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Part 2 of 8 (stack #11411) toward shipping the t3 CLI as a self-contained executable so runtime installers never resolve or build dependencies again (#11208, #6012, #9398 are all install-time failures of that kind).

Problem

A Node single-executable (SEA) can only import built-in modules; any file-backed specifier throws at module evaluation (static) or on first use (dynamic). The server bundle keeps three native packages external (fff-node, node-pty, msgpackr-extract), and two of them were reached through ESM imports, so the executable died on startup with ERR_UNKNOWN_BUILTIN_MODULE: @ff-labs/fff-node.

Fix

  • WorkspaceSearchIndex and NodePtyAdapter load their native package through createRequire, which reads the real filesystem in every runtime. The pty loader becomes a Context.Reference so the adapter test can inject a fake module (module mocks no longer intercept require).
  • fff-node's exports map only declared an import condition, so require() failed with ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED; the existing pnpm patch adds a require condition.
  • New build:exe script / cli.ts build-exe wraps the bundle with tsdown's exe support (Node ≥ 25.7 on the build host; the repo stays on 24) and fails if the emitted bundle still contains an ESM import of a file-backed package. findEsmImportsOfExternalPackages reads the artifact rather than trusting bundler config, the same reasoning as the existing inlined-package scan.

No distribution changes yet: dist/bin.mjs and the npm package are unchanged apart from the two loader edits.

Verification

  • vp test run on NodePtyAdapter, WorkspaceSearchIndex, Manager, and scripts/lib/cli-external-packages (97 + 18 tests).
  • Built dist-exe/t3 locally with Node 26.8.2 (160 MB, --version in ~720 ms vs ~990 ms for node dist/bin.mjs), ran t3 serve from a scratch T3CODE_HOME with the native tree beside it, and got 200 from / and /api/health.
  • The new scanner reports ['@ff-labs/fff-node', 'node-pty'] on the pre-change bundle and [] after.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for building the server as a standalone t3 executable.
    • Added a dedicated executable build command with validation for unsupported external package imports.
    • Executable builds use a separate output directory and omit sourcemaps.
    • Improved compatibility with packaged native modules and file-backed dependencies.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved runtime resolution of packaged application resources and native modules.
    • Improved detection and reporting of imports that cannot be bundled into standalone executables.

Update: Bun runtime branches removed

Since the server now ships as a Node single-executable and is never run under Bun, this layer also drops every Bun-specific path: BunPtyAdapter, the BunHttpServer/BunServices selection in server.ts, the bun:sqlite client selection in the persistence layer, the @effect/platform-bun and @effect/sql-sqlite-bun dependencies, and the build-only external exemption that existed to keep those imports unresolved. Each service now has one implementation.

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Codex Thread snapshot wire 7.1 KiB 7.3 KiB
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire 6.5 KiB 7.8 KiB
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded 57.1 KiB 66.4 KiB
Codex Live turn messages 10 21
Claude Total thread wire 13.6 KiB 15.1 KiB
Claude Thread snapshot wire 7.1 KiB 7.3 KiB
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire 6.5 KiB 7.8 KiB
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded 57.8 KiB 66.4 KiB
Claude Live turn messages 9 21

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10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change introduces a Node single-executable build path while rewiring existing HTTP, PTY, SQLite, and platform-service behavior from runtime-selected Bun/Node implementations to Node-only implementations. It also adds static-analysis suppression directives and changes native dependency loading and packaging, giving the PR a broader blast radius than a self-contained build tweak.

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The server adds a build:exe workflow. Executable builds use dedicated output settings, validate bundle imports, and load native packages through CommonJS resolution. Server runtime integrations now use Node implementations.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

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Node runtime migration

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Node runtime migration
apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/*, apps/server/src/terminal/BunPtyAdapter.*, apps/server/package.json, pnpm-workspace.yaml
The server uses Node HTTP, PTY, and SQLite implementations. Bun-specific adapters, dependencies, and tests are removed. SQLite error handling uses Node-specific behavior.
Native module resolution
apps/server/src/terminal/NodePtyAdapter.*, apps/server/src/workspace/WorkspaceSearchIndex.ts, patches/*
Native modules load through CommonJS resolution. NodePtyAdapter exposes an injectable loader. Tests provide loader services.
Executable build configuration
apps/server/vite.config.ts, .gitignore, apps/server/package.json
Executable mode writes to dist-exe, disables sourcemaps, configures the t3 executable, ignores generated output, and exposes the build script.
Build command and bundle validation
apps/server/scripts/*, scripts/lib/cli-external-packages.*
The CLI builds the executable, scans static and dynamic imports, reports unsupported external packages, and tests the scanner behavior.

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  Developer->>ServerCLI: run build:exe
  ServerCLI->>Vite: run executable packaging
  Vite-->>ServerCLI: produce dist-exe/bin.mjs
  ServerCLI->>BundleScanner: scan bundle imports
  BundleScanner-->>ServerCLI: return external package specifiers
  ServerCLI-->>Developer: report success or executable import error
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Inside a Node SEA, import statements and import() can only resolve
built-ins, so the two external native packages (fff-node, node-pty) now
load through createRequire. fff-node's exports map only declared an
import condition, so the existing patch also adds a require condition.

Adds a build-exe subcommand that wraps the bundle with tsdown's exe
support and fails if the emitted bundle still imports any file-backed
package, since that only surfaces at runtime inside the executable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Node's SEA docs state import() does not work with useCodeCache, and the
server loads several modules that way. The bundle scan now also catches
side-effect imports and re-exports.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The server now ships as a Node single-executable and is never run under
Bun, so the Bun pty adapter, BunHttpServer/BunServices selection, the
bun:sqlite client, and the build-only external exemption that existed to
keep those imports unresolved all go. One implementation per service.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…namic imports

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## What's Changed
* fix(web): disconnect offline servers from threads by @t3dotgg in pingdotgg/t3code#11671
* feat(web): flatten the connections page into one environments list by @t3dotgg in pingdotgg/t3code#11672
* fix(mobile): keep usage widget rows consistently sized by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11669
* feat(server): add reusable auth token for dev worktrees by @t3dotgg in pingdotgg/t3code#8606
* feat(settings): choose how responses stream, with a warning on legacy token mode by @t3dotgg in pingdotgg/t3code#11678
* revert(web): remove the compact sidebar by @maria-rcks in pingdotgg/t3code#11685
* build(desktop): bundle the main process and stage only its native externals by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11410
* build(server): make the CLI bundle loadable as a Node single-executable by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11316
* ci(release): build, sign, and publish self-contained CLI archives by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11317
* feat(server): install preview runtimes from release archives by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11318
* feat(ssh): run preview builds on remotes from the release archive by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11319
* feat(cli): add t3 update for self-contained installs by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11451
* feat(server): manage runtimes as release archives only, never from npm by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11510
* feat(desktop): run the WSL backend from the Linux CLI archive by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11511
* ci(release): build CLI archives for five targets, each on its own architecture by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11605
* ci(release): build the JS bundle once and run every platform and architecture in parallel by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11606
* feat(release): publish npx t3 as a launcher over per-platform executable packages by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11607
* feat(cli): add t3 uninstall for self-contained installs by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11659
* feat(web): show each worktree setup step and let users cancel it by @t3dotgg in pingdotgg/t3code#11372
* fix(server): skip device hosts that resolve to the local machine by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11698
* fix(web): test device hosts across selected environments by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11699
* feat(desktop): allow disabling the local environment by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#9194
* feat(cli): add t3 service restart and make t3 update repoint the service eagerly by @juliusmarminge in pingdotgg/t3code#11702
* docs(claude): clarify OpenRouter model selection by @shivamhwp in pingdotgg/t3code#11369


**Full Changelog**: pingdotgg/t3code@v0.0.41-nightly.20260914.1687...v0.0.41-nightly.20260914.1700

Upstream release: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/releases/tag/v0.0.41-nightly.20260914.1700
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