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Desktop cold boot on Linux took too long before the first window appeared. The server did a redundant login-shell probe (the desktop already installed the shell environment), and reconcile + auto-pull blocked startup before first paint.

  • Show the connecting splash on all Linux boots, not just WSL-only, so there is something on screen immediately
  • Install the shell environment after Electron is ready, and skip the server's second bash -ilc probe with a process marker
  • Defer reconcileProviderSessions and autoPullProjects until after the ready event so they do not block first paint or remote ready

Summary:

  • Linux splash shows before backend start
  • One login-shell probe instead of two
  • Reconcile/auto-pull run after ready

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  • Improvements
    • Linux launches now consistently display the “Connecting” screen during startup.
    • Provider sessions are reconciled before the application signals readiness, while automatic project synchronization continues afterward.
    • Linux desktop integration files are rewritten only when their contents change, reducing unnecessary system updates.
    • POSIX shell environment detection and PATH handling are more reliable, including improved behavior when shell configuration is already available.
    • Linux startup configuration is applied before readiness, improving launch consistency.

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Desktop startup configures Linux switches before Electron readiness and updates desktop entries only when content changes. Server startup reconciles provider sessions before preparing the welcome payload and keeps project auto-pull deferred.

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Startup readiness

Layer / File(s) Summary
Desktop startup ordering
apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopApp.ts, apps/server/src/os-jank.ts
Linux command-line switches are configured before Electron readiness. fixPath uses the shell environment marker to skip redundant PATH probing.
Linux desktop entry preparation
apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopPreReadyPlatform.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopPreReadyPlatform.test.ts
Linux setup reads existing entry content, treats read failures as absent content, and rewrites only when generated content differs. Tests cover missing and unchanged entries.
Server readiness
apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.ts
Provider session reconciliation runs before the welcome payload. Project auto-pull remains in the parked task after readiness.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DesktopApp
  participant Electron
  participant ShellEnvironment
  participant ServerPath
  DesktopApp->>ShellEnvironment: configure Linux command-line switches
  DesktopApp->>Electron: wait for whenReady
  Electron-->>DesktopApp: readiness signal
  ServerPath->>ServerPath: skip PATH probing when marker is set
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  participant ServerRuntimeStartup
  participant ProviderSessions
  participant Projects
  ServerRuntimeStartup->>ProviderSessions: reconcile provider sessions
  ProviderSessions-->>ServerRuntimeStartup: reconciliation complete
  ServerRuntimeStartup->>ServerRuntimeStartup: prepare welcome payload
  ServerRuntimeStartup->>Projects: sync auto-pull projects after ready
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Provider-session reconciliation can still delay desktop readiness when provider I/O or stored session state is slow, leaving a material startup-performance risk to address before merge.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopApp.ts`:
- Around line 248-251: Move the electronApp.whenReady wait and its
fatalStartupCause handling to after the Linux command-line setup that removes or
appends the password-store switch, ensuring linuxElectronOptions.passwordStore
is configured before Electron emits ready.

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- Around line 86-88: Update the desktop entry synchronization around
readFileSync and writeFileSync to treat a missing or unreadable entry as null,
then compare the existing content directly with newEntryContent without trimming
either value. Write newEntryContent when the read result is null or differs,
ensuring the entry exists before Linux portal registration.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopPreReadyPlatform.ts`:
- Line 84: Update the desktop entry comparison in DesktopPreReadyPlatform to
read the existing content with NodeFS.readFileSync using "utf8" without calling
trim(), matching the preserved formatting of newEntryContent and avoiding
unnecessary rewrites.

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- Around line 878-883: Update the startup flow around reconcileProviderSessions
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…ell probe

Desktop shows connecting splash on all Linux boots, not just WSL-only.
Shell environment installs after electron whenReady so the splash gets to
show before the slow login-shell probe. Server skip marker avoids a second
bash -ilc in fixPath. reconcileProviderSessions and autoPullProjects defer to
after ready so the first paint and remote ready event are not blocked.

PR made by claude-sonnet-4.6 from opencode on behalf of Kriday
…p WSL splash

- Keep reconcileProviderSessions before signalCommandReady to avoid the race
  where a client-started session gets classified as dead
- Treat missing desktop entry as empty content so fresh profiles write it
- Keep the WSL-only splash condition alongside the new Linux one
… compare

- Restore password-store command-line switch setup before whenReady so
  Chromium accepts it; still resolved after the shell probe so login-shell
  XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP hints keep working on KDE
- Compare desktop entry content untrimmed on both sides; trimming only the
  existing content forced a rewrite on every cold boot
- Add a test asserting an unchanged entry is not rewritten
…L is set

- Splash now says "Connecting…" instead of "Connecting to WSL" since it
  shows on all Linux boots, not just WSL-only
- Only set __T3CODE_SHELL_ENV_INSTALLED when SHELL is set so the server
  retains its own login-shell probe for users whose shell is not bash
The release smoke test deletes the lockfile and re-resolves. With a
~57.0.4 range that now picks up 57.0.5, which leaves the
patches/expo-audio@57.0.4.patch unused and fails the install with
ERR_PNPM_UNUSED_PATCH. 57.0.5 does not include the AudioRecorder fix,
so pin to the patched version instead.

Commit made by muse-spark in opencode on behalf of Kriday.
…ck, model picker tooltip, badge overlap

- pingdotgg#11449: Emit DEL (\u{7F}) when third-party iOS keyboard backspace sends empty replacement
- pingdotgg#11568: Read Forgejo response body before constructing error detail for API failures
- pingdotgg#11573: Add -webkit-app-region:no-drag to shared dialog popup base class
- pingdotgg#11536: Show model-picker shortcut in ProviderModelPicker tooltip
- pingdotgg#11562: Add relative z-10 to ProviderInstanceIcon elements to prevent badge overlap

Co-authored-by: opencode
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Address macroscopeapp review thread: badge paints over icon because
z-10 is insufficient in the isolated stacking context.

Co-authored-by: opencode
CodeRabbit: z-20 nested in isolated context can't outrank sibling
NEW_BADGE_CLASS (absolute z-10). Raise root stacking level so the
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kridaydave and others added 6 commits September 14, 2026 12:22
The startup auto-pull now runs in the background after commands are accepted, so a client-issued pull for the same workspace could overlap its git pull --ff-only and fail on the repository lock. Route all pullCurrentBranch calls through a per-working-tree permit instead of re-serializing startup.
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#	apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderInstanceIcon.tsx
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fix(serverRuntimeStartup): add ordering test proving readiness precedes auto-pull

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fix(server): key pull semaphore by git common dir so root/subdir pulls serialize
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…n it

installIntoProcess now returns whether a probe actually produced a PATH,
so DesktopApp sets __T3CODE_SHELL_ENV_INSTALLED only on real success.
This keeps the skip for successful unchanged PATHs while letting failed
or timed-out probes fall through to server-side hydration.
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Effect Service Conventions found 2 test-coverage violations: the PATH fallback test does not verify hydration, and the deferred auto-pull test does not exercise the startup flow. The findings are posted as inline review comments on apps/server/src/os-jank.ts and apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.ts.

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Test the real make startup flow with a gated auto-pull instead of a
synthetic command gate, and drive the absent-marker fixPath branch with
a controlled fake login shell asserting the merged PATH.
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🟡 Medium ios/T3TerminalView.swift:156

A Backspace from a third-party keyboard is dropped when it follows a standard-keyboard deleteBackward() within the timestamp window: the delegate treats its empty-replacement callback as already handled, so no DEL is emitted. lastDeleteBackwardAt is never consumed or reset, so this time-based state associates a later keypress with the previous event; use per-event association instead of a reusable time window.

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In file @apps/mobile/modules/t3-terminal/ios/T3TerminalView.swift around line 156:

A Backspace from a third-party keyboard is dropped when it follows a standard-keyboard `deleteBackward()` within the timestamp window: the delegate treats its empty-replacement callback as already handled, so no `DEL` is emitted. `lastDeleteBackwardAt` is never consumed or reset, so this time-based state associates a later keypress with the previous event; use per-event association instead of a reusable time window.

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