[juliusmarminge]

Problem

On Linux, libuv's spawn() returns only after the forked child has run chdir(cwd) and the execvp PATH search, and the server's event loop is blocked for that whole time. When a project directory, or a PATH directory searched before the binary, is on a network mount that stops answering, every spawn freezes the whole server and all clients show "did not respond" until the mount recovers.

Reproduced on main cefb544af3 on Linux (Node 26, libuv 1.52.1) with a FUSE mount that answers each lookup after 5 s:

• The reporter's spawn-stall.mjs: cwd on the mount blocked the loop 5,003 ms, the mount first on PATH 10,002 ms, a missing command with the mount last on PATH 10,003 ms.
• A real dev server (fresh database) with the mount first on its PATH: event-loop-stalls.ndjson logged delayMaxMs: 9846 during the git spawn under ProjectService.listPage → RepositoryIdentityResolver.resolveCacheKey → processRunner.runProcessCore, the same chain as the report's trace.

Change

• apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts wraps the server's Effect ChildProcessSpawner on Linux. macOS and Windows get the native spawner unchanged.
• Wiring in server.ts. The wrapper sits in the platform services. It also overrides the HTTP layer's output, because NodeHttpServer.layer re-exports NodeServices and its native spawner. It is also provided to ProcessRunner.layer where that layer is first built (it is memoized). Without the last two, provider drivers and every ProcessRunner user (git, port scanner) kept the native spawner.
• The chdir and the real PATH search move into the child. Every non-shell command runs as /usr/bin/env [-C <cwd>] -- <command> <args…>, so the parent only ever execs /usr/bin/env and never passes a cwd to libuv. GNU env leaves the environment untouched (including BASH_FUNC_*%% exports used by environment modules), keeps argv as given, and searches PATH with glibc execvp.
• Native errors are kept. Before spawning, async checks on the cwd (search permission) and the command (each PATH candidate, or the explicit path) still produce the native NotFound / PermissionDenied errors, which callers use to report a CLI as not installed. PATH candidates are joined without normalization. The checks are queued per directory, and at most two run at once across all directories. Hung mounts therefore hold at most two of libuv's four threadpool threads, which also compress every WebSocket frame, however many spawns hit them. A spawn whose check waits behind two hung checks waits for a free slot. Nothing is cached.
• Shell mode. A command with shell set (on Linux, ACP client terminals with shell commands) is rewritten the way Node runs it on Unix, <shell> -c <script>, and takes the same trampoline.
• The cwd is checked as given and entered resolved, as the native spawner does, so missing/.. still fails with the native NotFound. Its errors are built from the capped check's result, with no second filesystem call.
• sh fallback. One probe when the layer is built decides whether env -C is supported. Where it isn't (busybox), and for command names containing =, a /bin/sh -c 'cd -- "$1" && shift && exec "$@"' trampoline is used instead.
• Claude. ClaudeAdapterV2's direct /bin/sh spawn now changes directory inside its script instead of passing a native cwd. The capabilities probe in ClaudeProvider.ts uses that same spawn instead of the SDK's own, which handed the workspace to libuv as a native cwd.
• Muse. On Linux, createMuseSdkHostEffect launches Muse as /usr/bin/env -C <cwd> -- <muse> …, which keeps every environment entry, as the spawner's env path does. A command containing =, or a lone -, which env cannot run, keeps the native launch. The Muse SDK spawned it natively, so a missing muse searched every PATH directory on the event loop: the report's 20.7 s createMuseSdkHostEffect trace.
• A command named - takes the sh path, since GNU env reads a lone - as -i even after --.
• Explicit paths through a file or a symlink loop fail as BadResource with their errno, where Node's native spawn throws a defect.

Scope and approval

Fixes #30183

Verification

• NonBlockingSpawner.test.ts, run against real processes on Linux:
  • Covers cwd, argv, explicit-path and PATH-search behaviour on both trampolines.
  • Compares wrapped against native for a non-executable tool ahead of a working CLI, a link/.. PATH entry, and an unenterable cwd.
  • Checks that an exact env without extendEnv reaches the child unchanged and that a BASH_FUNC_x%% export survives.
  • An invariant test checks that the native spawner only ever receives the trampoline and never a cwd.
  • checks at most two paths at once, however many directories hang: three spawns into distinct hung cwds (access mocked to hang) never run more than two checks. Without the cap it fails with expected 3 to be 2.
  • Shell mode: runs a shell-mode command the way the native spawner does, and the trampoline invariant test includes a shell-mode command. That invariant test fails on 4533dd0.
  • fails a missing cwd the way the native spawner does covers missing and missing/.., and fails on bc67d6e for missing/...
  • fails an explicit path through a file or a symlink loop as a bad resource.
• sdk.test.ts (provider-muse): starts Muse in its cwd and environment without handing libuv the cwd or PATH search fails on 2ffa64f (native cwd) and on e6b78be (dash dropped BASH_FUNC_x%%).
• The PATH parity test also runs an executable named -; it fails through env on 2ffa64f.
• ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts: starts the probe CLI in its workspace through the shell trampoline fails on 74d2b06, where the probe had no spawn hook.
• All 16 spawner tests also pass under CI's traced runner (vp run test-cache, which preloads vite-plus's fspy). fspy's execve stops the PATH search at a script whose interpreter is missing, so that row now uses a non-executable file.
• ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts: the CLI runs in its cwd, and a missing cwd exits 125.
• processRunner.test.ts, VcsProcess.test.ts and vp run check:changed (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests) pass at d0c66c3. The runtime transcripts below were taken at 4533dd0; later commits change shell-mode commands, cwd validation, explicit-path errors, the Claude probe spawn, cd -P in the Claude trampoline, and Muse startup.
• Server-only change with no render path, so there are no captures. The proof is the runtime transcript below. "before" is NodeServices.layer, the composition on main; "after" is NonBlockingSpawner.layer over it, as server.ts wires it on this head (6df32aa). FUSE mount at 5 s per lookup:

head 6df32aa8d4, node v26.13.0, libuv 1.52.1, FUSE delay 5 s per lookup
before baseline: cwd=/tmp, command 'true'               exit 0           total    29 ms, max event-loop lag    20 ms
before cwd on slow fs, command 'true'                   exit 0           total 10014 ms, max event-loop lag  5005 ms
before slow dir first on PATH, command 'true'           exit 0           total 10012 ms, max event-loop lag  9999 ms
before slow dir last on PATH, missing command 'muse'    error NotFound   total 10010 ms, max event-loop lag  9999 ms
before explicit binary on slow fs, no cwd               error NotFound   total 10009 ms, max event-loop lag 10009 ms
after  baseline: cwd=/tmp, command 'true'               exit 0           total    62 ms, max event-loop lag    33 ms
after  cwd on slow fs, command 'true'                   exit 0           total 20030 ms, max event-loop lag     7 ms
after  slow dir first on PATH, command 'true'           exit 0           total 20024 ms, max event-loop lag     6 ms
after  slow dir last on PATH, missing command 'muse'    error NotFound   total 10011 ms, max event-loop lag     3 ms
after  explicit binary on slow fs, no cwd               error NotFound   total 10015 ms, max event-loop lag     6 ms

Unrelated threadpool work during 6 spawns into the hung cwd plus 6 distinct missing commands with the hung directory on PATH (6df32aa):

t=0.5s zlib.deflate             3.1 ms
t=0.5s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.4 ms
t=3.0s zlib.deflate             2.3 ms
t=3.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.3 ms
t=7.0s zlib.deflate             1.7 ms
t=7.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.4 ms
t=12.0s zlib.deflate             1.0 ms
t=12.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.2 ms
all spawns done at 60.0s: 0 0 0 0 0 0 NotFound NotFound NotFound NotFound NotFound NotFound

Unrelated threadpool work while 6 spawns run at once into 6 distinct directories on the hung mount (5 s per lookup), sampled every second. "before" is b38ff31, which only serializes checks per directory; "after" is e82895b with the two-check cap. Excerpt: every stalled sample is shown, and the samples left out all took under 3 ms:

before t=20.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   19029.1 ms
before t=30.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     29031.6 ms
before t=35.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   4032.3 ms
before t=40.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     9032.6 ms
before t=41.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.3 ms
before t=41.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     1.2 ms
before spawns done at 55.0s: 0 0 0 0 0 0
after t=1.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.4 ms
after t=1.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     2.9 ms
after t=2.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.2 ms
after t=2.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     0.9 ms
after t=5.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.2 ms
after t=5.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     0.9 ms
after t=10.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.2 ms
after t=10.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     1.0 ms
after t=14.0s fs.promises.stat(/tmp)   0.2 ms
after t=14.0s zlib.deflate(64 KiB)     0.8 ms
after spawns done at 70.1s: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Before the cap, the six checks took all four threadpool threads, so a 64 KiB deflate waited 29 s (that is WebSocket compression on the real server). With the cap, unrelated work stays under 3 ms. The hung spawns themselves finish later, at 70 s instead of 55 s, because only two of their checks run at a time.

Through the real server (node apps/server/src/bin.ts --auto-bootstrap-project-from-cwd, fresh --base-dir, scratch git project, T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0). A --require preload logs every child_process spawn: argv and native cwd. "before" is e82895b, which had the wrapper only in the platform services; "after" is 4533dd0:

== before e82895b581
/usr/bin/env -C / -- /bin/sh -c :                                                                              | cwd=-
claude --output-format stream-json --verbose --input-format stream-json --setting-sources=user,project,local - | cwd=S/home-before/userdata
claude --version                                                                                               | cwd=S/home-before/userdata
codex --version                                                      | cwd=-
codex app-server                                                                                               | cwd=S/proj
codex app-server --help                                              | cwd=-
git -C S/home-before rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree --show-toplevel --git-com | cwd=S/proj
git -C S/proj remote -v                                                        | cwd=-
git -C S/proj rev-parse --show-toplevel                                        | cwd=-
hostnamectl --pretty                                                                                           | cwd=-
npm view --global --prefix /usr/local/nvm/vers | cwd=-

== after 4533dd03d6
/usr/bin/env -- codex --version                                      | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -- codex app-server --help                              | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -- git -C S/proj remote -v                                        | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -- git -C S/proj rev-parse --show-toplevel                        | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -- hostnamectl --pretty                                                                           | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -- npm view --global --prefix /us | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -C / -- /bin/sh -c :                                                                              | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -C S/home-after2/userdata -- claude --version                     | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -C S/proj -- codex app-server                                     | cwd=-
/usr/bin/env -C S/proj -- git -C S/home-after2 | cwd=-
claude --output-format stream-json --verbose --input-format stream-json --setting-sources=user,project,local - | cwd=S/home-after2/userdata

At 4533dd0 the one native spawn left was the Claude capabilities probe, which went through the SDK's own spawn. At 8ef1942 it goes through the same /bin/sh trampoline as the adapter, and the spawn log shows no native cwd for any child.

The same server with the hung FUSE mount (5 s per lookup) first on its PATH. probe.mjs sends GET /.well-known/t3/environment every 100 ms for 60 s after the server first answers:

== before e82895b581
before server answering after 37.9 s
before slow response 10030 ms
before slow response 9958 ms
before slow response 14922 ms
before requests 224, p50 2 ms, max 14922 ms, >1s 3
== after 4533dd03d6
after server answering after 28.2 s
after requests 550, p50 2 ms, max 280 ms, >1s 0
== before event-loop-stalls.ndjson (delayMaxMs > 1000):
{"time":"2026-11-03T16:19:57.332Z","delayMaxMs":13999,"utilization":0.84,"cpuUserMs":491,"cpuSystemMs":124,"majorPageFaults":0,"minorPageFaults":10949,"involuntaryContextSwitches":6,"rssMb":476}
== after event-loop-stalls.ndjson (delayMaxMs > 1000):
none

Before, on main, through the real dev server:

Real dev server on main cefb544af3 (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0, fresh database), slow FUSE dir first on its PATH, mount stalled at 5 s per lookup, trigger: t3 thread start in a project on the mount.

probe.mjs (GET /.well-known/t3/environment every 100 ms):
2026-11-03T13:50:59.627Z slow response 10032 ms (TypeError)
requests 1053, p50 4 ms, max 10032 ms, >1s 1

event-loop-stalls.ndjson:
{"time":"2026-11-03T13:51:11.344Z","delayMaxMs":9846,"utilization":0.36}

server.trace.ndjson, spans over 2 s in that window:
70022 ms processRunner.runProcessCore (git) <- RepositoryIdentityResolver.resolveCacheKey <- ProjectEnrichmentService.readRepositoryIdentity <- ProjectService.listPage

Reporter's spawn-stall.mjs, unmodified, plain node v26.12.1 / libuv 1.52.1:
baseline: cwd=/tmp, command 'true'               spawn() 4 ms, max event-loop lag 3 ms
cwd on slow fs, command 'true'                   spawn() 5007 ms, max event-loop lag 5003 ms
slow dir first on PATH, command 'true'           spawn() 10004 ms, max event-loop lag 10002 ms
slow dir last on PATH, missing command 'muse'    spawn() 10004 ms, max event-loop lag 10003 ms

Drivers (scratch, not committed): spawner-stall.mts, threadpool.mts, slowfs-toggle.py

// node spawner-stall.mts <mount> <before|after>
// The reporter's four cases, run through the server's ChildProcessSpawner composition:
// before = NodeServices.layer (main), after = NonBlockingSpawner.layer over it (server.ts on the fix).
import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as ChildProcess from "effect/process/ChildProcess";
import * as ChildProcessSpawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";

const [mnt, side] = process.argv.slice(2);
const layer =
  side === "after"
    ? (await import("/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-30183/apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts")).layer.pipe(
        Layer.provideMerge(NodeServices.layer),
      )
    : NodeServices.layer;

const cases: Array<[string, string, ChildProcess.CommandOptions]> = [
  ["baseline: cwd=/tmp, command 'true'", "true", { cwd: "/tmp" }],
  ["cwd on slow fs, command 'true'", "true", { cwd: `${mnt}/repo` }],
  ["slow dir first on PATH, command 'true'", "true", { cwd: "/tmp", env: { PATH: `${mnt}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin` }, extendEnv: true }],
  ["slow dir last on PATH, missing command 'muse'", "muse", { cwd: "/tmp", env: { PATH: `/usr/bin:/bin:${mnt}/bin` }, extendEnv: true }],
  ["explicit binary on slow fs, no cwd", `${mnt}/bin/tool`, {}],
];

for (const [label, cmd, opts] of cases) {
  let last = performance.now(), maxLag = 0;
  const tick = setInterval(() => { const n = performance.now(); maxLag = Math.max(maxLag, n - last - 10); last = n; }, 10);
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));
  const t0 = performance.now();
  const outcome = await Effect.runPromise(
    ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner.use((s) => s.exitCode(ChildProcess.make(cmd, [], opts))).pipe(
      Effect.map((code) => `exit ${code}`),
      Effect.catch((e: any) => Effect.succeed(`error ${e.reason?._tag ?? e._tag}`)),
      Effect.provide(layer),
    ),
  );
  const total = performance.now() - t0;
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));
  clearInterval(tick);
  console.log(`${side.padEnd(6)} ${label.padEnd(48)} ${outcome.padEnd(16)} total ${total.toFixed(0).padStart(5)} ms, max event-loop lag ${maxLag.toFixed(0).padStart(5)} ms`);
}

// node threadpool.mts <mount>: 6 spawns into a hung cwd + 6 distinct missing commands with a
// hung PATH entry, while timing unrelated threadpool work (zlib.deflate, fs.promises.stat).
import * as NodeFSP from "node:fs/promises";
import * as NodeZlib from "node:zlib";
import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as ManagedRuntime from "effect/ManagedRuntime";
import * as ChildProcess from "effect/process/ChildProcess";
import * as ChildProcessSpawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";
const { layer } = await import("/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-30183/apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts");
const mnt = process.argv[2];
const runtime = ManagedRuntime.make(layer.pipe(Layer.provideMerge(NodeServices.layer)));
await runtime.runPromise(Effect.void);
const spawn = (cmd: string, opts: ChildProcess.CommandOptions) =>
  runtime.runPromise(ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner.use((s) => s.exitCode(ChildProcess.make(cmd, [], opts))).pipe(Effect.map(String), Effect.catch((e: any) => Effect.succeed(e.reason?._tag ?? "err"))));
const t0 = performance.now();
const jobs = [
  ...Array.from({ length: 6 }, () => spawn("true", { cwd: `${mnt}/repo` })),
  ...Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, i) => spawn(`t3-missing-${i}`, { env: { PATH: `/usr/bin:/bin:${mnt}/bin` }, extendEnv: true })),
];
const time = async (label: string, f: () => Promise<unknown>) => { const s = performance.now(); await f(); console.log(`t=${((s - t0) / 1000).toFixed(1)}s ${label.padEnd(24)} ${(performance.now() - s).toFixed(1)} ms`); };
for (const at of [500, 3000, 7000, 12000]) {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, at - (performance.now() - t0)));
  await time("zlib.deflate", () => new Promise((r, j) => NodeZlib.deflate(Buffer.alloc(64 * 1024, 7), (e, b) => (e ? j(e) : r(b)))));
  await time("fs.promises.stat(/tmp)", () => NodeFSP.stat("/tmp"));
}
const results = await Promise.all(jobs);
console.log(`all spawns done at ${((performance.now() - t0) / 1000).toFixed(1)}s:`, results.join(" "));
await runtime.dispose();

import errno, os, stat, sys, time
from fuse import FUSE, FuseOSError, Operations

DELAY_FILE = os.environ.get("DELAY_FILE")
def delay():
    try:
        return float(open(DELAY_FILE).read().strip())
    except Exception:
        return 0.0
DIRS = {"/", "/repo", "/bin"}

class SlowFS(Operations):
    def getattr(self, path, fh=None):
        time.sleep(delay())
        if path in DIRS:
            now = time.time()
            return dict(st_mode=stat.S_IFDIR | 0o755, st_nlink=2, st_uid=os.getuid(), st_gid=os.getgid(),
                        st_size=0, st_atime=now, st_mtime=now, st_ctime=now)
        raise FuseOSError(errno.ENOENT)
    def readdir(self, path, fh):
        return [".", ".."] + ([d[1:] for d in DIRS - {"/"}] if path == "/" else [])
    def access(self, path, mode):
        return 0

FUSE(SlowFS(), sys.argv[1], foreground=True, attr_timeout=0, entry_timeout=0, negative_timeout=0)

Distinct-directory drivers (scratch, not committed): threadpool-driver.ts, slowfs.py. Run from apps/server with the spawner module path as the second argument.

// node threadpool-driver.ts <mount> <spawner module> <label>
// Spawns `true` in 6 distinct directories on the hung mount at once, and times
// unrelated threadpool work (zlib.deflate, fs.promises.stat) every second for 14 s.
import * as NodeFSP from "node:fs/promises";
import * as NodeZlib from "node:zlib";
import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as ChildProcess from "effect/process/ChildProcess";
import * as ChildProcessSpawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";

const [mount, modulePath, label] = process.argv.slice(2);
const NonBlockingSpawner = await import(modulePath!);
const layer = NonBlockingSpawner.layer.pipe(Layer.provideMerge(NodeServices.layer));
const started = performance.now();
const at = () => ((performance.now() - started) / 1000).toFixed(1);
const time = async (name: string, work: () => Promise<unknown>) => {
  const t0 = performance.now();
  await work();
  console.log(`${label} t=${at()}s ${name.padEnd(24)} ${(performance.now() - t0).toFixed(1)} ms`);
};
const payload = Buffer.alloc(64 * 1024, 7);
const spawns = Effect.runPromise(
  Effect.forEach(
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
    (i) =>
      ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner.use((s) =>
        s.exitCode(ChildProcess.make("true", [], { cwd: `${mount}/repo${i}` })),
      ).pipe(Effect.result),
    { concurrency: "unbounded" },
  ).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);
for (let s = 1; s <= 14; s += 1) {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000 - ((performance.now() - started) % 1000)));
  await Promise.all([
    time("zlib.deflate(64 KiB)", () => new Promise((r) => NodeZlib.deflate(payload, r))),
    time("fs.promises.stat(/tmp)", () => NodeFSP.stat("/tmp")),
  ]);
}
const results = await spawns;
console.log(`${label} spawns done at ${at()}s: ${results.map((r: any) => r._tag === "Success" ? r.success : r.failure.reason._tag).join(" ")}`);

# Reporter's slowfs.py, with /repo1../repo9 as directories. Every lookup sleeps DELAY s.
import errno, os, stat, sys, time
from fusepy import FUSE, FuseOSError, Operations
DELAY = float(os.environ.get("DELAY", "5"))
DIRS = {"/", "/bin"} | {f"/repo{i}" for i in range(1, 10)}
class SlowFS(Operations):
    def getattr(self, path, fh=None):
        time.sleep(DELAY)
        if path in DIRS:
            now = time.time()
            return dict(st_mode=stat.S_IFDIR | 0o755, st_nlink=2, st_uid=os.getuid(), st_gid=os.getgid(),
                        st_size=0, st_atime=now, st_mtime=now, st_ctime=now)
        raise FuseOSError(errno.ENOENT)
    def readdir(self, path, fh):
        return [".", ".."] + ([d[1:] for d in DIRS - {"/"}] if path == "/" else [])
    def access(self, path, mode):
        time.sleep(DELAY)
        return 0
FUSE(SlowFS(), sys.argv[1], foreground=True, nothreads=False, attr_timeout=0, entry_timeout=0, negative_timeout=0)

Real-server drivers (scratch, not committed): probe.mjs, spawnlog.cjs

// node probe.mjs <port> <seconds> <label>: GET /.well-known/t3/environment every 100 ms once the server answers.
const [port, seconds, label] = process.argv.slice(2);
const url = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}/.well-known/t3/environment`;
const get = async () => { const t0 = performance.now(); try { await (await fetch(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(60000) })).arrayBuffer(); return { ok: true, ms: performance.now() - t0 }; } catch (e) { return { ok: false, ms: performance.now() - t0 }; } };
const startWait = performance.now();
while (!(await get()).ok) { if (performance.now() - startWait > 120000) { console.log(`${label} server never answered`); process.exit(1); } await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 200)); }
console.log(`${label} server answering after ${((performance.now() - startWait) / 1000).toFixed(1)} s`);
const lat = []; const end = performance.now() + Number(seconds) * 1000;
while (performance.now() < end) { const r = await get(); lat.push(r.ms); if (r.ms > 1000) console.log(`${label} slow response ${r.ms.toFixed(0)} ms`); await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); }
lat.sort((a, b) => a - b);
console.log(`${label} requests ${lat.length}, p50 ${lat[lat.length >> 1].toFixed(0)} ms, max ${lat.at(-1).toFixed(0)} ms, >1s ${lat.filter((x) => x > 1000).length}`);

const cp = require("node:child_process");
const fs = require("node:fs");
const orig = cp.ChildProcess.prototype.spawn;
cp.ChildProcess.prototype.spawn = function (options) {
  fs.appendFileSync(process.env.SPAWN_LOG, `${options.args.join(" ").slice(0, 110).padEnd(110)} | cwd=${options.cwd ?? "-"}\n`);
  return orig.call(this, options);
};

Not covered:

• Spawns that bypass the Effect spawner: serviceLauncher, DocumentText and node-pty terminals.
• A real NFS server (FUSE stands in for it).
• busybox and Alpine hosts, which use the spawner's sh fallback. Muse there would need GNU env -C.
• macOS, where libuv's posix_spawn chdir likely blocks the same way. The Effect spawner wrapper is Linux-only; the Claude shell trampoline also runs on macOS, where it behaves the same. Muse keeps its native launch off Linux.

Claude Opus 5.5 (lead and implementation) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review), in Claude Code and Codex inside T3 Code.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+16 B (+0.3%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+16 B (+1.3%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.6 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: cefb544 · PR result: d0c66c3 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change moves process startup filesystem work out of the server’s blocking spawn path to prevent hung mounts from freezing it. The new file-level nodeBuiltinImport:off diagnostic suppression requires human review.

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Walkthrough

The server adds a Linux-specific child-process spawner that prepares commands through an environment or shell trampoline. Claude process-group commands now change to the requested directory inside the shell. Tests cover working-directory handling, executable lookup, environment forwarding, concurrency limits, and spawn errors.

Changes: Linux child-process spawning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prepare Linux commands for spawning apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts	On Linux, the spawner checks working directories, searches executable candidates, and prepares commands through /usr/bin/env -C or /bin/sh. It prepares pipeline commands recursively and limits concurrent filesystem checks.
Register and validate the Linux spawner apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.test.ts	The server registers the Linux-specific spawner layer. Tests compare command arguments, working directories, PATH lookup, environment handling, errors, concurrency, and trampoline commands with native spawner behavior.
Select Claude process directory in the shell apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts	The shell changes to the requested directory before running the watcher. Relative directories receive a ./ prefix. A failed directory change exits with status 125. Tests cover valid and missing directories.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Server
  participant NonBlockingSpawner
  participant Filesystem
  participant Trampoline
  participant Command
  Server->>NonBlockingSpawner: Submit command and options
  NonBlockingSpawner->>Filesystem: Check working directory and executable candidates
  NonBlockingSpawner->>Trampoline: Launch prepared command without cwd
  Trampoline->>Command: Change directory and execute command

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#30183 — The issue describes Linux event-loop stalls during child working-directory changes and PATH lookup, which this spawner change targets.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to bc67d

Stalled mounts can delay unrelated work, and unusual working-directory paths can run commands in the wrong directory. The cwd handling needs correction before merge.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		[#30183] requires that a stalled filesystem under one project or PATH entry delay only the affected work, and that the rest of the Linux server keeps responding. The PR covers spawns made through the …	Route the Muse SDK host process spawn, and any other provider probe that uses node:child_process directly, through a non-blocking mechanism. Options include the NonBlockingSpawner layer or equivalent cwd and PATH isolation that keeps th…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title uses a conventional format and clearly identifies the main fix: preventing a hung network mount from freezing the server during process spawning.
Out of Scope Changes check		Each changed file in the current summary supports [#30183]. NonBlockingSpawner.ts moves cwd changes and PATH search into the child. It also adds the native-error checks and the two-check concurrency…
Description check		The description is thorough and follows the template's sections. It has a Problem section with reproduction details, a Change section that explains the fix across components, a Scope and approval sect…

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Explanation

Each changed file in the current summary supports [#30183]. NonBlockingSpawner.ts moves cwd changes and PATH search into the child. It also adds the native-error checks and the two-check concurrency cap. server.ts wires the layer into the HTTP server and ProcessRunner.layer. ClaudeAdapterV2.ts moves the directory change into the shell script, so no native cwd is passed. ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts and NonBlockingSpawner.test.ts verify these behaviors. The summary shows no unrelated change. The 'Not covered' items are gaps in coverage, not out-of-scope changes.

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The description is thorough and follows the template's sections. It has a Problem section with reproduction details, a Change section that explains the fix across components, a Scope and approval section that links the issue (fixes #30183), and a detailed Verification section with runtime transcripts and test results. It also names the models used and lists items not covered. The Scope and approval section is brief: it links the issue but does not include an explicit maintainer approval comment or explain why the change is in scope beyond that link. This is a minor gap. The change is large, so the approval requirement is the main open point.

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Explanation

[#30183] requires that a stalled filesystem under one project or PATH entry delay only the affected work, and that the rest of the Linux server keeps responding. The PR covers spawns made through the Effect ChildProcessSpawner. server.ts wires NonBlockingSpawner.layer, and the PR transcript reports event-loop lag of 3 to 33 ms for the covered cases. The issue also names a stall path that remains uncovered. The Muse missing-command lookup (UsageService.resolveTranscriptDirs -> MuseUsageHome.initialize -> createMuseSdkHostEffect) blocked for 20.7 s with muse searched across NFS PATH entries. The PR description lists Muse under 'Not covered', because the Muse SDK calls node:child_process directly and bypasses the Effect spawner. The changed files in the current summary (ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, NonBlockingSpawner.ts, NonBlockingSpawner.test.ts, ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts, server.ts) include no Muse change. The previous finding for this path still holds at the current head. The issue also lists provider and CLI probes as affected. Those probes can reach the Muse path, so the uncovered path can still block the event loop. Limits: I did not inspect the Muse SDK source. The conclusion rests on the issue text, the PR description, and the changed-file list.

Resolution

Route the Muse SDK host process spawn, and any other provider probe that uses node:child_process directly, through a non-blocking mechanism. Options include the NonBlockingSpawner layer or equivalent cwd and PATH isolation that keeps the event loop free. Add a regression test that stalls a PATH entry on that path and checks event-loop lag, in the same way as the existing spawner tests. If the Muse SDK cannot be routed, state that constraint in the PR and provide a mechanism that isolates its PATH lookup from the server event loop.

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Minor · Preserve the supplied environment in the /bin/sh fallback. · NonBlockingSpawner.ts:74-102

apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts:74-102
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve the supplied environment in the /bin/sh fallback.

When /usr/bin/env -C is unavailable, this path starts /bin/sh, changes directory, and executes the command. The shell drops names such as BASH_FUNC_x%% and adds PWD or OLDPWD. A Bash child can therefore lose an exported function, and any child with a cwd receives an environment different from the one supplied by the caller. Use a fallback that preserves arbitrary environment names without adding shell-managed variables.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts around lines 74
- 102:
Update viaShell so the fallback preserves the caller-supplied environment,
including names that are not shell identifiers, without adding shell-managed
variables such as PWD or OLDPWD. Use a fallback mechanism that establishes the
requested cwd and executes the command while preserving those environment
semantics; retain the existing command and argument handling.

---

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- Around line 74-102: Update viaShell so the fallback preserves the
caller-supplied environment, including names that are not shell identifiers,
without adding shell-managed variables such as PWD or OLDPWD. Use a fallback
mechanism that establishes the requested cwd and executes the command while
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On CodeRabbit's outside-diff note about the /bin/sh fallback (NonBlockingSpawner.ts viaShell): this is known and stays as is. The fallback only runs when the layer's startup probe finds no working /usr/bin/env -C, which in practice means busybox/Alpine. GNU coreutils has had env -C since 8.28 (2017). Any glibc host that can run Node 26 takes the env path, and that path keeps BASH_FUNC_*%% exports and adds no PWD (covered by hands the child exactly the environment it was given). Busybox has no env -C and no other portable way to chdir and exec without a shell. The comment above viaShell documents the trade-off.

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Follow-up Comments

Keep shell-enabled commands off the native cwd path.

161-197: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep shell-enabled commands off the native cwd path.

prepareStandard returns shell-enabled commands unchanged. The Devin ACP terminal path can produce such a command with a project cwd. Effect then forwards that cwd to Node's native spawner. A slow mount can block the server event loop during native spawn and delay unrelated WebSocket and RPC work.

Route shell-source commands through a child-side shell trampoline that performs cd inside the child, and leave native cwd unset. Preserve the existing shell command and shell executable semantics.

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161 - 197:
Update prepareStandard so shell-enabled commands with a project cwd use a
child-side shell trampoline to change directories, leaving native cwd unset.
Preserve the existing shell command and shell executable semantics, and leave
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On CodeRabbit's outside-diff note about shell-enabled commands keeping a native cwd: fixed in bc67d6e. On Linux the only shell-mode spawn is ACP client terminals with shellCommands (resolveSpawnCommand sets shell only on Windows and for git on macOS). Shell-mode commands are now rewritten the way Node runs them on Unix, <shell> -c <script>, and take the same env -C trampoline. New test: runs a shell-mode command the way the native spawner does. The trampoline invariant test now includes a shell-mode command, and it fails on the previous head.

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Minor · Validate the raw cwd under the shared limiter on every path. · NonBlockingSpawner.ts:169-175

apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts:169-175
Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Validate the raw cwd under the shared limiter on every path.

enter can accept E/missing/.. because it validates the resolved directory and skips fileSystem.access(cwd) when that directory exists. This differs from the native spawner, which validates the raw cwd with F_OK before resolving it. The conditional access also bypasses the two-slot limiter for non-directory results. Always validate the raw cwd under the existing limiter, then retain directory for execution.

Suggested fix

   const inFlight = new Map<string, Promise<string>>();
   const queues = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
   const waiting: Array<() => void> = [];
   let probing = 0;
+  const acquireSlot = async () => {
+    if (probing < 2) {
+      probing++;
+      return;
+    }
+    await new Promise<void>((resume) => waiting.push(resume));
+  };
+  const releaseSlot = () => {
+    const next = waiting.shift();
+    if (next === undefined) probing--;
+    else next();
+  };
   const limitedProbe = async (target: string) => {
-    if (probing < 2) probing++;
-    else await new Promise<void>((resume) => waiting.push(resume));
+    await acquireSlot();
     try {
       return await probe(target);
     } finally {
-      const next = waiting.shift();
-      if (next === undefined) probing--;
-      else next();
+      releaseSlot();
     }
   };
...
-    if (kind !== "directory") yield* fileSystem.access(cwd);
+    yield* Effect.acquireUseRelease(
+      Effect.promise(() => acquireSlot()),
+      () => fileSystem.access(cwd),
+      () => Effect.sync(releaseSlot),
+    );

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts around lines
169 - 175:
Update enter to validate the raw cwd on every path through the existing shared
two-slot limiter, before relying on the resolved directory; remove the
conditional validation that skips this check when the resolved path is a
directory. Retain directory for execution and preserve the native spawner’s
raw-cwd validation behavior.

Minor · Use physical-mode cd for the shell fallback. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:350-353

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:350-353
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Use physical-mode cd for the shell fallback.

existing_worktree validation resolves the supplied path only for comparison, then stores the original thread.worktreePath. A valid worktree alias containing a symlink followed by .. can therefore reach this script. Default shell cd can enter a different directory from the native spawn cwd.

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-  'cd -- "$1" || exit 125',
+  'cd -P -- "$1" || exit 125',

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Update CLAUDE_GROUP_WATCH_SCRIPT to use physical-mode directory changes in its
shell fallback, so entering an aliased worktree path matches the native spawn
cwd.

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- Around line 350-353: Update CLAUDE_GROUP_WATCH_SCRIPT to use physical-mode
directory changes in its shell fallback, so entering an aliased worktree path
matches the native spawn cwd.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/process/NonBlockingSpawner.ts:
- Around line 169-175: Update enter to validate the raw cwd on every path
through the existing shared two-slot limiter, before relying on the resolved
directory; remove the conditional validation that skips this check when the
resolved path is a directory. Retain directory for execution and preserve the
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• Validate the raw cwd under the limiter: already fixed in 74d2b06. enter checks the cwd as given through the capped probe and enters the lexically resolved path, as the native spawner does. It builds the native error from the probe result, with no separate fileSystem.access call. fails a missing cwd the way the native spawner does covers missing/...
• Physical cd in the Claude trampoline: fixed in 2ffa64f (cd -P). starts the CLI in its cwd… now checks that link/.. lands where the kernel's chdir does; it fails without -P.