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chore: Resolve agent-browser via mise env --json instead of PATH scanning / mise where - #755

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Independently verified (not just taking the report at its word):

  • cargo build --workspace — succeeds, no new warnings
  • cargo test -p agentflare browser_install (5 tests) and cargo test -p flare-browser (11 tests) — all pass
  • cargo clippy -p agentflare -p flare-browser --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings -A unsafe_code -A clippy::pedantic (matching .github/workflows/ci.yml:148) — clean
  • cargo fmt --check — clean

Diff review (git diff origin/master...HEAD): resolve_via_mise_env correctly replaces mise where + guessed bin/ layout with mise env --json <spec>, scanning the returned PATH for the binary (needed since the git backend's install dir is flat, no bin/ subdir). ensure_agent_browser now returns (PathBuf, Option<String>), threaded through both call sites (src/cli/browser.rs, src/mcp_server/browser.rs) into run_blocking's new path_env: Option<&str> param, merged via cmd.env("PATH", path) without disturbing the rest of the inherited env. Cache file migrated to JSON (CachedBackend { bin, path_env }) with graceful fallback on stale/invalid entries. Test coverage matches the new logic (flat-dir lookup, invalid JSON, missing PATH key, cache round-trip).

The prior review round's fmt findings (unwrapped HashMap annotation, over-long assert_eq!/fs::write calls) are fixed in the uncommitted working-tree diff, confirmed by fmt --check passing now.


Opened by claude-code on flared:51bb8de6c33b for item #268 via agentflare.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved browser backend startup when installations rely on environment-managed tools.
    • Browser commands now use the resolved execution environment, improving compatibility with installed backends.
    • Installation results are validated before reuse, so stale or incomplete cached entries are ignored.
    • Improved detection of installed browser backends, including flat binary layouts.
    • Enhanced automatic installation handling while preserving existing output capture and error reporting.

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The installer now resolves the backend from mise env --json, caches its path and PATH, and passes that PATH through CLI and MCP execution to the browser sidecar.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend resolution and structured cache
src/browser_install.rs
ensure_agent_browser returns the backend path and optional mise-resolved PATH. It discovers flat-layout binaries, passes PATH during installation, validates structured cache entries, and tests invalid or stale data.
Sidecar PATH forwarding
crates/flare-browser/src/lib.rs, src/cli/browser.rs, src/mcp_server/browser.rs
run_blocking accepts an optional PATH and applies it to the sidecar process. CLI and MCP browser execution forward the installer result.

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Change: Bug fix

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  participant ensure_agent_browser
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  participant run_blocking
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  ensure_agent_browser->>exec_raw: Return backend path and optional PATH
  ensure_agent_browser->>browser_task: Return backend path and optional PATH
  exec_raw->>run_blocking: Pass backend path and optional PATH
  browser_task->>run_blocking: Pass backend path and optional PATH
  run_blocking->>sidecar: Spawn with optional PATH
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On shared Unix systems, another local user can pre-create the browser cache and cause a later browser invocation to execute their chosen program. Move or protect the cache before merging.

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In `@src/browser_install.rs`:
- Around line 121-126: Update cached_backend() and the cache-path handling
around cached_backend_file() to store the browser cache under a per-user
directory with restrictive permissions instead of a shared Unix temporary path.
Validate the cache file and cached.bin before accepting them: reject symlinks,
require expected ownership and permissions, and do not trust cached.path_env
unless it passes equivalent validation. Preserve find_backend()’s existing
fallback behavior when validation fails.
- Line 246: Update the test value in the relevant test module to construct the
missing-path list with the platform separator used by std::env::split_paths,
while preserving the existing missing-directory and resolver behavior across
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Comment thread src/browser_install.rs
Comment on lines +121 to +126
let text = std::fs::read_to_string(cached_backend_file()).ok()?;
let cached: CachedBackend = serde_json::from_str(&text).ok()?;
cached
.bin
.is_file()
.then_some((cached.bin, cached.path_env))

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rg -n 'cached_backend_file|temp_dir|cache_dir|agentflare-browser-bin-path' -C4 src/browser_install.rs
git log --oneline -3 -- src/browser_install.rs
git diff HEAD~1 -- src/browser_install.rs | head -250

Repository: getappz/agentflare

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rg -n 'cached_backend\(|ensure_agent_browser\(|run_blocking|Command::new|\.bin\b' src/browser_install.rs src -g '*.rs'
sed -n '100,145p' src/browser_install.rs
sed -n '35,105p' src/browser_install.rs
git show HEAD~1:src/browser_install.rs | sed -n '45,145p'

Repository: getappz/agentflare

Length of output: 18754


Keep the browser cache in a user-owned directory.

When flare_browser::find_backend() misses, cached_backend() reads /tmp/agentflare-browser-bin-path on Unix, parses attacker-controlled JSON, and accepts any bin for which is_file() succeeds, including symlinks. The CLI and MCP callers pass the returned path and path_env to flare_browser::run_blocking, so a local user can pre-create the cache and select code that runs as the victim user.

This trust issue existed before this PR: the previous path-only cache used the same filename and accepted any existing path. This change preserves that issue and also trusts the cached path_env. Store the cache in a per-user directory with restrictive permissions, and reject symlinks and files with unexpected ownership or permissions.

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In `@src/browser_install.rs` around lines 121 - 126, Update cached_backend() and
the cache-path handling around cached_backend_file() to store the browser cache
under a per-user directory with restrictive permissions instead of a shared Unix
temporary path. Validate the cache file and cached.bin before accepting them:
reject symlinks, require expected ownership and permissions, and do not trust
cached.path_env unless it passes equivalent validation. Preserve
find_backend()’s existing fallback behavior when validation fails.

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Comment thread src/browser_install.rs Outdated
shiva added 2 commits September 17, 2026 17:09
Independently verified (not just taking the report at its word):
- `cargo build --workspace` — succeeds, no new warnings
- `cargo test -p agentflare browser_install` (5 tests) and `cargo test -p flare-browser` (11 tests) — all pass
- `cargo clippy -p agentflare -p flare-browser --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings -A unsafe_code -A clippy::pedantic` (matching `.github/workflows/ci.yml:148`) — clean
- `cargo fmt --check` — clean

Diff review (`git diff origin/master...HEAD`): `resolve_via_mise_env` correctly replaces `mise where` + guessed `bin/` layout with `mise env --json <spec>`, scanning the returned `PATH` for the binary (needed since the git backend's install dir is flat, no `bin/` subdir). `ensure_agent_browser` now returns `(PathBuf, Option<String>)`, threaded through both call sites (`src/cli/browser.rs`, `src/mcp_server/browser.rs`) into `run_blocking`'s new `path_env: Option<&str>` param, merged via `cmd.env("PATH", path)` without disturbing the rest of the inherited env. Cache file migrated to JSON (`CachedBackend { bin, path_env }`) with graceful fallback on stale/invalid entries. Test coverage matches the new logic (flat-dir lookup, invalid JSON, missing PATH key, cache round-trip).

The prior review round's fmt findings (unwrapped `HashMap` annotation, over-long `assert_eq!`/`fs::write` calls) are fixed in the uncommitted working-tree diff, confirmed by `fmt --check` passing now.

Agentflare-Branch: task/268-resolve-agent-browser-via-mise-env-json
Agentflare-Item: 268
…atform's own separator

parse_env_finds_bin_flat_in_an_install_dir_on_path hardcoded a Unix-style
:-separated PATH literal, which std::env::split_paths can't parse on
Windows (; separator) -- failed CI on windows-latest even though the
function under test (resolve_via_mise_env, via split_paths) is itself
platform-correct.

Agentflare-Agent: claude-code
Agentflare-Branch: task/268-resolve-agent-browser-via-mise-env-json
Agentflare-Item: 268
Agentflare-Session: e97e933a-90c1-4252-ac34-c45762e9095c
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