[juliusmarminge]

['bugfix', 'pr:in-progress']

Problem

Provider status checks run each provider CLI (claude --version, and similar probes) through the user's PATH on every refresh. When that CLI is a mise shim for a tool that is not installed yet (claude = { version = "latest", lazy = true }, or mise's default auto-install), every check makes mise start downloading the tool (Claude: 156 MB). The probe timeout (20 s for Claude) kills it mid-download, and mise leaves a partial invocation-downloads/.tmp* directory behind. This repeats on every check, and the reporter lost 35 GB of disk.

Reproduced on main (b8c2cfad6b) with mise 2026.11.5, the Claude instance's binary path pointed at a lazy mise shim, and downloads throttled to 50 KB/s per connection to stand in for a slow link:

• Each checkClaudeProviderStatus ran for 10–20 s.
• Each one left a new partial download directory: 4 directories in 80 s.
• On a fast link, the first status check silently downloaded and installed Claude instead.

Change

• Offline probes. Background status probes start the CLI with MISE_OFFLINE=1, through one helper, providerProbeEnvironment in provider-core/server/snapshotProbe.ts. With that variable, mise fails fast for a tool that isn't installed instead of downloading it. Installed tools still answer --version normally.
  • Sessions, provider updates and other user-started commands keep the user's environment unchanged, so mise still installs the tool when the user actually uses it.
• Providers covered. Applied to the status probes of Claude (the --version check and the capabilities probe), Codex, Grok, OpenCode, Pi, Muse, Kiro, fx and the ACP registry, and to the background workspace scans for Codex skills and Pi commands. Cursor and Antigravity spawn no PATH CLI for their status checks.
• No version from a failed check. For Claude, Grok, Pi, Muse, Kiro and fx, a non-zero --version exit no longer publishes a version (parseCliVersionResult). Otherwise mise's own version, from its mise ERROR Version: 2026.11.5 line, would show as the CLI version. Codex already behaved this way.
• OpenCode. OpenCode's cached runtime probe also picks the v1 or v2 protocol, so its handling is split:
  • Background refresh and workspace scans use the offline probe. A workspace scan now fails when that probe fails, instead of guessing 1.x.
  • Session open and text generation reuse a cached success. Otherwise they probe once with the user's environment, so mise can install OpenCode on first use, and they record the result for capability reads. An install slower than the 10 s version probe still falls back to v1 for that first attempt, as on main; in the run recorded below, the automatic retry then picked v2.

Scope and approval

Fixes #33415

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

Focused tests. Each fails with this PR's fix files reverted to main and passes on this head (re-run on the merged head):

• apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts › checkClaudeProviderStatus > does not let a lazy mise shim install Claude during a status check (#33415). The fake shim installs (touches a marker) unless MISE_OFFLINE is set, and prints mise's real error text when offline. Fix reverted: the Claude --version status probe let mise install Claude: expected true to be false.
• packages/provider-opencode/src/server/driver.test.ts › opens a session through OpenCode 2 that a lazy mise shim installs on first use. It checks that the v2 server starts and that getCapabilities() reports v2 right after openSession. Fix reverted: the OpenCode 2 adapter starts its server: expected [ 'start', 'start' ] to deeply equal [ 'start' ].
• packages/provider-opencode/src/server/driver.test.ts › does not scan a workspace through a 1.x server it could not probe offline. Fix reverted: expected [ 'start' ] to deeply equal [].
• Two existing tests that assert the exact probe environment, for ACP registry and Grok skills, now expect MISE_OFFLINE: "1".
• vp run check:changed passes on the merged head fa391993aa: format, lint, knip, typecheck (27 packages), 136 tests in 11 files.

Evidence

Real dev servers on fresh databases (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0), before = main merge-base b78c04d3e1, after = this branch 8af30ed15d. mise 2026.11.5 with isolated MISE_* dirs and [tools] claude = { version = "latest", lazy = true } / opencode = { version = "latest", lazy = true }; each instance's binary path is the mise shim; other providers disabled; periodic refresh off, refreshes driven over the server RPC. Background refreshes go through a local CONNECT proxy throttled to 50 KiB/s per tunnel (HTTPS_PROXY), the same on both sides.

Claude, tool not installed, then installed (status check spans from the server trace; partial dirs counted under both MISE_DATA_DIR and MISE_CACHE_DIR):

Side	Refresh	Check span	New .tmp* partial dirs	TLS bytes received from the archive host via proxy	Snapshot (status; version)
before	1	20012 ms	.tmp23jmQZ 894 KB	922476	error; null
before	2	20012 ms	.tmpQGsoKe 870 KB	896181	error; null
after	1–4	45 / 57 / 50 / 75 ms	none	0	error; null
after, mise install claude	1	—	none	—	ready; 2.1.319

OpenCode, tool not installed, then first use:

• before: one background refresh ran three 10 s --version probes that timed out, with 1.43 MB of npm traffic through the proxy (mise starting the install) and no usable install.
• after: two background refreshes whose status checks took about 56–57 ms, no proxy traffic, no server started, error state.
• after, user-started: a new thread's first message (Reply with ok.) let mise install OpenCode 2.2.6 with the user's environment. The first --version probe hit the 10 s timeout during the install, so the existing fallback opened v1, which failed; the automatic retry probed v2 in 187 ms, opened the v2 session and the turn replied ok (29 s from send to completion). The next refreshes report ready, 2.2.6, with no proxy traffic.
• after, installed: with OpenCode 2.2.6 already installed, a fresh server ran one offline status probe (161 ms, v2), then two threads each replied ok through the v2 adapter. The second session opened in 29 ms with no new version probe, and the client's capability read right after the first turn reported v2.

Web Settings › Providers, Claude instance (preview browser, Chrome; light screenshots saved at 1280×978, dark at 780×1688 for a 390×844 CSS viewport at DPR 2; they stay on the capture VM because no uploader was available):

• before: Unavailable · Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run. Timed out while running command. after a 20 s check.
• after: Unavailable · Claude Agent CLI is installed but failed to run. right after the check, no version label; the same in the 390-wide dark list.
• after install: ready with version 2.1.319.
• Nothing else in the page changed; the zero-threshold diff is the status message losing its timeout clause and the form below moving up one line.

Not checked:

• Native macOS and Windows runs (mise behaves the same there; the env var is a no-op without mise).
• A real lazy-mise install for Codex. Its probes use the same helper as Claude and are covered by typecheck, not a dedicated test.
• The other providers' probes (Grok, Pi, Muse, Kiro, fx, ACP registry) only add the same helper; there is no per-provider live run.

Verification log

• Review round 1 at 8af30ed15d: two independent reviewers, both MERGE, no code findings. Notes: the offline environment also reaches the providers' sign-in probes (Codex account discovery, Kiro whoami), with no credential or approval logic changed.
• Proof audit: pass 1 derived the fixture matrix; captures cover the Claude repeated-refresh and recovery row, the OpenCode first-use and cached-reuse rows, and the web provider card row.
• CI: 34/34 checks green on 8af30ed15d, the head the reviews and captures ran on. fa391993aa only merges main (no changes to this PR's files).

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at f7d8178

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Background provider probes stop triggering mise downloads, and failed version checks no longer report mise’s version as the provider’s. User-started execution retains normal installation behavior, with focused tests and a real mise reproduction supporting the limited scope.

No code changes detected at fa39199. Prior analysis still applies.

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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	0 B (0.0%)	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	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	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	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 73fb49d · PR result: fa39199 · 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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Walkthrough

Provider probes now use an environment that disables mise on-demand installation. Shared CLI version parsing rejects results from commands that exit with a nonzero code. OpenCode session, text-generation, and workspace snapshot paths now resolve runtime versions through an updated probe flow.

Changes: Provider probes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Probe environment and version parsing packages/provider-core/src/server/snapshotProbe.ts	Adds helpers to copy an environment with MISE_OFFLINE set to "1" and parse CLI output only when the command succeeds.
Provider status and capability checks apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts, apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.ts, packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/driver.ts, packages/provider-fx/src/server/status.ts, packages/provider-grok/src/server/*, packages/provider-kiro/src/server/status.ts, packages/provider-muse/src/server/status.ts, packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.ts, apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts, packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/driver.test.ts, packages/provider-grok/src/server/skills.test.ts	These probes use the shared environment helper. The listed CLI status checks use the shared version-result parser. Tests cover the offline environment and Claude's mise shim behavior.
OpenCode runtime and snapshot probing packages/provider-opencode/src/server/driver.ts, packages/provider-opencode/src/server/versionProbe.ts, packages/provider-opencode/src/server/driver.test.ts	Session opening and text generation resolve the runtime through the probe flow. Workspace snapshots probe before choosing a version-specific scan. Tests cover offline probe failures and runtime selection.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SessionOpening
  participant resolveRuntime
  participant runtimeProbe
  SessionOpening->>resolveRuntime: Resolve OpenCode runtime
  resolveRuntime->>runtimeProbe: Probe when serverUrl is set or no cached result exists
  runtimeProbe-->>resolveRuntime: Return probed runtime
  resolveRuntime-->>SessionOpening: Return resolved runtime

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Suggested reviewers: only21mil, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to 8af30

The Claude regression test may pass without running its shim on a noexec temporary directory. Address or accept this coverage gap before relying on the test.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		[#33415] The offline probe environment prevents lazy mise shims from downloading missing CLIs during status checks. parseCliVersionResult also prevents mise error output from appearing as the CLI ve…	Add backoff or pause automated polling after failed or timed-out provider probes. Add tests that verify repeated failures do not trigger checks at the regular refresh interval.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: preventing provider status checks from triggering mise downloads for missing CLIs.
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes support [#33415]. Setting MISE_OFFLINE=1 prevents the reported downloads. Ignoring version output from failed commands prevents mise errors from being reported as provider versions. Open…
Description check		The description is comprehensive. It covers the problem and reproduction, the change and its scope, the linked issue, focused verification results, and work not checked. The scope section identifies t…

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Explanation

The changes support [#33415]. Setting MISE_OFFLINE=1 prevents the reported downloads. Ignoring version output from failed commands prevents mise errors from being reported as provider versions. OpenCode's separate offline background probe and user-started resolution preserve the distinction between health checks and actual use. The associated tests cover these behaviors. No unrelated changes are identified.

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Explanation

[#33415] The offline probe environment prevents lazy mise shims from downloading missing CLIs during status checks. parseCliVersionResult also prevents mise error output from appearing as the CLI version. Tests cover the Claude shim and OpenCode offline behavior. However, the issue also expects checks not to continue in an unbacked-off loop after a failed or timed-out probe. This PR changes probe environments and OpenCode runtime resolution, but adds no retry backoff or polling pause; failed probes therefore remain subject to the regular refresh cycle.

Resolution

Add backoff or pause automated polling after failed or timed-out provider probes. Add tests that verify repeated failures do not trigger checks at the regular refresh interval.

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Nitpick comments: 1

apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts: 1

3163-3167: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert that the offline branch ran.

If the temporary directory is mounted noexec, the spawn can fail before the shim runs. Both assertions then pass without testing the offline branch. Use a marker to detect that case, and use shell builtins so a missing cat cannot hide a missing diagnostic.

Suggested fix

         const installMarker = path.join(directory, "installed");
+        const offlineMarker = path.join(directory, "offline");
         const binaryPath = path.join(directory, "claude");

-            `  1|true) cat >&2 <<'EOF'`,
+            `  1|true) while IFS= read -r line; do printf '%s\\n' "$line"; done >&2 <<'EOF'`,
             `mise WARN  Failed to resolve tool version list for claude: [/home/u/.config/mise/config.toml] claude@latest: no versions found for claude`,
             `mise ERROR Failed to install aqua:anthropics/claude-code@latest: no versions found for claude`,
             `mise ERROR Version: 2026.11.5 linux-x64 (2026-11-09)`,
             `mise ERROR Run with --verbose or MISE_VERBOSE=1 for more information`,
             `EOF`,
+            `  : > "${offlineMarker}"`,
             `  exit 1 ;;`,

+        assert.isTrue(yield* fs.exists(offlineMarker), "the offline branch did not run");
         assert.isFalse(
           yield* fs.exists(installMarker),

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts around
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Update the Claude status-probe test around installMarker to create and assert an
offline-branch marker, so the test confirms the shim ran before its existing
installation and version assertions. In the shim’s offline branch, use shell
builtins to emit the diagnostic instead of relying on cat, and create the marker
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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts:
- Around line 3163-3167: Update the Claude status-probe test around
installMarker to create and assert an offline-branch marker, so the test
confirms the shim ran before its existing installation and version assertions.
In the shim’s offline branch, use shell builtins to emit the diagnostic instead
of relying on cat, and create the marker only after that branch is reached.

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Add backoff or pause automated polling after failed or timed-out provider
probes. Add tests that verify repeated failures do not trigger checks at the
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