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fix(server): include Claude version probe stderr in failure details
juliusmarminge Oct 21, 2026
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fix(server): sanitize and mark truncated Claude probe stderr
juliusmarminge Oct 21, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/issue-22873
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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts
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import * as NodeUtil from "node:util";
import {
type ClaudeSettings,
type ModelCapabilities,
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const version = versionProbe.success.value;
const parsedVersion = parseGenericCliVersion(`${version.stdout}\n${version.stderr}`);
if (version.code !== 0) {
const firstStderrLine = NodeUtil.stripVTControlCharacters(version.stderr)

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not publish arbitrary stderr in provider diagnostics.

If the first stderr line contains a credential or signed URL, stderrExcerpt copies it into the warning log and probe.message. Removing terminal controls and limiting the line to 512 characters does not remove that value. Keep the generic message for unknown output. If a known failure needs more detail, map it to fixed, safe diagnostic text.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts at line 566:
Update the diagnostic handling around NodeUtil.stripVTControlCharacters and
stderrExcerpt to stop propagating arbitrary stderr into warning logs or
probe.message. Preserve the generic message for unknown output, and map only
recognized failures to fixed, safe diagnostic text without including raw command
output.

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.split(/\r?\n/)
.map((line) => line.trim().replace(/\s+/g, " "))
.find((line) => line.length > 0);
const stderrExcerpt =
firstStderrLine && firstStderrLine.length > 512
? `${firstStderrLine.slice(0, 511)}…`
: firstStderrLine;
yield* Effect.logWarning("Claude Agent CLI version probe exited with a non-zero status.", {
exitCode: version.code,
stdoutLength: version.stdout.length,
stderrLength: version.stderr.length,
stderrExcerpt,
});
return buildServerProvider({
presentation: CLAUDE_PRESENTATION,
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version: parsedVersion,
status: "error",
auth: { status: "unknown" },
message: "Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run.",
message: stderrExcerpt

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This puts arbitrary CLI stderr into the provider message (and stderrExcerpt into the warning annotations). Even capped and ANSI-stripped, command output can contain credentials, paths, or other sensitive text; the service convention prohibits raw command output in both surfaces. Please keep the generic user-facing message and log only safe metadata such as stderr length or a normalized failure category. The raw output should remain confined to the underlying failure, not the status or log.

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? `Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run. ${stderrExcerpt}`
: "Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run.",
},
});
}
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import * as Exit from "effect/Exit";
import * as Fiber from "effect/Fiber";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as Logger from "effect/Logger";
import * as PubSub from "effect/PubSub";
import * as Ref from "effect/Ref";
import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
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});

describe("checkClaudeProviderStatus", () => {
it.effect.each([
{
name: "native binary installation error",
stderr:
" Error: claude native binary not installed. \nRun claude install to repair it.\n",
firstLine: "Error: claude native binary not installed.",
},
{
name: "oversized first line",
stderr: ` Error: claude native binary not installed. ${"x".repeat(10_000)} \nsecond line`,
firstLine: `Error: claude native binary not installed. ${"x".repeat(468)}…`,
},
{
name: "ANSI color and repeated whitespace",
stderr: "\u001b[31m Error: claude\t native binary not installed. \u001b[0m\nsecond line",
firstLine: "Error: claude native binary not installed.",
},
{
name: "leading blank lines",
stderr: "\n \t\r\n\u001b[0m\n Error: claude native binary not installed.\nsecond line",
firstLine: "Error: claude native binary not installed.",
},
{
name: "exactly 512 characters",
stderr: `Error: claude native binary not installed. ${"x".repeat(469)}`,
firstLine: `Error: claude native binary not installed. ${"x".repeat(469)}`,
},
])("includes a trimmed, capped version failure detail: $name", ({ stderr, firstLine }) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const status = yield* checkClaudeProviderStatus(
defaultClaudeSettings,
claudeCapabilities(),
);
assert.strictEqual(status.status, "error");
assert.strictEqual(status.auth.status, "unknown");
assert.isTrue(status.installed);
assert.exists(status.message);
const message = status.message!;
assert.include(message, "Error: claude native binary not installed.");
assert.notInclude(message, " Error:");
assert.notInclude(message, "\n");
assert.notInclude(message, "Run claude install");
assert.notInclude(message, "second line");
const summary = "Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run. ";
assert.strictEqual(message, `${summary}${firstLine}`);
assert.isAtMost(firstLine.length, 512);
if (stderr.length > 512) {
assert.strictEqual(firstLine.length, 512);
}
}).pipe(
Effect.provide(
layerMockSpawner((args) => {
assert.deepStrictEqual(args, ["--version"]);
return { stdout: "", stderr, code: 1 };
}),
),
),
);

it.effect("logs the stderr excerpt when the Claude version command exits non-zero", () => {
const messages: Array<unknown> = [];
const logCapture = Logger.make<unknown, void>(({ message }) => {
messages.push(message);
});
const stderr =
"Error: claude native binary not installed.\nRun claude install to repair it.\n";
return Effect.gen(function* () {
yield* checkClaudeProviderStatus(defaultClaudeSettings, claudeCapabilities());
const versionWarning = messages.find((message) =>
JSON.stringify(message).includes(
"Claude Agent CLI version probe exited with a non-zero status.",
),
);
assert.exists(versionWarning);
assert.include(
JSON.stringify(versionWarning),
"Error: claude native binary not installed.",
);
}).pipe(
Effect.provide([
Logger.layer([logCapture], { mergeWithExisting: false }),
layerMockSpawner((args) => {
assert.deepStrictEqual(args, ["--version"]);
return { stdout: "", stderr, code: 1 };
}),
]),
);
});

it.effect.each(["", " \t\n \r\n\u001b[0m "])(
"keeps the generic version failure message when stderr has no meaningful line: %j",
(stderr) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const status = yield* checkClaudeProviderStatus(
defaultClaudeSettings,
claudeCapabilities(),
);
assert.strictEqual(status.status, "error");
assert.strictEqual(status.message, "Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run.");
}).pipe(
Effect.provide(
layerMockSpawner((args) => {
assert.deepStrictEqual(args, ["--version"]);
return { stdout: "", stderr, code: 1 };
}),
),
),
);

it.effect("reports a logged-out CLI as unauthenticated", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
// The capability probe resolves for a logged-out CLI, so `tokenSource:
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