* fix(linux): restore Ubuntu 20.04 launch by pinning node-pty glibc symbols (#9902)
The bundled node-pty pty.node is compiled from source in release CI on
ubuntu-latest (glibc 2.39). glibc's 2.32-2.34 libpthread/libutil merge
relocated openpty/forkpty (GLIBC_2.34) and pthread_sigmask (GLIBC_2.32)
into libc under new symbol versions, so the from-source build bound to
versions absent on Ubuntu 20.04 (glibc 2.31). The main process imports
node-pty at startup, so the app crashed on launch. pty.node is the sole
blocker (Electron needs GLIBC_2.25; other native modules <= 2.17).
- Patch node-pty: a .symver shim pins the 3 symbols to their pre-merge
version (GLIBC_2.2.5 x64 / GLIBC_2.17 arm64), and Linux-only ldflags
force libutil.so.1/libpthread.so.0 back into DT_NEEDED. Guarded to
Linux; macOS/Windows untouched.
- Add a packaging gate (verify-linux-glibc-floor.cjs, afterPack): reads
each bundled native binary's objdump -p version needs and fails the
Linux build if any strong GLIBC_/GLIBCXX_/CXXABI_ node exceeds stock
Ubuntu 20.04 (glibc 2.31 / GLIBCXX_3.4.28 / CXXABI_1.3.12). Catches
GLIBC_ABI_DT_RELR, rejects GLIBC_PRIVATE, skips weak needs, fail-closed.
- Docs + tests; the lazy sherpa-onnx speech prebuilt (GLIBCXX_3.4.29,
never loaded at launch) is a documented libstdc++-floor exemption.
* fix(linux): assert DT_NEEDED provider deps in the glibc-floor gate
Harden the packaging gate (flagged in adversarial re-eval): the version-floor
check alone can false-pass if the patch's forced `-l:libutil.so.1` ever silently
drops — the pinned openpty@GLIBC_2.2.5 still resolves from libc's compat alias at
build time, but fails to load on Ubuntu 20.04 where openpty/forkpty live only in
libutil. The gate now also asserts that any binary importing openpty/forkpty
keeps libutil.so.1 in DT_NEEDED. Validated on a real symver-pinned .so with
libutil dropped (now fails) vs. present (passes). Documents the recommended
real-host smoke-test follow-up.
* Revert "Preload the daemon windowsHide shim via --require; wrap promisify custom (#7499)"
This reverts commit 8f396badaf.
* Revert "Hide console windows for children of the node.exe-hosted daemon (#7486)"
This reverts commit f0fdd3a716.
* Revert "fix(daemon): relocate daemon host image out of the install-dir kill zone (#7473)"
This reverts commit f4faafa987.
* Revert "fix(pty): keep runtime dirs a surviving daemon still uses (#7463)"
This reverts commit 3cd23a13a1.
* Revert "Relocate node-pty ConPTY runtime outside the Windows install dir (fixes update-time terminal loss) (#7421)"
This reverts commit 509c41e2bf.
Since #7473 the terminal daemon runs under a standalone node.exe.
Electron's bundled Node defaults windowsHide to true; plain node.exe
defaults it to false, so every child_process call in the daemon that
does not pass the flag - the periodic PowerShell CIM process probes,
node-pty's kill-path conpty_console_list_agent fork - now allocates a
visible console, which opens and closes a Windows Terminal window on
the user's screen every few seconds.
Fix: daemon-entry installs a child_process shim (first import, before
any module captures bindings like promisify(execFile)) that defaults
windowsHide: true across spawn/exec/execFile/fork and their sync
variants, restoring the Electron default the daemon has always relied
on. Explicit windowsHide from a caller still wins. Also adds
windowsHide to node-pty's console-list agent fork in the existing
patch as defense in depth.
Verified on Windows: reproduced the flash with the rc.5 production
daemon (WindowsTerminal windows, ~3s cadence matching the CIM probe
interval, conhost spawned visible-capable "0x4"); with the shim, a
node.exe-hosted daemon's children (OpenConsole, powershell, node
helpers) all run without a visible-capable console and session kill
still works end to end.
* Improve node-pty spawn diagnostics
* Preserve original error stack when adding node-pty recovery hint
Mutate the existing Error's message instead of replacing the object so
the original stack trace and custom fields survive into telemetry/logs.
Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
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Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
* fix(pty): release ptmx fd on natural exit + defuse SIGHUP-to-recycled-pid
Daemons accumulated ptmx fds over time because node-pty's UnixTerminal
only releases the master fd when destroy() runs. On the natural-exit
path (the common case — user closes a tab, shell runs `exit`) nothing
ever calls destroy(), so the fd leaks until GC. On macOS this
eventually hits kern.tty.ptmx_max=511 and all new terminals fail to
spawn.
Fix: release the fd synchronously on every teardown path (natural
exit, explicit kill, stale SSH spawn, daemon shutdown) and close the
concurrent SIGHUP-to-recycled-pid hazard inside node-pty's
UnixTerminal.destroy().
- src/main/daemon/pty-subprocess.ts: synchronous POSIX proc.kill
neutralization inside proc.onExit; dead guards on forceKill/signal
so they never target a reaped-and-possibly-recycled pid
- src/main/daemon/session.ts: new disposeSubprocess() for already-
exited sessions (fd release only, no SIGKILL) — avoids sending
SIGKILL to a recycled pid during daemon shutdown
- src/main/daemon/terminal-host.ts: dispose loop routes on isAlive —
live sessions get forceKillAndDisposeSubprocess (SIGKILL + fd
release), exited sessions get disposeSubprocess (fd release only)
- src/main/providers/local-pty-provider.ts: same POSIX kill
neutralization at top of onExit for the legacy local path
- src/relay/pty-handler.ts: same neutralization in wireAndStore;
disposed flag guards all public entry points; dispose() uses
SIGKILL (not SIGTERM) before destroy since the relay is exiting;
killTimer fallback + immediate-shutdown + stale-spawn cleanup all
call disposeManagedPty + ptys.delete so wedged children (D-state,
bad NFS) can't leak map entries against the 50-PTY cap
Windows is exempt everywhere — WindowsTerminal.destroy IS a kill()
call internally (closes the ConPTY agent), so neutralizing would
turn destroy into a no-op and leak the agent.
See docs/fix-pty-fd-leak.md for the full design.
Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
* fix(pty): patch node-pty native off-by-one leaking /dev/ptmx per spawn
node-pty 1.1.0's pty_posix_spawn on macOS walks low_fds[0..2] in an
allocation loop that breaks at the first fd >= STDERR_FILENO, then
cleans up via `for (; count > 0; count--) close(low_fds[count])`. In
the typical case (break at count=0) the cleanup body never runs and
low_fds[0] — a /dev/ptmx handle — leaks per spawn. Fixed upstream in
microsoft/node-pty af053f2 (PR #882), not in any 1.1.0 release.
Backport the 3-line cleanup-loop fix as a pnpm patch. E2E validated
against a dev daemon: 200 spawn/kill cycles kept the daemon's ptmx
fd count flat at baseline; prior runs reproduced linear 1-per-spawn
growth. Also documents the native root cause as a status addendum in
docs/fix-pty-fd-leak.md — the JS-side destroy() discipline previously
landed is still load-bearing for the SIGHUP-to-recycled-pid hazard and
for synchronous fd release on daemon shutdown.
Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
* fix(pty): capture stable kill spy ref in pty.test.ts
destroyPtyProcess reassigns proc.kill = () => {} on POSIX to defuse
the SIGHUP-to-recycled-pid hazard (see docs/fix-pty-fd-leak.md). After
that reassignment, proc.kill.mock is undefined and the assertions
crashed in CI. Capture a stable reference to the vi.fn() before it
gets reassigned.
Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
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Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
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