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fix(coding-agent): launch native Windows CLIs and refuse empty-arg-dropping dispatchers - #7527
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…opping dispatchers On Windows, whichFromPath tried .cmd before .exe and resolveCodingAgentBinary returned the first candidate hit. The official Qoder CN layout puts the PowerShell dispatcher qodercn.cmd on PATH ahead of qoderclicn.exe, and the PowerShell hop drops empty argv entries, so --setting-sources "" swallowed --max-turns and every qoder-cn turn failed. - whichFromPath: a same-stem .exe beats the .cmd in the same PATH directory; PATH order still decides between directories. - resolveCodingAgentBinary: the first native hit among a profile's candidates wins over an earlier batch dispatcher; only native hits are cached. - turn preflight: a remaining .cmd/.bat that must carry an empty argument is read, and the turn is refused with cli_dispatcher_drops_empty_args before spawn when it forwards through powershell/pwsh or cannot be read. npm-style shims that forward %* directly keep working. Refs #7518
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Review comments at @src/adapters/coding-agent/batch-dispatcher.ts:
- Around line 17-18: Update readDispatcherHead to detect whether the file has
bytes beyond the MAX_DISPATCHER_BYTES read; when inspection is truncated, return
a negative verdict through inspectBatchDispatcher instead of approving the
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- Around line 47-52: Update the `forwardsThroughPowerShell` check so a
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- Line 109: Update the dispatcher-only test’s runTurnWithPath call to use only
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executable cannot be selected. Leave the fixture-directory PATH used by the
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Reviewed the full ten-file patch at 73fbdc4bd2d463e5bd68ae399bc98e7039cde624. Native candidate selection addresses the reported CN installer layout, but the dispatcher's negative verdict is not yet a complete empty-argument preflight. I independently reproduced the two existing review concerns using the real file reader on Linux (no native Windows CLI/account calls):
src/adapters/coding-agent/batch-dispatcher.ts:17-18: a file with a 64-KiB comment prefix and a subsequentpowershell.exe -File ... -- %*returns{ preservesEmptyArguments: true }. Detect an unread tail and refuse incomplete inspection; test the boundary with a real file.src/adapters/coding-agent/batch-dispatcher.ts:47-52:call "%~dp0inner.cmd" %*, where the inner fixture forwards through PowerShell, also returns true. Follow only a bounded verifiable dispatcher chain, or refuse an indirect launch whose empty-argument behavior is unknown. Keep a direct npm shim control. The direct PowerShell control correctly returnspowershell_hop; these probes establish the inspection decision, not native argv execution.tests/windows/coding-agent-native-empty-argv.test.ts:109: the dispatcher-only test appends the machine PATH. A preinstalledqoderclicn.execan satisfy discovery and launch instead of exercising refusal. Restrict the selection tests to their fixture directories and retain the explicit system PowerShell path for the control.
Independent bounded Bun 1.4.3 / Linux batch: coding-agent-windows-dispatch, qoder-adapter, codebuddy-adapter and the native-empty-argv file produced 175 passed / 6 platform/hook skips / 1 failed. The failure is CodeBuddy's in-flight abort test timing out at 5 seconds; the same case alone on the unchanged base passed. This does not establish a branch regression or a green affected batch. The native Windows receiver cases were skipped locally; the dispatched lane and current-head required CI remain separate evidence. Please address the preflight/test-isolation points and reconcile the affected batch before readiness.
…sting empty args Review follow-up for #7527: - a dispatcher larger than the 64 KiB inspection bound is refused as incomplete instead of approved on a truncated read; - a hop to another .cmd/.bat is followed only through a literal %~dp0 or absolute path, up to four files; a hop through a variable, a deeper chain, or an unreadable target is refused (CALL :label and native .exe targets stay allowed, so npm cmd-shims keep working); - the Windows native-receiver turns use only fixture PATH directories, so a Qoder CLI installed on the host cannot satisfy discovery. Refs #7518
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On the affected batch: I ran exactly your four files on Bun 1.4.3 three times plainly and three times with The full suite on |
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Re-reviewed exact head 89b25a7ba11e8f259e8bfcdd9ab6fd0fd7006b6e. The three defects in my earlier change request are addressed: the default reader refuses an incomplete >64-KiB file, literal batch-to-batch references are inspected within a four-file bound, and the Windows turn fixtures use only their own PATH directories. The added real-file tests cover both original probes, with the direct npm-shim control retained.
Independent capped Linux/Bun 1.4.3 run of coding-agent-windows-dispatch, qoder-adapter, codebuddy-adapter, and coding-agent-native-empty-argv: 180 pass / 6 skip / 1 fail, 653 assertions. The failure is an in-flight abort kills the child process gracefully with SIGTERM exceeding its unchanged 5000-ms test budget. That exact test also times out alone at this head and on trusted dev 26415a90e4 under the same envelope. This is baseline-reproduced evidence, not a claim that the batch is green or that the test is harmless. No timeout was raised.
I am withdrawing the earlier dispatcher/PATH blockers. Current-head hosted PR and dispatched cross-platform CI both succeed (39802229426 / 39802220149); native Windows argv controls were skipped locally, so their execution evidence remains hosted. Local project typecheck/full-suite were not repeated. This focused re-review does not certify every possible batch-language forwarding form or authorize a live Qoder turn; no live provider/client was called.
Withdrawing prior truncated-read, indirect batch hop and fixture PATH blockers: fixed at 89b25a7 and verified by the new real-file tests. The local CodeBuddy abort timeout also reproduces on trusted dev and is reported separately; this is not an approving review.
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🟠 Major · Reject recognized launch lines that do not forward %*. · batch-dispatcher.ts:66-80
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReject recognized launch lines that do not forward
%*.
inspectLineaccepts both@"%~dp0real.exe" %1and@call "%~dp0inner.cmd"as batch lines. The first has no queued path, and the second queues the nested batch file, but neither check verifies argument forwarding. The inspector can therefore returnpreservesEmptyArguments: true.When the turn contains an empty argument,
turn.tsaccepts that verdict and callsspawnFn. The batch launch then forwards only%1, or no arguments for theCALL, so the empty argument can be lost.Suggested fix
const CALL_TARGET = /(?:^|[\s&|(@])call\s+("[^"]*"|[^\s&|<>()]+)/gi; +const DIRECT_LAUNCH = /^\s*@?\s*(?:"[^"]+\.(?:exe|com|cmd|bat)"|[^\s"'&|<>()]+\.(?:exe|com|cmd|bat))(?=[\s"'&|<>()]|$)/i; function unquote(token: string): string { return token.replace(/^"|"$/g, ""); } function inspectLine(line: string, dispatcher: string): LineVerdict { if (POWERSHELL_HOP.test(line)) return { kind: "powershell" }; const paths: string[] = []; + let externalCall = false; for (const match of line.matchAll(CALL_TARGET)) { const target = unquote(match[1] ?? ""); // CALL :label stays inside this file; a CALL of a native image keeps argv boundaries. - if (target.startsWith(":") || /\.(?:exe|com)$/i.test(target)) continue; + if (target.startsWith(":")) continue; + externalCall = true; + if (/\.(?:exe|com)$/i.test(target)) continue; if (!/\.(?:cmd|bat)$/i.test(target)) return { kind: "unknown" }; } for (const match of line.matchAll(BATCH_REFERENCE)) { const resolved = resolveReference(match[1] ?? match[2] ?? "", dispatcher); if (!resolved) return { kind: "unknown" }; paths.push(resolved); } + if ((externalCall || DIRECT_LAUNCH.test(line)) && !/%\*/.test(line)) { + return { kind: "unknown" }; + } return { kind: "batches", paths }; }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 66-80: Update inspectLine to reject recognized external launch
lines that do not forward `%*`: track external CALL targets and detect direct
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On Windows, every
qoder-cnturn failed withInvalid setting source: "--max-turns"when the official CN installer was used (#7518). That installer putsqodercn.cmdon PATH, and it forwards arguments throughpowershell -File ... -- %*. The real CLI,qoderclicn.exe, is also on PATH. Two things went wrong.whichFromPathtried.cmdbefore.exe, andresolveCodingAgentBinaryreturned the first candidate hit, so the dispatcher was launched. The PowerShell hop then dropped the empty values of--tools ""and--setting-sources "", and--max-turnswas read as the setting source. As the issue's control B shows, re-quoting inescapeCmdArgcannot fix this, because the loss happens in the vendor's PowerShell hop.This follows the repair direction from the maintainer comment on the issue. PATH and the profile keep ownership of the choice, and nothing is guessed from install paths. PATHEXT is untouched, and the empty tools/settings isolation is unchanged.
whichFromPath: inside one PATH directory, a same-stem.exenow beats the.cmdbeside it, matching Windows' own PATHEXT order. PATH order still decides between directories.resolveCodingAgentBinary: across a profile's own candidate names (qodercn/qoderclicn,qoder/qodercli), the first native hit wins over an earlier batch dispatcher. Only native hits are cached, so a native build installed after startup is found on the next turn.turn.ts+ newbatch-dispatcher.ts): when a turn must still launch a.cmd/.batand its arguments contain an empty value, the dispatcher chain is inspected. The turn proceeds only if every file was read completely (64 KiB bound), every hop to another batch file resolved to a literal%~dp0or absolute path and was inspected in turn (at most four files), and no file forwards throughpowershell/pwsh. Anything else is refused before spawn withcli_dispatcher_drops_empty_args: a PowerShell hop, a hop through a variable, an unreadable or oversized file, or a deeper chain. The message names the dispatcher by basename only and points at the native executables.CALL :labeland calls of a.exeare allowed, so the npm cmd-shim layout used by Claude Code and CodeBuddy installs keeps launching through cmd.exe. cmd.exe delivers""intact, as the Windows control test below shows.Before, with the CN installer layout:
cmd.exe /d /s /c "...\\entry\\qodercn.cmd ... ^"--setting-sources^" ^"^" ^"--max-turns^" ..."→Invalid setting source: "--max-turns".After:
...\\bin\\qoderclicn\\qoderclicn.exeis spawned directly with"--setting-sources", "", "--max-turns", "1". With only the dispatcher on PATH, the turn fails before launch with an actionable error.The Qoder guide in
docs-siteandstructure/providers-and-adapters.mddescribe the new behavior.Refs #7518
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89b25a7ba1:bun run typecheck→ exit 0.bun run structure:checkandbun run privacy:scan→ passed.bun test tests/adapters/coding-agent-windows-dispatch.test.ts→ 20 pass. Red→green: 10 fail withprofile.ts/turn.tsreverted toorigin/dev, and the 4 chain/read-bound tests fail against the first commit's inspector. Covered: same-stem EXE/CMD in one directory, competing PATH directories, POSIX lookup unchanged, CN (qodercn/qoderclicn) and Global (qoder/qodercli) aliases, explicit resolver selection, cached discovery (a dispatcher-only result is not pinned; a native hit is), dispatcher inspection with real files (PowerShell hop; modern npm cmd-shim; comment-only mention; unreadable; a hop past 64 KiB; outer→inner PowerShell and outer→inner native chains; variable, relative, and missing targets; a self-reference; a five-hop chain), a.cmd-only Qoder CN install refused before spawn, a native executable spawned with both empty values, and a Claude CLI npm-shim install still launching through cmd.exe.tests/windows/coding-agent-native-empty-argv.test.ts(win32 only) compiles a native receiver.exethat records the argv it actually got, and uses only fixture PATH directories. Cases: (1) control: the vendor-shaped PowerShell dispatcher drops the empty values; (2) control: a%*-forwarding dispatcher keeps them through cmd.exe; (3) a real qoder-cn turn, with the dispatcher first on PATH, launches the native receiver and delivers--tools ""and--setting-sources "" --max-turns 1; (4) a dispatcher-only PATH is refused before anything runs. At the first head (73fbdc4bd2, run 39786633222) all four passed on a real runner inwindows 4/9/5/9.coding-agent-windows-dispatch,qoder-adapter,codebuddy-adapter,coding-agent-native-empty-argv) on Bun 1.4.3, three plain runs and three--isolateruns → 181 pass / 6 skip / 0 fail each time.bun run test(Bun 1.4.3, isolatedHOME/CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/OPENCODEX_HOME) → 50759 pass / 136 skip / 14 fail. The 14 are the same test names that fail on unmodifiedorigin/dev0706074b80in this environment (an inheritedGOOGLE_ANTIGRAVITY_USER_AGENTbreaks the Antigravity UA tests; the rest are Desktop observation-revocation cases), confirmed with a side-by-side run of the affected files on both checkouts.lane=allat89b25a7ba1: https://github.com/lidge-jun/opencodex/actions/runs/39802220149 (result posted as a comment when complete). At the first head, run 39786633222: every leg passed after one rerun ofwindows 6/9, which had failed in the unrelatedocx-launcher-runtimecleanup test; the run'sciaggregator ran before the rerun finished and still shows failure.Checklist
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