chore: version packages

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # aicodeman
 
+## 1.9.9
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Two bug fixes.
+
+  **Plain shell sessions could not start when the server process had no `SHELL` (#208).** The tmux pane command for `mode: 'shell'` was the literal string `$SHELL`. That string is embedded in the `bash -c "..."` argument of the `respawn-pane` line, which is run through `/bin/sh -c`, so it was expanded by the _server_ process's shell against the _server_ process's environment rather than inside the pane. Containers and system-level systemd units do not set `SHELL`, so it expanded to nothing and the pane command ended in a dangling `&&`, giving `bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file` and a pane that died instantly (status 2) while tmux session creation still reported success. The shell is now resolved in Node (`$SHELL`, then the passwd entry, then `/bin/bash`, `/bin/zsh`, `/bin/sh`), requiring an absolute path to an executable and skipping `nologin`-style stubs, then shell-quoted. Only local shell sessions were affected: agent CLI modes emit a real command, and Docker/remote-SSH cases already used a literal `exec bash -l`.
+
+  **A session name typed into the tab options could be silently dropped.** Two independent paths. In the Session Options modal, the Session Name input saves on blur while every autosave handler bails on a null `editingSessionId`, and `closeSessionOptions()` cleared that id before hiding the modal (hiding is what blurs the input), so the save always ran too late; Escape and backdrop-click lost the name with no PUT at all, and only the X button worked because mousedown blurs first. The focused modal field is now blurred before the id is cleared, which also covers the auto-compact prompt. Separately, the right-click inline rename could be destroyed mid-keystroke: the `_inlineRenameActive` guard was missing from `_renderSessionTabsImmediate()`, so a render queued just before the rename opened still rewrote the tab name's innerHTML, committing a truncated name or closing the rename outright. The debounced executor is now guarded too.
+
 ## 1.9.8
 
 ### Patch Changes

CLAUDE.md

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ When user says "COM":
 
 CI runs `npm run check:lockfile` on every push/PR, so lockfile drift fails the build even if the `version-packages` script is bypassed.
 
-**Version**: 1.9.8 (must match `package.json`)
+**Version**: 1.9.9 (must match `package.json`)
 
 ## Project Overview
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aicodeman",
-  "version": "1.9.8",
+  "version": "1.9.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aicodeman",
-      "version": "1.9.8",
+      "version": "1.9.9",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "workspaces": [

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aicodeman",
-  "version": "1.9.8",
+  "version": "1.9.9",
   "description": "Mission control for AI coding agents - run 20 autonomous agents with real-time monitoring and session persistence",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",

src/session.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import {
   getClaudeCliVersion,
   getClaudeBinaryPath,
   spawnPtyWithHelperRepair,
+  resolveLocalShell,
 } from './utils/index.js';
 import {
   MAX_TERMINAL_BUFFER_SIZE,
@@ -1898,8 +1899,9 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
 
     this._resetBuffers();
 
-    // Use user's default shell or bash
+    // Use user's default shell, falling back to a shell that actually exists.
-    const shell = process.env.SHELL || '/bin/bash';
+    // Shared with the tmux pane command so both paths launch the same binary.
+    const shell = resolveLocalShell();
     console.log(
       '[Session] Starting shell session with:',
       shell + (this._useMux ? ` (with ${this._mux!.backend})` : '')

src/tmux-manager.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import {
   resolveCodexDir,
   resolveGeminiDir,
   resolveAntigravityDir,
+  resolveLocalShell,
 } from './utils/index.js';
 import type {
   TerminalMultiplexer,
@@ -773,7 +774,13 @@ export function buildSpawnCommand(options: {
   if (options.mode === 'antigravity') {
     return buildAntigravityCommand(options.antigravityConfig);
   }
-  return '$SHELL';
+  // #208: NOT the literal '$SHELL'. This string is embedded in the `bash -c "…"`
+  // argument of the respawn-pane line, which execSync runs through `/bin/sh -c`,
+  // so a `$SHELL` here is expanded by the SERVER process's shell against the
+  // SERVER process's env — empty in containers and system systemd units, leaving
+  // the pane command ending in a dangling `&&` ("syntax error: unexpected end of
+  // file", pane dead on arrival). Resolve it in Node and quote the result.
+  return shellescape(resolveLocalShell());
 }
 
 /**

src/utils/index.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export { isSafePushEndpoint } from './push-endpoint-validation.js';
 export { stringSimilarity, fuzzyPhraseMatch, todoContentHash } from './string-similarity.js';
 export { assertNever } from './type-safety.js';
 export { wrapWithNice } from './nice-wrapper.js';
+export { resolveLocalShell } from './shell-resolver.js';
 export { findClaudeDir, getAugmentedPath, getClaudeCliVersion, getClaudeBinaryPath } from './claude-cli-resolver.js';
 export { spawnPtyWithHelperRepair } from './node-pty-repair.js';
 export { resolveOpenCodeDir } from './opencode-cli-resolver.js';

src/utils/shell-resolver.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Resolve a real, launchable login shell for `mode: 'shell'` sessions.
+ *
+ * The tmux pane command for a local shell session used to be the literal string
+ * `$SHELL`. That string is embedded in the `bash -c "…"` argument of the
+ * `respawn-pane` line, which `execSync` hands to `/bin/sh -c` — so `$SHELL` was
+ * expanded by the SERVER process's shell (not the pane's), against the SERVER
+ * process's env. Containers and system-level systemd units do not set `SHELL`,
+ * so the expansion produced an empty string and the pane command ended in a
+ * dangling `&&`:
+ *
+ *   bash -c "cd \"/case\" && ulimit … && export … && "
+ *   -> bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
+ *
+ * The pane then died instantly (status 2) while tmux creation itself reported
+ * success, which is exactly what issue #208 saw. Resolving the shell HERE, in
+ * Node, removes the shell-expansion layer entirely and guarantees a non-empty
+ * absolute path.
+ *
+ * @module utils/shell-resolver
+ */
+
+import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs';
+import { userInfo } from 'node:os';
+
+/** Last-resort shells, in preference order. `/bin/sh` exists on every POSIX host. */
+const FALLBACK_SHELLS = ['/bin/bash', '/bin/zsh', '/bin/sh'];
+
+/**
+ * Shells that exist and are executable but immediately exit — a service account's
+ * passwd entry commonly points at one, which would look identical to the crash
+ * this module exists to prevent.
+ */
+const NON_INTERACTIVE_SHELLS = new Set(['nologin', 'false', 'true', 'sync']);
+
+function isUsableShell(candidate: string): boolean {
+  if (!candidate.startsWith('/')) return false;
+  const base = candidate.slice(candidate.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+  if (NON_INTERACTIVE_SHELLS.has(base)) return false;
+  try {
+    accessSync(candidate, constants.X_OK);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve an absolute path to an interactive shell, preferring the user's own.
+ *
+ * Order: `$SHELL` -> the passwd entry -> `/bin/bash` -> `/bin/zsh` -> `/bin/sh`.
+ * Every candidate must be an absolute path to an executable that is not a
+ * nologin-style stub. Always returns a non-empty string.
+ */
+export function resolveLocalShell(): string {
+  const candidates: string[] = [];
+
+  const envShell = process.env.SHELL?.trim();
+  if (envShell) candidates.push(envShell);
+
+  try {
+    // Throws when the uid has no /etc/passwd entry (common for `--user` containers).
+    const passwdShell = userInfo().shell?.trim();
+    if (passwdShell) candidates.push(passwdShell);
+  } catch {
+    /* no passwd entry — fall through to the static fallbacks */
+  }
+
+  candidates.push(...FALLBACK_SHELLS);
+
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    if (isUsableShell(candidate)) return candidate;
+  }
+
+  // Nothing was verifiable (exotic/read-restricted image). /bin/sh is still the
+  // best guess and is far better than emitting an empty command.
+  return '/bin/sh';
+}

test/shell-session-launch.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * Regression tests for issue #208 — "Plain shell PTY exits with code 1 after
+ * successful tmux creation in Docker".
+ *
+ * The shell-mode pane command used to be the literal string `$SHELL`. It ends up
+ * inside the `bash -c "…"` argument of the respawn-pane line, which execSync runs
+ * through `/bin/sh -c`, so it was expanded by the SERVER process's shell against
+ * the SERVER process's env. Containers (and system-level systemd units) do not set
+ * SHELL, so it expanded to nothing and the pane command ended in a dangling `&&`:
+ *
+ *   bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
+ *
+ * These tests pin the resolver's guarantees and assert that a shell launch command
+ * survives the outer `sh -c` layer with an unset SHELL.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { buildSpawnCommand } from '../src/tmux-manager.js';
+import { resolveLocalShell } from '../src/utils/shell-resolver.js';
+
+describe('resolveLocalShell', () => {
+  const originalShell = process.env.SHELL;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (originalShell === undefined) delete process.env.SHELL;
+    else process.env.SHELL = originalShell;
+  });
+
+  it('returns an absolute executable path when SHELL is unset (container case)', () => {
+    delete process.env.SHELL;
+    const shell = resolveLocalShell();
+    expect(shell).not.toBe('');
+    expect(shell.startsWith('/')).toBe(true);
+    // Proves the resolved path is really launchable, not just a plausible string.
+    expect(execFileSync(shell, ['-c', 'echo ok'], { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim()).toBe('ok');
+  });
+
+  it('returns an absolute executable path when SHELL is empty or whitespace', () => {
+    for (const value of ['', '   ']) {
+      process.env.SHELL = value;
+      const shell = resolveLocalShell();
+      expect(shell.startsWith('/')).toBe(true);
+      expect(execFileSync(shell, ['-c', 'echo ok'], { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim()).toBe('ok');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('honors a valid $SHELL', () => {
+    process.env.SHELL = '/bin/sh';
+    expect(resolveLocalShell()).toBe('/bin/sh');
+  });
+
+  it('ignores a $SHELL that does not exist', () => {
+    process.env.SHELL = '/nonexistent/shell-that-is-not-here';
+    const shell = resolveLocalShell();
+    expect(shell).not.toBe('/nonexistent/shell-that-is-not-here');
+    expect(shell.startsWith('/')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores a relative $SHELL (never emits a bare word into the launch command)', () => {
+    process.env.SHELL = 'bash';
+    expect(resolveLocalShell().startsWith('/')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores nologin-style stubs that would exit instantly', () => {
+    process.env.SHELL = '/usr/sbin/nologin';
+    expect(resolveLocalShell()).not.toContain('nologin');
+    process.env.SHELL = '/bin/false';
+    expect(resolveLocalShell()).not.toBe('/bin/false');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('shell-mode spawn command (issue #208)', () => {
+  const originalShell = process.env.SHELL;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    delete process.env.SHELL;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (originalShell === undefined) delete process.env.SHELL;
+    else process.env.SHELL = originalShell;
+  });
+
+  it('never emits an unexpanded $SHELL into the pane command', () => {
+    const cmd = buildSpawnCommand({ mode: 'shell', sessionId: 'abc123de-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' });
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('$SHELL');
+    expect(cmd.trim()).not.toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('produces a launch command that parses after the outer sh -c expansion layer', () => {
+    const cmd = buildSpawnCommand({ mode: 'shell', sessionId: 'abc123de-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' });
+    // Mirrors tmux-manager: `… bash -c ${JSON.stringify(launchCmd)}` handed to `sh -c`.
+    const launchCmd = `cd ${JSON.stringify('/tmp')} && export CODEMAN_MUX=1 && ${cmd}`;
+    const outer = `bash -n -c ${JSON.stringify(launchCmd)}`;
+
+    // `bash -n` parses without executing: exits 0 on the fix, 2 with the dangling `&&`.
+    const result = execFileSync('/bin/sh', ['-c', `${outer}; echo "rc=$?"`], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    expect(result).toContain('rc=0');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('unexpected end of file');
+  });
+});