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feat(daemon): pairing-based remote access (protocol v3)

Description

Replaces the code-as-identity remote model with explicit device pairing.
Previously the 8-character code derived everything — endpoint identity,
discovery address, and auth secret — and stayed valid for the daemon's
lifetime, so a leaked code meant permanent access. Now:

  • The daemon owns a stable ed25519 identity whose public half is its
    iroh endpoint id; clients store that id at pairing time, and iroh's QUIC
    handshake authenticates the host against it (no endpoint substitution).
  • The pairing code is a one-time bootstrap secret for a 10-minute
    pairing window (kit daemon pair). It only makes the window reachable —
    a human still has to accept the request on the host terminal
    (default reject; non-TTY contexts always deny).
  • Clients hold their own signing keypair; reconnects
    (kit remote --host <name>) authenticate by signature against a host-side
    public-key allowlist — no shared secrets, immediate per-client revocation.
  • Signature verification happens in Go (policy stays out of the Rust
    sidecar) via a stdio consultation protocol keyed by the client nonce.

Session behavior (directory picker, PTY relay, multi-session, Ctrl-]
detach, /quit per-session teardown) is unchanged.

Type of Change

  • New feature
  • Bug fix
  • Refactor
  • Documentation
  • Other

Checklist

  • go vet, gofmt, golangci-lint clean on touched packages
  • Unit tests: identity persistence, keypair sign/verify, host book and
    allowlist round-trips, revocation, corrupt-store handling
  • Rust regression test (stall/cap/expiry) still green
  • Manually verified end to end on two hosts (local + violet over ssh):
    pairing with accept, name prompt, codeless reconnect, directory
    picker, live agent turn, /quit ending only that session, and
    revocation with the designed "client not paired" denial
  • Docs updated (README, docs site remote-sessions page, CLI reference)

Additional Information

  • --remote CODE is removed (the protocol never shipped in a release —
    v0.99 predates it), replaced by the kit remote subcommand.
  • Sidecar protocol jumps to v3; v2 binaries fail the version check cleanly.
  • New files: internal/daemon/{identity,store,pair}.go, cmd/remote.go,
    tests included.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added pairing-based remote sessions with one-time codes and host approval.
    • Added named host reconnection, paired-host listing, host removal, and authorized-client management.
    • Added persistent, revocable credentials for remote access.
    • Added short aliases for continue and resume options.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Replaced kit --remote CODE with kit remote --pair and kit remote --host.
  • Documentation

    • Updated remote-session setup, security, command reference, and troubleshooting guidance.

Replace the code-as-identity model with explicit device pairing:

- daemon identity: stable ed25519 keypair at ~/.config/kit/daemon/
  identity.key; its public half IS the iroh endpoint id clients store
- client identity: signing keypair at ~/.config/kit/remote/identity.key
- host allowlist (~/.config/kit/daemon/authorized.json) and client host
  book (~/.config/kit/remote/hosts.json), 0600 atomic JSON stores
- sidecar protocol v3: main-endpoint handshake authenticates by client
  signature (verified by Go via AUTH_REQUEST/AUTH_DECISION consultation,
  keyed by client nonce); new serve-pair/dial-pair modes run the
  pairing window on a bootstrap endpoint derived from a one-time code
- kit daemon pair: 10-minute pairing window, accept/reject dialog on
  the host terminal (non-TTY always denies), one pairing burns the code
- kit remote --pair <code> pairs and saves the host under a name;
  kit remote --host <name> reconnects codelessly; --remote removed
- regression test for the stall/cap behavior kept green; store and
  identity unit tests added
Replace the code-as-identity model with explicit device pairing. The
pairing code is now a one-time bootstrap secret for a 10-minute pairing
window, and access itself is granted by a human accept/reject on the
host terminal, persisted as revocable public-key credentials.

- daemon: stable ed25519 identity (~/.config/kit/daemon/identity.key)
  whose public half is the iroh endpoint id clients store; client
  signing identity at ~/.config/kit/remote/identity.key
- stores: host allowlist (authorized.json) + client host book
  (hosts.json), 0600 atomic JSON, fingerprint helpers
- sidecar protocol v3: reconnect handshakes authenticate by client
  signature (ed25519 over a versioned transcript, verified in Go via
  AUTH_REQUEST/AUTH_DECISION consultation keyed by client nonce); new
  serve-pair/dial-pair modes run the pairing window on a bootstrap
  endpoint derived from the one-time code; deny paths finish the stream
  and hold it briefly so verdicts cannot be lost to connection teardown
- kit daemon pair: 10-minute window, interactive accept/reject (non-TTY
  always denies), one pairing burns the code, --list/--revoke
- kit remote subcommand: --pair <code> [--host name] pairs and saves,
  --host <name> reconnects codelessly, --list/--forget manage the host
  book; the --remote flag is removed (protocol never shipped in a
  release) and InitConfig skips loading for remote client flows
- daemon status drops the code field; shows endpoint, paired clients,
  active sessions; structured auth logs (request/authorized/denied)

Verified on two hosts (local + violet over ssh): pairing with accept,
name prompt, codeless reconnect, directory picker, live agent turn,
/quit ending only that session, and revocation with the designed
'client not paired' denial.
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Walkthrough

The remote session system now uses one-time pairing with host approval, persistent Ed25519 identities, named host reconnection, and revocable client credentials. The old global --remote flow was removed.

Changes

Remote session pairing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Identity and credential storage
internal/daemon/identity.go, internal/daemon/store.go, internal/daemon/store_test.go
Adds persistent daemon and client identities, paired-host records, authorized-client records, atomic storage, permissions, fingerprints, revocation, and related tests.
Protocol v3 tunnel authentication
contrib/kit-tunnel/Cargo.toml, contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs, internal/daemon/protocol.go
Replaces shared-key authentication with Ed25519 signatures, authentication consultation frames, pairing frames, and updated tunnel tests.
Pairing and reconnection modes
contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs, internal/daemon/tunnel.go
Adds serve-pair, dial-pair, and dial-host modes with code proofs, endpoint exchange, environment-based secret handling, pinned-host authentication, and flat flag parsing.
Daemon pairing flow
internal/daemon/server.go, internal/daemon/pair.go, internal/daemon/pairing.go, internal/daemon/runtime.go, internal/daemon/tunnel.go
Starts the daemon with a stable identity, handles authenticated sessions, opens bounded interactive pairing windows, and removes pairing-code state from runtime snapshots.
Client commands and CLI wiring
internal/daemon/client.go, cmd/daemon.go, cmd/remote.go, cmd/root.go, cmd/root_test.go
Adds client pairing and saved-host APIs, daemon pairing/list/revoke commands, remote pair/list/forget/host commands, and updated global flag parsing.
Documentation updates
README.md, www/pages/advanced/remote-sessions.md, www/pages/cli/commands.md, www/pages/cli/flags.md
Documents host approval, named reconnection, public-key authentication, revocation, and the new command surface.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 35aba

The new remote-access flow still contains a potential unbounded memory-growth path during malformed authentication, and some host tunnel modes can ignore configured secrets or crash when required seed material is missing. These issues can cause remote access failures and service instability, so they should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ClientCLI
  participant Daemon
  participant Tunnel
  participant HostTerminal

  User->>Daemon: kit daemon pair
  User->>ClientCLI: kit remote --pair code
  ClientCLI->>Tunnel: dial-pair with code and client key
  Tunnel->>Daemon: PAIR_REQUEST
  Daemon->>HostTerminal: request approval
  HostTerminal-->>Daemon: accept or reject
  Daemon->>Tunnel: PAIR_DECISION
  Tunnel-->>ClientCLI: host endpoint id
  User->>ClientCLI: kit remote --host name
  ClientCLI->>Tunnel: dial-host with signed handshake
  Tunnel->>Daemon: AUTH_REQUEST and AUTH_PAYLOAD
  Daemon-->>Tunnel: AUTH_DECISION
  Tunnel-->>ClientCLI: session assignment
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internal/daemon/pair.go (1)

139-140: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the sidecar status dump from the success path.

Line 140 prints the raw sidecar status lines to stderr after the "Client paired." message. This is diagnostic output and it appears in normal operator use. Send it through log.Debug instead, or delete it.

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 		_, _ = tun.WaitAnyStatus(pctx, 10*time.Second, "PAIRED", "PAIR_DENIED", "CLOSED")
 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "pair window statuses: %s\n", tun.LastStatuses())
+		log.Debug("daemon: pair window statuses", "statuses", tun.LastStatuses())
 		return nil

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In `@internal/daemon/pair.go` around lines 139 - 140, Remove the raw sidecar
status print from the successful pairing path in the pairing flow, or replace
the fmt.Fprintf call with structured log.Debug output using
github.com/charmbracelet/log; do not emit these statuses directly to os.Stderr
during normal operator use.

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internal/daemon/store_test.go (1)

165-168: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The ambiguity check passes for the wrong reason.

fp1 and fp2 are SHA-256 prefixes of different keys, so they almost never share the prefix "aa". RevokeClient("aa") therefore returns the "no paired client with fingerprint prefix" error, not the ambiguity error. Assert the error text, or build the prefix from the two fingerprints, so the test verifies the branch it names.

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In `@internal/daemon/store_test.go` around lines 165 - 168, Update the ambiguity
assertion around RevokeClient so it uses a prefix known to match both fp1 and
fp2, or explicitly verifies the returned error text is the ambiguity error;
ensure the test exercises the ambiguous-prefix branch rather than the no-match
branch.
contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs (1)

1071-1075: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

The pairing backoff has no effect.

handle_pair_connection creates Backoff::default() per call, so the first delay() is always zero and every record_failure is discarded when the function returns. serve_pair also accepts exactly one connection and then exits, so a single failed attempt already ends the window. The file doc at Line 86 states that failed pairings back off exponentially up to 8s, which does not match this code.

Either pass shared backoff state in from serve_pair, or drop the local Backoff and correct the doc comment to state that one attempt consumes the pairing window.

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In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs` around lines 1071 - 1075, Make the pairing
backoff effective across attempts by moving the BackoffState lifetime from
handle_pair_connection into serve_pair and reusing it for each connection, while
preserving the existing delay and record_failure behavior. Ensure serve_pair no
longer exits after only one failed attempt if the documented retry window
requires multiple attempts; otherwise remove the exponential-backoff claim from
the file documentation and describe the single-attempt behavior accurately.
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Inline comments:
In `@cmd/root.go`:
- Around line 187-188: Update the remote-subcommand detection in the root
initialization flow to parse global flags before identifying the selected
command, so remote commands bypass local configuration loading even when flags
such as --config precede remote. Add a regression test covering a persistent
flag before remote, including the --list invocation, and verify
InitConfigWithOptions is not reached for that path.

In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs`:
- Around line 838-842: Replace panic-based length validation in dial_host,
serve, and serve_pair with explicit 32-byte checks that call fail with the
existing error-reporting behavior for missing or malformed flags. Update the
endpoint ID and client seed conversions, plus secret_from_seed handling, while
preserving successful parsing and the existing dial_pair validation pattern.
- Around line 374-378: Ensure every exit path after inserting the correlation
key into pending removes it, including read_frame errors, malformed
authentication, and daemon-disconnect paths. Add an RAII/drop guard around the
pending entry in the handshake flow, and remove the redundant manual cleanup
from the timeout branch while preserving removal when an AUTH_DECISION is
successfully handled.

In `@internal/daemon/client.go`:
- Line 31: Update the PairOptions comment to state that Code is required,
replacing the claim that zero values are valid; leave RunPair and other behavior
unchanged.
- Line 115: Update promptHostName to accept ctx context.Context as its first
parameter and make its blocking ReadString operation stop when the context is
canceled. Pass the RunPair context into promptHostName while preserving the
existing prompt behavior for active contexts.

In `@internal/daemon/identity.go`:
- Around line 57-64: Update loadOrCreateSeed so any existing identity file,
including empty or truncated files, is treated as corrupt and returns the same
error instead of generating or overwriting a seed; only create a new seed when
os.ReadFile reports that the file does not exist.

In `@internal/daemon/pair.go`:
- Around line 160-166: Update the approval prompt read in the pairing flow to
consume a complete input line using bufio, preserving the existing
trimmed-string handling so the switch can match "yes" and other expected
responses. Add the required standard-library import and retain the empty-input
behavior.

In `@internal/daemon/protocol.go`:
- Around line 33-38: Update the protocol layout comments in
internal/daemon/protocol.go lines 33-38 to document AUTH_REQUEST as c_nonce(32)
| s_nonce(32) | client_pub(32), AUTH_DECISION as corr(8) | verdict(1) [|
reason], PAIR_REQUEST as c_nonce(32) | client_pub(32), and PAIR_DECISION as
corr(8) | verdict(1) [| host_endpoint_id(32)]. Also update the comment in
contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs line 1121 to state ver(u16) | c_nonce(32) |
client_pub(32) | tag(32); no runtime or constant changes are needed.

In `@internal/daemon/server.go`:
- Around line 197-200: Update the malformed payload branch in the auth payload
handler to invoke the same denial/decision path as other invalid authentication
data and remove the corresponding entry from pendingAuths before returning.
Preserve the malformed-length warning and ensure the sidecar receives a
response, matching handleAuthRequest’s malformed-input behavior.
- Around line 57-60: Stop passing secretHex through TunnelOptions.Args in both
internal/daemon/server.go lines 57-60 and internal/daemon/pair.go lines 84-87;
update the StartTunnel integration to deliver the daemon and pairing key
material through a dedicated inherited file descriptor or another non-argv
channel, while preserving both tunnel modes’ existing behavior.
- Around line 179-183: Guard the malformed-payload path before slicing payload:
in the length check around decideAuth, call decideAuth with payload[:8] only
when len(payload) is at least 8, while preserving the existing malformed-request
logging and rejection behavior for shorter payloads.

In `@internal/daemon/store.go`:
- Around line 119-133: Update SaveHost to validate endpointID before
constructing or storing HostEntry: require exactly 32 bytes represented as valid
hexadecimal, return an error for invalid values, and only compute HostFP with
mustHexDecode after validation succeeds.
- Around line 321-333: Serialize the whole read-modify-write sequence in
TouchClient, AuthorizeClient, and RevokeClient with an exclusive lock on a
separate stable lock file, acquiring it before reading the allowlist and
releasing it only after the write completes. Do not lock the atomically replaced
allowlist path itself, and preserve existing error handling and update behavior.

In `@www/pages/advanced/remote-sessions.md`:
- Around line 16-17: Update the reconnect description near “No code is ever
needed again” to limit the claim to normal reconnects, while preserving the
documented behavior that deleting the host identity requires every client to
pair again.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs`:
- Around line 1071-1075: Make the pairing backoff effective across attempts by
moving the BackoffState lifetime from handle_pair_connection into serve_pair and
reusing it for each connection, while preserving the existing delay and
record_failure behavior. Ensure serve_pair no longer exits after only one failed
attempt if the documented retry window requires multiple attempts; otherwise
remove the exponential-backoff claim from the file documentation and describe
the single-attempt behavior accurately.

In `@internal/daemon/pair.go`:
- Around line 139-140: Remove the raw sidecar status print from the successful
pairing path in the pairing flow, or replace the fmt.Fprintf call with
structured log.Debug output using github.com/charmbracelet/log; do not emit
these statuses directly to os.Stderr during normal operator use.

In `@internal/daemon/store_test.go`:
- Around line 165-168: Update the ambiguity assertion around RevokeClient so it
uses a prefix known to match both fp1 and fp2, or explicitly verifies the
returned error text is the ambiguity error; ensure the test exercises the
ambiguous-prefix branch rather than the no-match branch.
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Fixed (all 14 findings verified valid):
- root: flag-aware detection of the 'remote' subcommand so global flags
  before it (kit --config x remote --list) cannot trigger local config
  loading; regression test added
- sidecar: PendingGuard removes the correlation entry on every exit
  path (map could grow unbounded on connect/hello/disconnect floods)
- sidecar: fail() with STATUS ERROR instead of panics on wrong-length
  seeds, endpoint ids and client pubs
- sidecar: nonce-length comment fixed (c_nonce is 32 bytes; only the
  decision correlation prefix is 8)
- daemon+sidecar: key material (daemon seed, pairing seed, client seed)
  moved out of sidecar argv into the child environment (CWE-214: argv
  is world-readable via ps)
- client: promptHostName takes ctx and honors cancellation; PairOptions
  doc corrected (Code is required)
- identity: an existing-but-corrupt identity file is an error, never
  silently regenerated (that would rotate the endpoint id and un-pair
  every client)
- pair: approval prompt reads a full line ('yes' works)
- protocol.go + sidecar: layout comments corrected (corr(8) vs
  c_nonce(32))
- server: short auth frames guarded; malformed auth payloads now answer
  the sidecar and drop the stashed challenge (no sidecar timeout, no
  map growth)
- store: SaveHost validates the endpoint id (64 hex) at the boundary;
  allowlist read-modify-write serialized with a stable flock file so a
  TouchClient can never resurrect a revoked client (CWE-367)
- docs: 'no code ever needed' wording limited to normal reconnects

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contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs (2)

375-376: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Create PendingGuard for the main authentication handshake.

server_handshake inserts corr into pending, but it does not create PendingGuard. If a peer stops after CLIENT_HELLO, the 30-second timeout returns without removing the entry. Repeated abandoned handshakes grow the process-lifetime map.

Create the guard immediately after the insertion.

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In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs` around lines 375 - 376, In server_handshake,
create a PendingGuard immediately after inserting corr and its channel into
pending, ensuring the guard remains active for the authentication handshake and
removes the entry when the handshake times out or exits early.

445-447: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Read the environment secret in both host modes.

internal/daemon/server.go starts serve with KIT_TUNNEL_SECRET. internal/daemon/pair.go starts serve-pair with KIT_TUNNEL_PAIR_SEED. These functions read only flag values. parse_seed("") returns zero bytes, and secret_from_seed then panics. As a result, kit daemon and kit daemon pair cannot start their tunnels.

Use secret_material in both modes. Validate the seed length before calling secret_from_seed.

Proposed fix
 async fn serve(flags: &Flags) {
-    let secret_bytes = parse_seed(&flags.get("secret-hex"));
+    let secret_bytes = parse_seed(&secret_material(flags, "KIT_TUNNEL_SECRET"));
+    if secret_bytes.len() != 32 {
+        fail("daemon seed must be 32 bytes");
+    }
     let secret = secret_from_seed(&secret_bytes);

 async fn serve_pair(flags: &Flags) {
-    let seed = parse_seed(&flags.get("pair-seed-hex"));
+    let seed = parse_seed(&secret_material(flags, "KIT_TUNNEL_PAIR_SEED"));
+    if seed.len() != 32 {
+        fail("pairing seed must be 32 bytes");
+    }
     let key = Arc::new(auth_key(&seed));

Also applies to: 1054-1057

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In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs` around lines 445 - 447, Update both serve and
serve-pair to obtain the seed through secret_material, supporting
KIT_TUNNEL_SECRET and KIT_TUNNEL_PAIR_SEED rather than only flag values.
Validate that the resulting seed has the required length before passing it to
secret_from_seed, and handle invalid or missing material without allowing
secret_from_seed to panic.
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internal/daemon/identity.go (1)

61-61: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Return non-missing identity-file errors.

Line 61 treats every read error as a missing file. If an existing seed file is write-only or has a transient I/O error, this function generates and writes a new seed. This changes the daemon endpoint ID and invalidates all paired clients.

Only create a seed when os.IsNotExist(err) is true.

Proposed fix
-	if b, err := os.ReadFile(path); err == nil {
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err == nil {
 		if len(b) >= 64 {
 			seed, derr := hex.DecodeString(string(b)[:64])
 			if derr == nil && len(seed) == 32 {
 				return seed, nil
 			}
 		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("daemon: corrupt identity file %s — fix or remove it (removing the daemon identity rotates the endpoint id and un-pairs every client)", path)
 	}
+	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("daemon: read identity: %w", err)
+	}
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In `@internal/daemon/identity.go` at line 61, Update the identity-file read logic
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In `@cmd/root.go`:
- Around line 230-235: Update globalBoolFlags to include the short aliases
supported by continueFlag and resumeFlag, specifically -c and -r, so the
argument scan treats them as boolean flags and does not consume the following
value. Add regression coverage for both aliases, including the remote command
flow, using the existing test conventions.

In `@internal/daemon/pair.go`:
- Around line 162-164: Update prompt and its callers so PairWindowOptions.Prompt
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false when the context ends, ensuring the approval wait cannot outlive the
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In `@contrib/kit-tunnel/src/main.rs`:
- Around line 375-376: In server_handshake, create a PendingGuard immediately
after inserting corr and its channel into pending, ensuring the guard remains
active for the authentication handshake and removes the entry when the handshake
times out or exits early.
- Around line 445-447: Update both serve and serve-pair to obtain the seed
through secret_material, supporting KIT_TUNNEL_SECRET and KIT_TUNNEL_PAIR_SEED
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In `@internal/daemon/identity.go`:
- Line 61: Update the identity-file read logic around os.ReadFile so a new seed
is generated only when os.IsNotExist(err) is true; propagate or return all other
read errors instead of treating them as a missing file, preserving the existing
identity and paired clients.
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Comment thread cmd/root.go
Comment thread internal/daemon/pair.go
- root: include short boolean aliases (-c, -r) in the argv scan for the
  remote subcommand — 'kit -c remote --list' previously consumed
  'remote' as the flag value and loaded local config; regression cases
  added
- pair: the accept/reject prompt observes the pairing window context —
  an unattended prompt no longer keeps the window (and its code) alive
  past expiry; PairWindowOptions.Prompt now takes the context
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In `@internal/daemon/pair.go`:
- Around line 168-171: Update the answer-handling branch in the pairing flow to
check ctx.Err() immediately after receiving an answer and before returning true
for “y” or “yes”; reject approval when the pairing context has expired,
including when line and ctx.Done() are simultaneously ready. Add a regression
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Comment thread internal/daemon/pair.go Outdated
…#114)

The prompt's select could pick a queued 'y' even when the window's
context had already fired (both channels ready = random choice). The
decision now re-checks the context after the answer arrives; a
promptDecision helper makes the rule unit-testable, with a regression
test covering queued-yes-after-expiry.
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