feat(connect): install signed standalone probe on clean Macs - #1883
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Use release tarballs for clean Macs, verify checksums and the pinned Developer ID before starting a headless probe, and retain the installed app update path. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Connect installer now installs a signed standalone probe on clean macOS systems and uses the app update path when it finds an installed app. Documentation and tests describe and validate these paths. The join tests also change their send expectations and remove a timeout case. ChangesConnect probe installation
CLI join test updates
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ensureProbe
participant installMacProbe
participant AssetHost
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ensureProbe->>installMacProbe: request standalone installation
installMacProbe->>AssetHost: download probe archive
installMacProbe->>macOSTools: verify checksum and extract helper
installMacProbe->>macOSTools: verify helper signature
installMacProbe->>Probe: start verified helper
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The macOS installer change appears mergeable once its planned release assets are available. Restoring the removed join-error test would protect the retry guidance users receive when a join does not complete. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new installer verifies the downloaded helper before execution and preserves the signed app-update path. Risk is bounded primarily to the installing user, but incomplete rollback of installation state and unvalidated public release assets leave some lifecycle and rollout uncertainty. Retained concerns
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- Line 786: Reuse the `installedMacApp(home)` result obtained under the lock for
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Keep a single app lookup under the install lock, reject old standalone cores even beside an app, and explain when the installed app requires an administrator update. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Exercise the installer failure path, clarify the explicit install command and publisher notarization in the docs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fail closed when a short post-lock status lookup misses an older core, and reject a non-symlink standalone probe path. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update an existing macOS app when its live core predates shared Codex daemon support. Keep Linux 2026.10.4 usable and explain session identification failures with a clear update instruction. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep the original socket error code in structured mode and explain both the live-session and running-service cases in the Linux 2026.10.4 diagnostic. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Name the macOS install command and preserve the Linux session update guidance for send and leave as well as join and status. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reconcile unreleased changelog entries from #1882 with the standalone probe installer note. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep the verified app update path, clean Mac standalone install, and Linux 2026.10.4 compatibility with the raised macOS minimum. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fix conflicts and then good to go
Carry the already merged 2026.10.5 minimum and successful join semantics while retaining the clean Mac standalone path. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Use the platform minimum during headless readiness so a 2026.10.4 Mac responder cannot complete an install that requires 2026.10.5. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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packages/connect/tests/connect.test.ts (1)
130-132: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winKeep coverage for the join error mappings.
The deleted test checked the exit code and retry guidance for both errors. Restore it while these mappings remain in the CLI.
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@@ -224,1 +224,32 @@ + it('maps retry-safe join timeout and pending-operation errors', async () => { + const { home } = await listen((request, response, body) => { + if (request.url === '/setup/status') { + json(response, { ok: true, data: { version: '2026.10.5' } }); + } else if (request.url === '/connect/join') { + const pending = JSON.parse(body).link === 'connect-pending'; + json( + response, + { + ok: false, + error: { + code: pending ? 'connect_join_pending' : 'connect_join_timeout', + message: 'safe to retry', + }, + }, + pending ? 409 : 504 + ); + } + }); + + const joined = await runCli(home, ['join', 'connect-timed-out']); + expect(joined).toEqual({ + code: 8, + stdout: '', + stderr: 'Relay Connect join timed out; retry the same join safely.\n', + }); + const pending = await runCli(home, ['join', 'connect-pending']); + expect(pending).toEqual({ + code: 8, + stdout: '', + stderr: 'A previous join has an unknown outcome; retry with the same link and options.\n', + }); + }); + it('maps socket errors and preserves their code in JSON mode', async () => {🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Summary
agent-relay-probearchive for the current architecture, verify its SHA-256 sidecar, extract only the expected helper, enforce the pinned Agent Workforce Developer ID requirement on that binary, and start it headless in the same per-user layout as Linux.Verification
node_modules/.bin/vitest run packages/connect/tests/connect.test.ts --config vitest.connect.config.mjs: 48 passed after merging current main (including fix(connect): return without redundant host hello #1879 and fix(connect): update macOS 2026.10.4 before joining #1884).npm run build --workspace packages/connect,prettier --checkon changed files, andgit diff --check: passed.codesign --verify --strictrequirement.Merge dependency
This branch now includes merged relay #1884 and #1879 from current main. The standalone-probe release remains the next step.
Do not merge this PR before a relay-desktop release containing the standalone macOS probe assets exists. The producer is relay-desktop #207, intended for v2026.10.6 after the v2026.10.5 Codex fix. Merging this installer earlier would make clean Mac installs request assets that have not been published.
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Changes macOS install and update behavior plus codesign/download verification; depends on unpublished standalone probe release assets before merge.
Overview
Relay Connect on macOS no longer pulls in the GUI on a clean machine.
connect install/joinnow download a standalone probe tarball, verify SHA-256, extract onlyagent_relay/helpers/agent-relay-probe, run pinned Developer IDcodesignchecks, and start the same headless~/.locallayout used on Linux. If Agent Relay.app is already present, the existing signed DMG app-update path remains; macOS also requires probe 2026.10.5+ (Linux stays 2026.10.4+).Probe selection and errors are tightened: the installer refuses a second headless core next to an old live standalone probe (including when the GUI app is installed but a standalone core still owns the socket), blocks replacing a non-symlink at
~/.local/bin/agent-relay-probe, and surfaces a clear failure when/Applicationscannot be replaced. Join, send, status, and leave map Linuxnot_a_relay_sessionfrom a live 2026.10.4 probe to an update hint (exit code 6) instead of opaque failures.Docs, changelog (Unreleased Minor), connect-focused Vitest config, and broad installer/CLI tests cover the new paths.
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