perf(ssh): bound relay bulk-stream backlog so PTY echo is not head-of-line blocked (#7601)

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# SSH Typing Latency Under Relay Load
Date: 2026-07-06
## Symptom
Typing in an SSH-host terminal can become extremely slow (hundreds of ms to
seconds per echoed keystroke) while other SSH work is active — file previews,
source-control refresh, search. A quiet SSH shell stays snappy, which made the
reports look unreproducible.
This is distinct from the local warm-switch lag documented in
`terminal-switch-typing-lag-investigation.md` (daemon `listSessions()`
snapshot cost — already fixed; `TerminalHost.listSessions()` is now
metadata-only via `getAppliedSize()`).
## Root Cause
The relay and the Electron client share ONE ordered SSH channel for all
JSON-RPC traffic: PTY input/output, file streams, git responses, search, port
scans. Two mechanisms turned bulk traffic into typing latency:
1. **Relay-side head-of-line blocking (primary).** The `fs.readFileStream`
pump (`src/relay/fs-handler-file-read.ts`) wrote every 256KB chunk (~340KB
framed) into the relay's stdout as fast as local disk reads completed,
ignoring the `write() === false` backpressure signal. A 10MB preview
enqueued ~13.6MB into the pipe at once; a `pty.data` echo emitted
mid-stream queued behind ALL of it. At 2MB/s WAN that is multiple seconds
of echo delay per open file. The reproduced measurement: 4,195,592 bytes
(the entire remaining 3MB test file, framed) queued ahead of one echo
frame.
2. **Client-side O(n²) frame buffering (secondary).** `FrameDecoder.feed()`
in both `src/main/ssh/relay-protocol.ts` and `src/relay/protocol.ts` did
`Buffer.concat([buffered, chunk])` per data event, re-copying the whole
backlog for every ~32KB TCP chunk — ~2MB of memcpy per 340KB frame,
~80MB per 10MB file — on the Electron main thread, delaying `pty:write`
IPC dispatch and echo delivery to the renderer.
## Fix
- **Bulk lane with sink backpressure** (`RelayDispatcher.notifyBulk`):
`fs.streamChunk` frames are serialized per client and each send waits for
the sink's `drain` when `write()` returns `false`. Interactive frames
(`pty.data`) still use plain `notify()` and are admitted immediately —
because the bulk lane keeps the outbound buffer at ~1 frame, an echo jumps
ahead of every not-yet-admitted chunk. Sinks (`relay.ts` stdout + Unix
socket clients) surface `write()`'s boolean and a one-shot
`waitWriteDrain`; every death path (EPIPE, stdin end, detach, dispose)
flushes parked waiters so a pump can never hang on a dead pipe.
- **Credit-based flow control** (`fs.streamAck`): the client requests
streams with `flowControl: 'ack'` and acks each processed chunk; the relay
caps unacked chunks at `STREAM_ACK_WINDOW_CHUNKS = 4` (~1MB raw). This
bounds in-flight bulk bytes even past the relay's own pipe (sshd/TCP
buffers) and paces the relay's base64/JSON encode loop so incoming
keystroke frames get event-loop turns. A parked pump wakes on ack, cancel,
release, client detach, and a 1s staleness recheck.
- **Cross-version compatibility**: old client + new relay → no
`flowControl` param → legacy unpaced pump (still drain-bounded, which is
transparent). New client + old relay → `fs.streamAck` is an unknown
notification and is silently ignored. `STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE` (256KB) is
intentionally unchanged — both sides bake it into chunk offset math, so
changing it would corrupt cross-version streams.
- **FrameDecoder rewrite** (both mirrored protocol files): chunk-list
buffering; each frame is assembled exactly once (one copy) instead of
re-concatenating the backlog per feed.
## What Stays Fast / Unchanged
- Relay PTY output batching (interactive echo fast path in
`src/relay/pty-handler.ts`) is untouched.
- No `listSessions()` / provider inventory was added anywhere near typing,
focus, switch, resume, resize, or render paths.
- Remote file streaming correctness: per-chunk length checks, chunk-count and
byte-count invariants, cancel paths, and the 12MB round-trip integration
test all pass unchanged.
## Regression Coverage
- `src/relay/fs-stream-pty-echo-backpressure.integration.test.ts` — real
mux ↔ dispatcher ↔ FsHandler over a congestible in-memory pipe; asserts
deterministic BYTE bounds (not wall-clock): echo queues behind < 2 framed
chunks when congested (pre-fix: whole file), ack window caps in-flight
chunks, legacy no-ack clients still get complete streams.
- `src/relay/fs-handler-stream.test.ts` — pump parks at the ack window,
resumes per ack, and releases its file handle when cancelled while parked.
- `src/relay/dispatcher.test.ts` — notifyBulk semantics: drain gating,
per-client targeting, dispose releases parked senders, interactive
notify() not gated behind a stalled bulk lane.
- `src/main/ssh/relay-protocol.test.ts` — decoder byte-at-a-time boundary
straddling, oversized-frame resync across odd chunk sizes, and a
no-`Buffer.concat`-during-feed guard that locks out the O(n²) shape.
- `tests/e2e/ssh-docker-relay-perf.spec.ts` — new "busy relay" scenario:
types while two 8MB remote file-read loops and a git.status loop run;
budgets median < 500ms, worst < 2000ms. (On loopback Docker the pre-fix
HOL is only tens of ms — the in-process byte-bound test is the
authoritative red/green; the e2e guards the end-to-end wiring.)
## Residual Gaps
- **Large single-frame responses**: `git.*` responses (stdout capped at
`MAX_GIT_BUFFER` = 10MB → ~13MB framed) and other request/response results
are one atomic frame on the wire; a huge diff can still delay an echo by
its own transfer time. Fixing this requires response chunking (a protocol
change); bounded by the 16MB `MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE`.
- **Outbound direction**: a large `fs.writeFile` request frame (client →
relay) can queue ahead of keystroke `pty.data` frames on `channel.stdin`.
Same shape, opposite direction, rarer trigger (saving a large remote file
while typing).
- `pty.ackData` flow control for PTY output remains unenforced
(`src/relay/pty-handler.ts` — "not yet enforced"); PTY output floods are
already paced by the relay's 8ms batch/16KB slice scheduler.

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@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ describe('SshFilesystemProvider readFile streaming', () => {
const result = await provider.readFile('/home/user/file.txt')
expect(mux.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('fs.readFileStream', {
filePath: '/home/user/file.txt'
filePath: '/home/user/file.txt',
flowControl: 'ack'
})
expect(result).toEqual({ content: text, isBinary: false })
})

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
import {
HEADER_LENGTH,
MessageType,
@ -160,6 +160,74 @@ describe('FrameDecoder', () => {
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
expect(frames[0].id).toBe(2)
})
it('decodes frames fed one byte at a time (worst-case boundary straddling)', () => {
const frames: DecodedFrame[] = []
const decoder = new FrameDecoder((f) => frames.push(f))
const frame1 = encodeFrame(MessageType.Regular, 1, 0, Buffer.from('first payload'))
const frame2 = encodeFrame(MessageType.Regular, 2, 1, Buffer.from('second'))
const combined = Buffer.concat([frame1, frame2])
for (let i = 0; i < combined.length; i += 1) {
decoder.feed(combined.subarray(i, i + 1))
}
expect(frames).toHaveLength(2)
expect(frames[0].payload.toString()).toBe('first payload')
expect(frames[1].id).toBe(2)
expect(frames[1].payload.toString()).toBe('second')
})
it('skips an oversized frame fed in odd-sized chunks and resynchronizes', () => {
const errors: Error[] = []
const frames: DecodedFrame[] = []
const decoder = new FrameDecoder(
(f) => frames.push(f),
(err) => errors.push(err)
)
const oversizedLength = 17 * 1024 * 1024
const header = Buffer.alloc(HEADER_LENGTH)
header[0] = MessageType.Regular
header.writeUInt32BE(1, 1)
header.writeUInt32BE(0, 5)
header.writeUInt32BE(oversizedLength, 9)
const oversized = Buffer.concat([header, Buffer.alloc(oversizedLength)])
const valid = encodeFrame(MessageType.Regular, 2, 0, Buffer.from('after'))
const combined = Buffer.concat([oversized, valid])
const chunkSize = 1024 * 1024 - 7
for (let i = 0; i < combined.length; i += chunkSize) {
decoder.feed(combined.subarray(i, i + chunkSize))
}
expect(errors).toHaveLength(1)
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
expect(frames[0].payload.toString()).toBe('after')
})
it('never rebuilds the buffered stream per feed while assembling a large frame', () => {
// Regression: feed() used Buffer.concat([buffered, chunk]) per data event,
// re-copying the whole backlog for every TCP chunk — O(n²) memcpy on the
// Electron main thread while fs.streamChunk frames arrive (SSH typing lag).
const frames: DecodedFrame[] = []
const decoder = new FrameDecoder((f) => frames.push(f))
const frame = encodeFrame(MessageType.Regular, 1, 0, Buffer.alloc(512 * 1024, 0x61))
const concatSpy = vi.spyOn(Buffer, 'concat')
try {
for (let i = 0; i < frame.length; i += 32 * 1024) {
decoder.feed(frame.subarray(i, i + 32 * 1024))
}
} finally {
concatSpy.mockRestore()
}
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
expect(frames[0].payload.length).toBe(512 * 1024)
expect(concatSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
})
})
describe('parseJsonRpcMessage', () => {

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@ -127,7 +127,13 @@ export type DecodedFrame = {
* Incremental frame parser. Feed it chunks of data; it emits complete frames.
*/
export class FrameDecoder {
private buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
// Why: feed() runs on the Electron main thread for every SSH channel data
// event. Rebuilding one contiguous buffer per feed (Buffer.concat) re-copies
// every already-buffered byte for each incoming ~32KB TCP chunk — O(n²) per
// large frame (a 340KB fs.streamChunk frame cost ~2MB of memcpy). A chunk
// list assembles each frame exactly once instead.
private chunks: Buffer[] = []
private bufferedLength = 0
private onFrame: (frame: DecodedFrame) => void
private onError: ((err: Error) => void) | null
@ -137,21 +143,31 @@ export class FrameDecoder {
}
feed(chunk: Buffer | Uint8Array): void {
this.buffer = Buffer.concat([this.buffer, chunk])
const buf = Buffer.isBuffer(chunk)
? chunk
: Buffer.from(chunk.buffer, chunk.byteOffset, chunk.byteLength)
if (buf.length > 0) {
this.chunks.push(buf)
this.bufferedLength += buf.length
}
while (this.buffer.length >= HEADER_LENGTH) {
const length = this.buffer.readUInt32BE(9)
while (this.bufferedLength >= HEADER_LENGTH) {
const header = this.peekBytes(HEADER_LENGTH)
const length = header.readUInt32BE(9)
const totalLength = HEADER_LENGTH + length
if (this.bufferedLength < totalLength) {
// Not fully received yet (also holds oversized frames until they can
// be skipped whole, keeping the decoder synchronized).
break
}
// Why: throwing here would leave the buffer in a partially consumed
// state — subsequent feed() calls would try to parse leftover payload
// bytes as a new header, corrupting every future frame. Instead we
// skip the entire oversized frame so the decoder stays synchronized.
if (length > MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE) {
if (this.buffer.length < totalLength) {
break
}
this.buffer = this.buffer.subarray(totalLength)
this.discardBytes(totalLength)
const err = new Error(`Frame payload too large: ${length} bytes — discarded`)
if (this.onError) {
this.onError(err)
@ -159,24 +175,83 @@ export class FrameDecoder {
continue
}
if (this.buffer.length < totalLength) {
break
}
const framed = this.takeBytes(totalLength)
const frame: DecodedFrame = {
type: this.buffer[0],
id: this.buffer.readUInt32BE(1),
ack: this.buffer.readUInt32BE(5),
payload: this.buffer.subarray(HEADER_LENGTH, totalLength)
type: framed[0],
id: framed.readUInt32BE(1),
ack: framed.readUInt32BE(5),
payload: framed.subarray(HEADER_LENGTH, totalLength)
}
this.buffer = this.buffer.subarray(totalLength)
this.onFrame(frame)
}
}
reset(): void {
this.buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
this.chunks = []
this.bufferedLength = 0
}
/** View of the first `count` buffered bytes without consuming them. */
private peekBytes(count: number): Buffer {
const first = this.chunks[0]
if (first.length >= count) {
return first
}
const out = Buffer.allocUnsafe(count)
let copied = 0
for (const part of this.chunks) {
copied += part.copy(out, copied, 0, Math.min(part.length, count - copied))
if (copied >= count) {
break
}
}
return out
}
/** Consume and return the first `count` buffered bytes (single copy). */
private takeBytes(count: number): Buffer {
const first = this.chunks[0]
if (first.length === count) {
this.chunks.shift()
this.bufferedLength -= count
return first
}
if (first.length > count) {
this.chunks[0] = first.subarray(count)
this.bufferedLength -= count
return first.subarray(0, count)
}
const out = Buffer.allocUnsafe(count)
let copied = 0
while (copied < count) {
const part = this.chunks[0]
const take = Math.min(part.length, count - copied)
part.copy(out, copied, 0, take)
copied += take
if (take === part.length) {
this.chunks.shift()
} else {
this.chunks[0] = part.subarray(take)
}
}
this.bufferedLength -= count
return out
}
/** Consume the first `count` buffered bytes without assembling them. */
private discardBytes(count: number): void {
let remaining = count
while (remaining > 0) {
const part = this.chunks[0]
if (part.length <= remaining) {
this.chunks.shift()
remaining -= part.length
} else {
this.chunks[0] = part.subarray(remaining)
remaining = 0
}
}
this.bufferedLength -= count
}
}

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@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ export async function readFileViaStream(
expectedSeq += 1
receivedChunks += 1
bytesReceived += decoded.length
// Why: credit-based flow control — the relay caps unacked chunks so bulk
// stream frames cannot queue unbounded ahead of interactive pty.data
// frames on the shared SSH channel. Old relays ignore this notification.
mux.notify('fs.streamAck', { streamId: id, seq })
}
const handleEnd = (params: Record<string, unknown>): void => {
@ -260,7 +264,9 @@ export async function readFileViaStream(
unsubscribers.push(onDispose)
void mux
.request('fs.readFileStream', { filePath })
// Why: flowControl declares this client acks each chunk, letting a new
// relay pace the pump. Old relays ignore the extra param and flood.
.request('fs.readFileStream', { filePath, flowControl: 'ack' })
.then((rawMetadata) => {
if (settled) {
return

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@ -395,4 +395,119 @@ describe('RelayDispatcher', () => {
expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
})
describe('notifyBulk (bulk lane backpressure)', () => {
it('resolves immediately when the sink accepts the frame', async () => {
const frames: Buffer[] = []
const bulkDispatcher = new RelayDispatcher((data) => {
frames.push(Buffer.from(data))
return true
})
try {
await bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 0 })
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
const frame = decodeFirstFrame(frames[0])
const msg = JSON.parse(frame.payload.toString()) as JsonRpcNotification
expect(msg.method).toBe('bulk.event')
} finally {
bulkDispatcher.dispose()
}
})
it('holds the next bulk frame until the saturated sink drains', async () => {
const frames: Buffer[] = []
const drainWaiters = new Set<() => void>()
const bulkDispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
(data) => {
frames.push(Buffer.from(data))
return false
},
{ waitWriteDrain: (cb) => drainWaiters.add(cb) }
)
try {
let firstSettled = false
const first = bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 0 }).then(() => {
firstSettled = true
})
void bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 1 })
await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
// First frame written, but its send has not settled and the second
// frame is not admitted while the sink stays saturated.
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
expect(firstSettled).toBe(false)
for (const cb of Array.from(drainWaiters)) {
drainWaiters.delete(cb)
cb()
}
await first
await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
expect(frames).toHaveLength(2)
} finally {
bulkDispatcher.dispose()
}
})
it('interactive notify() frames are not gated behind a stalled bulk lane', async () => {
const frames: Buffer[] = []
const bulkDispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
(data) => {
frames.push(Buffer.from(data))
return false
},
{ waitWriteDrain: () => {} }
)
try {
void bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 0 })
void bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 1 })
await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
expect(frames).toHaveLength(1)
bulkDispatcher.notify('pty.data', { id: 'pty-1', data: 'x' })
expect(frames).toHaveLength(2)
const msg = JSON.parse(
decodeFirstFrame(frames[1]).payload.toString()
) as JsonRpcNotification
expect(msg.method).toBe('pty.data')
} finally {
bulkDispatcher.dispose()
}
})
it('releases a parked bulk send when the dispatcher is disposed', async () => {
const bulkDispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(() => false, { waitWriteDrain: () => {} })
const pending = bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 0 })
await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
bulkDispatcher.dispose()
await expect(pending).resolves.toBeUndefined()
})
it('targets only the requested client and resolves for missing clients', async () => {
const primaryFrames: Buffer[] = []
const secondaryFrames: Buffer[] = []
const bulkDispatcher = new RelayDispatcher((data) => {
primaryFrames.push(Buffer.from(data))
return true
})
try {
const secondaryId = bulkDispatcher.attachClient((data) => {
secondaryFrames.push(Buffer.from(data))
return true
})
await bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 0 }, { clientId: secondaryId })
expect(primaryFrames).toHaveLength(0)
expect(secondaryFrames).toHaveLength(1)
await expect(
bulkDispatcher.notifyBulk('bulk.event', { seq: 1 }, { clientId: 999 })
).resolves.toBeUndefined()
expect(primaryFrames).toHaveLength(0)
expect(secondaryFrames).toHaveLength(1)
} finally {
bulkDispatcher.dispose()
}
})
})
})

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@ -27,10 +27,28 @@ export type MethodHandler = (
export type NotificationHandler = (params: Record<string, unknown>, context: RequestContext) => void
/** Sink write. Returning literal `false` signals saturation (Node stream
* semantics); `void`/`true` mean the frame was accepted. */
export type RelayClientWrite = (data: Buffer) => boolean | void
export type RelayClientSinkOptions = {
/** One-shot: invoke `cb` once when the sink can accept more data again
* (stream 'drain'), or when the sink is permanently dead (error/close) so
* bulk senders waiting on it never hang. */
waitWriteDrain?: (cb: () => void) => void
}
type RelayClient = {
id: number
decoder: FrameDecoder
write: (data: Buffer) => void
write: RelayClientWrite
waitWriteDrain?: (cb: () => void) => void
/** Pending resolvers for bulk sends stalled on sink saturation. Flushed on
* drain, write failure, detach, setWrite, and dispose so no pump hangs. */
drainWaiters: Set<() => void>
/** Serializes bulk-lane sends per client so at most one bulk frame is
* admitted past the sink's high-water mark at a time. */
bulkChain: Promise<void>
nextOutgoingSeq: number
highestReceivedSeq: number
generation: number
@ -58,8 +76,8 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
private nextClientId = 1
private nextRequestId = 1
constructor(write: (data: Buffer) => void) {
this.primaryClient = this.createClient(write)
constructor(write: RelayClientWrite, sinkOptions?: RelayClientSinkOptions) {
this.primaryClient = this.createClient(write, sinkOptions)
this.clients.set(this.primaryClient.id, this.primaryClient)
this.startKeepalive()
}
@ -75,10 +93,14 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
// never acks the new client's frames until the new client's seq catches
// up - causing the client's unacked-timeout checker to accumulate stale
// timestamps that could eventually fire a false connection-dead signal.
setWrite(write: (data: Buffer) => void): void {
setWrite(write: RelayClientWrite, sinkOptions?: RelayClientSinkOptions): void {
this.requestAborts.abortClient(this.primaryClient.id)
this.primaryClient.write = write
this.primaryClient.waitWriteDrain = sinkOptions?.waitWriteDrain
this.primaryClient.closed = false
// Why: the saturated sink the waiters were parked on no longer exists;
// wake stalled bulk senders so they re-evaluate against the new sink.
this.flushDrainWaiters(this.primaryClient)
this.resetClient(this.primaryClient)
}
@ -89,14 +111,15 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
this.requestAborts.abortClient(this.primaryClient.id)
this.primaryClient.generation++
this.primaryClient.closed = true
this.flushDrainWaiters(this.primaryClient)
this.notifyClientDetached(this.primaryClient.id)
}
// Why: synced remote workspaces can have more than one Orca client attached
// to the same relay. Frame sequence numbers and JSON-RPC request ids are per
// SSH channel, so each socket client needs independent protocol state.
attachClient(write: (data: Buffer) => void): number {
const client = this.createClient(write)
attachClient(write: RelayClientWrite, sinkOptions?: RelayClientSinkOptions): number {
const client = this.createClient(write, sinkOptions)
this.clients.set(client.id, client)
return client.id
}
@ -109,6 +132,7 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
this.requestAborts.abortClient(clientId)
client.generation++
client.closed = true
this.flushDrainWaiters(client)
this.clients.delete(clientId)
this.notifyClientDetached(clientId)
}
@ -165,6 +189,90 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
}
}
/**
* Bulk-lane notification. Sends are serialized per client and the returned
* promise resolves only after the sink accepted the frame without reporting
* saturation (or the client went away). Bulk producers (file streams) await
* this between frames so interactive frames (pty.data echo) never queue
* behind an unbounded backlog on the shared SSH channel.
*
* With `clientId`, the frame goes only to that client stream chunks have
* exactly one consumer, and broadcasting them would let one slow secondary
* client stall everyone. A missing/closed target resolves immediately; the
* caller's staleness check owns aborting the stream.
*/
notifyBulk(
method: string,
params?: Record<string, unknown>,
opts?: { clientId?: number }
): Promise<void> {
if (this.disposed) {
return Promise.resolve()
}
const msg: JsonRpcNotification = {
jsonrpc: '2.0',
method,
...(params !== undefined ? { params } : {})
}
const targets =
opts?.clientId !== undefined
? [this.clients.get(opts.clientId)].filter((c): c is RelayClient => c !== undefined)
: Array.from(this.clients.values())
const waits: Promise<void>[] = []
for (const client of targets) {
if (client.closed) {
continue
}
// Why: the frame is encoded inside the chain step, not at call time —
// sequence numbers must be assigned in actual write order.
const step = client.bulkChain.then(() => {
if (this.disposed || client.closed) {
return
}
const accepted = this.sendFrame(client, msg)
if (accepted === false) {
return this.waitForClientDrain(client)
}
return undefined
})
client.bulkChain = step.catch(() => {})
waits.push(step)
}
if (waits.length === 0) {
return Promise.resolve()
}
return Promise.all(waits).then(() => {})
}
private waitForClientDrain(client: RelayClient): Promise<void> {
if (this.disposed || client.closed || !client.waitWriteDrain) {
return Promise.resolve()
}
return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
let settled = false
const finish = (): void => {
if (settled) {
return
}
settled = true
client.drainWaiters.delete(finish)
resolve()
}
client.drainWaiters.add(finish)
try {
client.waitWriteDrain!(finish)
} catch {
finish()
}
})
}
private flushDrainWaiters(client: RelayClient): void {
for (const waiter of Array.from(client.drainWaiters)) {
waiter()
}
}
requestPrimary(
method: string,
params?: Record<string, unknown>,
@ -236,14 +344,20 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
// Why: dispose means this relay instance cannot send responses anymore;
// abort in-flight request work so stale SSH-side scans/watchers release.
this.requestAborts.abortAll()
for (const client of this.clients.values()) {
this.flushDrainWaiters(client)
}
}
private createClient(write: (data: Buffer) => void): RelayClient {
private createClient(write: RelayClientWrite, sinkOptions?: RelayClientSinkOptions): RelayClient {
const id = this.nextClientId++
const client: RelayClient = {
id,
decoder: new FrameDecoder((frame) => this.handleFrame(client, frame)),
write,
waitWriteDrain: sinkOptions?.waitWriteDrain,
drainWaiters: new Set(),
bulkChain: Promise.resolve(),
nextOutgoingSeq: 1,
highestReceivedSeq: 0,
generation: 0,
@ -387,13 +501,13 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
private sendFrame(
client: RelayClient,
msg: JsonRpcRequest | JsonRpcResponse | JsonRpcNotification
): void {
): boolean | void {
if (this.disposed || client.closed) {
return
}
const seq = client.nextOutgoingSeq++
const frame = encodeJsonRpcFrame(msg, seq, client.highestReceivedSeq)
this.writeFrame(client, frame)
return this.writeFrame(client, frame)
}
private startKeepalive(): void {
@ -416,12 +530,13 @@ export class RelayDispatcher {
this.keepaliveTimer.unref()
}
private writeFrame(client: RelayClient, frame: Buffer): void {
private writeFrame(client: RelayClient, frame: Buffer): boolean | void {
try {
client.write(frame)
return client.write(frame)
} catch (err) {
client.closed = true
client.generation++
this.flushDrainWaiters(client)
if (client !== this.primaryClient) {
this.clients.delete(client.id)
this.notifyClientDetached(client.id)

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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
import { open, readFile, stat } from 'node:fs/promises'
import { extname } from 'node:path'
import type { RelayDispatcher, RequestContext } from './dispatcher'
import { STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE, RelayErrorCode } from './protocol'
import { STREAM_ACK_WINDOW_CHUNKS, STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE, RelayErrorCode } from './protocol'
import type { RelayStreamRegistry, TooManyStreamsError } from './fs-stream-registry'
import {
BINARY_PROBE_BYTES,
@ -61,11 +61,21 @@ type StreamChunkReader = {
): Promise<{ bytesRead: number }>
}
export type StreamPumpOptions = {
/** Client that requested the stream. Chunks go only to it broadcasting
* bulk frames would let one slow secondary client stall the requester. */
clientId?: number
/** True when the client declared `flowControl: 'ack'` it sends
* fs.streamAck per processed chunk and the pump caps unacked chunks. */
paceWithAcks: boolean
}
export async function readRelayFileStreamMetadata(
filePath: string,
dispatcher: RelayDispatcher,
registry: RelayStreamRegistry,
context: RequestContext
context: RequestContext,
pumpOptions?: StreamPumpOptions
): Promise<StreamMetadata> {
const stats = await stat(filePath)
const mimeType = IMAGE_MIME_TYPES[extname(filePath).toLowerCase()]
@ -106,8 +116,9 @@ export async function readRelayFileStreamMetadata(
// Why: pumpChunks owns its own try/finally for handle release; the outer
// setImmediate kicks the pump off the metadata-response task so the client
// sees the response before the first chunk frame.
const resolvedPumpOptions = pumpOptions ?? { paceWithAcks: false }
setImmediate(() => {
void pumpChunks(streamId, stats.size, dispatcher, registry, context)
void pumpChunks(streamId, stats.size, dispatcher, registry, context, resolvedPumpOptions)
})
return {
@ -126,7 +137,8 @@ async function pumpChunks(
totalSize: number,
dispatcher: RelayDispatcher,
registry: RelayStreamRegistry,
context: RequestContext
context: RequestContext,
pumpOptions: StreamPumpOptions
): Promise<void> {
const entry = registry.get(streamId)
if (!entry) {
@ -150,6 +162,27 @@ async function pumpChunks(
endReason = 'aborted'
break
}
// Why: credit window — bulk chunks share one ordered SSH channel with
// interactive pty.data frames. Waiting for client acks bounds how many
// stream bytes a keystroke echo can queue behind, and yields the relay
// event loop so incoming keystrokes are handled between chunks.
if (pumpOptions.paceWithAcks) {
while (
seq - registry.ackedThroughSeq(streamId) > STREAM_ACK_WINDOW_CHUNKS &&
!context.isStale() &&
!registry.isAborted(streamId)
) {
await registry.waitForAck(streamId)
}
if (context.isStale()) {
endReason = 'stale'
break
}
if (registry.isAborted(streamId)) {
endReason = 'aborted'
break
}
}
const want = Math.min(STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE, totalSize - offset)
const bytesRead = await readFullStreamChunk(entry.handle, buffer, want, offset)
if (bytesRead !== want) {
@ -167,7 +200,14 @@ async function pumpChunks(
break
}
const data = buffer.subarray(0, bytesRead).toString('base64')
dispatcher.notify('fs.streamChunk', { streamId, seq, data })
// Why: the bulk lane waits out sink saturation, so a flood of chunk
// frames cannot pile up in the outbound pipe ahead of interactive
// pty.data frames written via plain notify().
await dispatcher.notifyBulk(
'fs.streamChunk',
{ streamId, seq, data },
pumpOptions.clientId !== undefined ? { clientId: pumpOptions.clientId } : undefined
)
offset += bytesRead
seq += 1
}

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@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ function createMockDispatcher() {
notify: vi.fn((method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
notifications.push({ method, params })
}),
notifyBulk: vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> => {
notifications.push({ method, params })
}),
_notifications: notifications,
callRequest(
method: string,
@ -278,6 +281,61 @@ describe('FsHandler readFileStream', () => {
expect(err).toBeNull()
})
it('parks the pump at the ack credit window and resumes on fs.streamAck', async () => {
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'paced.png')
const content = Buffer.alloc(1536 * 1024, 0x42) // 6 chunks
writeFileSync(filePath, content)
const meta = (await dispatcher.callRequest(
'fs.readFileStream',
{ filePath, flowControl: 'ack' },
{ isStale: () => false }
)) as { streamId: number }
// Window of 4 admits seqs 0..3; seq 4 must wait for an ack.
await waitFor(() => collectStream(dispatcher).chunks.length === 4)
await flush(10)
expect(collectStream(dispatcher).chunks.length).toBe(4)
expect(collectStream(dispatcher).end).toBeNull()
// Ack one chunk → exactly one more is admitted.
dispatcher.callNotification('fs.streamAck', { streamId: meta.streamId, seq: 0 })
await waitFor(() => collectStream(dispatcher).chunks.length === 5)
await flush(10)
expect(collectStream(dispatcher).chunks.length).toBe(5)
for (let seq = 1; seq < 6; seq += 1) {
dispatcher.callNotification('fs.streamAck', { streamId: meta.streamId, seq })
}
await waitFor(() => collectStream(dispatcher).end !== null)
const { chunks, err } = collectStream(dispatcher)
expect(err).toBeNull()
const reassembled = Buffer.concat(chunks.map((c) => Buffer.from(c.data, 'base64')))
expect(reassembled.equals(content)).toBe(true)
})
it('releases a pump parked on the ack window when the stream is cancelled', async () => {
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'parked-cancel.png')
writeFileSync(filePath, Buffer.alloc(4 * 1024 * 1024, 0x42)) // 16 chunks
const meta = (await dispatcher.callRequest(
'fs.readFileStream',
{ filePath, flowControl: 'ack' },
{ isStale: () => false }
)) as { streamId: number }
await waitFor(() => collectStream(dispatcher).chunks.length === 4)
dispatcher.callNotification('fs.cancelStream', { streamId: meta.streamId })
const registry = (handler as unknown as { streamRegistry: { size(): number } }).streamRegistry
await waitFor(() => registry.size() === 0)
const { end, err } = collectStream(dispatcher)
expect(end).toBeNull()
expect(err).toBeNull()
})
it('rejects the 17th concurrent stream with TooManyStreams', async () => {
const paths: string[] = []
for (let i = 0; i < 17; i++) {

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@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ export class FsHandler {
constructor(dispatcher: RelayDispatcher, _context: RelayContext) {
this.dispatcher = dispatcher
this.registerHandlers()
this.dispatcher.onClientDetached?.((clientId) => this.releaseClientWatches(clientId))
this.dispatcher.onClientDetached?.((clientId) => {
this.releaseClientWatches(clientId)
// Why: a detached client's fs.streamAck frames will never arrive; wake
// any pump parked on the ack window so it re-checks staleness and exits
// instead of stranding its open file handle.
this.streamRegistry.wakeAllAckWaiters()
})
}
private registerHandlers(): void {
@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ export class FsHandler {
this.dispatcher.onRequest('fs.watch', (p, context) => this.watch(p, context))
this.dispatcher.onNotification('fs.unwatch', (p, context) => this.unwatch(p, context))
this.dispatcher.onNotification('fs.cancelStream', (p) => this.cancelStream(p))
this.dispatcher.onNotification('fs.streamAck', (p) => this.streamAck(p))
}
private async readDir(params: Record<string, unknown>) {
@ -148,7 +155,13 @@ export class FsHandler {
private async readFileStream(params: Record<string, unknown>, context?: RequestContext) {
const filePath = expandTilde(params.filePath as string)
const ctx = context ?? { clientId: 0, isStale: () => false }
return readRelayFileStreamMetadata(filePath, this.dispatcher, this.streamRegistry, ctx)
return readRelayFileStreamMetadata(filePath, this.dispatcher, this.streamRegistry, ctx, {
// Why: only target the requesting client when the dispatcher actually
// routed this request (context present) — direct-call tests and legacy
// paths keep broadcast semantics.
...(context ? { clientId: context.clientId } : {}),
paceWithAcks: params.flowControl === 'ack'
})
}
private async tempDir(): Promise<string> {
@ -162,6 +175,14 @@ export class FsHandler {
}
}
private streamAck(params: Record<string, unknown>): void {
const streamId = params.streamId as number | undefined
const seq = params.seq as number | undefined
if (typeof streamId === 'number' && typeof seq === 'number') {
this.streamRegistry.recordAck(streamId, seq)
}
}
private async writeFile(params: Record<string, unknown>) {
const filePath = expandTilde(params.filePath as string)
const content = params.content as string

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@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
/**
* Regression: SSH typing latency under bulk file-stream load.
*
* The relay and the client share ONE ordered SSH channel. If the relay
* enqueues an entire file's fs.streamChunk frames into the outbound pipe
* at once, an interactive pty.data echo emitted mid-stream queues behind
* megabytes of bulk data and typing feels seconds-slow.
*
* These tests model the SSH channel as a congestible in-memory pipe and
* assert deterministic byte bounds instead of wall-clock latency:
* - with a saturated sink, the relay stalls the pump on write backpressure
* so at most ~1 chunk frame sits ahead of a pty echo;
* - with a fast sink but an unresponsive client, the fs.streamAck credit
* window bounds the in-flight backlog;
* - legacy clients that never ack still receive the full stream.
*/
import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest'
import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
import { rm } from 'node:fs/promises'
import * as path from 'node:path'
import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto'
import {
SshChannelMultiplexer,
type MultiplexerTransport
} from '../main/ssh/ssh-channel-multiplexer'
import { readFileViaStream } from '../main/ssh/ssh-filesystem-stream-reader'
import { RelayDispatcher } from './dispatcher'
import { RelayContext } from './context'
import { FsHandler } from './fs-handler'
import { STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE } from './protocol'
// One framed fs.streamChunk: 256KB raw → base64 (4/3) + JSON envelope + header.
const FRAMED_CHUNK_BYTES = Math.ceil((STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE * 4) / 3) + 512
// Node pipe/socket sinks report saturation via write() === false past the HWM.
const SINK_HIGH_WATER_MARK = 64 * 1024
async function waitUntil(
predicate: () => boolean,
what: string,
timeoutMs = 10_000
): Promise<void> {
const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs
while (!predicate()) {
if (Date.now() > deadline) {
throw new Error(`waitUntil timed out: ${what}`)
}
await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r))
}
}
/** Waits until `read()` stops changing for `stableTurns` macrotask turns. */
async function waitUntilSettled(read: () => number, stableTurns = 25): Promise<void> {
let last = read()
let stable = 0
while (stable < stableTurns) {
await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r))
const current = read()
if (current === last) {
stable += 1
} else {
stable = 0
last = current
}
}
}
type Harness = {
mux: SshChannelMultiplexer
dispatcher: RelayDispatcher
fsHandler: FsHandler
queuedBytes: () => number
/** Deliver every queued relay→client buffer to the client mux. */
deliverAll: () => void
/** Start delivering continuously on each macrotask turn. */
startAutoDeliver: () => void
dispose: () => void
}
function createHarness(opts: { congested: boolean }): Harness {
let relayFeed: ((data: Buffer) => void) | null = null
const clientDataCallbacks: ((data: Buffer) => void)[] = []
const clientTransport: MultiplexerTransport = {
write: (data: Buffer) => {
// Client → relay: keystrokes and acks flow on the opposite direction of
// the duplex channel; they are not blocked by relay→client congestion.
setImmediate(() => relayFeed?.(data))
},
onData: (cb) => {
clientDataCallbacks.push(cb)
},
onClose: () => {}
}
const outQueue: Buffer[] = []
let queuedBytes = 0
const drainWaiters = new Set<() => void>()
const fireDrainIfIdle = (): void => {
if (queuedBytes > 0) {
return
}
for (const cb of Array.from(drainWaiters)) {
drainWaiters.delete(cb)
cb()
}
}
const dispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
(data: Buffer) => {
outQueue.push(data)
queuedBytes += data.length
if (!opts.congested) {
return true
}
return queuedBytes < SINK_HIGH_WATER_MARK
},
{
waitWriteDrain: (cb: () => void) => {
drainWaiters.add(cb)
fireDrainIfIdle()
}
}
)
relayFeed = (data: Buffer) => dispatcher.feed(data)
const deliverAll = (): void => {
while (outQueue.length > 0) {
const buf = outQueue.shift()!
queuedBytes -= buf.length
for (const cb of clientDataCallbacks) {
cb(buf)
}
}
fireDrainIfIdle()
}
let autoDeliverTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null
const startAutoDeliver = (): void => {
if (autoDeliverTimer) {
return
}
autoDeliverTimer = setInterval(deliverAll, 1)
}
const context = new RelayContext()
const fsHandler = new FsHandler(dispatcher, context)
const mux = new SshChannelMultiplexer(clientTransport)
return {
mux,
dispatcher,
fsHandler,
queuedBytes: () => queuedBytes,
deliverAll,
startAutoDeliver,
dispose: () => {
if (autoDeliverTimer) {
clearInterval(autoDeliverTimer)
}
mux.dispose()
dispatcher.dispose()
fsHandler.dispose()
}
}
}
describe('fs.readFileStream vs pty.data echo head-of-line blocking', () => {
let tmpDir: string
beforeEach(() => {
tmpDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), 'relay-stream-hol-'))
})
afterEach(async () => {
await rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
})
it('bounds bulk bytes queued ahead of a pty echo when the channel is congested', async () => {
const harness = createHarness({ congested: true })
try {
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'big.png')
const original = randomBytes(3 * 1024 * 1024) // 12 chunks
writeFileSync(filePath, original)
// Relay-side fake PTY: echoes input back immediately, mirroring
// PtyHandler's interactive fast path (dispatcher.notify on echo).
let queuedBytesAheadOfEcho = -1
harness.dispatcher.onNotification('pty.data', (params) => {
queuedBytesAheadOfEcho = harness.queuedBytes()
harness.dispatcher.notify('pty.data', { id: params.id, data: params.data })
})
const readPromise = readFileViaStream(harness.mux, filePath)
// Deliver until the client has the stream metadata, then congest fully.
await waitUntil(() => harness.queuedBytes() > 0, 'metadata response queued')
harness.deliverAll()
// Let the pump run to whatever bound it enforces (pre-fix: whole file).
await waitUntil(() => harness.queuedBytes() > 0, 'first chunk queued')
await waitUntilSettled(() => harness.queuedBytes())
// Type one key while the stream is congested.
harness.mux.notify('pty.data', { id: 'pty-1', data: 'x' })
await waitUntil(() => queuedBytesAheadOfEcho >= 0, 'echo emitted by relay')
// The echo must not sit behind an unbounded chunk backlog: at most one
// in-flight bulk frame (the write that saturated the sink) plus slack.
expect(queuedBytesAheadOfEcho).toBeLessThan(2 * FRAMED_CHUNK_BYTES)
// Un-congest: the stream must still complete with intact content.
harness.startAutoDeliver()
const result = await readPromise
expect(Buffer.from(result.content, 'base64').equals(original)).toBe(true)
} finally {
harness.dispose()
}
}, 30_000)
it('caps in-flight chunks via the fs.streamAck credit window when the client stalls', async () => {
const harness = createHarness({ congested: false })
try {
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'big.png')
writeFileSync(filePath, randomBytes(3 * 1024 * 1024)) // 12 chunks
const receivedSeqs: number[] = []
harness.mux.onNotificationByMethod('fs.streamChunk', (params) => {
receivedSeqs.push(params.seq as number)
})
let streamEnded = false
harness.mux.onNotificationByMethod('fs.streamEnd', () => {
streamEnded = true
})
harness.startAutoDeliver()
// Raw ack-capable request without sending any acks: models a client
// whose main thread is too busy to process chunks.
const metadata = (await harness.mux.request('fs.readFileStream', {
filePath,
flowControl: 'ack'
})) as { streamId: number }
await waitUntil(() => receivedSeqs.length > 0, 'first chunk received')
await waitUntilSettled(() => receivedSeqs.length)
// Without acks the relay must stop at the credit window, not flood
// the remaining chunks.
expect(receivedSeqs.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(5)
expect(streamEnded).toBe(false)
// Acking releases the window and the stream completes.
const totalChunks = 12
for (let seq = 0; seq < totalChunks; seq += 1) {
harness.mux.notify('fs.streamAck', { streamId: metadata.streamId, seq })
}
await waitUntil(() => streamEnded, 'stream completed after acks')
expect(receivedSeqs).toEqual(Array.from({ length: totalChunks }, (_, i) => i))
} finally {
harness.dispose()
}
}, 30_000)
it('still delivers the full stream to legacy clients that never ack', async () => {
const harness = createHarness({ congested: false })
try {
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'legacy.png')
const original = randomBytes(1024 * 1024 + 12345)
writeFileSync(filePath, original)
const chunks = new Map<number, Buffer>()
let streamEnded = false
harness.mux.onNotificationByMethod('fs.streamChunk', (params) => {
chunks.set(params.seq as number, Buffer.from(params.data as string, 'base64'))
})
harness.mux.onNotificationByMethod('fs.streamEnd', () => {
streamEnded = true
})
harness.startAutoDeliver()
// Legacy request shape: no flowControl param, and no acks ever sent.
await harness.mux.request('fs.readFileStream', { filePath })
await waitUntil(() => streamEnded, 'legacy stream completed')
const reassembled = Buffer.concat(
Array.from(chunks.entries())
.sort(([a], [b]) => a - b)
.map(([, buf]) => buf)
)
expect(reassembled.equals(original)).toBe(true)
} finally {
harness.dispose()
}
}, 30_000)
})

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@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
import type { FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises'
import { MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, RelayErrorCode } from './protocol'
import { MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, RelayErrorCode, STREAM_ACK_STALL_RECHECK_MS } from './protocol'
type StreamEntry = {
handle: FileHandle
aborted: boolean
/** Highest chunk seq the client acknowledged (in-order; -1 = none yet). */
ackedThroughSeq: number
/** Pumps parked on the ack credit window. Woken by acks, abort, release,
* and a periodic stall recheck so a vanished client cannot strand a pump. */
ackWaiters: Set<() => void>
}
export class TooManyStreamsError extends Error {
@ -22,7 +27,12 @@ export class RelayStreamRegistry {
throw new TooManyStreamsError()
}
const streamId = this.nextId++
this.streams.set(streamId, { handle, aborted: false })
this.streams.set(streamId, {
handle,
aborted: false,
ackedThroughSeq: -1,
ackWaiters: new Set()
})
return streamId
}
@ -30,6 +40,7 @@ export class RelayStreamRegistry {
const entry = this.streams.get(streamId)
if (entry) {
entry.aborted = true
this.wakeAckWaiters(entry)
}
}
@ -41,11 +52,65 @@ export class RelayStreamRegistry {
return this.streams.get(streamId)
}
recordAck(streamId: number, seq: number): void {
const entry = this.streams.get(streamId)
if (!entry || typeof seq !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(seq)) {
return
}
if (seq > entry.ackedThroughSeq) {
entry.ackedThroughSeq = seq
}
this.wakeAckWaiters(entry)
}
ackedThroughSeq(streamId: number): number {
return this.streams.get(streamId)?.ackedThroughSeq ?? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
}
/** Resolves on the next ack/abort/release for this stream, or after the
* stall-recheck interval so callers can re-evaluate staleness. */
waitForAck(streamId: number): Promise<void> {
const entry = this.streams.get(streamId)
if (!entry || entry.aborted) {
return Promise.resolve()
}
return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
let settled = false
const timer = setTimeout(() => finish(), STREAM_ACK_STALL_RECHECK_MS)
timer.unref?.()
const finish = (): void => {
if (settled) {
return
}
settled = true
clearTimeout(timer)
entry.ackWaiters.delete(finish)
resolve()
}
entry.ackWaiters.add(finish)
})
}
/** Wake every parked pump (all streams) so it re-checks staleness used
* when a client detaches and its acks will never arrive. */
wakeAllAckWaiters(): void {
for (const entry of this.streams.values()) {
this.wakeAckWaiters(entry)
}
}
private wakeAckWaiters(entry: StreamEntry): void {
for (const waiter of Array.from(entry.ackWaiters)) {
waiter()
}
}
async release(streamId: number): Promise<void> {
const entry = this.streams.get(streamId)
if (!entry) {
return
}
this.wakeAckWaiters(entry)
this.streams.delete(streamId)
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await entry.handle.close()

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@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ export const TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000
export const STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE = 256 * 1024
export const MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS = 16
/** Max unacked fs.streamChunk frames in flight per stream when the client
* requested `flowControl: 'ack'`. Bounds how many bulk bytes an interactive
* pty.data frame can queue behind on the shared SSH channel (~1MB raw) while
* keeping the pipe full across one ack round-trip on fast links. */
export const STREAM_ACK_WINDOW_CHUNKS = 4
/** Safety-valve poll interval for a pump stalled on acks: re-checks stream
* abort/staleness so a client that vanished mid-stream cannot park the pump
* (and its open file handle) forever. */
export const STREAM_ACK_STALL_RECHECK_MS = 1_000
export const RelayErrorCode = {
TooManyStreams: -33006,
StreamProtocolError: -33007
@ -109,7 +120,12 @@ export function encodeKeepAliveFrame(id: number, ack: number): Buffer {
}
export class FrameDecoder {
private buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
// Why: feed() sits on the hot receive path. Rebuilding one contiguous
// buffer per feed (Buffer.concat) re-copies every already-buffered byte for
// each incoming chunk — O(n²) per large frame. A chunk list assembles each
// frame exactly once instead.
private chunks: Buffer[] = []
private bufferedLength = 0
private onFrame: (frame: DecodedFrame) => void
private onError: ((err: Error) => void) | null
@ -119,23 +135,32 @@ export class FrameDecoder {
}
feed(chunk: Buffer | Uint8Array): void {
this.buffer = Buffer.concat([this.buffer, chunk])
const buf = Buffer.isBuffer(chunk)
? chunk
: Buffer.from(chunk.buffer, chunk.byteOffset, chunk.byteLength)
if (buf.length > 0) {
this.chunks.push(buf)
this.bufferedLength += buf.length
}
while (this.buffer.length >= HEADER_LENGTH) {
const length = this.buffer.readUInt32BE(9)
while (this.bufferedLength >= HEADER_LENGTH) {
const header = this.peekBytes(HEADER_LENGTH)
const length = header.readUInt32BE(9)
const totalLength = HEADER_LENGTH + length
if (this.bufferedLength < totalLength) {
// Not fully received yet (also holds oversized frames until they can
// be skipped whole, keeping the decoder synchronized).
break
}
if (length > MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE) {
// Why: Throwing here would leave the buffer in a partially consumed
// state — subsequent feed() calls would try to parse the leftover
// payload bytes as a new header, corrupting every future frame.
// Instead we skip the entire oversized frame so the decoder stays
// synchronized with the stream.
if (this.buffer.length < totalLength) {
// Haven't received the full oversized payload yet; wait for more data.
break
}
this.buffer = this.buffer.subarray(totalLength)
this.discardBytes(totalLength)
const err = new Error(`Frame payload too large: ${length} bytes — discarded`)
if (this.onError) {
this.onError(err)
@ -145,23 +170,20 @@ export class FrameDecoder {
continue
}
if (this.buffer.length < totalLength) {
break
}
const framed = this.takeBytes(totalLength)
const frame: DecodedFrame = {
type: this.buffer[0],
id: this.buffer.readUInt32BE(1),
ack: this.buffer.readUInt32BE(5),
payload: this.buffer.subarray(HEADER_LENGTH, totalLength)
type: framed[0],
id: framed.readUInt32BE(1),
ack: framed.readUInt32BE(5),
payload: framed.subarray(HEADER_LENGTH, totalLength)
}
this.buffer = this.buffer.subarray(totalLength)
this.onFrame(frame)
}
}
reset(): void {
this.buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
this.chunks = []
this.bufferedLength = 0
}
// Why: at the handshake → dispatcher transition, the next consumer must
@ -169,10 +191,74 @@ export class FrameDecoder {
// frame. This returns and clears the decoder's internal residue so the
// caller can hand it to the dispatcher (or stdout pipe) without loss.
drain(): Buffer {
const out = this.buffer
this.buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
const out =
this.chunks.length === 1 ? this.chunks[0] : Buffer.concat(this.chunks, this.bufferedLength)
this.reset()
return out
}
/** View of the first `count` buffered bytes without consuming them. */
private peekBytes(count: number): Buffer {
const first = this.chunks[0]
if (first.length >= count) {
return first
}
const out = Buffer.allocUnsafe(count)
let copied = 0
for (const part of this.chunks) {
copied += part.copy(out, copied, 0, Math.min(part.length, count - copied))
if (copied >= count) {
break
}
}
return out
}
/** Consume and return the first `count` buffered bytes (single copy). */
private takeBytes(count: number): Buffer {
const first = this.chunks[0]
if (first.length === count) {
this.chunks.shift()
this.bufferedLength -= count
return first
}
if (first.length > count) {
this.chunks[0] = first.subarray(count)
this.bufferedLength -= count
return first.subarray(0, count)
}
const out = Buffer.allocUnsafe(count)
let copied = 0
while (copied < count) {
const part = this.chunks[0]
const take = Math.min(part.length, count - copied)
part.copy(out, copied, 0, take)
copied += take
if (take === part.length) {
this.chunks.shift()
} else {
this.chunks[0] = part.subarray(take)
}
}
this.bufferedLength -= count
return out
}
/** Consume the first `count` buffered bytes without assembling them. */
private discardBytes(count: number): void {
let remaining = count
while (remaining > 0) {
const part = this.chunks[0]
if (part.length <= remaining) {
this.chunks.shift()
remaining -= part.length
} else {
this.chunks[0] = part.subarray(remaining)
remaining = 0
}
}
this.bufferedLength -= count
}
}
export function parseJsonRpcMessage(payload: Buffer): JsonRpcMessage {

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@ -373,15 +373,44 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
// write to a dead pipe, silently failing or throwing EPIPE. When a
// socket client reconnects, setWrite swaps the callback to the socket.
let stdoutAlive = true
const dispatcher = new RelayDispatcher((data) => {
if (stdoutAlive) {
// Why: one-shot waiters parked by the dispatcher's bulk lane when stdout
// reports saturation (write() === false). Flushed on 'drain' and on every
// stdout-death path so a stalled file-stream pump never outlives the pipe
// it was waiting on.
const stdoutDrainWaiters = new Set<() => void>()
const flushStdoutDrainWaiters = (): void => {
for (const cb of Array.from(stdoutDrainWaiters)) {
stdoutDrainWaiters.delete(cb)
cb()
}
}
process.stdout.on('drain', flushStdoutDrainWaiters)
const dispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
(data) => {
if (!stdoutAlive) {
return
}
try {
process.stdout.write(data)
// Why: surface Node's backpressure signal to the dispatcher so bulk
// frames (fs.streamChunk) wait for drain instead of queueing megabytes
// ahead of interactive pty.data frames on the SSH channel.
return process.stdout.write(data)
} catch {
stdoutAlive = false
flushStdoutDrainWaiters()
return undefined
}
},
{
waitWriteDrain: (cb) => {
if (!stdoutAlive) {
cb()
return
}
stdoutDrainWaiters.add(cb)
}
}
})
)
const context = new RelayContext()
@ -680,11 +709,35 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
)
cancelGrace('socket client accepted')
const clientId = dispatcher.attachClient((data) => {
if (!sock.destroyed) {
sock.write(data)
// Why: same backpressure surface as the stdout sink — bulk frames wait
// for the socket to drain so they cannot bury interactive PTY frames.
const sockDrainWaiters = new Set<() => void>()
const flushSockDrainWaiters = (): void => {
for (const cb of Array.from(sockDrainWaiters)) {
sockDrainWaiters.delete(cb)
cb()
}
})
}
sock.on('drain', flushSockDrainWaiters)
sock.on('close', flushSockDrainWaiters)
sock.on('error', flushSockDrainWaiters)
const clientId = dispatcher.attachClient(
(data) => {
if (!sock.destroyed) {
return sock.write(data)
}
return undefined
},
{
waitWriteDrain: (cb) => {
if (sock.destroyed) {
cb()
return
}
sockDrainWaiters.add(cb)
}
}
)
socketClients.set(sock, clientId)
// Why: bytes that arrived in the same TCP send as the handshake frame
@ -889,6 +942,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
// before the grace period starts.
process.stdout.on('error', () => {
stdoutAlive = false
flushStdoutDrainWaiters()
dispatcher.invalidateClient()
})
@ -934,6 +988,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
// dead so the primary client write callback becomes a no-op while
// socket clients, if any, keep their own live transports.
stdoutAlive = false
flushStdoutDrainWaiters()
dispatcher.invalidateClient()
if (socketClients.size === 0) {
startGrace('stdin ended')
@ -942,6 +997,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
process.stdin.on('error', () => {
stdoutAlive = false
flushStdoutDrainWaiters()
dispatcher.invalidateClient()
if (socketClients.size === 0) {
startGrace('stdin error')

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@ -207,6 +207,104 @@ test.describe('Docker SSH relay perf', () => {
}
})
test('keeps remote typing responsive while relay file streams and git churn are active', async ({
orcaPage
}, testInfo) => {
test.slow()
let target: DockerSshRelayTarget | null = null
try {
target = startDockerSshRelayTarget(testInfo)
await waitForSessionReady(orcaPage)
await waitForActiveWorktree(orcaPage)
const remote = await connectDockerRemote(orcaPage, target)
await ensureTerminalVisible(orcaPage, 45_000)
await waitForActiveTerminalManager(orcaPage, 60_000)
const ptyId = await waitForActivePanePtyId(orcaPage, 60_000)
const runId = String(Date.now())
// Large remote binaries: each read streams ~8MB of fs.streamChunk frames
// over the same SSH channel that carries the pty echo.
const loadFiles = [
`${DOCKER_SSH_RELAY_REMOTE_REPO_PATH}/stream-load-a.png`,
`${DOCKER_SSH_RELAY_REMOTE_REPO_PATH}/stream-load-b.png`
]
await execInTerminal(
orcaPage,
ptyId,
`dd if=/dev/urandom of=${shellQuote(loadFiles[0])} bs=1M count=8 status=none && ` +
`dd if=/dev/urandom of=${shellQuote(loadFiles[1])} bs=1M count=8 status=none && ` +
`echo LOAD_FILES_READY_${runId}`
)
await waitForTerminalOutput(orcaPage, `LOAD_FILES_READY_${runId}`, 60_000, 80_000)
await execInTerminal(orcaPage, ptyId, `node -e ${shellQuote(remoteTypingLoadScript(runId))}`)
await waitForTerminalOutput(orcaPage, `REMOTE_TUI_READY_${runId}`, 30_000, 80_000)
// Background relay pressure: continuous large file reads plus git status
// refreshes, mirroring file preview + source-control churn while typing.
await orcaPage.evaluate(
({ targetId, files, repoPath }) => {
const state = { stopped: false, reads: 0, errors: [] as string[] }
;(window as unknown as { __sshRelayLoad: typeof state }).__sshRelayLoad = state
const loop = async (run: () => Promise<unknown>): Promise<void> => {
while (!state.stopped) {
try {
await run()
state.reads += 1
} catch (err) {
state.errors.push(String(err))
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100))
}
}
}
for (const filePath of files) {
void loop(() => window.api.fs.readFile({ filePath, connectionId: targetId }))
}
void loop(() => window.api.git.status({ worktreePath: repoPath, connectionId: targetId }))
},
{
targetId: remote.targetId,
files: loadFiles,
repoPath: DOCKER_SSH_RELAY_REMOTE_REPO_PATH
}
)
// Let the bulk load ramp before measuring.
await orcaPage.waitForTimeout(1_000)
const measurement = await measureRemoteTyping(orcaPage, ptyId, runId)
const load = await orcaPage.evaluate(() => {
const state = (
window as unknown as {
__sshRelayLoad: { stopped: boolean; reads: number; errors: string[] }
}
).__sshRelayLoad
state.stopped = true
return { reads: state.reads, errors: state.errors.slice(0, 3) }
})
const summary =
`median=${measurement.medianLatencyMs.toFixed(1)}ms ` +
`worst=${measurement.worstLatencyMs.toFixed(1)}ms ` +
`bulkReads=${load.reads} ` +
`samples=${measurement.latencies.map((value) => value.toFixed(1)).join(',')}`
console.log(`[docker-ssh-relay-perf:busy] ${summary}`)
testInfo.annotations.push({
type: 'docker-ssh-relay-typing-busy',
description: summary
})
// The load must actually have been streaming and error-free, otherwise
// the latency numbers prove nothing.
expect(load.errors).toEqual([])
expect(load.reads).toBeGreaterThan(0)
expect(measurement.medianLatencyMs).toBeLessThan(MAX_MEDIAN_KEY_LATENCY_MS)
expect(measurement.worstLatencyMs).toBeLessThan(MAX_WORST_KEY_LATENCY_MS)
await stopRemoteLoad(orcaPage, ptyId)
} finally {
cleanupDockerSshRelayTarget(target)
}
})
test('keeps an SSH workspace terminal usable after disconnect and reconnect', async ({
orcaPage
}, testInfo) => {