feat(server): add reusable auth token for dev worktrees

[t3dotgg]

Switching between dev worktrees on the same hostname required repeated browser pairing. Set one fixed T3CODE_DEV_AUTH_TOKEN in the main checkout's gitignored .env to reuse browser auth across worktrees and ports.

Each dev server keeps its own database, signing key, and revocation state. Local revocation survives restarts. A revoked server falls back to a one-time startup pairing link. Desktop and non-dev servers ignore the token. Normal credentials retain precedence, and OAuth exchanges create independent scoped sessions.

The token and startup URLs that contain it grant reusable admin access. Rotate or remove the token and restart participating servers to disable it. The shared browser cookie expires after 30 days. Existing OAuth child sessions retain their normal expiry and revocation.

Rebased onto current main and updated the HTTP test for the current contract export. Verification passed 165 focused tests, scoped server/web/client-runtime typechecks, lint, formatting, and diff checks. Disk-backed tests cover active and revoked credentials after restart, token rotation, and separate worktree state. HTTP tests cover cookie exchange and reuse between environments. Browser and Tailscale end-to-end testing remain unverified.

Original commits by Theo Browne are preserved. Takeover and verification with GPT-6 Astra in Codex.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added reusable development authentication across web worktrees, ports, and server restarts.
  • Development sessions can reuse a secure cookie and support token-based browser sign-in with extended expiration.
  • Pairing links now work reliably even when cached authentication exists.

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevented authentication tokens from being passed to desktop development servers.
  • Added validation to reject configurations from the wrong environment.
  • Ensured server configuration subscriptions wait for environment validation.

• Documentation

  • Documented reusable development credentials, pairing links, setup, rotation, expiration, and safe usage.

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Walkthrough

The change adds reusable web development authentication with persistent sessions, dedicated cookies, token exchange, and documentation. It updates URL pairing-token bootstrap behavior and validates mismatched server environments before configuration subscriptions proceed.

Changes

Reusable development authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Development credential configuration apps/server/src/auth/ReusableDevAuth.ts, apps/server/src/cli/config.ts, apps/server/src/config.ts, scripts/dev-runner.ts, scripts/*.test.ts, apps/server/src/cli/config.test.ts	Web mode reads a trimmed redacted T3CODE_DEV_AUTH_TOKEN. Desktop mode does not expose or forward the token.
Reusable session persistence and verification apps/server/src/auth/SessionStore.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/AuthSessions.ts, apps/server/src/auth/SessionStore.test.ts	The server creates and verifies a fixed reusable development session. Session insertion is idempotent. Rotation, removal, expiry, revocation, and WebSocket checks are covered.
Browser session and environment authentication flow apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/http.ts, apps/server/src/auth/*test.ts	Reusable credentials can authenticate requests, create browser sessions, exchange for OAuth children, and issue startup pairing credentials. Dedicated cookie handling and error-cause tests are included.
Reusable credential operating guidance AGENTS.md, docs/internals/environment-auth.md, docs/operations/development.md	Documentation describes configuration, worktree reuse, cookie behavior, isolation, revocation, and pairing URL handling.

Pairing URL bootstrap handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
URL credential exchange and gate state apps/web/src/environments/primary/auth.ts, apps/web/src/authBootstrap.test.ts	URL credentials are exchanged even when a session is already authenticated. Pending exchanges are coordinated, rejected tokens do not cache success, and ordinary authenticated loads avoid unnecessary exchange calls.

Client environment validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Initial configuration environment check packages/client-runtime/src/rpc/session.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/rpc/session.test.ts	The client validates the server environment ID before pre-ready configuration subscribers receive snapshots or events.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant AuthHTTP
  participant EnvironmentAuth
  participant SessionStore
  Browser->>AuthHTTP: POST reusable development token
  AuthHTTP->>EnvironmentAuth: create browser session
  EnvironmentAuth->>SessionStore: verify reusable development session
  SessionStore-->>EnvironmentAuth: return verified session
  EnvironmentAuth-->>AuthHTTP: return dev cookie metadata
  AuthHTTP-->>Browser: set dev cookie and clear normal cookie

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bc3bd

A service sharing the development hostname can receive and reuse the administrative development token from the browser cookie. Restrict the exchanged browser credential or its delivery scope before merging.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	−54 B (−0.4%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.0 KiB	7.1 KiB	+1 B (+0.0%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.6 KiB	6.5 KiB	−55 B (−0.8%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.1 KiB	57.0 KiB	−88 B (−0.2%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	10	8	−2 (−20.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.6 KiB	13.6 KiB	+9 B (+0.1%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	+5 B (+0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.6 KiB	6.6 KiB	+4 B (+0.1%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.9 KiB	57.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	10	10	0 (0.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: c07575f · PR result: bc3bd44 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

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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• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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Effect service conventions review: one finding in apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts (error translation boundary re-wraps an already structured domain error). Everything else in the changed service code (namespace imports, Context.Service inline shapes, make/layer exports, dependency acquisition via yield* ServerConfig.ServerConfig, tagged errors with structured attributes) matches the conventions.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This adds a reusable administrative development credential and changes server authentication, session persistence, cookie issuance, token exchange, WebSocket handling, and browser bootstrap behavior. Because the runtime changes are security-sensitive and span core auth paths, they require human review.

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts`:
- Line 730: The createBrowserSession flow must not place the reusable
development credential in a browser cookie, since the current sessionToken
assignment exposes it to same-host services across ports. Replace this
cookie-based authorization with an explicit mechanism or separate-host isolation
while preserving the documented cross-worktree workflow; changing only the
cookie token format is insufficient.

In `@packages/client-runtime/src/rpc/session.ts`:
- Around line 294-301: Update RpcSession.subscribeServerConfig and its
serverConfigEvents stream so they await the validated initialConfig completion
before reading serverConfigState or emitting replay events. Ensure direct
pre-ready subscriptions cannot receive a snapshot until the environment check in
initialConfig has succeeded, while preserving existing event delivery afterward.

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