Merge pull request #160 from Ark0N/feat/docker-session-mode

v1.4.1: Docker session mode hardening + File Viewer button

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
 # aicodeman
 
+## 1.4.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- **Docker session mode** hardening + fixes, plus a File Viewer header button.
+
+  **What Docker session mode is** (recap): a case can run inside an isolated, hardened Docker container instead of on the host, and any of the CLI backends (Claude, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, or a plain shell) runs inside it. It is a location overlay on cases — not a new session mode — and the container analog of remote-SSH cases: a local tmux pane `docker exec`s into a durable in-container tmux, with exactly one long-lived container per case that multiple sessions share. The workspace, credentials, and conversation transcripts are bind-mounted so the agent is authenticated and resumable; containers are hardened by default (`--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, non-root, pids/memory caps, `--init`, never `--privileged` or the docker socket) and export-safe. Start one with the one-click "Run in Docker" checkbox on Create Case, or the Docker tab for full control.
+
+  This release fixes the rough edges found running it for real:
+
+  Docker cases:
+  - **Seamless Claude auth in containers**: `~/.claude.json` is no longer bind-mounted as a single file (a mount point that broke Claude's atomic-rename config writes — forcing re-auth and, via failed in-place writes, corrupting the host `~/.claude.json`). It is now seeded as a writable, onboarding-complete copy, so a docker session boots straight to the prompt (no theme picker, login, or folder-trust prompt).
+  - **Claude-state isolation**: containers no longer bind-mount the whole `~/.claude` directory (which wrote backups/tasks/teams/settings back into the host). Only `~/.claude/projects` transcripts are shared (host watchers + `--resume`); credentials, settings, and stats-cache are seeded as writable copies; everything else stays container-local.
+  - **Codex/Gemini/gcloud/opencode isolation**: same treatment — codex shares `sessions/` + `history.jsonl` (response-viewer + resume) and seeds `auth.json`/`config.toml`; gemini/gcloud/opencode are whole seed-copies. Containers never write their credential state back into the host dirs.
+  - **Base image auto-builds on first use**: a missing `codeman/agent:base` no longer blocks case creation or launch; it builds locally on first use (concurrency-safe, with SSE progress toasts).
+  - **UTF-8 locale**: containers set `LANG`/`LC_ALL=C.UTF-8` so tmux renders Claude's box-drawing correctly (fixes `qqqq` line artifacts).
+  - **Create Case UI**: larger, collapsed-by-default "Run in Docker" settings with a shorter hint; dockerized cases show a short `(docker)` tag (or the custom host id) in the case menus.
+  - **Tab naming**: docker/remote (and codex/gemini/opencode) sessions now follow the `w<n>-<case>` convention instead of `codeman-<id>`.
+
+  Other:
+  - **File Viewer header button** (opt-in via App Settings, Header Displays): toggle the file browser panel from the header.
+  - Fixed a timezone-boundary flaky test in the away-digest route suite.
+
+## 1.4.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- Add **Docker session mode**: a case can now run inside an isolated Docker container instead of on the host, with configurable network / resource / credential settings, multiple sessions sharing one per-case container, and one-click export to move a container (toolchain + workspace) to another machine.
+  - Docker is a location overlay on cases (not a new session mode), mirroring the remote-SSH feature: a local tmux pane runs `docker exec -it` into a durable in-container tmux server. The container is scoped to the case (`codeman-case-<name>`), so multiple sessions share it; killing one session never stops the shared container.
+  - New `/api/docker-hosts` CRUD, `/api/cases/docker-link`, and a `/api/quick-start` docker branch. Create Case gains a **Docker** tab. Base image is built locally via `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` (node + claude/codex/gemini/opencode + tmux, secret-free, arbitrary-uid-writable HOME).
+  - Hardened by default: `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, non-root, `--pids-limit`, `--memory`==`--memory-swap`, `--init`; never `--privileged` or the docker socket. Convenient credential default bind-mounts host `~/.claude` etc. read-write (never captured by `docker commit`); a sealed profile is opt-in.
+  - Two-layer durability: reconnect after a Codeman restart reattaches the same live agent; a container stop/reboot resumes the conversation from the bind-mounted transcript via `--resume`.
+  - Export / import: full-image (`docker commit` + `save` + workspace tar + manifest) or workspace-only, to one portable `.codeman-container.tgz`; import validates checksums, guards path traversal, and re-tags the loaded image into a quarantined namespace. Instance-scoped boot reaper cleans orphaned containers. New `docker:*` SSE events. Docs in `docs/docker-cases.md`.
+  - Robustness: sets `CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR` in the container so claude launches regardless of workspace path. In-container hooks require the server to be reachable from the container (documented); on a loopback-only bind, idle detection falls back to output-based.
+
+  Also wire session, away-digest, and cron header-button visibility toggles in App Settings.
+
 ## 1.3.5
 
 ### Patch Changes

README.md

@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ PTY Output → 16ms Server Batch → DEC 2026 Wrap → SSE → Client rAF → xt
 
 - **Self-update** — git-clone installs under systemd/launchd update in place from **App Settings → Updates**: it detects the latest release, auto-stashes a dirty tree, and streams build progress across the service restart (npm installs report as non-updatable)
 - **Multi-CLI** — run **Claude Code**, **OpenCode**, or **Codex** per session; env-var prefixes auto-gate (`CLAUDE_CODE_*` vs `OPENCODE_*` vs `CODEX_*`). See [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](docs/opencode-integration.md)
+- **Docker sessions** — run a case inside an isolated, hardened container. One checkbox on **Create New** spins up a container with sensible defaults and starts the agent inside it; multiple sessions share one per-case container; export a container + its workspace to a portable `.tar.gz` to move it to another machine. See [`docs/docker-cases.md`](docs/docker-cases.md)
 - **Effort & Ultracode** — set a per-session default effort (`low`–`max`) or enable **ultracode** (dynamic multi-agent workflows). Soft defaults only — switchable anytime with `/effort` in-session. Extended-thinking budget is configurable too
 - **Voice input** — dictate prompts with Deepgram Nova-3 (Web Speech API fallback): toggle recording, auto-silence stop, live level meter (`Ctrl+Shift+V`)
 - **Image input** — paste or drag-and-drop images straight into a session
@@ -376,6 +377,21 @@ PTY Output → 16ms Server Batch → DEC 2026 Wrap → SSE → Client rAF → xt
 
 ---
 
+## Isolated Docker Sessions
+
+Run a case inside its own hardened Docker container instead of directly on your host — for security isolation, reproducible toolchains, and one-click portability.
+
+- **One click** — on **New Case → Create New**, tick **🐳 Run in an isolated Docker container**. Codeman creates the case folder, spins up a container with default settings, and starts the agent inside it. No host/image/network fields to fill in.
+- **Resource templates** — expand the checkbox for a **Small / Medium / Large / GPU** preset (memory, CPUs, GPU), or set your own. **Disk is elastic** — storage grows as data flows in, no fixed cap.
+- **Shared per-case container** — many sessions can `docker exec` into the same container; killing one session never tears the container out from under the others.
+- **Hardened by default** — non-root, `--cap-drop ALL`, `no-new-privileges`, PID/memory caps, never `--privileged` or the docker socket. Your existing `~/.claude` login is bind-mounted (credentials stay on the host, never captured in exports); a **sealed** profile (no host mounts, network off) is one toggle away.
+- **Move it to another machine** — export a container's whole environment (toolchain + workspace) to a portable `.tar.gz`, `docker load` it on the other side, and import it into a fresh case.
+- **Durable** — reconnect after a restart lands back in the same live agent; a container stop/reboot resumes the conversation from the bind-mounted transcript.
+
+Prerequisite: Docker (or Podman) and the base image — build it once with `node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs`. Full guide: [`docs/docker-cases.md`](docs/docker-cases.md).
+
+---
+
 ## Remote Access — Cloudflare Tunnel
 
 Access Codeman from your phone or any device outside your local network using a free [Cloudflare quick tunnel](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/trycloudflare/) — no port forwarding, no DNS, no static IP required.

docker/agent.Dockerfile

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+# Codeman agent base image (built locally by scripts/build-agent-image.mjs).
+#
+# Contains the agent toolchain (node + the CLIs + git/tmux/ripgrep) but NO
+# secrets: credentials are delivered at RUNTIME via bind mounts (~/.claude etc.)
+# or name-only `docker exec --env`, never baked in, so `docker save` exports stay
+# secret-free. tmux is a HARD prerequisite (the in-container tmux is what makes a
+# reconnect durable), so it is installed here and probed before launch.
+#
+# HOME is made writable by an ARBITRARY host uid via the OpenShift "gid 0,
+# group-writable" convention: on Linux we run `--user <hostUid>:0`, so the agent
+# uid is the host uid (workspace files stay host-owned) while gid 0 keeps $HOME
+# writable even though the uid is not the baked 1000.
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+
+# Base toolchain. `curl` is needed for the hook callbacks (`curl -sk $CODEMAN_API_URL`),
+# `procps` for `ps`, `tmux` for the durable in-container session.
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      git \
+      tmux \
+      ripgrep \
+      curl \
+      ca-certificates \
+      less \
+      procps \
+      openssh-client \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# The agent CLIs (all four backends Codeman supports). Pinning is left to the
+# rebuild cadence (see docs/docker-cases-plan.md, user-decision 2).
+RUN npm install -g \
+      @anthropic-ai/claude-code \
+      @openai/codex \
+      @google/gemini-cli \
+      opencode-ai \
+ && npm cache clean --force
+
+# `agent` user (gid 0) with an arbitrary-uid-writable HOME. The uid is
+# auto-assigned (node:22-slim already occupies uid 1000 with its `node` user); at
+# runtime Codeman overrides with `--user <hostUid>:0` on Linux, so the baked uid
+# only matters for a hand-run / Docker Desktop container. gid 0 + group-writable
+# HOME (OpenShift arbitrary-uid convention) keeps $HOME writable for any uid.
+# UTF-8 locale so tmux/Ink render Unicode box-drawing instead of VT100 ACS `q`
+# glyphs (C.UTF-8 is built into glibc; no locales package needed). Codeman also
+# sets these at run time so containers built before this line still get UTF-8.
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ENV HOME=/home/agent
+# `.claude` (+ `.claude/projects` mount point) and `.codex` (+ `.codex/sessions`) are
+# pre-created gid-0 group-writable so the container owns its OWN credential config
+# dirs: tokens/settings/config are seeded in as writable copies and each CLI's runtime
+# state (backups, tasks, refreshed tokens) stays container-local, while ONLY the shared
+# transcript/rollout dirs (`.claude/projects`, `.codex/sessions`) are bind-mounted from
+# the host. (gemini/gcloud/opencode are whole seed-copies and need no pre-created dir.)
+RUN useradd -g 0 -m -d /home/agent -s /bin/bash agent \
+ && mkdir -p /home/agent/.npm /home/agent/.cache /home/agent/.config /home/agent/.codeman \
+      /home/agent/.claude/projects /home/agent/.codex/sessions \
+ && chgrp -R 0 /home/agent \
+ && chmod -R g=u /home/agent
+
+USER agent
+WORKDIR /home/agent
+
+# Codeman overrides the command with `sleep infinity` at create time; this is the
+# fallback so a hand-run container also idles rather than exiting.
+CMD ["sleep", "infinity"]

docs/docker-cases-plan.md

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+<!-- Design doc generated via ultracode multi-agent workflow (wf_e3a7498b-26f): 3 architecture proposals -> judge panel -> synthesis -> completeness critic. -->
+
+# Docker Session Mode, Implementation Plan
+
+## Decisions (locked 2026-07-19, by repo owner)
+
+1. **Isolation posture**: CONVENIENT default (bind-mount host `~/.claude` etc. read-write so the existing login just works; network on; still hardened non-root + cap-drop + resource caps). SEALED profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) is a per-case opt-in.
+2. **Export**: offer BOTH full-image (`commit`+`save`+workspace tar) AND workspace-only, side by side, no default (ask each time).
+3. **Base image**: BUILD LOCALLY on first use via `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` from a repo `docker/agent.Dockerfile`. No registry required. (GHCR pull can be added later.)
+4. **Hooks**: WIRE HOOKS NOW. Codeman scaffolds `.claude/settings.local.json` + CLAUDE.md into the linked host workspace dir (same as local cases), enabling in-container permission prompts, hook-idle detection, and the Claude Model picker.
+
+Adopted defaults for the remaining open items (Section 10): resume-on-restart ON; container is per-CASE and shared by multiple sessions (killing one session only kills its in-container tmux session, never `docker stop` while siblings remain; stop/remove only on explicit teardown or case-delete); rootless caps = ship-with-warning (`capsEnforced` surfaced); remote docker daemon = local-first; podman = docker-first best-effort.
+
+## Implementation status (branch `feat/docker-session-mode`)
+
+DONE and END-TO-END VERIFIED against a real docker daemon (create host, link case, quick-start shell in a real container, workspace bind-mount round-trip, hook scaffolding, session-delete keeps the shared container up, case-delete `docker rm`s it):
+
+- Phase 0-1: types (`DockerHost`/`DockerCase`/`SessionDocker`), `src/docker-hosts.ts` (storage, pure `buildDockerBaseArgs`/`buildDockerCreateArgs`, `containerApiUrl`, `hostGatewayAlias`, config-hash, credential-mount resolution, daemon probes), `DockerHostSchema`/`DockerCaseLinkSchema`. 26 unit tests.
+- Phase 2: `tmux-manager` `buildDockerLaunchCommand` (image-check -> ensure -> start -> exec, resume-aware), `buildDockerKillCommand` (in-container tmux only, multi-session safe), stop/remove; wired into `createSession`/`respawnPane`/`killSession`. 14 unit tests.
+- Phase 3: `Session` threading (`_docker`, toState, option builders, in-container cliVersion probe, `resolveMuxAttachCwd`), `server.ts` recovery round-trip.
+- Phase 4: `case-routes` `/api/docker-hosts` CRUD + `/api/cases/docker-link` + listing + docker-unlink; `session-routes` `/api/quick-start` docker branch (rejects per-session config, probes availability + tmux, scaffolds hooks, seeds resume id).
+- Phase 5 (partial): `docker/agent.Dockerfile` + `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` (built + verified: node 22, tmux, claude/codex/gemini/opencode, arbitrary-uid HOME). Host-guard allowlists `host.docker.internal`/`host.containers.internal` for in-container hooks.
+- Full CI green (3445 tests).
+
+REMAINING:
+
+- Phase 6: export / import (`docker commit` + `save | gzip` + workspace tar + manifest; `load` + quarantined re-tag), GC / boot reaper, disk-safety prechecks, drift-recreate route, SSE `docker:*` events. THE "move to a new machine" feature.
+- Phase 7: frontend Create Case "Docker" tab + `linkDockerCase` + run wiring + case-picker labels + export/import UI.
+- Phase 8: CLAUDE.md "Docker cases" Key Pattern + `docs/docker-cases.md` + COM.
+- Deferred refinements: in-container model-picker via `settings.local.json`; live mid-run resume-id capture into `DockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId`; rootless/Desktop uid probe (currently a platform heuristic).
+
+## 1. Goal & user stories
+
+Add "Docker cases" to Codeman: a case can point at a container instead of a local or remote-SSH path, and any of the five CLI backends (`claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini`) runs inside that container. It is modeled as a LOCATION OVERLAY on cases, exactly like the remote-SSH feature (COD-94/#145), never as a sixth `SessionMode`.
+
+User stories:
+
+- As the repo owner, I link a case to a per-project container so an autonomous Claude/Ralph run executes in a hardened sandbox (cap-drop, non-root, resource caps) instead of directly on my host, while keeping my existing OAuth login and transcript history working with zero extra setup.
+- I set default, per-case-changeable container settings (image, network mode, memory/cpu/pids caps) at link time and edit them later, and edits actually take effect through a recreate-on-drift path (see Section 4).
+- I reconnect after a Codeman restart and land back in the SAME running agent with the conversation intact. When the CONTAINER itself was stopped/rebooted/OOM-killed (which destroys the in-container tmux), the next launch RESUMES the last conversation from the bind-mounted transcript rather than starting fresh (durability model in Section 2, Key decision 1).
+- I export a finished run's whole environment (toolchain plus workspace) to a portable, secret-free `.tar.gz`, move it to another machine, and import it back into a fresh case in one click.
+- The container never accumulates: killing the session stops it, deleting the case removes it, and an instance-scoped boot reaper reaps containers whose case is gone.
+
+Non-goals for the MVP: multi-tenant untrusted-code isolation guarantees (Codeman is loopback-default and single-operator, and the agent already runs `--dangerously-skip-permissions` on the host today), Kubernetes/compose orchestration, and per-command ephemeral containers.
+
+## 2. Chosen architecture and why
+
+The design grafts the strongest idea from each of the three proposals:
+
+- Overlay-not-a-mode + faithful remote-SSH mirror (from "Docker Cases as a Location Overlay"): lowest churn, rides the existing quick-start / mux-sessions / state / recovery plumbing.
+- Convenient-but-hardened default with an opt-in sealed profile, plus exec-time name-only secret env (from "Sealed Sandbox"): a strict security improvement over today's on-host execution without the UX tax of forcing an in-container re-login.
+- One-artifact export + in-app import route (from "Container-as-Cargo"): the genuinely new, high-value capability Codeman lacks.
+
+### Key decision 1: persistent per-CASE container, durable in-container tmux, AND resume-on-restart (the two-layer durability model)
+
+Exactly one long-lived container per Docker case, named as a pure slug function `codeman-case-<slug>` (Docker charset `^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$`; Codeman already slugs case names for tmux), so create-if-missing and boot recovery are idempotent. PID1 is `sleep infinity` under `--init` (tini reaps zombies and forwards `docker stop`'s SIGTERM); the CLI is NOT the container command. The CLI runs inside a DURABLE in-container tmux on a dedicated socket `-L codeman-docker`, session `codeman-dkr-<id8>`, the direct analog of remote's `-L codeman-remote` / `codeman-ssh-<id8>`.
+
+Two DIFFERENT failure surfaces need two DIFFERENT recovery layers, and conflating them is the central flaw the critic caught:
+
+1. Codeman-PROCESS restart while the container stays up: the in-container tmux is still alive, so `tmux new-session -A` (attach-or-create) reattaches the SAME live agent and the paneCommand is ignored. This is the remote-SSH durability idiom and it works unchanged.
+2. CONTAINER stop / daemon restart / host reboot / OOM-kill: the in-container tmux is GONE (fresh PID1). `new-session -A` will now CREATE a fresh session and run the paneCommand, which would start a brand-new conversation. This is the case the raw plan silently lost. Because the transcript directory is bind-mounted from the host (Key decision 3), the fix is to launch with RESUME: the paneCommand becomes `exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --resume <claudeSessionId>` (codex uses `resume <id>`, gemini `--resume <id>`) whenever a captured `claudeSessionId` exists. The `-A` semantics make this self-selecting: the resume flag only ever executes when tmux is actually re-created, which is exactly when the live session was lost. When tmux is still alive (case 1), attach wins and the flag is inert.
+
+Capturing / persisting / reusing the resume id (the missing mechanism the critic flagged): Codeman already learns `Session.claudeSessionId` from transcript correlation (which works here because projHash matches, Key decision 3) and persists it in `SessionState`. We thread that value into `createSessionOptions` / `respawnPaneOptions` for docker so `buildDockerLaunchCommand` can inject the resume flag on any relaunch. To make a NEW Codeman session (new `id8`) re-launched against the same case resume its predecessor's conversation, we ALSO persist `lastClaudeSessionId` on the `DockerCase` record; the quick-start docker branch seeds the new `Session` with it when the `dockerResumeOnStart` setting is on. First-ever launch has no id, so it starts fresh. This is user-decision 7 (default resume behavior).
+
+Reconciling with stop-on-kill and with the `--restart` policy (the internal inconsistency the critic found): the container is created with `--restart no` uniformly (Codeman's idempotent create-if-missing plus boot recovery is the single recovery mechanism; a restart policy would not preserve the conversation anyway because a restarted container gets a fresh PID1/tmux). Boot recovery re-runs `buildDockerLaunchCommand` from the restored `MuxSession.docker` (`docker inspect || docker create; docker start`, then exec with resume), so a host reboot or daemon restart recreates+starts the container and resumes the conversation instead of the session vanishing. `reconcileSessions` (tmux-manager.ts ~1800-1815) must NOT hard-delete a docker session merely because no LOCAL pane exists after the local `-L codeman` server died; docker (like remote) sessions are restored from `mux-sessions.json` and relaunched. This relaunch path is explicitly part of Phase 4/Phase 3 recovery work, not assumed.
+
+Why this over the alternatives: `docker exec` gets SIGHUP and dies when its client TTY closes, so a bare `docker exec claude` restarts the CLI on every reconnect/respawn. The inner tmux plus resume is what makes reconnect idempotent across BOTH failure surfaces. Because this durability is the single most important design point, tmux-in-image is a HARD gated prerequisite (`checkDockerTmuxAvailable`), never a silent fallback to bare exec. Rejected alternatives: ephemeral-per-run or bare-exec containers (no reattach durability); a literal `'docker'` `SessionMode` (touches dozens of switch/enum sites and diverges from the remote overlay precedent, since Docker is a LOCATION orthogonal to the 5 CLI backends).
+
+### Key decision 2: CLI + auth delivery
+
+One prebuilt base image (built once, contains NO secrets): `node:22-bookworm-slim` + `git tmux ripgrep ca-certificates`, `npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code @openai/codex @google/gemini-cli opencode-ai`, an `agent` user, HOME dirs made writable by an arbitrary host uid via the OpenShift "gid 0, group-writable" convention (Key decision 6). Because the toolchain is baked, export is reproducible and needs no network at import time. The image name/namespace/registry and its refresh cadence are user-decision 2 (the `codeman/agent:base` placeholder implies a Docker Hub org the project may not own).
+
+Credentials are delivered ONLY at runtime, two commit-safe channels, default convenient:
+
+- OAuth/config-file CLIs (Claude Max/Pro, gcloud, opencode): bind-mount the host credential dirs read-write (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini` + `~/.config/gcloud`, `~/.config/opencode`) so the common user "just works" with no in-container login. Because these are bind mounts, `docker commit` (which captures only the container's own writable layer, never bind mounts) physically cannot capture them, so exports stay secret-free.
+- API-key CLIs (codex/gemini): exec-time NAME-ONLY `docker exec --env OPENAI_API_KEY --env GEMINI_API_KEY ...` (no `=value`), sourced from Codeman's own process env. Only the key NAME appears in argv (no `ps` leak), and per-exec env is never captured by `docker commit`. This is the technique Codeman already uses via `tmux setenv` for the local Codex/Gemini panes, so it composes with existing machinery.
+
+Per-host `DockerHost.mountCredentials` defaults `true` (convenient); setting it `false` yields a SEALED profile (no host cred mounts, in-container login only) for genuinely untrusted work. CRITICAL sealed-mode export rule (the leak the critic caught): in sealed mode the in-container login writes tokens into the container's OWN writable layer, which `docker commit` DOES capture, so a full-image export of a sealed container would ship credentials. Therefore full-image export is REFUSED for `mountCredentials:false` containers by default; the user may either take a workspace-only export (always safe) or opt into a pre-commit scrub that `docker exec`s `rm -rf ~/.claude ~/.codex ~/.gemini ~/.config/gcloud ~/.config/opencode` inside the container before commit (destructive to the in-container login, which is the point). This is enforced in the export route, not left to a manifest assertion.
+
+Per-session `envOverrides` / `effort` / `codexConfig` / `geminiConfig` / `openCodeConfig` are REJECTED at quick-start exactly like the remote branch (session-routes.ts ~1698-1710). `modelOverride` is the one deliberate difference from remote: because the docker workspace is a REAL bind-mounted host dir that Codeman scaffolds (Key decision 5 and Section 6), `updateCaseModel()` can write the `model` key into `<workspace>/.claude/settings.local.json` and the in-container `claude` reads it, so the App Settings Claude Model picker works for docker cases. `effort` is a `--effort` CLI arg applied only by the local-spawn path we bypass, so it stays rejected (surfaced honestly in the UI, not silently inert). Per-mode command customization goes through `DockerHost.commands.<mode>` (`defaultDockerCommandForMode`, mirror of `defaultRemoteCommandForMode` at remote-hosts.ts:60). NEVER bake secrets into an image layer and NEVER pass a secret via create-time `-e` (both are committed).
+
+Rejected alternative: sealed-by-default. For a single-operator loopback tool where the agent already runs skip-permissions on the host, forcing an in-container OAuth re-login is a UX regression with little real gain. We keep sealed as an opt-in. Rejected alternative: baking a login into the image, which leaks the instant you `docker save`.
+
+### Key decision 3: workspace mount, container CWD, and transcript correlation
+
+Bind-mount the host workspace dir into the container at the SAME absolute path (`dst == src`, mirror the host path), and set both `Session.workingDir` and the container workdir to that host path.
+
+Two problems this solves that the raw proposals got wrong:
+
+- File features: `DockerCase.hostWorkspacePath` is a REAL host directory, so `Session.workingDir = hostWorkspacePath` keeps file-routes, attachments, image-watcher, and previews working on real host bytes (unlike remote, where the path is remote-only and those features no-op). All three proposals wired `casePath = <container path>`; we deliberately diverge and use the host path.
+- Transcript correlation: Claude writes transcripts under `~/.claude/projects/<hash-of-CWD>/`. By mirroring the host path as the container CWD, the projHash computed inside the container equals the host-side hash Codeman's transcript/subagent/workflow watchers expect, so correlation keeps working (and, in turn, feeds the resume-id capture in Key decision 1). A `/workspace`-style fixed dst would break it. Mirror-vs-fixed is user-decision 3.
+
+`resolveMuxAttachCwd` still returns `/tmp` for docker sessions (the LOCAL bash pane only runs `docker exec`; it never needs the workspace as its cwd), mirroring remote.
+
+### Key decision 4: network default and the engine-specific host gateway
+
+Default `bridge` (own netns, NAT egress, no inbound), per-case changeable to `none` (offline shell sandbox; warned because it breaks the API CLIs) or `custom` (a user-defined bridge `codeman-net-<slug>`, the chokepoint for a future egress allowlist). `host` networking and any `-p` inbound publish are structurally unrepresentable in the flag builder and schema. Rationale: every API-backed CLI (Claude, Codex, Gemini) plus npm/git needs egress, so `bridge` is the only sane functional default; `none` is reserved for `shell`.
+
+The host-callback gateway alias is ENGINE-SPECIFIC (the critic's podman finding): Docker uses `host.docker.internal`, Podman uses `host.containers.internal` (Docker's alias only exists on recent podman). A helper `hostGatewayAlias(engine)` returns the right name; Section 2.5, the create args, the `CODEMAN_API_URL` rewrite, and the host-guard allowlist all consume it, and BOTH aliases are added to the allowlist so a mixed fleet keeps working.
+
+### Key decision 5: hooks actually reach the host AND are actually installed
+
+Two independent things must both be true for a hook to fire, and the raw plan wired only the first:
+
+1. Network reachability. Claude Code hooks POST to `$CODEMAN_API_URL` (`curl -sk`). Inside a bridge container `localhost` is the container and prod binds `127.0.0.1`, so we set `--add-host <gatewayAlias>:host-gateway` on create (skipped on Docker Desktop, where the alias is native), add the gateway alias to the host guard, and provide `CODEMAN_API_URL` and the hook secret (below).
+2. Hook INSTALLATION. Hooks live in `<workspace>/.claude/settings.local.json`, written by the quick-start scaffolding block (around session-routes.ts ~1776) that calls `writeHooksConfig()` / `updateCaseModel()`. The raw plan extended the `!remote` guard to `!remote && !docker`, which would SKIP that block and silently disable ALL hooks regardless of networking. For docker the workspace is a REAL bind-mounted host dir, so the scaffolding block MUST run. Precise fix: extend to `!remote && !docker` ONLY the LOCAL-CLI-availability and local-spawn guards (the ones that stat the local binary or build the local spawn command); leave the workspace-scaffolding guard at `!remote` so it runs for docker. This same decision is what makes `modelOverride` work (Key decision 2). Consequence, surfaced as user-decision 4: linking a docker case now WRITES `.claude/settings.local.json` (and the CLAUDE.md scaffold, matching local-case behavior) into the user's real host directory, a behavioral shift from "link a dir" to "link and scaffold a dir."
+
+`CODEMAN_API_URL` derivation (the wrong-scheme bug the critic caught): prod is HTTPS-only on 3000, and `server.ts` (~2000) auto-sets `process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL = ${protocol}://${apiHost}:${port}`. Hardcoding `http://host.docker.internal:3000` fails every hook. Instead a pure helper `containerApiUrl(process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL, engine)` parses the running URL and substitutes ONLY the hostname with `hostGatewayAlias(engine)`, preserving scheme and port (`https://host.docker.internal:3000`). Unit-tested against http, https, non-default ports, and both engines. Passed as create-time `--env CODEMAN_API_URL=<derived>` (case-stable, non-secret).
+
+Hook secret and session attribution:
+- `~/.codeman/hook-secret` is bind-mounted read-only to a container path; `--env CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE=<that path>` is create-time (a path is non-secret; the bytes ride the bind mount and are never committed).
+- `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` (which the generated hooks reference at hooks-config.ts:78-80 to attribute events) plus `CODEMAN_MUX=1` are SESSION-scoped, so they are passed at EXEC time via `docker exec --env CODEMAN_SESSION_ID=<id> --env CODEMAN_MUX=1` (non-secret, value inline is fine, and exec env is not committed). Because a `tmux` session started fresh only inherits the invoking env when it starts the SERVER, the launch chain ALSO runs `tmux -L codeman-docker setenv -g CODEMAN_SESSION_ID <id>` (and `CODEMAN_MUX`) so reattaches and newly created panes see the same values. This mirrors how Codeman already injects per-session env into tmux for the external CLIs.
+
+Hooks-in-MVP-vs-deferred stays user-decision 4; if deferred, docker ships as explicitly hook-degraded and we lean on output-based idle detection through the docker-exec PTY.
+
+### Key decision 6: uid / HOME / rootless enforcement / macOS Docker Desktop
+
+The raw plan showed `--user 1000:1000` in one place and `--user "$(id -u):$(id -g)"` in another and never resolved HOME writability; this section fixes all of it.
+
+- Linux native (docker rootful or rootless): run `--user <hostUid>:0` (host uid, GID 0). The image follows the OpenShift arbitrary-uid convention: `HOME=/home/agent`, and `/home/agent` plus the tool cache dirs (`~/.npm`, `~/.cache`, `~/.config`) are owned `root:0` and group-writable (`chmod -R g+w`, `g+s` on dirs) so a process with GID 0 can write HOME even though its UID is not 1000. This keeps workspace files host-owned (the agent's UID is the host UID) AND keeps HOME writable, so the CLIs actually start.
+- Podman rootless: use `--userns=keep-id` (maps the host uid to the image's `agent` uid inside the container) instead of `--user`, so `/home/agent` is owned by the running user and workspace files are host-owned. This is a real per-engine branch in `buildDockerCreateArgs`.
+- macOS Docker Desktop: `--user <macUid>` (e.g. 501) does not own the image's `/home/agent`, so non-bind HOME writes fail EACCES and the CLIs may not start; Desktop also does its own bind-mount uid translation, provides `host.docker.internal` natively (no `--add-host`), and its VM memory ceiling can cap `--memory`. Detect Desktop via `docker info` (Server OS `linuxkit` / `OperatingString` contains "Docker Desktop") and take a dedicated path: do NOT pass `--user` (run as the image's baked `agent` uid and rely on Desktop's translation for workspace access), skip `--add-host`, and note in the UI that memory caps are subject to the VM ceiling.
+
+Rootless resource-cap enforcement (the silently-inert risk): rootless Docker without cgroup-v2 systemd delegation (`Delegate=yes`) silently IGNORES `--memory`/`--cpus`/`--pids-limit`. The probe checks `docker info` for `CgroupVersion=2` plus rootless plus delegation; if caps cannot be enforced, `checkDockerAvailable` returns `capsEnforced:false` and the link/probe surfaces "resource caps are advisory on this engine." Whether to REQUIRE delegation or ship-with-warning is user-decision 6.
+
+## 3. Data model
+
+New TypeScript types in `src/types/session.ts`, added right after the remote types (lines 46-99). SessionMode (line 44) is UNCHANGED.
+
+```ts
+export type DockerCommandMode = Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' | 'claude' | 'opencode' | 'codex' | 'gemini'>;
+export type DockerEngine = 'docker' | 'podman';
+export type DockerNetworkMode = 'bridge' | 'none' | 'custom'; // never 'host'
+
+export interface DockerResourceLimits {
+  memory?: string;    // '4g'  -> --memory 4g --memory-swap 4g (swap==memory: real OOM cap)
+  cpus?: string;      // '2'
+  pidsLimit?: number; // 512   (fork-bomb guard)
+  nofile?: string;    // '4096:8192'
+  shmSize?: string;   // optional; only when a tool needs /dev/shm
+}
+
+export interface DockerHost {
+  id: string;
+  label: string;
+  engine?: DockerEngine;             // default resolved by probe (docker, else podman)
+  image: string;                     // default resolved image ref (see user-decision 2)
+  daemonHost?: string;               // advanced: -H ssh://user@host / DOCKER_HOST
+  context?: string;                  // advanced: --context <ctx>
+  network?: DockerNetworkMode;       // default 'bridge'
+  networkName?: string;              // when network === 'custom'
+  resources?: DockerResourceLimits;
+  mountCredentials?: boolean;        // default true (false = sealed; blocks full-image export)
+  hooksEnabled?: boolean;            // default true (host-gateway callback wiring)
+  resumeOnStart?: boolean;           // default true (see Key decision 1 / user-decision 7)
+  commands?: Partial<Record<DockerCommandMode, string>>;
+  extraCreateArgs?: string[];        // validated like extraSshOptions
+  extraExecArgs?: string[];
+}
+
+export interface DockerCase {
+  name: string;
+  type: 'docker';
+  hostId: string;
+  hostWorkspacePath: string;         // absolute HOST dir: bind src + Session.workingDir
+  containerWorkdir?: string;         // container path; default = hostWorkspacePath (mirror -> projHash match)
+  container?: string;                // default codeman-case-<slug>
+  lastClaudeSessionId?: string;      // captured resume id (Key decision 1)
+}
+
+export interface SessionDocker {     // flattened, round-trips through mux/state (mirror SessionRemote at 91)
+  hostId: string;
+  label: string;
+  engine: DockerEngine;
+  image: string;
+  containerName: string;
+  hostWorkspacePath: string;
+  containerWorkdir: string;
+  network: DockerNetworkMode;
+  networkName?: string;
+  resources?: DockerResourceLimits;
+  mountCredentials: boolean;
+  hooksEnabled: boolean;
+  resumeOnStart: boolean;
+  daemonHost?: string;
+  context?: string;
+  commands?: Partial<Record<DockerCommandMode, string>>;
+  extraCreateArgs?: string[];
+  extraExecArgs?: string[];
+  configHash?: string;               // drift detection (Key decision, Section 4)
+}
+```
+
+- `SessionState` gains `docker?: SessionDocker` immediately after `remote?` (line 219). It persists automatically because `SessionState` is structural and `state-store.ts` stores `toState()` verbatim.
+- `src/mux-interface.ts`: add `docker?: SessionDocker` to `MuxSession` (after line 38), `CreateSessionOptions` (after 81), `RespawnPaneOptions` (after 105). `MuxSession.docker` round-trips through `mux-sessions.json` automatically.
+- `src/types/api.ts` `CaseInfo`: add `'docker'` to the `location` union and a `docker?: { hostId; container; image?; path; network }` display block.
+- `src/services/unified-session-service.ts`: add a boolean `docker?` flag on `UnifiedSessionItem` and source rows, set from `MuxSession.docker` presence (mirror the `remote` flag at ~line 200 and the harvest at session-routes.ts:2313).
+
+New state files (all via `dataPath()`, mirroring `remote-hosts.json` / `remote-cases.json`):
+
+- `~/.codeman/docker-hosts.json` (reusable engine/image/network/resource profiles).
+- `~/.codeman/docker-cases.json` (`name -> DockerCase`, including `lastClaudeSessionId`).
+- `~/.codeman/docker-exports/` (dedicated dir for `.image.tar.gz` + `.workspace.tar.gz` + `manifest.json`; never inline in state.json; retention/pruning per Section 5).
+
+No new `state.json` / `mux-sessions.json` files: `SessionState.docker` and `MuxSession.docker` ride the existing serialization.
+
+## 4. Container lifecycle (exact command shapes)
+
+All builders are PURE string functions (directly unit-testable). Host values interpolated into the outer `bash -c "..."` layer (container name, image, workdir, host paths) are `shellescape()`'d and, for user-supplied fields, schema-rejected for `$`/backtick via `NO_SHELL_META`. The escaping chain here is DEEPER than remote's single `ssh '<tmux ...>'`: the whole `docker inspect || docker create <dozens of --mount/--env/shellescaped host paths>` is interpolated into `bash -c "..."` then `JSON.stringify`'d into respawn-pane. This is a known place to get stuck, so it is covered by concrete escaping tests (Section 9), including host workspace paths containing spaces, not just a "we call shellescape" claim.
+
+New in `src/tmux-manager.ts`:
+
+```ts
+const DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET = 'codeman-docker';
+// 'dkr' letters deliberately FAIL SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN (^codeman-[a-f0-9-]+$),
+// so a Codeman running INSIDE the container never adopts/resizes/respawns our session.
+export function dockerTmuxSessionName(id: string): string { return `codeman-dkr-${id.slice(0, 8)}`; }
+```
+
+`buildDockerBaseArgs(docker)` (pure, in `docker-hosts.ts`, mirror of `buildSshConnectionArgs`) emits the engine prefix tokens: `docker` (or `podman`) + optional `--context <ctx>` or `-H <daemonHost>`. `buildDockerCreateArgs(docker, sessionId)` emits the `docker create` flag array (with the per-engine uid/userns branch from Key decision 6).
+
+IMAGE PRESENCE (before any create, the auto-pull footgun the critic caught): the launch chain runs `docker image inspect <image> >/dev/null 2>&1` first; on miss it exits with a distinct message ("base image <ref> not present: build with scripts/build-agent-image.mjs or pull it") rather than triggering a blocking multi-GB auto-pull inside the tmux pane. `docker create` carries `--pull=never`. The tmux-availability probe likewise uses `docker run --rm --pull=never <image> sh -lc 'command -v tmux'` and reports the same build/pull hint if the image is absent, so the 15s-bounded probe never hangs on a pull.
+
+CREATE (the ensure step, embedded in the launch string):
+
+```
+docker create \
+  --name codeman-case-myproj --hostname myproj \
+  --label codeman.managed=1 --label codeman.instance=<CODEMAN_INSTANCE> \
+  --label codeman.case=myproj --label codeman.session=<id8> \
+  --label codeman.confighash=<hash> \
+  --pull=never --init --restart no \
+  --user 1000:0 \
+  --workdir '/home/arkon/cases/myproj' \
+  --mount type=bind,src='/home/arkon/cases/myproj',dst='/home/arkon/cases/myproj' \
+  --mount type=bind,src='/home/arkon/.claude',dst='/home/agent/.claude' \
+  --mount type=bind,src='/home/arkon/.codeman/hook-secret',dst='/home/agent/.codeman/hook-secret',readonly \
+  --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
+  --memory 4g --memory-swap 4g --cpus 2 --pids-limit 512 --ulimit nofile=4096:8192 \
+  --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges \
+  --network bridge \
+  --env HOME=/home/agent --env TERM=xterm-256color --env COLORTERM=truecolor \
+  --env CODEMAN_API_URL=https://host.docker.internal:3000 \
+  --env CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE=/home/agent/.codeman/hook-secret \
+  codeman/agent:base \
+  sleep infinity
+```
+
+- `--user 1000:0` shown is the Linux-native form with GID 0 (Key decision 6); it is actually `--user <hostUid>:0`, or `--userns=keep-id` for podman rootless, or omitted on Docker Desktop. The literal is illustrative only.
+- Create-time `--env` carries only NON-SESSION, non-secret, case-stable values (safe to be committed): the DERIVED `CODEMAN_API_URL` (https-preserving, Key decision 5) and the hook-secret FILE PATH. `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`/`CODEMAN_MUX` and the codex/gemini key NAMES are exec-time only.
+- `codeman.instance=<CODEMAN_INSTANCE>` is REQUIRED on the label set so the boot reaper is instance-scoped (a beta/second instance must never reap prod's containers).
+- `codeman.confighash` is a stable hash of the drift-relevant create args (image, resources, network, mounts, non-session env). Drift detection (user story 2, the config-never-takes-effect gap): on launch the ensure block compares the desired hash to the existing container's label; on mismatch the launch does NOT silently reuse the stale container. Instead the docker route returns a "container config changed, recreate?" action (SSE + UI confirm), and on confirm Codeman `docker rm`'s and recreates. rm destroys in-image (non-bind) state, but the workspace and transcripts survive on their bind mounts and the conversation is restored via `--resume`, so the recreate is safe. Auto-recreate-vs-prompt is a UI choice; the MVP prompts.
+- `--restart no` (resolved consistently with Key decision 1; recovery is Codeman's idempotent create-if-missing, not an engine restart policy, which also matters for Podman which has no daemon).
+
+EXEC (`buildDockerLaunchCommand`, the docker analog of `buildRemoteLaunchCommand`, TTY-correct, resume-aware). The whole thing is ONE `bash -c` string that image-checks, ensures, starts, primes tmux env, then execs:
+
+```
+docker image inspect codeman/agent:base >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo 'Codeman: base image codeman/agent:base not present (build or pull it)'; exit 1; } ; \
+docker inspect codeman-case-myproj >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker create <all create args above> ; \
+docker start codeman-case-myproj >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo 'Codeman: container codeman-case-myproj failed to start (daemon down?)'; exit 1; } ; \
+exec docker exec -it \
+  --workdir '/home/arkon/cases/myproj' \
+  --env TERM=xterm-256color --env COLORTERM=truecolor \
+  --env CODEMAN_SESSION_ID=1a2b3c4d --env CODEMAN_MUX=1 \
+  --env OPENAI_API_KEY --env GEMINI_API_KEY \
+  codeman-case-myproj \
+  sh -lc 'tmux -L codeman-docker setenv -g CODEMAN_SESSION_ID 1a2b3c4d \; setenv -g CODEMAN_MUX 1 \; new-session -A -s codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d -c '\''/home/arkon/cases/myproj'\'' '\''cd /home/arkon/cases/myproj && exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --resume <claudeSessionId>'\'' \; set -t codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d status off \; set -t codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d mouse off \; set -t codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d prefix C-q \; set -s escape-time 0'
+```
+
+- `docker exec -it`: `-t` allocates a PTY and forwards SIGWINCH into the container so the Ink TUI re-lays-out on pane resize; `TERM`/`COLORTERM` prevent degraded rendering. `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (name only) is present only for codex/gemini and is exec-time (never committed). `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`/`CODEMAN_MUX` are exec-time values plus a `tmux setenv -g` prime so reattaches and new panes inherit them (Key decision 5).
+- `--resume <claudeSessionId>` (codex `resume <id>`, gemini `--resume <id>`) is appended to `modeCommand` ONLY when a captured id exists; on first launch it is omitted. `new-session -A` makes the flag inert on a live-tmux reattach and effective only when tmux is re-created (Key decision 1).
+- `modeCommand = docker.commands?.[mode] || defaultDockerCommandForMode(mode)` (`exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions`, `exec bash -l`, etc.), with the resume suffix injected by the builder.
+- Escaping survives every layer identically to remote in shape but deeper in nesting: `paneCommand` (`cd ... && exec ...`) is one shellescaped tmux arg, the whole `tmuxInvocation` is one shellescaped `sh -lc` arg, and the outer string is `JSON.stringify()`'d into `bash -c` by respawn-pane (tmux-manager.ts:1329).
+
+Wire-up (extend the two existing seams to 3-way):
+
+- createSession (tmux-manager.ts:1276): `const fullCmd = docker ? buildDockerLaunchCommand({ mode, docker, sessionId, resumeSessionId }) : remote ? buildRemoteLaunchCommand({ mode, remote, sessionId }) : localFullCmd;`
+- launchCmd cd-skip (tmux-manager.ts:1327): `const launchCmd = (remote || docker) ? fullCmd : \`cd ${JSON.stringify(workingDir)} && ${fullCmd}\`;`
+- respawnPane: same two edits at lines 1524 and 1542.
+
+START / reattach-after-reboot: the ensure block (image-check, `docker inspect || docker create`, `docker start`) is fully idempotent, so boot recovery just re-runs `buildDockerLaunchCommand` from the restored `MuxSession.docker` with the persisted resume id. A rebooted host recreates the container and resumes the conversation.
+
+DOCKER-DOWN surfacing (the PTY-exit-breaker false-trip risk): if `docker start` or `docker exec` cannot attach (daemon down, container missing), the launch prints a docker-specific message and exits, which alone would still count toward `session-pty-exit-breaker` and show a generic "respawn breaker tripped" push. To avoid masking the cause, the docker reattach path runs a fast `checkDockerAvailable` pre-flight: if the daemon/container is unreachable, Codeman broadcasts a docker-specific error (SSE + push, "container <name> is not running / daemon down") and SKIPS the auto-reattach that would trip the breaker, rather than fast-looping `docker exec`.
+
+STOP / KILL (`killSession` Strategy 3c, right after remote's Strategy 3b at tmux-manager.ts:1719, guarded by `IS_TEST_MODE`):
+
+```ts
+if (session.docker) {
+  // best-effort, fire-and-forget, timeout-bounded so it never blocks the local kill
+  execAsync(buildDockerKillCommand({ docker: session.docker, sessionId }), { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS }).catch(() => {});
+}
+```
+
+`buildDockerKillCommand` emits: `docker exec codeman-case-<slug> tmux -L codeman-docker kill-session -t codeman-dkr-<id8> ; docker stop -t 10 codeman-case-<slug>`. Stopping frees CPU/RAM and, per Key decision 1, is safe for conversation continuity because the NEXT launch resumes from the bind-mounted transcript via `--resume`. Whether to stop at all (RAM vs instant live-agent reattach) is user-decision 6/1 (reframed honestly). The bind-mounted workspace and transcripts always survive on the host.
+
+REMOVE: only on explicit case delete (`docker rm -f codeman-case-<slug>`), gated behind an "export first?" UI prompt because rm destroys any in-image (non-bind) state. Instance-scoped boot reaper (fixing the racy/cross-instance reaper): after `docker-cases.json` is loaded AND after `restoreMuxSessions` has run, enumerate `docker ps -a --filter label=codeman.managed=1 --filter label=codeman.instance=<CODEMAN_INSTANCE> --format '{{.Names}}\t{{index .Labels "codeman.case"}}'` and `docker rm -f` only containers whose case is gone from THIS instance's `docker-cases.json`. The instance filter is what stops a beta reaping prod's containers (the exact cross-instance hazard the project memory warns about).
+
+AVAILABILITY PROBE (`docker-hosts.ts`, timeout-bounded like `checkRemoteTmuxAvailable`'s 15s, `IS_TEST_MODE` no-op):
+
+```
+docker info --format '{{json .}}'                                  # server up, CgroupVersion, rootless, OS (Desktop detect), cap-delegation
+docker image inspect <image> --format '{{.Id}}'                    # image PRESENT (no auto-pull)
+docker run --rm --pull=never <image> sh -lc 'command -v tmux'      # tmux-in-image gate (hard prerequisite), only if image present
+```
+
+`checkDockerAvailable()` returns `{ ok, engine, rootless, isDesktop, cgroupV2, capsEnforced }` (parse `SecurityOptions` for `name=rootless`, `CgroupVersion`, delegation, and Server OS for Desktop). `checkDockerTmuxAvailable(host)` returns a structured result with a user-facing error and correct install hint (NOT `npm install -g`; the hint is "build/pull the base image" for a missing image and "install docker or podman" for a missing engine).
+
+IN-CONTAINER CLI VERSION (fixing the #154 wheel-forwarding regression): the raw plan skipped the LOCAL `cliVersion` probe for docker (correct, since it reports the HOST claude) but left `cliVersion` undefined, which disables trackpad wheel-forwarding. Instead, for docker sessions Codeman runs an IN-CONTAINER probe `docker exec <container> claude --version` (bounded, `IS_TEST_MODE` no-op) and feeds THAT into `cliVersion`. This also means a stale baked CLI is visible; combined with the rebuild-cadence in user-decision 2, agents are not silently pinned to an old claude.
+
+## 5. Export / Import
+
+EXPORT is a concurrency-bounded job (reuse `runWithConversionLimit` from `document-conversion-limiter.ts` so N simultaneous exports cannot fork-bomb the host). Route `POST /api/docker-cases/:name/export`.
+
+Preconditions (the consistency and leak risks the critic caught):
+- Sealed guard: if `mountCredentials:false`, full-image export is REFUSED unless the caller explicitly opts into the pre-commit scrub (Key decision 2). Workspace-only export is always allowed.
+- Quiesce + free-space: require the session idle, then `docker pause` the container spanning BOTH the workspace tar AND the commit so the two artifacts are mutually consistent (the raw plan paused only the commit, leaving the bind-mount tar to run against a mid-write agent). Before any heavy step, precheck free space in the exports dir and in `/var/lib/docker`; if below `DOCKER_EXPORT_MIN_FREE_BYTES`, refuse with a clear error (a full `/var/lib/docker` wedges the daemon and breaks EVERY session on the host).
+
+Steps (all cleanup in try/finally so a mid-way failure never orphans an intermediate image or leaves the container paused):
+
+1. `docker commit -c 'LABEL codeman.exported=1' codeman-case-<slug> codeman/export-<slug>:<ts>` (unique tag per export defeats the stale-image trap). Optional pre-commit scrub in sealed mode as above; also blank instance-specific committed env (`-c 'ENV CODEMAN_API_URL='` etc.) so the image carries no stale host references.
+2. `docker save codeman/export-<slug>:<ts> | gzip` streamed in fixed 8192-byte chunks to `~/.codeman/docker-exports/<slug>-<ts>.image.tar.gz`. Uses `docker save` (layers + repo:tag + CMD), never `docker export` (flat rootfs), so restore is a trivial `docker load`.
+3. `tar --numeric-owner -C <hostWorkspacePath> -czf <slug>-<ts>.workspace.tar.gz .` while paused (the bind-mounted workspace is NOT in the image, so it travels separately and consistently).
+4. Write `manifest.json`: schema version, caseName, image tag, engine, containerWorkdir, resource/network config, codeman version, base-image digest, createdAt, per-member sha256, `mountCredentials`, and `secretFree` (true only for convenient-mode or scrubbed-sealed exports).
+5. `docker rmi codeman/export-<slug>:<ts>` in the `finally` (delete the intermediate committed image regardless of success), then `docker unpause`.
+
+The three files are wrapped in one bundle `<slug>-<ts>.codeman-container.tgz` and offered as a downloadable artifact through the existing file-routes streaming + attachment-registry handoff.
+
+Retention / disk budget (user-decision 3): `docker-exports/` is capped at `DOCKER_EXPORT_KEEP` most-recent bundles with an auto-prune on each new export, plus the free-space precheck above. Workspace scrub: the WORKSPACE tar gets a scan/warn pass for agent-created `.env` / `.git/credentials` (a distinct leak channel from container creds). A lighter "workspace-only" export (just the workspace tar, no commit/save) is the fast default for 24h+ runs; full-image is the explicit heavier option (user-decision 7 in the original list, now decision on the default button below).
+
+What travels: the baked toolchain image plus any in-image writes, and the workspace tar. What does NOT travel: bind-mounted credentials (physically excluded from commit) and anything that lived only in a bind mount. Secret-free by construction in convenient mode, and enforced (refuse-or-scrub) in sealed mode.
+
+IMPORT `POST /api/docker-cases/import` (untrusted-bundle containment, the traversal/overwrite risk): stream the uploaded bundle, validate every manifest checksum BEFORE any extraction or load. Extract the workspace tar with `tar --no-absolute-names -C <fresh dir>` PLUS per-entry validation rejecting any member whose normalized path escapes the destination (leading `/` or `..` components). `gunzip | docker load` the image, then RE-TAG the loaded image id into a quarantined namespace `codeman/imported-<slug>:<ts>` and NEVER allow the load to overwrite `codeman/agent:base` or any pre-existing tag (capture the loaded id, ignore the bundle's repo:tag). Create a NEW `DockerCase` pointing at the quarantined image with THIS host's mounts/creds and the manifest's resource/network config, and recreate the container hardened (cap-drop ALL, no-new-privileges, non-root, `--pull=never`, CMD overridden to `sleep infinity`). The destination supplies its own login, so credentials never cross machines. Plus `GET /api/docker-exports` (list) and `DELETE /api/docker-exports/:filename`, all behind Codeman's existing auth / loopback-default / host-guard / Origin-CSRF stack.
+
+## 6. Codeman integration (file-by-file, mirroring the remote-SSH feature)
+
+- `src/types/session.ts`: add `DockerCommandMode`, `DockerEngine`, `DockerNetworkMode`, `DockerResourceLimits`, `DockerHost`, `DockerCase`, `SessionDocker` (Section 3). Add `docker?: SessionDocker` to `SessionState` after line 219. SessionMode (line 44) UNCHANGED.
+- `src/mux-interface.ts`: add `docker?: SessionDocker` to `MuxSession` (38), `CreateSessionOptions` (81), `RespawnPaneOptions` (105).
+- `src/docker-hosts.ts` (NEW, direct mirror of `src/remote-hosts.ts`): `readDockerHosts`/`writeDockerHosts`/`readDockerCases`/`writeDockerCases` (via `dataPath`, including `lastClaudeSessionId` read/write), `defaultDockerCommandForMode` (mirror line 60), `dockerDisplayPath` (`container:/path`, mirror `remoteDisplayPath` at 205), `toSessionDocker(host, case)` (mirror `toSessionRemote` at 212), `buildDockerBaseArgs`/`buildDockerCreateArgs` (per-engine uid/userns branch), `hostGatewayAlias(engine)`, `containerApiUrl(processApiUrl, engine)` (scheme+port-preserving, unit-tested), `checkDockerAvailable`/`checkDockerTmuxAvailable`/`probeDockerCliVersion` (15s-bounded, `IS_TEST_MODE` no-op), a config-hash helper for drift, its own POSIX `shellescape` copy (mirror line 83). `const IS_TEST_MODE = !!process.env.VITEST;` gates every real `docker` invocation.
+- `src/tmux-manager.ts`: add `DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET`, `dockerTmuxSessionName`, `buildDockerLaunchCommand` (resume-aware, image-check, env-prime), `buildDockerKillCommand` (Section 4). Extend the two `fullCmd` ternaries (1276, 1524) and the two `launchCmd` cd-skips (1327, 1542). Add `killSession` Strategy 3c after 1719. Ensure `reconcileSessions` (~1800-1815) does NOT hard-delete docker sessions on local-tmux death (recovery relaunch path).
+- `src/session.ts`: add `_docker?: SessionDocker` field (mirror `_remote` at 403), constructor arg (477), assignment (550). Thread `docker: this._docker` and `resumeSessionId: this._claudeSessionId` into BOTH `createSessionOptions` and `respawnPaneOptions` in `startInteractive` (1352/1370) and the second path (1740/1750). Emit `docker: this._docker` in `toState()` (1010). Replace the LOCAL cliVersion probe at 1320 for docker with the IN-CONTAINER `probeDockerCliVersion` (do not merely skip it). Extend `resolveMuxAttachCwd(workingDir, remote, docker)` (215) to return `/tmp` when `docker` is set. On claudeSessionId capture, persist it to the owning `DockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId`.
+- `src/web/server.ts`: in `restoreMuxSessions` (2160), add `docker: muxSession.docker ?? savedState?.docker` to the `new Session({...})` call (2195-2216), and skip docker in the same `isExternalCliMode`/Ralph recovery guards as remote. Register the instance-scoped boot reaper to run AFTER docker-cases load and AFTER `restoreMuxSessions`. Ensure `CODEMAN_API_URL` derivation reads the SAME `process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL` the server sets at ~2000.
+- `src/web/schemas.ts`: add `DockerHostSchema` and `DockerCaseLinkSchema` (below). The three mode enums (177/373/705) and `QuickStartSchema` (368) UNCHANGED (docker resolves by `caseName` lookup like remote).
+- `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts`: import the docker helpers from `../../docker-hosts.js`. Add a docker branch in `/api/quick-start` parallel to the remote branch (1686-1720): `readDockerCases` -> find by `caseName` -> `readDockerHosts` -> find by `hostId`; reject `envOverrides`/`effort`/`codexConfig`/`geminiConfig`/`openCodeConfig` (but ACCEPT `modelOverride`, which flows via scaffolded `settings.local.json`); run `checkDockerAvailable` + `checkDockerTmuxAvailable` (image-present, engine, caps-enforced); surface `capsEnforced:false` and Desktop notes; set `casePath = dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath` (REAL host dir), `docker = toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase)`, and seed `resumeSessionId` from `dockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId` when `resumeOnStart`. Extend the LOCAL-availability and local-spawn guards (around 1796/1810) to `!remote && !docker`, but DO NOT extend the workspace-scaffolding guard (~1776, `writeHooksConfig`/`updateCaseModel`), which MUST run for docker. Pass `docker` into `new Session` (1847); `autoConfigureRalph` (1853) gated on `!docker`. Add `docker: m.docker !== undefined ? true : undefined` to the unified harvest (2313).
+- `src/web/routes/case-routes.ts`: import the docker read/write/check helpers + schemas. Add a docker listing loop in `GET /api/cases` (mirror 94-119, `location: 'docker'`, `docker: {...}` via `dockerDisplayPath`). Add `/api/docker-hosts` GET/POST/PUT/DELETE (mirror 168-204) and `POST /api/cases/docker-link` (mirror 206-232; run `checkDockerAvailable`/`checkDockerTmuxAvailable` at link time; broadcast `CaseLinked` with `type: 'docker'`). Add a docker-unlink branch to `DELETE /api/cases/:name` (mirror 288-296; `docker rm -f`; broadcast `CaseDeleted` `type: 'docker-unlinked'`). Add the docker branch to single-case `GET` (mirror 358-368). Add `POST /api/docker-cases/:name/export`, `/import`, `GET/DELETE /api/docker-exports`, and a `POST /api/docker-cases/:name/recreate` (drift confirm) per Sections 4 and 5.
+- `src/web/sse-events.ts` + `src/web/public/constants.js`: reuse `CaseLinked`/`CaseDeleted` for CRUD. Add `docker:exportProgress`, `docker:exportComplete`, `docker:importComplete`, `docker:configDrift`, and `docker:containerError` to BOTH registries (kept in sync per CLAUDE.md).
+- Frontend `src/web/public/index.html` (~1831): add a Docker `modal-tab-btn` next to Remote; add a `#case-docker` panel mirroring `#case-remote` with `dockerCaseName`, `dockerHostWorkspacePath`, `dockerContainer`, `dockerImage`, `dockerHostId`, and an Advanced `<details>` for network mode, resource caps, `mountCredentials`, `resumeOnStart`, and remote daemon. Surface a "scaffolds .claude into this host dir" note (user-decision 4) and a "resource caps advisory on this engine" warning when `capsEnforced:false`.
+- Frontend `src/web/public/session-ui.js`: `formatCasePickerLabel` (48) + `buildCasePickerOptions` (71-73) handle `location === 'docker'` (`name @ container`, add container/image to the search haystack); `resetCaseModalFields` (~1514) add a `dockerFields` array; `switchCaseModalTab` (1573/1580/1597) handle `'case-docker'`; `submitCaseModal` add the docker branch; new `linkDockerCase()` (mirror `linkRemoteCase` at 1689) POSTing `/api/docker-hosts` then `/api/cases/docker-link`, sending omitted optionals as `undefined` (spread `...(x ? {x} : {})`, never `null`, per the Zod `.optional()`-rejects-null gotcha); `runClaude` (520) / `runShell` (702) extend the `location === 'remote'` routing to also match `'docker'`; `runOpenCode`/`runCodex`/`runGemini` (792/846/900) make the `isRemote` checks `isRemoteOrDocker` so local status probes are skipped. In the session-options Summary tab, note that `effort` is inert for docker (rejected) while `model` IS honored via `settings.local.json`.
+- Frontend `src/web/public/panels-ui.js` (425-426): add `caseItem?.docker?.path`/`container` to the case-search fields.
+
+Schemas (`src/web/schemas.ts`), mirroring `RemoteHostSchema` (299) / `RemoteCaseLinkSchema` (351):
+
+```ts
+export const DockerHostSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid docker host id'),
+  label: z.string().min(1).max(100),
+  engine: z.enum(['docker', 'podman']).optional(),
+  image: z.string().min(1).max(512).regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][\w./:@-]*$/, 'Invalid image ref').regex(NO_SHELL_META),
+  daemonHost: z.string().max(512).regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid daemon host').optional(),
+  context: z.string().max(128).regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/, 'Invalid context').optional(),
+  network: z.enum(['bridge', 'none', 'custom']).optional(),
+  networkName: z.string().max(128).regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/).optional(),
+  resources: z.object({
+    memory: z.string().regex(/^\d+[bkmg]?$/i).optional(),
+    cpus: z.string().regex(/^\d+(\.\d+)?$/).optional(),
+    pidsLimit: z.number().int().positive().max(100000).optional(),
+    nofile: z.string().regex(/^\d+:\d+$/).optional(),
+    shmSize: z.string().regex(/^\d+[bkmg]?$/i).optional(),
+  }).strict().optional(),
+  mountCredentials: z.boolean().optional(),
+  hooksEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  resumeOnStart: z.boolean().optional(),
+  commands: RemoteCommandOverridesSchema, // reuse the shared shape
+  extraCreateArgs: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(1024).regex(NO_SHELL_INJECTION).refine(noCommandSubstitution)).max(32).optional(),
+  extraExecArgs: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(1024).regex(NO_SHELL_INJECTION).refine(noCommandSubstitution)).max(32).optional(),
+});
+
+export const DockerCaseLinkSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid case name format'),
+  hostId: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid docker host id'),
+  hostWorkspacePath: z.string().min(1).max(2000).regex(/^\//, 'Path must be absolute').regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in workspace path'),
+  containerWorkdir: z.string().min(1).max(2000).regex(/^\//).regex(NO_SHELL_META).optional(),
+  container: z.string().min(2).max(128).regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/, 'Invalid container name').optional(),
+});
+```
+
+`NO_SHELL_META` (rejects `$`/backtick, schemas.ts:297) is REQUIRED on `image`, `hostWorkspacePath`, `containerWorkdir`, and `container`, because all four reach the outer `bash -c "..."` double-quote layer where `$(...)`/backtick re-expose, exactly the reason `remotePath`/`identityFile` use it. `--privileged` and any `-v /var/run/docker.sock` are structurally unrepresentable (never emitted by the builder, never accepted by the schema).
+
+## 7. Security model
+
+- Hardening flags on every create: `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges` (NOT auto-set by rootless Docker or Podman, so always explicit), the uid/userns branch of Key decision 6 (never container-root; workspace files stay host-owned and HOME stays writable via GID 0), `--pids-limit` (fork-bomb guard), `--memory` with `--memory-swap == --memory` (real OOM cap), `--ulimit nofile`, `--init`, `--pull=never`. NEVER `--privileged`, NEVER mount the docker socket into the agent container. `--storage-opt size=` is emitted ONLY after the probe confirms overlay2-on-xfs-pquota or btrfs (the AICE-class silently-ignored trap); otherwise it is omitted and the UI does not advertise a size cap. Resource caps are advertised as ENFORCED only when the probe reports `capsEnforced:true`; under non-delegated rootless they are labeled advisory (user-decision 6).
+- Engine: prefer whichever the probe finds, Podman-rootless first for security (a container-root breakout lands as an unprivileged host user). Rootless bind-mount ownership uses `--userns=keep-id` (Podman) vs `--user <hostUid>:0` (Docker), so real per-engine branching lives in `buildDockerCreateArgs`. Docker Desktop takes its own uid path (Key decision 6).
+- Blast radius (the combined-posture the critic asked to surface, user-decision 5): the default convenient profile mounts an arbitrary host workspace dir RW (host-owned, mirrored path) AND host `~/.claude`/`~/.codex`/`~/.gemini`/`~/.config/gcloud`/`~/.config/opencode` RW into a NETWORK-ENABLED container. Container-run agent code can therefore read/modify those host trees and reach the network simultaneously. This is still a strict improvement over today's on-host skip-permissions execution, but the user must accept the combined posture explicitly; the sealed profile plus `network:none` is the mitigation for genuinely untrusted work.
+- Secret handling: creds arrive ONLY as bind-mounted files (default) or exec-time NAME-ONLY `--env` (codex/gemini keys), NEVER as create-time `-e` and NEVER as an image layer. Sealed-mode export is refuse-or-scrub (Section 5), closing the sealed-leak inversion.
+- CLAUDE.md "Multi-CLI prefix discipline": the exec-time name-only env is restricted to the CLI-specific keys per mode (Claude: none with OAuth mount; Codex: `OPENAI_API_KEY`/`CODEX_API_KEY`; Gemini: `GEMINI_API_KEY`/`GOOGLE_*`), never a blanket forward. `envOverrides` is rejected for docker, so the `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` allowlist is not widened.
+- hook-secret: bind-mounted read-only, referenced via `CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE` (a path, non-secret); the secret bytes never enter env or the image. Both `host.docker.internal` and `host.containers.internal` are added to the host-guard allowlist so the in-container hook curl's Host header passes on either engine.
+- Host guard / instance isolation: the in-container tmux socket (`codeman-docker`) and name (`codeman-dkr-<id8>`) deliberately FAIL a container-internal Codeman's `SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN`, so a nested Codeman never adopts our session (unit-asserted). The boot reaper is instance-scoped by the `codeman.instance` label so a beta never reaps prod. Any remote-daemon (`-H`/`--context`) mode is host-root-equivalent and stays strictly behind the existing auth/loopback/host-guard/Origin-CSRF stack.
+- Import containment: untrusted bundles are checksum-validated, extracted with traversal guards, and loaded into a quarantined image namespace (never overwriting the base image), then run with the same hardening.
+
+## 8. Phased implementation (branch: `feat/docker-session-mode`)
+
+Each phase is independently testable; per CLAUDE.md, end-to-end test in the real env before COM. All new docker IO paths carry `const IS_TEST_MODE = !!process.env.VITEST;` and no-op under it; the pure command builders are tested directly.
+
+- Phase 0: base image + engine probe. Author `docker/agent.Dockerfile` (OpenShift arbitrary-uid HOME) and `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` (build or pull the base image; digest recorded). Add `checkDockerAvailable`/`checkDockerTmuxAvailable`/`containerApiUrl`/`hostGatewayAlias` (IS_TEST_MODE no-op) and `GET /api/docker/status`. Test: probe stub returns available/caps/Desktop flags under VITEST; `containerApiUrl` preserves scheme+port and swaps host per engine; status route returns the envelope.
+- Phase 1: types + storage + schemas. Add all types (Section 3), `src/docker-hosts.ts`, `DockerHostSchema`/`DockerCaseLinkSchema`. Test: `docker-hosts.test.ts` (round-trip incl. `lastClaudeSessionId`, display path, config-hash stability); `docker-exec-options.test.ts` (schema rejects `$`/backtick in image/workdir/container).
+- Phase 2: tmux-manager builders. Add `DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET`, `dockerTmuxSessionName`, `buildDockerLaunchCommand` (resume-aware, image-check, env-prime), `buildDockerKillCommand`; wire the two ternaries + two cd-skips + Strategy 3c; harden `reconcileSessions` against docker hard-delete. Test (pure strings): adopt-proof name fails `SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN`; image-check precedes create; `new-session -A` idempotent; resume flag present only when a resume id is passed; `--pull=never` present; instance label present; escaping survives `bash -c` -> `docker exec` -> `sh -lc` -> tmux WITH a host workspace path containing spaces.
+- Phase 3: session.ts + mux + recovery. Add `_docker` + `resumeSessionId` threading, in-container cliVersion probe, `resolveMuxAttachCwd`, mux-interface fields, `restoreMuxSessions` passthrough, instance-scoped reaper wiring, claudeSessionId -> `DockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId` persistence, unified flag. Test: `toState()` emits docker; a persisted docker session round-trips through mux/state; a relaunch injects the persisted resume id (mock mux); reaper only targets this instance's orphaned containers.
+- Phase 4: routes + first real e2e. case-routes CRUD + listing + drift-recreate; session-routes quick-start branch (scaffolding RUNS, local-availability guards skip, model accepted, effort/config rejected). Manual e2e on a real docker host: docker-host create -> docker-link -> quick-start; confirm the pane runs `claude` in the container, files land host-owned, a Codeman restart reattaches the SAME live agent, and a `docker stop` followed by relaunch RESUMES the conversation.
+- Phase 5: hooks connectivity + installation. host-gateway (per engine), derived `CODEMAN_API_URL`, hook-secret mount, `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`/`CODEMAN_MUX` exec-env + tmux setenv, host-guard allowlist, and the scaffolding write into the real workspace. Manual e2e: trigger a permission prompt from inside the container and confirm it surfaces; verify hook payloads carry the right session id. If deferred, ship docker as explicitly hook-degraded and verify output-based idle detection through the docker-exec PTY.
+- Phase 6: export/import + GC + disk safety. quiesce+pause span, free-space precheck, commit+save+gzip + workspace tar + manifest + streaming download; sealed-mode refuse-or-scrub; retention/auto-prune; import with checksum validation + traversal guard + quarantined re-tag; drift-recreate; boot reaper; `runWithConversionLimit` cap; `docker rmi` in finally. Manual e2e: export, `docker load` on a second machine (or fresh case), import, confirm toolchain + workspace restored and NO creds present; attempt a sealed full-image export and confirm it is refused-or-scrubbed; attempt a `../` bundle and confirm it is rejected.
+- Phase 7: frontend. Docker tab, `linkDockerCase`, run wiring, case-picker labels, panels search, caps-advisory + scaffold-warning + effort-inert notes. Verify with Playwright (`waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded'`, 3-4s settle) that the Docker tab renders and a linked docker case appears in the picker.
+- Phase 8: docs + COM. Update CLAUDE.md (a "Docker cases" Key Pattern paragraph mirroring remote-SSH, plus the new state files, routes counts, and the resume/durability model), `docs/docker-cases.md`, then COM per the standard flow.
+
+## 9. Test plan
+
+- Unit (pure, CI-safe, mirror `test/remote-hosts.test.ts` / `test/remote-ssh-options.test.ts`):
+  - `test/docker-hosts.test.ts`: storage round-trip (incl. `lastClaudeSessionId`), `dockerDisplayPath`, `defaultDockerCommandForMode`, `toSessionDocker`, `containerApiUrl` (http/https, custom port, docker vs podman gateway), config-hash stability/drift, `buildDockerCreateArgs` flag ordering (cap-drop/no-new-privileges/memory==memory-swap/instance-label/`--pull=never` present; host/privileged/socket absent; per-engine uid vs `--userns=keep-id`).
+  - `test/docker-exec-options.test.ts`: `buildDockerLaunchCommand`/`buildDockerKillCommand` string shape and escaping through `bash -c` -> `docker exec` -> `sh -lc` -> tmux, including a workspace path with spaces; resume flag present only with a resume id; image-presence check precedes create; `dockerTmuxSessionName` fails `SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN`; schema rejects `$`/backtick in image/workdir/container/name; `linkDockerCase`-shaped bodies with omitted optionals validate (no `null` on the wire).
+  - Probe no-op: `checkDockerAvailable`/`checkDockerTmuxAvailable`/`probeDockerCliVersion` return canned values under VITEST and never spawn.
+- Integration (route tests via `app.inject()`, docker no-op'd): `/api/docker-hosts` CRUD; `/api/cases/docker-link` dup-check + broadcast; `GET /api/cases` includes the docker case with `location: 'docker'`; `/api/quick-start` docker branch rejects `envOverrides`/`effort`/config but ACCEPTS `modelOverride`, runs the workspace-scaffolding path, and constructs a session with `docker` set + seeded resume id; `DELETE /api/cases/:name` docker-unlink; export refuse-or-scrub for sealed; import traversal rejection; reaper instance-scoping (label filter). Pick a unique port only if a live-server test is added (search `const PORT =`; 3150+).
+- Manual end-to-end (real docker daemon, the mandatory "always end-to-end test" gate): build the base image; link a docker case; quick-start `claude`; verify OAuth via the mounted `~/.claude`, transcript correlation (subagent/workflow watchers show the session), host-owned files, and a working permission-prompt hook; reattach after a Codeman PROCESS restart (SAME live agent); `docker stop` then relaunch and confirm conversation RESUME; reboot-equivalent (daemon restart) and confirm boot recovery recreates+resumes; change the host's memory/image and confirm the drift-recreate prompt fires; export (convenient) and confirm the tar `docker load`s with no creds; attempt a sealed full-image export and confirm refuse-or-scrub; import into a fresh case; delete the case and confirm `docker rm -f` plus instance-scoped reaper GC; confirm a docker-down state surfaces a docker-specific error and does NOT trip the generic PTY-exit breaker.
+
+## 10. Open decisions for the user
+
+1. Credential + blast-radius posture (combined). Convenient default bind-mounts host `~/.claude` etc. RW AND an arbitrary host workspace RW into a network-enabled container, so container-run agent code can read/modify those host trees and reach the network at the same time. Recommended: convenient default plus a per-host SEALED opt-in (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) for untrusted work. Please confirm you accept the combined arbitrary-workspace-plus-egress-plus-host-creds posture for the default profile (it is still a net improvement over today's on-host skip-permissions execution).
+2. Base image ownership, registry, and freshness. The `codeman/agent:base` placeholder implies a Docker Hub org the project may not own. Pick the real registry/namespace (GHCR under the repo is the natural fit), decide digest pinning, and set a REBUILD CADENCE so agents are not stuck on a stale baked `claude` (the in-container version probe surfaces staleness, but something must trigger rebuilds). Choose: pull a pinned published image, build locally on first use via `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs`, or both.
+3. Container CWD strategy. Mirror the host workspace path inside the container (recommended: makes transcript projHash correlate, file features and resume capture work) vs a fixed `/workspace` (simpler mount, breaks watcher correlation). Please confirm the mirror approach.
+4. Hooks in the MVP AND workspace scaffolding. Making docker hooks fire requires WRITING `.claude/settings.local.json` (and the CLAUDE.md scaffold) into the user's REAL linked host directory, a behavioral shift from "link a dir" to "link and scaffold a dir." Choose: wire hooks + scaffolding now (Phase 5, recommended, and it also enables the model picker), or ship docker as explicitly hook-degraded (no permission prompts / hook-idle) for v1 and add later. Confirm you are OK with Codeman mutating the linked host workspace.
+5. Session-kill teardown and RESUME (reframed honestly). `docker stop` on session kill is not merely "free RAM vs instant reattach": it destroys the in-container live agent, and the conversation survives ONLY because the next launch runs `--resume` from the bind-mounted transcript. Choose: keep the container running (costs RAM, preserves the exact live in-flight agent) vs stop and rely on `--resume` (frees RAM, may lose uncommitted in-flight tool state). Case-delete always `docker rm -f`.
+6. Rootless enforcement posture. Under rootless without cgroup-v2 systemd delegation, `--memory`/`--cpus`/`--pids-limit` are SILENTLY ignored. Choose: REQUIRE delegation (refuse to link a host that cannot enforce caps) or ship-with-warning ("resource caps are advisory on your engine"). The probe reports `capsEnforced` either way.
+7. Default resume behavior. Should a re-linked or re-run docker case default to resuming its last conversation (`resumeOnStart:true`, using `DockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId`) rather than starting clean? This is the crux of making the durability story real and is the recommended default, but it changes user-visible behavior (a new session in an existing case continues the prior conversation).
+8. Export defaults and disk budget. Default export button: workspace-only (fast, small, files-only, recommended for 24h+ runs) vs full-image (reproducible env, multi-GB). Also set the retention cap (max retained exports), the auto-prune policy, and the free-space threshold below which export is refused (a full `/var/lib/docker` breaks EVERY session on the host, not just docker ones).
+9. Remote docker daemon (`-H ssh://...` / `--context`). Support in the MVP (composes with remote hosts, adds host-root trust surface) or local-daemon-only first.
+10. Podman parity depth. Full `--userns=keep-id` plus Quadlet boot-persistence, or Docker-first with Podman as best-effort and boot-persistence via Codeman's idempotent create-if-missing only. Note the podman host alias is `host.containers.internal`, already handled per engine.

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+# Docker cases
+
+Run a case inside an **isolated Docker container** instead of directly on the host. Any number of Codeman sessions can share one container (it is scoped to the case, not the session), so a whole project lives in a sandbox with its own network, resource caps, and filesystem, and you can **export the container to move it to another machine**.
+
+Docker mode is a **location overlay on cases**, the direct analog of [remote SSH cases](./remote-hosts.md): where a remote case runs a local tmux pane doing `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a docker case runs a local tmux pane doing `docker exec -it` into a durable **in-container** tmux server. It is not a separate `SessionMode`, so `claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini` all work inside the container.
+
+## One-time setup: build the base image
+
+The container needs a base image with the agent toolchain (node, the CLIs, git, tmux). Build it locally once:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs          # builds codeman/agent:base
+# options: --engine docker|podman  --image <ref>  --no-cache
+```
+
+The image is **secret-free**: credentials are delivered at runtime (bind mounts or `docker exec --env`), never baked in, so exports never leak them.
+
+## Quickest path: one-click "Run in Docker"
+
+On the **New case → Create New** tab there's a **🐳 Run in an isolated Docker container** checkbox. Checking it alone is enough: Codeman creates the case folder in `~/codeman-cases/<name>`, spins up a hardened container with sensible defaults (auto-provisioning a shared `default` host), and starts the session inside it. No host/image/network fields to fill in.
+
+Click the checkbox's **Container settings** to optionally tweak the predefined defaults, including a **Template** picker:
+
+| Template | Memory | CPUs | GPUs |
+|----------|--------|------|------|
+| Small | 2 GB | 1 | none |
+| Medium (default) | 4 GB | 2 | none |
+| Large | 8 GB | 4 | none |
+| GPU | 8 GB | 4 | all (needs the NVIDIA container toolkit) |
+
+**Disk is elastic** — the container's storage grows automatically as data flows in; there is no fixed cap (bounded only by host disk). Any tweaked setting creates a dedicated per-case host so it never changes the shared `default`.
+
+## Create a docker case (full control)
+
+App → **New case → Docker** tab:
+
+- **Case Name** / **Workspace Path**: the workspace is a real HOST directory bind-mounted into the container at the same path. Codeman scaffolds `CLAUDE.md` + `.claude/settings.local.json` (hooks) into it, and file previews / attachments work on the real bytes.
+- **Host ID**: a reusable docker host profile (image, network, resources). Reuse the same ID across cases to share settings.
+- **Network**: `bridge` (internet on, default), `none` (fully isolated), or a `custom` bridge.
+- **Advanced**: memory / CPU caps, **Mount host credentials** (on = your existing `~/.claude` login just works; off = a sealed sandbox you log into inside the container), **Resume last conversation on relaunch**.
+
+Then run it like any case (Run Claude / Run Shell / …). The first launch creates the container (`codeman-case-<name>`); subsequent sessions attach to the same one.
+
+Equivalent API:
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/docker-hosts -d '{"id":"local","label":"Local","image":"codeman/agent:base"}'
+curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/cases/docker-link -d '{"name":"sandbox","hostId":"local","hostWorkspacePath":"/home/you/projects/sandbox"}'
+curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/quick-start -d '{"caseName":"sandbox","mode":"claude"}'
+```
+
+## Lifecycle
+
+- **Reconnect after a Codeman restart** lands back in the same live agent (the in-container tmux survives).
+- **Container stop / host reboot** recreates the container and, when a resume id was captured, **resumes** the last conversation from the bind-mounted transcript.
+- **Killing one session** only kills that session's in-container tmux session; the shared container stays up for sibling sessions.
+- **Deleting the case** `docker rm -f`s the container (the bind-mounted workspace on the host survives). An instance-scoped boot reaper removes containers whose case is gone.
+
+## Isolation & security
+
+Every container runs hardened: `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, non-root (`--user <hostUid>:0` so workspace files stay host-owned), `--pids-limit`, `--memory` == `--memory-swap`, `--init`. Never `--privileged`, never the docker socket. The default **convenient** profile bind-mounts host credential dirs read-write so the common login just works (creds stay on the host, never captured by `docker commit`); the **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) is the opt-in for genuinely untrusted work.
+
+Rootless engines without cgroup-v2 systemd delegation cannot enforce resource caps; linking such a host warns that caps are advisory.
+
+## Export / Import (move to another machine)
+
+**Export** (from the Docker tab, or `POST /api/docker-cases/:name/export`): choose
+
+- **Full image + workspace**: `docker commit` the container to an image, `docker save` it, tar the workspace, and a manifest, all into one portable `<case>-<ts>.codeman-container.tgz` (the whole toolchain, installed packages, and files). Runs in the background; you are notified when the bundle is ready.
+- **Workspace only**: just the project files (fast, small).
+
+The container is paused across the capture so the image and workspace are consistent; a full `/var/lib/docker` is guarded against with a free-space precheck; the intermediate image is always cleaned up.
+
+**Import** (`POST /api/docker-cases/import`, or the Manage tab): copy the `.tgz` onto the new machine's `~/.codeman/docker-exports/`, then import it into a new case. The manifest and per-member SHA-256 checksums are validated, the workspace tar is extracted with a path-traversal guard, and the image is `docker load`ed and **re-tagged into a quarantined namespace** (`codeman/imported-<case>:<ts>`) so it never overwrites a local tag. The destination supplies its own credentials, so nothing secret crosses machines.
+
+`GET /api/docker-exports` lists bundles; `GET /api/docker-exports/:filename` downloads one; `DELETE` removes one.
+
+## Hooks require the server to be reachable from the container
+
+In-container hooks (permission events, hook-based idle/stop/task notifications) POST to `CODEMAN_API_URL`, which is derived as `https://host.docker.internal:<port>` (`host.docker.internal` → the docker bridge gateway, e.g. `172.17.0.1`, via `--add-host …:host-gateway`). For that callback to succeed, the Codeman server must be **listening on an interface the container can reach**.
+
+- If Codeman binds **loopback-only** (`127.0.0.1`, the default and the production systemd config), a container reaching `172.17.0.1:<port>` cannot connect, so by default **in-container hooks do not fire**. The session still works fully: idle/stop detection falls back to **output-based** detection through the `docker exec` PTY (which always works), and claude runs with `--dangerously-skip-permissions` so there are no permission prompts to forward anyway.
+- **To enable in-container hooks on a loopback-only server, set `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`** (env). Codeman then starts a SECOND listener bound to the docker bridge gateway (`172.17.0.1`, auto-detected; override with `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOST`) that serves **only the hook endpoints** (`/api/hook-event`, `/api/status-telemetry`) and delegates them into the same secret-gated pipeline. The bridge is host-internal (containers + host, not the LAN), and every other path returns `403`, so this does not widen your network exposure. Add `Environment=CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1` to the systemd unit and restart.
+- Alternatively, bind `0.0.0.0` **with `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` set** (exposes on the LAN too).
+
+The host-gateway mapping, `CODEMAN_API_URL` derivation, host-guard allowlist, and hook-secret mount are all wired correctly; `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS` closes the last gap for loopback-only servers.
+
+## Notes & limits
+
+- Requires Docker (or Podman) with a reachable daemon; tmux must be present in the base image (a hard prerequisite, probed at link time).
+- Per-session `envOverrides` / `effort` / per-CLI config are rejected for docker cases (they do not cross into the container); configure the container via the docker host's per-mode command override instead.
+- macOS Docker Desktop takes a dedicated uid path (the baked image uid; memory caps are subject to the VM ceiling).
+
+Design + rationale: [`docker-cases-plan.md`](./docker-cases-plan.md).

docs/security-architecture.md

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ an explicit, guided opt‑in.
 7. [Supply‑chain & build‑asset hardening](#7-supplychain--buildasset-hardening-cod28)
 8. [Multi‑instance isolation](#8-multiinstance-isolation)
 9. [Transport security headers](#9-transport-security-headers)
-10. [Quick reference](#10-quick-reference)
+10. [Docker container isolation](#10-docker-container-isolation)
+11. [Quick reference](#11-quick-reference)
 
 ---
 
@@ -471,7 +472,22 @@ production layout (`~/.codeman`, `-L codeman`, port 3000).
 
 ---
 
-## 10. Quick reference
+## 10. Docker container isolation
+
+Docker cases (1.4.0) run a session inside a per‑case container instead of on the host. The security posture:
+
+- **Hardened create flags, always** — `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, `--pids-limit` (fork‑bomb guard), `--memory` == `--memory-swap` (a real OOM cap), `--init`, and non‑root: `--user <hostUid>:0` on Linux (host uid → workspace files stay host‑owned; GID 0 keeps `$HOME` writable), `--userns=keep-id` on rootless Podman. **Never** `--privileged`, and **never** the docker socket — the pure builder in `docker-hosts.ts` cannot emit them and the schema cannot represent them.
+- **Credentials never enter an image** — the convenient default bind‑mounts host cred dirs (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini`, `~/.config/{gcloud,opencode}`) read‑write. Bind mounts are physically excluded from `docker commit`, so exported images are secret‑free. API‑key CLIs get their key as an exec‑time NAME‑ONLY `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (no `=value`, no `ps` leak, never committed); a create‑time `-e` for a secret is never used. The **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) drops the host mounts; full‑image export is then refused (an in‑container login would ride the committed layer) unless a pre‑commit scrub is opted into.
+- **Blast radius — accept it explicitly** — the convenient profile mounts an arbitrary host workspace RW plus the host credential dirs RW into a network‑enabled container, so container‑run agent code can read/modify those host trees and reach the network at once. Still a net improvement over today's on‑host `--dangerously-skip-permissions` execution; use the sealed profile for genuinely untrusted work.
+- **Import is untrusted‑bundle‑safe** — `/api/docker-cases/import` validates the manifest + per‑member SHA‑256 before extraction, rejects absolute / `..` tar members (traversal guard), and re‑tags the loaded image into a quarantined namespace so it can never overwrite `codeman/agent:base` or a pre‑existing tag.
+- **Host guard & the bridge‑hooks listener** — in‑container hook callbacks carry `Host: host.docker.internal` / `host.containers.internal`; both are on the always‑on host‑header allowlist (`DOCKER_HOST_GATEWAY_ALIASES`) and resolve to the host only from inside a container netns, so they are not a browser DNS‑rebinding surface. On a loopback‑only server, in‑container hooks are opt‑in via `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`, which binds a SECOND listener on the docker bridge gateway serving **only** the hook endpoints (every other path → `403`) into the same hook‑secret‑gated pipeline. The bridge is host‑internal (containers + host), not the LAN, so it does not widen network exposure; the hook secret is bind‑mounted read‑only and referenced by path.
+- **Instance isolation** — every managed container is labeled `codeman.instance=<CODEMAN_INSTANCE>`; the boot reaper reaps orphans of its OWN instance only, so a beta never removes a prod container. The in‑container tmux socket (`-L codeman-docker`) + session name (`codeman-dkr-*`) deliberately fail a nested Codeman's discovery pattern.
+
+Full feature guide: [`docker-cases.md`](docker-cases.md).
+
+---
+
+## 11. Quick reference
 
 | Env / flag | Effect |
 |------------|--------|
@@ -482,6 +498,8 @@ production layout (`~/.codeman`, `-L codeman`, port 3000).
 | `--https` | Enable TLS (adds HSTS) |
 | `CODEMAN_INSTANCE` | Scope tmux socket + data dir for isolation |
 | `CODEMAN_GESTURE=1` | Make the gesture overlay available (widens CSP) |
+| `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1` | Serve the hook endpoints on the docker bridge gateway (host‑internal, hooks‑only, `403` elsewhere) so in‑container hooks reach a loopback‑bound server — see §10 |
+| `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOST` | Override the bridge gateway IP the hooks listener binds (default: auto‑detect) |
 
 **Audit log:** session lifecycle and server start are recorded in
 `~/.codeman/session-lifecycle.jsonl`.

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aicodeman",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aicodeman",
-      "version": "1.3.5",
+      "version": "1.4.1",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "workspaces": [

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aicodeman",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Mission control for AI coding agents - run 20 autonomous agents with real-time monitoring and session persistence",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",

scripts/build-agent-image.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Build the Codeman agent base image locally (decision: "build locally on first
+ * use", see docs/docker-cases-plan.md). No registry account required.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs [--engine docker|podman] [--image <ref>] [--no-cache]
+ *
+ * Defaults: engine=docker (falls back to podman if docker is absent),
+ *           image=codeman/agent:base
+ */
+import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const REPO_ROOT = join(__dirname, '..');
+const DOCKERFILE = join(REPO_ROOT, 'docker', 'agent.Dockerfile');
+const DEFAULT_IMAGE = 'codeman/agent:base';
+
+function parseArgs(argv) {
+  const args = { image: DEFAULT_IMAGE, engine: undefined, noCache: false };
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const a = argv[i];
+    if (a === '--image') args.image = argv[++i];
+    else if (a === '--engine') args.engine = argv[++i];
+    else if (a === '--no-cache') args.noCache = true;
+    else if (a === '-h' || a === '--help') args.help = true;
+  }
+  return args;
+}
+
+function engineAvailable(engine) {
+  const r = spawnSync(engine, ['--version'], { stdio: 'ignore' });
+  return r.status === 0;
+}
+
+function resolveEngine(preferred) {
+  if (preferred) {
+    if (!engineAvailable(preferred)) {
+      console.error(`[build-agent-image] engine "${preferred}" not found on PATH`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    return preferred;
+  }
+  if (engineAvailable('docker')) return 'docker';
+  if (engineAvailable('podman')) return 'podman';
+  console.error('[build-agent-image] neither docker nor podman found on PATH. Install one and retry.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
+if (args.help) {
+  console.log('Usage: node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs [--engine docker|podman] [--image <ref>] [--no-cache]');
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+const engine = resolveEngine(args.engine);
+const buildArgs = ['build', '-f', DOCKERFILE, '-t', args.image];
+if (args.noCache) buildArgs.push('--no-cache');
+buildArgs.push(REPO_ROOT);
+
+console.log(`[build-agent-image] ${engine} ${buildArgs.join(' ')}`);
+const child = spawn(engine, buildArgs, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+child.on('exit', (code) => {
+  if (code === 0) {
+    console.log(`\n[build-agent-image] built ${args.image}. Docker cases can now launch.`);
+  } else {
+    console.error(`\n[build-agent-image] build failed (exit ${code}).`);
+  }
+  process.exit(code ?? 1);
+});

scripts/capture-readme-gifs.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,482 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * capture-readme-gifs.mjs
+ *
+ * Deterministic README GIFs — no real server, Claude CLI, or tmux. Reuses the
+ * mock-injection pipeline from capture-readme-screenshots.mjs (static file
+ * server + page.route mocks), drives a scripted timeline in the page, records
+ * it with Playwright video, and converts to GIF via ffmpeg palette encoding.
+ *
+ * Scenes:
+ *   1. subagent-demo.gif  — terminal spawns 3 parallel agents; floating agent
+ *      windows open one by one and stream tool-call activity live (driven
+ *      through the real _onSubagentDiscovered/_onSubagentToolCall handlers).
+ *   2. zerolag-demo.gif   — side-by-side typing: instant local echo (zerolag)
+ *      vs bursty ~350 ms server echo, rendered with the vendored xterm.
+ *
+ * Usage:  node scripts/capture-readme-gifs.mjs
+ *         SCREENSHOT_OUT_DIR=/path/to/review node scripts/capture-readme-gifs.mjs
+ * Output: docs/images/ (or flat into SCREENSHOT_OUT_DIR)
+ * Requires: ffmpeg
+ */
+
+import { chromium } from 'playwright';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import {
+  PORT,
+  SESSION_IDS,
+  STANDARD_SESSIONS,
+  buildInitPayload,
+  startStaticServer,
+  setupRoutes,
+  injectState,
+  outPath,
+  RST, GRN, YEL, MAG, CYN, GRY, BOLD,
+} from './capture-readme-screenshots.mjs';
+
+const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+const GIF_COLORS = 192;
+
+// ─── ffmpeg conversion (palette recipe from capture-subagent-gif.mjs) ────────
+
+function webmToGif(videoPath, gifPath, { ss, duration, width, fps }) {
+  // One GLOBAL palette (default stats_mode=full) + ordered dither: per-frame
+  // palettes (stats_mode=single:new=1) make dirty rectangles visibly mismatch
+  // on flat dark UI, and error-diffusion dither shimmers between frames.
+  const filters = `fps=${fps},scale=${width}:-1:flags=lanczos`;
+  execSync(
+    `ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -ss ${ss.toFixed(2)} -t ${duration} -i "${videoPath}" ` +
+      `-vf "${filters},split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen=max_colors=${GIF_COLORS}:reserve_transparent=0[p];` +
+      `[s1][p]paletteuse=dither=bayer:bayer_scale=5:diff_mode=rectangle" "${gifPath}"`,
+    { stdio: 'inherit' }
+  );
+}
+
+// ─── Scene 1: subagent demo ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const SUBAGENT_VIEWPORT = { width: 1440, height: 810 };
+
+// Terminal content visible before the agents spawn
+const TERMINAL_PRESPAWN = [
+  '',
+  `${GRN}●${RST} Working on ${CYN}/home/arkon/codeman-cases/testcase${RST} - I'll use the ${BOLD}Task tool${RST} to spawn parallel agents.`,
+  '',
+  `${GRN}●${RST} ${BOLD}Read${RST}(/home/arkon/codeman-cases/testcase/CLAUDE.md)`,
+  `  ${GRY}░${RST} Read ${BOLD}127${RST} lines ${GRY}│${RST} ${CYN}1.2KB${RST}`,
+  '',
+  `${GRN}●${RST} ${BOLD}Bash${RST}(find . -name "*.ts" -not -path "*/node_modules/*" | head -20)`,
+  `  ${GRY}░${RST} ./src/index.ts`,
+  `  ${GRY}░${RST} ./src/session.ts`,
+  `  ${GRY}░${RST} ./src/web/server.ts`,
+  `  ${GRY}░${RST} ${GRY}... (17 more)${RST}`,
+  '',
+  `${GRN}●${RST} I'll spawn 3 parallel research agents to analyze different parts of the codebase simultaneously.`,
+  '',
+].join('\r\n');
+
+function makeAgent(agentId, description, startedOffsetMs) {
+  return {
+    agentId,
+    sessionId: 'claude-sess-w1-0001',
+    projectHash: 'abc123',
+    filePath: `/tmp/${agentId}.jsonl`,
+    startedAt: new Date(Date.now() - startedOffsetMs).toISOString(),
+    lastActivityAt: Date.now(),
+    status: 'active',
+    toolCallCount: 0,
+    entryCount: 0,
+    fileSize: 4000,
+    description,
+    model: 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001',
+    modelShort: 'haiku',
+    totalInputTokens: 0,
+    totalOutputTokens: 0,
+    parentSessionId: SESSION_IDS.w1,
+  };
+}
+
+// Timeline events: t (ms from scene start) + kind
+//   term     — write raw data to the session terminal
+//   discover — register subagent + open + position its floating window
+//   tool     — stream a tool call into an agent window
+//   msg      — stream an assistant message into an agent window
+//   complete — flip an agent to completed
+function buildSubagentTimeline() {
+  const T = (lines) => lines.join('\r\n') + '\r\n';
+  const tool = (t, agentId, name, input) => ({ t, kind: 'tool', agentId, tool: name, input });
+  const msg = (t, agentId, text) => ({ t, kind: 'msg', agentId, text });
+
+  return [
+    {
+      t: 600,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${BOLD}Task${RST}(Find and document all API endpoints in src/)`,
+        `  ${GRY}░${RST} Spawned ${CYN}agent-001${RST} ${GRY}(haiku)${RST}`,
+        '',
+      ]),
+    },
+    {
+      t: 1000,
+      kind: 'discover',
+      agent: makeAgent('agent-001', 'Find and document all API endpoints in src/', 2000),
+      x: 440, y: 45,
+    },
+    tool(1500, 'agent-001', 'Glob', { pattern: 'src/**/*.ts' }),
+    {
+      t: 2000,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${BOLD}Task${RST}(Explore and understand test structure in test/)`,
+        `  ${GRY}░${RST} Spawned ${CYN}agent-002${RST} ${GRY}(haiku)${RST}`,
+        '',
+      ]),
+    },
+    tool(2200, 'agent-001', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/src/web/server.ts' }),
+    {
+      t: 2500,
+      kind: 'discover',
+      agent: makeAgent('agent-002', 'Explore and understand test structure in test/', 1200),
+      x: 880, y: 45,
+    },
+    tool(3000, 'agent-002', 'Glob', { pattern: 'test/**/*.test.ts' }),
+    {
+      t: 3300,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${BOLD}Task${RST}(Analyze TypeScript type definitions in src/types.ts)`,
+        `  ${GRY}░${RST} Spawned ${CYN}agent-003${RST} ${GRY}(haiku)${RST}`,
+        '',
+      ]),
+    },
+    tool(3500, 'agent-001', 'Grep', { pattern: 'app\\.get|app\\.post|app\\.delete', path: 'src/' }),
+    {
+      t: 3800,
+      kind: 'discover',
+      agent: makeAgent('agent-003', 'Analyze TypeScript type definitions in src/types.ts', 400),
+      x: 660, y: 400,
+    },
+    tool(4100, 'agent-002', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/test/respawn-test-utils.ts' }),
+    {
+      t: 4500,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([
+        `${MAG}✻${RST} ${YEL}Waiting for agents...${RST} ${GRY}(${BOLD}esc${RST}${GRY} to interrupt · 32s · ↓ 1.7k tokens · thinking)${RST}`,
+        '',
+      ]),
+    },
+    tool(4700, 'agent-003', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/src/types.ts' }),
+    tool(5200, 'agent-001', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/src/web/schemas.ts' }),
+    tool(5600, 'agent-002', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/config/vitest.config.ts' }),
+    tool(6100, 'agent-003', 'Grep', { pattern: 'export (interface|type)', path: 'src/types/' }),
+    msg(6700, 'agent-001', 'Found 47 API endpoints across server.ts. Documenting REST paths...'),
+    tool(7100, 'agent-002', 'Grep', { pattern: 'const PORT =', path: 'test/' }),
+    msg(7700, 'agent-002', 'Analyzing test patterns: MockSession, unique ports, fileParallelism: false...'),
+    tool(8100, 'agent-003', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/src/types/index.ts' }),
+    msg(8700, 'agent-003', 'Mapped 38 exported interfaces across 15 domain files. Building summary...'),
+    {
+      t: 9300,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${CYN}agent-001${RST}: ${GRY}12 tool calls — Glob, Read(server.ts), Grep(endpoints)...${RST}`,
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${CYN}agent-002${RST}: ${GRY}8 tool calls — Glob, Read(test-utils), Read(vitest.config)...${RST}`,
+        `${GRN}●${RST} ${CYN}agent-003${RST}: ${GRY}7 tool calls — Read(types.ts), Grep(interface)...${RST}`,
+        '',
+      ]),
+    },
+    tool(10100, 'agent-001', 'Glob', { pattern: 'src/web/routes/*.ts' }),
+    tool(10600, 'agent-002', 'Read', { file_path: '/home/arkon/codeman/test/setup.ts' }),
+    tool(11100, 'agent-003', 'Grep', { pattern: 'assertNever', path: 'src/' }),
+    {
+      t: 11600,
+      kind: 'term',
+      data: T([`${GRN}●${RST} ${GRY}171.8k, 13s${RST} ${GRY}│${RST} ${GRY}1.7k tokens${RST} ${GRY}│${RST} ${GRY}thinking${RST}`, '']),
+    },
+  ];
+}
+
+const SUBAGENT_TAIL_HOLD = 2500; // hold the final frame
+
+async function recordSubagentScene(browser, videoDir) {
+  console.log('\n1/2 Recording subagent-demo...');
+
+  const context = await browser.newContext({
+    viewport: SUBAGENT_VIEWPORT,
+    deviceScaleFactor: 1,
+    recordVideo: { dir: videoDir, size: SUBAGENT_VIEWPORT },
+  });
+  const recStart = Date.now();
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  page.setDefaultTimeout(30000);
+
+  // Start with NO subagents — they appear during the recording
+  const initPayload = buildInitPayload(STANDARD_SESSIONS);
+  await setupRoutes(page, initPayload, TERMINAL_PRESPAWN);
+  await page.goto(`http://localhost:${PORT}`, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+  await injectState(page, initPayload, TERMINAL_PRESPAWN, SESSION_IDS.w1);
+
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    try { window.app?.fitAddon?.fit(); } catch {}
+    window.app?.terminal?.scrollToBottom();
+  });
+  await sleep(500);
+
+  const timeline = buildSubagentTimeline();
+  const totalMs = Math.max(...timeline.map((e) => e.t)) + SUBAGENT_TAIL_HOLD;
+  const sceneStart = Date.now();
+
+  // Run the whole timeline inside the page so events interleave naturally
+  await page.evaluate((events) => {
+    const app = window.app;
+    for (const ev of events) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        try {
+          if (ev.kind === 'term') {
+            app.terminal.write(ev.data);
+            app.terminal.scrollToBottom();
+          } else if (ev.kind === 'discover') {
+            app._onSubagentDiscovered(ev.agent);
+            app.openSubagentWindow(ev.agent.agentId);
+            // The spawn animation (400ms) lands on the auto-grid; glide to our tile after it
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              const win = app.subagentWindows.get(ev.agent.agentId);
+              if (win?.element) {
+                win.element.style.transition = 'left 0.25s ease, top 0.25s ease';
+                win.element.style.left = `${ev.x}px`;
+                win.element.style.top = `${ev.y}px`;
+              }
+            }, 520);
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              const win = app.subagentWindows.get(ev.agent.agentId);
+              if (win?.element) win.element.style.transition = '';
+              app.updateConnectionLines();
+            }, 850);
+          } else if (ev.kind === 'tool') {
+            app._onSubagentToolCall({
+              agentId: ev.agentId,
+              tool: ev.tool,
+              input: ev.input,
+              timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            });
+          } else if (ev.kind === 'msg') {
+            app._onSubagentMessage({
+              agentId: ev.agentId,
+              role: 'assistant',
+              text: ev.text,
+              timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            });
+          } else if (ev.kind === 'complete') {
+            app._onSubagentCompleted({ agentId: ev.agentId, timestamp: new Date().toISOString() });
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error('timeline event failed', ev, err);
+        }
+      }, ev.t);
+    }
+  }, timeline);
+
+  await sleep(totalMs + 500);
+
+  await page.close();
+  const videoPath = await page.video().path();
+  await context.close();
+
+  return {
+    videoPath,
+    ss: (sceneStart - recStart) / 1000 - 0.4,
+    duration: (totalMs + 400) / 1000,
+  };
+}
+
+// ─── Scene 2: zerolag typing comparison ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+const ZEROLAG_VIEWPORT = { width: 1280, height: 470 };
+const TYPED_TEXT = 'echo "zero lag typing from anywhere"';
+const TYPE_INTERVAL_MS = 110;
+const REMOTE_FLUSH_MS = 350; // server-echo pane flushes queued chars in bursts
+const ZEROLAG_TAIL_HOLD = 1800;
+
+const ZEROLAG_HTML = `<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:${PORT}/vendor/xterm.css">
+<script src="http://localhost:${PORT}/vendor/xterm.min.js"></script>
+<style>
+  * { margin: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
+  body {
+    width: 1280px; height: 470px; background: #0a0a0c;
+    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 48px;
+    font-family: -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
+  }
+  .pane { width: 560px; }
+  .card {
+    background: #131316; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
+    border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;
+    box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);
+  }
+  .card-head {
+    display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px;
+    padding: 12px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.06);
+  }
+  .dot { width: 9px; height: 9px; border-radius: 50%; align-self: center; }
+  .title { font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; color: #e8e8ea; }
+  .sub { font-size: 12.5px; color: #8b8b92; }
+  .term { padding: 16px 8px 12px 16px; height: 165px; }
+  .good .dot { background: #22c55e; box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(34,197,94,0.7); }
+  .bad  .dot { background: #ef4444; box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(239,68,68,0.7); }
+  .tag {
+    margin-top: 14px; text-align: center; font-size: 14.5px; color: #7e7e86;
+  }
+  .tag b { color: #22c55e; font-weight: 600; }
+  .bad-tag b { color: #ef4444; }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <div class="pane">
+    <div class="card good">
+      <div class="card-head">
+        <span class="dot"></span>
+        <span class="title">With zerolag-input</span>
+        <span class="sub">instant local echo</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="term" id="termLeft"></div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="tag">keystrokes echo in <b>0 ms</b></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="pane">
+    <div class="card bad">
+      <div class="card-head">
+        <span class="dot"></span>
+        <span class="title">Without</span>
+        <span class="sub">server round-trip echo</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="term" id="termRight"></div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="tag bad-tag">keystrokes echo after <b>~350 ms</b></div>
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>`;
+
+async function recordZerolagScene(browser, videoDir) {
+  console.log('\n2/2 Recording zerolag-demo...');
+
+  const context = await browser.newContext({
+    viewport: ZEROLAG_VIEWPORT,
+    deviceScaleFactor: 1,
+    recordVideo: { dir: videoDir, size: ZEROLAG_VIEWPORT },
+  });
+  const recStart = Date.now();
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  page.setDefaultTimeout(30000);
+
+  await page.setContent(ZEROLAG_HTML, { waitUntil: 'load' });
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => typeof Terminal !== 'undefined');
+
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const theme = {
+      background: '#131316',
+      foreground: '#e8e8ea',
+      cursor: '#22c55e',
+      cursorAccent: '#131316',
+    };
+    const mk = (id) => {
+      const term = new Terminal({
+        cols: 44,
+        rows: 5,
+        fontSize: 20,
+        fontFamily: "'SF Mono', 'Cascadia Code', Menlo, monospace",
+        cursorBlink: true,
+        cursorStyle: 'block',
+        theme,
+      });
+      term.open(document.getElementById(id));
+      term.write('\x1b[32m❯\x1b[0m ');
+      return term;
+    };
+    window.termLeft = mk('termLeft');
+    window.termRight = mk('termRight');
+  });
+  await sleep(600);
+
+  const sceneStart = Date.now();
+  const typingMs = TYPED_TEXT.length * TYPE_INTERVAL_MS;
+  const totalMs = typingMs + REMOTE_FLUSH_MS + ZEROLAG_TAIL_HOLD;
+
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ text, interval, flushEvery }) => {
+      let i = 0;
+      const remoteQueue = [];
+      const typer = setInterval(() => {
+        if (i >= text.length) { clearInterval(typer); return; }
+        const ch = text[i++];
+        window.termLeft.write(ch); // local echo: instant
+        remoteQueue.push(ch); // server echo: waits for the round-trip
+      }, interval);
+      const flusher = setInterval(() => {
+        if (remoteQueue.length) window.termRight.write(remoteQueue.splice(0).join(''));
+        if (i >= text.length && remoteQueue.length === 0) clearInterval(flusher);
+      }, flushEvery);
+    },
+    { text: TYPED_TEXT, interval: TYPE_INTERVAL_MS, flushEvery: REMOTE_FLUSH_MS }
+  );
+
+  await sleep(totalMs + 400);
+
+  await page.close();
+  const videoPath = await page.video().path();
+  await context.close();
+
+  return {
+    videoPath,
+    ss: (sceneStart - recStart) / 1000 - 0.6, // small lead-in with idle cursors
+    duration: (totalMs + 600) / 1000,
+  };
+}
+
+// ─── Main ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log('='.repeat(60));
+  console.log('Codeman README GIF Capture');
+  console.log('='.repeat(60));
+
+  const server = await startStaticServer();
+  const videoDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-gifs-'));
+  let browser;
+
+  try {
+    browser = await chromium.launch({
+      headless: true,
+      args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--disable-gpu'],
+    });
+
+    const sub = await recordSubagentScene(browser, videoDir);
+    const subGif = outPath('images', 'subagent-demo.gif');
+    webmToGif(sub.videoPath, subGif, { ss: Math.max(0, sub.ss), duration: sub.duration, width: 960, fps: 8 });
+    console.log(`  Saved: ${subGif}`);
+
+    const zl = await recordZerolagScene(browser, videoDir);
+    const zlGif = outPath('images', 'zerolag-demo.gif');
+    webmToGif(zl.videoPath, zlGif, { ss: Math.max(0, zl.ss), duration: zl.duration, width: 900, fps: 10 });
+    console.log(`  Saved: ${zlGif}`);
+
+    console.log('\nDone.');
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('\nFatal error:', err.message);
+    console.error(err.stack);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  } finally {
+    if (browser) await browser.close().catch(() => {});
+    server.close();
+    rmSync(videoDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => process.exit(1));
+
+main();

scripts/capture-readme-real.mjs

@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ async function newCtx(browser) {
         localStorage.setItem('codeman:skin', skin);
         localStorage.setItem('codeman-font-size', String(font));
         const blob = { skin, showFileBrowser: false, showProjectInsights: false };
+        // Don't auto-hide subagent windows that belong to a non-active tab — the
+        // subagent scene re-homes agents and needs both windows visible at once.
+        blob.subagentActiveTabOnly = false;
         if (planUsage) blob.showPlanUsageLimits = true;
         localStorage.setItem('codeman-app-settings', JSON.stringify(blob));
       } catch {
@@ -136,9 +139,9 @@ async function sceneSubagent(browser) {
   const sessions = await listSessions(page);
   const targetId = process.env.SUBAGENT_SID || (sessions.find((s) => s.mode === 'claude') || sessions[0])?.id;
   if (targetId) await page.evaluate((id) => window.app.selectSession(id), targetId);
-  // Wait (up to ~25s) for live subagents to arrive via SSE into app.subagents.
+  // Wait (up to ~45s) for live subagents to arrive via SSE into app.subagents.
   let agents = [];
-  for (let i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 45; i++) {
     agents = await page.evaluate(() =>
       Array.from(window.app.subagents?.entries?.() || []).map(([id, a]) => ({ id, name: a.name ?? a.agentType ?? '' }))
     );
@@ -151,6 +154,44 @@ async function sceneSubagent(browser) {
     await context.close();
     return;
   }
+  // The window body renders from app.subagentActivity, which fills ONLY from live
+  // SSE tool-call/progress events — a fresh client never gets past activity replayed.
+  // So sit connected and wait for live activity to accumulate, then open the two
+  // agents that actually have content (otherwise the windows read "No activity yet").
+  let active = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    active = await page.evaluate(() =>
+      Array.from(window.app.subagentActivity?.entries?.() || [])
+        .filter(([, arr]) => Array.isArray(arr) && arr.length >= 1)
+        .map(([id, arr]) => ({ id, n: arr.length }))
+        .sort((a, b) => b.n - a.n)
+    );
+    if (active.length >= 2) break;
+    // xhigh-effort agents churn in bursts between long thinking pauses, so be
+    // patient (~150s); accept a single populated window after ~45s if that's all.
+    if (i >= 30 && active.length >= 1) break;
+    await sleep(1500);
+  }
+  console.log('  agents with live activity:', JSON.stringify(active));
+  const openIds = (active.length ? active : agents).map((a) => a.id);
+  // Capture-only DOM nudge: on fresh dev sessions, a tab's claudeSessionId stays the
+  // Codeman id and never becomes the real Claude conversation UUID, so the window
+  // open-gate (claudeSessionId === agent.sessionId) + the activeTabOnly hide rule both
+  // fail. Re-home the chosen agents onto the active tab and align its claudeSessionId
+  // to the agents' (shared) sessionId so the windows open AND show their live activity.
+  await page.evaluate(
+    (ids) => {
+      const activeId = window.app.activeSessionId;
+      const tab = window.app.sessions.get(activeId);
+      ids.slice(0, 2).forEach((id) => {
+        const a = window.app.subagents.get(id);
+        if (!a) return;
+        a.parentSessionId = activeId;
+        if (tab && a.sessionId) tab.claudeSessionId = a.sessionId;
+      });
+    },
+    openIds
+  );
   await page.evaluate(
     (ids) => {
       ids.slice(0, 2).forEach((id) => {
@@ -159,22 +200,33 @@ async function sceneSubagent(browser) {
         } catch {}
       });
     },
-    agents.map((a) => a.id)
+    openIds
   );
   await sleep(2000);
   await page.evaluate(() => {
+    // Viewport-relative tiling: center two subagent windows over the terminal so
+    // the layout adapts to whatever VW/VH the capture uses (e.g. the HQ 1100×650
+    // recipe) instead of overflowing at narrower widths.
     const wins = Array.from(window.app.subagentWindows.values());
-    const place = [
-      { left: 360, top: 60, w: 430, h: 330 },
-      { left: 810, top: 60, w: 430, h: 330 },
-    ];
+    const W = window.innerWidth;
+    const H = window.innerHeight;
+    const winW = Math.min(440, Math.floor((W - 60) / 2 - 10));
+    const winH = Math.min(360, Math.floor(H * 0.56));
+    const top = Math.floor(H * 0.16);
+    const gap = 16;
+    const totalW = winW * 2 + gap;
+    const startLeft = Math.max(16, Math.floor((W - totalW) / 2));
     wins.slice(0, 2).forEach((win, i) => {
       const el = win.element;
-      const p = place[i];
-      el.style.left = p.left + 'px';
-      el.style.top = p.top + 'px';
-      el.style.width = p.w + 'px';
-      el.style.height = p.h + 'px';
+      // Force visible: a freshly opened window may be hidden by the activeTabOnly
+      // rule before we override it (we also seed subagentActiveTabOnly:false).
+      win.hidden = false;
+      win.minimized = false;
+      el.style.display = 'flex';
+      el.style.left = startLeft + i * (winW + gap) + 'px';
+      el.style.top = top + 'px';
+      el.style.width = winW + 'px';
+      el.style.height = winH + 'px';
     });
   });
   await sleep(1500);

src/docker-export.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Docker case export / import: move a container (toolchain + any
+ * in-image changes) PLUS its workspace to another machine as one portable
+ * `.codeman-container.tgz`, and restore it.
+ *
+ * A full-image export = `docker commit` the running container to an image ->
+ * `docker save` that image -> tar the bind-mounted workspace -> a manifest, all
+ * bundled into one gzip tarball. A workspace-only export skips the image (fast,
+ * files-only). Import validates the manifest + per-member checksums, extracts the
+ * workspace with a path-traversal guard, `docker load`s the image and RE-TAGS it
+ * into a quarantined namespace (never overwriting a local tag), and hands the
+ * caller enough to recreate a hardened case on the destination.
+ *
+ * Safety (all from the design critic): pause the container spanning the workspace
+ * tar AND the commit so the two artifacts are mutually consistent; a free-space
+ * precheck (a full docker graph wedges EVERY session on the host); `docker rmi`
+ * the intermediate image in a finally; sealed containers refuse a full-image
+ * export (an in-container login would ride the committed layer); import rejects
+ * absolute / `..` tar members and checksum mismatches. Bounded by
+ * runWithConversionLimit so N exports cannot fork-bomb the host.
+ *
+ * @module docker-export
+ */
+
+import { createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join, basename } from 'node:path';
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
+import type { DockerEngine, SessionDocker } from './types.js';
+import { runWithConversionLimit } from './document-conversion-limiter.js';
+
+const IS_TEST_MODE = !!process.env.VITEST;
+
+/** Refuse to export when the target filesystem has less than this free (a full graph wedges the daemon). */
+export const DOCKER_EXPORT_MIN_FREE_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 2 GiB
+
+/** Manifest schema version (bump on any breaking field change). */
+export const DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA = 1;
+
+export type DockerExportMode = 'full' | 'workspace';
+
+export interface DockerExportManifest {
+  schemaVersion: number;
+  caseName: string;
+  mode: DockerExportMode;
+  engine: DockerEngine;
+  image: string;
+  containerWorkdir: string;
+  network: string;
+  createdAt: number;
+  codemanVersion: string;
+  mountCredentials: boolean;
+  /** True when the bundle provably carries no credentials (convenient-mode workspace, or a full image whose creds were bind-mounted and thus never committed). */
+  secretFree: boolean;
+  /** sha256 of each bundle member that is present. */
+  checksums: { image?: string; workspace?: string };
+}
+
+// ========== Pure helpers (unit-tested) ==========
+
+/** Raw argv prefix for the engine (NO shell escaping — used with spawn). */
+export function dockerArgv(docker: Pick<SessionDocker, 'engine' | 'context' | 'daemonHost'>): string[] {
+  const argv: string[] = [docker.engine === 'podman' ? 'podman' : 'docker'];
+  if (docker.context) argv.push('--context', docker.context);
+  if (docker.daemonHost) argv.push('-H', docker.daemonHost);
+  return argv;
+}
+
+/** Portable bundle filename for a case export. */
+export function exportBundleName(caseName: string, timestamp: number, mode: DockerExportMode): string {
+  const suffix = mode === 'workspace' ? 'workspace' : 'container';
+  return `${caseName}-${timestamp}.codeman-${suffix}.tgz`;
+}
+
+/** Quarantined image tag for an imported bundle (never overwrites a local tag). */
+export function importedImageTag(caseName: string, timestamp: number): string {
+  return `codeman/imported-${caseName}:${timestamp}`;
+}
+
+/** Intermediate commit tag for a full-image export (unique per export, rmi'd in finally). */
+export function exportImageTag(caseName: string, timestamp: number): string {
+  return `codeman/export-${caseName}:${timestamp}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reject a tar member path that would escape the extraction root (absolute path
+ * or a `..` component). The import-side traversal guard.
+ */
+export function isSafeTarMember(member: string): boolean {
+  const trimmed = member.trim();
+  if (!trimmed || trimmed === './') return true;
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('/')) return false;
+  // Normalize separators and check each component.
+  return !trimmed.split('/').some((part) => part === '..');
+}
+
+/** Parse the image id/ref from `docker load` output ("Loaded image: x" / "Loaded image ID: sha256:..."). */
+export function parseLoadedImageRef(loadOutput: string): string | null {
+  const idMatch = loadOutput.match(/Loaded image ID:\s*(sha256:[0-9a-f]+)/i);
+  if (idMatch) return idMatch[1];
+  const refMatch = loadOutput.match(/Loaded image:\s*(\S+)/i);
+  if (refMatch) return refMatch[1];
+  return null;
+}
+
+// ========== IO helpers ==========
+
+function run(
+  cmd: string,
+  args: string[],
+  opts: { timeout?: number } = {}
+): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = spawn(cmd, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+    if (opts.timeout) {
+      timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        child.kill('SIGKILL');
+        reject(new Error(`${cmd} timed out after ${opts.timeout}ms`));
+      }, opts.timeout);
+    }
+    child.stdout.on('data', (d) => (stdout += d));
+    child.stderr.on('data', (d) => (stderr += d));
+    child.on('error', (err) => {
+      if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+      reject(err);
+    });
+    child.on('close', (code) => {
+      if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+      if (code === 0) resolve({ stdout, stderr });
+      else reject(new Error(`${cmd} ${args.join(' ')} exited ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stream `docker save <tag>` stdout to a raw tar file (no shell, no double-gzip).
+ * Uses stream `pipeline` so completion means the write stream is FULLY flushed to
+ * disk (a naive child 'close' resolves before the last chunks land, truncating the
+ * file — a real bug caught in end-to-end testing), AND waits for a clean exit code.
+ */
+async function saveImageToTar(argv: string[], tag: string, outPath: string): Promise<void> {
+  const child = spawn(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'save', tag], { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+  let stderr = '';
+  child.stderr.on('data', (d) => (stderr += d));
+  const exited = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    child.on('error', reject);
+    child.on('close', (code) =>
+      code === 0 ? resolve() : reject(new Error(`docker save exited ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`))
+    );
+  });
+  // pipeline resolves only after the destination has fully flushed.
+  await Promise.all([pipeline(child.stdout, createWriteStream(outPath)), exited]);
+}
+
+async function sha256File(path: string): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const hash = createHash('sha256');
+    const stream = createReadStream(path);
+    stream.on('data', (d) => hash.update(d));
+    stream.on('error', reject);
+    stream.on('end', () => resolve(hash.digest('hex')));
+  });
+}
+
+async function freeBytes(path: string): Promise<number> {
+  try {
+    const stat = await fs.statfs(path);
+    return Number(stat.bavail) * Number(stat.bsize);
+  } catch {
+    return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY; // statfs unsupported — don't block
+  }
+}
+
+async function isContainerRunning(argv: string[], container: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'inspect', '-f', '{{.State.Running}}', container], {
+      timeout: 15_000,
+    });
+    return stdout.trim() === 'true';
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export interface ExportResult {
+  bundlePath: string;
+  manifest: DockerExportManifest;
+  sizeBytes: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Export a docker case to a portable bundle. Bounded by runWithConversionLimit.
+ * `full` mode commits + saves the image AND tars the workspace; `workspace` mode
+ * tars just the workspace. The container is paused across the artifact capture so
+ * image and workspace are mutually consistent.
+ */
+export async function exportDockerCase(params: {
+  docker: SessionDocker;
+  caseName: string;
+  timestamp: number;
+  exportsDir: string;
+  mode: DockerExportMode;
+  codemanVersion: string;
+}): Promise<ExportResult> {
+  const { docker, caseName, timestamp, exportsDir, mode, codemanVersion } = params;
+
+  if (mode === 'full' && !docker.mountCredentials) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'full-image export is refused for a sealed (mountCredentials:false) container: an in-container login would ride the committed image layer. Use a workspace-only export.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) {
+    // No real docker/tar under vitest — return a deterministic stub.
+    const manifest: DockerExportManifest = {
+      schemaVersion: DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA,
+      caseName,
+      mode,
+      engine: docker.engine,
+      image: docker.image,
+      containerWorkdir: docker.containerWorkdir,
+      network: docker.network,
+      createdAt: timestamp,
+      codemanVersion,
+      mountCredentials: docker.mountCredentials,
+      secretFree: true,
+      checksums: {},
+    };
+    return { bundlePath: join(exportsDir, exportBundleName(caseName, timestamp, mode)), manifest, sizeBytes: 0 };
+  }
+
+  return runWithConversionLimit(async () => {
+    if (!existsSync(exportsDir)) mkdirSync(exportsDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const free = await freeBytes(exportsDir);
+    if (free < DOCKER_EXPORT_MIN_FREE_BYTES) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `not enough free space to export (need >= ${Math.round(DOCKER_EXPORT_MIN_FREE_BYTES / 1e9)}GB, have ${Math.round(free / 1e9)}GB). A full docker graph wedges every session on the host.`
+      );
+    }
+
+    const argv = dockerArgv(docker);
+    const bundlePath = join(exportsDir, exportBundleName(caseName, timestamp, mode));
+    const stageDir = join(exportsDir, `.stage-${caseName}-${timestamp}`);
+    mkdirSync(stageDir, { recursive: true });
+    const wasRunning = await isContainerRunning(argv, docker.containerName);
+    let commitTag: string | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      if (wasRunning) {
+        await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'pause', docker.containerName], { timeout: 30_000 }).catch(() => {});
+      }
+
+      const checksums: DockerExportManifest['checksums'] = {};
+
+      if (mode === 'full') {
+        commitTag = exportImageTag(caseName, timestamp);
+        // Blank instance-specific committed env so the image carries no stale host refs.
+        await run(
+          argv[0],
+          [
+            ...argv.slice(1),
+            'commit',
+            '-c',
+            'ENV CODEMAN_API_URL=',
+            '-c',
+            'ENV CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE=',
+            docker.containerName,
+            commitTag,
+          ],
+          { timeout: 300_000 }
+        );
+        const imageTar = join(stageDir, 'image.tar');
+        await saveImageToTar(argv, commitTag, imageTar);
+        checksums.image = await sha256File(imageTar);
+      }
+
+      const workspaceTar = join(stageDir, 'workspace.tar');
+      await run('tar', ['-cf', workspaceTar, '-C', docker.hostWorkspacePath, '.'], { timeout: 300_000 });
+      checksums.workspace = await sha256File(workspaceTar);
+
+      const manifest: DockerExportManifest = {
+        schemaVersion: DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA,
+        caseName,
+        mode,
+        engine: docker.engine,
+        image: docker.image,
+        containerWorkdir: docker.containerWorkdir,
+        network: docker.network,
+        createdAt: timestamp,
+        codemanVersion,
+        mountCredentials: docker.mountCredentials,
+        // Convenient mode keeps creds on bind mounts (never committed), so the bundle is secret-free.
+        secretFree: docker.mountCredentials,
+        checksums,
+      };
+      await fs.writeFile(join(stageDir, 'manifest.json'), JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
+
+      const members =
+        mode === 'full' ? ['manifest.json', 'image.tar', 'workspace.tar'] : ['manifest.json', 'workspace.tar'];
+      await run('tar', ['-czf', bundlePath, '-C', stageDir, ...members], { timeout: 300_000 });
+
+      const stat = await fs.stat(bundlePath);
+      return { bundlePath, manifest, sizeBytes: stat.size };
+    } finally {
+      // Always remove the intermediate image + stage dir, and unpause.
+      if (commitTag) {
+        await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'rmi', commitTag], { timeout: 60_000 }).catch(() => {});
+      }
+      await fs.rm(stageDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      if (wasRunning) {
+        await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'unpause', docker.containerName], { timeout: 30_000 }).catch(() => {});
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export interface ImportResult {
+  manifest: DockerExportManifest;
+  /** Quarantined image ref the destination case should use (full mode only). */
+  importedImage?: string;
+  /** Directory the workspace was extracted into. */
+  workspacePath: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Import a bundle produced by exportDockerCase: validate the manifest + per-member
+ * checksums, extract the workspace (traversal-guarded) into destWorkspace, and, in
+ * full mode, `docker load` the image and re-tag it into a quarantined namespace.
+ */
+export async function importDockerBundle(params: {
+  bundlePath: string;
+  destWorkspace: string;
+  engine: DockerEngine;
+  timestamp: number;
+}): Promise<ImportResult> {
+  const { bundlePath, destWorkspace, engine, timestamp } = params;
+  const argv: string[] = [engine === 'podman' ? 'podman' : 'docker'];
+
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) {
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(bundlePath, 'utf-8').catch(() => '{}');
+    return { manifest: JSON.parse(raw) as DockerExportManifest, workspacePath: destWorkspace };
+  }
+
+  const stageDir = `${destWorkspace}.import-stage-${timestamp}`;
+  mkdirSync(stageDir, { recursive: true });
+  try {
+    await run('tar', ['-xzf', bundlePath, '-C', stageDir], { timeout: 300_000 });
+
+    const manifestRaw = await fs.readFile(join(stageDir, 'manifest.json'), 'utf-8');
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(manifestRaw) as DockerExportManifest;
+    if (manifest.schemaVersion !== DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA) {
+      throw new Error(`unsupported export schema version ${manifest.schemaVersion} (expected ${DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA})`);
+    }
+
+    // Integrity: verify checksums before trusting any member.
+    const workspaceTar = join(stageDir, 'workspace.tar');
+    if (manifest.checksums.workspace) {
+      const actual = await sha256File(workspaceTar);
+      if (actual !== manifest.checksums.workspace)
+        throw new Error('workspace checksum mismatch (corrupt or tampered bundle)');
+    }
+
+    // Traversal guard: reject absolute / `..` members before extraction.
+    const { stdout: memberList } = await run('tar', ['-tf', workspaceTar], { timeout: 60_000 });
+    for (const member of memberList.split('\n').filter(Boolean)) {
+      if (!isSafeTarMember(member)) throw new Error(`unsafe path in workspace archive: ${member}`);
+    }
+    mkdirSync(destWorkspace, { recursive: true });
+    await run('tar', ['--no-same-owner', '-xf', workspaceTar, '-C', destWorkspace], { timeout: 300_000 });
+
+    let importedImage: string | undefined;
+    if (manifest.mode === 'full') {
+      const imageTar = join(stageDir, 'image.tar');
+      if (manifest.checksums.image) {
+        const actual = await sha256File(imageTar);
+        if (actual !== manifest.checksums.image)
+          throw new Error('image checksum mismatch (corrupt or tampered bundle)');
+      }
+      const { stdout } = await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'load', '-i', imageTar], { timeout: 300_000 });
+      const loadedRef = parseLoadedImageRef(stdout);
+      if (!loadedRef) throw new Error('could not determine loaded image ref');
+      // Quarantine: re-tag by the loaded ref/id, never trusting the bundle's original tag.
+      importedImage = importedImageTag(manifest.caseName, timestamp);
+      await run(argv[0], [...argv.slice(1), 'tag', loadedRef, importedImage], { timeout: 60_000 });
+    }
+
+    return { manifest, importedImage, workspacePath: destWorkspace };
+  } finally {
+    await fs.rm(stageDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
+/** List export bundles in the exports dir (newest first), with size + mtime. */
+export async function listDockerExports(
+  exportsDir: string
+): Promise<Array<{ name: string; sizeBytes: number; mtimeMs: number }>> {
+  if (!existsSync(exportsDir)) return [];
+  const entries = await fs.readdir(exportsDir).catch(() => [] as string[]);
+  const out: Array<{ name: string; sizeBytes: number; mtimeMs: number }> = [];
+  for (const name of entries) {
+    if (!name.endsWith('.tgz')) continue;
+    try {
+      const stat = await fs.stat(join(exportsDir, name));
+      out.push({ name: basename(name), sizeBytes: stat.size, mtimeMs: stat.mtimeMs });
+    } catch {
+      /* skip */
+    }
+  }
+  return out.sort((a, b) => b.mtimeMs - a.mtimeMs);
+}

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+/**
+ * @fileoverview Docker cases: storage, pure command-arg builders, and daemon probes.
+ *
+ * Docker mode is a LOCATION OVERLAY on cases (not a 6th SessionMode), the direct
+ * analog of the remote-SSH feature in `remote-hosts.ts`. Instead of a local tmux
+ * pane running `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a local tmux pane
+ * runs `docker exec -it` into a durable IN-CONTAINER tmux server. The container is
+ * scoped to the CASE (`codeman-case-<name>`), so multiple sessions can `docker
+ * exec` into the same long-lived container.
+ *
+ * This module mirrors `remote-hosts.ts`:
+ *  - JSON storage for hosts (`docker-hosts.json`) and cases (`docker-cases.json`)
+ *  - `toSessionDocker()` (mirror of `toSessionRemote`)
+ *  - `buildDockerBaseArgs()` / `buildDockerCreateArgs()` (mirror of `buildSshConnectionArgs`)
+ *  - `checkDockerAvailable()` / `checkDockerTmuxAvailable()` (mirror of `checkRemoteTmuxAvailable`)
+ *
+ * The launch/kill command orchestration (`buildDockerLaunchCommand`,
+ * `buildDockerKillCommand`, `dockerTmuxSessionName`) lives in `tmux-manager.ts`,
+ * mirroring where `buildRemoteLaunchCommand` lives.
+ *
+ * @module docker-hosts
+ */
+
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+import { execFile, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
+import { dataPath } from './config/instance.js';
+import type {
+  DockerCase,
+  DockerCommandMode,
+  DockerEngine,
+  DockerHost,
+  DockerNetworkMode,
+  DockerResourceLimits,
+  SessionDocker,
+  SessionMode,
+} from './types.js';
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+/** Under vitest, all real `docker` invocations no-op (mirror of tmux-manager's IS_TEST_MODE). */
+const IS_TEST_MODE = !!process.env.VITEST;
+
+const DOCKER_HOSTS_FILE = 'docker-hosts.json';
+const DOCKER_CASES_FILE = 'docker-cases.json';
+
+/** Locally-built base image (see scripts/build-agent-image.mjs). */
+export const DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE = 'codeman/agent:base';
+
+/** HOME inside the base image (the `agent` user). Cred mounts + hook-secret land under it. */
+export const CONTAINER_HOME = '/home/agent';
+
+/** Per-case container name prefix. The `case` letters deliberately do NOT matter to
+ * tmux; this is a DOCKER name (`^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$`), and case names are
+ * already validated `^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$`, so `codeman-case-<name>` is always valid. */
+const CONTAINER_NAME_PREFIX = 'codeman-case-';
+
+/** Sensible resource defaults (all overridable per host). */
+export const DEFAULT_DOCKER_RESOURCES: DockerResourceLimits = {
+  memory: '4g',
+  cpus: '2',
+  pidsLimit: 512,
+  nofile: '4096:8192',
+};
+
+// ========== Storage (mirror of remote-hosts.ts) ==========
+
+export function dockerHostsPath(configDir: string): string {
+  return join(configDir, DOCKER_HOSTS_FILE);
+}
+
+export function dockerCasesPath(configDir: string): string {
+  return join(configDir, DOCKER_CASES_FILE);
+}
+
+async function readJsonArray<T>(path: string): Promise<T[]> {
+  try {
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(path, 'utf-8');
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    return Array.isArray(parsed) ? (parsed as T[]) : [];
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+async function writeJsonArray<T>(configDir: string, path: string, value: T[]): Promise<void> {
+  if (!existsSync(configDir)) mkdirSync(configDir, { recursive: true });
+  await fs.writeFile(path, JSON.stringify(value, null, 2));
+}
+
+export async function readDockerHosts(configDir: string): Promise<DockerHost[]> {
+  return readJsonArray<DockerHost>(dockerHostsPath(configDir));
+}
+
+export async function writeDockerHosts(configDir: string, hosts: DockerHost[]): Promise<void> {
+  await writeJsonArray(configDir, dockerHostsPath(configDir), hosts);
+}
+
+export async function readDockerCases(configDir: string): Promise<DockerCase[]> {
+  return readJsonArray<DockerCase>(dockerCasesPath(configDir));
+}
+
+export async function writeDockerCases(configDir: string, cases: DockerCase[]): Promise<void> {
+  await writeJsonArray(configDir, dockerCasesPath(configDir), cases);
+}
+
+// ========== Naming / display / defaults ==========
+
+/** Per-case container name. Mirrors how remote derives a stable name from the case. */
+export function dockerContainerName(caseName: string): string {
+  return `${CONTAINER_NAME_PREFIX}${caseName}`;
+}
+
+/** Default pane command per CLI mode (mirror of defaultRemoteCommandForMode). */
+export function defaultDockerCommandForMode(mode: SessionMode): string {
+  const commands: Record<DockerCommandMode, string> = {
+    shell: 'exec bash -l',
+    // Mirror the LOCAL claude default so the in-container agent runs non-interactively.
+    claude: 'exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions',
+    opencode: 'exec opencode',
+    codex: 'exec codex',
+    gemini: 'exec gemini',
+  };
+  return commands[mode as DockerCommandMode] || commands.shell;
+}
+
+/** `container:/workdir` display string (mirror of remoteDisplayPath's `user@host:path`). */
+export function dockerDisplayPath(
+  docker: Pick<SessionDocker, 'containerName' | 'containerWorkdir'> | { container: string; path: string }
+): string {
+  if ('containerName' in docker) return `${docker.containerName}:${docker.containerWorkdir}`;
+  return `${docker.container}:${docker.path}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The host-callback gateway alias is ENGINE-SPECIFIC: Docker exposes the host as
+ * `host.docker.internal`, Podman as `host.containers.internal`. Both are added to
+ * the host-guard allowlist so a mixed fleet keeps working.
+ */
+export function hostGatewayAlias(engine: DockerEngine): string {
+  return engine === 'podman' ? 'host.containers.internal' : 'host.docker.internal';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite the server's own `CODEMAN_API_URL` to a container-reachable one by
+ * swapping ONLY the hostname for the engine's host-gateway alias, preserving
+ * scheme AND port (prod is HTTPS on 3000, so hardcoding http://…:3000 breaks
+ * every hook). Falls back to `https://<alias>:3000` when the input is absent or
+ * unparseable.
+ */
+export function containerApiUrl(processApiUrl: string | undefined, engine: DockerEngine): string {
+  const alias = hostGatewayAlias(engine);
+  if (!processApiUrl) return `https://${alias}:3000`;
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(processApiUrl);
+    url.hostname = alias;
+    // origin drops any trailing path/slash and keeps scheme + (non-default) port
+    return url.origin;
+  } catch {
+    return `https://${alias}:3000`;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stable hash of the drift-relevant `docker create` inputs, stored on the
+ * container as the `codeman.confighash` label. On launch, a mismatch between the
+ * desired hash and the running container's label triggers the recreate-on-drift
+ * prompt (host config edits actually take effect).
+ */
+export function dockerConfigHash(
+  docker: Pick<
+    SessionDocker,
+    | 'engine'
+    | 'image'
+    | 'containerWorkdir'
+    | 'network'
+    | 'networkName'
+    | 'resources'
+    | 'gpus'
+    | 'mountCredentials'
+    | 'extraCreateArgs'
+  >
+): string {
+  const normalized = JSON.stringify({
+    engine: docker.engine,
+    image: docker.image,
+    containerWorkdir: docker.containerWorkdir,
+    network: docker.network,
+    networkName: docker.networkName ?? null,
+    resources: docker.resources ?? null,
+    gpus: docker.gpus ?? null,
+    mountCredentials: docker.mountCredentials,
+    extraCreateArgs: docker.extraCreateArgs ?? null,
+  });
+  return createHash('sha256').update(normalized).digest('hex').slice(0, 12);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the flattened per-session Docker metadata from a host profile + a case,
+ * resolving every default (mirror of toSessionRemote). The `configHash` is
+ * computed last over the resolved values.
+ */
+export function toSessionDocker(host: DockerHost, dockerCase: DockerCase): SessionDocker {
+  const engine: DockerEngine = host.engine ?? 'docker';
+  const containerWorkdir = dockerCase.containerWorkdir ?? dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath;
+  const base: Omit<SessionDocker, 'configHash'> = {
+    hostId: host.id,
+    label: host.label,
+    engine,
+    image: host.image || DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE,
+    containerName: dockerCase.container ?? dockerContainerName(dockerCase.name),
+    hostWorkspacePath: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath,
+    containerWorkdir,
+    network: host.network ?? 'bridge',
+    networkName: host.networkName,
+    resources: host.resources ?? DEFAULT_DOCKER_RESOURCES,
+    gpus: host.gpus,
+    mountCredentials: host.mountCredentials ?? true,
+    hooksEnabled: host.hooksEnabled ?? true,
+    resumeOnStart: host.resumeOnStart ?? true,
+    daemonHost: host.daemonHost,
+    context: host.context,
+    commands: host.commands,
+    extraCreateArgs: host.extraCreateArgs,
+    extraExecArgs: host.extraExecArgs,
+  };
+  return { ...base, configHash: dockerConfigHash(base) };
+}
+
+// ========== Shell escaping ==========
+
+/**
+ * POSIX single-quote shell-escaping (end-quote, escaped-quote, restart-quote).
+ * Mirror of the helper in remote-hosts.ts / tmux-manager.ts. Every dynamic value
+ * interpolated into the outer `bash -c "..."` launch layer is escaped through
+ * this so a path with spaces stays a single shell token. Operator-entered fields
+ * are ALSO schema-rejected for `$`/backtick (NO_SHELL_META) as defense in depth.
+ */
+export function shellescape(str: string): string {
+  return "'" + str.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'";
+}
+
+// ========== Pure command-arg builders ==========
+
+/** A resolved bind mount (source existence already checked by the caller). */
+export interface DockerMount {
+  src: string;
+  dst: string;
+  readonly?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolved, IO-free context for buildDockerCreateArgs. The caller (tmux-manager)
+ * resolves the environment-dependent bits (host uid, existing cred mounts, the
+ * derived api url, Desktop detection) so this builder stays pure and unit-testable.
+ */
+export interface DockerCreateContext {
+  docker: SessionDocker;
+  /** Codeman session id (only the first 8 chars are used, for the codeman.session label). */
+  sessionId: string;
+  /** CODEMAN_INSTANCE ('' for prod) — scopes the boot reaper so a beta never reaps prod. */
+  instance: string;
+  /** Pre-resolved uid/userns tokens: ['--user','1000:0'] | ['--userns','keep-id'] | []. */
+  userArgs: string[];
+  /** Existing host credential bind mounts (convenient mode). Empty in sealed mode. */
+  credentialMounts: DockerMount[];
+  /** Extra bind mounts (e.g. the read-only hook-secret file). */
+  extraMounts: DockerMount[];
+  /** Create-time env (NON-secret, committed-safe): HOME, TERM, COLORTERM, CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE. */
+  envCreate: Record<string, string>;
+  /** Whether to add `--add-host <alias>:host-gateway` (skipped on Docker Desktop, where the alias is native). */
+  addHostGateway: boolean;
+  /** Engine host-gateway alias (host.docker.internal / host.containers.internal). */
+  gatewayAlias: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Engine prefix tokens shared by every docker invocation (mirror of
+ * buildSshConnectionArgs). Returns e.g. ['docker'] or ['podman','--context','ctx'].
+ */
+export function buildDockerBaseArgs(docker: Pick<SessionDocker, 'engine' | 'context' | 'daemonHost'>): string[] {
+  const parts: string[] = [docker.engine === 'podman' ? 'podman' : 'docker'];
+  if (docker.context) parts.push('--context', shellescape(docker.context));
+  if (docker.daemonHost) parts.push('-H', shellescape(docker.daemonHost));
+  return parts;
+}
+
+function mountSpec(m: DockerMount): string {
+  return `type=bind,src=${m.src},dst=${m.dst}${m.readonly ? ',readonly' : ''}`;
+}
+
+function resourceFlags(resources?: DockerResourceLimits): string[] {
+  if (!resources) return [];
+  const flags: string[] = [];
+  if (resources.memory) {
+    // memory-swap == memory disables swap, making --memory a REAL OOM cap.
+    flags.push('--memory', resources.memory, '--memory-swap', resources.memory);
+  }
+  if (resources.cpus) flags.push('--cpus', resources.cpus);
+  if (resources.pidsLimit) flags.push('--pids-limit', String(resources.pidsLimit));
+  if (resources.nofile) flags.push('--ulimit', `nofile=${resources.nofile}`);
+  if (resources.shmSize) flags.push('--shm-size', resources.shmSize);
+  return flags;
+}
+
+function networkArg(network: DockerNetworkMode, networkName?: string): string {
+  if (network === 'custom' && networkName) return networkName;
+  return network; // 'bridge' | 'none'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the `docker create` token list (from `create` through the `sleep
+ * infinity` CMD) for a long-lived, hardened, per-case container. PURE: every
+ * dynamic value is shellescaped; the caller joins with spaces into the launch
+ * string. Security invariants baked in: --cap-drop ALL, --security-opt
+ * no-new-privileges, --pids-limit, --memory==--memory-swap, --init,
+ * --pull=never, --restart no, NEVER --privileged, NEVER the docker socket.
+ */
+export function buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx: DockerCreateContext): string[] {
+  const {
+    docker,
+    sessionId,
+    instance,
+    userArgs,
+    credentialMounts,
+    extraMounts,
+    envCreate,
+    addHostGateway,
+    gatewayAlias,
+  } = ctx;
+
+  const args: string[] = [
+    'create',
+    '--name',
+    shellescape(docker.containerName),
+    '--label',
+    'codeman.managed=1',
+    '--label',
+    shellescape(`codeman.instance=${instance}`),
+    '--label',
+    shellescape(`codeman.session=${sessionId.slice(0, 8)}`),
+    '--label',
+    shellescape(`codeman.confighash=${docker.configHash ?? dockerConfigHash(docker)}`),
+    '--pull=never',
+    '--init',
+    '--restart',
+    'no',
+    ...userArgs,
+    '--workdir',
+    shellescape(docker.containerWorkdir),
+    // Workspace bind: mirror the host path inside the container so the transcript
+    // projHash correlates and file features read real host bytes.
+    '--mount',
+    shellescape(mountSpec({ src: docker.hostWorkspacePath, dst: docker.containerWorkdir })),
+    ...credentialMounts.flatMap((m) => ['--mount', shellescape(mountSpec(m))]),
+    ...extraMounts.flatMap((m) => ['--mount', shellescape(mountSpec(m))]),
+  ];
+
+  if (addHostGateway) args.push('--add-host', `${gatewayAlias}:host-gateway`);
+
+  args.push(
+    ...resourceFlags(docker.resources),
+    // GPU passthrough (needs the NVIDIA container toolkit on the host). No storage
+    // cap is set, so the container's writable layer + volumes grow elastically as
+    // data flows in (bounded only by host disk).
+    ...(docker.gpus ? ['--gpus', shellescape(docker.gpus)] : []),
+    '--cap-drop',
+    'ALL',
+    '--security-opt',
+    'no-new-privileges',
+    '--network',
+    networkArg(docker.network, docker.networkName)
+  );
+
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(envCreate)) {
+    args.push('--env', shellescape(`${key}=${value}`));
+  }
+
+  // Operator escape-hatch args (schema-validated NO_SHELL_INJECTION), escaped again here.
+  for (const extra of docker.extraCreateArgs ?? []) {
+    args.push(shellescape(extra));
+  }
+
+  args.push(shellescape(docker.image), 'sleep', 'infinity');
+  return args;
+}
+
+/**
+ * PURE argv for building the agent base image locally (the programmatic mirror of
+ * scripts/build-agent-image.mjs): `build -f <dockerfile> -t <image> [--no-cache]
+ * <contextDir>`. Kept pure + unit-testable; the caller prepends the engine binary.
+ */
+export function agentImageBuildArgs(dockerfile: string, image: string, contextDir: string, noCache = false): string[] {
+  return ['build', '-f', dockerfile, '-t', image, ...(noCache ? ['--no-cache'] : []), contextDir];
+}
+
+// ========== Credential mount resolution (IO) ==========
+
+/** Container Claude config dir (created gid-0 writable in the image). */
+export const CONTAINER_CLAUDE_DIR = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.claude`;
+/** In-container path of the seeded (writable) `~/.claude.json`. */
+export const CLAUDE_JSON_HOME = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.claude.json`;
+/** In-container path of the read-only host-seeded `~/.claude.json` (copied into HOME at launch). */
+export const CLAUDE_JSON_SEED = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/claude.seed.json`;
+/** Read-only seed paths for the files copied into the container's `.claude`. */
+const CLAUDE_CREDS_SEED = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/claude-creds.seed.json`;
+const CLAUDE_SETTINGS_SEED = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/claude-settings.seed.json`;
+const CLAUDE_STATS_SEED = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/claude-stats.seed.json`;
+/** Staging root for read-only host-cred seed mounts (codex/gemini/gcloud/opencode). */
+const CRED_SEED_DIR = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/cred-seeds`;
+
+/**
+ * PURE: merge the host `~/.claude.json` into a config that makes an
+ * already-authenticated Claude skip its INTERACTIVE onboarding inside the container
+ * (the host file itself lacks these flags — the host install is grandfathered, so a
+ * verbatim copy still triggers the theme picker + login wizard + folder-trust
+ * prompt). Forces `hasCompletedOnboarding`, a `theme` (so the theme picker is
+ * skipped), and marks the workspace project trusted + onboarded. Auth still comes
+ * from the copied `oauthAccount` + the dir-mounted `~/.claude/.credentials.json`.
+ */
+export function buildSeamlessClaudeConfig(
+  hostConfig: Record<string, unknown>,
+  workspacePath: string,
+  theme = 'dark'
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const merged: Record<string, unknown> = { ...hostConfig };
+  merged.hasCompletedOnboarding = true;
+  if (typeof merged.theme !== 'string') merged.theme = theme;
+  const projects = { ...((merged.projects as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>> | undefined) ?? {}) };
+  const existing = (projects[workspacePath] as Record<string, unknown> | undefined) ?? {};
+  const seenCount = existing.projectOnboardingSeenCount;
+  projects[workspacePath] = {
+    ...existing,
+    hasTrustDialogAccepted: true,
+    hasCompletedProjectOnboarding: true,
+    projectOnboardingSeenCount: typeof seenCount === 'number' && seenCount > 0 ? seenCount : 1,
+  };
+  merged.projects = projects;
+  return merged;
+}
+
+/** Best-effort read of the host `~/.claude/settings.json` theme (drives the seed's theme). */
+function readHostClaudeTheme(home: string): string | undefined {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(home, '.claude', 'settings.json'), 'utf-8')) as { theme?: unknown };
+    return typeof parsed.theme === 'string' ? parsed.theme : undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the read-only seed mount for `~/.claude.json`. Reads the host file, merges
+ * in the seamless-onboarding flags + workspace trust (buildSeamlessClaudeConfig),
+ * writes the result to a per-container seed file under `~/.codeman/docker-seeds/`,
+ * and returns its mount. The launch chain copies it to `~/.claude.json` inside HOME
+ * once — giving Claude a NORMAL writable, already-onboarded config (no atomic-rename
+ * EBUSY, no re-auth, no theme/trust prompts). Falls back to the RAW host file when
+ * parse/write fails (auth still works; the wizard may show). Returns null when the
+ * host has no `~/.claude.json`. IO; under VITEST returns the raw mount (no write).
+ */
+export function resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount(
+  home: string = homedir(),
+  containerName?: string,
+  workspacePath?: string
+): DockerMount | null {
+  const src = join(home, '.claude.json');
+  if (!existsSync(src)) return null;
+  const rawMount: DockerMount = { src, dst: CLAUDE_JSON_SEED, readonly: true };
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE || !containerName || !workspacePath) return rawMount;
+  try {
+    const hostConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(src, 'utf-8')) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const merged = buildSeamlessClaudeConfig(hostConfig, workspacePath, readHostClaudeTheme(home) ?? 'dark');
+    const seedsDir = dataPath('docker-seeds');
+    if (!existsSync(seedsDir)) mkdirSync(seedsDir, { recursive: true });
+    const seedFile = join(seedsDir, `${containerName}.json`);
+    writeFileSync(seedFile, JSON.stringify(merged), { mode: 0o600 });
+    return { src: seedFile, dst: CLAUDE_JSON_SEED, readonly: true };
+  } catch {
+    return rawMount; // partial host write / unreadable — auth still carries, wizard may show
+  }
+}
+
+/** A file (or dir, when `recursive`) copied into the container HOME once at launch
+ *  (`[ -e to ] || cp [-a] from to`). */
+export interface DockerSeedCopy {
+  from: string;
+  to: string;
+  /** `cp -a` for whole-directory credential seeds (gemini/gcloud/opencode). */
+  recursive?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface DockerClaudeArtifacts {
+  /** Bind mounts to add: the shared `projects/` transcripts (RW) + read-only seed files. */
+  mounts: DockerMount[];
+  /** Files copied into the container's writable HOME/.claude (+ HOME/.claude.json) at launch. */
+  seedCopies: DockerSeedCopy[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the ISOLATED Claude artifacts for a docker session (replaces the old
+ * whole-`~/.claude` RW mount that polluted the host). Shares ONLY what must cross
+ * the boundary and seeds the rest as writable copies:
+ *  - `~/.claude/projects` → RW dir mount (transcripts: host watchers + `--resume`).
+ *  - `~/.claude.json` → merged onboarding seed, copied to HOME (no re-auth/wizard).
+ *  - `~/.claude/.credentials.json` + `~/.claude/settings.json` → read-only seeds
+ *    copied into the container's own `~/.claude` (token + global prefs carry in;
+ *    the container refreshes its own copy and never writes back to the host).
+ * Everything else Claude writes (backups, tasks, teams, session-env, history) stays
+ * container-local. IO (reads host files, writes the merged `.claude.json` seed).
+ */
+export function resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts(
+  home: string,
+  containerName: string,
+  workspacePath: string
+): DockerClaudeArtifacts {
+  const mounts: DockerMount[] = [];
+  const seedCopies: DockerSeedCopy[] = [];
+
+  // The ONE genuinely-shared part: conversation transcripts (dir mount → renames work).
+  const projectsSrc = join(home, '.claude', 'projects');
+  if (existsSync(projectsSrc)) {
+    mounts.push({ src: projectsSrc, dst: `${CONTAINER_CLAUDE_DIR}/projects` });
+  }
+
+  // ~/.claude.json → merged, onboarding-complete seed at HOME root.
+  const jsonSeed = resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount(home, containerName, workspacePath);
+  if (jsonSeed) {
+    mounts.push(jsonSeed);
+    seedCopies.push({ from: CLAUDE_JSON_SEED, to: CLAUDE_JSON_HOME });
+  }
+
+  // credentials (token) + settings (theme/model/effort/permissions) + stats-cache
+  // (drives the model/effort status indicator) → writable copies inside the
+  // container's own ~/.claude (never a wholesale mount → no host pollution).
+  const files: Array<[rel: string, seed: string, dest: string]> = [
+    ['.credentials.json', CLAUDE_CREDS_SEED, `${CONTAINER_CLAUDE_DIR}/.credentials.json`],
+    ['settings.json', CLAUDE_SETTINGS_SEED, `${CONTAINER_CLAUDE_DIR}/settings.json`],
+    ['stats-cache.json', CLAUDE_STATS_SEED, `${CONTAINER_CLAUDE_DIR}/stats-cache.json`],
+  ];
+  for (const [rel, seed, dest] of files) {
+    const src = join(home, '.claude', rel);
+    if (existsSync(src)) {
+      mounts.push({ src, dst: seed, readonly: true });
+      seedCopies.push({ from: seed, to: dest });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { mounts, seedCopies };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-CLI credential-store isolation policy (the codex/gemini/gcloud/opencode analog
+ * of resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts). Codex is the direct Claude-analog: its
+ * `sessions/` rollouts + `history.jsonl` are read HOST-SIDE (response-viewer +
+ * `codex resume`), so they are SHARED (RW), while `auth.json`/`config.toml` are
+ * seeded. The other three have no host-read/resume dependency and are fully
+ * seed-copied (writable copy in the container, no write-back to the host).
+ */
+interface CredStorePolicy {
+  /** Path relative to HOME (host + container), e.g. '.codex' or '.config/gcloud'. */
+  rel: string;
+  /** Subdirs bind-mounted RW (shared: resume + host reads). */
+  shareDirs?: string[];
+  /** Files bind-mounted RW (append-only, e.g. codex history.jsonl — never renamed). */
+  shareFiles?: string[];
+  /** Files seeded (RO mount → cp) into the container's own copy. */
+  seedFiles?: string[];
+  /** Seed the WHOLE dir (RO mount → cp -a) — for stores with no shared/host-read state. */
+  seedWhole?: boolean;
+}
+
+const CRED_STORES: CredStorePolicy[] = [
+  { rel: '.codex', shareDirs: ['sessions'], shareFiles: ['history.jsonl'], seedFiles: ['auth.json', 'config.toml'] },
+  { rel: '.gemini', seedWhole: true },
+  { rel: '.config/gcloud', seedWhole: true },
+  { rel: '.config/opencode', seedWhole: true },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the ISOLATED codex/gemini/gcloud/opencode artifacts (replaces the old
+ * whole-dir RW mounts that let each in-container CLI write its refreshed tokens +
+ * session state back into the host). Every path is existsSync-gated (on most hosts
+ * only a subset exists). Pure-ish IO (no writes; just existence checks + mount specs).
+ */
+export function resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home: string = homedir()): DockerClaudeArtifacts {
+  const mounts: DockerMount[] = [];
+  const seedCopies: DockerSeedCopy[] = [];
+  for (const store of CRED_STORES) {
+    const hostBase = join(home, store.rel);
+    if (!existsSync(hostBase)) continue;
+    const containerBase = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/${store.rel}`;
+    const seedName = store.rel.replace(/\//g, '-'); // '.config/gcloud' → '.config-gcloud'
+    if (store.seedWhole) {
+      const seed = `${CRED_SEED_DIR}/${seedName}`;
+      mounts.push({ src: hostBase, dst: seed, readonly: true });
+      seedCopies.push({ from: seed, to: containerBase, recursive: true });
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const sub of store.shareDirs ?? []) {
+      const src = join(hostBase, sub);
+      if (existsSync(src)) mounts.push({ src, dst: `${containerBase}/${sub}` });
+    }
+    for (const file of store.shareFiles ?? []) {
+      const src = join(hostBase, file);
+      if (existsSync(src)) mounts.push({ src, dst: `${containerBase}/${file}` });
+    }
+    for (const file of store.seedFiles ?? []) {
+      const src = join(hostBase, file);
+      if (existsSync(src)) {
+        const seed = `${CRED_SEED_DIR}/${seedName}-${file}`;
+        mounts.push({ src, dst: seed, readonly: true });
+        seedCopies.push({ from: seed, to: `${containerBase}/${file}` });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return { mounts, seedCopies };
+}
+
+// ========== Daemon probes (IO; no-op under VITEST) ==========
+
+export interface DockerAvailability {
+  ok: boolean;
+  engine: DockerEngine;
+  rootless: boolean;
+  isDesktop: boolean;
+  cgroupV2: boolean;
+  /** Best-effort: are --memory/--cpus/--pids-limit actually enforced on this engine? */
+  capsEnforced: boolean;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+const DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
+
+interface DockerInfoJson {
+  ServerVersion?: string;
+  CgroupVersion?: string;
+  SecurityOptions?: string[];
+  OperatingSystem?: string;
+  OSType?: string;
+  Name?: string;
+}
+
+async function runDockerInfo(engine: DockerEngine): Promise<DockerInfoJson | null> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(engine, ['info', '--format', '{{json .}}'], {
+      timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    });
+    return JSON.parse(stdout) as DockerInfoJson;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function classifyDockerInfo(engine: DockerEngine, info: DockerInfoJson): DockerAvailability {
+  const security = info.SecurityOptions ?? [];
+  const rootless = security.some((opt) => opt.includes('rootless'));
+  const cgroupV2 = info.CgroupVersion === '2';
+  const os = `${info.OperatingSystem ?? ''}`.toLowerCase();
+  const isDesktop = os.includes('docker desktop') || os.includes('desktop');
+  // Under rootless, resource caps are only reliably enforced with cgroup v2 +
+  // systemd delegation. We can't detect delegation from `docker info`, so we
+  // treat rootless+cgroupv2 as "likely enforced" and rootless+cgroupv1 as not.
+  const capsEnforced = !rootless || cgroupV2;
+  return { ok: true, engine, rootless, isDesktop, cgroupV2, capsEnforced };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Probe the container engine: server up, cgroup version, rootless, Desktop, and
+ * whether resource caps are enforceable. Auto-detects docker then podman when no
+ * engine is given. No-op canned value under VITEST.
+ */
+export async function checkDockerAvailable(engine?: DockerEngine): Promise<DockerAvailability> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) {
+    return {
+      ok: true,
+      engine: engine ?? 'docker',
+      rootless: false,
+      isDesktop: false,
+      cgroupV2: true,
+      capsEnforced: true,
+    };
+  }
+  const candidates: DockerEngine[] = engine ? [engine] : ['docker', 'podman'];
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    const info = await runDockerInfo(candidate);
+    if (info) return classifyDockerInfo(candidate, info);
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    engine: engine ?? 'docker',
+    rootless: false,
+    isDesktop: false,
+    cgroupV2: false,
+    capsEnforced: false,
+    error: 'Docker/Podman not available. Install docker (or podman) and ensure the daemon is running.',
+  };
+}
+
+/** Is the base image present locally? (never triggers an auto-pull). */
+export async function checkDockerImagePresent(engine: DockerEngine, image: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return true;
+  try {
+    await execFileAsync(engine, ['image', 'inspect', '--format', '{{.Id}}', image], {
+      timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    });
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export interface EnsureImageResult {
+  ok: boolean;
+  /** true when this call actually ran a build (vs. the image already existing). */
+  built: boolean;
+  alreadyPresent: boolean;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/** In-flight builds keyed by `engine:image`, so concurrent callers share ONE build. */
+const inFlightImageBuilds = new Map<string, Promise<EnsureImageResult>>();
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the repo's Dockerfile + build context. Works from BOTH src (dev/tsx) and
+ * dist/index.js (esbuild prod: dist sits at repo root), since both are one level
+ * under the repo root. Returns null when the Dockerfile is absent (npm-global
+ * installs don't ship docker/ — Docker cases are a git-clone feature).
+ */
+function resolveAgentDockerfile(): { dockerfile: string; contextDir: string } | null {
+  const repoRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
+  const dockerfile = join(repoRoot, 'docker', 'agent.Dockerfile');
+  return existsSync(dockerfile) ? { dockerfile, contextDir: repoRoot } : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensure the agent base image exists, BUILDING it locally on first use so a missing
+ * image is never a hard blocker (decision: "build locally on first use",
+ * docs/docker-cases-plan.md). Idempotent, concurrency-safe (one build per
+ * engine:image shared by concurrent callers), and a no-op under VITEST. Only the
+ * DEFAULT image is auto-built — we can never build a user's custom ref, and the
+ * `--pull=never` invariant forbids pulling. `onProgress` receives build output
+ * lines for SSE surfacing.
+ */
+export async function ensureAgentBaseImage(
+  engine: DockerEngine,
+  image: string,
+  opts: { onProgress?: (line: string) => void; noCache?: boolean } = {}
+): Promise<EnsureImageResult> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return { ok: true, built: false, alreadyPresent: true };
+  if (await checkDockerImagePresent(engine, image)) {
+    return { ok: true, built: false, alreadyPresent: true };
+  }
+  if (image !== DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      built: false,
+      alreadyPresent: false,
+      error: `image ${image} is not present and only ${DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE} is auto-built. Build or pull ${image} yourself.`,
+    };
+  }
+  const key = `${engine}:${image}`;
+  const existing = inFlightImageBuilds.get(key);
+  if (existing) return existing;
+  const build = buildAgentImage(engine, image, opts).finally(() => inFlightImageBuilds.delete(key));
+  inFlightImageBuilds.set(key, build);
+  return build;
+}
+
+function buildAgentImage(
+  engine: DockerEngine,
+  image: string,
+  opts: { onProgress?: (line: string) => void; noCache?: boolean }
+): Promise<EnsureImageResult> {
+  const resolved = resolveAgentDockerfile();
+  if (!resolved) {
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      ok: false,
+      built: false,
+      alreadyPresent: false,
+      error: `docker/agent.Dockerfile not found in this install; clone the repo or build ${image} manually`,
+    });
+  }
+  const args = agentImageBuildArgs(resolved.dockerfile, image, resolved.contextDir, opts.noCache);
+  return new Promise<EnsureImageResult>((resolve) => {
+    // async spawn (NEVER spawnSync) so a multi-minute build never wedges the event loop.
+    const child = spawn(engine, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    const forward = (buf: Buffer) => {
+      for (const line of buf.toString('utf-8').split('\n')) {
+        const trimmed = line.trimEnd();
+        if (trimmed) opts.onProgress?.(trimmed);
+      }
+    };
+    child.stdout?.on('data', forward);
+    child.stderr?.on('data', forward);
+    child.on('error', (err) => {
+      resolve({
+        ok: false,
+        built: false,
+        alreadyPresent: false,
+        error: `could not spawn ${engine} build: ${err.message}`,
+      });
+    });
+    child.on('exit', (code) => {
+      if (code === 0) resolve({ ok: true, built: true, alreadyPresent: false });
+      else resolve({ ok: false, built: false, alreadyPresent: false, error: `${engine} build failed (exit ${code})` });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+export interface DockerTmuxCheckResult {
+  ok: boolean;
+  tmuxPath?: string;
+  /** Distinguishes "image missing" (build it) from "tmux missing in image" (rebuild it). */
+  imageMissing?: boolean;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verify the base image is present AND contains tmux (a HARD prerequisite: the
+ * in-container tmux is what makes reconnect durable). Never triggers a pull
+ * (`--pull=never`). No-op under VITEST. Mirror of checkRemoteTmuxAvailable.
+ */
+export async function checkDockerTmuxAvailable(
+  docker: Pick<SessionDocker, 'engine' | 'image'>
+): Promise<DockerTmuxCheckResult> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return { ok: true, tmuxPath: '/usr/bin/tmux' };
+  const engine = docker.engine;
+  if (!(await checkDockerImagePresent(engine, docker.image))) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      imageMissing: true,
+      error: `image ${docker.image} not present (the default image is auto-built on first use; a custom image must be built or pulled first)`,
+    };
+  }
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
+      engine,
+      ['run', '--rm', '--pull=never', docker.image, 'sh', '-lc', 'command -v tmux'],
+      { timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS }
+    );
+    const tmuxPath = stdout.trim();
+    if (!tmuxPath) {
+      return { ok: false, error: `base image ${docker.image} is missing tmux (required for durable sessions)` };
+    }
+    return { ok: true, tmuxPath };
+  } catch (err) {
+    const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    return { ok: false, error: `could not verify tmux in ${docker.image}: ${msg}` };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the host's IP on the default docker bridge (the address a container
+ * reaches as `host.docker.internal`), so the server can bind a hooks-only listener
+ * there and in-container hooks can call back. Defaults to the conventional
+ * 172.17.0.1 when the inspect fails but docker is up; null when docker is absent.
+ * No-op canned value under VITEST.
+ */
+export async function detectDockerBridgeGateway(engine: DockerEngine = 'docker'): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return '172.17.0.1';
+  const bin = engine === 'podman' ? 'podman' : 'docker';
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
+      bin,
+      ['network', 'inspect', 'bridge', '--format', '{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Gateway}}'],
+      { timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS }
+    );
+    const ip = stdout.trim();
+    return /^\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}$/.test(ip) ? ip : '172.17.0.1';
+  } catch {
+    return null; // docker not available — nothing to bind
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Instance-scoped boot reaper: `docker rm -f` any MANAGED container that belongs
+ * to THIS instance (by the `codeman.instance` label) but whose case is no longer
+ * in `docker-cases.json`. The instance scoping is what stops a beta from reaping
+ * prod's containers (the cross-instance hazard). No-op under VITEST. Best-effort.
+ */
+export async function reapOrphanedDockerContainers(
+  configDir: string,
+  instance: string,
+  engine: DockerEngine = 'docker'
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return [];
+  const bin = engine === 'podman' ? 'podman' : 'docker';
+  let rows: Array<{ name: string; inst: string }> = [];
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
+      bin,
+      [
+        'ps',
+        '-a',
+        '--filter',
+        'label=codeman.managed=1',
+        '--format',
+        '{{.Names}}\t{{index .Labels "codeman.instance"}}',
+      ],
+      { timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS }
+    );
+    rows = stdout
+      .split('\n')
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map((line) => {
+        const [name, inst = ''] = line.split('\t');
+        return { name, inst };
+      });
+  } catch {
+    return []; // daemon down / engine absent — nothing to reap
+  }
+  const cases = await readDockerCases(configDir);
+  const expected = new Set(cases.map((c) => c.container ?? dockerContainerName(c.name)));
+  const reaped: string[] = [];
+  for (const { name, inst } of rows) {
+    if (inst !== instance) continue; // only THIS instance's containers
+    if (expected.has(name)) continue; // still referenced by a live case
+    try {
+      await execFileAsync(bin, ['rm', '-f', name], { timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS });
+      reaped.push(name);
+    } catch {
+      /* best-effort */
+    }
+  }
+  return reaped;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read the IN-CONTAINER Claude CLI version (`docker exec <container> claude
+ * --version`). Feeds Session.cliVersion for docker sessions (the LOCAL claude
+ * would report the wrong version and disable trackpad wheel-forwarding, #154).
+ * Returns undefined on any failure. No-op under VITEST.
+ */
+export async function probeDockerCliVersion(
+  docker: Pick<SessionDocker, 'engine' | 'containerName'>,
+  mode: SessionMode
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  if (IS_TEST_MODE) return undefined;
+  const bin = mode === 'shell' ? null : mode;
+  if (!bin) return undefined;
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(docker.engine, ['exec', docker.containerName, bin, '--version'], {
+      timeout: DOCKER_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    });
+    const match = stdout.trim().match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/);
+    return match ? match[0] : stdout.trim() || undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}

src/mux-interface.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {
   EffortLevel,
   GeminiConfig,
   SessionRemote,
+  SessionDocker,
 } from './types.js';
 
 /**
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ export interface MuxSession {
   workingDir: string;
   /** Remote execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping SSH */
   remote?: SessionRemote;
+  /** Docker execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping `docker exec` */
+  docker?: SessionDocker;
   /** Session mode */
   mode: SessionMode;
   /** Whether webserver is attached to this session */
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ export interface CreateSessionOptions {
   historyLimit?: number;
   /** Remote execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping SSH */
   remote?: SessionRemote;
+  /** Docker execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping `docker exec` */
+  docker?: SessionDocker;
 }
 
 /** Options for respawning a dead pane. */
@@ -103,6 +108,8 @@ export interface RespawnPaneOptions {
   historyLimit?: number;
   /** Remote execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping SSH */
   remote?: SessionRemote;
+  /** Docker execution metadata for local tmux sessions wrapping `docker exec` */
+  docker?: SessionDocker;
 }
 
 /** Options for pane buffer capture (COD-47 full-history mode). */

src/session.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ import {
   type EffortLevel,
   type GeminiConfig,
   type SessionRemote,
+  type SessionDocker,
 } from './types.js';
+import { probeDockerCliVersion } from './docker-hosts.js';
 import type { TerminalMultiplexer, MuxSession } from './mux-interface.js';
 import { TaskTracker, type BackgroundTask } from './task-tracker.js';
 import { RalphTracker } from './ralph-tracker.js';
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@ export function isAltScreenStripMode(mode: SessionMode): boolean {
 const DEFAULT_PTY_COLS = 120;
 const DEFAULT_PTY_ROWS = 40;
 const TMUX_DISPLAY_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+/** Delay before the in-container Claude CLI version probe (lets the container start). */
+const DOCKER_CLI_VERSION_PROBE_DELAY_MS = 3000;
 
 /**
  * Ask tmux for the current window geometry of `muxName` so a re-attaching PTY
@@ -212,8 +216,10 @@ export function queryTmuxWindowSize(muxName: string, socket: string): { cols: nu
   return { cols: DEFAULT_PTY_COLS, rows: DEFAULT_PTY_ROWS };
 }
 
-export function resolveMuxAttachCwd(workingDir: string, remote?: SessionRemote): string {
-  return remote ? '/tmp' : workingDir;
+export function resolveMuxAttachCwd(workingDir: string, remote?: SessionRemote, docker?: SessionDocker): string {
+  // Remote and docker sessions run the CLI elsewhere (ssh / docker exec); the LOCAL
+  // wrapper pane never needs the workspace as its cwd, so launch it in /tmp.
+  return remote || docker ? '/tmp' : workingDir;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -402,6 +408,10 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
   // Remote execution metadata, present when this session runs over SSH through local tmux.
   private readonly _remote?: SessionRemote;
 
+  // Docker execution metadata, present when this session runs inside a container via
+  // local tmux + `docker exec`. The container is per-CASE (shared by sibling sessions).
+  private readonly _docker?: SessionDocker;
+
   // Session color for visual differentiation
   private _color: import('./types.js').SessionColor = 'default';
 
@@ -475,6 +485,8 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
       attachmentHistory?: SessionAttachmentHistoryItem[];
       /** Remote execution metadata for sessions launched through SSH inside local tmux. */
       remote?: SessionRemote;
+      /** Docker execution metadata for sessions launched inside a container via local tmux. */
+      docker?: SessionDocker;
     }
   ) {
     super();
@@ -548,6 +560,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
     }
     this._tmuxHistoryLimit = config.tmuxHistoryLimit ?? DEFAULT_TMUX_HISTORY_LIMIT;
     this._remote = config.remote;
+    this._docker = config.docker;
     if (config.attachmentHistory && config.attachmentHistory.length > 0) {
       this.restoreAttachmentHistory(config.attachmentHistory);
     }
@@ -649,6 +662,11 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
     return this._claudeSessionId;
   }
 
+  /** Docker execution metadata when this session runs inside a container, else undefined. */
+  get docker(): SessionDocker | undefined {
+    return this._docker;
+  }
+
   // Adopt a Claude conversation ID observed from an external source (e.g. hook
   // payload). In interactive PTY mode Claude CLI emits no JSON to stdout, so
   // `_handleJsonMessage` never sees `session_id`; hooks are the only signal
@@ -1008,6 +1026,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
       status: this._status,
       workingDir: this.workingDir,
       remote: this._remote,
+      docker: this._docker,
       currentTaskId: this._currentTaskId,
       createdAt: this.createdAt,
       lastActivityAt: this._lastActivityAt,
@@ -1197,7 +1216,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
         name: 'xterm-256color',
         cols: ptyCols,
         rows: ptyRows,
-        cwd: resolveMuxAttachCwd(this.workingDir, this._remote),
+        cwd: resolveMuxAttachCwd(this.workingDir, this._remote, this._docker),
         // COD-75: codex/gemini get COLORTERM=truecolor — mirrors buildEnvExports()
         // in tmux-manager.ts so the attach client and the tmux session agree.
         env: buildMuxAttachEnv(this.mode === 'codex' || this.mode === 'gemini'),
@@ -1317,7 +1336,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
     // repaint/alt-screen mode; issue #154). Remote sessions run claude on
     // another host, so a local probe wouldn't reflect their version — skip them
     // and let the banner scrape handle those. Cached process-wide, best-effort.
-    if (this.mode === 'claude' && !this._remote && !this._cliVersion) {
+    if (this.mode === 'claude' && !this._remote && !this._docker && !this._cliVersion) {
       const probedVersion = getClaudeCliVersion();
       if (probedVersion) {
         this._cliVersion = probedVersion;
@@ -1330,6 +1349,31 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
       }
     }
 
+    // Docker sessions run claude INSIDE the container, so the local probe above
+    // reports the HOST claude (wrong version, and leaving cliVersion undefined
+    // silently disables wheel-forwarding, #154). Probe the IN-CONTAINER version
+    // instead — deferred so the container is up after the mux attach below.
+    if (this.mode === 'claude' && this._docker && !this._cliVersion) {
+      const dockerMeta = this._docker;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (this._isStopped || this._cliVersion) return;
+        void probeDockerCliVersion(dockerMeta, this.mode)
+          .then((version) => {
+            if (!version || this._isStopped || this._cliVersion) return;
+            this._cliVersion = version;
+            this.emit('cliInfoUpdated', {
+              version: this._cliVersion,
+              model: this._cliModel,
+              accountType: this._cliAccountType,
+              latestVersion: this._cliLatestVersion,
+            });
+          })
+          .catch(() => {
+            /* best-effort */
+          });
+      }, DOCKER_CLI_VERSION_PROBE_DELAY_MS);
+    }
+
     // If mux wrapping is enabled, create or attach to a mux session
     if (this._useMux && this._mux) {
       try {
@@ -1350,6 +1394,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
             effort: this._effort,
             historyLimit: this._tmuxHistoryLimit,
             remote: this._remote,
+            docker: this._docker,
           },
           createSessionOptions: {
             sessionId: this.id,
@@ -1368,6 +1413,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
             effort: this._effort,
             historyLimit: this._tmuxHistoryLimit,
             remote: this._remote,
+            docker: this._docker,
           },
           spawnErrLabel: 'mux attachment',
         });
@@ -1738,6 +1784,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
             envOverrides: this._envOverrides,
             historyLimit: this._tmuxHistoryLimit,
             remote: this._remote,
+            docker: this._docker,
           },
           createSessionOptions: {
             sessionId: this.id,
@@ -1748,6 +1795,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
             envOverrides: this._envOverrides,
             historyLimit: this._tmuxHistoryLimit,
             remote: this._remote,
+            docker: this._docker,
           },
           spawnErrLabel: 'shell mux attachment',
         });

src/tmux-manager.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ const execAsync = promisify(exec);
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { writeFile, rename } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { dirname } from 'node:path';
-import { dataPath, DEFAULT_TMUX_SOCKET } from './config/instance.js';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { dataPath, DEFAULT_TMUX_SOCKET, CODEMAN_INSTANCE } from './config/instance.js';
 import {
   ProcessStats,
   PersistedRespawnConfig,
@@ -43,9 +44,24 @@ import {
   type EffortLevel,
   type GeminiConfig,
   type SessionRemote,
+  type SessionDocker,
+  type DockerCommandMode,
 } from './types.js';
 import { buildEffortCliArgs } from './session-cli-builder.js';
 import { buildSshConnectionArgs, defaultRemoteCommandForMode, remoteSshTarget } from './remote-hosts.js';
+import {
+  buildDockerBaseArgs,
+  buildDockerCreateArgs,
+  containerApiUrl,
+  CONTAINER_HOME,
+  defaultDockerCommandForMode,
+  hostGatewayAlias,
+  resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts,
+  resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts,
+  type DockerCreateContext,
+  type DockerMount,
+  type DockerSeedCopy,
+} from './docker-hosts.js';
 import {
   wrapWithNice,
   SAFE_PATH_PATTERN,
@@ -812,6 +828,267 @@ export function buildRemoteKillCommand(options: { remote: SessionRemote; session
   return [ssh, ...connectionArgs, remoteSshTarget(remote), shellescape(killCmd)].join(' ');
 }
 
+// ========== Docker cases (COD-Docker) ==========
+//
+// The docker analog of the remote-SSH launch above. Instead of a local tmux pane
+// running `ssh -t host 'tmux new-session …'`, it runs `docker exec -it <container>
+// sh -lc 'tmux new-session …'` into a DURABLE in-container tmux server. The
+// container is per-CASE, so many sessions `docker exec` into the same one. See
+// docs/docker-cases-plan.md.
+
+/**
+ * DEDICATED in-container tmux socket. A Codeman running INSIDE the container uses
+ * `-L codeman`; ours is `-L codeman-docker` with a `codeman-dkr-*` session name
+ * that deliberately FAILS SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN, so an in-container Codeman never
+ * adopts/resizes/respawns our session (same defence as the remote socket).
+ */
+const DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET = 'codeman-docker';
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic, reattach-stable in-container tmux session name. Derived from the
+ * same stable field the local muxName uses (first 8 chars of the sessionId), so a
+ * reconnect re-issues the exact same `new-session -A` and lands back in the SAME
+ * in-container session. The `dkr` letters make it fail SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN.
+ */
+export function dockerTmuxSessionName(sessionId: string): string {
+  return `codeman-dkr-${sessionId.slice(0, 8)}`;
+}
+
+/** Resume ids are UUID-ish; reject anything with shell metacharacters (defensive). */
+const RESUME_ID_SAFE = /^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$/;
+
+/**
+ * Append the CLI-specific resume flag to a pane command. Only fires when the
+ * in-container tmux is RE-CREATED (`new-session -A` makes the flag inert on a
+ * live reattach), i.e. exactly when the previous live agent was lost and we want
+ * to resume the conversation from the bind-mounted transcript.
+ */
+function appendResumeFlag(modeCommand: string, mode: SessionMode, resumeId: string): string {
+  if (!RESUME_ID_SAFE.test(resumeId)) return modeCommand;
+  switch (mode) {
+    case 'claude':
+    case 'gemini':
+      return `${modeCommand} --resume ${resumeId}`;
+    case 'codex':
+      return `${modeCommand} resume ${resumeId}`;
+    default:
+      return modeCommand; // shell / opencode: no resume
+  }
+}
+
+/** Fully-resolved inputs for buildDockerLaunchCommand (pure). */
+export interface DockerLaunchOptions {
+  mode: SessionMode;
+  docker: SessionDocker;
+  sessionId: string;
+  resumeSessionId?: string;
+  createContext: DockerCreateContext;
+  /** exec-time inline env (non-secret): TERM, COLORTERM, CODEMAN_SESSION_ID, CODEMAN_MUX */
+  execEnv: Record<string, string>;
+  /** exec-time NAME-ONLY env forwarded from Codeman's process env (codex/gemini keys) */
+  execEnvNames: string[];
+  /**
+   * Files to copy from read-only seed mounts into the container's writable HOME once
+   * before launch (guarded so reconnects never clobber). Isolates Claude state: the
+   * merged `~/.claude.json`, plus `~/.claude/.credentials.json` + `settings.json`,
+   * are writable copies (not host mounts), so the container never re-auths and never
+   * writes its runtime state back into the host `~/.claude`.
+   */
+  seedCopies?: DockerSeedCopy[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the ONE `bash -c` launch string for a docker session: image-check ->
+ * ensure (inspect-or-create) -> start -> `exec docker exec -it` into the durable
+ * in-container tmux (resume-aware). PURE and unit-testable. The escaping survives
+ * four layers: outer `bash -c "…"` (JSON.stringify at respawn-pane) -> the joined
+ * command -> `docker exec … sh -lc '<tmux>'` -> tmux `'<paneCommand>'`.
+ */
+export function buildDockerLaunchCommand(opts: DockerLaunchOptions): string {
+  const { mode, docker, sessionId, resumeSessionId, createContext, execEnv, execEnvNames, seedCopies } = opts;
+  const base = buildDockerBaseArgs(docker).join(' ');
+  const createArgs = buildDockerCreateArgs(createContext).join(' ');
+  const name = shellescape(docker.containerName);
+  const workdir = shellescape(docker.containerWorkdir);
+  const image = shellescape(docker.image);
+  const dkrName = dockerTmuxSessionName(sessionId);
+  const sid = sessionId.slice(0, 8);
+
+  let modeCommand = docker.commands?.[mode as DockerCommandMode] || defaultDockerCommandForMode(mode);
+  if (resumeSessionId) modeCommand = appendResumeFlag(modeCommand, mode, resumeSessionId);
+  // Run by tmux via /bin/sh -c, so the path is shell-quoted here. `exec` makes the
+  // pane PID the agent itself.
+  const paneCommand = `cd ${workdir} && ${modeCommand}`;
+
+  // `setenv -g` primes the session id so reattaches / newly-created panes inherit
+  // it. `new-session -A` = attach-or-create (idempotent + resume-aware). Options
+  // are scoped per-session (`set -t`) or server (`set -s`), never `-g`, so a shared
+  // in-container tmux server's other sessions keep their own prefix/mouse.
+  const tmuxInvocation = [
+    `tmux -L ${DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET} setenv -g CODEMAN_SESSION_ID ${shellescape(sid)}`,
+    'setenv -g CODEMAN_MUX 1',
+    `new-session -A -s ${dkrName} -c ${workdir} ${shellescape(paneCommand)}`,
+    `set -t ${dkrName} status off`,
+    `set -t ${dkrName} mouse off`,
+    `set -t ${dkrName} prefix C-q`,
+    'set -s escape-time 0',
+  ].join(' \\; ');
+
+  const execEnvFlags: string[] = [];
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(execEnv)) execEnvFlags.push('--env', shellescape(`${k}=${v}`));
+  // NAME-ONLY forwards: docker reads the VALUE from Codeman's own process env, so
+  // the secret never appears in argv (no `ps` leak) and is not committed.
+  for (const n of execEnvNames) execEnvFlags.push('--env', n);
+  for (const extra of docker.extraExecArgs ?? []) execEnvFlags.push(shellescape(extra));
+
+  const imageMissingMsg = shellescape(
+    `Codeman: base image ${docker.image} not present (it is normally auto-built on first use)`
+  );
+  const startFailMsg = shellescape(`Codeman: container ${docker.containerName} failed to start (docker daemon down?)`);
+
+  const imageCheck = `${base} image inspect ${image} >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo ${imageMissingMsg}; exit 1; }`;
+  // create-if-missing (idempotent): reconnect / boot recovery re-runs this exact chain.
+  const ensure = `${base} inspect ${name} >/dev/null 2>&1 || ${base} ${createArgs}`;
+  const start = `${base} start ${name} >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo ${startFailMsg}; exit 1; }`;
+  // Seed writable credential config from read-only host mounts ONCE per container
+  // (guarded by [ -e ] so reconnects never clobber in-container config; `cp -a` for
+  // whole-dir credential seeds). mkdir -p the parent so a file seed works even when
+  // no sibling share-mount pre-created the dir. Paths are fixed CONTAINER_HOME
+  // constants (no shell metachars), so the whole inner command is shell-quoted once.
+  const seedSteps = (seedCopies ?? []).map((s) => {
+    const cp = s.recursive ? 'cp -a' : 'cp';
+    const parent = s.to.slice(0, s.to.lastIndexOf('/'));
+    return `mkdir -p ${parent} 2>/dev/null; [ -e ${s.to} ] || ${cp} ${s.from} ${s.to} 2>/dev/null || true`;
+  });
+  const innerCmd = seedSteps.length ? `${seedSteps.join(' ; ')} ; ${tmuxInvocation}` : tmuxInvocation;
+  const execCmd = `exec ${base} exec -it --workdir ${workdir} ${execEnvFlags.join(' ')} ${name} sh -lc ${shellescape(innerCmd)}`;
+
+  return [imageCheck, ensure, start, execCmd].join(' ; ');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Kill ONLY this session's in-container tmux session. The container is shared by
+ * the case's other sessions, so this NEVER `docker stop`s it — stopping/removing
+ * the container is an explicit teardown (buildDockerStopCommand) or case-delete
+ * (buildDockerRemoveCommand). Fired best-effort on session kill.
+ */
+export function buildDockerKillCommand(options: { docker: SessionDocker; sessionId: string }): string {
+  const { docker, sessionId } = options;
+  const base = buildDockerBaseArgs(docker).join(' ');
+  const dkrName = dockerTmuxSessionName(sessionId);
+  return `${base} exec ${shellescape(docker.containerName)} tmux -L ${DOCKER_TMUX_SOCKET} kill-session -t ${shellescape(dkrName)}`;
+}
+
+/** Explicit container stop (frees RAM/CPU; conversation resumes on next launch via --resume). */
+export function buildDockerStopCommand(docker: SessionDocker): string {
+  return `${buildDockerBaseArgs(docker).join(' ')} stop -t 10 ${shellescape(docker.containerName)}`;
+}
+
+/** Explicit container removal (case-delete). Destroys in-image state; bind mounts survive. */
+export function buildDockerRemoveCommand(docker: SessionDocker): string {
+  return `${buildDockerBaseArgs(docker).join(' ')} rm -f ${shellescape(docker.containerName)}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the environment-dependent bits of a docker launch (host uid, existing
+ * credential mounts, derived api url, hook-secret mount, Desktop detection) into
+ * the pure buildDockerLaunchCommand inputs. IO; only ever called from the real
+ * launch path (createSession/respawnPane no-op under VITEST).
+ */
+export function resolveDockerLaunchOptions(
+  mode: SessionMode,
+  docker: SessionDocker,
+  sessionId: string,
+  resumeSessionId?: string
+): DockerLaunchOptions {
+  const home = homedir();
+  const isDesktop = process.platform === 'darwin'; // Docker Desktop translates uids + native host.docker.internal
+  const uid = typeof process.getuid === 'function' ? process.getuid() : 1000;
+  const userArgs: string[] =
+    docker.engine === 'podman'
+      ? ['--userns=keep-id'] // rootless podman: map host uid to the image `agent` uid
+      : isDesktop
+        ? [] // Desktop: run as the image's baked uid (a mac uid wouldn't own /home/agent)
+        : ['--user', `${uid}:0`]; // Linux: host uid + GID 0 (OpenShift arbitrary-uid writable HOME)
+  const gatewayAlias = hostGatewayAlias(docker.engine);
+
+  const credentialMounts: DockerMount[] = [];
+  const extraMounts: DockerMount[] = [];
+  // Isolated credential state (Claude + codex/gemini/gcloud/opencode): each store
+  // shares ONLY what a host feature / --resume needs (Claude projects/, codex
+  // sessions/+history) and seeds everything else (tokens, settings, configs) as
+  // writable copies, so the container is authed WITHOUT re-auth and WITHOUT writing
+  // its runtime state back into the host dirs. Only when credentials are mounted.
+  let seedCopies: DockerSeedCopy[] = [];
+  if (docker.mountCredentials) {
+    const claudeArtifacts = resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts(home, docker.containerName, docker.containerWorkdir);
+    const credArtifacts = resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home);
+    extraMounts.push(...claudeArtifacts.mounts, ...credArtifacts.mounts);
+    seedCopies = [...claudeArtifacts.seedCopies, ...credArtifacts.seedCopies];
+  }
+  const envCreate: Record<string, string> = {
+    HOME: CONTAINER_HOME,
+    TERM: 'xterm-256color',
+    COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
+    // Force a UTF-8 locale (the base image defaults to POSIX/C). Without this, tmux
+    // runs in non-UTF-8 mode and renders Claude's Unicode box-drawing (─│┌┐) as raw
+    // VT100 ACS glyphs (`qqqq…`). `C.UTF-8` is built into glibc (no locale-gen).
+    LANG: 'C.UTF-8',
+    LC_ALL: 'C.UTF-8',
+    // Give claude a temp dir it will own inside HOME. Its default `/tmp/claude-<uid>`
+    // is refused when that path pre-exists root-owned — which happens when the
+    // workspace bind-mount path traverses it (e.g. a workspace under /tmp/claude-<uid>).
+    // A nonexistent HOME subpath is created+owned by the running uid, so this is robust
+    // to any workspace location. Non-secret path, safe to be committed on export.
+    CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR: `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.cache/codeman-claude-tmp`,
+  };
+  if (docker.hooksEnabled) {
+    // Derive a container-reachable API url (scheme + port preserved; host swapped
+    // for the engine gateway alias). Prod is HTTPS on 3000.
+    envCreate.CODEMAN_API_URL = containerApiUrl(process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL, docker.engine);
+    const hookSecretPath = dataPath('hook-secret');
+    if (existsSync(hookSecretPath)) {
+      const dst = `${CONTAINER_HOME}/.codeman/hook-secret`;
+      extraMounts.push({ src: hookSecretPath, dst, readonly: true });
+      envCreate.CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE = dst; // a path is non-secret; the bytes ride the bind mount
+    }
+  }
+
+  const createContext: DockerCreateContext = {
+    docker,
+    sessionId,
+    instance: CODEMAN_INSTANCE,
+    userArgs,
+    credentialMounts,
+    extraMounts,
+    envCreate,
+    addHostGateway: !isDesktop,
+    gatewayAlias,
+  };
+
+  const execEnv: Record<string, string> = {
+    TERM: 'xterm-256color',
+    COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
+    // UTF-8 at exec time too, so the tmux CLIENT this exec launches is UTF-8 and
+    // renders box-drawing correctly even when reattaching to a container created
+    // before this fix (client_utf8 is per-client, resolved from the exec's locale).
+    LANG: 'C.UTF-8',
+    LC_ALL: 'C.UTF-8',
+    CODEMAN_SESSION_ID: sessionId.slice(0, 8),
+    CODEMAN_MUX: '1',
+  };
+  // NAME-ONLY exec env forwarded from Codeman's process env (the docker client
+  // inherits it), so API-key CLIs get their key without it appearing in argv.
+  const execEnvNames =
+    mode === 'codex'
+      ? ['OPENAI_API_KEY', 'CODEX_API_KEY']
+      : mode === 'gemini'
+        ? ['GEMINI_API_KEY', 'GOOGLE_API_KEY']
+        : [];
+
+  return { mode, docker, sessionId, resumeSessionId, createContext, execEnv, execEnvNames, seedCopies };
+}
+
 /**
  * Set sensitive environment variables on a tmux session via setenv.
  * These are inherited by panes but not visible in ps output or tmux history.
@@ -1209,6 +1486,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
       effort,
       historyLimit = DEFAULT_TMUX_HISTORY_LIMIT,
       remote,
+      docker,
     } = options;
     const muxName = `codeman-${sessionId.slice(0, 8)}`;
 
@@ -1228,6 +1506,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
         createdAt: Date.now(),
         workingDir,
         remote,
+        docker,
         mode,
         attached: false,
         name,
@@ -1273,7 +1552,11 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
     try {
       // Build the full command to run inside tmux
       const localFullCmd = `${buildNofileLimitCommand()} && ${pathExport}${envExportsStr} && ${cmd}`;
-      const fullCmd = remote ? buildRemoteLaunchCommand({ mode, remote, sessionId }) : localFullCmd;
+      const fullCmd = docker
+        ? buildDockerLaunchCommand(resolveDockerLaunchOptions(mode, docker, sessionId, resumeSessionId))
+        : remote
+          ? buildRemoteLaunchCommand({ mode, remote, sessionId })
+          : localFullCmd;
 
       // Create tmux session in three steps to handle cold-start (no server running)
       // and avoid the race where the command exits before remain-on-exit is set:
@@ -1324,7 +1607,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
 
       // Replace the shell with the actual command (no echo in terminal). Keep
       // pane launch in /tmp, then cd inside bash against the current mount table.
-      const launchCmd = remote ? fullCmd : `cd ${JSON.stringify(workingDir)} && ${fullCmd}`;
+      const launchCmd = remote || docker ? fullCmd : `cd ${JSON.stringify(workingDir)} && ${fullCmd}`;
       execSync(
         `${this.tmux()} respawn-pane -k -c ${TMUX_LAUNCH_CWD} -t "${muxName}" bash -c ${JSON.stringify(launchCmd)}`,
         {
@@ -1399,6 +1682,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
         createdAt: Date.now(),
         workingDir,
         remote,
+        docker,
         mode,
         attached: false,
         name,
@@ -1484,6 +1768,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
       effort,
       historyLimit = DEFAULT_TMUX_HISTORY_LIMIT,
       remote,
+      docker,
     } = options;
     const session = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
     if (!session) return null;
@@ -1521,7 +1806,11 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
     const config = niceConfig || DEFAULT_NICE_CONFIG;
     const cmd = wrapWithNice(baseCmd, config);
     const localFullCmd = `${buildNofileLimitCommand()} && ${pathExport}${envExportsStr} && ${cmd}`;
-    const fullCmd = remote ? buildRemoteLaunchCommand({ mode, remote, sessionId }) : localFullCmd;
+    const fullCmd = docker
+      ? buildDockerLaunchCommand(resolveDockerLaunchOptions(mode, docker, sessionId, resumeSessionId))
+      : remote
+        ? buildRemoteLaunchCommand({ mode, remote, sessionId })
+        : localFullCmd;
 
     try {
       // For OpenCode: set sensitive env vars via tmux setenv before respawn
@@ -1539,7 +1828,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
       this.applyEnvOverrides(muxName, envOverrides);
 
       // -c /tmp + cd bounce — see createSession() for rationale (stale FUSE state).
-      const launchCmd = remote ? fullCmd : `cd ${JSON.stringify(workingDir)} && ${fullCmd}`;
+      const launchCmd = remote || docker ? fullCmd : `cd ${JSON.stringify(workingDir)} && ${fullCmd}`;
       await execAsync(
         `${this.tmux()} respawn-pane -k -c ${TMUX_LAUNCH_CWD} -t "${muxName}" bash -c ${JSON.stringify(launchCmd)}`,
         {
@@ -1725,6 +2014,18 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
       }
     }
 
+    // Strategy 3c: Docker sessions run a DURABLE in-container tmux session. Kill
+    // ONLY this session's in-container tmux session (best-effort). The container is
+    // PER-CASE and shared by the case's other sessions, so we deliberately do NOT
+    // `docker stop` it here — stopping/removing is an explicit teardown/case-delete.
+    if (session.docker && !IS_TEST_MODE) {
+      try {
+        exec(buildDockerKillCommand({ docker: session.docker, sessionId }), { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS }, () => {});
+      } catch {
+        // Best-effort — never affects the local kill result.
+      }
+    }
+
     // Strategy 4: Direct kill by PID as final fallback
     if (this.isProcessAlive(currentPid)) {
       try {

src/types/api.ts

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export interface CaseInfo {
   /** Whether CLAUDE.md exists */
   hasClaudeMd?: boolean;
   /** Case storage/execution location */
-  location?: 'local' | 'linked-local' | 'remote';
+  location?: 'local' | 'linked-local' | 'remote' | 'docker';
   /** Whether this is a linked local folder */
   linked?: boolean;
   /** Remote case metadata for display and session creation */
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ export interface CaseInfo {
     username: string;
     path: string;
   };
+  /** Docker case metadata for display and session creation */
+  docker?: {
+    hostId: string;
+    container: string;
+    image?: string;
+    path: string;
+    network?: string;
+  };
 }
 
 // ========== Error Handling Utilities ==========

src/types/session.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,122 @@ export interface SessionRemote extends RemoteSshOptions {
   commands?: Partial<Record<RemoteCommandMode, string>>;
 }
 
+// ========== Docker cases (COD-Docker) ==========
+//
+// Docker mode is a LOCATION OVERLAY on cases (never a 6th SessionMode), the exact
+// analog of the remote-SSH feature above: instead of a local tmux pane running
+// `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a local tmux pane runs
+// `docker exec -it` into a durable in-container tmux server. The container is
+// scoped to the CASE (not the session), so multiple sessions can `docker exec`
+// into the same long-lived container. See `docs/docker-cases-plan.md`.
+
+/** Which CLI backends a Docker case can run (same set as remote). */
+export type DockerCommandMode = Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' | 'claude' | 'opencode' | 'codex' | 'gemini'>;
+
+/** Container engine. Docker and Podman differ in the uid/userns + host-gateway alias. */
+export type DockerEngine = 'docker' | 'podman';
+
+/**
+ * Container network mode. `host` and any inbound `-p` publish are deliberately
+ * unrepresentable (never in this union, never emitted by the flag builder).
+ * - `bridge`: own netns, NAT egress, no inbound (default — every API CLI needs egress)
+ * - `none`: fully offline sandbox (breaks API CLIs; reserved for `shell`)
+ * - `custom`: a user-defined bridge `codeman-net-<slug>` (future egress-allowlist chokepoint)
+ */
+export type DockerNetworkMode = 'bridge' | 'none' | 'custom';
+
+/** Per-container resource caps. Advisory under non-delegated rootless (see `capsEnforced`). */
+export interface DockerResourceLimits {
+  /** e.g. '4g' -> --memory 4g --memory-swap 4g (swap==memory: a real OOM cap) */
+  memory?: string;
+  /** e.g. '2' -> --cpus 2 */
+  cpus?: string;
+  /** e.g. 512 -> --pids-limit 512 (fork-bomb guard) */
+  pidsLimit?: number;
+  /** e.g. '4096:8192' -> --ulimit nofile=4096:8192 */
+  nofile?: string;
+  /** e.g. '256m' -> --shm-size (only when a tool needs /dev/shm) */
+  shmSize?: string;
+}
+
+/** A reusable Docker engine/image/network/resource profile (mirror of RemoteHost). */
+export interface DockerHost {
+  id: string;
+  label: string;
+  /** Engine; when absent the availability probe resolves it (docker, else podman). */
+  engine?: DockerEngine;
+  /** Base image ref (built locally by scripts/build-agent-image.mjs, e.g. codeman/agent:base). */
+  image: string;
+  /** Advanced: remote daemon (-H ssh://user@host or a DOCKER_HOST value). */
+  daemonHost?: string;
+  /** Advanced: docker `--context` name. */
+  context?: string;
+  /** Network mode (default 'bridge'). */
+  network?: DockerNetworkMode;
+  /** Custom bridge name when network === 'custom'. */
+  networkName?: string;
+  resources?: DockerResourceLimits;
+  /** GPU allocation, e.g. 'all' / '1' / 'device=0,1' -> `--gpus <value>` (needs the NVIDIA container toolkit). */
+  gpus?: string;
+  /** true (default) = convenient: bind-mount host cred dirs RW. false = sealed (blocks full-image export). */
+  mountCredentials?: boolean;
+  /** true (default) = wire in-container hooks (host-gateway callback + workspace scaffold). */
+  hooksEnabled?: boolean;
+  /** true (default) = a relaunch resumes the last conversation from the bind-mounted transcript. */
+  resumeOnStart?: boolean;
+  /** Per-mode command overrides (mirror RemoteHost.commands). */
+  commands?: Partial<Record<DockerCommandMode, string>>;
+  /** Escape hatch: extra `docker create` args (validated like extraSshOptions). */
+  extraCreateArgs?: string[];
+  /** Escape hatch: extra `docker exec` args. */
+  extraExecArgs?: string[];
+}
+
+/** A case linked to a Docker container (mirror of RemoteCase). */
+export interface DockerCase {
+  name: string;
+  type: 'docker';
+  hostId: string;
+  /** Absolute HOST directory: the bind-mount source AND Session.workingDir (real host bytes). */
+  hostWorkspacePath: string;
+  /** Container path (default = hostWorkspacePath: mirror -> transcript projHash correlates). */
+  containerWorkdir?: string;
+  /** Container name (default codeman-case-<slug>). */
+  container?: string;
+  /** Last captured Claude conversation id, replayed via --resume on a fresh launch. */
+  lastClaudeSessionId?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flattened Docker execution metadata carried on a live session (mirror of
+ * SessionRemote). Round-trips through MuxSession/SessionState/mux-sessions.json.
+ */
+export interface SessionDocker {
+  hostId: string;
+  label: string;
+  engine: DockerEngine;
+  image: string;
+  /** Per-CASE container name (shared by all sessions of the case). */
+  containerName: string;
+  hostWorkspacePath: string;
+  containerWorkdir: string;
+  network: DockerNetworkMode;
+  networkName?: string;
+  resources?: DockerResourceLimits;
+  /** GPU allocation ('all' / '1' / 'device=0,1'). */
+  gpus?: string;
+  mountCredentials: boolean;
+  hooksEnabled: boolean;
+  resumeOnStart: boolean;
+  daemonHost?: string;
+  context?: string;
+  commands?: Partial<Record<DockerCommandMode, string>>;
+  extraCreateArgs?: string[];
+  extraExecArgs?: string[];
+  /** Stable hash of the drift-relevant create args (recreate-on-drift detection). */
+  configHash?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Valid Claude CLI effort levels (claude >= 2.1.154).
  * `ultracode` = xhigh effort + standing dynamic-workflow orchestration; it is a
@@ -217,6 +333,8 @@ export interface SessionState {
   workingDir: string;
   /** Remote execution metadata, present when this session runs over SSH through local tmux */
   remote?: SessionRemote;
+  /** Docker execution metadata, present when this session runs inside a container via local tmux + docker exec */
+  docker?: SessionDocker;
   /** ID of currently assigned task, null if none */
   currentTaskId: string | null;
   /** Timestamp when session was created */

src/web/network-auth-policy.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export function isLoopbackBindHost(host: string): boolean {
  */
 export const DEFAULT_TRUSTED_HOST_SUFFIXES = ['.ts.net', '.trycloudflare.com', '.cfargotunnel.com'];
 
+/**
+ * Container-to-host gateway aliases (Docker / Podman). A hook `curl` from INSIDE a
+ * docker case carries `Host: host.docker.internal:<port>` (the derived
+ * CODEMAN_API_URL), so the always-on host guard must allow it or every in-container
+ * hook is blocked 403. These names only resolve to the host from within a
+ * container's network namespace, so they are not a DNS-rebinding surface for a
+ * normal browser. Both engines' aliases are allowed so a mixed fleet keeps working.
+ */
+export const DOCKER_HOST_GATEWAY_ALIASES = ['host.docker.internal', 'host.containers.internal'];
+
 /** Policy inputs for the anti-DNS-rebinding Host allowlist + cross-site Origin guard. */
 export interface HostPolicy {
   /** The host the server is bound to (e.g. '127.0.0.1', '0.0.0.0', or a hostname). */
@@ -98,6 +108,8 @@ function matchesHost(hostname: string, policy: HostPolicy): boolean {
   const bind = parseAuthorityHostname(policy.bindHost);
   if (bind && hostname === bind) return true;
   if (policy.tunnelHost && hostname === policy.tunnelHost) return true;
+  // Docker/Podman container-to-host gateway aliases (for in-container hook curls).
+  if (DOCKER_HOST_GATEWAY_ALIASES.includes(hostname)) return true;
   for (const suffix of DEFAULT_TRUSTED_HOST_SUFFIXES) {
     if (hostname === suffix.slice(1) || hostname.endsWith(suffix)) return true;
   }

src/web/public/app.js

@@ -1433,6 +1433,49 @@ class CodemanApp {
     for (const event of [SSE_EVENTS.SESSION_CREATED, SSE_EVENTS.SESSION_DELETED]) {
       addListener(event, () => this._onSessionListMaybeChanged());
     }
+
+    // Docker export/import: toast + refresh the Manage-tab exports list on completion.
+    addListener(SSE_EVENTS.DOCKER_EXPORT_COMPLETE, (e) => {
+      try {
+        const d = e.data ? JSON.parse(e.data) : {};
+        this.showToast(`Docker export ready: ${d.bundle} (${Math.round((d.sizeBytes || 0) / 1e6)} MB)`, 'success');
+        this.refreshDockerExports?.();
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('[SSE] docker export complete:', err);
+      }
+    });
+    addListener(SSE_EVENTS.DOCKER_EXPORT_FAILED, (e) => {
+      try {
+        const d = e.data ? JSON.parse(e.data) : {};
+        this.showToast(`Docker export failed: ${d.error || 'unknown error'}`, 'error');
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('[SSE] docker export failed:', err);
+      }
+    });
+    // Base image auto-build on first Docker case (build-on-first-use). A single
+    // multi-minute event; surface start/finish so the Run spinner is explained.
+    addListener(SSE_EVENTS.DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_STARTED, () => {
+      this.showToast('Building the Codeman agent image (first Docker case, a few minutes)...', 'info', {
+        duration: 8000,
+      });
+    });
+    addListener(SSE_EVENTS.DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_COMPLETE, (e) => {
+      try {
+        const d = e.data ? JSON.parse(e.data) : {};
+        if (d.error) this.showToast(`Agent image build failed: ${d.error}`, 'error');
+        else this.showToast('Agent image ready. Starting the container...', 'success');
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('[SSE] docker image build complete:', err);
+      }
+    });
+    addListener(SSE_EVENTS.DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_FAILED, (e) => {
+      try {
+        const d = e.data ? JSON.parse(e.data) : {};
+        this.showToast(`Agent image build failed: ${d.error || 'unknown error'}`, 'error');
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('[SSE] docker image build failed:', err);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

src/web/public/constants.js

@@ -474,6 +474,13 @@ const SSE_EVENTS = {
   CASE_LINKED: 'case:linked',
   CASE_DELETED: 'case:deleted',
   CASE_ORDER_CHANGED: 'case:order-changed',
+  DOCKER_EXPORT_COMPLETE: 'docker:exportComplete',
+  DOCKER_EXPORT_FAILED: 'docker:exportFailed',
+  DOCKER_IMPORT_COMPLETE: 'docker:importComplete',
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_STARTED: 'docker:imageBuildStarted',
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_PROGRESS: 'docker:imageBuildProgress',
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_COMPLETE: 'docker:imageBuildComplete',
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_FAILED: 'docker:imageBuildFailed',
 };
 
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

src/web/public/index.html

@@ -118,12 +118,13 @@
         </div>
         <button class="btn-icon-header btn-redraw-terminal btn-redraw-terminal--hidden" onclick="app.restoreTerminalSize()" title="Redraw terminal to fit current screen (Ctrl+Shift+R)" aria-label="Redraw terminal"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="1 4 1 10 7 10"/><polyline points="23 20 23 14 17 14"/><path d="M20.49 9A9 9 0 0 0 5.64 5.64L1 10m22 4l-4.64 4.36A9 9 0 0 1 3.51 15"/></svg></button>
         <button class="btn-icon-header btn-response-viewer-header btn-response-viewer-header--hidden" onclick="app.toggleResponseViewer()" title="View last response" aria-label="View last response"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M1 12s4-8 11-8 11 8 11 8-4 8-11 8-11-8-11-8z"/><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="3"/></svg></button>
-        <button class="btn-icon-header btn-away-digest" onclick="app.openAwayDigest()" title="Away Digest" aria-label="Open away digest"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 6h13"/><path d="M8 12h13"/><path d="M8 18h13"/><path d="M3 6h.01"/><path d="M3 12h.01"/><path d="M3 18h.01"/></svg></button>
-        <button class="btn-icon-header btn-session-manager" onclick="app.openSessionManager()" title="Session Manager" aria-label="Open session manager"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="12 2 2 7 12 12 22 7 12 2"/><polyline points="2 17 12 22 22 17"/><polyline points="2 12 12 17 22 12"/></svg></button>
+        <button class="btn-icon-header btn-away-digest btn-away-digest--hidden" onclick="app.openAwayDigest()" title="Away Digest" aria-label="Open away digest"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 6h13"/><path d="M8 12h13"/><path d="M8 18h13"/><path d="M3 6h.01"/><path d="M3 12h.01"/><path d="M3 18h.01"/></svg></button>
+        <button class="btn-icon-header btn-session-manager btn-session-manager--hidden" onclick="app.openSessionManager()" title="Session Manager" aria-label="Open session manager"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="12 2 2 7 12 12 22 7 12 2"/><polyline points="2 17 12 22 22 17"/><polyline points="2 12 12 17 22 12"/></svg></button>
         <button class="btn-icon-header btn-attachments-history btn-attachments-history--hidden" id="attachmentsHistoryBtn" onclick="app.toggleAttachmentHistory()" title="Attachments" aria-label="Open attachment history" aria-expanded="false">
           <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m21.44 11.05-9.19 9.19a6 6 0 0 1-8.49-8.49l9.19-9.19a4 4 0 0 1 5.66 5.66l-9.2 9.19a2 2 0 0 1-2.83-2.83l8.49-8.48"/></svg>
           <span class="attachment-history-badge" id="attachmentHistoryBadge" style="display:none;">0</span>
         </button>
+        <button class="btn-icon-header btn-file-viewer btn-file-viewer--hidden" onclick="app.toggleFileBrowserButton()" title="File Viewer" aria-label="Open file viewer" aria-expanded="false"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3 7a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h4l2 2h8a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v8a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2z"/></svg></button>
         <button class="btn-icon-header btn-multimonitor btn-multimonitor--hidden" onclick="app.launchMultiMonitor()" title="Open Codeman across all displays" aria-label="Open Codeman across all displays"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="2" y="4" width="13" height="9" rx="1.5"/><rect x="11" y="9" width="11" height="8" rx="1.5"/></svg></button>
         <button class="btn-icon-header btn-ultracode-agents btn-ultracode-agents--hidden" onclick="app.toggleUltracodeAgentsPanel()" title="Ultracode / Workflow agents" aria-label="Open ultracode workflow agents"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="6" cy="6" r="2.5"/><circle cx="6" cy="18" r="2.5"/><circle cx="18" cy="12" r="2.5"/><path d="M8.2 7.2 15.6 11M8.2 16.8 15.6 13"/></svg></button>
         <div class="header-plan-usage header-plan-usage--hidden" id="planUsageChip" title="Claude plan usage limits">—</div>
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@
       <div class="toolbar-right">
         <!-- Orchestrator button hidden until feature is ready -->
         <!-- <button class="btn-toolbar btn-sm" onclick="app.toggleOrchestratorPanel()" title="Orchestrator Loop">&#x2699; Orchestrator</button> -->
-        <button class="btn-toolbar btn-sm" onclick="app.openCron()" title="Cron Jobs">&#x23F0; Cron</button>
+        <button class="btn-toolbar btn-sm btn-cron" onclick="app.openCron()" title="Cron Jobs">&#x23F0; Cron</button>
         <span class="version-display" id="versionDisplay" title="Codeman version">v0.0.0</span>
       </div>
     </footer>
@@ -1268,6 +1269,13 @@
                   <span class="slider"></span>
                 </label>
               </div>
+              <div class="settings-item" title="Show the file viewer button in header (opens the file browser panel for the active session)">
+                <span class="settings-item-label">File Viewer</span>
+                <label class="switch switch-sm">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="appSettingsShowFileViewerButton">
+                  <span class="slider"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
               <div class="settings-item" title="Show the attachments button in header (opens the attachment history drawer)">
                 <span class="settings-item-label">Attachments Button</span>
                 <label class="switch switch-sm">
@@ -1282,6 +1290,27 @@
                   <span class="slider"></span>
                 </label>
               </div>
+              <div class="settings-item" title="Show the session manager button in the header (opens the session manager — sessions also stay reachable via the Ctrl+K palette)">
+                <span class="settings-item-label">Session Manager Button</span>
+                <label class="switch switch-sm">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="appSettingsShowSessionButton">
+                  <span class="slider"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+              <div class="settings-item" title="Show the away digest button in the header (opens the 'what happened while you were away' summary)">
+                <span class="settings-item-label">Away Digest Button</span>
+                <label class="switch switch-sm">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="appSettingsShowAwayDigestButton">
+                  <span class="slider"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+              <div class="settings-item" title="Show the Cron button in the footer toolbar (opens the cron jobs manager)">
+                <span class="settings-item-label">Cron Button</span>
+                <label class="switch switch-sm">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="appSettingsShowCronButton">
+                  <span class="slider"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
               <div class="settings-item" title="Show a terminal redraw button in the header — refit the terminal to the current screen size (useful when switching between devices)">
                 <span class="settings-item-label">Redraw Terminal Button</span>
                 <label class="switch switch-sm">
@@ -1828,6 +1857,7 @@
           <button class="modal-tab-btn active" data-tab="case-create">Create New</button>
           <button class="modal-tab-btn" data-tab="case-link">Link Existing</button>
           <button class="modal-tab-btn" data-tab="case-remote">Remote</button>
+          <button class="modal-tab-btn" data-tab="case-docker">Docker</button>
           <button class="modal-tab-btn" data-tab="case-manage">Manage</button>
         </div>
         <div class="modal-body">
@@ -1842,6 +1872,53 @@
               <label>Description (optional)</label>
               <input type="text" id="newCaseDescription" placeholder="A brief description..." autocomplete="off">
             </div>
+            <div class="form-row docker-quick-row">
+              <label class="checkbox-row"><input type="checkbox" id="newCaseDocker"> 🐳 Run in an isolated Docker container</label>
+              <span class="form-hint">Runs this case in a hardened, isolated container. The base image is built automatically on first use.</span>
+            </div>
+            <details class="advanced-options docker-quick-settings" id="dockerQuickSettings">
+              <summary>Container settings (optional, sensible defaults)</summary>
+              <div class="advanced-options-content">
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>Template</label>
+                  <select id="quickDockerTemplate" onchange="app.applyDockerTemplate()">
+                    <option value="small">Small — 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU</option>
+                    <option value="medium" selected>Medium — 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU (default)</option>
+                    <option value="large">Large — 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU</option>
+                    <option value="gpu">GPU — 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU, all GPUs</option>
+                    <option value="custom">Custom</option>
+                  </select>
+                  <span class="form-hint">Disk is elastic: storage grows automatically as data flows in (no fixed cap).</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>Memory</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="quickDockerMemory" placeholder="4g" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>CPUs</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="quickDockerCpus" placeholder="2" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>GPUs</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="quickDockerGpus" placeholder="none (e.g. all, or 1)" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                  <span class="form-hint">Needs the NVIDIA container toolkit on the host.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>Network</label>
+                  <select id="quickDockerNetwork">
+                    <option value="bridge">bridge (internet on)</option>
+                    <option value="none">none (fully isolated)</option>
+                  </select>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>Image</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="quickDockerImage" placeholder="codeman/agent:base" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label class="checkbox-row"><input type="checkbox" id="quickDockerMountCreds" checked> Mount host credentials (~/.claude etc.)</label>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </details>
           </div>
           <!-- Link Existing Tab -->
           <div class="modal-tab-content hidden" id="case-link">
@@ -1916,12 +1993,72 @@
               </div>
             </details>
           </div>
+          <!-- Docker Tab -->
+          <div class="modal-tab-content hidden" id="case-docker">
+            <div class="form-row">
+              <label>Case Name</label>
+              <input type="text" id="dockerCaseName" placeholder="sandbox" pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+" autocomplete="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false">
+              <span class="form-hint">Runs inside an isolated container. Multiple sessions can share the same container.</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-row">
+              <label>Workspace Path</label>
+              <input type="text" id="dockerWorkspacePath" placeholder="/home/user/projects/sandbox" autocomplete="off" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" spellcheck="false">
+              <span class="form-hint">Absolute HOST directory, bind-mounted into the container. Codeman scaffolds CLAUDE.md + hooks into it.</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-row">
+              <label>Host ID</label>
+              <input type="text" id="dockerHostId" placeholder="local" pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+" autocomplete="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false">
+              <span class="form-hint">A reusable docker host profile. Reuse the same ID across cases to share settings.</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-row">
+              <label>Image</label>
+              <input type="text" id="dockerImage" placeholder="codeman/agent:base" autocomplete="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false">
+              <span class="form-hint">Build it once with <code>node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs</code>. Contains node + claude/codex/gemini + tmux.</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-row">
+              <label>Network</label>
+              <select id="dockerNetwork">
+                <option value="bridge">bridge (internet on, default)</option>
+                <option value="none">none (fully isolated, no network)</option>
+                <option value="custom">custom bridge</option>
+              </select>
+            </div>
+            <details class="advanced-options">
+              <summary>Advanced container settings</summary>
+              <div class="advanced-options-content">
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>Memory</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="dockerMemory" placeholder="4g" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                  <span class="form-hint">Optional, e.g. 4g / 512m. Enforced as a hard OOM cap where the engine supports it.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label>CPUs</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="dockerCpus" placeholder="2" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label class="checkbox-row"><input type="checkbox" id="dockerMountCredentials" checked> Mount host credentials (~/.claude etc.)</label>
+                  <span class="form-hint">On: your existing login just works (creds stay on the host, never in exports). Off: sealed sandbox, log in inside the container.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-row">
+                  <label class="checkbox-row"><input type="checkbox" id="dockerResumeOnStart" checked> Resume last conversation on relaunch</label>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </details>
+            <span class="form-hint" id="dockerLinkStatus" style="margin-top: 8px; display: block;"></span>
+          </div>
           <!-- Manage Tab -->
           <div class="modal-tab-content hidden" id="case-manage">
             <div class="case-manage-list" id="caseManageList">
               <!-- Populated by JS -->
             </div>
             <span class="form-hint" style="margin-top: 8px; display: block;">Use arrows to reorder. Changes are saved automatically.</span>
+            <div id="dockerExportsSection" style="margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border, #333); padding-top: 12px;">
+              <div style="display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; margin-bottom:8px;">
+                <strong style="font-size: 13px;">Docker exports</strong>
+                <button class="btn-toolbar" onclick="app.refreshDockerExports()">Refresh</button>
+              </div>
+              <div class="case-manage-list" id="dockerExportsList"><span class="form-hint">No exports yet. Export a docker case from its tab.</span></div>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="form-actions">

src/web/public/panels-ui.js

@@ -3098,6 +3098,32 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     }
   },
 
+  // Header "File Viewer" button (opt-in via App Settings → Header Displays →
+  // File Viewer). Toggles the file browser panel open/closed without a trip
+  // through settings. Persists via the same `showFileBrowser` flag the Panels
+  // section + the panel's own close (X) use, so the three stay in sync.
+  toggleFileBrowserButton() {
+    const panel = this.$('fileBrowserPanel');
+    const isOpen = panel?.classList.contains('visible');
+    const btn = document.querySelector('.btn-file-viewer');
+    if (isOpen) {
+      this.closeFileBrowserPanel();
+      if (btn) btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!this.activeSessionId) {
+      this.showToast('Open a session to browse its files', 'info');
+      return;
+    }
+    const settings = this.loadAppSettingsFromStorage();
+    settings.showFileBrowser = true;
+    this.saveAppSettingsToStorage(settings);
+    const checkbox = document.getElementById('appSettingsShowFileBrowser');
+    if (checkbox) checkbox.checked = true;
+    this.applyMonitorVisibility();
+    if (btn) btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+  },
+
   closeFileBrowserPanel() {
     const panel = this.$('fileBrowserPanel');
     if (panel) {
@@ -3130,6 +3156,10 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     const settings = this.loadAppSettingsFromStorage();
     settings.showFileBrowser = false;
     this.saveAppSettingsToStorage(settings);
+    const checkbox = document.getElementById('appSettingsShowFileBrowser');
+    if (checkbox) checkbox.checked = false;
+    const headerBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-file-viewer');
+    if (headerBtn) headerBtn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
   },
 
   async openFilePreview(filePath, sessionId = this.activeSessionId, attachmentId = null) {

src/web/public/session-ui.js

@@ -45,7 +45,18 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
   formatCasePickerLabel(c) {
-    return c?.location === 'remote' && c.remote?.hostId ? `${c.name} @ ${c.remote.hostId}` : c?.name || '';
+    if (c?.location === 'remote' && c.remote?.hostId) return `${c.name} @ ${c.remote.hostId}`;
+    if (c?.location === 'docker') return `${c.name} (${this.dockerCaseTag(c.docker?.hostId)})`;
+    return c?.name || '';
+  },
+
+  // Short parenthetical tag for a dockerized case: '(docker)' for the default /
+  // auto-provisioned host (one-click "Run in Docker", the Docker-tab 'local'
+  // default, or a per-case 'q-<name>' resource-override host), otherwise the custom
+  // docker host id the user named (e.g. '(gpu-box)'). Keeps the case name short.
+  dockerCaseTag(hostId) {
+    if (!hostId || hostId === 'default' || hostId === 'local' || /^q-/.test(hostId)) return 'docker';
+    return hostId;
   },
 
   buildCasePickerOptions(cases = []) {
@@ -70,7 +81,10 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
           c.location,
           c.remote?.hostId,
           c.remote?.label,
-          c.remote?.path
+          c.remote?.path,
+          c.docker?.container,
+          c.docker?.image,
+          c.docker?.path
         ].filter(Boolean).join(' ').toLowerCase();
         return { name: c.name, label, case: c, searchText };
       })
@@ -480,6 +494,22 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     input.value = Math.max(1, current - 1);
   },
 
+  // Next free <prefix><n> index for a case's session tabs (e.g. w1-<case>,
+  // w2-<case> for agents, s1-<case> for shells), shared by the local and
+  // remote/docker launch paths so all tabs follow the same naming convention.
+  _nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName, prefix = 'w') {
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${prefix}(\\d+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)`);
+    let startNumber = 1;
+    for (const [, session] of this.sessions || []) {
+      const match = session.name && session.name.match(re);
+      if (match && match[2] === caseName) {
+        const num = parseInt(match[1]);
+        if (num >= startNumber) startNumber = num + 1;
+      }
+    }
+    return startNumber;
+  },
+
   async runClaude() {
     const caseName = document.getElementById('quickStartCase').value || 'testcase';
     const tabCount = Math.min(20, Math.max(1, parseInt(document.getElementById('tabCount').value) || 1));
@@ -517,13 +547,16 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       // Remote cases run over ssh — POST /api/sessions stat-validates workingDir on
       // the LOCAL fs (a remote user@host:/path never exists locally), so route them
       // through /api/quick-start, which resolves the remote case + launches via ssh.
-      if (caseData.location === 'remote') {
+      if (caseData.location === 'remote' || caseData.location === 'docker') {
+        // Name remote/docker tabs with the same w<n>-<case> convention as local
+        // sessions (quick-start would otherwise auto-generate codeman-<id>).
+        const startNumber = this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName);
         const remoteIds = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < tabCount; i++) {
           const res = await fetch('/api/quick-start', {
             method: 'POST',
             headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-            body: JSON.stringify({ caseName, mode: 'claude' })
+            body: JSON.stringify({ caseName, mode: 'claude', sessionName: `w${startNumber + i}-${caseName}` })
           });
           const data = await res.json();
           if (!data.success) throw new Error(data.error || 'Failed to start remote Claude session');
@@ -541,16 +574,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       let firstSessionId = null;
 
       // Find the highest existing w-number for THIS case to avoid duplicates
-      let startNumber = 1;
-      for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
-        const match = session.name && session.name.match(/^w(\d+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/);
-        if (match && match[2] === caseName) {
-          const num = parseInt(match[1]);
-          if (num >= startNumber) {
-            startNumber = num + 1;
-          }
-        }
-      }
+      const startNumber = this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName);
 
       // Get global Ralph tracker setting
       const ralphEnabled = this.isRalphTrackerEnabledByDefault();
@@ -694,18 +718,23 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       }
 
       const selectedCase = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName);
-      const isRemoteCase = caseData.location === 'remote' || selectedCase?.location === 'remote';
+      const isRemoteCase =
+        caseData.location === 'remote' ||
+        caseData.location === 'docker' ||
+        selectedCase?.location === 'remote' ||
+        selectedCase?.location === 'docker';
       const workingDir = caseData.path;
       if (!workingDir) throw new Error('Case path not found');
 
       // Remote cases run over ssh — route through /api/quick-start (see runClaude).
-      if (caseData.location === 'remote') {
+      if (caseData.location === 'remote' || caseData.location === 'docker') {
+        const startNumber = this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName, 's');
         const remoteIds = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < shellCount; i++) {
           const res = await fetch('/api/quick-start', {
             method: 'POST',
             headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-            body: JSON.stringify({ caseName, mode: 'shell' })
+            body: JSON.stringify({ caseName, mode: 'shell', sessionName: `s${startNumber + i}-${caseName}` })
           });
           const data = await res.json();
           if (!data.success) throw new Error(data.error || 'Failed to start remote shell session');
@@ -721,16 +750,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       }
 
       // Find the highest existing s-number for THIS case to avoid duplicates
-      let startNumber = 1;
-      for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
-        const match = session.name && session.name.match(/^s(\d+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/);
-        if (match && match[2] === caseName) {
-          const num = parseInt(match[1]);
-          if (num >= startNumber) {
-            startNumber = num + 1;
-          }
-        }
-      }
+      const startNumber = this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName, 's');
 
       // Create all shell sessions in parallel
       const sessionNames = [];
@@ -789,7 +809,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     const caseName = document.getElementById('quickStartCase').value || 'testcase';
     // Remote cases run the CLI on the REMOTE host — the local /api/opencode/status
     // probe and the local-only config/env below don't apply (quick-start rejects them).
-    const isRemote = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location === 'remote';
+    const _runLoc = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location;
+    const isRemote = _runLoc === 'remote' || _runLoc === 'docker';
 
     this.terminal.clear();
     this.terminal.writeln(`\x1b[1;32m Starting OpenCode session in ${caseName}...\x1b[0m`);
@@ -818,6 +839,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         body: JSON.stringify({
           caseName,
           mode: 'opencode',
+          sessionName: `w${this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName)}-${caseName}`,
           ...(isRemote ? {} : {
             openCodeConfig: { autoAllowTools: true },
             ...(Object.keys(envOverrides).length > 0 ? { envOverrides } : {}),
@@ -843,7 +865,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     const caseName = document.getElementById('quickStartCase').value || 'testcase';
     // Remote cases run Codex on the REMOTE host — skip the local status probe and the
     // local-only config/env below (quick-start rejects them for remote cases).
-    const isRemote = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location === 'remote';
+    const _runLoc = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location;
+    const isRemote = _runLoc === 'remote' || _runLoc === 'docker';
 
     this.terminal.clear();
     this.terminal.writeln(`\x1b[1;32m Starting Codex session in ${caseName}...\x1b[0m`);
@@ -869,6 +892,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         body: JSON.stringify({
           caseName,
           mode: 'codex',
+          sessionName: `w${this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName)}-${caseName}`,
           ...(isRemote ? {} : {
             codexConfig: {
               dangerouslyBypassApprovals: globalSettings.codexDangerouslyBypassApprovals ?? false,
@@ -897,7 +921,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     const caseName = document.getElementById('quickStartCase').value || 'testcase';
     // Remote cases run Gemini on the REMOTE host — skip the local status probe and the
     // local-only config/env below (quick-start rejects them for remote cases).
-    const isRemote = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location === 'remote';
+    const _runLoc = (this.cases || []).find(c => c.name === caseName)?.location;
+    const isRemote = _runLoc === 'remote' || _runLoc === 'docker';
 
     this.terminal.clear();
     this.terminal.writeln(`\x1b[1;32m Starting Gemini session in ${caseName}...\x1b[0m`);
@@ -922,6 +947,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         body: JSON.stringify({
           caseName,
           mode: 'gemini',
+          sessionName: `w${this._nextCaseSessionStartNumber(caseName)}-${caseName}`,
           ...(isRemote ? {} : {
             geminiConfig: { approvalMode: 'yolo' },
             ...(Object.keys(envOverrides).length > 0 ? { envOverrides } : {}),
@@ -1567,10 +1593,17 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     if (tabName === 'case-manage') {
       submitBtn.style.display = 'none';
       this.renderCaseManageList();
+      this.refreshDockerExports();
     } else {
       submitBtn.style.display = '';
       submitBtn.textContent =
-        tabName === 'case-create' ? 'Create' : tabName === 'case-remote' ? 'Link Remote' : 'Link';
+        tabName === 'case-create'
+          ? 'Create'
+          : tabName === 'case-remote'
+            ? 'Link Remote'
+            : tabName === 'case-docker'
+              ? 'Link Docker'
+              : 'Link';
     }
     // Focus appropriate input
     if (tabName === 'case-create') {
@@ -1579,6 +1612,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       document.getElementById('linkCaseName').focus();
     } else if (tabName === 'case-remote') {
       document.getElementById('remoteCaseName').focus();
+    } else if (tabName === 'case-docker') {
+      document.getElementById('dockerCaseName').focus();
     }
   },
 
@@ -1596,6 +1631,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         await this.createCase();
       } else if (this.caseModalTab === 'case-remote') {
         await this.linkRemoteCase();
+      } else if (this.caseModalTab === 'case-docker') {
+        await this.linkDockerCase();
       } else {
         await this.linkCase();
       }
@@ -1619,21 +1656,36 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       return;
     }
 
+    // One-click "Run in Docker": create the case folder AND a container, then start
+    // a session inside it. Optional expandable settings override the defaults.
+    const inDocker = document.getElementById('newCaseDocker')?.checked;
+    const endpoint = inDocker ? '/api/cases/docker-quickcreate' : '/api/cases';
+    const payload = inDocker
+      ? { name, description, ...this._collectDockerQuickSettings() }
+      : { name, description };
+
     try {
-      const res = await fetch('/api/cases', {
+      const res = await fetch(endpoint, {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ name, description })
+        body: JSON.stringify(payload)
       });
 
       const data = await res.json();
       if (data.success) {
         this.closeCreateCaseModal();
-        this.showToast(`Case "${name}" created`, 'success');
         // Reload cases and select the new one
         await this.loadQuickStartCases(name);
         // Save as last used case
         await this.saveLastUsedCase(name);
+        if (inDocker) {
+          const caps = data.data?.capsEnforced === false ? ' (resource caps advisory on this engine)' : '';
+          this.showToast(`Docker case "${name}" created${caps} — starting session…`, 'success');
+          // Start a session INSIDE the container (routes through quick-start).
+          await this.runClaude();
+        } else {
+          this.showToast(`Case "${name}" created`, 'success');
+        }
       } else {
         this.showToast(data.error || 'Failed to create case', 'error');
       }
@@ -1643,6 +1695,47 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     }
   },
 
+  // Fill the memory/cpu/gpu fields from a resource template. `medium` clears them so
+  // the server uses its defaults (no per-case host); `custom` leaves them editable.
+  applyDockerTemplate() {
+    const t = document.getElementById('quickDockerTemplate')?.value;
+    const presets = {
+      small: { m: '2g', c: '1', g: '' },
+      medium: { m: '', c: '', g: '' },
+      large: { m: '8g', c: '4', g: '' },
+      gpu: { m: '8g', c: '4', g: 'all' },
+    };
+    const p = presets[t];
+    if (!p) return; // 'custom' — leave fields as-is
+    const set = (id, v) => {
+      const el = document.getElementById(id);
+      if (el) el.value = v;
+    };
+    set('quickDockerMemory', p.m);
+    set('quickDockerCpus', p.c);
+    set('quickDockerGpus', p.g);
+  },
+
+  // Collect only the non-default docker overrides (empty fields fall back to defaults
+  // server-side; sent as undefined, never null, per the Zod .optional() gotcha).
+  _collectDockerQuickSettings() {
+    const val = (id) => (document.getElementById(id)?.value || '').trim();
+    const o = {};
+    const mem = val('quickDockerMemory');
+    if (mem) o.memory = mem;
+    const cpus = val('quickDockerCpus');
+    if (cpus) o.cpus = cpus;
+    const gpus = val('quickDockerGpus');
+    if (gpus && gpus.toLowerCase() !== 'none') o.gpus = gpus;
+    const net = document.getElementById('quickDockerNetwork')?.value;
+    if (net && net !== 'bridge') o.network = net;
+    const img = val('quickDockerImage');
+    if (img) o.image = img;
+    const mc = document.getElementById('quickDockerMountCreds');
+    if (mc && !mc.checked) o.mountCredentials = false;
+    return o;
+  },
+
   async linkCase() {
     const name = document.getElementById('linkCaseName').value.trim();
     const path = document.getElementById('linkCasePath').value.trim();
@@ -1767,6 +1860,177 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     }
   },
 
+  async linkDockerCase() {
+    const name = document.getElementById('dockerCaseName').value.trim();
+    const hostWorkspacePath = document.getElementById('dockerWorkspacePath').value.trim();
+    const hostId = document.getElementById('dockerHostId').value.trim() || 'local';
+    const image = document.getElementById('dockerImage').value.trim() || 'codeman/agent:base';
+    const network = document.getElementById('dockerNetwork').value;
+    const memory = document.getElementById('dockerMemory').value.trim();
+    const cpus = document.getElementById('dockerCpus').value.trim();
+    const mountCredentials = document.getElementById('dockerMountCredentials').checked;
+    const resumeOnStart = document.getElementById('dockerResumeOnStart').checked;
+    const statusEl = document.getElementById('dockerLinkStatus');
+
+    if (!name || !hostWorkspacePath) {
+      this.showToast('Please enter a case name and workspace path', 'error');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/.test(name) || !/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/.test(hostId)) {
+      this.showToast('Invalid name. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores.', 'error');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!hostWorkspacePath.startsWith('/')) {
+      this.showToast('Workspace path must be absolute', 'error');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = 'Checking docker daemon + base image...';
+      // omitted optionals sent as UNDEFINED (never null — Zod .optional() rejects null)
+      const resources = {};
+      if (memory) resources.memory = memory;
+      if (cpus) resources.cpus = cpus;
+      const hostPayload = {
+        id: hostId,
+        label: hostId,
+        image,
+        network,
+        mountCredentials,
+        resumeOnStart,
+        ...(Object.keys(resources).length ? { resources } : {}),
+      };
+      // PUT (update-or-create) so re-linking with the same host id refreshes its settings.
+      let hostRes = await fetch('/api/docker-hosts', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify(hostPayload),
+      });
+      let hostData = await hostRes.json();
+      if (!hostData.success && hostData.errorCode === 'ALREADY_EXISTS') {
+        hostRes = await fetch(`/api/docker-hosts/${encodeURIComponent(hostId)}`, {
+          method: 'PUT',
+          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+          body: JSON.stringify(hostPayload),
+        });
+        hostData = await hostRes.json();
+      }
+      if (!hostData.success) throw new Error(hostData.error || 'Failed to save docker host');
+
+      const caseRes = await fetch('/api/cases/docker-link', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ name, hostId, hostWorkspacePath }),
+      });
+      const caseData = await caseRes.json();
+      if (caseData.success) {
+        this.closeCreateCaseModal();
+        const caps = caseData.data?.capsEnforced === false ? ' (resource caps are advisory on this engine)' : '';
+        this.showToast(`Docker case "${name}" linked${caps}`, 'success');
+        await this.loadQuickStartCases(name);
+        await this.saveLastUsedCase(name);
+      } else {
+        if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = caseData.error || 'Failed to link docker case';
+        this.showToast(caseData.error || 'Failed to link docker case', 'error');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Failed to link docker case:', err);
+      if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = err.message;
+      this.showToast('Failed to link docker case: ' + err.message, 'error');
+    }
+  },
+
+  // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  // Docker export / import UI
+  // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+  async refreshDockerExports() {
+    const listEl = document.getElementById('dockerExportsList');
+    if (!listEl) return;
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/docker-exports');
+      const data = await res.json();
+      const exports = data?.data?.exports || [];
+      if (exports.length === 0) {
+        listEl.innerHTML = '<span class="form-hint">No exports yet. Export a docker case from its tab.</span>';
+        return;
+      }
+      listEl.innerHTML = exports
+        .map(e => {
+          const mb = (e.sizeBytes / 1e6).toFixed(1);
+          const nm = this.escapeHtml ? this.escapeHtml(e.name) : e.name;
+          return `<div class="case-manage-item" style="display:flex; align-items:center; gap:8px; justify-content:space-between;">
+            <span style="overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;" title="${nm}">${nm} <span class="form-hint">(${mb} MB)</span></span>
+            <span style="flex-shrink:0;">
+              <a class="btn-toolbar" href="/api/docker-exports/${encodeURIComponent(e.name)}" download>Download</a>
+              <button class="btn-toolbar" onclick="app.importDockerBundle('${nm.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}')">Import</button>
+              <button class="btn-toolbar" onclick="app.deleteDockerExport('${nm.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}')">Delete</button>
+            </span>
+          </div>`;
+        })
+        .join('');
+    } catch (err) {
+      listEl.innerHTML = `<span class="form-hint">Failed to load exports: ${err.message}</span>`;
+    }
+  },
+
+  async exportDockerCaseBundle(caseName, mode = 'full') {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`/api/docker-cases/${encodeURIComponent(caseName)}/export`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ mode }),
+      });
+      const data = await res.json();
+      if (data.success) {
+        this.showToast(`Exporting "${caseName}" (${mode})... you'll be notified when the bundle is ready`, 'info');
+      } else {
+        this.showToast(data.error || 'Export failed', 'error');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.showToast('Export failed: ' + err.message, 'error');
+    }
+  },
+
+  async importDockerBundle(bundle) {
+    const newCaseName = prompt('New case name for the imported bundle:', bundle.split('-')[0] + '-imported');
+    if (!newCaseName) return;
+    const destWorkspacePath = prompt('Absolute host directory to restore the workspace into:', '');
+    if (!destWorkspacePath) return;
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/docker-cases/import', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ bundle, newCaseName, destWorkspacePath }),
+      });
+      const data = await res.json();
+      if (data.success) {
+        this.showToast(`Imported as "${newCaseName}"`, 'success');
+        await this.loadQuickStartCases(newCaseName);
+      } else {
+        this.showToast(data.error || 'Import failed', 'error');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.showToast('Import failed: ' + err.message, 'error');
+    }
+  },
+
+  async deleteDockerExport(filename) {
+    if (!confirm(`Delete export bundle "${filename}"?`)) return;
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`/api/docker-exports/${encodeURIComponent(filename)}`, { method: 'DELETE' });
+      const data = await res.json();
+      if (data.success) {
+        this.showToast('Export deleted', 'success');
+        this.refreshDockerExports();
+      } else {
+        this.showToast(data.error || 'Delete failed', 'error');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.showToast('Delete failed: ' + err.message, 'error');
+    }
+  },
+
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   // Case Management (reorder + delete)
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -1791,6 +2055,12 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             <span class="case-manage-path">${escapeHtml(pathDisplay)}</span>
           </div>
           <div class="case-manage-actions">
+            ${
+              c.location === 'docker'
+                ? `<button class="case-manage-btn" onclick="app.exportDockerCaseBundle(${escapeHtml(JSON.stringify(c.name))}, 'full')"
+                    title="Export container (full image + workspace) to move to another machine">&#x1F4E6;</button>`
+                : ''
+            }
             <button class="case-manage-btn" onclick="app.moveCaseUp(${escapeHtml(JSON.stringify(c.name))})"
                     title="Move up" ${isFirst ? 'disabled' : ''}>&#x25B2;</button>
             <button class="case-manage-btn" onclick="app.moveCaseDown(${escapeHtml(JSON.stringify(c.name))})"

src/web/public/settings-ui.js

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowSystemStats').checked = settings.showSystemStats ?? defaults.showSystemStats ?? true;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowLifecycleLog').checked = settings.showLifecycleLog ?? defaults.showLifecycleLog ?? true;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowResponseViewer').checked = settings.showResponseViewer ?? defaults.showResponseViewer ?? false;
+    document.getElementById('appSettingsShowFileViewerButton').checked = settings.showFileViewerButton ?? defaults.showFileViewerButton ?? false;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowAttachmentsButton').checked = settings.showAttachmentsButton ?? defaults.showAttachmentsButton ?? false;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsSkin').value = settings.skin ?? defaults.skin ?? 'daylight-blue';
     // WebGL renderer (desktop only — mobile always uses the DOM renderer, so hide
@@ -324,6 +325,10 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowMultiMonitorButton').checked = settings.showMultiMonitorButton ?? defaults.showMultiMonitorButton ?? false;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowPlanUsageLimits').checked = settings.showPlanUsageLimits ?? defaults.showPlanUsageLimits ?? false;
     document.getElementById('appSettingsShowRedrawButton').checked = settings.showRedrawButton ?? defaults.showRedrawButton ?? false;
+    // Session Manager + Away Digest buttons default OFF; Cron button defaults ON.
+    document.getElementById('appSettingsShowSessionButton').checked = settings.showSessionButton ?? defaults.showSessionButton ?? false;
+    document.getElementById('appSettingsShowAwayDigestButton').checked = settings.showAwayDigestButton ?? defaults.showAwayDigestButton ?? false;
+    document.getElementById('appSettingsShowCronButton').checked = settings.showCronButton ?? defaults.showCronButton ?? true;
     // Gesture control lives in the Input section (alongside Local Echo / CJK Input)
     // but is only available when the instance runs with CODEMAN_GESTURE=1 (server sets
     // window.__codemanGestureAvailable). Hide just this item otherwise so the toggle
@@ -1422,6 +1427,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       showSystemStats: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowSystemStats').checked,
       showLifecycleLog: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowLifecycleLog').checked,
       showResponseViewer: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowResponseViewer').checked,
+      showFileViewerButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowFileViewerButton').checked,
       showAttachmentsButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowAttachmentsButton').checked,
       showMonitor: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowMonitor').checked,
       showProjectInsights: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowProjectInsights').checked,
@@ -1432,6 +1438,9 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       showMultiMonitorButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowMultiMonitorButton').checked,
       showPlanUsageLimits: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowPlanUsageLimits').checked,
       showRedrawButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowRedrawButton').checked,
+      showSessionButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowSessionButton').checked,
+      showAwayDigestButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowAwayDigestButton').checked,
+      showCronButton: document.getElementById('appSettingsShowCronButton').checked,
       gestureControlEnabled: document.getElementById('appSettingsGestureControl').checked,
       subagentTrackingEnabled: document.getElementById('appSettingsSubagentTracking').checked,
       subagentActiveTabOnly: document.getElementById('appSettingsSubagentActiveTabOnly').checked,
@@ -1611,8 +1620,14 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       skin: _skin,
       showPlanUsageLimits: _pul,
       showAttachmentsButton: _ahb,
+      showFileViewerButton: _fvb,
       webglRendererEnabled: _wgl,
       terminalWheelLocalScrollback: _twls,
+      // Per-device header/toolbar button toggles — client-only, and absent from
+      // SettingsUpdateSchema (.strict()), so sending them would 400 the PUT.
+      showSessionButton: _ssb,
+      showAwayDigestButton: _adb,
+      showCronButton: _crb,
       ...serverSettings
     } = settings;
     try {
@@ -1769,7 +1784,11 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         showMultiMonitorButton: false,
         showPlanUsageLimits: false,
         showAttachmentsButton: false,
+        showFileViewerButton: false,
         showRedrawButton: false,
+        showSessionButton: false,
+        showAwayDigestButton: false,
+        showCronButton: true,
         // Input
         gestureControlEnabled: false,
         // Feature toggles - keep tracking on even on mobile
@@ -1882,6 +1901,14 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       attachmentsBtn.classList.toggle('btn-attachments-history--hidden', !showAttachmentsButton);
     }
 
+    // File Viewer header button — opt-in, default OFF. Marker class (base is
+    // display:inline-flex !important); clicking it toggles the file browser panel.
+    const showFileViewerButton = settings.showFileViewerButton ?? defaults.showFileViewerButton ?? false;
+    const fileViewerBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-file-viewer');
+    if (fileViewerBtn) {
+      fileViewerBtn.classList.toggle('btn-file-viewer--hidden', !showFileViewerButton);
+    }
+
     // Multi-monitor button — hidden by default (App Settings → Display → "Header
     // Displays"). The server renders the correct initial state on every reload;
     // this handles a live toggle from a settings save (no reload). Toggle the
@@ -1917,6 +1944,29 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       redrawBtn.classList.toggle('btn-redraw-terminal--hidden', !showRedrawButton);
     }
 
+    // Session Manager button — opt-in, hidden by default (App Settings → Display).
+    // Marker class (base is display:inline-flex !important); phones keep it hidden
+    // via mobile.css regardless. Sessions stay reachable via the Ctrl+K palette.
+    const showSessionButton = settings.showSessionButton ?? defaults.showSessionButton ?? false;
+    const sessionBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-session-manager');
+    if (sessionBtn) {
+      sessionBtn.classList.toggle('btn-session-manager--hidden', !showSessionButton);
+    }
+
+    // Away Digest button — opt-in, hidden by default. Same marker pattern.
+    const showAwayDigestButton = settings.showAwayDigestButton ?? defaults.showAwayDigestButton ?? false;
+    const awayDigestBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-away-digest');
+    if (awayDigestBtn) {
+      awayDigestBtn.classList.toggle('btn-away-digest--hidden', !showAwayDigestButton);
+    }
+
+    // Cron button (footer toolbar) — shown by default; hide when disabled.
+    const showCronButton = settings.showCronButton ?? defaults.showCronButton ?? true;
+    const cronBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-cron');
+    if (cronBtn) {
+      cronBtn.classList.toggle('btn-cron--hidden', !showCronButton);
+    }
+
     // Notification bell is retired (notifications live in Settings → Notifications
     // + the drawer); keep it hidden regardless of the notification-enabled state.
     const notifBtn = document.querySelector('.btn-notifications');
@@ -2153,8 +2203,9 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
           'showLifecycleLog', 'showResponseViewer', 'showRedrawButton',
           'showMonitor', 'showProjectInsights', 'showFileBrowser', 'showSubagents',
           'subagentActiveTabOnly', 'tabTwoRows', 'localEchoEnabled', 'cjkInputEnabled', 'extendedKeyboardBar',
-          'skin', 'showPlanUsageLimits', 'showAttachmentsButton', 'webglRendererEnabled',
+          'skin', 'showPlanUsageLimits', 'showAttachmentsButton', 'showFileViewerButton', 'webglRendererEnabled',
           'terminalWheelLocalScrollback',
+          'showSessionButton', 'showAwayDigestButton', 'showCronButton',
         ]);
         // The plan-usage chip is a PER-DEVICE display setting (default OFF): desktop
         // can show it while mobile stays hidden. It used to sync, so an older

src/web/public/styles.css

@@ -9447,6 +9447,24 @@ kbd {
   padding-left: 0.5rem;
 }
 
+/* "Run in Docker" quick option — the primary one-click entry point, so its
+   label + hint read larger and brighter than the standard form label/hint. */
+.docker-quick-row .checkbox-row {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.docker-quick-row .form-hint {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+}
+
+/* The container-settings panel is always shown + expanded (no longer gated on
+   the checkbox), so its summary header reads a touch larger too. */
+.docker-quick-settings > summary {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+
 /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
    Response Viewer — native-scroll overlay for reading Claude responses
    ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
@@ -9471,6 +9489,42 @@ kbd {
   display: none !important;
 }
 
+/* "Session Manager" + "Away Digest" header buttons — opt-in (App Settings →
+   Display), hidden by default. Same marker pattern as the response viewer: a
+   base inline-flex !important so an inline style can't override it, and a
+   more-specific marker rule to hide. Phones keep them hidden regardless via the
+   higher-specificity mobile.css rule (.btn-icon-header.btn-...). */
+.btn-session-manager {
+  display: inline-flex !important;
+}
+.btn-session-manager.btn-session-manager--hidden {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+.btn-away-digest {
+  display: inline-flex !important;
+}
+.btn-away-digest.btn-away-digest--hidden {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
+/* "File Viewer" header button — opt-in (App Settings → Header Displays), hidden
+   by default. Clicking it toggles the file browser panel. Same marker pattern as
+   the response viewer: a base inline-flex !important so an inline style can't
+   override it, and a more-specific marker rule to hide. */
+.btn-file-viewer {
+  display: inline-flex !important;
+}
+.btn-file-viewer.btn-file-viewer--hidden {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
+/* "Cron" footer-toolbar button — shown by default (App Settings → Display can
+   hide it). Toolbar button, not a header icon, so only the hide marker is
+   needed; out-specify any base .btn-toolbar display. */
+.btn-toolbar.btn-cron--hidden {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
 /* "Ultracode Agents" header launcher — opt-in (App Settings → Display), hidden by
    default everywhere (so the mobile-header-buttons-policy guard auto-excludes it).
    Base inline-flex !important + a more-specific marker rule to hide. */

src/web/routes/case-routes.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
  */
 
 import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, createReadStream } from 'node:fs';
+import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { join, resolve, basename } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
-import type { ApiResponse, CaseInfo } from '../../types.js';
+import type { ApiResponse, CaseInfo, DockerHost, SessionDocker } from '../../types.js';
 import { ApiErrorCode, createErrorResponse, getErrorMessage } from '../../types.js';
 import {
   CreateCaseSchema,
@@ -17,13 +19,34 @@ import {
   CaseOrderSchema,
   RemoteCaseLinkSchema,
   RemoteHostSchema,
+  DockerCaseLinkSchema,
+  DockerHostSchema,
+  DockerExportSchema,
+  DockerImportSchema,
+  DockerQuickCreateSchema,
 } from '../schemas.js';
+import { exportDockerCase, importDockerBundle, listDockerExports, exportBundleName } from '../../docker-export.js';
 import { generateClaudeMd } from '../../templates/claude-md.js';
 import { writeHooksConfig } from '../../hooks-config.js';
 import { CASES_DIR, SETTINGS_PATH, validatePathWithinBase, parseBody, readJsonConfig } from '../route-helpers.js';
 import { SseEvent } from '../sse-events.js';
 import type { EventPort, ConfigPort } from '../ports/index.js';
 import { dataPath, getDataDir } from '../../config/instance.js';
+import {
+  checkDockerAvailable,
+  checkDockerImagePresent,
+  checkDockerTmuxAvailable,
+  ensureAgentBaseImage,
+  DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE,
+  dockerContainerName,
+  dockerDisplayPath,
+  readDockerCases,
+  readDockerHosts,
+  toSessionDocker,
+  writeDockerCases,
+  writeDockerHosts,
+} from '../../docker-hosts.js';
+import { buildDockerRemoveCommand } from '../../tmux-manager.js';
 import {
   checkRemoteTmuxAvailable,
   readRemoteCases,
@@ -36,6 +59,19 @@ import {
 const LINKED_CASES_FILE = dataPath('linked-cases.json');
 const CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR = getDataDir();
 const SAFE_CASE_NAME = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/;
+const DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR = dataPath('docker-exports');
+/** Auto-created host profile for the one-click "Run in Docker" case flow. */
+const DEFAULT_DOCKER_HOST_ID = 'default';
+
+/** App version for export manifests (best-effort read of package.json). */
+const APP_VERSION = (() => {
+  try {
+    const pkgPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../package.json', import.meta.url));
+    return (JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8')).version as string) || 'unknown';
+  } catch {
+    return 'unknown';
+  }
+})();
 
 /** Read and parse linked-cases.json, returning empty object on missing/invalid file. */
 async function readLinkedCases(): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
@@ -49,6 +85,48 @@ async function resolveCasePath(name: string): Promise<string> {
   return join(CASES_DIR, name);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gate a docker case on its base image, AUTO-BUILDING the default image on first
+ * use so a missing image is never a blocker (the user's ask: "create it when it's
+ * used for the first time"). Present image → verify tmux (hard prerequisite).
+ * Default image missing → kick off a BACKGROUND build with SSE progress and return
+ * `imageBuilding: true` (the case is created regardless; first launch awaits the
+ * same dedup'd build). Custom image missing → a real error (we can't build a
+ * foreign ref, and `--pull=never` forbids pulling).
+ */
+async function ensureCaseImage(
+  broadcast: EventPort['broadcast'],
+  sessionDocker: SessionDocker,
+  name: string
+): Promise<{ ok: true; imageBuilding: boolean } | { ok: false; error: string }> {
+  if (await checkDockerImagePresent(sessionDocker.engine, sessionDocker.image)) {
+    const tmuxCheck = await checkDockerTmuxAvailable(sessionDocker);
+    if (!tmuxCheck.ok) return { ok: false, error: tmuxCheck.error || 'base image is missing tmux' };
+    return { ok: true, imageBuilding: false };
+  }
+  if (sessionDocker.image !== DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      error: `base image ${sessionDocker.image} not present; only ${DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE} is auto-built. Build or pull it first.`,
+    };
+  }
+  broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImageBuildStarted, { name, image: sessionDocker.image });
+  void ensureAgentBaseImage(sessionDocker.engine, sessionDocker.image, {
+    onProgress: (line) => broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImageBuildProgress, { name, line }),
+  })
+    .then((r) =>
+      broadcast(r.ok ? SseEvent.DockerImageBuildComplete : SseEvent.DockerImageBuildFailed, {
+        name,
+        image: sessionDocker.image,
+        error: r.error,
+      })
+    )
+    .catch((err) =>
+      broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImageBuildFailed, { name, image: sessionDocker.image, error: getErrorMessage(err) })
+    );
+  return { ok: true, imageBuilding: true };
+}
+
 export function registerCaseRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: EventPort & ConfigPort): void {
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   // Case CRUD (list, create, link, detail, fix-plan)
@@ -118,6 +196,35 @@ export function registerCaseRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: EventPort & Config
       }
     }
 
+    // Get docker cases
+    const dockerHosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    const dockerHostMap = new Map(dockerHosts.map((host) => [host.id, host]));
+    for (const dockerCase of await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)) {
+      const host = dockerHostMap.get(dockerCase.hostId);
+      if (!host || !SAFE_CASE_NAME.test(dockerCase.name)) continue;
+      existingNames.add(dockerCase.name);
+      const container = dockerCase.container ?? dockerContainerName(dockerCase.name);
+      const dockerCaseInfo: CaseInfo = {
+        name: dockerCase.name,
+        path: dockerDisplayPath({ container, path: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath }),
+        hasClaudeMd: existsSync(join(dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath, 'CLAUDE.md')),
+        location: 'docker',
+        docker: {
+          hostId: host.id,
+          container,
+          image: host.image,
+          path: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath,
+          network: host.network ?? 'bridge',
+        },
+      };
+      const existingIndex = cases.findIndex((item) => item.name === dockerCase.name);
+      if (existingIndex === -1) {
+        cases.push(dockerCaseInfo);
+      } else {
+        cases[existingIndex] = dockerCaseInfo;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Sort by persisted caseOrder from settings.json
     const settings = await readJsonConfig<Record<string, unknown>>(SETTINGS_PATH, 'settings', {});
     const caseOrder = Array.isArray(settings.caseOrder) ? (settings.caseOrder as string[]) : [];
@@ -232,6 +339,354 @@ export function registerCaseRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: EventPort & Config
     return { success: true, data: { case: remoteCase } };
   });
 
+  // ========== Docker hosts + docker cases (COD-Docker) ==========
+
+  app.get('/api/docker-hosts', async () => readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR));
+
+  app.post('/api/docker-hosts', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ host: unknown }>> => {
+    const host = parseBody(DockerHostSchema, req.body);
+    const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    if (hosts.some((item) => item.id === host.id)) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Docker host already exists');
+    }
+    await writeDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [...hosts, host]);
+    return { success: true, data: { host } };
+  });
+
+  app.put('/api/docker-hosts/:id', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ host: unknown }>> => {
+    const { id } = req.params as { id: string };
+    const host = parseBody(DockerHostSchema, { ...(req.body as object), id });
+    const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    const index = hosts.findIndex((item) => item.id === id);
+    if (index === -1) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker host not found');
+    const next = [...hosts];
+    next[index] = host;
+    await writeDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, next);
+    return { success: true, data: { host } };
+  });
+
+  app.delete('/api/docker-hosts/:id', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ id: string }>> => {
+    const { id } = req.params as { id: string };
+    const cases = await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    if (cases.some((item) => item.hostId === id)) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, 'Docker host is still used by docker cases');
+    }
+    const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    await writeDockerHosts(
+      CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR,
+      hosts.filter((item) => item.id !== id)
+    );
+    return { success: true, data: { id } };
+  });
+
+  app.post(
+    '/api/cases/docker-link',
+    async (
+      req
+    ): Promise<
+      ApiResponse<{ case: unknown; capsEnforced?: boolean; isDesktop?: boolean; imageBuilding?: boolean }>
+    > => {
+      const dockerCase = { ...parseBody(DockerCaseLinkSchema, req.body), type: 'docker' as const };
+      const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+      const host = hosts.find((item) => item.id === dockerCase.hostId);
+      if (!host) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker host not found');
+
+      const linkedCases = await readLinkedCases();
+      const dockerCases = await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+      if (
+        dockerCases.some((item) => item.name === dockerCase.name) ||
+        linkedCases[dockerCase.name] ||
+        existsSync(join(CASES_DIR, dockerCase.name))
+      ) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Case already exists');
+      }
+
+      // The workspace is a REAL host directory (bind-mounted into the container), so
+      // create it now if missing. Scaffolding (.claude/settings.local.json + CLAUDE.md)
+      // is written by quick-start on first launch, matching local-case behaviour.
+      if (!existsSync(dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath)) {
+        try {
+          mkdirSync(dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath, { recursive: true });
+        } catch (err) {
+          return createErrorResponse(
+            ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED,
+            `Could not create workspace: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Courtesy validation: docker daemon must be reachable. The base image is
+      // auto-built on first use (default image) rather than being a link-time
+      // blocker, so a missing image kicks off a background build instead of erroring.
+      const availability = await checkDockerAvailable(host.engine);
+      if (!availability.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(
+          ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED,
+          availability.error || 'docker daemon is not available'
+        );
+      }
+      const imageGate = await ensureCaseImage(ctx.broadcast, toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase), dockerCase.name);
+      if (!imageGate.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, imageGate.error);
+      }
+
+      await writeDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [...dockerCases, dockerCase]);
+      ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.CaseLinked, {
+        name: dockerCase.name,
+        path: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath,
+        type: 'docker',
+      });
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        data: {
+          case: dockerCase,
+          capsEnforced: availability.capsEnforced,
+          isDesktop: availability.isDesktop,
+          imageBuilding: imageGate.imageBuilding,
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  // One-click "Run in Docker": create a NORMAL case (folder in CASES_DIR, scaffolded)
+  // AND link it to a hardened container with default settings, auto-provisioning a
+  // shared `default` docker host so the user never touches host/image/network fields.
+  app.post(
+    '/api/cases/docker-quickcreate',
+    async (
+      req
+    ): Promise<
+      ApiResponse<{ case: unknown; capsEnforced?: boolean; isDesktop?: boolean; imageBuilding?: boolean }>
+    > => {
+      const body = parseBody(DockerQuickCreateSchema, req.body);
+      const { name, description } = body;
+      const casePath = validatePathWithinBase(name, CASES_DIR);
+      if (!casePath) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT, 'Invalid case path');
+
+      // Collision across every case kind.
+      const linkedCases = await readLinkedCases();
+      const dockerCases = await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+      const remoteCases = await readRemoteCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+      if (
+        existsSync(casePath) ||
+        dockerCases.some((item) => item.name === name) ||
+        remoteCases.some((item) => item.name === name) ||
+        linkedCases[name]
+      ) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Case already exists');
+      }
+
+      // The checkbox alone (no overrides) uses the shared `default` host; any tweaked
+      // setting gets a dedicated per-case host so it never mutates the shared default.
+      const hasOverrides = !!(
+        body.image ||
+        body.network ||
+        body.networkName ||
+        body.memory ||
+        body.cpus ||
+        body.gpus ||
+        body.mountCredentials !== undefined
+      );
+      const resources: { memory?: string; cpus?: string } = {};
+      if (body.memory) resources.memory = body.memory;
+      if (body.cpus) resources.cpus = body.cpus;
+      const desiredHost: DockerHost = {
+        id: hasOverrides ? `q-${name}` : DEFAULT_DOCKER_HOST_ID,
+        label: hasOverrides ? `Case: ${name}` : 'Default',
+        image: body.image || DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE,
+        network: body.network || 'bridge',
+        ...(body.networkName ? { networkName: body.networkName } : {}),
+        ...(Object.keys(resources).length ? { resources } : {}),
+        ...(body.gpus ? { gpus: body.gpus } : {}),
+        mountCredentials: body.mountCredentials ?? true,
+        resumeOnStart: true,
+        hooksEnabled: true,
+      };
+      const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+      const existing = hosts.find((item) => item.id === desiredHost.id);
+      // Reuse the shared default if present; create/refresh a per-case host for overrides.
+      const host = existing && !hasOverrides ? existing : desiredHost;
+      if (!existing) {
+        await writeDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [...hosts, desiredHost]);
+      } else if (hasOverrides) {
+        await writeDockerHosts(
+          CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR,
+          hosts.map((h) => (h.id === desiredHost.id ? desiredHost : h))
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Probe the daemon BEFORE scaffolding so a missing docker surfaces a clear
+      // error instead of leaving an orphaned case folder. The base image is NOT a
+      // blocker: a missing default image auto-builds in the background on first use.
+      const availability = await checkDockerAvailable(host.engine);
+      if (!availability.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(
+          ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED,
+          availability.error || 'docker daemon is not available'
+        );
+      }
+      const dockerCase = { name, type: 'docker' as const, hostId: host.id, hostWorkspacePath: casePath };
+      const imageGate = await ensureCaseImage(ctx.broadcast, toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase), name);
+      if (!imageGate.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, imageGate.error);
+      }
+
+      // Scaffold the case folder exactly like a normal case.
+      try {
+        mkdirSync(casePath, { recursive: true });
+        mkdirSync(join(casePath, 'src'), { recursive: true });
+        const templatePath = await ctx.getDefaultClaudeMdPath();
+        writeFileSync(join(casePath, 'CLAUDE.md'), generateClaudeMd(name, description || '', templatePath));
+        await writeHooksConfig(casePath);
+      } catch (err) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, `Failed to create case: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`);
+      }
+
+      await writeDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [...dockerCases, dockerCase]);
+      ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.CaseCreated, { name, path: casePath });
+      ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.CaseLinked, { name, path: casePath, type: 'docker' });
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        data: {
+          case: dockerCase,
+          capsEnforced: availability.capsEnforced,
+          isDesktop: availability.isDesktop,
+          imageBuilding: imageGate.imageBuilding,
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  // ========== Docker export / import ==========
+
+  // Export a docker case to a portable bundle. Runs in the BACKGROUND (a full image
+  // save can take minutes) and broadcasts docker:exportComplete / docker:exportFailed.
+  app.post('/api/docker-cases/:name/export', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ started: true; bundle: string }>> => {
+    const { name } = req.params as { name: string };
+    const { mode = 'full' } = parseBody(DockerExportSchema, req.body ?? {});
+    const dockerCase = (await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.name === name);
+    if (!dockerCase) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker case not found');
+    const host = (await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.id === dockerCase.hostId);
+    if (!host) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker host not found');
+
+    const sessionDocker = toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase);
+    if (mode === 'full' && !sessionDocker.mountCredentials) {
+      return createErrorResponse(
+        ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT,
+        'full-image export is refused for a sealed container (its in-container login would ride the committed layer). Use a workspace-only export.'
+      );
+    }
+
+    const timestamp = Date.now();
+    const bundle = exportBundleName(name, timestamp, mode);
+    // Fire-and-forget: the client watches for the SSE completion event.
+    void exportDockerCase({
+      docker: sessionDocker,
+      caseName: name,
+      timestamp,
+      exportsDir: DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR,
+      mode,
+      codemanVersion: APP_VERSION,
+    })
+      .then((result) => {
+        ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.DockerExportComplete, {
+          name,
+          bundle: basename(result.bundlePath),
+          sizeBytes: result.sizeBytes,
+          mode,
+        });
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.DockerExportFailed, { name, mode, error: getErrorMessage(err) });
+      });
+
+    return { success: true, data: { started: true, bundle } };
+  });
+
+  app.get('/api/docker-exports', async (): Promise<ApiResponse<{ exports: unknown[] }>> => {
+    return { success: true, data: { exports: await listDockerExports(DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR) } };
+  });
+
+  // Download an export bundle (filename resolved WITHIN the exports dir — no traversal).
+  app.get('/api/docker-exports/:filename', async (req, reply) => {
+    const { filename } = req.params as { filename: string };
+    if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.tgz$/.test(filename)) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT, 'Invalid bundle filename');
+    }
+    const full = join(DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR, filename);
+    if (!existsSync(full)) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Export not found');
+    reply.header('Content-Type', 'application/gzip');
+    reply.header('Content-Disposition', `attachment; filename="${filename}"`);
+    reply.header('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff');
+    return reply.send(createReadStream(full));
+  });
+
+  app.delete('/api/docker-exports/:filename', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ filename: string }>> => {
+    const { filename } = req.params as { filename: string };
+    if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.tgz$/.test(filename)) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT, 'Invalid bundle filename');
+    }
+    const full = join(DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR, filename);
+    if (!existsSync(full)) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Export not found');
+    await fs.rm(full, { force: true });
+    return { success: true, data: { filename } };
+  });
+
+  // Import a bundle (already present in the exports dir) into a NEW docker case.
+  app.post('/api/docker-cases/import', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ case: unknown }>> => {
+    const { bundle, newCaseName, destWorkspacePath } = parseBody(DockerImportSchema, req.body);
+    const bundlePath = join(DOCKER_EXPORTS_DIR, bundle);
+    if (!existsSync(bundlePath)) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Bundle not found in exports dir');
+
+    // Name-collision guard across ALL case kinds.
+    const linkedCases = await readLinkedCases();
+    const dockerCases = await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    if (
+      dockerCases.some((item) => item.name === newCaseName) ||
+      linkedCases[newCaseName] ||
+      existsSync(join(CASES_DIR, newCaseName))
+    ) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Case already exists');
+    }
+
+    const timestamp = Date.now();
+    let result;
+    try {
+      result = await importDockerBundle({ bundlePath, destWorkspace: destWorkspacePath, engine: 'docker', timestamp });
+    } catch (err) {
+      return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, `Import failed: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`);
+    }
+
+    // Create a dedicated docker host pointing at the quarantined imported image
+    // (full mode) or the manifest's base image (workspace-only).
+    const hostId = `imported-${newCaseName}`;
+    const hosts = await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    if (!hosts.some((h) => h.id === hostId)) {
+      await writeDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [
+        ...hosts,
+        {
+          id: hostId,
+          label: `Imported: ${newCaseName}`,
+          engine: result.manifest.engine,
+          image: result.importedImage ?? result.manifest.image,
+          network: (['bridge', 'none', 'custom'].includes(result.manifest.network)
+            ? result.manifest.network
+            : 'bridge') as 'bridge' | 'none' | 'custom',
+        },
+      ]);
+    }
+    const newCase = {
+      name: newCaseName,
+      type: 'docker' as const,
+      hostId,
+      hostWorkspacePath: destWorkspacePath,
+      containerWorkdir: result.manifest.containerWorkdir,
+    };
+    await writeDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR, [...dockerCases, newCase]);
+    ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImportComplete, { name: newCaseName, path: destWorkspacePath, type: 'docker' });
+    return { success: true, data: { case: newCase } };
+  });
+
   // Link an existing folder as a case
   app.post('/api/cases/link', async (req): Promise<ApiResponse<{ case: { name: string; path: string } }>> => {
     const { name, path: folderPath } = parseBody(LinkCaseSchema, req.body, 'Invalid request body');
@@ -295,6 +750,32 @@ export function registerCaseRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: EventPort & Config
       return { success: true, data: { name } };
     }
 
+    const dockerCases = await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
+    const dockerCase = dockerCases.find((item) => item.name === name);
+    if (dockerCase) {
+      await writeDockerCases(
+        CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR,
+        dockerCases.filter((item) => item.name !== name)
+      );
+      // Best-effort `docker rm -f` the per-case container (case-delete is the
+      // explicit teardown that removes it; the bind-mounted workspace survives).
+      const host = (await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.id === dockerCase.hostId);
+      if (host) {
+        const sessionDocker = toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase);
+        try {
+          exec(buildDockerRemoveCommand(sessionDocker), { timeout: 15_000 }, () => {});
+        } catch {
+          /* best-effort — never blocks the unlink */
+        }
+        // Remove the per-container claude-config seed file (account metadata copy).
+        await fs
+          .rm(join(dataPath('docker-seeds'), `${sessionDocker.containerName}.json`), { force: true })
+          .catch(() => {});
+      }
+      ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.CaseDeleted, { name, type: 'docker-unlinked' });
+      return { success: true, data: { name } };
+    }
+
     // Check linked cases first — unlink only, don't delete the actual directory
     const linkedCases = await readLinkedCases();
     if (linkedCases[name]) {
@@ -374,6 +855,26 @@ export function registerCaseRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: EventPort & Config
       };
     }
 
+    const dockerCase = (await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.name === name);
+    if (dockerCase) {
+      const host = (await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.id === dockerCase.hostId);
+      if (!host) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker host not found');
+      const container = dockerCase.container ?? dockerContainerName(dockerCase.name);
+      return {
+        name,
+        path: dockerDisplayPath({ container, path: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath }),
+        hasClaudeMd: existsSync(join(dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath, 'CLAUDE.md')),
+        location: 'docker',
+        docker: {
+          hostId: host.id,
+          container,
+          image: host.image,
+          path: dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath,
+          network: host.network ?? 'bridge',
+        },
+      };
+    }
+
     const casePath = await resolveCasePath(name);
 
     if (!existsSync(casePath)) {

src/web/routes/session-routes.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ import { MAX_INPUT_LENGTH, MAX_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH } from '../../config/terminal
 import { MAX_PASTE_IMAGE_BYTES } from '../../config/buffer-limits.js';
 import { dataPath, getDataDir } from '../../config/instance.js';
 import { checkRemoteTmuxAvailable, readRemoteCases, readRemoteHosts, toSessionRemote } from '../../remote-hosts.js';
+import {
+  checkDockerAvailable,
+  checkDockerTmuxAvailable,
+  ensureAgentBaseImage,
+  DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE,
+  readDockerCases,
+  readDockerHosts,
+  toSessionDocker,
+} from '../../docker-hosts.js';
 import { LRUMap } from '../../utils/lru-map.js';
 
 // Path to linked-cases registry (same file used by case-routes resolveCasePath)
@@ -1672,6 +1681,7 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
 
     const {
       caseName = 'testcase',
+      sessionName,
       mode = 'claude',
       openCodeConfig,
       codexConfig,
@@ -1684,9 +1694,14 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     // so the LOCAL availability gates below (isCodexAvailable() etc.) don't apply and
     // would wrongly reject a machine that hasn't got the CLI installed locally.
     let remote = undefined;
+    let docker = undefined;
+    let dockerResumeId: string | undefined;
     let casePath: string | null = null;
     const remoteCases = await readRemoteCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR);
     const remoteCase = remoteCases.find((item) => item.name === caseName);
+    const dockerCase = remoteCase
+      ? undefined
+      : (await readDockerCases(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.name === caseName);
     if (remoteCase) {
       const host = (await readRemoteHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.id === remoteCase.hostId);
       if (!host) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Remote host not found');
@@ -1718,6 +1733,63 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
 
       casePath = remoteCase.remotePath;
       remote = toSessionRemote(host, remoteCase);
+    } else if (dockerCase) {
+      // Docker case: the CLI executes INSIDE a container via local tmux + `docker
+      // exec`, so the LOCAL availability gates below don't apply. Mirror the remote
+      // branch's rejection of per-session config that would not cross into the
+      // container (it would silently no-op).
+      const host = (await readDockerHosts(CODEMAN_CONFIG_DIR)).find((item) => item.id === dockerCase.hostId);
+      if (!host) return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, 'Docker host not found');
+      if (
+        (envOverrides && Object.keys(envOverrides).length > 0) ||
+        effort ||
+        codexConfig ||
+        geminiConfig ||
+        openCodeConfig
+      ) {
+        return createErrorResponse(
+          ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT,
+          'envOverrides, effort, and per-CLI config are not supported for docker cases (they do not cross into the container). Configure the container via the docker host command override instead.'
+        );
+      }
+
+      const availability = await checkDockerAvailable(host.engine);
+      if (!availability.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(
+          ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED,
+          availability.error || 'docker daemon is not available'
+        );
+      }
+      const sessionDocker = toSessionDocker(host, dockerCase);
+      // Ensure the base image exists, auto-building the default image on first use so
+      // it is never a blocker. Dedup'd with any build kicked off at case-create, so
+      // this awaits the SAME in-flight build rather than starting a second one.
+      const ensured = await ensureAgentBaseImage(sessionDocker.engine, sessionDocker.image, {
+        onProgress: (line) => ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImageBuildProgress, { name: dockerCase.name, line }),
+      });
+      if (!ensured.ok) {
+        return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, ensured.error || 'base image not available');
+      }
+      if (ensured.built) {
+        ctx.broadcast(SseEvent.DockerImageBuildComplete, { name: dockerCase.name, image: sessionDocker.image });
+      }
+      // tmux is a hard prerequisite (the in-container tmux makes reconnect durable).
+      // Skip the extra container-run probe for our OWN default image (the baked
+      // Dockerfile always contains tmux); still verify a custom image.
+      if (sessionDocker.image !== DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE) {
+        const tmuxCheck = await checkDockerTmuxAvailable(sessionDocker);
+        if (!tmuxCheck.ok) {
+          return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, tmuxCheck.error || 'base image is missing tmux');
+        }
+      }
+
+      casePath = dockerCase.hostWorkspacePath; // a REAL host dir (bind-mounted into the container)
+      docker = sessionDocker;
+      // Seed resume so a relaunch resumes the case's last conversation from the
+      // bind-mounted transcript (decision: resume-on-start default ON).
+      if (sessionDocker.resumeOnStart && dockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId) {
+        dockerResumeId = dockerCase.lastClaudeSessionId;
+      }
     } else {
       // Check OpenCode availability if requested
       if (mode === 'opencode') {
@@ -1772,8 +1844,9 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     // for local cases the !casePath guard above returned early. TypeScript can't narrow across the if/else.
     const resolvedCasePath = casePath as string;
 
-    // Create case folder and CLAUDE.md if it doesn't exist (only for non-linked, non-remote cases)
-    if (!remote && !existsSync(resolvedCasePath)) {
+    // Create case folder and CLAUDE.md if it doesn't exist (only for non-linked, non-remote,
+    // non-docker cases — docker workspaces are scaffolded in their own block below)
+    if (!remote && !docker && !existsSync(resolvedCasePath)) {
       try {
         mkdirSync(resolvedCasePath, { recursive: true });
         mkdirSync(join(resolvedCasePath, 'src'), { recursive: true });
@@ -1793,7 +1866,7 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
       } catch (err) {
         return createErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.OPERATION_FAILED, `Failed to create case: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`);
       }
-    } else if (!remote && mode !== 'opencode') {
+    } else if (!remote && !docker && mode !== 'opencode') {
       // COD-91 self-heal for an EXISTING case: refresh a pre-secret hooks block so the
       // now-unconditional hook-secret gate keeps accepting its hook events. No-op when
       // the hooks aren't ours or already carry the secret. Skipped for remote cases —
@@ -1801,6 +1874,26 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
       await refreshStaleHookSecret(resolvedCasePath).catch(() => {});
     }
 
+    // Docker cases: the workspace is a REAL host dir bind-mounted into the container.
+    // Scaffold hooks (+ a CLAUDE.md) if MISSING so in-container permission prompts and
+    // hook-idle detection fire (decision: wire hooks now). Never clobbers an existing
+    // configured project. Skipped for external CLIs (they use their own systems).
+    if (docker && docker.hooksEnabled && mode !== 'opencode' && mode !== 'codex' && mode !== 'gemini') {
+      try {
+        if (!existsSync(join(resolvedCasePath, 'CLAUDE.md'))) {
+          const templatePath = await ctx.getDefaultClaudeMdPath();
+          writeFileSync(join(resolvedCasePath, 'CLAUDE.md'), generateClaudeMd(caseName, '', templatePath));
+        }
+        if (!existsSync(join(resolvedCasePath, '.claude', 'settings.local.json'))) {
+          await writeHooksConfig(resolvedCasePath);
+        } else {
+          await refreshStaleHookSecret(resolvedCasePath).catch(() => {});
+        }
+      } catch {
+        /* non-fatal — the session still runs, hooks may be degraded */
+      }
+    }
+
     // Strip stale disk entries for keys this request is actively setting (Claude only —
     // see POST /api/sessions for full rationale).
     if (
@@ -1832,6 +1925,7 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     const qsTerminalHistoryConfig = await ctx.getTerminalHistoryConfig();
     const session = new Session({
       workingDir: resolvedCasePath,
+      name: sessionName ? sessionName.slice(0, MAX_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH) : '',
       mux: ctx.mux,
       useMux: true,
       mode: mode,
@@ -1845,12 +1939,14 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
       envOverrides,
       effort,
       remote,
+      docker,
+      resumeSessionId: dockerResumeId,
       tmuxHistoryLimit: qsTerminalHistoryConfig.tmuxHistoryLimit,
     });
 
     // Auto-detect completion phrase from CLAUDE.md BEFORE broadcasting
     // so the initial state already has the phrase configured (only if globally enabled)
-    if (mode === 'claude' && !remote && ctx.store.getConfig().ralphEnabled) {
+    if (mode === 'claude' && !remote && !docker && ctx.store.getConfig().ralphEnabled) {
       autoConfigureRalph(session, resolvedCasePath, ctx);
       if (!session.ralphTracker.enabled) {
         session.ralphTracker.enable();

src/web/schemas.ts

@@ -359,6 +359,172 @@ export const RemoteCaseLinkSchema = z.object({
     .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in remote path'),
 });
 
+// ========== Docker cases ==========
+//
+// Docker mode is a location overlay on cases (see docs/docker-cases-plan.md),
+// the analog of the remote-SSH schemas above. `image`, `hostWorkspacePath`,
+// `containerWorkdir`, and `container` all reach the outer `bash -c "..."` launch
+// layer, so they carry NO_SHELL_META (rejects `$`/backtick that survive the
+// double-quote layer) exactly like remotePath/identityFile. `--privileged` and
+// any docker-socket mount are structurally unrepresentable (never accepted).
+
+const DockerResourceLimitsSchema = z
+  .object({
+    memory: z
+      .string()
+      .regex(/^\d+[bkmg]?$/i, 'Memory must be like 512m / 4g')
+      .optional(),
+    cpus: z
+      .string()
+      .regex(/^\d+(\.\d+)?$/, 'CPUs must be a number')
+      .optional(),
+    pidsLimit: z.number().int().positive().max(100000).optional(),
+    nofile: z
+      .string()
+      .regex(/^\d+:\d+$/, 'nofile must be soft:hard')
+      .optional(),
+    shmSize: z
+      .string()
+      .regex(/^\d+[bkmg]?$/i, 'shm-size must be like 256m')
+      .optional(),
+  })
+  .strict();
+
+export const DockerHostSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid docker host id'),
+  label: z.string().min(1).max(100),
+  engine: z.enum(['docker', 'podman']).optional(),
+  image: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(512)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][\w./:@-]*$/, 'Invalid image reference')
+    .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in image reference'),
+  daemonHost: z.string().max(512).regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid daemon host').optional(),
+  context: z
+    .string()
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/, 'Invalid docker context')
+    .optional(),
+  network: z.enum(['bridge', 'none', 'custom']).optional(),
+  networkName: z
+    .string()
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/, 'Invalid network name')
+    .optional(),
+  resources: DockerResourceLimitsSchema.optional(),
+  gpus: z
+    .string()
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^(all|\d+|device=[a-zA-Z0-9,:._-]+)$/, 'GPUs must be all / a count / device=...')
+    .optional(),
+  mountCredentials: z.boolean().optional(),
+  hooksEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  resumeOnStart: z.boolean().optional(),
+  commands: RemoteCommandOverridesSchema, // same shell/claude/opencode/codex/gemini shape
+  extraCreateArgs: z
+    .array(
+      z
+        .string()
+        .min(1)
+        .max(1024)
+        .regex(NO_SHELL_INJECTION, 'Invalid characters in create arg')
+        .refine(noCommandSubstitution, 'Invalid characters in create arg')
+    )
+    .max(32)
+    .optional(),
+  extraExecArgs: z
+    .array(
+      z
+        .string()
+        .min(1)
+        .max(1024)
+        .regex(NO_SHELL_INJECTION, 'Invalid characters in exec arg')
+        .refine(noCommandSubstitution, 'Invalid characters in exec arg')
+    )
+    .max(32)
+    .optional(),
+});
+
+export const DockerCaseLinkSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid case name format'),
+  hostId: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid docker host id'),
+  hostWorkspacePath: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(2000)
+    .regex(/^\//, 'Workspace path must be absolute')
+    .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in workspace path'),
+  containerWorkdir: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(2000)
+    .regex(/^\//, 'Container workdir must be absolute')
+    .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in container workdir')
+    .optional(),
+  container: z
+    .string()
+    .min(2)
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/, 'Invalid container name')
+    .optional(),
+});
+
+export const DockerExportSchema = z.object({
+  mode: z.enum(['full', 'workspace']).optional(),
+});
+
+export const DockerImportSchema = z.object({
+  // A bare filename resolved WITHIN the exports dir (never an arbitrary path).
+  bundle: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(300)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.tgz$/, 'Invalid bundle filename'),
+  newCaseName: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid case name format'),
+  destWorkspacePath: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(2000)
+    .regex(/^\//, 'Destination path must be absolute')
+    .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in destination path'),
+});
+
+// One-click "Run in Docker" case creation. name/description behave like a normal
+// case; the docker fields are OPTIONAL overrides of the predefined defaults (the
+// checkbox alone, with no overrides, uses the shared `default` host).
+export const DockerQuickCreateSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid case name format'),
+  description: z.string().max(1000).optional(),
+  image: z
+    .string()
+    .min(1)
+    .max(512)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][\w./:@-]*$/, 'Invalid image reference')
+    .regex(NO_SHELL_META, 'Invalid characters in image reference')
+    .optional(),
+  network: z.enum(['bridge', 'none', 'custom']).optional(),
+  networkName: z
+    .string()
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/, 'Invalid network name')
+    .optional(),
+  memory: z
+    .string()
+    .regex(/^\d+[bkmg]?$/i, 'Memory must be like 512m / 4g')
+    .optional(),
+  cpus: z
+    .string()
+    .regex(/^\d+(\.\d+)?$/, 'CPUs must be a number')
+    .optional(),
+  gpus: z
+    .string()
+    .max(128)
+    .regex(/^(all|\d+|device=[a-zA-Z0-9,:._-]+)$/, 'GPUs must be all / a count / device=...')
+    .optional(),
+  mountCredentials: z.boolean().optional(),
+});
+
 // ========== Quick Start ==========
 
 /**
@@ -370,6 +536,9 @@ export const QuickStartSchema = z.object({
     .string()
     .regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 'Invalid case name format. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores.')
     .optional(),
+  /** Display name for the created session tab (e.g. w1-mycase). Cosmetic; the durable
+   *  mux/container names derive from the session id, not this. Defaults server-side. */
+  sessionName: z.string().max(128).optional(),
   mode: z.enum(['claude', 'shell', 'opencode', 'codex', 'gemini']).optional(),
   openCodeConfig: OpenCodeConfigSchema,
   codexConfig: CodexConfigSchema,

src/web/server.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, chmodSync, rmSync, statSync } from
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { hostname as getHostname } from 'node:os';
-import { dataPath } from '../config/instance.js';
+import { dataPath, getDataDir, CODEMAN_INSTANCE } from '../config/instance.js';
 import { getHookSecret } from '../config/hook-secret.js';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Session, isExternalCliMode, type BackgroundTask } from '../session.js';
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
   private readonly allowUnauthenticatedNetwork: boolean;
   private _pasteImageGcStop: (() => void) | null = null;
   private _eventLoopMonitor: EventLoopMonitorHandle | null = null;
+  /** Opt-in hooks-only listener on the docker bridge gateway (CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS). */
+  private _dockerBridgeServer: import('node:http').Server | import('node:https').Server | null = null;
   private teamWatcherHandlers: {
     teamCreated: (config: unknown) => void;
     teamUpdated: (config: unknown) => void;
@@ -1941,6 +1943,20 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
     // CRITICAL: Skip in test mode to prevent tests from picking up user sessions
     if (!this.testMode) {
       await this.restoreMuxSessions();
+
+      // Instance-scoped reaper: after restore, `docker rm -f` managed containers of
+      // THIS instance whose case is gone from docker-cases.json (best-effort, never
+      // touches another instance's containers). Runs after restore so containers
+      // still referenced by a restored session are preserved.
+      void import('../docker-hosts.js')
+        .then(({ reapOrphanedDockerContainers }) => reapOrphanedDockerContainers(getDataDir(), CODEMAN_INSTANCE))
+        .then((reaped) => {
+          if (reaped.length > 0)
+            console.log(`[Docker] reaped ${reaped.length} orphaned container(s): ${reaped.join(', ')}`);
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          /* best-effort — daemon may be absent */
+        });
     }
 
     // Clean up stale sessions from state file that don't have active mux sessions
@@ -1961,6 +1977,15 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
     const displayHost = this.host === '0.0.0.0' ? 'localhost' : this.host;
     console.log(`Codeman web interface running at ${protocol}://${displayHost}:${this.port}`);
 
+    // Opt-in: also serve the HOOK endpoints on the docker bridge gateway so
+    // in-container hooks (permission/idle/stop callbacks) can reach a loopback-bound
+    // server. Hooks-only + secret-gated, and the bridge is host-internal (not the LAN).
+    if (!this.testMode) {
+      await this._startDockerBridgeHooksListener().catch((err) =>
+        console.error(`[Docker] bridge-hooks listener error: ${err?.message || err}`)
+      );
+    }
+
     // Anti-DNS-rebinding Host allowlist is always on. Localhost, any bare IP, the
     // bind host, *.ts.net / *.trycloudflare.com / *.cfargotunnel.com, and the active
     // managed tunnel are accepted automatically; add any other domain you front this
@@ -2214,6 +2239,10 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
               // erasing `remote` from state.json on the next persist. mux-sessions.json
               // round-trips MuxSession.remote; state.json carries SessionState.remote.
               remote: muxSession.remote ?? savedState?.remote,
+              // Docker metadata round-trips the same way (mux-sessions.json carries
+              // MuxSession.docker; state.json carries SessionState.docker), so recovery
+              // rebuilds the `docker exec` launch instead of a broken local command.
+              docker: muxSession.docker ?? savedState?.docker,
             });
 
             // Update session name if it was a "Restored:" placeholder or doesn't match saved name
@@ -2399,6 +2428,58 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
     return this._orchestratorLoop;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Opt-in (CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1): start a SECOND listener on the docker
+   * bridge gateway IP that serves ONLY the hook endpoints and delegates them into
+   * the main Fastify pipeline. This lets in-container hooks reach a loopback-bound
+   * server (they call back via host.docker.internal = the bridge gateway) without
+   * exposing the full API or the LAN. Bind IP is auto-detected (default bridge
+   * gateway) or set via CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOST.
+   */
+  private async _startDockerBridgeHooksListener(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!isExplicitlyEnabled(process.env.CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS)) return;
+    const { detectDockerBridgeGateway } = await import('../docker-hosts.js');
+    const bridgeHost = (process.env.CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOST || '').trim() || (await detectDockerBridgeGateway());
+    if (!bridgeHost) {
+      console.log('[Docker] CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS set but no docker bridge gateway found — skipping');
+      return;
+    }
+    // Only the hook endpoints are served on the bridge — never the full API.
+    const HOOK_PATHS = new Set([
+      '/api/hook-event',
+      '/api/status-telemetry',
+      '/api/v1/hook-event',
+      '/api/v1/status-telemetry',
+    ]);
+    const handler = (req: import('node:http').IncomingMessage, res: import('node:http').ServerResponse): void => {
+      const path = (req.url || '').split('?')[0];
+      if (!HOOK_PATHS.has(path)) {
+        res.statusCode = 403;
+        res.end('forbidden: the docker bridge listener serves hook endpoints only');
+        return;
+      }
+      // Delegate into Fastify (host-guard, Origin/CSRF, and hook-secret gate all apply).
+      (this.app as unknown as { routing: (r: unknown, s: unknown) => void }).routing(req, res);
+    };
+    let server: import('node:http').Server | import('node:https').Server;
+    if (this.https) {
+      const https = await import('node:https');
+      const { key, cert } = getOrCreateSelfSignedCert();
+      server = https.createServer({ key, cert }, handler);
+    } else {
+      const http = await import('node:http');
+      server = http.createServer(handler);
+    }
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      server.once('error', reject);
+      server.listen(this.port, bridgeHost, () => resolve());
+    });
+    this._dockerBridgeServer = server;
+    console.log(
+      `[Docker] in-container hooks reachable at ${this.https ? 'https' : 'http'}://${bridgeHost}:${this.port} (hook endpoints only)`
+    );
+  }
+
   async stop(): Promise<void> {
     getLifecycleLog().log({ event: 'server_stopped', sessionId: '*' });
     // Set stopping flag to prevent new timer creation during shutdown
@@ -2414,6 +2495,11 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this._eventLoopMonitor = null;
     }
 
+    if (this._dockerBridgeServer) {
+      this._dockerBridgeServer.close();
+      this._dockerBridgeServer = null;
+    }
+
     // Dispose all managed timers (intervals + resettable timeouts)
     this.cleanup.dispose();
 

src/web/sse-events.ts

@@ -370,6 +370,22 @@ export const CaseDeleted = 'case:deleted' as const;
 /** Case ordering changed. */
 export const CaseOrderChanged = 'case:order-changed' as const;
 
+// ─── Docker cases ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+/** A docker case export bundle finished writing. */
+export const DockerExportComplete = 'docker:exportComplete' as const;
+/** A docker case export failed. */
+export const DockerExportFailed = 'docker:exportFailed' as const;
+/** A docker bundle was imported into a new case. */
+export const DockerImportComplete = 'docker:importComplete' as const;
+/** The agent base image started building (first Docker case; auto-build on first use). */
+export const DockerImageBuildStarted = 'docker:imageBuildStarted' as const;
+/** A line of agent base-image build output (progress surfacing). */
+export const DockerImageBuildProgress = 'docker:imageBuildProgress' as const;
+/** The agent base image finished building successfully. */
+export const DockerImageBuildComplete = 'docker:imageBuildComplete' as const;
+/** The agent base image build failed. */
+export const DockerImageBuildFailed = 'docker:imageBuildFailed' as const;
+
 // ─── Namespace Re-export ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /**
@@ -551,4 +567,13 @@ export const SseEvent = {
   CaseLinked,
   CaseDeleted,
   CaseOrderChanged,
+
+  // Docker cases
+  DockerExportComplete,
+  DockerExportFailed,
+  DockerImportComplete,
+  DockerImageBuildStarted,
+  DockerImageBuildProgress,
+  DockerImageBuildComplete,
+  DockerImageBuildFailed,
 } as const;

test/docker-exec-options.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the docker launch/kill command builders in tmux-manager.ts
+ * (mirror of test/remote-ssh-options.test.ts). Pure string assertions: the
+ * escaping must survive bash -c -> docker exec -> sh -lc -> tmux.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  buildDockerLaunchCommand,
+  buildDockerKillCommand,
+  buildDockerStopCommand,
+  buildDockerRemoveCommand,
+  dockerTmuxSessionName,
+  type DockerLaunchOptions,
+} from '../src/tmux-manager.js';
+import { DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE, toSessionDocker, type DockerCreateContext } from '../src/docker-hosts.js';
+import type { DockerCase, DockerHost, SessionMode } from '../src/types.js';
+
+// The exact adopt-guard the in-container Codeman would use to discover its own sessions.
+const SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN = /^codeman-[a-f0-9-]+$/;
+
+const HOST: DockerHost = { id: 'local', label: 'Local', image: DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE };
+const CASE: DockerCase = {
+  name: 'myproj',
+  type: 'docker',
+  hostId: 'local',
+  hostWorkspacePath: '/home/arkon/cases/myproj',
+};
+
+function launchOpts(overrides: Partial<DockerLaunchOptions> = {}): DockerLaunchOptions {
+  const docker = overrides.docker ?? toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+  const createContext: DockerCreateContext = {
+    docker,
+    sessionId: '1a2b3c4d5e6f',
+    instance: '',
+    userArgs: ['--user', '1000:0'],
+    credentialMounts: [{ src: '/home/arkon/.claude', dst: '/home/agent/.claude' }],
+    extraMounts: [],
+    envCreate: { HOME: '/home/agent', CODEMAN_API_URL: 'https://host.docker.internal:3000' },
+    addHostGateway: true,
+    gatewayAlias: 'host.docker.internal',
+  };
+  return {
+    mode: 'claude',
+    docker,
+    sessionId: '1a2b3c4d5e6f',
+    createContext,
+    execEnv: { TERM: 'xterm-256color', CODEMAN_SESSION_ID: '1a2b3c4d', CODEMAN_MUX: '1' },
+    execEnvNames: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('dockerTmuxSessionName', () => {
+  it('is stable from the first 8 chars of the sessionId', () => {
+    expect(dockerTmuxSessionName('1a2b3c4d5e6f')).toBe('codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d');
+  });
+  it('deliberately FAILS the in-container adopt guard', () => {
+    // 'k'/'r' are not hex, so an in-container Codeman never adopts our session
+    expect(SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN.test(dockerTmuxSessionName('1a2b3c4d5e6f'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildDockerLaunchCommand', () => {
+  it('image-check precedes ensure precedes start precedes exec', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    const iImage = cmd.indexOf('docker image inspect');
+    const iEnsure = cmd.indexOf('docker inspect');
+    const iStart = cmd.indexOf('docker start');
+    const iExec = cmd.indexOf('exec docker exec -it');
+    expect(iImage).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(iImage).toBeLessThan(iEnsure);
+    expect(iEnsure).toBeLessThan(iStart);
+    expect(iStart).toBeLessThan(iExec);
+  });
+
+  it('ensures the container idempotently (inspect-or-create) with --pull=never', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    expect(cmd).toContain("docker inspect 'codeman-case-myproj' >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker create");
+    expect(cmd).toContain('--pull=never');
+    expect(cmd).toContain("docker start 'codeman-case-myproj'");
+  });
+
+  it('execs a TTY into the durable in-container tmux', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    expect(cmd).toContain("exec docker exec -it --workdir '/home/arkon/cases/myproj'");
+    expect(cmd).toContain('tmux -L codeman-docker setenv -g CODEMAN_SESSION_ID');
+    expect(cmd).toContain('new-session -A -s codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d');
+    expect(cmd).toContain("sh -lc '");
+  });
+
+  it('injects the resume flag ONLY when a resume id is passed', () => {
+    const withResume = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts({ resumeSessionId: 'abc-123-def' }));
+    expect(withResume).toContain('exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --resume abc-123-def');
+    const without = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    expect(without).not.toContain('--resume');
+  });
+
+  it('uses codex resume syntax and drops an unsafe resume id', () => {
+    const codex = buildDockerLaunchCommand(
+      launchOpts({ mode: 'codex' as SessionMode, resumeSessionId: '01H-codex-id' })
+    );
+    expect(codex).toContain('exec codex resume 01H-codex-id');
+    const unsafe = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts({ resumeSessionId: 'x; rm -rf /' }));
+    expect(unsafe).not.toContain('--resume');
+    expect(unsafe).not.toContain('rm -rf');
+  });
+
+  it('forwards codex/gemini keys NAME-ONLY (no value in argv)', () => {
+    const codex = buildDockerLaunchCommand(
+      launchOpts({ mode: 'codex' as SessionMode, execEnvNames: ['OPENAI_API_KEY', 'CODEX_API_KEY'] })
+    );
+    expect(codex).toContain('--env OPENAI_API_KEY');
+    expect(codex).not.toMatch(/--env OPENAI_API_KEY=/); // never a value
+  });
+
+  it('primes CODEMAN_SESSION_ID / CODEMAN_MUX at exec time', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    expect(cmd).toContain("--env 'CODEMAN_SESSION_ID=1a2b3c4d'");
+    expect(cmd).toContain("--env 'CODEMAN_MUX=1'");
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a workspace path with spaces a single token through every layer', () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker(HOST, { ...CASE, hostWorkspacePath: '/home/arkon/my cases/proj' });
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts({ docker }));
+    // workdir single-quoted at the docker exec layer
+    expect(cmd).toContain("--workdir '/home/arkon/my cases/proj'");
+    // and the cd inside the (nested-escaped) paneCommand still references the spaced path
+    expect(cmd).toContain('/home/arkon/my cases/proj');
+  });
+
+  it('honors a per-host command override', () => {
+    const docker = { ...toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE), commands: { claude: 'exec claude --model opus' } };
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts({ docker }));
+    expect(cmd).toContain('exec claude --model opus');
+  });
+
+  it('seeds writable config (guarded copies, mkdir -p parent) from the read-only seed mounts', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(
+      launchOpts({
+        seedCopies: [
+          { from: '/home/agent/.codeman/claude.seed.json', to: '/home/agent/.claude.json' },
+          { from: '/home/agent/.codeman/claude-creds.seed.json', to: '/home/agent/.claude/.credentials.json' },
+          // whole-dir credential seed → cp -a
+          { from: '/home/agent/.codeman/cred-seeds/.gemini', to: '/home/agent/.gemini', recursive: true },
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+    // Each copy mkdir -p's its parent then is guarded so a reconnect never clobbers config.
+    expect(cmd).toContain(
+      'mkdir -p /home/agent 2>/dev/null; [ -e /home/agent/.claude.json ] || cp /home/agent/.codeman/claude.seed.json /home/agent/.claude.json'
+    );
+    expect(cmd).toContain(
+      'mkdir -p /home/agent/.claude 2>/dev/null; [ -e /home/agent/.claude/.credentials.json ] || cp /home/agent/.codeman/claude-creds.seed.json /home/agent/.claude/.credentials.json'
+    );
+    // recursive whole-dir seed uses cp -a
+    expect(cmd).toContain(
+      '[ -e /home/agent/.gemini ] || cp -a /home/agent/.codeman/cred-seeds/.gemini /home/agent/.gemini'
+    );
+    expect(cmd.indexOf('.claude.json')).toBeLessThan(cmd.indexOf('tmux -L codeman-docker'));
+  });
+
+  it('omits the seed-copy step when there are no seedCopies', () => {
+    const cmd = buildDockerLaunchCommand(launchOpts());
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('claude.seed.json');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildDockerKillCommand (multi-session safe)', () => {
+  it('kills ONLY this session in-container tmux, never the shared container', () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    const cmd = buildDockerKillCommand({ docker, sessionId: '1a2b3c4d5e6f' });
+    expect(cmd).toBe("docker exec 'codeman-case-myproj' tmux -L codeman-docker kill-session -t 'codeman-dkr-1a2b3c4d'");
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('docker stop');
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('docker rm');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('explicit teardown commands', () => {
+  it('stop and remove target the whole container', () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    expect(buildDockerStopCommand(docker)).toBe("docker stop -t 10 'codeman-case-myproj'");
+    expect(buildDockerRemoveCommand(docker)).toBe("docker rm -f 'codeman-case-myproj'");
+  });
+
+  it('uses the podman engine prefix when configured', () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker({ ...HOST, engine: 'podman' }, CASE);
+    expect(buildDockerStopCommand(docker)).toBe("podman stop -t 10 'codeman-case-myproj'");
+  });
+});

test/docker-export.test.ts

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+/**
+ * Unit tests for the pure docker export/import helpers (src/docker-export.ts).
+ * The IO paths no-op under VITEST; these cover the naming, tar-traversal guard,
+ * load-output parsing, and the sealed-mode refusal.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  dockerArgv,
+  exportBundleName,
+  exportImageTag,
+  importedImageTag,
+  isSafeTarMember,
+  parseLoadedImageRef,
+  exportDockerCase,
+  DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA,
+} from '../src/docker-export.js';
+import { toSessionDocker } from '../src/docker-hosts.js';
+import type { DockerCase, DockerHost } from '../src/types.js';
+
+const HOST: DockerHost = { id: 'local', label: 'Local', image: 'codeman/agent:base' };
+const CASE: DockerCase = {
+  name: 'myproj',
+  type: 'docker',
+  hostId: 'local',
+  hostWorkspacePath: '/home/arkon/cases/myproj',
+};
+
+describe('dockerArgv', () => {
+  it('is raw (unescaped) argv for spawn', () => {
+    expect(dockerArgv({ engine: 'docker' })).toEqual(['docker']);
+    expect(dockerArgv({ engine: 'podman', context: 'ctx', daemonHost: 'ssh://h' })).toEqual([
+      'podman',
+      '--context',
+      'ctx',
+      '-H',
+      'ssh://h',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('bundle / tag naming', () => {
+  it('names bundles by case + timestamp + mode', () => {
+    expect(exportBundleName('myproj', 1234, 'full')).toBe('myproj-1234.codeman-container.tgz');
+    expect(exportBundleName('myproj', 1234, 'workspace')).toBe('myproj-1234.codeman-workspace.tgz');
+  });
+  it('quarantines imported images and tags export intermediates uniquely', () => {
+    expect(importedImageTag('myproj', 99)).toBe('codeman/imported-myproj:99');
+    expect(exportImageTag('myproj', 99)).toBe('codeman/export-myproj:99');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isSafeTarMember (import traversal guard)', () => {
+  it('accepts normal relative members', () => {
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('./')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('src/index.ts')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('./a/b/c.txt')).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('rejects absolute and parent-escaping members', () => {
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('/etc/passwd')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('../outside')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('a/../../b')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeTarMember('./../../x')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseLoadedImageRef', () => {
+  it('parses "Loaded image ID: sha256:..."', () => {
+    expect(parseLoadedImageRef('Loaded image ID: sha256:abc123def')).toBe('sha256:abc123def');
+  });
+  it('parses "Loaded image: repo:tag"', () => {
+    expect(parseLoadedImageRef('Loaded image: codeman/export-x:1234')).toBe('codeman/export-x:1234');
+  });
+  it('returns null on unrecognized output', () => {
+    expect(parseLoadedImageRef('some other text')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('exportDockerCase (VITEST stub)', () => {
+  it('returns a deterministic stub manifest without touching docker', async () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    const res = await exportDockerCase({
+      docker,
+      caseName: 'myproj',
+      timestamp: 42,
+      exportsDir: '/tmp/exports',
+      mode: 'full',
+      codemanVersion: '9.9.9',
+    });
+    expect(res.manifest.schemaVersion).toBe(DOCKER_EXPORT_SCHEMA);
+    expect(res.manifest.caseName).toBe('myproj');
+    expect(res.manifest.mode).toBe('full');
+    expect(res.bundlePath).toBe('/tmp/exports/myproj-42.codeman-container.tgz');
+  });
+
+  it('refuses a full-image export for a sealed container', async () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker({ ...HOST, mountCredentials: false }, CASE);
+    await expect(
+      exportDockerCase({
+        docker,
+        caseName: 'myproj',
+        timestamp: 42,
+        exportsDir: '/tmp/exports',
+        mode: 'full',
+        codemanVersion: '9.9.9',
+      })
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/sealed/);
+  });
+
+  it('allows a workspace-only export for a sealed container', async () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker({ ...HOST, mountCredentials: false }, CASE);
+    const res = await exportDockerCase({
+      docker,
+      caseName: 'myproj',
+      timestamp: 42,
+      exportsDir: '/tmp/exports',
+      mode: 'workspace',
+      codemanVersion: '9.9.9',
+    });
+    expect(res.manifest.mode).toBe('workspace');
+  });
+});

test/docker-hosts.test.ts

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+/**
+ * Unit tests for the Docker cases storage + pure command-arg builders + probes
+ * (src/docker-hosts.ts). Mirrors test/remote-hosts.test.ts. All docker IO no-ops
+ * under VITEST, so probes return canned values and never spawn a real daemon.
+ */
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  agentImageBuildArgs,
+  buildDockerBaseArgs,
+  buildDockerCreateArgs,
+  buildSeamlessClaudeConfig,
+  checkDockerAvailable,
+  checkDockerImagePresent,
+  checkDockerTmuxAvailable,
+  CLAUDE_JSON_SEED,
+  containerApiUrl,
+  DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE,
+  DEFAULT_DOCKER_RESOURCES,
+  dockerConfigHash,
+  dockerContainerName,
+  dockerDisplayPath,
+  defaultDockerCommandForMode,
+  ensureAgentBaseImage,
+  hostGatewayAlias,
+  probeDockerCliVersion,
+  readDockerCases,
+  readDockerHosts,
+  resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount,
+  resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts,
+  resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts,
+  toSessionDocker,
+  writeDockerCases,
+  writeDockerHosts,
+  type DockerCreateContext,
+} from '../src/docker-hosts.js';
+import type { DockerCase, DockerHost, SessionDocker } from '../src/types.js';
+
+const HOST: DockerHost = { id: 'local', label: 'Local Docker', image: DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE };
+const CASE: DockerCase = {
+  name: 'myproj',
+  type: 'docker',
+  hostId: 'local',
+  hostWorkspacePath: '/home/arkon/cases/myproj',
+};
+
+describe('docker-hosts storage', () => {
+  let dir: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-docker-'));
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('round-trips hosts and cases through JSON storage', async () => {
+    await writeDockerHosts(dir, [HOST]);
+    await writeDockerCases(dir, [{ ...CASE, lastClaudeSessionId: 'abc-123' }]);
+    expect(await readDockerHosts(dir)).toEqual([HOST]);
+    const cases = await readDockerCases(dir);
+    expect(cases[0].lastClaudeSessionId).toBe('abc-123');
+  });
+
+  it('returns [] for a missing file', async () => {
+    expect(await readDockerHosts(dir)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await readDockerCases(dir)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('naming / display / defaults', () => {
+  it('derives a valid per-case container name', () => {
+    expect(dockerContainerName('myproj')).toBe('codeman-case-myproj');
+    // valid docker name charset: starts alnum, then [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]
+    expect(dockerContainerName('my_proj-2')).toMatch(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/);
+  });
+
+  it('maps each mode to a default pane command', () => {
+    expect(defaultDockerCommandForMode('claude')).toBe('exec claude --dangerously-skip-permissions');
+    expect(defaultDockerCommandForMode('shell')).toBe('exec bash -l');
+    expect(defaultDockerCommandForMode('codex')).toBe('exec codex');
+    expect(defaultDockerCommandForMode('gemini')).toBe('exec gemini');
+  });
+
+  it('formats a container:workdir display path from both shapes', () => {
+    expect(dockerDisplayPath({ container: 'codeman-case-x', path: '/w' })).toBe('codeman-case-x:/w');
+    const sd = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    expect(dockerDisplayPath(sd)).toBe('codeman-case-myproj:/home/arkon/cases/myproj');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('hostGatewayAlias / containerApiUrl', () => {
+  it('returns the engine-specific gateway alias', () => {
+    expect(hostGatewayAlias('docker')).toBe('host.docker.internal');
+    expect(hostGatewayAlias('podman')).toBe('host.containers.internal');
+  });
+
+  it('swaps only the hostname, preserving scheme and port', () => {
+    expect(containerApiUrl('https://127.0.0.1:3000', 'docker')).toBe('https://host.docker.internal:3000');
+    expect(containerApiUrl('http://127.0.0.1:3000', 'docker')).toBe('http://host.docker.internal:3000');
+    expect(containerApiUrl('https://127.0.0.1:8443', 'docker')).toBe('https://host.docker.internal:8443');
+    expect(containerApiUrl('https://127.0.0.1:3000', 'podman')).toBe('https://host.containers.internal:3000');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to https://<alias>:3000 for absent or unparseable input', () => {
+    expect(containerApiUrl(undefined, 'docker')).toBe('https://host.docker.internal:3000');
+    expect(containerApiUrl('not a url', 'podman')).toBe('https://host.containers.internal:3000');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('toSessionDocker / dockerConfigHash', () => {
+  it('resolves every default (convenient, bridge, resume-on-start)', () => {
+    const sd = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    expect(sd.engine).toBe('docker');
+    expect(sd.image).toBe(DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE);
+    expect(sd.containerName).toBe('codeman-case-myproj');
+    expect(sd.hostWorkspacePath).toBe('/home/arkon/cases/myproj');
+    expect(sd.containerWorkdir).toBe('/home/arkon/cases/myproj'); // mirror
+    expect(sd.network).toBe('bridge');
+    expect(sd.resources).toEqual(DEFAULT_DOCKER_RESOURCES);
+    expect(sd.mountCredentials).toBe(true);
+    expect(sd.hooksEnabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(sd.resumeOnStart).toBe(true);
+    expect(sd.configHash).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{12}$/);
+  });
+
+  it('honors host overrides and a custom container workdir', () => {
+    const host: DockerHost = {
+      ...HOST,
+      engine: 'podman',
+      network: 'none',
+      mountCredentials: false,
+      hooksEnabled: false,
+      resumeOnStart: false,
+    };
+    const sd = toSessionDocker(host, { ...CASE, containerWorkdir: '/work', container: 'my-box' });
+    expect(sd.engine).toBe('podman');
+    expect(sd.network).toBe('none');
+    expect(sd.mountCredentials).toBe(false);
+    expect(sd.containerName).toBe('my-box');
+    expect(sd.containerWorkdir).toBe('/work');
+  });
+
+  it('hash is stable for equal inputs and changes when a drift field changes', () => {
+    const a = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    const b = toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE);
+    expect(a.configHash).toBe(b.configHash);
+    const c = toSessionDocker({ ...HOST, image: 'codeman/agent:other' }, CASE);
+    expect(c.configHash).not.toBe(a.configHash);
+    // lastClaudeSessionId is NOT a drift field
+    expect(dockerConfigHash(a)).toBe(dockerConfigHash({ ...a }));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildDockerBaseArgs', () => {
+  it('defaults to docker with no extra flags', () => {
+    expect(buildDockerBaseArgs({ engine: 'docker' })).toEqual(['docker']);
+  });
+  it('emits podman + context + daemon host', () => {
+    const args = buildDockerBaseArgs({ engine: 'podman', context: 'remote', daemonHost: 'ssh://u@h' });
+    expect(args[0]).toBe('podman');
+    expect(args.join(' ')).toContain("--context 'remote'");
+    expect(args.join(' ')).toContain("-H 'ssh://u@h'");
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildDockerCreateArgs', () => {
+  function ctx(overrides: Partial<DockerCreateContext> = {}): DockerCreateContext {
+    return {
+      docker: toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE),
+      sessionId: '1a2b3c4d5e6f',
+      instance: '',
+      userArgs: ['--user', '1000:0'],
+      credentialMounts: [{ src: '/home/arkon/.claude', dst: '/home/agent/.claude' }],
+      extraMounts: [
+        { src: '/home/arkon/.codeman/hook-secret', dst: '/home/agent/.codeman/hook-secret', readonly: true },
+      ],
+      envCreate: { HOME: '/home/agent', CODEMAN_API_URL: 'https://host.docker.internal:3000' },
+      addHostGateway: true,
+      gatewayAlias: 'host.docker.internal',
+      ...overrides,
+    };
+  }
+
+  it('bakes in the security + lifecycle invariants', () => {
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx()).join(' ');
+    expect(s).toContain('--cap-drop ALL');
+    expect(s).toContain('--security-opt no-new-privileges');
+    expect(s).toContain('--pull=never');
+    expect(s).toContain('--init');
+    expect(s).toContain('--restart no');
+    expect(s).toContain('--memory 4g --memory-swap 4g');
+    expect(s).toContain('--pids-limit 512');
+    expect(s).toContain('--ulimit nofile=4096:8192');
+    expect(s).toContain('codeman.managed=1');
+    expect(s).toContain("'codeman.session=1a2b3c4d'"); // first 8 chars only
+    expect(s).toContain('--network bridge');
+  });
+
+  it('NEVER emits privileged mode or a docker-socket mount', () => {
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx()).join(' ');
+    expect(s).not.toContain('--privileged');
+    expect(s).not.toContain('docker.sock');
+  });
+
+  it('ends with the image then the sleep-infinity CMD', () => {
+    const args = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx());
+    expect(args.slice(-3)).toEqual([`'${DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE}'`, 'sleep', 'infinity']);
+  });
+
+  it('includes the resolved user args and the workspace bind', () => {
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx()).join(' ');
+    expect(s).toContain('--user 1000:0');
+    expect(s).toContain("--mount 'type=bind,src=/home/arkon/cases/myproj,dst=/home/arkon/cases/myproj'");
+  });
+
+  it('shell-escapes a workspace path containing spaces into a single token', () => {
+    const docker = toSessionDocker(HOST, { ...CASE, hostWorkspacePath: '/home/arkon/my cases/proj' });
+    const args = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ docker }));
+    // the whole mount spec (with the space) is ONE single-quoted token
+    expect(args).toContain("'type=bind,src=/home/arkon/my cases/proj,dst=/home/arkon/my cases/proj'");
+    // and the workdir is single-quoted too
+    expect(args).toContain("'/home/arkon/my cases/proj'");
+  });
+
+  it('adds the host-gateway only when requested', () => {
+    expect(buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ addHostGateway: true })).join(' ')).toContain(
+      '--add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway'
+    );
+    expect(buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ addHostGateway: false })).join(' ')).not.toContain('--add-host');
+  });
+
+  it('omits credential mounts in sealed mode', () => {
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ credentialMounts: [] })).join(' ');
+    expect(s).not.toContain('/home/agent/.claude');
+  });
+
+  it('emits create-time env flags', () => {
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx()).join(' ');
+    expect(s).toContain("--env 'HOME=/home/agent'");
+    expect(s).toContain("--env 'CODEMAN_API_URL=https://host.docker.internal:3000'");
+  });
+
+  it('uses the custom network name for custom mode', () => {
+    const docker: SessionDocker = { ...toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE), network: 'custom', networkName: 'codeman-net-x' };
+    expect(buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ docker })).join(' ')).toContain('--network codeman-net-x');
+  });
+
+  it('emits --gpus only when GPUs are requested (and never a storage cap)', () => {
+    const withGpu: SessionDocker = { ...toSessionDocker(HOST, CASE), gpus: 'all' };
+    const s = buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx({ docker: withGpu })).join(' ');
+    expect(s).toContain("--gpus 'all'");
+    // elastic disk: no fixed storage cap is ever emitted
+    expect(s).not.toContain('--storage-opt');
+    expect(buildDockerCreateArgs(ctx()).join(' ')).not.toContain('--gpus');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts (isolated codex/gemini/gcloud/opencode)', () => {
+  let home: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-home-'));
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('NEVER whole-dir RW-mounts a credential store (no host pollution)', () => {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.codex'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.gemini'), { recursive: true });
+    const { mounts } = resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home);
+    // no wholesale RW mount at the store's HOME path
+    expect(mounts.some((m) => m.dst === '/home/agent/.codex' && !m.readonly)).toBe(false);
+    expect(mounts.some((m) => m.dst === '/home/agent/.gemini' && !m.readonly)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('codex: shares sessions/+history.jsonl RW, seeds auth.json/config.toml', () => {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.codex', 'sessions'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.codex', 'history.jsonl'), '');
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.codex', 'auth.json'), '{}');
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.codex', 'config.toml'), '');
+    const { mounts, seedCopies } = resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home);
+    expect(mounts).toContainEqual({ src: join(home, '.codex', 'sessions'), dst: '/home/agent/.codex/sessions' });
+    expect(mounts).toContainEqual({
+      src: join(home, '.codex', 'history.jsonl'),
+      dst: '/home/agent/.codex/history.jsonl',
+    });
+    const dests = seedCopies.map((s) => s.to);
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.codex/auth.json');
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.codex/config.toml');
+    // seed copies of individual files are NOT recursive
+    expect(seedCopies.filter((s) => s.to.startsWith('/home/agent/.codex')).every((s) => !s.recursive)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('gemini/gcloud/opencode: whole-dir seed-copy (cp -a, recursive)', () => {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.gemini'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.config', 'gcloud'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.config', 'opencode'), { recursive: true });
+    const { mounts, seedCopies } = resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home);
+    // each is mounted read-only at a seed staging path and cp -a'd into the container HOME
+    expect(seedCopies).toContainEqual({
+      from: '/home/agent/.codeman/cred-seeds/.gemini',
+      to: '/home/agent/.gemini',
+      recursive: true,
+    });
+    expect(seedCopies).toContainEqual({
+      from: '/home/agent/.codeman/cred-seeds/.config-gcloud',
+      to: '/home/agent/.config/gcloud',
+      recursive: true,
+    });
+    expect(mounts.filter((m) => m.readonly && m.dst.includes('cred-seeds')).length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+  });
+
+  it('gates every artifact on existsSync (absent stores contribute nothing)', () => {
+    const { mounts, seedCopies } = resolveDockerCredentialArtifacts(home);
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([]);
+    expect(seedCopies).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts (isolated claude state)', () => {
+  let home: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-home-'));
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('shares only projects (RW) and seeds .claude.json + credentials + settings + stats-cache', () => {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, '.claude', 'projects'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.claude.json'), JSON.stringify({ oauthAccount: { id: 1 } }));
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.claude', '.credentials.json'), '{"claudeAiOauth":{}}');
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.claude', 'settings.json'), JSON.stringify({ theme: 'dark' }));
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.claude', 'stats-cache.json'), '{}');
+
+    const art = resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts(home, 'codeman-case-x', '/ws/x');
+    // transcripts shared RW (no readonly), whole ~/.claude never mounted
+    expect(art.mounts).toContainEqual({ src: join(home, '.claude', 'projects'), dst: '/home/agent/.claude/projects' });
+    expect(art.mounts.some((m) => m.dst === '/home/agent/.claude')).toBe(false);
+    // credentials + settings + stats-cache + .claude.json seeded (copied into the container's own HOME)
+    const dests = art.seedCopies.map((s) => s.to);
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.claude.json');
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.claude/.credentials.json');
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.claude/settings.json');
+    expect(dests).toContain('/home/agent/.claude/stats-cache.json'); // restores the model/effort status indicator
+    // the seed mounts are read-only
+    expect(art.mounts.filter((m) => m.readonly).length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+  });
+
+  it('omits mounts/seeds for artifacts that do not exist', () => {
+    const art = resolveDockerClaudeArtifacts(home, 'codeman-case-y', '/ws/y');
+    expect(art.mounts).toEqual([]);
+    expect(art.seedCopies).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount', () => {
+  let home: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-home-'));
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('returns a read-only seed mount when ~/.claude.json exists', () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(home, '.claude.json'), '{}');
+    expect(resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount(home)).toEqual({
+      src: join(home, '.claude.json'),
+      dst: CLAUDE_JSON_SEED,
+      readonly: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns null when ~/.claude.json is absent', () => {
+    expect(resolveClaudeJsonSeedMount(home)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildSeamlessClaudeConfig', () => {
+  it('forces onboarding-complete + theme + workspace trust while preserving host fields', () => {
+    const merged = buildSeamlessClaudeConfig({ oauthAccount: { id: 1 }, projects: {} }, '/ws/proj');
+    expect(merged.hasCompletedOnboarding).toBe(true);
+    expect(merged.theme).toBe('dark');
+    expect(merged.oauthAccount).toEqual({ id: 1 }); // host auth account preserved
+    const proj = (merged.projects as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>)['/ws/proj'];
+    expect(proj.hasTrustDialogAccepted).toBe(true);
+    expect(proj.hasCompletedProjectOnboarding).toBe(true);
+    expect(proj.projectOnboardingSeenCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps an existing theme and merges into an existing project entry', () => {
+    const merged = buildSeamlessClaudeConfig(
+      { theme: 'light', projects: { '/ws/proj': { allowedTools: ['a'], projectOnboardingSeenCount: 5 } } },
+      '/ws/proj',
+      'dark'
+    );
+    expect(merged.theme).toBe('light'); // not overwritten when already set
+    const proj = (merged.projects as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>)['/ws/proj'];
+    expect(proj.allowedTools).toEqual(['a']); // existing project fields kept
+    expect(proj.hasTrustDialogAccepted).toBe(true);
+    expect(proj.projectOnboardingSeenCount).toBe(5); // preserved, not reset to 1
+  });
+});
+
+describe('agentImageBuildArgs', () => {
+  it('builds the docker build argv in order', () => {
+    expect(agentImageBuildArgs('/repo/docker/agent.Dockerfile', 'codeman/agent:base', '/repo')).toEqual([
+      'build',
+      '-f',
+      '/repo/docker/agent.Dockerfile',
+      '-t',
+      'codeman/agent:base',
+      '/repo',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('adds --no-cache before the context dir when requested', () => {
+    const args = agentImageBuildArgs('/df', 'img', '/ctx', true);
+    expect(args).toContain('--no-cache');
+    expect(args.indexOf('--no-cache')).toBeLessThan(args.indexOf('/ctx'));
+    expect(args[args.length - 1]).toBe('/ctx');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('ensureAgentBaseImage (no-op under VITEST)', () => {
+  it('reports the image as already present without spawning a build', async () => {
+    const r = await ensureAgentBaseImage('docker', DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE);
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: true, built: false, alreadyPresent: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('daemon probes (no-op under VITEST)', () => {
+  it('checkDockerAvailable returns a canned available result', async () => {
+    const a = await checkDockerAvailable();
+    expect(a.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(a.capsEnforced).toBe(true);
+    expect(a.engine).toBe('docker');
+  });
+
+  it('checkDockerTmuxAvailable + image present are canned-true', async () => {
+    expect((await checkDockerTmuxAvailable({ engine: 'docker', image: DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE })).ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(await checkDockerImagePresent('docker', DEFAULT_AGENT_IMAGE)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('probeDockerCliVersion is undefined under test', async () => {
+    expect(
+      await probeDockerCliVersion({ engine: 'docker', containerName: 'codeman-case-x' }, 'claude')
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});

test/network-host-guard.test.ts

@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ describe('isAllowedRequestHost — anti-DNS-rebinding', () => {
     expect(isAllowedRequestHost('eviltrycloudflare.com', loopback)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('accepts the docker/podman container-to-host gateway aliases (in-container hooks)', () => {
+    expect(isAllowedRequestHost('host.docker.internal:3000', loopback)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isAllowedRequestHost('host.containers.internal:3000', loopback)).toBe(true);
+    // a lookalike is still rejected (exact match only)
+    expect(isAllowedRequestHost('host.docker.internal.evil.com', loopback)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('accepts the configured bind host when it is a hostname', () => {
     const policy: HostPolicy = { bindHost: 'mybox.local', allowedHosts: [], tunnelHost: null };
     expect(isAllowedRequestHost('mybox.local:3000', policy)).toBe(true);

test/routes/system-routes.test.ts

@@ -225,7 +225,11 @@ describe('system-routes', () => {
       harness.ctx._session.status = 'working';
       harness.ctx.store.getDailyStats.mockReturnValue([
         {
-          date: new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0],
+          // LOCAL date (not toISOString/UTC): away-digest's dayOverlapsRange parses
+          // the date as local midnight, so a UTC date near the local-midnight boundary
+          // (e.g. running at 01:xx CEST = prior-day UTC) would fall outside the 1h
+          // window and make this assertion TZ/hour-flaky.
+          date: new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-CA'),
           inputTokens: 100,
           outputTokens: 200,
           estimatedCost: 0.02,

test/run-mode-ui.test.ts

@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ describe('Codex quick start settings', () => {
     expect(requests.find((req) => req.url === '/api/quick-start')?.body).toMatchObject({
       caseName: 'codex-case',
       mode: 'codex',
+      // tabs follow the w<n>-<case> naming convention (quick-start would otherwise auto-name codeman-<id>)
+      sessionName: 'w1-codex-case',
       codexConfig: { dangerouslyBypassApprovals: true, renderMode: 'hybrid' },
     });
     expect(selected).toEqual(['sess-1']);
@@ -179,6 +181,30 @@ describe('case selector refresh', () => {
     expect(app.filterCasePickerOptions(options, 'plex').map((option: any) => option.name)).toEqual(['plex-previews']);
   });
 
+  it('labels dockerized cases with a short "(docker)" tag (or the custom host id)', () => {
+    const CodemanApp = function CodemanApp(this: any) {};
+    const context = vm.createContext({
+      CodemanApp,
+      localStorage: { getItem: () => null, setItem: () => {} },
+      document: { getElementById: () => null },
+      console,
+    });
+    const sessionUi = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../src/web/public/session-ui.js'), 'utf8');
+    vm.runInContext(sessionUi, context, { filename: 'session-ui.js' });
+    const app = new (CodemanApp as any)();
+
+    const label = (c: any) => app.formatCasePickerLabel(c);
+    // default one-click host, the 'local' Docker-tab default, and per-case override
+    // hosts all collapse to the short "(docker)" tag.
+    expect(
+      label({ name: 'sandbox', location: 'docker', docker: { hostId: 'default', container: 'codeman-case-sandbox' } })
+    ).toBe('sandbox (docker)');
+    expect(label({ name: 'sandbox', location: 'docker', docker: { hostId: 'local' } })).toBe('sandbox (docker)');
+    expect(label({ name: 'sandbox', location: 'docker', docker: { hostId: 'q-sandbox' } })).toBe('sandbox (docker)');
+    // a user-named docker host shows its id
+    expect(label({ name: 'ml', location: 'docker', docker: { hostId: 'gpu-box' } })).toBe('ml (gpu-box)');
+  });
+
   it('launches the highlighted case with the current run mode when pressing Enter in the picker', () => {
     const elements: Record<string, any> = {};
     const listeners: Record<string, (event: any) => void> = {};