fix(cli): guard standalone update restart with exact replacement verification

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Summary

A newer CLI can replace an older attested standalone POSIX proxy from the current installation. Before this, ocx restart from a newer CLI refused (version skew) and told the user to stop and start by hand. Now, when the running proxy is a detached, unsupervised POSIX runtime (parent PID 1, no installed or active service, unclaimed physical home, no client or sibling role), the CLI stops it over the TCP connection that proved its identity and launches this installation once. It reports success only for the exact launched child PID, the same endpoint, fresh identity proof and the exact newer version.

• The stop never reconnects, signals a PID, force-kills or reclaims another listener. The launch happens once, after confirmed exit, runtime-record removal, port availability and definitive endpoint absence.
• The child acquires its own lifecycle lease before CLI preflight and rechecks physical homes, unclaimed ownership, configuration and deadline through bind and publication. Update failures return directly without generic restart recovery.
• The launched executable must pass the shared REAL_BUN_MIN_BYTES gate, the same one fix(server): wait for a complete Bun before restarting onto a replaced package tree #6569 added to the package-tree restart. An in-place npm install leaves the bun package's placeholder at process.execPath until its postinstall runs. While that is the case, restart refuses before sending any stop byte. After a confirmed stop it waits for the runtime within the same deadline, then rechecks deadline and home synchronously before the single launch.
• The user sees a progress line and, on failure, a sanitized message per terminal code. Each message claims only what that phase proved (for example, "nothing was stopped" only before the stop exchange; ocx start advice only once nothing was launched).
• Windows, foreground, desktop-supervised, service, connected-client and sibling runtimes do not use this path and keep their owning lifecycle controls. A newer proxy or incomparable version still refuses an in-place downgrade.

This carries #6548 (agentHits): the newer-CLI upgrade intent, proxy-newer/incomparable refusal and its user-facing progress and failure explanations. #6548's acceptance of any runtime with a matching port and version, its generic start callback (which loses the captured port and supervision) and its weaker absence predicate are deliberately not carried.

Co-authored-by: agentHits 140916359+agentHits@users.noreply.github.com

Verification

Final head: 87d8123137e7cea3e77d171b61700e810f615a55 (includes dev at 907c6f4dbe, with #6569).

• Hosted CI at this head: Cross-platform CI 37221581777 passed every executed job, including both macOS shards, test 1–4/4, gates, docker smoke, storage policy, api usage, keyring on all three OSes, npm-global on all three OSes, docs site build, desktop shell and macOS widget + bundle. Service lifecycle 37221581756 passed (macos-launchd, linux-systemd, windows-schtasks), as did React Doctor 37221581759, enforce-target 37221580495 and hygiene.

• Unmocked POSIX acceptance (macOS arm64, Bun 1.4.0), on this exact head (87d8123137). Two real standalone builds were made from this tree with the repository's build:standalone, as 2.78.0-acceptance.1 and .2. Every run used one mktemp -d root for HOME, OPENCODEX_HOME, CODEX_HOME, CODEX_SQLITE_HOME, XDG_*, TMPDIR and the owner registry, an env -i allowlist and a random free loopback port. A preflight through the source path helpers failed closed unless every resolved state root, plist and unit path was inside that root. Production service inspection reported installed:false and manager absent. The old proxy started detached (parent PID 1). The newer CLI's ocx restart printed the handoff, stopped it and launched exactly one replacement: old PID gone, new PID alive with parent PID 1, same port, /healthz version .2, and the CLI line ✅ Proxy updated to 2.78.0-acceptance.2 (PID …). Negative case: the older CLI's restart against the newer proxy was refused (exit 1) and the proxy was unchanged. Teardown verified both PIDs gone and the port closed, then removed the sandbox. The same run also passed on cfbbbeccc1, 8a8efef549 and 1e52cf9550. No installed proxy, service unit, launchd job or real home was touched; no launchd job for the label exists on the host.

• Focused files at this head: tests/cli/cli-update-restart.test.ts (14), cli-update-restart-transport.test.ts (44), cli-update-restart-child.test.ts (8), cli-update-restart-home.test.ts (6), system-restart-client.test.ts (15), tests/ci-workflows/package-tree-integrity.test.ts (28), tests/test-layout.test.ts, tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts: all pass, 0 fail. bun test --parallel=1 over CI's macOS batch 21 (12 explicit files): 229 pass, 0 fail.

• Mutation proof for the runtime gate: dropping the transaction-local pre-stop refusal, or the synchronous recheck before launch, each turns exactly one new regression red. An earlier mutation dropping the exact-version guard also failed its regression.

• bun run typecheck, bun run structure:check, bun run privacy:scan, git diff --check: pass.

• Reviews: an independent plan audit of the runtime-gate change found two blockers (the transport sanitizes beforeStop errors; the wait separated the home check from the launch), both fixed, and its re-audit passed. An independent security review passed at 1e52cf9550, and a delta re-review rebound it to 87d8123137. It raised one finding, that the admin credential reaches the child environment, and withdrew it after re-checking: an ordinary detached ocx start passes the same environment, the server uses that variable as its own configured credential, and the launch happens only after an authenticated stop with it. The handoff marker carries no attestation secret, and lease delegation is stripped before spawn and at child admission. These reviews used the same requested model family in separate contexts; they are not maintainer approval.

• Test isolation fix (00c850446e): the macOS shard first failed on tests/cli/cli-status-hub-state.test.ts because the HTTP-proxy case in cli-update-restart-transport.test.ts set proxy variables in the test process. Bun cannot unset an exported variable, so under BUN_TEST_PARALLEL=1 the next file in the batch spawned ocx status through a closed proxy. That case now runs the stop in a child whose own environment carries the proxy. The CI batch (12 files, bun test --parallel=1) reproduced the failure locally before the fix and passes after it (229 pass, 0 fail).

• The full local suite was intentionally not run, per maintainer instruction for this landing train. Wider coverage is left to exact-head hosted CI.

• Limits: Linux handoff with a real user systemd manager, npm-global installs (the runtime gate is covered by unit tests only), Windows and supervised paths (refused by design) were not exercised end to end. The runtime gate is a size threshold. It proves the wait on npm's placeholder, not a complete or atomic install.

Checklist

• Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
• Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
• Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

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Walkthrough

The CLI adds a guarded update-restart path for eligible standalone POSIX proxies when the CLI version is newer. It validates ownership and target identity, confirms shutdown before launching a replacement, and verifies the replacement through attested health checks.

Changes

CLI Update Restart

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Version and ownership eligibility src/cli/update-restart-candidate.ts, src/cli/update-restart-home.ts, src/cli/system-restart-client.ts, tests/cli/cli-update-restart-home.test.ts, tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts, devlog/_plan/261004_cli_update_restart/000_plan.md, devlog/_plan/261004_cli_update_restart/010_delivery.md	The restart client distinguishes newer-CLI version skew from other skew and carries a candidate after home and target identity checks. Home validation records physical directory identities and ownership revision. Tests cover eligibility and version-skew outcomes.
Attested stop and replacement transport src/cli/update-restart-transport.ts, tests/cli/cli-update-restart-transport.test.ts	The transport validates attested health and version conditions, sends the stop request over the same direct connection, and verifies replacement identity. Tests cover connection reuse, proof, deadlines, response limits, and failures without retry.
Stop, launch, and verify transaction src/cli/update-restart.ts, tests/cli/cli-update-restart.test.ts	The transaction revalidates ownership and target eligibility, confirms shutdown before launch, waits for runtime readiness within the deadline, and requires a distinct verified replacement. Tests cover phase-specific failures and deadline boundaries.
Delegated child startup and CLI integration src/cli/update-restart-child.ts, src/cli/index.ts, tests/cli/cli-update-restart-child.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/cli/lifecycle.md, structure/runtime.md, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json	The CLI validates delegated child authorization during startup and runtime publication, then completes the child protocol. The lifecycle and runtime documentation describe the guarded path and its limits. The test-layout mappings include the four restart test files.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RestartClient
  participant UpdateRestart
  participant TargetProxy
  participant ReplacementCLI
  RestartClient->>UpdateRestart: Pass candidate and shared deadline
  UpdateRestart->>TargetProxy: Validate attested health and request stop
  UpdateRestart->>ReplacementCLI: Launch replacement after shutdown
  UpdateRestart->>TargetProxy: Verify replacement health and version
  ReplacementCLI-->>UpdateRestart: Publish runtime identity

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 87d81

A configuration change during replacement startup can let the child publish as a connected client instead of the intended proxy. Resolve that handoff gap and the outstanding restart concerns before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 87d81

The restart is narrowly scoped and has strong identity and ownership checks. However, replacement startup does not apply the same handoff checks to every startup branch. Concurrent configuration changes could start an unexpected client runtime after the old proxy stops, even though the command would not report success.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · inferred: The delegated replacement's role and endpoint fence is incomplete across startup branches. If persisted client state changes after the final admission check, startup can enter the connected-client branch and bind and publish without revalidating the frozen handoff. Parent verification rejects that replacement, but only after startup side effects. The admission deadline bounds this state; it does not provide the server branch's immediate validation and rollback.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The added destructive authority is bounded to stopping and replacing one eligible runtime in the selected physical home. It uses the CLI process's configured admin credential and current executable; no inspected change adds fleet-wide authority, an IAM grant, or a new production listener.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A concurrent writer able to alter persisted client configuration is the relevant source for the startup-role drift concern. The demonstrated gap is incomplete enforcement of the replacement contract, not a verified remote exploit or privilege gain. The parent's identity checks prevent reporting that unexpected runtime as a successful replacement.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The stop transport validates challenge-bound runtime proof, PID and port before sending the admin credential. Health attestation and authenticated stop remain bound to the same socket; target revalidation occurs synchronously before the stop request is queued. Errors are sanitized, the session is closed, and no reconnecting stop retry is attempted.
• observed — The graph-labelled public-entrypoint ranges are loopback test fixtures, not production endpoints. They exercise the transport boundary but do not establish complete upstream target discovery or attestation-secret confidentiality.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The child arms an exit deadline during admission and cancels it only through release after successful completion or exit. Because connected-client startup does not complete the delegated guard, that deadline remains a containment control; an indefinitely running rejected client replacement is not supported by the inspected code.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Make delegated replacement admission authoritative across startup branches: reject connected-client routing for an update child, and serialize or revalidate persisted role selection through bind and publication so configuration drift cannot bypass the handoff fence.

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Review comments at @src/cli/system-restart-client.ts:
- Around line 162-163: Update the `cli-newer` branch in
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- Around line 147-157: Update the Linux parent check in standalone so a safely
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Keep the version-skew error for ineligible update homes.

When readUpdateRestartHome() cannot provide an eligible home, requestBoundSystemRestart returns update_restart_home_unverified for a newer CLI (src/cli/system-restart-client.ts:162-163). reportRestartFailure does not map that code, so users can see only generic failure text instead of the existing recovery instructions to run ocx stop and then ocx start from this installation (src/cli/index.ts:930-936).

Suggested fix

   if (skew.relation === "cli-newer") {
-    if (!updateHome) return rejected("update_restart_home_unverified");
+    // Ineligible homes keep the existing skew diagnosis and recovery advice.
+    if (!updateHome) return rejected("restart_version_skew");

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	if (skew.relation === "cli-newer") {
	if (!updateHome) return rejected("update_restart_home_unverified");
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	// Ineligible homes keep the existing skew diagnosis and recovery advice.
	if (!updateHome) return rejected("restart_version_skew");

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Update the `cli-newer` branch in `requestBoundSystemRestart` so a missing or
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Linux man page PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER orphan reparent nearest subreaper ancestor

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Yes. The `PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER(2)` man page says that when a process becomes orphaned because its immediate parent terminates, it is reparented to the **nearest still-living ancestor subreaper**. The subreaper then receives `SIGCHLD` when the orphan exits and can collect its status with `wait(2)`. ([man7.org](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER.2const.html?utm_source=openai))

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Adjust the Linux parent check in src/cli/update-restart.ts:153-156.

When a detached proxy becomes orphaned beneath a live Linux subreaper other than PID 1, the reported PPID is not 1. standalone() then rejects the proxy, and runUpdateRestart() returns update_restart_eligibility_failed before stopping it. This can block update restarts for standalone proxies while the failure message says they are supervised, shared, or changed. Accept a safely identified non-service subreaper, or give Linux sessions intentionally out of scope a distinct refusal message.

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Review comment at @src/cli/update-restart.ts around lines 147 - 157:
Update the Linux parent check in standalone so a safely identified non-service
subreaper can qualify a detached proxy even when its PPID is not 1; if such
sessions remain unsupported, return a distinct refusal reason instead of
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Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Use fixed paths for ps in standalone(). If a writable directory comes first in PATH, its ps can report PPID 1 for a process that is not detached. This can pass the PPID eligibility check and allow the stop flow to continue.

Use fixed system paths

-  try {
-    return execFileSync("ps", ["-o", "ppid=", "-p", String(target.pid)], {
-      encoding: "utf8", timeout: 1000, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
-    }).trim() === "1";
-  } catch { return false; }
+  for (const ps of ["/bin/ps", "/usr/bin/ps"]) {
+    try {
+      return execFileSync(ps, ["-o", "ppid=", "-p", String(target.pid)], {
+        encoding: "utf8", timeout: 1000, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
+      }).trim() === "1";
+    } catch { /* try the other fixed system path */ }
+  }
+  return false;

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Update the `standalone()` PPID check to invoke `ps` via fixed system paths
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Scoped test-only follow-up at 87d8123, not PR approval. The substantive new commit00c850446e moves the proxy environment into a child rather than mutating/restoring the worker's exported environment; subsequent merge carries dev907c6f4d. The update-restart implementation is unchanged from1e52cf95; broader CLI shim preflight changed through the dev carry and is not certified by this narrow fixture.

Independent Linux/Bun1.4.0: bun test ./tests/cli/cli-update-restart-transport.test.ts -t 'HTTP proxy environment|Bun.serve health and stop' — 2 pass, 0 fail, 42 filtered, 9 assertions, exit0. The changed child exits0 with empty stderr, the synthetic health/stop peer sees two requests on one connection, and the synthetic proxy sees no connection or bytes. The Bun.serve control uses the same direct peer. This uses only ephemeral loopback fixtures/synthetic credentials, not an actual proxy stop/restart.

ubuntu detached exact-head worktree/fresh private homes, one cgroup CPU75%, high1280M/max1536M, swap0, Tasks64, IOWeight20, nice10, RuntimeMax120/stop5s; live caps verified, peak33.8MiB, unit ended, actual-home snapshots unchanged. No build, full suite, account/provider/native daemon, scan or service mutation. The macOS unmocked acceptance in the description is an author receipt at1e52cf95, not an independently rerun87d result. Please label that older receipt historical after the new push and record which implementation paths are unchanged. Current-head CI37221581777 completed successfully (verified 2026-10-04 18:01 UTC); Service lifecycle37221581756 and React Doctor37221581759 also completed successfully. Full18-file semantic review and any required boundary review remain pending; no approval or supersession closure of#6548.

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distinguish the server startup path’s checks before each bind, PID write, and
runtime publication from the connected-client path through handleStart() and
startClientRuntimeUnderOwnershipLease(), which lacks per-bind and publication
checks.

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• scripts/test-layout/layout.json
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Narrow the child-check guarantee to the server startup path.

The ownership-revision check is present: assertUpdateRestartHome() compares the current home, including its revision, with the captured snapshot. But handleStart() checks the child and then reads client configuration again. If that configuration changes to connected between the reads, it can enter startClientRuntimeUnderOwnershipLease. startClientRuntime() then binds and writes PID/runtime records without invoking the child guard. The documented per-bind and publication checks do not cover that path.

🛠️ Suggested documentation fix

-before startup, each bind and publication.
+before startup. The server path rechecks before each bind, PID write, and runtime publication; the connected-client path has no per-bind or publication checks.

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Review comment at @structure/runtime.md at line 145:
Update the child-check guarantee in the runtime documentation: distinguish the
server startup path’s checks before each bind, PID write, and runtime
publication from the connected-client path through handleStart() and
startClientRuntimeUnderOwnershipLease(), which lacks per-bind and publication
checks.

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Maintainer integration (lidge-jun, dev only) — 2026-10-04 landing train, lane L3.

• Head: 87d8123
• CI at this head: runs 37221581777 (Cross-platform CI incl. macOS shards), 37221581756 (Service lifecycle macos-launchd/linux-systemd/windows-schtasks), 37221581759 (React Doctor), 37221580495 (enforce-target); static union check vs current dev passed; every executed job passed.
• Review: standalone update restart with exact replacement verification; isolated unmocked POSIX handoff acceptance passed on this exact head (sandboxed state roots, random port, no live service touched); runtime-placeholder check aligned with fix(server): wait for a complete Bun before restarting onto a replaced package tree #6569; fix(cli): restart via stop/start when CLI is newer than proxy #6548's messages folded in with Co-authored-by agentHits; independent security review bound to this head.
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