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Summary

  • preserve keyboard and gamepad press/release state per WebSocket connection
  • isolate physical holds with reference counting and ordered input dispatch
  • release held input on disconnect, execution failure, and shutdown while rejecting persistent HTTP input
  • document persistent input lifetime and transport semantics

Closes #1215

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added WebSocket support for persistent keyboard and gamepad inputs across requests.
    • Added macro tokens for delays, holds, presses, and releases.
    • Added per-connection input isolation and configurable gamepad input sequences.
    • Input requests now execute in arrival order.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Held inputs are released on disconnect, cancellation, errors, and shutdown.
    • Cleanup can proceed without waiting for blocked operations.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded API documentation for persistent input behavior and WebSocket requirements.

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  • docs/api/methods.md
  • pkg/api/methods/input.go
  • pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go
  • pkg/api/ws_dispatcher_test.go
  • pkg/helpers/inputmacro/control.go
  • pkg/helpers/inputmacro/control_test.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session_test.go
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  • pkg/api/methods/input.go
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  • pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go

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The PR adds durable keyboard and gamepad input sessions for WebSocket requests. It introduces Linux session state tracking, ordered input dispatch, cancellation and cleanup handling, API routing, tests, and documentation.

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Persistent input session

Layer / File(s) Summary
Input session contract and shared state
pkg/platforms/platforms.go, pkg/platforms/shared/*, pkg/platforms/replayos/platform.go
Platforms can create input sessions that track held keyboard keys and gamepad buttons with synchronization and reference counting.
Macro execution and cleanup
pkg/helpers/inputmacro/*, pkg/platforms/shared/*, pkg/zapscript/*, pkg/platforms/shared/*_test.go
Keyboard and gamepad sequences support control tokens, delays, holds, cancellation, error cleanup, and device shutdown release.
API session routing and ordered dispatch
pkg/api/models/requests/requests.go, pkg/api/methods/input.go, pkg/api/request_priority.go, pkg/api/server.go, pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go, pkg/api/*_test.go
WebSocket dispatchers create sessions, route input requests through a dedicated queue, propagate session state, and release sessions during shutdown.
Macro lifecycle documentation
docs/api/methods.md
The API documentation describes persistent keyboard and gamepad tokens and their WebSocket lifecycle.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 98bcf

The API documentation may promise persistent input on WebSocket connections even where supported input sessions are unavailable, which could mislead clients and cause integration failures; the change is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to qualify the documentation.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WebSocketClient
  participant wsSessionDispatcher
  participant InputSession
  participant LinuxInput
  WebSocketClient->>wsSessionDispatcher: Send input request
  wsSessionDispatcher->>InputSession: Execute ordered input request
  InputSession->>LinuxInput: Press or release keyboard/gamepad input
  LinuxInput-->>InputSession: Return execution result
  InputSession-->>wsSessionDispatcher: Return response
  wsSessionDispatcher-->>WebSocketClient: Send JSON-RPC response
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The Platform field reorder in pkg/platforms/replayos/platform.go has no behavioral purpose and is unrelated to persistent WebSocket input. Revert the unrelated Platform field reorder unless it is required by the implementation.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement persistent, isolated keyboard and gamepad input with cleanup, HTTP safeguards, tests, and documentation required by issue #1215.
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❌ Patch coverage is 72.10682% with 188 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

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pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go 68.25% 113 Missing and 67 partials ⚠️
pkg/api/methods/input.go 81.81% 2 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
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Actionable comments posted: 4

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pkg/api/methods/input.go (1)

34-46: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Share one token classifier instead of two.

hasPersistentInputTokens duplicates the brace and prefix rules of parseInputMacroToken in pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go (Lines 105-131). That file is //go:build linux, so the two copies cannot be checked against each other by the compiler.

If a future token form becomes persistent, only the Linux parser is updated and this HTTP guard silently accepts it. The request then holds input with no session to release it.

Move the token classification into a package without a build tag and call it from both sides.

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In `@pkg/api/methods/input.go` around lines 34 - 46, Extract the shared brace and
prefix classification currently duplicated by hasPersistentInputTokens and
parseInputMacroToken into an untagged package-level helper. Update both symbols
to call this common classifier, preserving the existing persistent-token
behavior while ensuring future token-form changes are applied consistently
across HTTP validation and Linux parsing.
pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go (1)

177-179: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Make the inputDone invariant consistent.

close() treats a nil inputDone as valid, but start() calls close(d.inputDone) unconditionally. A dispatcher built without getOrCreateWSDispatcher, as tests do, panics in start() instead of taking the guarded path. Pick one invariant: either initialize inputDone inside start() when it is nil, or drop the nil check in close().

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 func (d *wsSessionDispatcher) start() {
+	if d.inputDone == nil {
+		d.inputDone = make(chan struct{})
+	}
 	for range wsHighConcurrency {

Also applies to: 235-238

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In `@pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go` around lines 177 - 179, Make the inputDone
lifecycle consistent between start() and close(): initialize d.inputDone in
start() when it is nil before any unconditional close(d.inputDone) call,
preserving the guarded wait behavior and preventing dispatchers constructed
without getOrCreateWSDispatcher from panicking.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/api/methods.md`:
- Around line 4816-4818: Update the WebSocket persistent-input documentation
near the macro semantics to define reference counting: each repeated {press:key}
adds one hold, each matching {release:key} removes one hold, and the physical
key or button is released only when its hold count reaches zero; retain the
existing disconnect, execution-failure, and shutdown cleanup behavior.
- Around line 4816-4818: Update the macro documentation’s persistent input
availability statement to say it is supported only over supported WebSocket
input sessions, matching the session requirements enforced by the keyboard and
gamepad handlers. Keep the existing ownership, cleanup, and HTTP behavior
unchanged.

In `@pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go`:
- Around line 169-185: Update wsSessionDispatcher.close to replace the unbounded
receive on inputDone with a bounded wait using wsInputWorkerDrainTimeout, while
retaining the existing cleanup and release ordering.

In `@pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go`:
- Around line 628-644: Bound client-supplied durations in the
sequence-processing function containing parseInputMacroToken: validate both
parsed delay durations and explicit hold durations against a fixed maximum
before invoking sleepInputContext or the hold operation. Reject values exceeding
the limit with the existing invalid-token error style, while preserving valid
durations and context cancellation behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/api/methods/input.go`:
- Around line 34-46: Extract the shared brace and prefix classification
currently duplicated by hasPersistentInputTokens and parseInputMacroToken into
an untagged package-level helper. Update both symbols to call this common
classifier, preserving the existing persistent-token behavior while ensuring
future token-form changes are applied consistently across HTTP validation and
Linux parsing.

In `@pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go`:
- Around line 177-179: Make the inputDone lifecycle consistent between start()
and close(): initialize d.inputDone in start() when it is nil before any
unconditional close(d.inputDone) call, preserving the guarded wait behavior and
preventing dispatchers constructed without getOrCreateWSDispatcher from
panicking.
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  • docs/api/methods.md
  • pkg/api/input_session_integration_test.go
  • pkg/api/methods/input.go
  • pkg/api/methods/input_session_test.go
  • pkg/api/models/requests/requests.go
  • pkg/api/request_priority.go
  • pkg/api/request_priority_test.go
  • pkg/api/server.go
  • pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go
  • pkg/api/ws_dispatcher_test.go
  • pkg/platforms/platforms.go
  • pkg/platforms/replayos/platform.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session_test.go
  • pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_test.go
  • pkg/zapscript/input.go
  • pkg/zapscript/input_test.go

Comment thread docs/api/methods.md Outdated
Comment on lines +4816 to +4818
The input macro format is identical to what goes after the `:` in a ZapScript `input.keyboard` or `input.gamepad` command on a token. Each character is a separate keypress, `{...}` groups are special keys/combos, and `\` is the escape character. Macros also support `{delay:duration}`, `{hold:key:duration}`, `{press:key}`, and `{release:key}`. Press and release have short forms `{_key}` and `{^key}`.

Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over WebSocket. A press remains held across requests from that WebSocket until its matching release. Each WebSocket owns its held keys and buttons; one connection cannot release another connection's input. Core releases all owned input when the WebSocket disconnects, input execution fails, or Core shuts down. HTTP JSON-RPC requests reject persistent press and release tokens because HTTP has no durable session lifecycle.

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document reference-counted hold semantics.

The session contract uses reference counting, but this paragraph does not define repeated {press:...} calls or matching {release:...} calls. State whether each press adds a hold, whether each release removes one hold, and when the physical input is released.

Proposed addition
 Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over WebSocket. A press remains held across requests from that WebSocket until its matching release.
+Repeated persistent presses and releases follow the session's reference-counted ownership rules. Document whether each press requires a matching release and when the input is physically released.
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In `@docs/api/methods.md` around lines 4816 - 4818, Update the WebSocket
persistent-input documentation near the macro semantics to define reference
counting: each repeated {press:key} adds one hold, each matching {release:key}
removes one hold, and the physical key or button is released only when its hold
count reaches zero; retain the existing disconnect, execution-failure, and
shutdown cleanup behavior.

🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Limit the WebSocket availability claim to supported sessions.

The keyboard and gamepad handlers require a supported WebSocket input session. The current wording can imply that every WebSocket supports persistent input. Use “supported WebSocket sessions” to match pkg/api/methods/input.go:60-87 and pkg/api/methods/input.go:90-117.

Proposed wording
-Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over WebSocket.
+Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over supported WebSocket sessions.
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The input macro format is identical to what goes after the `:` in a ZapScript `input.keyboard` or `input.gamepad` command on a token. Each character is a separate keypress, `{...}` groups are special keys/combos, and `\` is the escape character. Macros also support `{delay:duration}`, `{hold:key:duration}`, `{press:key}`, and `{release:key}`. Press and release have short forms `{_key}` and `{^key}`.
Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over WebSocket. A press remains held across requests from that WebSocket until its matching release. Each WebSocket owns its held keys and buttons; one connection cannot release another connection's input. Core releases all owned input when the WebSocket disconnects, input execution fails, or Core shuts down. HTTP JSON-RPC requests reject persistent press and release tokens because HTTP has no durable session lifecycle.
The input macro format is identical to what goes after the `:` in a ZapScript `input.keyboard` or `input.gamepad` command on a token. Each character is a separate keypress, `{...}` groups are special keys/combos, and `\` is the escape character. Macros also support `{delay:duration}`, `{hold:key:duration}`, `{press:key}`, and `{release:key}`. Press and release have short forms `{_key}` and `{^key}`.
Persistent `{press:key}` and `{release:key}` input is available only over supported WebSocket sessions. A press remains held across requests from that WebSocket until its matching release. Each WebSocket owns its held keys and buttons; one connection cannot release another connection's input. Core releases all owned input when the WebSocket disconnects, input execution fails, or Core shuts down. HTTP JSON-RPC requests reject persistent press and release tokens because HTTP has no durable session lifecycle.
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In `@docs/api/methods.md` around lines 4816 - 4818, Update the macro
documentation’s persistent input availability statement to say it is supported
only over supported WebSocket input sessions, matching the session requirements
enforced by the keyboard and gamepad handlers. Keep the existing ownership,
cleanup, and HTTP behavior unchanged.

Comment thread pkg/api/ws_dispatcher.go
Comment thread pkg/platforms/shared/linuxinput_session.go
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