feat(cli): add t3 update for self-contained installs - #11451
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participant T3UpdateCLI
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T3UpdateCLI->>GitHubReleaseIndex: Select the requested release from paginated results
T3UpdateCLI->>PinnedRuntimeInstaller: Install or reuse the target runtime
T3UpdateCLI->>Launcher: Repoint the owned launcher
T3UpdateCLI->>BackgroundService: Update or restart the matching service
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to An update can leave an installed background service on an unknown or stale version while reporting it as current. This should be corrected before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@apps/server/src/cli/update.ts`:
- Around line 116-123: Update the launcher handling around the POSIX symlink
validation and Windows t3.cmd rewrite to verify ownership before modification:
require the existing launcher target, including the target encoded in t3.cmd, to
reside under the same runtime/versions root as input.targetEntryPath. Reject
unrelated launchers and preserve the existing no-op behavior when ownership
validation fails.
- Around line 231-233: Adjust the targetVersion === currentVersion branch in the
update flow to avoid returning before the matching-service update logic runs.
Preserve the already-current message, skip runtime and launcher switching, and
continue through service.status and the matching background service update so an
outdated service is repaired.
In `@packages/shared/src/cliRelease.ts`:
- Line 78: Update CLI_RELEASE_INDEX_URL and the resolveNewestVersion flow to
paginate GitHub releases across all response pages until a release matching the
requested channel is found or pagination is exhausted. Preserve the existing
newest-version selection and return undefined only when no matching release
exists, rather than limiting the search to the first 50 releases.
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In `@apps/server/src/cli/update.ts`:
- Line 318: Update the version-check flow around targetVersion,
installedVersion, and currentVersion so it returns early only when both the
executable and matching service are current. Track serviceNeedsUpdate
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- Line 348: Update the service-current calculation in the update command so an
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🟠 High cli/update.ts:179
resolveLauncherPath skips empty POSIX PATH entries, so PATH=:/some/bin fails to find a t3 launcher in the current working directory—the directory that an empty entry represents. t3 update can therefore leave the invoked launcher on the old runtime (or select a different launcher); treat an empty entry as cwd when constructing the candidate path.
for (const directory of (environment["PATH"] ?? "").split(delimiter)) {
- if (directory.length === 0) continue;
- const candidate = path.join(directory, invokedAs);
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In file @apps/server/src/cli/update.ts around lines 179-181:
`resolveLauncherPath` skips empty POSIX `PATH` entries, so `PATH=:/some/bin` fails to find a `t3` launcher in the current working directory—the directory that an empty entry represents. `t3 update` can therefore leave the invoked launcher on the old runtime (or select a different launcher); treat an empty entry as `cwd` when constructing the candidate path.
| It places `t3` in `~/.local/bin` and reuses the same download when you later | ||
| run `t3 service install`. Set `T3CODE_VERSION` to pin an exact version, or | ||
| `T3CODE_RELEASE_BASE_URL` to download from a mirror. | ||
| run `t3 service install`. It follows the stable train by default; set |
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🟠 High user/background-service.md:40
The installer does not reliably follow the stable train: after more than 100 newer nightly or preview releases, it searches only the first GitHub releases page and exits with could not find a stable release even when a stable release exists on a later page. Update install.sh to request successive page= values until it finds a matching stable release or exhausts the index.
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Invoke-RestMethodat line 51 requests only the first GitHub releases page. GitHub caps that page at 100 releases, so after more than 100 newer nightly/preview releases, no stable tag on that page matches and the default stable install exits with "could not find a stable release" even though a stable release exists on a later page. Continue requestingpage=values until a matching train release is found or the index is exhausted.
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In file @docs/user/background-service.md around line 40:
The installer does not reliably follow the stable train: after more than 100 newer nightly or preview releases, it searches only the first GitHub releases page and exits with `could not find a stable release` even when a stable release exists on a later page. Update `install.sh` to request successive `page=` values until it finds a matching stable release or exhausts the index.
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- apps/marketing/public/install.ps1:51 -- `Invoke-RestMethod` at line 51 requests only the first GitHub releases page. GitHub caps that page at 100 releases, so after more than 100 newer nightly/preview releases, no stable tag on that page matches and the default stable install exits with "could not find a stable release" even though a stable release exists on a later page. Continue requesting `page=` values until a matching train release is found or the index is exhausted.
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| stable) tag_pattern='v\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\)' ;; | ||
| nightly | preview) tag_pattern="v\([0-9][^\"]*-${channel}\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)" ;; |
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🟠 High public/install.sh:75
The nightly/preview selector accepts foreign prerelease tags such as v1.2.3-rc-nightly.20260913.1, so T3CODE_CHANNEL=nightly can download a build whose first prerelease identifier is rc. The [^"]* prefix is too permissive; require the exact v<major>.<minor>.<patch>-<channel>.<date>.<run> shape.
| nightly | preview) tag_pattern="v\([0-9][^\"]*-${channel}\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)" ;; | |
| nightly | preview) tag_pattern="v\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*-${channel}\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\)" ;; |
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The nightly/preview selector accepts foreign prerelease tags such as `v1.2.3-rc-nightly.20260913.1`, so `T3CODE_CHANNEL=nightly` can download a build whose first prerelease identifier is `rc`. The `[^"]*` prefix is too permissive; require the exact `v<major>.<minor>.<patch>-<channel>.<date>.<run>` shape.
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A self-contained t3 had no way to move to a newer release short of re-running the install script and then running service update from the new executable. `t3 update [version] [--channel]` does that in one step: it resolves the newest release on the channel the running t3 came from (or the one given), installs it through the same pinned-runtime path the in-app update uses, repoints the launcher symlink or shim the install scripts left behind, and runs service update from the new executable when a background service is installed for the same T3 home. Versions that are only on npm are refused with the npm command to run instead, so the command never reintroduces the Node dependency it exists to remove. BootService.status now reports the T3 home the installed unit serves, and update only touches the service when that matches its own base dir: the unit name is per user, not per home, and an early test run restarted the live server of the machine it ran on. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…l server t3 update restarted the background service unconditionally and said nothing about a server the user had started by hand, which kept running the old version with no hint. Now the command states what it will touch before downloading, asks for consent to restart the service (a restart interrupts agent turns, terminals, and remote clients), and from a non-interactive shell leaves the service alone unless --yes is passed. A server started by hand is never touched; the summary names its origin and pid so the user can restart it themselves. The server records whether it is supervised by the boot service in server-runtime.json so a CLI can tell the two cases apart; servers from before that field are recognised by lineage (the unit's cgroup on Linux, the launcher as parent on macOS). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ecutable A newer t3 downloaded by hand and pointed at a home whose service still ran the old version reported "already on" and did nothing, because the already-on and downgrade checks compared the target against the executable's own version. The installed service version is what the machine runs, so it is now the baseline whenever a service is installed for the target home; the executable's version only stands in when there is no service. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…te a stale launcher beside a current service Review follow-ups on t3 update: - The launcher is only repointed when it already targets this home's runtime/versions tree; a symlink into some other install's versions directory used to pass a basename check. On Windows the shim is found by walking PATH for a t3.cmd that runs this executable, since the executable never sees the shim path as argv0, and the same ownership check applies to the shim's current target. - The release index is walked page by page (100 per page, up to 10) so a long run of nightlies cannot hide the newest preview or stable release behind the first page. - A timed-out index request keeps its own message instead of being rewritten as a generic listing failure. - "Already on" now requires both the executable and the service to be current. A launcher still pointing at an older executable is repointed even when the service already runs the target, and the service is only offered a restart when its version differs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…d into Preview stays as the maintainers' way to exercise the whole release flow for a commit end users must never receive. Nothing selects it on its own: the workflow only enters it through an explicit dispatch input, it is never scheduled, never published to npm, and never carries updater metadata. The two client paths that can reach it now require an explicit ask and say what they are doing: - The install scripts default to the stable train and take T3CODE_CHANNEL to follow nightly or preview. A preview build prints a warning, and is refused unless the channel or an exact version was requested. Versions without an archive get the npm command instead of a bare 404. - t3 update --channel preview from a stable or nightly build prints the same warning and asks for confirmation; from a non-interactive shell it refuses, so no script can drift a machine onto preview. Docs and comments no longer describe the channel as temporary. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…as host references A bare `t3 update` never repointed the launcher: Node keeps the shell's spelling in argv0, so a PATH lookup arrives as just `t3` and resolving it against the working directory finds nothing. The launcher is now looked up on PATH when the name has no directory part. Along the way the `node:sea` checks move behind HostProcessIsExecutable and the argv0 read behind HostProcessInvokedAs, so both are injectable like the rest of the host process references and the CLI no longer imports node:sea. Also from review: an installed service whose version is unknown is no longer treated as current, and the install scripts only translate an HTTP 404 on the checksums into the npm-only message; other failures surface as download errors. 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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A self-contained
t3had no single-step way to move to a newer release: the install script had to be re-run and thenservice updateinvoked from the new executable, where npm users hadnpx t3@latest service update.t3 update [version] [--channel <stable|nightly|preview>] [--allow-downgrade] [--yes]closes that gap.t3came from (derived from its version, so a preview build follows preview), walking the GitHub release index page by page so a long run of nightlies cannot hide it.--channelpicks a different train; an exact version pins one. "Already on" requires both the executable behind the launcher and the service to be current: a stale launcher beside a current service is repointed without a restart, and the restart prompt only appears when the service's version differs.ensurePinnedRuntimeInstalled, the same download-verify-unpack path the in-app update button and the boot service use, into<T3 home>/runtime/versions/<version>.~/.local/bin/t3symlink on POSIX,t3.cmdshim on Windows) is repointed to the new executable, but only when it already targets this home'sruntime/versionstree; a plain copy of the executable or a launcher for another install is left alone and the user is told the path instead. On POSIX the launcher isprocess.argv0(Node rewritesargv[0]/execPathto the resolved binary); on Windows the shim runs the executable by absolute path so it is located by walkingT3CODE_INSTALL_BIN_DIRandPATHfor at3.cmdthat runs this executable.--yesis passed. On consent,service updateis run from the new executable so it verifies itself and rewrites the unit.t3 servein a terminal) is never touched; the summary names its origin and pid and says it is still on the old version. The server now recordsserviceManagedinserver-runtime.jsonso a CLI can tell it from a service-supervised one; servers from before that field are recognised by lineage (the unit's cgroup on Linux, the launcher as parent on macOS).BootService.statusnow reportsinstalledBaseDir(read back out of the unit or plist), and update only touches the service when that matches its own--base-dir. The unit name is per user, not per home; without this guard, a test against a sandbox home restarted the live server of the machine it ran on.npm install -g t3@<version>to run instead, so the command never reintroduces the Node/npm dependency it exists to remove. Once nightly and stable ship archives, that branch simply stops triggering.service updatedescription and the background-service user guide point att3 update.Verification
cliRelease(channel derivation, newest-release selection incl. drafts and foreign tags),bootService(base dir round-trip through unit and plist),update(symlink repoint and the leave-alone cases), andservicetests: 61 passing.PATH:t3 update --channel previewdownloaded0.0.41-preview.20260912.1595, verified it, repointed the symlink, andt3 --versionthrough the launcher then reported the new version. Also verified with a relative./t3invocation.~/.t3:t3 update --base-dir <sandbox>left the live unit untouched (base-dir guard);t3 update --base-dir ~/.t3 --channel previewfrom a non-interactive shell printed the plan, declined to restart without--yes, and correctly did not report the service's own server as "started by hand" even though that server predates theserviceManagedfield (lineage check). Service MainPID unchanged throughout.t3 serveon a sandbox home, update installed the new version and reported that server's origin and pid as still running the old one.Claude Fable 5 via Claude Code.
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t3 updatecommand for installing or switching self-contained releases.Documentation