stapler validate checks on the host.

notarize-computer-use-helper.sh now sources that library, persists cdhashes (comma-separated slice set) in start/finish state, re-verifies signatures before finish, and runs the slice coverage checks after log retrieval, stapling, standalone copy, and outer reseal.

Helper notarization tests move from a large bash harness to test_notarize_computer_use_helper.py (12 behavioral cases with stubbed codesign/lipo/xcrun/spctl), with the shell test wrapper delegating to Python.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved notarization handling for universal and multi-architecture builds.
    • Added validation to ensure notarization logs and stapled tickets cover every architecture slice.
    • Improved failure reporting for missing or malformed notarization data.
    • Prevented submission-state collisions between builds with different architecture slices.
  • Tests
    • Expanded coverage for notarization workflows, architecture combinations, retries, failures, and ticket preservation.

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The PR adds architecture-aware CDHash discovery and ticket validation. The notarization script isolates submissions, persists complete slice sets, validates logs and stapled tickets, and rechecks the helper after resealing. Python tests simulate Apple tools and cover success and failure paths.

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Notarization integrity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Slice discovery and ticket validation
scripts/ci/lib/notarization-ticket.sh
Adds helpers to enumerate slice CDHashes, isolate submissions, and verify notarization and stapled ticket coverage.
Helper submission flow
scripts/ci/notarize-computer-use-helper.sh
Tracks all slice CDHashes, validates accepted logs and tickets, and revalidates the helper after resealing.
Notarization test coverage
tests/test_notarize_computer_use_helper.py, tests/test_notarize_computer_use_helper.sh
Adds simulated Apple tools and tests for architecture sets, submission state, ticket completeness, retries, and failure handling.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Script as notarize-computer-use-helper.sh
  participant Notarytool
  participant Checks as notarization-ticket.sh
  participant Stapler
  Script->>Checks: discover all slice CDHashes
  Script->>Notarytool: submit isolated helper
  Notarytool-->>Script: accepted notarization log
  Script->>Checks: verify log coverage
  Script->>Stapler: staple ticket
  Script->>Checks: verify stapled ticket coverage
  Script->>Checks: reverify after host reseal
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 197dd

The CI notarization flow now isolates helper submissions and verifies every architecture slice before stapling and resealing. Covered success and failure paths show no concrete merge-blocking risk.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: isolating Computer Use helper notarization tickets. It is concise and specific.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the failure, implementation, scope, and validation results. It does not reproduce the repository template headings, checklist, review-trigger block, or demo-video sect…
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Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative PR range changes only two shell scripts and two Python/shell test files; it contains no Swift files or Swift declarations. The referenced actor-isolation rule applies to Swift …
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed PASS: The reviewed pull-request range changes only shell and Python files. It changes no Swift files and introduces no production Swift runtime synchronization. The check is therefore not applicable.
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed PASS: The rule applies to browser socket automation in Sources/TerminalController.swift and Packages/macOS/CmuxControlSocket/Sources/CmuxControlSocket/Wire/ControlCommandExecutionPolicy.swift. The…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed The authoritative pull-request diff changes only shell scripts and Python/shell tests: scripts/ci/lib/notarization-ticket.sh, scripts/ci/notarize-computer-use-helper.sh, `tests/test_notarize_compu…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS. The review-scoped diff changes only Bash scripts and Python/shell tests. It contains no production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript changes. Therefore, the cache-substitution correctness check d…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed The pull request adds no new fixed sleep, timer, delayed dispatch, or wall-clock polling in production code. The new shared library performs deterministic architecture enumeration and ticket checks. T…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed PASS. The changed production code processes the helper's architecture slices, not a scalable user-owned collection. slice_cdhashes performs one pass over the supported slice set and the caller's cov…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed The pull request changes only shell and Python files. The scoped diff contains no Swift files and no Swift concurrency code. Therefore, it does not introduce or expand any legacy Swift async pattern c…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed PASS: The review-scoped diff changes only four shell/Python test files. It contains no Swift files, Swift declarations, async functions, actor isolation, or @concurrent annotations. The Swift concurre…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed PASS. The reviewed range changes only shell and Python test files: four paths under scripts/ci and tests. It changes no Swift source or Swift package manifest, so the Swift package-boundary failur…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed PASS. The scoped pull-request diff changes only notarization shell scripts and their tests: scripts/ci/lib/notarization-ticket.sh, scripts/ci/notarize-computer-use-helper.sh, `tests/test_notarize_…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only three shell files and one Python test file. The authoritative diff contains no Swift files or Swift runtime code, so it introduces no violation of the Swift logging…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed PASS. The diff changes CI/release notarization scripts and tests, not product UI or user-facing application errors. The new diagnostics report bundle paths, architecture CDHashes, ticket coverage, and…
Cmux Full Internationalization ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only CI notarization shell scripts and notarization tests: scripts/ci/lib/notarization-ticket.sh, scripts/ci/notarize-computer-use-helper.sh, and test files. The diff adds no …
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Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed The diff changes only CI shell scripts and notarization test sources: scripts/ci/lib/notarization-ticket.sh, scripts/ci/notarize-computer-use-helper.sh, `tests/test_notarize_computer_use_helper.py…
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austinywang merged commit 8229d75 into main Sep 10, 2026
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rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Sep 10, 2026
803dc26 Fix Codex hook injection paths with spaces (manaflow-ai#11968)
1769fd2 Fix Cloud discovery stalls and private address fallback (manaflow-ai#12266)
dc5df2b Fix misplaced XCStrings localization entries (manaflow-ai#12171)
02d7597 ci: persist nightly Xcode compilation caches (manaflow-ai#12039)
1216d7c Fix native pane layout sync with bound cloud workspaces (manaflow-ai#12264)
40c1b73 Improve Computer Use onboarding and permission companion lifecycle (manaflow-ai#12265)
8229d75 ci: isolate Computer Use helper notarization tickets (manaflow-ai#12262)
2b75bd1 Fix bash PROMPT_COMMAND export leak (manaflow-ai#11257) (manaflow-ai#11290)
e61ac8b Clear Dock notifications on keyboard focus (manaflow-ai#9427)
dfccbd1 Fix cloud VM verification fixtures and agent login context (manaflow-ai#12258)
8ba29ea Cloud: one machine, one devbox snapshot ladder with displays; restore the original New Machine modal; refresh the agents to Claude Code 2.1.267 and Codex 0.154.0 (manaflow-ai#12250)
6810da8 cloud: cmux Cloud terminals run as cmux, not root (manaflow-ai#12101)
aerickson pushed a commit to aerickson/cmux that referenced this pull request Sep 13, 2026
* test: reproduce helper notarization hash collisions and incomplete tickets

* fix: isolate helper submissions and verify every notarized slice

* test: clarify notarization fixture lint exceptions

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