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fix(runtime): refuse to silently wake a deliberately slept pane (STA-3465) (#12672)
`activateMobileSessionTab` gated only on `publicTab.status !== 'ready'`. A deliberately slept pane publishes as `pending-handle` indefinitely — indistinguishable at that call site from a pane awaiting reconnect — so the reconnect probe added by #11542 respawned it with a re-resolved agent launch, waking something the user had deliberately put to sleep.

The first attempt refused activation for any pane with a `worktree-sleep` record, applied to every path. Independent review found that broke the documented wake gesture: opening the tab IS how those panes are meant to cold-restore (`wake-sleeping-agents-in-background.ts`: "Those panes cold-restore --resume when their own tab is opened"). A mobile tap sends the byte-identical call the reproduction test used, and in three of four topologies no wake clears the record first — so the tap became a permanent no-op with no feedback.

This carries intent explicitly instead of inferring it. A new shared `TabActivationIntent` ('user' | 'automatic') rides the existing ActivateTab schema as an optional additive field; `isAutomaticTabActivation` returns true only for an explicit 'automatic', so an absent value is permissive BY CONSTRUCTION in one place — an older client that does not send it keeps today's behavior rather than silently losing its wake gesture. The field is required on the mobile helper's params, so no call site can be added without declaring who asked.

Every user path (mobile tab switches, paired tab clicks, shortcuts, palette, the pane's own open) is labelled 'user'. The only automatic sender in the codebase is `waitForResubscribeHostSessionHandle`, the #11542 reconnect probe.

Verified per topology: user activation materializes a parked pane under headless serve, a paired runtime client, a completed agent with restoreOnTabOpenOnly, and a running agent whose wake cleared the record. The automatic probe is refused without retiring the surface, and #11542's reconnect tests stay green.

Also fixes a test fixture that made a real bug untestable: the store stub ignored the host id, so mutating the partition lookup to 'local' left the suite green. Correcting it exposed three existing SSH reattach tests that had been relying on that looseness — their workspace session sat in the local partition while their repo was SSH-hosted, a store production would never read. Production was always right; the tests described an impossible world.

Fixes STA-3465.
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docs fix(mobile): relay UX overhaul — steady status colors, visible relay dials, coordinated deep links (F1-F10) 2026-08-04 19:47:39 -07:00
examples/plugins feat: bound direct SSH reconnect fan-out and recovery (#11003) 2026-07-28 12:33:17 -07:00
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skills feat(skills): land remaining hybrid stubs (#9846) 2026-07-22 11:43:01 -07:00
src fix(runtime): refuse to silently wake a deliberately slept pane (STA-3465) (#12672) 2026-08-05 01:28:07 -07:00
tests fix(terminal): keep a live TUI's mouse modes across daemon reattach (#12461) 2026-08-05 00:51:33 -07:00
.gitattributes feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
.gitignore fix(worktrees): stop silently switching existing Windows setup scripts to Git Bash (#12406) 2026-08-03 23:25:50 -07:00
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pnpm-lock.yaml fix(mobile): render Mermaid diagrams in MobileMarkdown (#11185) 2026-08-03 20:05:16 -07:00
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README.md

Orca 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

Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

iOS App Store · TestFlight · Android APK 0.0.37 · Docs →

Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

Docs →

Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

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Terminal splits

Design Mode

Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

Docs →

Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

Docs →

GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

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Remote worktrees over SSH

Annotate AI Diffs

Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

Docs →

Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

Docs →

Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

Docs →

Script Orca from the CLI

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 logo Claude Code   Codex logo Codex   Grok logo Grok   Cursor logo Cursor   GitHub Copilot logo GitHub Copilot   OpenCode logo OpenCode   MiMo Code logo MiMo Code   Amp logo Amp   OpenClaude logo OpenClaude   Antigravity logo Antigravity   Pi logo Pi   oh-my-pi logo oh-my-pi   Hermes Agent logo Hermes Agent   Devin logo Devin   Goose logo Goose   Auggie logo Auggie   Autohand Code logo Autohand Code   Charm logo Charm   Cline logo Cline   Codebuff logo Codebuff   Command Code logo Command Code   Continue logo Continue   Droid logo Droid   Kilocode logo Kilocode   Kimi logo Kimi   Kiro logo Kiro   Mistral Vibe logo Mistral Vibe   Qwen Code logo Qwen Code   Rovo Dev logo Rovo Dev   + any CLI agent


Install

Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

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.


Community & Support

  • Discord: Join the community on Discord.

  • Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.

  • WeChat: Scan to join the Orca community WeChat group 7.

    WeChat group 7 QR code for the Orca community
  • Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.

  • Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.

  • Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.


Developing

Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

Orca contributors

GitHub star history chart for stablyai/orca

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.