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fix(server): name the other machine that owns a shared T3 home - #34077
Item 1 was correct: round 1's rule (a live local PID wins) let an unrelated local process holding the remote server's PID hide the other machine. A PID cannot tell a renamed local machine from a PID collision, so the decision now happens where it can be checked. otherMachineOf (serverRuntimeState.ts) and the launcher's inline copy (serviceLauncher.ts) are hostname-only again. pair.discoverPairTarget pairs only when the recorded PID is alive locally AND the recorded origin answers the environment descriptor probe; that keeps round 1's renamed-hostname case working (a live local server still answers). Otherwise, if the record names a different hostname, it reports ServerOnOtherMachineError, whether the PID is dead or belongs to an unrelated local process. The serve ownership refusal, BootServiceOtherBaseDirError (no uninstall advice) and the launcher message now name the recorded machine regardless of local PID liveness, which settles the collision case for them. Tests: the pair repro test now covers both a dead PID and this process's live PID (collision, nothing listening at the recorded port) and expects host-a named both times; the 'mints a token' pair test records hostname 'renamed-host' and still pairs against a live descriptor server; the ownership test went back to naming host-a with the owner's live PID. No new regex or parser.
Commit d756fed (origin/main). Simulated two hosts sharing one $HOME on one VM: 'host A' ran node src/bin.ts serve --base-dir <scratch>/home/.t3 --port 39555 inside unshare -Urnpf --mount-proc, its own PID and network namespace, so its PID and loopback are invisible to host B. It wrote server-runtime.json {"pid":1,"port":39555,"origin":"http://127.0.0.1:39555","ownerId":...}, with no hostname, and held server-owner.sqlite. From host B (the normal namespace, same files): (3) t3 pair --base-dir <home>/.t3 -> NoRunningServerError: No running T3 Code server found ... Start one with t3 serve. PID 1 exists on host B (init, EPERM counts as alive), so this also covers the reporter's 'PID in use locally' sub-case: pair probed 127.0.0.1:39555 on host B, failed, and still gave that error. (4) t3 serve --base-dir <home>/.t3 --port 39556 -> exit 78, ServerAlreadyRunningError: A T3 Code server already owns .../userdata. Stop that server, or use a separate T3 home..., naming no machine. (5) t3 up --base-dir <home>/.t3-hostB --yes --headless with an installed unit serving %h/.t3 (here the VM's real t3code.service; the check fires before any write and the service was left untouched) -> The T3 Code service on this machine serves %h/.t3 ... run t3 service uninstall --base-dir '%h/.t3' first to move it. Since https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/29872 that uninstall stops and removes any unit serving that home: on a shared $HOME, host A's unit. Not executed. Failing test: apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts 'names the other machine whose server owns a shared T3 home' fails on main (1 failed, 24 passed).
Evidence
Same steps on both commits: build the real CLI; start a server on port 39555 in isolated PID/network/UTS namespaces with synthetic hostname evidence-host-a; share its fresh HOME with the normal namespace; run pair, competing serve --port 39556, up --base-dir "$HOME/.t3-hostB" --yes --headless with a synthetic installed unit, and the real service launcher. Local PID 1 exists on both sides. The synthetic unit stayed unchanged and the owning server remained alive; no uninstall was executed.
Environment for both captures: Linux x86_64, fresh synthetic data, identical driver, 1600×1000 dark output replay. Videos hold captured stdout pages for reading; linked asciicast recordings preserve original timing. Private paths are redacted.
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Physical two-machine NFS operation was simulated with shared files and separate Linux namespaces, matching the supplied reproduction.
Actual service activation, stop and uninstall were not executed; the proof captures diagnostics using a synthetic unit and the real launcher.
Legacy runtime records without hostname, macOS service behavior, and direct service-management command variants were not separately exercised.
Tests
vp test run src/cli/pair.test.ts src/serverRuntimeState.test.ts src/serviceLauncher.test.ts src/cloud/bootService.test.ts (4 files, 98 passed); vp run check:changed: all pass (format, lint, knip 1/2 and 2/2, graphql, typecheck of 3 packages, tests in 8 files); the pre-commit hook's fmt, lint and knip:check also passed.
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Other CLI commands still judge the runtime record by local PID only: cli/connect.ts:312, cli/update.ts:311, cli/policy.ts:49, cli/config.ts:356, triage/triageSession.ts:34 and scripts/migrate-dev-db.ts:151 would also misjudge a server on another machine sharing $HOME.
BootServiceOtherBaseDirError's host lookup uses the unit's T3CODE_HOME verbatim; a hand-written unit with a systemd specifier like %h/.t3 (as on the VM) is not expanded, so repro step (5) on that exact unit still shows the old message. T3-written units use absolute paths.
The legacy pre-lock check (legacyOwnerIsLive) and the 'Server ownership lock … was deleted or replaced' log do not name a machine; legacy records have no hostname to report.
Hostname equality is the only identity check; two machines with the same hostname sharing a home look like one machine (unchanged behaviour).
If another machine's server PID happens to also be alive on this machine, it is treated as local and we get main's behaviour (no machine named); telling that apart would need a stronger machine identity than hostname plus PID.
Other CLI commands still judge the runtime record by local PID only (cli/connect.ts, cli/update.ts, cli/policy.ts, cli/config.ts, triage/triageSession.ts), as noted in the first round.
If this machine's own server keeps running after its hostname changes, the t3 serve ownership refusal and the launcher idle message will name the old hostname as 'another machine'. That is only wording and the advice is not destructive; telling the two apart there would need a probe or a stable machine id, which neither path has.
If an unrelated local T3 server answers at the other machine's recorded loopback origin while its PID also collides, pair treats it as local (main behaviour).
Other CLI commands still judge the runtime record by local PID only (cli/connect.ts, cli/update.ts, cli/policy.ts, cli/config.ts, triage/triageSession.ts).
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On a shared $HOME (NFS), server-runtime.json did not say which machine the
server runs on, so the local PID check reported a live server elsewhere as
gone, and stop/uninstall advice would act on that machine's service.
Servers now record their hostname. `t3 pair`, `t3 serve`'s ownership refusal,
the service launcher and the boot-service "other T3 home" refusal name the
other machine and stop advising stop or uninstall from here.
Fixes#34054
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The hostname is recorded once at server start, and on macOS it follows the
network, so a running local server could be reported as running on another
machine. A recorded server now counts as another machine's only when its
PID is not alive here, so pairing keeps main's path for a live local PID.
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A live local PID alone cannot tell a renamed machine from an unrelated
local process that happens to have the other machine's server PID. The
hostname check is hostname-only again, and `t3 pair` treats a record as
local only when its PID is alive and the recorded origin answers as a T3
server; otherwise a recorded hostname that is not this machine's is
reported as the other machine.
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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Records the server's hostname so shared-home conflict messages can identify the other machine. Existing ownership locks, pairing probes, and service-installation safeguards remain intact.
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The change records the server hostname in persisted runtime state and uses it to identify remote ownership during pairing, server startup, and service checks. Related errors and status output can report the remote hostname when it is available.
Changes: Shared-home server ownership
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Runtime hostname and ownership checks apps/server/src/serverRuntimeState.ts, apps/server/src/serverOwnership.ts, apps/server/src/serverRuntimeState.test.ts
Persisted server state now includes the hostname. Ownership checks compare it with the local hostname and identify a remote owner in the refusal message.
Pairing with a server on another host apps/server/src/cli/pair.ts, apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts
Pair discovery checks the recorded hostname when it cannot find a usable local target. It reports the remote host instead of reporting that no server is running.
Other-base-directory service reporting apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts, apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts, apps/server/src/cli/service.ts, apps/server/src/cli/up.ts
Service status and installation errors include the serving hostname when a different base directory belongs to another host.
Launcher message for remote ownership apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.ts, apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.test.ts
When runtime metadata identifies a remote owner, the launcher message names that host.
pingdotgg/t3code#24100: Both changes use and modify the persisted server runtime-state contract.
pingdotgg/t3code#26547: Both changes use the persisted runtime-state contract in server ownership flows.
Suggested labels:bugfix
Suggested reviewers:maria-rcks, shivamhwp, saphid
Merge Risk: Low · up to acadf
If a machine’s hostname changes while its server is running, a second server attempt can give misleading instructions about where to stop it. This is a bounded diagnostic issue, so the change remains mergeable with owner awareness.
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Use the same hostname source as the writer.
The writer stores HostProcess.Hostname. This helper compares against NodeOS.hostname() directly. The two agree under the default. If HostProcess.Hostname is overridden, the launcher can misclassify the owner. The launcher has no Effect runtime, so this is a narrow, deliberate duplication, and the comment on Line 52 documents it. The impact is limited to a log message.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/serverOwnership.ts:
- Around line 237-244: Update the ServerAlreadyRunningError handler in
acquireServerOwnership so a hostname mismatch alone does not establish that the
lock owner is remote. Preserve the recorded hostname as diagnostic information,
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Treat the recorded hostname as a hint, not proof of a remote owner
If the local hostname changes while the owner holds the lock, this error says the owner is on another machine and tells the user to stop it on the old hostname. The user may look for a machine that no longer exists instead of stopping the local server. Preserve the recorded hostname as a diagnostic without treating a hostname mismatch alone as proof of location.
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Update the ServerAlreadyRunningError handler in acquireServerOwnership so a hostname mismatch alone does not establish that the lock owner is remote. Preserve the recorded hostname as diagnostic information, but only report the owner as being on another machine when supported by independent evidence; otherwise retain the non-remote error path.
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Item 1 was correct: round 1's rule (a live local PID wins) let an unrelated local process holding the remote server's PID hide the other machine. A PID cannot tell a renamed local machine from a PID collision, so the decision now happens where it can be checked. otherMachineOf (serverRuntimeState.ts) and the launcher's inline copy (serviceLauncher.ts) are hostname-only again. pair.discoverPairTarget pairs only when the recorded PID is alive locally AND the recorded origin answers the environment descriptor probe; that keeps round 1's renamed-hostname case working (a live local server still answers). Otherwise, if the record names a different hostname, it reports ServerOnOtherMachineError, whether the PID is dead or belongs to an unrelated local process. The serve ownership refusal, BootServiceOtherBaseDirError (no uninstall advice) and the launcher message now name the recorded machine regardless of local PID liveness, which settles the collision case for them. Tests: the pair repro test now covers both a dead PID and this process's live PID (collision, nothing listening at the recorded port) and expects host-a named both times; the 'mints a token' pair test records hostname 'renamed-host' and still pairs against a live descriptor server; the ownership test went back to naming host-a with the owner's live PID. No new regex or parser.
Fixes #34054
Reproduction on main
Commit d756fed (origin/main). Simulated two hosts sharing one $HOME on one VM: 'host A' ran
node src/bin.ts serve --base-dir <scratch>/home/.t3 --port 39555insideunshare -Urnpf --mount-proc, its own PID and network namespace, so its PID and loopback are invisible to host B. It wrote server-runtime.json{"pid":1,"port":39555,"origin":"http://127.0.0.1:39555","ownerId":...}, with no hostname, and held server-owner.sqlite. From host B (the normal namespace, same files): (3)t3 pair --base-dir <home>/.t3->NoRunningServerError: No running T3 Code server found ... Start one with t3 serve. PID 1 exists on host B (init, EPERM counts as alive), so this also covers the reporter's 'PID in use locally' sub-case: pair probed 127.0.0.1:39555 on host B, failed, and still gave that error. (4)t3 serve --base-dir <home>/.t3 --port 39556-> exit 78,ServerAlreadyRunningError: A T3 Code server already owns .../userdata. Stop that server, or use a separate T3 home..., naming no machine. (5)t3 up --base-dir <home>/.t3-hostB --yes --headlesswith an installed unit serving %h/.t3 (here the VM's real t3code.service; the check fires before any write and the service was left untouched) ->The T3 Code service on this machine serves %h/.t3 ... run t3 service uninstall --base-dir '%h/.t3' first to move it. Since https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/29872 that uninstall stops and removes any unit serving that home: on a shared $HOME, host A's unit. Not executed. Failing test: apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts 'names the other machine whose server owns a shared T3 home' fails on main (1 failed, 24 passed).Evidence
Same steps on both commits: build the real CLI; start a server on port 39555 in isolated PID/network/UTS namespaces with synthetic hostname
evidence-host-a; share its fresh HOME with the normal namespace; runpair, competingserve --port 39556,up --base-dir "$HOME/.t3-hostB" --yes --headlesswith a synthetic installed unit, and the real service launcher. Local PID 1 exists on both sides. The synthetic unit stayed unchanged and the owning server remained alive; no uninstall was executed.Environment for both captures: Linux x86_64, fresh synthetic data, identical driver, 1600×1000 dark output replay. Videos hold captured stdout pages for reading; linked asciicast recordings preserve original timing. Private paths are redacted.
pair: no running server.serveand launcher: unnamed owner and stop advice.up: uninstall advice.evidence-host-a.pairdirects pairing there; stop advice specifies that host;upwarns uninstalling here removes the service there.Reproduction/seed driver · Recording renderer
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Tests
vp test run src/cli/pair.test.ts src/serverRuntimeState.test.ts src/serviceLauncher.test.ts src/cloud/bootService.test.ts (4 files, 98 passed); vp run check:changed: all pass (format, lint, knip 1/2 and 2/2, graphql, typecheck of 3 packages, tests in 8 files); the pre-commit hook's fmt, lint and knip:check also passed.
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%h/.t3(as on the VM) is not expanded, so repro step (5) on that exact unit still shows the old message. T3-written units use absolute paths.t3 serveownership refusal and the launcher idle message will name the old hostname as 'another machine'. That is only wording and the advice is not destructive; telling the two apart there would need a probe or a stable machine id, which neither path has.AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.