fix(client-runtime): preserve queries during connection handoff

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Problem

Hard-refreshing Usage through T3 Connect could briefly show that an environment could not report usage. The flash coincided with the relay session replacing itself and cancelling the in-flight shell snapshot request.

Two lifecycle gaps exposed that transient state: a request could observe session teardown before the query atom processed the paired connection signal, and a newly created registry supervisor briefly published the same available state used for a manual disconnect.

Fix

• Keep a connected query pending when its live session disappears before connection-state propagation catches up.
• Start registry-owned supervisors in their intended connecting state instead of publishing a transient manual-disconnect state.
• Preserve terminal errors for genuine manual disconnect, offline, and blocked states.
• Add deterministic regression coverage for both races.

Verification

• vp test run packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.test.ts packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.test.ts packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.test.ts (78 tests)
• vp run --filter @t3tools/client-runtime typecheck
• targeted lint and formatting for the changed files
• git diff --check

UI Evidence

No component or layout code changed. The fix removes a transient error frame caused by shared connection lifecycle state, so static before/after screenshots would not capture the behavior.

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Medium Risk
Changes core connection and query atom behavior during reconnect handoffs; mistakes could leave queries stuck pending or mask real disconnect errors, though terminal states and dedicated tests limit exposure.

Overview
Fixes transient “environment unavailable” flashes during relay session replacement and registry startup by tightening two connection lifecycle races in client-runtime.

Environment query atoms now pipe connected RPC execution through waitForEnvironmentConnectionSignal, which turns EnvironmentRpcUnavailableError into Effect.never so an in-flight query stays pending when the session drops before the connection atom sees reconnect state—instead of briefly failing.

Registry-owned supervisors are created with initiallyDesired: true and no longer get a separate supervisor.connect call, so persisted environments publish connecting during startup rather than a momentary manual-disconnect available phase.

Regression tests cover startup phase reporting and the session-loss vs. connection-signal race; genuine offline, blocked, and manual-disconnect failures are unchanged.

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Note

Preserve queries during connection handoff in client-runtime

• Adds waitForEnvironmentConnectionSignal utility that intercepts EnvironmentRpcUnavailableError by returning Effect.never, keeping query atoms pending instead of failing when session teardown races the connection signal in runtime.ts
• Changes EnvironmentRegistry.createServiceScope to set initiallyDeserved: true on EnvironmentSupervisor.make instead of calling supervisor.connect afterward, so supervisors no longer briefly appear as manually disconnected during startup in registry.ts
• Behavioral Change: supervisors created by the registry now start in a desired state and initiate connection implicitly; query atoms that hit a racing teardown stay pending until a new connection state is selected rather than emitting an error

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Registry-owned supervisors now receive their configured enabled state during creation. Connected environment queries wait for a connection signal when session loss produces an unavailable error. Tests cover the connecting phase and query outcomes during session loss.

Changes

Connection race handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Supervisor initialization packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.test.ts	createServiceScope passes entry.enabled to EnvironmentSupervisor.make and removes the explicit connection call. A test checks that a persisted environment reports connecting while session connection is in progress.
Query connection-race handling packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.test.ts	Connected environment queries wait for the connection signal when an EnvironmentRpcUnavailableError occurs after the observed session is no longer current. Tests cover the session-loss race and verify that the error remains a failure when the session is still live.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant EnvironmentQuery
  participant Supervisor
  participant ConnectionSignal
  EnvironmentQuery->>Supervisor: Read current session after unavailable RPC error
  Supervisor-->>EnvironmentQuery: Return current session
  EnvironmentQuery->>ConnectionSignal: Wait if observed session is no longer current
  ConnectionSignal-->>EnvironmentQuery: Deliver reconnecting or terminal outcome

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 079ab

The change prevents transient "environment unavailable" flashes during session replacement and registry startup. It also keeps failures visible when the session is still live. I found no concrete remaining risk that should block merging.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 079ab

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: packages/client-runtime

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — packages/client-runtime (library) was modified; 4 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.test.ts: Adds a test that pauses session connection with deferred signals, observes the registry state while connection is pending, expects connecting, and then releases the connection.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.ts: createServiceScope now initializes the supervisor’s desired state from entry.enabled; previously it always initialized as undesired, then explicitly called supervisor.connect when the entry was enabled.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.ts: The explicit post-construction if (entry.enabled) supervisor.connect branch was removed.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.test.ts: The test description now specifies session loss racing the connection signal, replacing the prior description of interruption during session replacement.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: preserving queries during client-runtime connection handoff.
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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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One convention violation found: recovering a statically known tagged failure via Effect.catchIf with a schema predicate instead of Effect.catchTags.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 079abdb

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a contained client-runtime bug fix that removes transient unavailable states during connection handoff while preserving genuine disconnect and connectivity failures. The production changes are localized and accompanied by deterministic regression coverage.

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.ts (1)

48-48: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Handle the known tagged error with Effect.catchTags.

Replace the schema predicate and Effect.catchIf with Effect.catchTags({ EnvironmentRpcUnavailableError: ... }). Declare the unavailable error in this helper’s error channel if the generic E prevents tag matching. Remove the resulting unused predicate and Schema import. Effect documents catchTags for matching tagged errors. (effect.website)

As per coding guidelines, “Catch known tags with Effect.catchTags({ ... }), even for one tag, not catchTag or catchIf with a schema predicate.”

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Review comment at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.ts at line 48:
Replace the schema-predicate `Effect.catchIf` handler in the runtime helper with
`Effect.catchTags` keyed by `EnvironmentRpcUnavailableError`; adjust the
helper’s error channel if needed so the tagged error can be matched, and remove
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