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## Description
Every durable save serialized the ~1.5 MB durable state **twice**, synchronously on the main Electron thread: once in `computeStateHash()` (the plaintext hash for the no-op-write guard) and again in `buildStateToSave()` (the encrypted on-disk payload). The guard couldn't hash the payload directly because `encrypt()` on random-IV platforms produces different bytes each save for identical state.
This PR collapses the two into **one** `JSON.stringify`. `buildStateToSave()` now returns `{ payload, stateHash }`: each encrypted secret slot is serialized as a **fresh per-slot random sentinel** (`orca-secret-slot-<uuid>`), and after the single stringify each sentinel is substituted exactly once — to its ciphertext for the on-disk `payload`, and to its plaintext for the guard `hashInput`. The guard hash is therefore a pure function of the plaintext state (`hashInput === JSON.stringify(plaintext durable state)`), and the on-disk `payload` is byte-identical to the previous two-stringify output.
No change to the save API, debounce timings, guard semantics, or on-disk format (compact JSON, same 3 encrypted fields).
### Why sentinels (not a string replace of the ciphertext)
The substitution must be **position-exact**. A naive `payload.replace(ciphertext, plaintext)` — or even a `"key":"ciphertext"`-anchored replace — can be **mimicked by user-controlled state**, which would substitute the wrong site and let two *distinct* states normalize to the same guard hash → a real change is silently **not written** (data loss). This is reachable on deterministic-IV platforms (macOS / legacy-Linux OSCrypt use a constant IV, so a user can read their own ciphertext out of `orca-data.json`):
- **Value vector**: a plaintext free-text field (e.g. `httpProxyBypassRules`) whose value equals a secret's ciphertext.
- **Key vector**: `agentDefaultEnv` lets the user name an env var exactly after a secret field (e.g. `browserKagiSessionLink`) with a ciphertext value, producing a `"browserKagiSessionLink":"<ciphertext>"` token inside `settings` (before `ui`).
A per-slot random sentinel is minted **after** all user data is captured, so it cannot occur anywhere else in the serialized state and matches only the intended secret slot — closing the entire class. (Both vectors were found by an adversarial fable→gpt-5.6-sol review loop; each has a store-level regression test that fails on the earlier approaches and passes now.)
The empty-secret / `safeStorage`-unavailable / encrypt-failure cases (`blob === plaintext`) get no sentinel and reproduce `main`'s behavior byte-for-byte.
## Evidence
- Full-state `JSON.stringify` calls per changed save: **2 → 1** (call-counting test).
- Frontier-review benchmark on an 8 MiB real-method state: **no perf regression** (median 12.73 ms sentinel vs 13.77 ms two-stringify baseline).
- Independent review modeled 625 adversarial durable states: every payload byte-identical to the pre-PR implementation, and every distinct state produced a distinct guard hash (no dropped-write collision).
## No-Regression Proof
`src/main/persistence-single-serialize.test.ts` (nondeterministic **and** deterministic cipher mocks):
- identical state with secrets set → no-op (inode unchanged); real change (incl. secret rotation) → writes
- on-disk payload is ciphertext (plaintext appears nowhere), round-trips through reload/decrypt
- empty secret + `isEncryptionAvailable() === false` → plaintext payload, guard still skips
- sync `flushOrThrow()` also skips on identical state
- exactly one full-state serialization per save
- **regression (value vector)**: a plaintext field equal to a secret's ciphertext, then swapped → write is not skipped, round-trips
- **regression (key vector)**: an `agentDefaultEnv` var named after a secret field holding its ciphertext, then swapped → write is not skipped, round-trips
Suites: `persistence-single-serialize.test.ts` + `persistence.test.ts` all green; `pnpm run typecheck:node` clean; oxlint clean.
## ELI5
Orca saves your app state whenever something changes, and it used to build the whole (large) state twice each time — once to check "did anything actually change?" and once to write the file. Now it builds it once and reuses that copy for both jobs. To compare states safely it swaps each encrypted secret for a random one-time marker while checking, so no value you type can ever be mistaken for a secret and trick it into skipping a real save. What lands on disk is exactly the same, and your secrets stay encrypted.
Made with [Orca](https://github.com/stablyai/orca) 🐋
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README.md
Orca
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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.
Download Orca
Features
Mobile CompanionMonitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere. |
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Parallel WorktreesFan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner. |
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Terminal SplitsGhostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts. |
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Design ModeClick any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt. |
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GitHub & Linear, NativeBrowse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch. |
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SSH WorktreesRun agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included. |
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Annotate AI DiffsDrop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca. |
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Drag Files to AgentsVS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt. |
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Orca CLIAgents drive Orca too — script every workflow with |
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Also in the box:
- Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
- Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
- Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
- Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
- Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
- And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.
Supported Agents
Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.
Claude Code
Codex
Grok
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
OpenCode
MiMo Code
Amp
OpenClaude
Antigravity
Pi
oh-my-pi
Hermes Agent
Devin
Goose
Auggie
Autohand Code
Charm
Cline
Codebuff
Command Code
Continue
Droid
Kilocode
Kimi
Kiro
Mistral Vibe
Qwen Code
Rovo Dev
+ any CLI agent
Install
Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux
- Download from onOrca.dev
- Or grab a build directly: macOS Apple Silicon · macOS Intel · Windows (.exe) · Linux AppImage · All builds
- Running
orca serveon a headless Linux server? See the headless Linux server guide.
Or via a package manager:
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca
# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin
Mobile Companion — iOS, Android
Pair with your desktop app to monitor and steer your agents from your phone.
- iOS: Download on the App Store or join TestFlight
- Android: Download APK 0.0.31
Community & Support
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Discord: Join the community on Discord.
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Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.
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WeChat: Groups 1 and 2 are both full — now you can join the third one.
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Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.
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Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.
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Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.
Developing
Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.
Signed Builds
Windows code signing sponored/provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.