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139 changes: 123 additions & 16 deletions native-host/src/main.rs
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const CODEX_VERSION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
struct AppServerRuntime {
codex_cli: PathBuf,
code_mode_host: PathBuf,
node: PathBuf,
browser_client: PathBuf,
node_repl: PathBuf,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<i32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {

let host_path = discover_original_host()?;
let mut command = Command::new(&host_path);
let fallback_registry = configure_app_server_runtime(&mut command, &host_path);
let runtime_files = configure_app_server_runtime(&mut command, &host_path);
command
.arg(OFFICIAL_CHROME_ORIGIN)
.current_dir(host_path.parent().unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new(".")))
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -100,14 +101,31 @@ fn run() -> Result<i32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let _ = output_thread.join();
let _ = error_thread.join();
drop(input_thread);
drop(fallback_registry);
drop(runtime_files);
Ok(status.code().unwrap_or(1))
}

fn configure_app_server_runtime(command: &mut Command, host_path: &Path) -> Option<TempDir> {
let runtime = discover_app_server_runtime()?;
fn configure_app_server_runtime(command: &mut Command, host_path: &Path) -> Vec<TempDir> {
let Some(runtime) = discover_app_server_runtime() else {
return Vec::new();
};
let mut runtime_files = Vec::new();
let codex_cli = if env::var_os("CODEX_CLI_PATH").is_none() {
match stage_codex_runtime(&runtime) {
Ok((directory, codex_cli)) => {
runtime_files.push(directory);
codex_cli
}
Err(error) => {
eprintln!("[codex-firefox-bridge] failed to pin Codex runtime files: {error}");
runtime.codex_cli.clone()
}
}
} else {
runtime.codex_cli.clone()
};
for (variable, value) in [
("CODEX_CLI_PATH", runtime.codex_cli.clone()),
("CODEX_CLI_PATH", codex_cli),
("CODEX_BROWSER_USE_NODE_PATH", runtime.node.clone()),
("CODEX_BROWSER_CLIENT_PATH", runtime.browser_client.clone()),
("CODEX_NODE_REPL_PATH", runtime.node_repl.clone()),
Expand All @@ -117,12 +135,13 @@ fn configure_app_server_runtime(command: &mut Command, host_path: &Path) -> Opti
}
}

if has_registered_app_server() {
return None;
if !has_registered_app_server() {
if let Ok(directory) = create_fallback_app_server_registry(host_path, &runtime) {
command.env("CODEX_HOME", directory.path());
runtime_files.push(directory);
}
}
let directory = create_fallback_app_server_registry(host_path, &runtime).ok()?;
command.env("CODEX_HOME", directory.path());
Some(directory)
runtime_files
}

fn discover_app_server_runtime() -> Option<AppServerRuntime> {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -189,13 +208,19 @@ fn chatgpt_resource_candidates_for(platform: &str, home: Option<&Path>) -> Vec<P
fn app_server_runtime_from_resources(resources: &Path) -> Option<AppServerRuntime> {
let runtime = AppServerRuntime {
codex_cli: resources.join("codex"),
code_mode_host: resources.join(if cfg!(windows) {
"codex-code-mode-host.exe"
} else {
"codex-code-mode-host"
}),
node: resources.join("cua_node/bin/node"),
browser_client: resources
.join("plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/chrome/scripts/browser-client.mjs"),
node_repl: resources.join("cua_node/bin/node_repl"),
};
[
&runtime.codex_cli,
&runtime.code_mode_host,
&runtime.node,
&runtime.browser_client,
&runtime.node_repl,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -228,6 +253,34 @@ fn app_server_registry_candidates() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
candidates
}

fn stage_codex_runtime(runtime: &AppServerRuntime) -> io::Result<(TempDir, PathBuf)> {
let directory = tempfile::Builder::new()
.prefix("codex-firefox-bridge-app-server-")
.tempdir()?;
let codex_cli =
directory
.path()
.join(runtime.codex_cli.file_name().ok_or_else(|| {
io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "invalid Codex CLI path")
})?);
let code_mode_host = directory
.path()
.join(runtime.code_mode_host.file_name().ok_or_else(|| {
io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "invalid code-mode host path")
})?);

// Keep a running app-server and its strict IPC peer on the same inodes when
// an app updater atomically replaces the installed bundle beneath them.
for (source, destination) in [
(&runtime.codex_cli, &codex_cli),
(&runtime.code_mode_host, &code_mode_host),
] {
fs::hard_link(source, destination)
.or_else(|_| fs::copy(source, destination).map(|_| ()))?;
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Stage both runtime files from one release snapshot.

These operations can race with an in-place update. If the updater replaces codex-code-mode-host after the CLI link succeeds but before the host link succeeds, the temporary directory contains the old CLI and the new IPC host. The process still has version skew.

Stage from an updater-immutable release directory, or coordinate staging with the updater. Add a deterministic test that replaces one source binary between these two operations and verifies that staging retries or fails safely.

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In `@native-host/src/main.rs` around lines 278 - 279, Update the staging flow
around the source and destination hard-link/copy operations to use one
updater-immutable release snapshot or coordinate with the updater, ensuring both
runtime files come from the same release. Add a deterministic test that replaces
one source binary between the two operations and verifies staging retries or
fails safely.

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P1 Serial runtime staging permits version skew

The CLI and codex-code-mode-host are pinned one at a time. If the desktop updater atomically replaces the bundle after the CLI is linked or copied but before the host is staged, this returns an old CLI paired with a new code-mode host—the strict IPC mismatch this change is intended to eliminate. Stage from an immutable bundle snapshot, or verify source identities before and after staging and retry when either changes.

T-Rex Ran code and verified through T-Rex

Ok((directory, codex_cli))
}

fn registry_has_entries(path: &Path) -> bool {
let Ok(bytes) = fs::read(path) else {
return false;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1039,12 +1092,8 @@ mod tests {
fn discovers_linux_chatgpt_app_resources() {
let paths = chatgpt_resource_candidates_for("linux", Some(Path::new("/home/test")));
assert!(paths.contains(&PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/chatgpt/resources")));
assert!(paths.contains(&PathBuf::from(
"/home/test/.local/opt/chatgpt/resources"
)));
assert!(paths.contains(&PathBuf::from(
"/home/test/.local/share/chatgpt/resources"
)));
assert!(paths.contains(&PathBuf::from("/home/test/.local/opt/chatgpt/resources")));
assert!(paths.contains(&PathBuf::from("/home/test/.local/share/chatgpt/resources")));
}

#[test]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1079,6 +1128,11 @@ mod tests {
temp.join("plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/chrome/scripts/browser-client.mjs");
for path in [
temp.join("codex"),
temp.join(if cfg!(windows) {
"codex-code-mode-host.exe"
} else {
"codex-code-mode-host"
}),
temp.join("cua_node/bin/node"),
temp.join("cua_node/bin/node_repl"),
browser_client.clone(),
Expand All @@ -1091,6 +1145,11 @@ mod tests {
app_server_runtime_from_resources(temp),
Some(AppServerRuntime {
codex_cli: temp.join("codex"),
code_mode_host: temp.join(if cfg!(windows) {
"codex-code-mode-host.exe"
} else {
"codex-code-mode-host"
}),
node: temp.join("cua_node/bin/node"),
browser_client,
node_repl: temp.join("cua_node/bin/node_repl"),
Expand All @@ -1108,6 +1167,9 @@ mod tests {
fn creates_a_v2_fallback_registry_entry_for_firefox() {
let runtime = AppServerRuntime {
codex_cli: PathBuf::from("/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/codex"),
code_mode_host: PathBuf::from(
"/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/codex-code-mode-host",
),
node: PathBuf::from("/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/cua_node/bin/node"),
browser_client: PathBuf::from(
"/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/chrome/scripts/browser-client.mjs",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1152,6 +1214,51 @@ mod tests {
assert!(!target.path().join("chrome-native-hosts-v2.json").exists());
}

#[test]
fn pins_code_mode_ipc_peer_before_an_in_place_app_update() {
let resources = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
let codex_cli = resources.path().join("codex");
let code_mode_host = resources.path().join(if cfg!(windows) {
"codex-code-mode-host.exe"
} else {
"codex-code-mode-host"
});
fs::write(&codex_cli, "codex 0.151").unwrap();

let frame = |payload: &str| {
let mut frame = (payload.len() as u32).to_le_bytes().to_vec();
frame.extend(payload.as_bytes());
frame
};
let old_frame =
frame(r#"{"Result":{"cell_id":"cell-1","content_items":[],"error_text":null}}"#);
fs::write(&code_mode_host, &old_frame).unwrap();

let runtime = AppServerRuntime {
codex_cli,
code_mode_host: code_mode_host.clone(),
node: resources.path().join("node"),
browser_client: resources.path().join("browser-client.mjs"),
node_repl: resources.path().join("node_repl"),
};
let (_snapshot, staged_cli) = stage_codex_runtime(&runtime).unwrap();
let staged_host = staged_cli
.parent()
.unwrap()
.join(code_mode_host.file_name().unwrap());

let new_frame = frame(
r#"{"Result":{"cell_id":"cell-1","content_items":[],"error_text":null,"code_mode_host_duration_ns":1}}"#,
);
let replacement = resources.path().join("replacement-host");
fs::write(&replacement, &new_frame).unwrap();
fs::remove_file(&code_mode_host).unwrap();
fs::rename(replacement, &code_mode_host).unwrap();

assert_eq!(fs::read(staged_host).unwrap(), old_frame);
assert_eq!(fs::read(code_mode_host).unwrap(), new_frame);
}

#[test]
fn detects_nonempty_v2_registries() {
let file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
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