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fix(mcp): refuse stdio edits to a project open in the app's editor - #1154
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The stdio server runs in a process of its own and could not see which project the app's editor holds, so it reported it closed and wrote to its file, which the editor's next autosave overwrote. The app now records the project its editor holds in a pid-stamped marker beside the projects; listProjects and every external save read it, and a marker whose process is gone is ignored. Refs #1138.
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change refuses stdio edits to projects open in the editor, but two paths can leave an open project unprotected: a failed marker write, and an older window closing while a newer one holds a project. In either case an MCP edit can later be lost to the editor's autosave. Resolve both before merging. Pre-merge checks |
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly identifies the main change: refusing stdio MCP edits to projects open in the app editor. Description check The description provides a detailed summary, linked issue, cause, fix, limitations, testing, and release context. The change-type, release-impact, and desktop-impact checkboxes are not selected, but t… Linked Issues check Issue #1138is directly linked and remains open. The implementation writes a PID-stamped.open-in-editor.jsonmarker, reports cross-process editor state inlistProjects, and refuses file-backed ed…Out of Scope Changes check The changed source, IPC bridge, editor hook, MCP server, document-service tests, MCP tests, hook tests, and checklist changes support issue #1138. The marker transport and lifecycle code enables the r…
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Review comments at @electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts:
- Around line 301-303: Update the project-open flow around the
marker-registration catch so a failed marker write prevents opening the project,
or otherwise causes the file-backed writer to reject edits until registration
succeeds. Do not continue opening the project with a missing or stale marker.
Review comments at @electron/ipc/handlers.ts:
- Line 5051: Track the sender that currently owns the project ID reported to
aiEditionDocuments, and update that ownership whenever a sender reports a
project. In the destroyed callback, clear the marker with markOpenInEditor(null)
only if the destroyed sender is still the current owner, preserving a newer
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When the app runs, it is the authority: the stdio server finds it through <userData>/mcp-app.json and forwards listProjects, every document tool and both checkpoint tools over a local pipe or socket, as MCP. The app runs them through its one tool runner, shared with the in-app server, so the project open in the editor is edited live with one undo step per call, and the checkpoints are one store. With no app, or one that does not answer, the calls run on the files as before, and the #1154 refusal remains for the project a live app holds. Part of #1174.
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When the app runs, it is the authority: the stdio server finds it through <userData>/mcp-app.json and forwards listProjects, every document tool and both checkpoint tools over a local pipe or socket, as MCP. The app runs them through its one tool runner, shared with the in-app server, so the project open in the editor is edited live with one undo step per call, and the checkpoints are one store. With no app, or one that does not answer, the calls run on the files as before, and the #1154 refusal remains for the project a live app holds. Part of #1174.
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Summary
An edit sent through
openscreen mcpto a project open in the app's editor is now refused, instead of being written to the file and silently overwritten by the editor's next autosave.Fixes #1138
Candidate for cherry-pick to release/v2.1.0.
Cause
saveProjectIfUnchangedonly sees reads made in its own process, so the app's earlier open went unnoticed.Fix
AI_EDITION_OPEN_PROJECT_CHANNEL).DocumentService.markOpenInEditorwrites<projects>/.open-in-editor.jsonwith{ pid, projectId }, and removes it when the editor lets go or its window is destroyed. Writes are sync so removal lands on quit.projectOpenInEditor()ignores a marker whose pid is no longer alive (process.kill(pid, 0)), and an unreadable marker.listProjectsreportsopenacross processes. A write to a project an editor holds is refused before the checkpoint check, with a message pointing to closing the project or the in-app MCP server. Reads still work.saveProjectIfUnchangedchecks the marker again inside the project's write queue, just before writing, sosetPointerTrackis covered too.Not done
mcpwrites aDocumentServiceproject (record --project-outandpackwrite their own files), so none needed the guard.Tests
document-service.test.ts: marker set and cleared across two instances on one folder; dead pid ignored; unreadable marker ignored; marker never listed;saveProjectIfUnchangedrejects for a held project;isProcessAlive.openscreen-mcp-server.test.ts: with the SDK client and an editor-less server (the stdio case), the held project listsopen: true, an edit aftercreateCheckpointis refused and the file untouched, reads still work, the edit lands once the editor lets go, and a crashed app's marker does not block.mcpDocumentHost.test.ts: the hook reports the open project, andnullon unmount.electron/ai-edition,electron/mcp,electron/cli,src/lib/ai-edition/store(715 tests) pass locally. Not run against a live app: the checklist line is updated for the manual pass.🤖 Generated with Claude Code