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Profile codec and disk verification lib/session-profile-persistence.ts, lib/session-profile-disk-reader.ts, lib/model-routing-authority.ts, tests/session-profile-persistence.test.ts, tests/session-profile-disk-reader*.test.ts, docs/session-profile-format.md |
Defines v1 bind and clear payloads, validates and replays profile entries, and verifies selected branch entries against disk records. Tests cover validation, replay order, disk corroboration, and indeterminate results. |
Append and fork evidence lib/session-profile-append-controller.ts, tests/session-profile-append-controller*.test.ts |
Tracks append outcomes against branch and disk state. Captures fork preparation evidence and validates destination handoffs. Tests cover persistence states, append failures, branch changes, and fork boundaries. |
Lifecycle authority and launch gates lib/session-profile-integration.ts, lib/session-profile-authority.ts, extensions/gentle-agents.ts, tests/session-profile-integration.test.ts, tests/session-profile-authority.test.ts, tests/gentle-agents.test.ts |
Connects lifecycle-owned outcomes and disk reads to session-profile bindings. Adds authority checks during subagent request construction and at run and continue entry points. Tests cover lifecycle changes, binding isolation, and launch rejection when authority is unavailable. |
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes
Change: Feature
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sequenceDiagram
participant AgentTool
participant AuthorityBridge
participant LifecycleAdapter
participant DiskReader
participant Binding
AgentTool->>AuthorityBridge: requireSessionProfileAuthority
AuthorityBridge->>LifecycleAdapter: readCurrentSessionProfileOutcome
alt Lifecycle outcome is available
LifecycleAdapter-->>AuthorityBridge: current append outcome
else No lifecycle outcome
AuthorityBridge->>DiskReader: readSessionProfileDisk
DiskReader-->>AuthorityBridge: corroborated disk result
end
AuthorityBridge->>Binding: publish or clear session profile
AuthorityBridge-->>AgentTool: available authority or error
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Subagent launches are gated on session profile authority. Saved sessions with no profile entries stay launchable even when the session file is corrupt, and a stale binding from another branch is dropped. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains in this slice.
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Review comments at @extensions/gentle-agents.ts:
- Line 1563: Update the repeated authority checks around
requireSessionProfileAuthority so admission performs the full session-profile
read once, while later checks compare a cheap snapshot of session ID, file
identity or metadata, and branch tail ID. Re-read the profile only when that
snapshot changes, preserving the sessionBinding selected during admission.
Review comments at @lib/session-profile-authority.ts:
- Around line 34-37: Update publishSessionProfileOutcome and its call from
readSessionProfileAuthority to preserve an existing binding when an ownerless
read returns an absent outcome, while retaining current clearing behavior for
owned reads and other outcomes. Add a regression test covering an existing
binding with an absent saved-session result.
- Around line 73-87: Update readSessionProfileAuthority to handle a profile-less
branch before reading and validating the session file: when no current profile
outcome exists and noProfile(manager) is true, verify the session identity is
unchanged, clear the binding if the session file exists, and return no binding
in that case. Preserve the existing binding when the session file is absent, and
leave the non-profile-less outcome flow unchanged.
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| admittedModel = `${catalogModel.provider}/${catalogModel.id}`; | ||
| if (!current() || !await prepareBoundSessionRepository(originalManager, originalCwd, signal) || !current() || safeBootstrapDirectory(originalCwd) !== root || resolveSessionWorktree(originalCwd, originalCwd)?.root !== root) throw new Error("Writer repository preparation was unavailable or its session/target changed."); | ||
| } | ||
| requireSessionProfileAuthority(originalManager); |
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Avoid four or more full synchronous session-file parses on each launch.
Each requireSessionProfileAuthority call runs readSessionProfileDisk. That function serializes the branch twice, runs readFileSync on the whole JSONL file, and calls JSON.parse on every line. One subagent_run calls it at line 2044 and again at lines 1546, 1563, 1607 and 1632. One subagent_continue makes the same number of calls through lines 2130 and 1546-1632. Large sessions are often several MB, so the event loop blocks repeatedly on the tool path.
The rechecks at lines 1563, 1607 and 1632 discard their result. Only availability matters, because routing uses sessionBinding from line 1546. Do the full read once at admission. For the rechecks, compare a cheap identity snapshot instead: session ID, file, file size or mtime, and the branch tail ID. Run the full read again only when that snapshot changes.
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Review comment at @extensions/gentle-agents.ts at line 1563:
Update the repeated authority checks around requireSessionProfileAuthority so
admission performs the full session-profile read once, while later checks
compare a cheap snapshot of session ID, file identity or metadata, and branch
tail ID. Re-read the profile only when that snapshot changes, preserving the
sessionBinding selected during admission.
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Partly addressed in 28af302. The recheck before queueing ran back to back with the previous one, with no await between them, so I removed it. I kept the remaining rechecks: each one follows an await, where the session can change. Replacing them with an identity snapshot would be a separate optimization, and I'd rather not widen this slice for it.
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@noxsystems Thanks for the clarification. Removing the back-to-back check addresses the redundant read. Keeping authority checks across await boundaries is reasonable because the session can change.
The snapshot optimization can remain outside this slice. Would you like a follow-up issue for it?
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Learnt from: noxsystems
Repo: Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell PR: 1991
File: extensions/gentle-agents.ts:1563-1563
Timestamp: 2026-10-09T17:39:37.099Z
Learning: In extensions/gentle-agents.ts, retain session-profile authority rechecks across await boundaries in buildRequest because the session can change during asynchronous work. Do not recommend removing these checks solely to reduce repeated disk reads; any optimization must preserve authority validation across those boundaries.
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Review comments at @tests/session-profile-append-controller.test.ts:
- Around line 179-226: In both parameterized loops, the “mismatch” cases leave
the valid disk content unchanged. Update the fault setup in the tests around
`successful append cannot adopt` and `uncorroborated append stays untrusted` to
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| for (const fault of [ | ||
| "missing", | ||
| "corrupt", | ||
| "unreadable", | ||
| "mismatch", | ||
| "wrong-session", | ||
| ]) { | ||
| test(`successful append cannot adopt against established ${fault} disk`, () => { | ||
| const f = fixture(); | ||
| f.mode = "disk"; | ||
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | ||
| f.mode = "normal"; | ||
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | ||
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | ||
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | ||
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | ||
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | ||
| const result = f.controller.bind("new", {}); | ||
| assert.equal(result.status, "indeterminate"); | ||
| assert.equal(f.controller.refresh().status, "indeterminate"); | ||
| }); | ||
| } | ||
| for (const fault of [ | ||
| "missing", | ||
| "corrupt", | ||
| "unreadable", | ||
| "mismatch", | ||
| "wrong-session", | ||
| ]) { | ||
| test(`uncorroborated append stays untrusted after ${fault} disk recovers`, () => { | ||
| const f = fixture(); | ||
| f.mode = "disk"; | ||
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | ||
| f.mode = "normal"; | ||
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | ||
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | ||
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | ||
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | ||
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | ||
| assert.equal(f.controller.bind("new", {}).status, "indeterminate"); | ||
| f.save(); | ||
| const later = f.controller.refresh(); | ||
| assert.equal(later.status, "indeterminate", "a reported failure is never adopted later"); | ||
| assert.equal(later.state.status, "indeterminate"); | ||
| f.mode = "disk"; | ||
| bound(f.controller.bind("again", {}), "again"); | ||
| }); | ||
| } |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Inject a real fault for the mismatch cases.
Both parameterized loops list "mismatch", but neither loop body handles that value. For fault === "mismatch", f.text keeps the valid disk content. Each mismatch case therefore repeats the normal path: an unsaved append makes the reader return selected-record-missing. The test titles claim coverage for an established mismatched disk record, but these cases do not test that.
Write a disk record whose ID matches the selected record but whose content differs. Alternatively, remove "mismatch" from both lists.
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if (fault === "wrong-session")
f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" });
+ if (fault === "mismatch") {
+ const lines = f.text!.split("\n");
+ const row = JSON.parse(lines.at(-1)!);
+ row.data.name = "mismatched";
+ lines[lines.length - 1] = JSON.stringify(row);
+ f.text = lines.join("\n");
+ }Apply the same block in both loops (Lines 191-195 and Lines 213-217).
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| for (const fault of [ | |
| "missing", | |
| "corrupt", | |
| "unreadable", | |
| "mismatch", | |
| "wrong-session", | |
| ]) { | |
| test(`successful append cannot adopt against established ${fault} disk`, () => { | |
| const f = fixture(); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | |
| f.mode = "normal"; | |
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | |
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | |
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | |
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | |
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | |
| const result = f.controller.bind("new", {}); | |
| assert.equal(result.status, "indeterminate"); | |
| assert.equal(f.controller.refresh().status, "indeterminate"); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| for (const fault of [ | |
| "missing", | |
| "corrupt", | |
| "unreadable", | |
| "mismatch", | |
| "wrong-session", | |
| ]) { | |
| test(`uncorroborated append stays untrusted after ${fault} disk recovers`, () => { | |
| const f = fixture(); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | |
| f.mode = "normal"; | |
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | |
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | |
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | |
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | |
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | |
| assert.equal(f.controller.bind("new", {}).status, "indeterminate"); | |
| f.save(); | |
| const later = f.controller.refresh(); | |
| assert.equal(later.status, "indeterminate", "a reported failure is never adopted later"); | |
| assert.equal(later.state.status, "indeterminate"); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| bound(f.controller.bind("again", {}), "again"); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| for (const fault of [ | |
| "missing", | |
| "corrupt", | |
| "unreadable", | |
| "mismatch", | |
| "wrong-session", | |
| ]) { | |
| test(`successful append cannot adopt against established ${fault} disk`, () => { | |
| const f = fixture(); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | |
| f.mode = "normal"; | |
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | |
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | |
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | |
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | |
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | |
| if (fault === "mismatch") { | |
| const lines = f.text!.split("\n"); | |
| const row = JSON.parse(lines.at(-1)!); | |
| row.data.name = "mismatched"; | |
| lines[lines.length - 1] = JSON.stringify(row); | |
| f.text = lines.join("\n"); | |
| } | |
| const result = f.controller.bind("new", {}); | |
| assert.equal(result.status, "indeterminate"); | |
| assert.equal(f.controller.refresh().status, "indeterminate"); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| for (const fault of [ | |
| "missing", | |
| "corrupt", | |
| "unreadable", | |
| "mismatch", | |
| "wrong-session", | |
| ]) { | |
| test(`uncorroborated append stays untrusted after ${fault} disk recovers`, () => { | |
| const f = fixture(); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| f.controller.bind("old", {}); | |
| f.mode = "normal"; | |
| if (fault === "missing") f.text = undefined; | |
| if (fault === "corrupt") f.text = "{"; | |
| if (fault === "unreadable") f.text = "unreadable"; | |
| if (fault === "wrong-session") | |
| f.text = JSON.stringify({ type: "session", id: "wrong" }); | |
| if (fault === "mismatch") { | |
| const lines = f.text!.split("\n"); | |
| const row = JSON.parse(lines.at(-1)!); | |
| row.data.name = "mismatched"; | |
| lines[lines.length - 1] = JSON.stringify(row); | |
| f.text = lines.join("\n"); | |
| } | |
| assert.equal(f.controller.bind("new", {}).status, "indeterminate"); | |
| f.save(); | |
| const later = f.controller.refresh(); | |
| assert.equal(later.status, "indeterminate", "a reported failure is never adopted later"); | |
| assert.equal(later.state.status, "indeterminate"); | |
| f.mode = "disk"; | |
| bound(f.controller.bind("again", {}), "again"); | |
| }); | |
| } |
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179 - 226:
In both parameterized loops, the “mismatch” cases leave the valid disk content
unchanged. Update the fault setup in the tests around `successful append cannot
adopt` and `uncorroborated append stays untrusted` to write a disk record with
the selected record’s ID but different content, or remove “mismatch” from both
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Adds captureForkEvidence, detach and attach so failed-append quarantine and copied-path uncertainty survive reload and fork without restoring unwritten activation or transferring callbacks. Refs Gentleman-Programming#1064
Require corroborated session profile authority before subagent_run, subagent_continue and every launch stage. Test session fakes now expose getSessionFile like real session managers. Refs Gentleman-Programming#1064
…n file Unrelated session-file damage no longer blocks launches on a branch with no profile record, and a binding left from another branch is dropped. Drop the back-to-back authority recheck before queueing. Refs Gentleman-Programming#1064
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Reviewed the authority bridge and the launch guards, and this is the slice where the chain starts to bite, in the right way. The profile-less branch decided before any disk read is a good call, since unrelated session-file damage should never block a session that never had a profile, and the revalidation of session identity after each read closes the mutated-manager window. On the gentle-agents side, the six guard sites cover authorization, writer preparation, routing and queueing with the exact fail-closed message we agreed for 3b-i, and the test fakes gaining Full local validation passes: 7671 unit tests with zero fails, provider contract, runtime harness and typecheck all clean, CI green. We also dogfooded this one on a live session: a reload picked up the lifecycle attach cleanly, a real subagent launch went through all six guard sites unchanged, and the fail-closed cycle ran end to end against a real session file (corroborated binding, unreadable disk blocking with the exact contract message, and full recovery once the disk corroborates again). Merging and moving to #1992. |
…hority (Gentleman-Programming#2623) Binding a profile with u in /gentle:profiles was dropped by the first subagent launch when the session file already existed: the action bound the in-memory map only, so noProfile found no session profile record and the Gentleman-Programming#1991 authority check cleared the binding. The regression test drives the panel action against a real persisted session under the profile integration and asserts the binding survives requireSessionProfileAuthority.
Summary
Part of #1064, slice 3b-i, PR 5b (authority publication and launch gating). Builds on the lifecycle integration from #1990.
readSessionProfileAuthority: load-order independent read. Without an owner, disk is read-only authority; with one, each request revalidates its negative evidence. An ordinary empty/preflush branch with no profile record keeps legacy routing.publishSessionProfileOutcome: publishes only the returned detached snapshot. Terminal invalid/future records never expose a fallback.requireSessionProfileAuthority:subagent_run,subagent_continueand each launch stage (authorization, writer preparation, routing resolution, queueing) fail closed with "Session profile authority unavailable; affected launches are blocked…" when authority is unavailable.gentle-agentssession-manager fakes now exposegetSessionFile, as real session managers do. Without it the disk reader reportsunserializable-sourceand the guard correctly blocks. The guard was not loosened.Issue
Part of #1064
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ec0757b13lib/session-profile-authority.ts(new),extensions/gentle-agents.ts(6 guard calls + import),tests/session-profile-authority.test.ts(new),tests/gentle-agents.test.ts(fakes gaingetSessionFile).49862aedeTest plan
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