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POST /api/mcp speaks MCP over streamable HTTP (stateless JSON) with list_machines, list_terminals, run_agent, read_terminal and send_input. Machine access goes through the existing listUserVms/execVm programs, so ownership and team scope match /api/vm; on the machine the tools call the cmux-tui resource CLI in the cloud session. Auth is the existing Stack bearer pair; OAuth for ChatGPT/Claude connectors is not wired yet. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant MCPRoute
participant handleCloudMcpBody
participant CloudMcpGateway
participant VmRouteWorkflow
Client->>MCPRoute: POST authenticated JSON-RPC request
MCPRoute->>handleCloudMcpBody: Handle parsed request
handleCloudMcpBody->>CloudMcpGateway: Call machine tool
CloudMcpGateway->>VmRouteWorkflow: Run listUserVms or execVm
VmRouteWorkflow-->>CloudMcpGateway: Return workflow result
CloudMcpGateway-->>handleCloudMcpBody: Return tool result or error
handleCloudMcpBody-->>MCPRoute: Return JSON-RPC reply
MCPRoute-->>Client: Return JSON reply or HTTP 202
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Enforce the body limit while streaming and reject untrusted browser origins before merging. Otherwise oversized authenticated requests can consume excessive memory, and an active local demo can accept unintended terminal or agent operations. Malformed request IDs also need error replies. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The cloud endpoint preserves existing account and machine access checks. However, the new local demo accepts requests without authenticating callers or validating their origin, and failed agent launches do not have guaranteed cleanup. Manual startup and loopback binding limit exposure, but browser reachability and recovery behavior remain uncertain. Retained concerns
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Full details: Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early InputExplanation The diff adds a new Resolution Use one authenticated, persistent cmux-tui control carrier per authenticated caller and machine. Multiplex list, workspace, read, and write operations over that carrier, with per-terminal ownership/ordering, cancellation, and byte routing. Keep the existing caller, team, VM-access, and fail-closed scope checks at the gateway, and discard the carrier when its auth identity changes. Apply the same persistent-client design to the local demo instead of calling Full details: Cmux User-Facing Error PrivacyExplanation The production Resolution Keep raw guest and upstream details in internal logs or telemetry only. Return a generic cmux-safe tool error with an allowlisted code and recovery action, and do not copy arbitrary response Full details: Cmux Full InternationalizationExplanation The PR adds a normal Next.js production route and shared MCP response code, but it introduces hardcoded English user-facing API copy without a locale source. Examples include MCP tool descriptions and titles in Resolution Route all new MCP descriptions, instructions, and user-visible API/tool error messages through a locale-specific source. Add matching entries for every locale in
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<file name="web/app/api/mcp/route.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/app/api/mcp/route.ts:41">
P2: The endpoint buffers an arbitrarily large authenticated JSON body before applying the tool argument limits, allowing repeated oversized MCP requests to consume unnecessary memory and parsing time. Enforce a bounded request size before parsing, including a limit for chunked bodies.</violation>
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<file name="web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts:23">
P2: `spawnSync` blocks Bun's event loop for the full guest-command timeout, stalling every concurrent MCP request during a slow command. Use an asynchronous child-process API so polling and input remain responsive.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts:23">
P2: `prompt` and `text` accept NUL bytes, but `shellQuote` preserves them and `spawnSync` throws `ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE`; the local endpoint returns an unhandled 500 instead of a tool error. Reject NUL bytes before spawning.</violation>
</file>
<file name="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts:282">
P2: `run_agent` rejects valid workspace-create responses that use `created_workspace_id`, leaving the newly created workspace unusable. Read `created_workspace_id` first and keep `workspace_id` as a fallback.
(Based on your team's feedback about workspace ID compatibility fallbacks.)</violation>
<violation number="2" location="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts:310">
P1: `read_terminal` reads terminal fields from the top-level response, but `cmux-tui` wraps these results under `value`, so screen and output reads return empty text and incorrect completion state. Unwrap the response before reading `text` and `complete`.</violation>
<violation number="3" location="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts:330">
P2: `send_input` advertises empty strings but rejects them, preventing callers from pressing Enter without typing. Allow empty text and skip the write call when it is empty.</violation>
</file>
<file name="web/tests/cloud-mcp.test.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/tests/cloud-mcp.test.ts:165">
P3: The scoping harness never exercises the gate legs this PR claims to preserve: `recordUsageEvent` is stubbed to `Effect.void` with no assertion, and `maxActiveVms: null` / `callerPlanId: null` bypass `preflightResumeIfSuspended` and the free-access-window check in `requireAccessibleUserVm`. A regression in plan gating or usage accounting would make every scoping test still pass. Capture usage-event calls like `execs`, and add a case (e.g. a suspended machine over the active-count limit) that asserts the gate error before the provider runs.</violation>
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| if (source === "screen") { | ||
| const screen = await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["terminal", terminalId, "screen", "read"]) as JsonObject | null; | ||
| const text = typeof screen?.text === "string" ? screen.text : ""; |
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P1: read_terminal reads terminal fields from the top-level response, but cmux-tui wraps these results under value, so screen and output reads return empty text and incorrect completion state. Unwrap the response before reading text and complete.
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<comment>`read_terminal` reads terminal fields from the top-level response, but `cmux-tui` wraps these results under `value`, so screen and output reads return empty text and incorrect completion state. Unwrap the response before reading `text` and `complete`.</comment>
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+ }
+ if (source === "screen") {
+ const screen = await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["terminal", terminalId, "screen", "read"]) as JsonObject | null;
+ const text = typeof screen?.text === "string" ? screen.text : "";
+ return toolSuccess({ machine_id: machineId, terminal_id: terminalId, source, text }, text);
+ }
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| async ({ user, span }) => { | ||
| let message: unknown; | ||
| try { | ||
| message = await request.json(); |
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P2: The endpoint buffers an arbitrarily large authenticated JSON body before applying the tool argument limits, allowing repeated oversized MCP requests to consume unnecessary memory and parsing time. Enforce a bounded request size before parsing, including a limit for chunked bodies.
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<comment>The endpoint buffers an arbitrarily large authenticated JSON body before applying the tool argument limits, allowing repeated oversized MCP requests to consume unnecessary memory and parsing time. Enforce a bounded request size before parsing, including a limit for chunked bodies.</comment>
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+ async ({ user, span }) => {
+ let message: unknown;
+ try {
+ message = await request.json();
+ } catch {
+ return jsonResponse({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: null, error: { code: -32700, message: "Parse error" } }, 400);
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| throw new CloudMcpToolError("vm_not_found", `Cloud VM ${machineId} was not found.`); | ||
| } | ||
| // `args` is quoted for a POSIX shell, exactly as it reaches the machine's shell. | ||
| const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs }); |
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P2: spawnSync blocks Bun's event loop for the full guest-command timeout, stalling every concurrent MCP request during a slow command. Use an asynchronous child-process API so polling and input remain responsive.
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<comment>`spawnSync` blocks Bun's event loop for the full guest-command timeout, stalling every concurrent MCP request during a slow command. Use an asynchronous child-process API so polling and input remain responsive.</comment>
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+ throw new CloudMcpToolError("vm_not_found", `Cloud VM ${machineId} was not found.`);
+ }
+ // `args` is quoted for a POSIX shell, exactly as it reaches the machine's shell.
+ const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs });
+ return { exitCode: result.status ?? 124, stdout: result.stdout ?? "", stderr: result.stderr ?? "" };
+ },
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| throw new CloudMcpToolError("vm_not_found", `Cloud VM ${machineId} was not found.`); | ||
| } | ||
| // `args` is quoted for a POSIX shell, exactly as it reaches the machine's shell. | ||
| const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs }); |
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P2: prompt and text accept NUL bytes, but shellQuote preserves them and spawnSync throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE; the local endpoint returns an unhandled 500 instead of a tool error. Reject NUL bytes before spawning.
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<comment>`prompt` and `text` accept NUL bytes, but `shellQuote` preserves them and `spawnSync` throws `ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE`; the local endpoint returns an unhandled 500 instead of a tool error. Reject NUL bytes before spawning.</comment>
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+ throw new CloudMcpToolError("vm_not_found", `Cloud VM ${machineId} was not found.`);
+ }
+ // `args` is quoted for a POSIX shell, exactly as it reaches the machine's shell.
+ const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs });
+ return { exitCode: result.status ?? 124, stdout: result.stdout ?? "", stderr: result.stderr ?? "" };
+ },
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| const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs }); | |
| if (args.includes("\0")) throw new CloudMcpToolError("invalid_arguments", "Arguments cannot contain NUL bytes."); | |
| const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `exec "$0" ${args}`, cmuxTui], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: timeoutMs }); |
| rejectUnknownArguments(args, ["machine_id", "terminal_id", "text", "submit"]); | ||
| const machineId = requireMachineId(args); | ||
| const terminalId = requireTerminalId(args); | ||
| const text = requireBoundedText(args, "text"); |
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P2: send_input advertises empty strings but rejects them, preventing callers from pressing Enter without typing. Allow empty text and skip the write call when it is empty.
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+ rejectUnknownArguments(args, ["machine_id", "terminal_id", "text", "submit"]);
+ const machineId = requireMachineId(args);
+ const terminalId = requireTerminalId(args);
+ const text = requireBoundedText(args, "text");
+ const submit = args.submit ?? false;
+ if (typeof submit !== "boolean") {
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| const prompt = requireBoundedText(args, "prompt"); | ||
| const name = `${agent} (via MCP)`; | ||
| const created = mutationValue(await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["workspace", "create", "--name", name, "--empty"])); | ||
| const workspaceId = stringField(created, "workspace_id", WORKSPACE_ID_PATTERN); |
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P2: run_agent rejects valid workspace-create responses that use created_workspace_id, leaving the newly created workspace unusable. Read created_workspace_id first and keep workspace_id as a fallback.
(Based on your team's feedback about workspace ID compatibility fallbacks.)
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<comment>`run_agent` rejects valid workspace-create responses that use `created_workspace_id`, leaving the newly created workspace unusable. Read `created_workspace_id` first and keep `workspace_id` as a fallback.
(Based on your team's feedback about workspace ID compatibility fallbacks.) </comment>
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+ const prompt = requireBoundedText(args, "prompt");
+ const name = `${agent} (via MCP)`;
+ const created = mutationValue(await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["workspace", "create", "--name", name, "--empty"]));
+ const workspaceId = stringField(created, "workspace_id", WORKSPACE_ID_PATTERN);
+ if (!workspaceId) {
+ throw new CloudMcpToolError("machine_command_failed", "cmux on the machine did not return a workspace id.");
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| findUserVm: ({ userId, billingTeamId, providerVmId }: { userId: string; billingTeamId?: string | null; providerVmId: string }) => | ||
| Effect.succeed([personalVm, teamVm].find((vm) => | ||
| vm.providerVmId === providerVmId && vm.ownerTeamId === (billingTeamId?.trim() || userId)) ?? null), | ||
| recordUsageEvent: () => Effect.void, |
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P3: The scoping harness never exercises the gate legs this PR claims to preserve: recordUsageEvent is stubbed to Effect.void with no assertion, and maxActiveVms: null / callerPlanId: null bypass preflightResumeIfSuspended and the free-access-window check in requireAccessibleUserVm. A regression in plan gating or usage accounting would make every scoping test still pass. Capture usage-event calls like execs, and add a case (e.g. a suspended machine over the active-count limit) that asserts the gate error before the provider runs.
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<comment>The scoping harness never exercises the gate legs this PR claims to preserve: `recordUsageEvent` is stubbed to `Effect.void` with no assertion, and `maxActiveVms: null` / `callerPlanId: null` bypass `preflightResumeIfSuspended` and the free-access-window check in `requireAccessibleUserVm`. A regression in plan gating or usage accounting would make every scoping test still pass. Capture usage-event calls like `execs`, and add a case (e.g. a suspended machine over the active-count limit) that asserts the gate error before the provider runs.</comment>
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+ findUserVm: ({ userId, billingTeamId, providerVmId }: { userId: string; billingTeamId?: string | null; providerVmId: string }) =>
+ Effect.succeed([personalVm, teamVm].find((vm) =>
+ vm.providerVmId === providerVmId && vm.ownerTeamId === (billingTeamId?.trim() || userId)) ?? null),
+ recordUsageEvent: () => Effect.void,
+ });
+ const provider = stubProvider({
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- Resolve billing scope lazily so initialize/tools/list work without a team choice; list_machines mirrors GET /api/vm's scope. - Return JSON-RPC -32603 for unexpected failures; accept batches. - Put `--` before agent prompts (refuse a leading `-` for pi). - Terminal reads are not read-only: execVm resumes a paused machine. - send_input is one write with a trailing CR; run_agent closes its workspace if the agent fails to start. - Cap the body at 256 KiB and quoted guest args below the 64 KiB exec cap. - Type Bun.serve locally in the demo script so typecheck passes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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cmuxTuiRunCommand repeats its arguments per layout branch, so the 64 KiB exec cap is now checked on the whole command. Batches hold at most 8 messages, wrong-version notifications get no reply, list scope annotates billing like GET /api/vm, and a scope that cannot resolve is tested to surface as a tool error. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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<file name="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts:329">
P2: This cleanup closes only the workspace, not a terminal that may already have been created before `workspace run` timed out or returned malformed output. The failed call can therefore orphan a running agent, and a client retry starts a second agent; clean up the created terminal or use a workspace removal operation that kills its terminals.</violation>
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<file name="web/app/api/mcp/route.ts">
<violation number="1" location="web/app/api/mcp/route.ts:94">
P1: The route now accepts batches, but `handleCloudMcpBody` executes up to eight messages serially while the 120-second deadline was sized for one `run_agent`. A batch of agent launches or terminal reads can exceed the deadline and leave side effects without a JSON-RPC response; enforce a cumulative deadline or reject batches that cannot fit.</violation>
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<violation number="1" location="web/tests/cloud-mcp.test.ts:194">
P3: `sent_bytes` undercounts what is actually sent when `submit` is true: the write payload is `text + "\r"` (7 bytes for `ls -la\r`) while the result reports only the text bytes (`6`), so a client reading `sent_bytes` to judge terminal buffer size is off by one. Count the CR when `submit` is set — e.g. `Buffer.byteLength(submit ? `${text}\r` : text, "utf8")` — or rename the field to make clear it excludes the trailing CR.</violation>
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| ); | ||
| const method = body && typeof body === "object" && "method" in body ? String(body.method) : Array.isArray(body) ? "batch" : ""; | ||
| setSpanAttributes(span, { "cmux.mcp.method": method.slice(0, 64) }); | ||
| const reply = await handleCloudMcpBody(gateway, body, (error) => { |
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P1: The route now accepts batches, but handleCloudMcpBody executes up to eight messages serially while the 120-second deadline was sized for one run_agent. A batch of agent launches or terminal reads can exceed the deadline and leave side effects without a JSON-RPC response; enforce a cumulative deadline or reject batches that cannot fit.
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<comment>The route now accepts batches, but `handleCloudMcpBody` executes up to eight messages serially while the 120-second deadline was sized for one `run_agent`. A batch of agent launches or terminal reads can exceed the deadline and leave side effects without a JSON-RPC response; enforce a cumulative deadline or reject batches that cannot fit.</comment>
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@@ -29,37 +36,65 @@ function withBearerChallenge(response: Response): Response {
+ const method = body && typeof body === "object" && "method" in body ? String(body.method) : Array.isArray(body) ? "batch" : "";
setSpanAttributes(span, { "cmux.mcp.method": method.slice(0, 64) });
- const reply = await handleCloudMcpMessage(gateway, message);
+ const reply = await handleCloudMcpBody(gateway, body, (error) => {
+ recordSpanError(span, error);
+ console.error(`${MCP_ROUTE} tool call failed`, error);
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| } | ||
| } catch (error) { | ||
| // Don't leave an empty workspace behind for a retry to pile onto. | ||
| await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["workspace", workspaceId, "close"]).catch(() => undefined); |
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P2: This cleanup closes only the workspace, not a terminal that may already have been created before workspace run timed out or returned malformed output. The failed call can therefore orphan a running agent, and a client retry starts a second agent; clean up the created terminal or use a workspace removal operation that kills its terminals.
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<comment>This cleanup closes only the workspace, not a terminal that may already have been created before `workspace run` timed out or returned malformed output. The failed call can therefore orphan a running agent, and a client retry starts a second agent; clean up the created terminal or use a workspace removal operation that kills its terminals.</comment>
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@@ -277,22 +302,32 @@ async function runAgent(gateway: CloudMcpGateway, args: JsonObject): Promise<Too
+ }
+ } catch (error) {
+ // Don't leave an empty workspace behind for a retry to pile onto.
+ await runCmuxTuiJson(gateway, machineId, ["workspace", workspaceId, "close"]).catch(() => undefined);
+ throw error;
}
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| expect(result.structuredContent).toMatchObject({ submitted: true, sent_bytes: 6 }); | ||
| await callCloudMcpTool(gateway, "send_input", { machine_id: "vm-a", terminal_id: TERMINAL, text: "draft" }); | ||
| expect(calls.map((call) => shellWords(call.args).slice(3))).toEqual([ | ||
| ["terminal", TERMINAL, "write", "--text", "ls -la\r"], |
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P3: sent_bytes undercounts what is actually sent when submit is true: the write payload is text + "\r" (7 bytes for ls -la\r) while the result reports only the text bytes (6), so a client reading sent_bytes to judge terminal buffer size is off by one. Count the CR when submit is set — e.g. Buffer.byteLength(submit ? ${text}\r : text, "utf8") — or rename the field to make clear it excludes the trailing CR.
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<comment>`sent_bytes` undercounts what is actually sent when `submit` is true: the write payload is `text + "\r"` (7 bytes for `ls -la\r`) while the result reports only the text bytes (`6`), so a client reading `sent_bytes` to judge terminal buffer size is off by one. Count the CR when `submit` is set — e.g. `Buffer.byteLength(submit ? `${text}\r` : text, "utf8")` — or rename the field to make clear it excludes the trailing CR.</comment>
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@@ -116,16 +145,62 @@ describe("cloud MCP tool arguments", () => {
- expect(shellWords(calls[1].args).slice(3)).toEqual(["terminal", TERMINAL, "keys", "enter"]);
+ await callCloudMcpTool(gateway, "send_input", { machine_id: "vm-a", terminal_id: TERMINAL, text: "draft" });
+ expect(calls.map((call) => shellWords(call.args).slice(3))).toEqual([
+ ["terminal", TERMINAL, "write", "--text", "ls -la\r"],
+ ["terminal", TERMINAL, "write", "--text", "draft"],
+ ]);
</file context>
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Review comments at @web/app/api/mcp/route.ts:
- Around line 64-67: Replace the unbounded request.text() read in the MCP
request handler with a streaming body reader that counts actual bytes and
cancels as soon as the total exceeds MAX_BODY_BYTES. Return the existing 413
“Request too large” failure when the limit is exceeded, and preserve the current
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Review comments at @web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts:
- Around line 38-54: In the `Bun.serve` fetch handler, reject requests that
include an `Origin` header with HTTP 403 before calling `request.json()` or
`handleCloudMcpBody`; preserve the existing path and method checks.
Review comments at @web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts:
- Around line 410-413: Update the request ID handling in the `cloudMcp`
request-validation flow: when a request includes a non-null `id` of a type other
than string or number, return a -32600 error with a null ID instead of treating
it as a notification. Preserve notification handling for requests with no ID.
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| const declaredLength = Number(request.headers.get("content-length") ?? 0); | ||
| if (declaredLength > MAX_BODY_BYTES) return rpcFailure(-32600, "Request too large", 413); | ||
| const raw = await request.text(); | ||
| if (Buffer.byteLength(raw, "utf8") > MAX_BODY_BYTES) return rpcFailure(-32600, "Request too large", 413); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Count body bytes while the request streams in.
The content-length check passes when the header is missing, for example on a chunked request. In that case request.text() buffers the whole body before line 67 measures it. One authenticated caller can make the function hold a body of any size in memory. Read request.body with a reader, keep a running byte count, and cancel the read when the count exceeds MAX_BODY_BYTES. Based on learnings: "check that the limit is instead enforced by the streaming body parser … counting actual bytes read."
Proposed fix
- const raw = await request.text();
- if (Buffer.byteLength(raw, "utf8") > MAX_BODY_BYTES) return rpcFailure(-32600, "Request too large", 413);
+ const raw = await readBoundedText(request, MAX_BODY_BYTES);
+ if (raw === null) return rpcFailure(-32600, "Request too large", 413);async function readBoundedText(request: Request, limit: number): Promise<string | null> {
const reader = request.body?.getReader();
if (!reader) return "";
const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
let total = 0;
for (;;) {
const { done, value } = await reader.read();
if (done) break;
total += value.byteLength;
if (total > limit) { await reader.cancel(); return null; }
chunks.push(value);
}
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Review comment at @web/app/api/mcp/route.ts around lines 64 - 67:
Replace the unbounded request.text() read in the MCP request handler with a
streaming body reader that counts actual bytes and cancels as soon as the total
exceeds MAX_BODY_BYTES. Return the existing 413 “Request too large” failure when
the limit is exceeded, and preserve the current text-processing behavior for
bodies within the limit.
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Source: Learnings
| Bun.serve({ | ||
| hostname: "127.0.0.1", | ||
| port, | ||
| async fetch(request) { | ||
| const url = new URL(request.url); | ||
| if (url.pathname !== "/mcp") return new Response("not found", { status: 404 }); | ||
| if (request.method !== "POST") return new Response(null, { status: 405, headers: { allow: "POST" } }); | ||
| let message: unknown; | ||
| try { | ||
| message = await request.json(); | ||
| } catch { | ||
| return Response.json({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: null, error: { code: -32700, message: "Parse error" } }, { status: 400 }); | ||
| } | ||
| const reply = await handleCloudMcpBody(gateway, message, (error) => console.error(error)); | ||
| return reply ? Response.json(reply) : new Response(null, { status: 202 }); | ||
| }, | ||
| }); |
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sed -n '1,100p' web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts
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printf '%s\n' '--- repository MCP Origin/Host handling ---'
rg -n -S -i 'origin|host.*header|header.*host|dns rebinding|localhost|127\.0\.0\.1' web/scripts web/services/mcp web/package.json README.md .github 2>/dev/null | head -240Repository: manaflow-ai/cmux
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🌐 Web query:
official MCP specification localhost Origin header validation streamable HTTP and Bun.serve Origin Host protection
💡 Result:
**Short answer:** the current MCP Streamable HTTP spec requires checking `Origin`; binding to loopback is a separate recommendation. It does **not** establish that `Bun.serve` provides MCP’s required protection automatically.
- **MCP requirement:** For Streamable HTTP, servers **MUST validate any present `Origin`** and return `403 Forbidden` if it is invalid. When running locally, they **SHOULD bind to `127.0.0.1` rather than `0.0.0.0`**. These are distinct safeguards against DNS rebinding. ([github.com](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/blob/main/docs/specification/draft/basic/transports/streamable-http.mdx?utm_source=openai))
- **Bun:** `Bun.serve({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", ... })` can bind to loopback, but Bun’s docs don’t claim that this implements MCP Origin validation. Also, Bun’s standard `Request.headers` docs specifically caution that network-added headers such as `Host` may not appear there—so don’t assume `req.headers.get("host")` gives a reliable Host check in `Bun.serve`. ([bun.sh](https://bun.sh/reference/bun/Serve?utm_source=openai))
**Practical takeaway:** bind explicitly to `127.0.0.1` for a local server, and add an Origin allowlist check in the request path before processing MCP requests. If you also want to validate `Host`, use a Bun-supported interface that exposes it or enforce that check at a trusted proxy; the cited Bun `Request` documentation leaves access to the incoming Host unresolved. A Host check is useful local DNS-rebinding protection, but it doesn’t replace the spec’s Origin requirement. ([github.com](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/blob/main/docs/specification/draft/basic/transports/streamable-http.mdx?utm_source=openai))
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/blob/main/docs/specification/draft/basic/transports/streamable-http.mdx?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://bun.sh/reference/bun/Serve?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/blob/main/docs/specification/draft/basic/transports/streamable-http.mdx?utm_source=openai
🌐 Web query:
MDN CORS simple request text/plain no preflight Private Network Access loopback preflight
💡 Result:
`Content-Type: text/plain` can make a cross-origin `POST` a **CORS-safelisted (“simple”) request**, so ordinary CORS does not require a preflight—assuming the method, headers, and other request conditions are also safelisted. The server still needs to allow the origin for JavaScript to read the response. ([developer.mozilla.org](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS-safelisted_request_header?utm_source=openai))
**Private Network Access (PNA) is a separate reason a preflight might occur.** The PNA proposal described preflights for requests to more-private address spaces—including loopback—even when the request was otherwise simple. But Chrome’s October 9, 2024 update said PNA preflight enforcement was on hold and was not then enforced. ([developer.chrome.com](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/private-network-access-preflight?hl=en&utm_source=openai))
So: **`text/plain` avoids a regular CORS preflight; it does not, by itself, rule out a network-access-related preflight or other local-network restrictions.** The sources establish the proposal and Chrome’s 2024 status, but don’t establish enforcement status in every browser/version as of October 2026.
Citations:
- 1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS-safelisted_request_header?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/private-network-access-preflight?hl=en&utm_source=openai
Reject untrusted origins before parsing MCP requests.
The loopback bind does not validate Origin. A browser can send a CORS-simple text/plain POST without a normal preflight, and request.json() still parses the JSON body. The request reaches tools/call, including run_agent, which creates a workspace and starts an agent through cmux-tui. Missing CORS response headers do not prevent this side effect. Private Network Access may add a preflight in some browser configurations, but it is not an application Origin check or a reliable substitute for the MCP requirement.
Suggested fix
if (url.pathname !== "/mcp") return new Response("not found", { status: 404 });
if (request.method !== "POST") return new Response(null, { status: 405, headers: { allow: "POST" } });
+ if (request.headers.get("origin") !== null) {
+ return new Response("forbidden", { status: 403 });
+ }
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| Bun.serve({ | |
| hostname: "127.0.0.1", | |
| port, | |
| async fetch(request) { | |
| const url = new URL(request.url); | |
| if (url.pathname !== "/mcp") return new Response("not found", { status: 404 }); | |
| if (request.method !== "POST") return new Response(null, { status: 405, headers: { allow: "POST" } }); | |
| let message: unknown; | |
| try { | |
| message = await request.json(); | |
| } catch { | |
| return Response.json({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: null, error: { code: -32700, message: "Parse error" } }, { status: 400 }); | |
| } | |
| const reply = await handleCloudMcpBody(gateway, message, (error) => console.error(error)); | |
| return reply ? Response.json(reply) : new Response(null, { status: 202 }); | |
| }, | |
| }); | |
| Bun.serve({ | |
| hostname: "127.0.0.1", | |
| port, | |
| async fetch(request) { | |
| const url = new URL(request.url); | |
| if (url.pathname !== "/mcp") return new Response("not found", { status: 404 }); | |
| if (request.method !== "POST") return new Response(null, { status: 405, headers: { allow: "POST" } }); | |
| if (request.headers.get("origin") !== null) { | |
| return new Response("forbidden", { status: 403 }); | |
| } | |
| let message: unknown; | |
| try { | |
| message = await request.json(); | |
| } catch { | |
| return Response.json({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: null, error: { code: -32700, message: "Parse error" } }, { status: 400 }); | |
| } | |
| const reply = await handleCloudMcpBody(gateway, message, (error) => console.error(error)); | |
| return reply ? Response.json(reply) : new Response(null, { status: 202 }); | |
| }, | |
| }); |
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Review comment at @web/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts around lines 38 - 54:
In the `Bun.serve` fetch handler, reject requests that include an `Origin`
header with HTTP 403 before calling `request.json()` or `handleCloudMcpBody`;
preserve the existing path and method checks.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr
| const hasId = typeof id === "string" || typeof id === "number"; | ||
| if (request.jsonrpc !== "2.0") return hasId ? rpcError(id, -32600, "Expected jsonrpc 2.0.") : null; | ||
| if (typeof request.method !== "string") return null; // a client response; nothing to answer | ||
| if (!hasId) return null; // notifications (initialized, cancelled) need no reply |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Return -32600 for a request with an invalid id type.
hasId accepts only a string or a number. A request such as {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":{},"method":"tools/call"} takes the notification path and returns null, so the route answers HTTP 202. The client sent a request with an id but gets no reply. Its pending call then hangs until it times out. A request with id present and of an invalid type must get a -32600 error with id: null.
Proposed fix
const hasId = typeof id === "string" || typeof id === "number";
+ if ("id" in request && id !== undefined && !hasId && id !== null) {
+ return rpcError(null, -32600, "Invalid request id.");
+ }📝 Committable suggestion
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| const hasId = typeof id === "string" || typeof id === "number"; | |
| if (request.jsonrpc !== "2.0") return hasId ? rpcError(id, -32600, "Expected jsonrpc 2.0.") : null; | |
| if (typeof request.method !== "string") return null; // a client response; nothing to answer | |
| if (!hasId) return null; // notifications (initialized, cancelled) need no reply | |
| const hasId = typeof id === "string" || typeof id === "number"; | |
| if ("id" in request && id !== undefined && !hasId && id !== null) { | |
| return rpcError(null, -32600, "Invalid request id."); | |
| } | |
| if (request.jsonrpc !== "2.0") return hasId ? rpcError(id, -32600, "Expected jsonrpc 2.0.") : null; | |
| if (typeof request.method !== "string") return null; // a client response; nothing to answer | |
| if (!hasId) return null; // notifications (initialized, cancelled) need no reply |
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Review comment at @web/services/mcp/cloudMcp.ts around lines 410 - 413:
Update the request ID handling in the `cloudMcp` request-validation flow: when a
request includes a non-null `id` of a type other than string or number, return a
-32600 error with a null ID instead of treating it as a notification. Preserve
notification handling for requests with no ID.
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0bfd027 test(cloud): fix the Cloud header and moved-panel focus tests that never ran (manaflow-ai#16539) c5c4345 localization: accept numbered placeholders in any order (manaflow-ai#16376) 456edeb fix(settings): replace custom sidebar mockups with real previews (manaflow-ai#16569) 98dc3ab Prototype: cmux Cloud as a remote MCP server (manaflow-ai#16568) 6c22525 test(remote): isolate tmux stale-surface fixture (manaflow-ai#16566) 3ec9918 Re-land "fix(coderouter): initialize Cloud VM account pools (manaflow-ai#16397)" (manaflow-ai#16572) 2b895a5 Fix browser paste routing with terminal text box beta (manaflow-ai#6380) (manaflow-ai#16560) 2bd3455 localization: check Swift defaultValue literals against their catalog en value (manaflow-ai#16396) c43086e test(cli): expect --mark-read to mark every listed inbox message (manaflow-ai#16537) fcda4f0 test(feed): wait for zero-wait Codex permission acceptance before checking attention (manaflow-ai#16536) 7d57a03 fix(remote): evict stale persistent SSH bridge leases (manaflow-ai#16558) d630cb8 docs: add protected-folder diagnostics for tmux sessions (manaflow-ai#12219) 7dceaac test: create cwd fixtures that new terminals now resolve on disk (manaflow-ai#16538) 28cc575 docs: cover surface resume binding CLI contract (manaflow-ai#16473) 5c7dca1 Fix idle zsh PR probes triggering chpwd hooks (manaflow-ai#16553) # Conflicts: # .github/workflows/ci-guards.yml
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Prototype, for review. Not deployed and not exposed to ChatGPT yet. Part of #16567.
ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP hosts have no way to drive cmux Cloud. This adds
POST /api/mcp, a remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, stateless JSON replies) with five tools that act only on the caller's own machines:list_machinesGET /api/vm)list_terminalscmux-tui --session cloud terminal listrun_agentworkspace create --empty, thenworkspace <ws> run --on-exit keep -- bash -lc 'cd "$HOME" && exec "$@"' bash claude -p -- <prompt>(codex/opencode use thecmux vm agentone-shot forms with--; pi refuses a prompt starting with-). If the run fails, the workspace is closed.read_terminalterminal <id> screen read, oroutput read --max-bytes 65536send_inputterminal <id> write --text <text>, with a trailing CR ifsubmitScoping
listUserVmsandexecVmEffect programs throughrunVmRoute. Ownership (requireAccessibleUserVm), team scope, plan gates, resume and usage events are therefore exactly what/api/vmenforces, and an unowned machine isvm_not_foundbefore the provider runs anything.cmux-tuiargv, run as the daemon user viacmuxTuiRunCommand. Prompts and input text never become shell text.term_…. Unknown tool arguments are refused, and text and prompts are capped at 16 KiB. The full guest command stays under the 64 KiB cap/api/vm/:id/execenforces (execVmitself does not). The request body is capped at 256 KiB, and a batch at 8 messages.execVm, which resumes a paused machine and records usage, so a host should not auto-approve them as free reads. A path that refuses to resume would let them become read-only.initializeandtools/listwork for a multi-team account withoutX-Cmux-Team-Id, andlist_machinesuses the same rule asGET /api/vm.-32603reply for that request id, not a REST 500. Batches are accepted, since 2025-03-26 is one of the negotiated versions.Auth
/api/vm. Requests carry the Stack bearer pair the app sends, or a same-origin cookie (cross-origin cookie POSTs get 403 from the existing mutation guard). A 401 carriesWWW-Authenticate: Bearer./api/vmhas no API keys or team tokens to reuse. Plugins: cmux in ChatGPT, and plugins in cmux #16567 proposes the OAuth and scope design, so ChatGPT cannot connect to this route yet.Validation
scripts/run-tests.sh tests/cloud-mcp.test.ts tests/cloud-mcp-route.test.ts tests/vm-route-auth.test.ts: 124 pass (23 new).-32603, a flag-shaped prompt staying a prompt, cleanup after a failed start, the command-size cap, an unresolvable team scope becoming a tool error, andinitialize/tools/listnever resolving a scope.execVm/listUserVmsprograms against a fake repository that scopes the wayaccountScopeWheredoes. A stranger getsvm_not_foundwith zero provider execs on every tool. Naming another team's id without membership is refused. A member reaches the team machine but not the owner's personal one. Listing returns only the caller's scope.sh, using a prompt containing',;,$HOMEand backticks.bun run typecheck,eslinton the new files andbun run lint:complexityare clean.ad7906a). The route needs Stack and Postgres, so the demo usesweb/scripts/cloud-mcp-local.ts: the same handler, with one fake machinelocalwhose guest commands runcmux-tuilocally.claudethere is a stub script that prints its argv, so no model was called.@modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli), lightly formatted (structuredContent only), with the home path and host name replaced.MCP Inspector session
Not in this PR
Plugin-declared MCP servers in the agent pane are described in #16567 rather than prototyped.
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