fix(tmux-manager): use '|' separator in reconcileSessions (#71)

* fix(tmux-manager): use '|' separator in reconcileSessions

Under non-tty execution contexts (launchd on macOS, systemd without TTY),
tmux emits '\t' in FORMAT strings as the literal two characters `\` + `t`
rather than as a tab. The parser's `line.indexOf('\t')` (a real tab char)
therefore never matches, `activeSessions` stays empty, `reconcileSessions`
returns `alive: []` / `discovered: []`, and `cleanupStaleSessions()` wipes
every entry in `state.json` — even though the underlying tmux sessions are
still alive. On the next startup the user sees an empty session list.

The bug reproduces reliably when codeman is launched via a user LaunchAgent
or a systemd unit without `TTYPath`. Interactive `npm run dev` hides it
because tmux's format parser does interpret `\t` when stdout is a TTY.

Fix: use `|` as the separator. tmux passes it through verbatim in every
environment, and `|` is not a valid tmux session-name character so it
cannot collide with the codeman-<uuid> / claudeman-<uuid> naming scheme.

* test(tmux-manager): cover parsePaneList separator contract

Extract the inline pane-list parser from `reconcileSessions` into an
exported `parsePaneList()` helper plus `PANE_LIST_SEP` / `PANE_LIST_FORMAT`
constants, so the '|' separator contract can be unit-tested directly.

The new tests lock in:
- Well-formed parsing into name -> pid Map
- Empty / blank-line / missing-separator handling
- Non-numeric pid and empty-name rejection
- A literal `\t` (backslash + t) in the input is NOT treated as a
  delimiter — guards against the launchd/systemd regression that
  motivated PR #71.
- Splitting on the first separator only.

No behavior change in `reconcileSessions`; the body now delegates to the
helper.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Teigen <teigen@TeigendeMac-mini.local>
Co-authored-by: arkon <arkon.85@hotmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Tenggan Zhang
2026-04-28 02:11:11 +02:00
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.7 Teigen arkon
parent 6280998bd8
commit ffa7fcf839
2 changed files with 125 additions and 18 deletions
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*/
import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
import { TmuxManager } from '../src/tmux-manager.js';
import { TmuxManager, parsePaneList } from '../src/tmux-manager.js';
import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
// ============================================================================
@@ -287,13 +287,27 @@ describe('TmuxManager (unit)', () => {
});
it('should update respawn config', () => {
const config = { enabled: true, idleTimeoutMs: 5000, updatePrompt: 'test', interStepDelayMs: 1000, sendClear: true, sendInit: true };
const config = {
enabled: true,
idleTimeoutMs: 5000,
updatePrompt: 'test',
interStepDelayMs: 1000,
sendClear: true,
sendInit: true,
};
manager.updateRespawnConfig('meta-test', config);
expect(manager.getSession('meta-test')?.respawnConfig).toEqual(config);
});
it('should clear respawn config', () => {
manager.updateRespawnConfig('meta-test', { enabled: true, idleTimeoutMs: 5000, updatePrompt: 'test', interStepDelayMs: 1000, sendClear: true, sendInit: true });
manager.updateRespawnConfig('meta-test', {
enabled: true,
idleTimeoutMs: 5000,
updatePrompt: 'test',
interStepDelayMs: 1000,
sendClear: true,
sendInit: true,
});
manager.clearRespawnConfig('meta-test');
expect(manager.getSession('meta-test')?.respawnConfig).toBeUndefined();
});
@@ -327,8 +341,8 @@ describe('TmuxManager (unit)', () => {
const sessions = manager.getSessions();
expect(sessions).toHaveLength(2);
expect(sessions.map(s => s.sessionId)).toContain('s1');
expect(sessions.map(s => s.sessionId)).toContain('s2');
expect(sessions.map((s) => s.sessionId)).toContain('s1');
expect(sessions.map((s) => s.sessionId)).toContain('s2');
});
});
@@ -342,3 +356,68 @@ describe('TmuxManager (unit)', () => {
});
});
// ============================================================================
// Parser Tests — locks in the '|' separator contract for `tmux list-panes -F`
// output, guarding against regressions in non-tty execution contexts where
// `\t` in tmux FORMAT strings can be emitted as the literal two characters
// `\` + `t` instead of a tab byte (launchd, systemd without TTYPath, docker
// exec without TTY). See PR #71.
// ============================================================================
describe('parsePaneList', () => {
it('parses well-formed output into name → pid', () => {
const out = 'codeman-aaaa|1234\ncodeman-bbbb|5678\nclaudeman-cccc|9999';
const result = parsePaneList(out);
expect(result.size).toBe(3);
expect(result.get('codeman-aaaa')).toBe(1234);
expect(result.get('codeman-bbbb')).toBe(5678);
expect(result.get('claudeman-cccc')).toBe(9999);
});
it('returns an empty map for empty output', () => {
expect(parsePaneList('').size).toBe(0);
});
it('skips blank lines', () => {
const result = parsePaneList('\ncodeman-aaaa|100\n\n\ncodeman-bbbb|200\n');
expect(result.size).toBe(2);
expect(result.get('codeman-aaaa')).toBe(100);
expect(result.get('codeman-bbbb')).toBe(200);
});
it('skips lines without the separator', () => {
const result = parsePaneList('codeman-aaaa 1234\ncodeman-bbbb|5678');
expect(result.size).toBe(1);
expect(result.get('codeman-bbbb')).toBe(5678);
});
it('skips lines with a non-numeric pid', () => {
const result = parsePaneList('codeman-aaaa|notapid\ncodeman-bbbb|5678');
expect(result.size).toBe(1);
expect(result.get('codeman-bbbb')).toBe(5678);
});
it('skips lines with an empty session name', () => {
const result = parsePaneList('|1234\ncodeman-bbbb|5678');
expect(result.size).toBe(1);
expect(result.get('codeman-bbbb')).toBe(5678);
});
it('treats a literal backslash-t in input as part of the session name, not a delimiter', () => {
// Reproduces the launchd/systemd regression: under non-tty contexts tmux
// was emitting FORMAT '\t' as the two characters `\` + `t` rather than a
// tab byte. With the '|' separator, such literals must not be silently
// treated as a delimiter — the line is discarded because there is no '|'.
const literalBackslashT = 'codeman-aaaa\\t1234';
const result = parsePaneList(literalBackslashT);
expect(result.size).toBe(0);
});
it('splits on the first separator only', () => {
// Numeric trailing junk after the pid is tolerated by parseInt — proves
// that splitting on the first '|' leaves the pid extractable even if a
// future tmux ever appended extra fields.
const result = parsePaneList('codeman-aaaa|1234|extra-field');
expect(result.get('codeman-aaaa')).toBe(1234);
});
});