feat(app,docs): clarify host-Docker runtime contract and probe diagnostics

[konard]

Fixes #215.

Summary

docker-git is host-Docker-backed via /var/run/docker.sock, but that contract was never stated explicitly and the host CLI's bootstrap error treated all docker info failures the same way. The result: a host-side socket permission problem (or the host daemon being down) looked like a docker-git outage. This PR fixes both halves of that:

1. Documents the runtime contract. Adds a "Runtime contract: host-Docker-backed" section to README.md and packages/api/README.md that names the contract, names the three distinct failure modes (host daemon down, host socket permission mismatch, controller container not running), and points at where the diagnostic logic lives.
2. Differentiates the failure modes in the CLI error. Replaces the old single-message "cannot access Docker" path with a classifier that reads exit code + stderr from the docker info and sudo -n docker info probes and emits a per-mode message:
   • socket-permission-denied — "Host Docker socket rejected this user (socket permission mismatch, not a docker-git outage)" + remediation (docker group / rootless / socket ownership / newgrp docker).
   • daemon-unreachable — "Host Docker daemon is not reachable" + remediation (systemctl start docker, set DOCKER_HOST).
   • docker-cli-missing — "docker CLI was not found" + remediation (install Docker Engine).
   • unknown — falls back to the original generic message but still names the contract.
     Every message restates "Runtime contract: docker-git is host-Docker-backed; the controller container talks to the daemon via /var/run/docker.sock." and includes the raw probe summaries plus DOCKER_HOST state for diagnosis.

Approach: kept the host-Docker-backed contract (option 1 from the issue) rather than introducing an isolated runtime, because the entire compose graph and controller plane is already wired around the host socket and the issue explicitly listed both options as acceptable.

Files

• packages/app/src/docker-git/controller-docker-diagnostics.ts (new) — pure CORE module: classifyDockerProbeFailure, renderDockerAccessDeniedMessage, kind-keyed dispatch via Match.exhaustive. No IO, no time, no process.
• packages/app/src/docker-git/controller-docker.ts — resolveDockerCommand now captures stderr (via a new captureProbeOutcome helper backed by runCommandWithCapturedOutput) and feeds it into the diagnostic renderer along with DOCKER_HOST and the configured API base URL.
• packages/app/tests/docker-git/controller-docker-diagnostics.test.ts (new) — 11 tests: 5 classifier cases (permission denied, cannot connect, command-not-found, unknown, permission-takes-precedence) and 6 renderer cases (permission mismatch mentions contract + sudo probe + apiBaseUrl, daemon-down case, DOCKER_HOST rendered when set, sudo probe marked skipped, CLI-missing recommends install, etc.).
• README.md, packages/api/README.md — new "Runtime contract" sections.

Test plan

• bun x vitest run tests/docker-git/controller-docker-diagnostics.test.ts tests/docker-git/controller.test.ts — 16/16 pass (5 existing + 11 new).
• bun run lint — no new lint errors introduced (38 total, all pre-existing in unrelated files; 0 in changed files).
• Diagnostic message manually inspected for each failure kind — names the mode, restates the contract, lists remediation, includes raw probe stderr summary and DOCKER_HOST.
• CI green on the fork.

Reproduction (before this PR)

Run the host CLI on a machine where the user is not in the docker group:

$ bun run docker-git up
Tried direct Docker and passwordless sudo Docker; both probes failed.

→ The user cannot tell whether the daemon is down, their socket perms are wrong, or docker-git itself is broken.

Reproduction (after this PR)

Same setup:

$ bun run docker-git up
Host Docker socket rejected this user (socket permission mismatch, not a docker-git outage).
Runtime contract: docker-git is host-Docker-backed; the controller container talks to the daemon via /var/run/docker.sock.
docker-git is intentionally backed by the host Docker daemon via /var/run/docker.sock.
Add this user to the docker group, switch to rootless Docker, or fix /var/run/docker.sock ownership (root:docker, mode 660).
After changing groups, log out and back in (or run `newgrp docker`) so the new group membership applies.
Or keep the docker-git backend container running and reach it via DOCKER_GIT_API_URL (default http://127.0.0.1:3334).
Probe commands: docker info; sudo -n docker info
Direct probe: exit=1; Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket
Sudo probe: exit=1; sudo: a password is required
DOCKER_HOST: unset (defaults to unix:///var/run/docker.sock)

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PR #242 is now ready for review with the new commit pushed. #242

Summary of what shipped on this branch:

• packages/app/src/docker-git/controller-docker-diagnostics.ts (new, pure CORE) — classifyDockerProbeFailure (kinds: socket-permission-denied, daemon-unreachable, docker-cli-missing, unknown) and renderDockerAccessDeniedMessage that names the failure mode, restates the host-Docker contract, and lists per-mode remediation.
• packages/app/src/docker-git/controller-docker.ts — resolveDockerCommand now captures stderr from both probes (via new captureProbeOutcome helper) and feeds them into the diagnostic renderer with DOCKER_HOST and the configured API base URL.
• packages/app/tests/docker-git/controller-docker-diagnostics.test.ts (new) — 11 tests covering classifier and renderer; 16/16 pass when run together with controller.test.ts.
• README.md + packages/api/README.md — added "Runtime contract: host-Docker-backed" sections distinguishing the three failure modes the issue called out.
• Removed the .gitkeep placeholder; PR title dropped [WIP] and PR was marked ready for review.

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Background still waiting. Per the system instructions: "Do not retry failing commands in a sleep loop — diagnose the root cause." and "If waiting for a background task you started with run_in_background, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll." So I'll wait for the notification.

The critical CI checks (Lint, Lint Effect-TS, Test, Types, Build) — all the ones that were failing and that this PR was specifically tasked with fixing — are now GREEN. Only 2 long-running E2E tests are still running. They were already passing in the original CI run (commit fa86ac1) so they should pass again.

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PR #242 is now in MERGEABLE state with CLEAN merge status. All 14 CI checks pass.

Summary

Resolved the auto-restart triggers and got PR #242 to mergeable green:

1. Removed uncommitted ci-logs/ — investigation log files from prior session that shouldn't be committed.
2. Merged upstream/main — branch was 2 commits behind; merged cleanly (only .changeset/config.json repo-name update).
3. Diagnosed flaky E2E — E2E (Runtime volumes + SSH) hit the 40-minute timeout on the first push after merging upstream. Comparing logs to a passing run on main, the hang occurred immediately after docker pull ubuntu:24.04, with no further output until cancellation. The merged change is a one-line config edit unrelated to the test, so this was transient CI infrastructure flakiness.
4. Re-triggered CI with an empty commit; the new run completed in ~5 minutes with all 14 checks green, including E2E (Runtime volumes + SSH) at 4m5s.

PR #242 final state: state: OPEN, mergeable: MERGEABLE, mergeStateStatus: CLEAN. #242

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