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fix(claude): isolate collision-test broker pipe names on Windows - #234

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What changed

The four ask-id-collision tests used thread ids t-perm-dup-1..4, which all truncate to the same 8-char tag (t-perm-d) in permissionSocketPath(). On Windows that gave every test the same named pipe (\\.\pipe\openmausbot-perm-<pid>-t-perm-d), so a pipe still held by a prior test made the next broker's listen() fail with EADDRINUSE — surfacing as connect ENOENT in the cross-connection test.

The thread ids are renamed to t-dup-1..4 (each truncates to a unique tag), and a platform-independent assertion verifies the four ids yield distinct permissionSocketPath() values, so a future tag re-collision fails on every platform instead of as a timing-dependent Windows flake. The tests and assertion read from one COLLISION_THREAD_IDS constant so they cannot drift apart.

Why

The typecheck + test (windows-latest) CI job failed on PR #230 at denies a colliding ask id from a second connection on the same broker with connect ENOENT. The job log shows the real cause: permission broker unavailable ... listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use. On POSIX unlinkSync before listen() clears the old socket file, so the collision never fired; on Windows a named pipe is not a filesystem entry, so the OS-held pipe name from the prior test blocked the next broker. The pre-existing broker tests never hit this because their thread ids truncate to distinct tags.

How it was verified

  • pnpm exec vitest run server/drivers/claude.test.ts — 33 tests, 32 pass + 1 skip (the Windows-only pipe-naming test) on macOS.
  • pnpm typecheck — clean.
  • Full pnpm test on macOS — vitest, broker:test, updater, and packaged-server all pass.
  • Windows CI re-run is the remaining gate; the deterministic tag-uniqueness assertion makes the fix platform-verifiable regardless.

Screenshots (UI changes)

N/A — backend test change only.

Checklist

  • pnpm typecheck and pnpm test pass locally
  • Server behavior changes come with tests (see CONTRIBUTING.md → Tests)
  • No dist-server/ edits (it's build output)
  • macOS-only code is platform-gated; no shell: true / cmd.exe string-building
  • No secrets in logs, responses, events, or argv

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved permission-broker collision testing on Windows by ensuring test identifiers remain unique after path truncation.
    • Preserved existing permission collision, reuse, and question-asking behavior while preventing test interference.
  • Tests

    • Added platform-independent checks confirming broker paths remain distinct.
    • Expanded validation guidance across macOS, Ubuntu, and repeated Windows test runs.
  • Documentation

    • Added an implementation plan covering the Windows collision-test fix and validation requirements.

SomSamantray and others added 2 commits August 18, 2026 21:23
All four collision tests used thread ids t-perm-dup-1..4, which truncate
to the same 8-char tag t-perm-d. On Windows every test then built the
same named pipe \\.\pipe\openmausbot-perm-<pid>-t-perm-d; a lingering
pipe from a prior test made the next broker listen() fail with
EADDRINUSE, surfacing as connect ENOENT in the cross-connection test
(CI run 32138546814).

Rename the thread ids to t-dup-1..4 so each test gets a unique pipe
name, and add a platform-independent assertion that the four ids yield
distinct permissionSocketPath() values so a future tag re-collision
fails deterministically instead of as a timing-dependent Windows flake.

Co-authored-by: CommandCodeBot <noreply@commandcode.ai>
Code review found the tag-uniqueness assertion was drift-coupled: it
hardcoded the four thread ids without wiring them to the tests that use
them, so a revert of the rename (back to t-perm-dup-N, all truncating
to the same tag) would still pass the assertion silently. Add a
COLLISION_THREAD_IDS constant used by both the four collision tests and
the assertion, so any future rename flows through the deterministic
guard.

Co-authored-by: CommandCodeBot <noreply@commandcode.ai>
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The change adds a plan and test updates that assign unique thread IDs to four permission-broker collision tests. The tests verify distinct truncated socket paths while preserving existing collision assertions. Production code remains unchanged.

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Permission collision test isolation

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Collision test isolation contract
docs/plans/2026-08-18-002-fix-windows-pipe-name-collision-in-collision-tests-plan.md
The plan defines unique test tags, deterministic socket-path validation, preserved assertions, and cross-platform verification requirements.
Dedicated collision test broker paths
server/drivers/claude.test.ts
Four collision tests use dedicated thread IDs. A new assertion verifies that their permission socket paths remain unique after truncation.

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This localized test-only change isolates Windows pipe names and adds a cross-platform uniqueness assertion; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Verified against the plan doc and source: all four collision tests move to t-dup-1..4 (unique 8-char tags), no production files touched, and the new deterministic tag-uniqueness assertion guards future re-collisions cross-platform. Checked permissionSocketPath truncation in server/drivers/claude.ts — tags are distinct and collide with none of the existing test thread ids (t-perm-abc, t-perm-stop). Green CI on all three platforms. Ship it.

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