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Fix CLI closed-pipe crashes and disconnect telemetry - #12503

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Fixes #5750. Coordinates the overlapping NSFileHandle crash report #2984 (reproduction details posted there).

A CLI consumer closing its pipe can still abort current stable/nightly commands. Socket-backed stdout/stderr can also kill the CLI with SIGPIPE: on Darwin, setting F_SETNOSIGPIPE after the socket disconnects returns EINVAL, which the existing helper ignored. Separately, the Unix-socket request writer discarded the errno when poll reported a closed peer, so the existing Sentry filter could not identify the expected disconnect.

The change establishes one output boundary:

  • Route all ten remaining direct standard-stream writes through the existing POSIX output helper, including Codex hook arguments and VM/vault/restore diagnostics.
  • Detect sockets once per output operation and use send(MSG_NOSIGNAL). Keep F_SETNOSIGPIPE for pipes/files. Avoid changing an inherited socket's shared SO_NOSIGPIPE option; preserve the existing child-process signal contract.
  • Let the already-protected request write obtain the actual disconnect errno after poll wakes. Existing EPIPE/ECONNRESET/EBADF filtering then runs before Sentry capture, without broadening suppression of actionable errors.

Trade-offs: one fstat per output operation, with a 30-line descriptor adapter to keep CMUXCLI+Process.swift below 500 lines. Keep the established policies: closed stdout exits 0; closed stderr preserves command success/failure. A global SIGPIPE ignore would leak into children and would not prevent Foundation exceptions. No process-wide signal changes, retries, or new runtime timing are added.

Release evidence:

  • Stable 0.64.22 (102), ddd4a01: hooks codex inject-args with closed stdout aborts with NSFileHandleOperationException / signal 6. --version or a command-error diagnostic with closed socket-backed stdout/stderr exits with signal 13.
  • Nightly 0.64.22-nightly.3473864008601, d9e50ca: Codex hook stdout, VM prompt stderr, and vault warning stderr each reproduce signal 6; the closed request socket loses its errno.
  • Sentry CMUXTERM-MACOS-1YBG, event 354c3038962d49588cfa72b94a8ee056, 2026-09-08: release com.cmuxterm.app@0.64.22+102, SIGPIPE in CMUXCLIOutput.writeStandardError. Its arm64 UUID F38EEB50-39BD-3FC9-B03A-98CF1D124203 matches the installed stable binary.
  • Latest S1 event cc71774e70794721a88b42bd5a3b4e90 (2026-09-12) has the matching NSFileHandle stack but no release identifier. PN/G5 last reported on August 19. Those events alone cannot establish current-main attribution.

Prior work: #6254 supplied the shared writer/socket/filter foundations. #2993 remains unmerged and predates those foundations. #7331's broader structured-errno/other-crash work and #9080's remote child-stdin changes are not duplicated here.

Regression commits: 3560fbf307a adds command-level closed-pipe tests; d848894824c fixes those paths. 4f445425def adds the newly reproduced inherited-socket tests; d9deaf5fb6e fixes that boundary. Tests are wired into the existing macOS CLI regression CI step. Baseline nightly: 4 targeted failures out of 7 cases; baseline stable socket suite: 3 failures, including the shared socket-option mutation. No source-shape tests.

Validation so far:

  • CMUX_CLI_BIN=<stable/nightly binary> python3 tests/test_cli_broken_pipe_writes.py (baseline failures above; the stable binary lacks the newer VM/vault commands, so only its supported cases establish regression evidence).
  • Darwin subprocess experiment: disconnected fcntl => EINVAL + SIGPIPE; per-send MSG_NOSIGNAL => EPIPE and normal process exit.
  • python3 scripts/swift_file_length_budget.py — passed; neither budget TSV changed.
  • python3 scripts/normalize-pbxproj.py cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj and git diff --check — passed.
  • python3 scripts/localization_catalog.py check — 6 catalogs, 9 locales, zero parity errors. Output bytes and existing localization keys are preserved; no user-facing strings added.

Dedicated hosted CLI verification is green: CLI build and all 11 closed-pipe/socket/Sentry regression tests passed on macOS 15 in run https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/actions/runs/34744602473. This is a shell-only CLI change; no visual evidence is applicable. The optional Cloud Mac run could not obtain an SSH endpoint before timeout, so no Cloud Mac video is applicable.

The general CI workflow remains blocked by unrelated base failures in CmuxTuiSurfaceProvider+FileDelivery.swift (fallbackTabID and waitForScreen compile errors); no files in that path are changed here. The workflow determinism gate also reported the pre-existing IrxLiveQUICTests.swift:589 sleep assertion. I am leaving the PR unmerged until the required app-host checks are green.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved CLI handling when stdout or stderr closes unexpectedly, including socket disconnects.
    • Preserved underlying command failures instead of masking them as broken-pipe errors.
    • Improved interactive VM session handling for invalid or disconnected terminals.
    • Added clearer localized diagnostics for socket write failures.
  • Reliability
    • CLI output and error reporting are now more resilient during interrupted or large writes.

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The CLI adds socket-aware descriptor writes, routes standard output and error through shared helpers, improves PTY poll error handling, and adds macOS regression tests and CI execution for closed pipes, socket disconnects, and SIGPIPE behavior.

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CLI broken-pipe handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Descriptor write abstraction
CLI/CLIWriteDescriptor.swift, cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, cmux.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/cmux-cli.xcscheme
CLIWriteDescriptor detects sockets, applies F_SETNOSIGPIPE only to non-sockets, and uses Darwin.send with MSG_NOSIGNAL for sockets. The project registers the source file and shared CLI scheme.
CLI write routing and poll handling
CLI/CMUXCLI+Process.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+CloudDomains.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+Coderouter.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+CodexFireAndForgetHooks.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+RestoreAdmission.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+Sudo.swift, CLI/CMUXCLI+Vault.swift, CLI/cmux.swift, Resources/Localizable.xcstrings
CLI output paths use cliWriteStdout, cliWriteStderr, and CLIWriteDescriptor. Stdio writes hold the disposition lock during configuration and writing. PTY polling reports POLLNVAL as EBADF and handles POLLHUP and POLLERR through protected writes.
Broken-pipe regression coverage
tests/test_cli_broken_pipe_writes.py, .github/workflows/cli-pipe-regressions.yml
Tests cover closed pipes, socket-backed streams, large writes, socket options, socket disconnects, Sentry filtering, command failures, and child-process SIGPIPE behavior. The macOS workflow builds the CLI, runs the tests, and uploads logs.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant CLIWriteDescriptor
  participant Darwin
  CLI->>CLIWriteDescriptor: classify descriptor and configure SIGPIPE
  CLI->>CLIWriteDescriptor: write buffer
  CLIWriteDescriptor->>Darwin: send with MSG_NOSIGNAL or write
  Darwin-->>CLIWriteDescriptor: return bytes written or errno
  CLIWriteDescriptor-->>CLI: return write result for existing error handling
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Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ❌ Error The PR adds a new user-facing error for POLLNVAL: Failed to write to socket (%1$@, errno %2$d). The code fills it with strerror(EBADF), so users can see Bad file descriptor and the raw errno. … Use a generic product-level message for the CLI error, such as Failed to send the command request, or reuse the existing failureMessage. Keep the errno and strerror value in internal telemetry only, not in the user-visible `CLIError.mes…
Cmux Full Internationalization ❌ Error The new user-facing socket error is correctly routed through String(localized:defaultValue:), but its new Resources/Localizable.xcstrings entry covers only 9 of the catalog's 20 existing locale co… Add translated stringUnit values for cli.socket.error.failedToWriteWithErrno in Resources/Localizable.xcstrings for bs, da, it, km, nb, pl, pt-BR, ru, th, tr, and uk. Preserve both %1$@ and %2$d placeholders,…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: preventing CLI crashes from closed pipes and improving disconnect telemetry.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is comprehensive. It explains what changed, why it changed, testing performed, regression evidence, known unrelated CI failures, and why no video applies. It does not reproduce the tem…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR meets the coding objectives in #5750. Standard-stream writes use the POSIX output path, which avoids NSFileHandle failures. Socket writes use send(MSG_NOSIGNAL). Pipes and files retain `F_S…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed Swift code directly implements #5750. The regression tests verify the broken-peer behavior. The Xcode project registration, CLI scheme, CI workflow, and localized socket diagnostic support…
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS. The production Swift diff adds only an immutable CLIWriteDescriptor value type with Int32 and Bool state, plus synchronous POSIX methods. It adds no service protocol, shared mutable `Senda…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed PASS: The production Swift diff adds descriptor classification and POSIX fcntl/send/write calls. It adds no semaphore, blocking wait, sleep, delayed dispatch, main-queue sync, or manual lock. Th…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only CLI broken-pipe handling, project metadata, localization, tests, and CI. No browser socket command, WebKit wait, worker router, execution policy, or browser policy …
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed The PR does not add or move an expensive synchronous agent-history load. The Swift diff adds CLIWriteDescriptor, which performs one fstat to classify an output descriptor, and updates POSIX output…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS — The review-scoped diff does not replace an authoritative read with a cached or opportunistic value. The Swift changes only add descriptor classification and POSIX output handling, replace direc…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no covered TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or non-Swift runtime delay. The only new waits are Python test timeouts and readiness checks in `tests/test_cli_broken_pipe_writes…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed No algorithmic-complexity failure is introduced. The new CLIWriteDescriptor performs one fstat and one descriptor-level operation per output call. cliWrite retains its existing linear loop over …
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS: The authoritative PR diff adds only synchronous descriptor and POSIX write logic in cmux-owned Swift. The new CLIWriteDescriptor uses fstat, fcntl, send, and write; the other Swift cha…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed The Swift diff adds only synchronous descriptor and output functions and replaces synchronous FileHandle writes. The exact patch adds no async, await, @concurrent, nonisolated, @MainActor,…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed PASS. The reviewed Swift changes implement a CLI-only POSIX output boundary. CLIWriteDescriptor is an internal 33-line adapter in CLI/, and the project file registers it only in the standalone `cm…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes no Package.swift, Package.resolved, or .gitignore file. The only Xcode project changes register CLIWriteDescriptor.swift; package-reference lines are identical between base and he…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS: The diff adds no print, debugPrint, dump, NSLog, or Logger declarations. The changed FileHandle.standardOutput/standardError calls are CLI command output, prompts, warnings, and diag…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout ✅ Passed The reviewed range changes only CLI output, socket handling, tests, localization, and project metadata. No changed Swift file imports SwiftUI or adds/modifies ObservableObject, @Published, @Observable…
Cmux Architecture Rethink ✅ Passed PASS: The PR introduces a small, local CLI I/O correctness fix with a clear owner and invariant. CLIWriteDescriptor classifies each borrowed descriptor with fstat, uses MSG_NOSIGNAL for sockets,…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed PASS: The authoritative Swift diff changes CLI output and socket-write handling only. It adds CLIWriteDescriptor and replaces direct standard-stream writes with cliWriteStdout/cliWriteStderr; it…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed PASS: The review-scoped diff contains only intentional product and test-system files. It adds Swift source (CLI/CLIWriteDescriptor.swift), a Python regression test, a CI workflow, Xcode project meta…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes no Swift file under a production **/Sources/** path. The changed Swift files are all under CLI/, so this check is inapplicable. No failure condition from the specifi…
Cmux No Ambient Global State ✅ Passed PASS. The only new production Swift type is CLIWriteDescriptor, a constructable instance type with per-descriptor state and instance methods. It is used by CMUXCLI+Process.swift; it is not a stati…
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The PR adds a new user-facing error for POLLNVAL: Failed to write to socket (%1$@, errno %2$d). The code fills it with strerror(EBADF), so users can see Bad file descriptor and the raw errno. This exposes low-level socket and OS error details instead of safe product-level text. The other changed writes preserve existing text and do not introduce new privacy content.

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Use a generic product-level message for the CLI error, such as Failed to send the command request, or reuse the existing failureMessage. Keep the errno and strerror value in internal telemetry only, not in the user-visible CLIError.message or localization catalog.

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Add translated stringUnit values for cli.socket.error.failedToWriteWithErrno in Resources/Localizable.xcstrings for bs, da, it, km, nb, pl, pt-BR, ru, th, tr, and uk. Preserve both %1$@ and %2$d placeholders, and use real translations without copied-English or unfinished-translation markers.

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157-216: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Treat EBADF and ECONNRESET as broken-pipe exits for stdout.

A closed fd 1 makes CLIWriteDescriptor.write use Darwin.write, which returns EBADF. A reset socket uses Darwin.send, which can return ECONNRESET. cliWrite returns false for both errors, and cliWriteStdout discards that result instead of applying .exit(0). Handle these errors with the stdout exit disposition. Keep stderr on .ignore so it preserves the command result.

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In `@CLI/CMUXCLI`+Process.swift around lines 157 - 216, Update cliWrite to treat
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Audit table re-checked against HEAD a42e332e3f746bac9e53988a1753656dc5df881f:

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5189990299 coderabbitai[bot] CLI/CMUXCLI+Process.swift:157-216 Treat EBADF and ECONNRESET like EPIPE for stdout; keep stderr best-effort fix fdf0be31b7c
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5189990299 coderabbitai[bot] CLI/CLIWriteDescriptor.swift Extract the single-consumer leaf into a package disagree: it is internal to cmux-cli, has no second consumer or package test seam, and extraction would add an unnecessary public API/dependency edge a42e332e3f7
5189990299 coderabbitai[bot] CLI/CLIWriteDescriptor.swift Add intent documentation fix fdf0be31b7c

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Addressed the valid findings in a42e332e3f7 (building on fdf0be31b7c):

  • cliWrite now treats EPIPE, EBADF, and ECONNRESET as the broken-peer disposition. stdout exits cleanly with code 0; stderr still ignores the failed write and preserves the command result.
  • The POLLNVAL socket diagnostic uses String(localized:defaultValue:) with a cli.socket.error.failedToWriteWithErrno entry for all nine supported macOS locales.
  • Added intent comments to the new descriptor type and methods.

I am declining the suggested CmuxCLIIO package extraction. CLIWriteDescriptor is an internal leaf used only by the cmux-cli executable target and has no second consumer or package test seam. Moving it would require exposing a public package API and adding package/project dependency plumbing without creating a reusable boundary; the repository architecture guidance says to add a package only when multiple consumers or a build/test seam need it. The helper remains independently file-scoped and keeps the executable target’s I/O policy together.

Validation: the hosted macOS CLI workflow already passed the full 11-test closed-pipe suite; localization catalog, Swift file budget, test determinism, pbxproj wiring, and diff checks pass after this follow-up.

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