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Problem

After a desktop update, reconnecting to an SSH environment runs the remote launch script, which first downloads the new release archive (about 110 MB, curl --max-time 240) before anything else. The desktop bounds that launch itself (900 s), but the client supervisor raced the whole attempt, preparation included, against a 15 s per-route setup deadline. Slow or failing downloads therefore surfaced as " did not respond during connection setup." (cause timeout), and the real curl failure never reached the user.

Reproduction: rendering the real runner with buildRemoteT3RunnerScript({ archiveVersion: "0.1.6" }) against a local release server that trickles and then drops the archive, the first launch step (run-t3.sh --version, packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts:557) spent 20 s downloading and exited with a curl error; the client gives up at 15 s. The red supervisor test reproduces the client side.

Change

• supervisor.ts: for an entry whose routes are all SSH, the setup budget is only spent while the attempt is not in the preparing stage. Socket opening and the snapshot (synchronizing) budget are timed exactly as before, and entries with any non-SSH route keep today's timing, because their preparation is not bounded elsewhere. SSH preparation stays bounded by the desktop: SSH commands 60 s, archive launch and pairing 900 s, tunnel readiness 20 s, password prompts 3 min, and descriptor/session HTTP calls 10 s.
• driver.ts: preparing is reported before each route is prepared instead of once per attempt, so a fallback to a second SSH route also pauses the clock (and the stage shown is accurate).

A failed download now reaches the user as "Could not prepare the SSH environment: … curl: (28) …" with its cause.

Scope and approval

Fixes #29253

Verification

• vp test run packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.test.ts packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.test.ts: 56 passed.
  • reports a slow SSH preparation failure instead of the setup timeout: fails on main with reason: "timeout" where remote-unavailable with the curl message is expected.
  • does not time a second SSH route's slow preparation: on main the attempt times out at 105 s instead of letting the second route finish preparing.
  • times out an SSH route that stops answering after a slow preparation: an SSH route that opens after 4 minutes of preparation and never synchronizes still times out 90 s after opening.
  • ConnectionDriver > reports preparing before each route it prepares: fails with main's driver.ts (['preparing','opening','opening']).
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (7 packages), and tests all pass.
• Runtime transcript (synthetic release server on 127.0.0.1, runner rendered from this checkout; no SSH hop):

$ HOME=<scratch> sh run-t3.sh --version   # first step of REMOTE_LAUNCH_SCRIPT in archive mode (tunnel.ts:557)
10:34:27
curl: (18) transfer closed with 109670785 bytes remaining to read
exit=18 after 20s
10:34:47
--- release server log
2026-11-02T10:34:27.841Z GET /v0.1.6/SHA256SUMS
2026-11-02T10:34:27.859Z GET /v0.1.6/t3-0.1.6-linux-x64.tar.gz
2026-11-02T10:34:47.861Z dropping after 159744 bytes

Synthetic release server used for the transcript

import http from "node:http";
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
  if (req.url.endsWith("/SHA256SUMS")) {
    res.end("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000  t3-0.1.6-linux-x64.tar.gz\n");
    return;
  }
  res.writeHead(200, { "content-length": String(109830529) });
  const timer = setInterval(() => res.write(Buffer.alloc(4096)), 500);
  setTimeout(() => { clearInterval(timer); req.socket.destroy(); }, 20_000);
});
server.listen(Number(process.argv[2]), "127.0.0.1");

Not checked: a packaged desktop app reconnecting over a real SSH hop with a throttled download, and the resulting connection error text in the UI (the dev desktop uses the Node-script runner, not the archive runner). The error text path is unchanged: SshCommandError message → sshPreparationError in apps/web/src/connection/platform.ts.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, tests, implementation) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review) via Claude Code and Codex in T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at c6427fc

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — SSH-only connections now pause the setup timer during preparation so slow runtime downloads can report their own errors. Opening and synchronization retain their timeout budgets, limiting the change to preparation-time accounting.

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Walkthrough

The connection driver reports preparation progress for each route attempt. For SSH-only routes, the supervisor pauses the establishment timeout while a route is preparing. The timeout budget remains 15 seconds per route plus 75 seconds per route that reaches synchronization.

Changes: SSH connection timing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Per-route preparation progress packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.test.ts	The driver reports preparing before preparing each route. Tests check the progress sequence across primary and alternate SSH routes.
SSH establishment timeout packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.test.ts	For SSH-only routes, the timeout pauses during preparation and resumes afterward. Tests cover preparation failures, readiness timeout after preparation, and preservation of the first route’s transient failure.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#7699 — The timeout change covers SSH preparation time; the PR does not change prompt queue settlement.
• pingdotgg/t3code#32572 — The timeout change allows SSH preparation to exceed the setup budget and preserves preparation failures instead of reporting a setup timeout.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#29116 — Both PRs change connection setup progress and timeout behavior in ConnectionDriver and EnvironmentSupervisor.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review c6427

Slow or failed SSH runtime preparation should now report its own error instead of a misleading 15-second connection timeout. I found no concrete merge-blocking risk. The author did not test a packaged desktop reconnect over real SSH with a throttled download, so that case is unverified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		The changes satisfy the core timeout-masking behavior in #29253. supervisor.ts pauses the setup budget during preparation for SSH-only routes. driver.ts reports preparing before each route. Regr…	Implement and test the missing #29253 behavior. Report an explicit runtime installation or download status with the runtime version. Explain the installation condition. Reuse an existing server when possible, or provide linked implementatio…

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: slow SSH runtime downloads now report their preparation error instead of a setup timeout.
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Out of Scope Changes check		The supervisor timing change, per-route preparing report, and related tests directly support the timeout and error-reporting problem in #29253. The reviewed diff shows no unrelated product behavior.

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The changes satisfy the core timeout-masking behavior in #29253. supervisor.ts pauses the setup budget during preparation for SSH-only routes. driver.ts reports preparing before each route. Regression tests verify that a slow SSH preparation reports the preparation failure and that synchronization still times out. The changes do not implement the other coding requirements in #29253. The progress stage remains generic preparing; it does not identify runtime installation or download. No change explains why installation is required despite an existing host installation. No change avoids a new download when an existing server can be reused.

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Evidence

Linux packaged Electron desktop, version 0.1.8, 1280×800, light appearance; fresh synthetic state on both commits.

Connect the saved SSH environment with its matching runtime absent. Deliver an incomplete archive through real curl, hold the response for 25 seconds, then interrupt it. Inspect Settings → Environments → Details.

Before	After
f7b81e1d11	4ef967777b
Before recording	After recording
Setup timeout near 15 seconds while the archive request remains active.	Still Connecting beyond 15 seconds; after interruption, reports remote-unavailable and curl: (18) transfer closed with 1048558 bytes remaining to read.

Driver and synthetic fixture · Runtime transcript

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Not shown:

• The full 240-second curl timeout was not exercised; the permitted download-interruption reproduction was used.
• Alternate SSH routes and successful preparation followed by a stalled handshake were not exercised.
• Desktop apps were packaged locally from each commit; signed published release artifacts were not used.