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Summary

  • add an explicit labIntegrationEnabled runtime gate, off unless exactly true
  • remove Compatibility Lab modules from the ordinary request, startup, and shutdown import graph
  • lazy-load compatibility evidence only for explicit policy routes
  • lazy-load Lab and routing-profile management handlers only for their namespaces
  • add architecture regression tests for the isolation boundary

Root cause

CL-09 passive route-subject linkage ran in the ordinary Responses path and statically pulled Lab subject code into every server process. CL-08 automation and CL-06 compatibility assembly were also statically reachable from server startup and routing code even when an operator did not use the Lab or routing profiles.

Behaviour

With labIntegrationEnabled unset or false:

  • normal model requests do not load or run Lab subject construction
  • server startup and shutdown do not load Lab automation
  • concrete model routing does not load compatibility assembly
  • normal management requests do not load Lab or routing-profile modules

Explicit policy/... routes and explicit /api/lab/* and /api/routing-profiles/* requests still load their dependencies on demand.

Automatic Lab startup integration is now explicit opt-in:

{
  "labIntegrationEnabled": true
}

Explicit automation enablement through the CLI or management API persists that runtime opt-in, and explicit live automation requests initialize their production dispatch dependencies lazily.

Validation

  • added fresh-process module-graph regression tests for the core isolation boundary
  • added behavioural regressions for explicit live management runs, persistent automation opt-in, and CLI live scheduler initialization
  • rebased the fix onto current dev at c6688c79ff58ca4f4a6502f6e6a4228124b45047
  • preserved the newer dev changes in src/server/responses/core.ts and src/types.ts
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added an optional setting to enable Compatibility Lab integration during normal server operation.
    • Automation enablement through supported commands and APIs now persists across restarts.
    • Explicit Lab commands, APIs, and policy routes remain available on demand.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Invalid saved integration settings safely default to disabled.
  • Performance
    • Lab components now load only when needed.
  • Reliability
    • Improved automation shutdown and scheduler cleanup.
    • Improved runtime initialization for live management operations.

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The change makes Compatibility Lab integration optional and lazy. Configuration defaults malformed or absent values to disabled. Lab routing, management handlers, automation startup, runtime ownership, CLI enablement, and shutdown logic activate only when required.

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Compatibility Lab integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and compatibility routing
src/types.ts, src/config.ts, src/router.ts, src/server/responses/core.ts
Adds OcxConfig.labIntegrationEnabled. Policy evidence and route-subject resolution now load dynamically under explicit conditions.
Opt-in server automation lifecycle
src/server/index.ts, src/server/lifecycle.ts, src/server/lab-automation-runtime.ts
Loads and owns Lab automation runtime dependencies when integration is enabled. Scheduler and shutdown handling use the registered runtime hook.
On-demand management and CLI activation
src/server/management-api.ts, src/server/management/lab-automation-routes.ts, src/cli/lab.ts
Loads handlers only for matching namespaces. Management and CLI automation enablement persists the integration flag and initializes runtime dependencies for explicit runs.
Isolation and integration validation
tests/lab-core-isolation.test.ts, tests/lab-runtime-integration-regressions.test.ts
Checks that core entry points avoid eager Lab loading and that management and CLI activation persist configuration and automation policy.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d16a1

This change isolates optional Compatibility Lab behavior behind explicit opt-in and lazy loading; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains based on the current evidence.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Config
  participant startServer
  participant ManagementAPI
  participant LabAutomationRuntime
  participant Lifecycle
  Config->>startServer: provide labIntegrationEnabled
  startServer->>LabAutomationRuntime: initialize runtime when enabled
  ManagementAPI->>LabAutomationRuntime: initialize runtime for matching Lab routes
  LabAutomationRuntime-->>ManagementAPI: provide dispatch dependencies
  Lifecycle->>LabAutomationRuntime: invoke shutdown hook
  LabAutomationRuntime->>LabAutomationRuntime: stop schedulers and release owners
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@Wibias Wibias changed the title [WRONG BRANCH] fix: isolate Compatibility Lab from core runtime fix: isolate Compatibility Lab from core runtime Aug 14, 2026
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In `@src/server/index.ts`:
- Around line 1733-1765: Extract the production Lab automation dependency setup,
including the routeExecutor and dispatch dependencies, from the
labIntegrationEnabled startup branch into a shared lazy initializer. Invoke that
initializer before management routes enqueue manual runs or start the scheduler,
while retaining the enabled startup behavior and synchronous startServer API.
Add regression coverage for a live /api/lab/automation request when
labIntegrationEnabled is false, ensuring dispatch does not return
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In `@src/cli/lab.ts`:
- Around line 413-418: Initialize the Lab runtime in the CLI enablement flow
before scheduler startup: import and call ensureLabAutomationRuntime with the
CLI configuration and configDir immediately before startLabAutomationScheduler.
Add a focused regression test in lab-runtime-integration-regressions.test.ts
verifying CLI enablement installs the runtime dispatch dependencies.
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Closing this because the same boundary landed on dev in #1681, but I want to be precise about what happened here, because you solved two things first and I have cherry-picked both.

You opened this at 07:58Z; I was working the same defect in parallel and did not see it until after #1681 merged. That is a coordination failure on my side — I should have checked open PRs before starting, and the freeze message I was drafting would have told you I was on it.

Where yours was better

Management-API namespace loading. #1681 left management-api.ts statically importing the Lab and routing-profile handlers, so every dashboard request still pulled ~70 src/lab/ modules. My own audit flagged it and I deferred it to a later phase; you had already implemented it. Your pathInManagementNamespace + per-namespace await import() shape is now on dev via #1682, credited to this PR — including the detail that /api/lab/automation must be matched before the general /api/lab handler.

CLI path. src/cli/lab.ts was outside my scope entirely. Worth a follow-up.

server/index.ts reaching 0. You went one step further than I did. I deliberately left the composition root exempt — a root is supposed to know which optional subsystems exist, and Lab does no import-time work, so the user-facing guarantee holds either way — but yours is the stricter result and that is a defensible position.

Why the merged version differs

labIntegrationEnabled was not taken. It gates Lab behind a new config flag, and there is no migration that derives it from an existing automation-config.json. An operator already running Lab automation would upgrade and find their scheduler silently stopped, with no error and no log line explaining it — persistLabIntegrationOptIn only fires when someone newly enables automation. The merged approach reads the automation config already on disk (automation-config.json first, automation-policy.json as legacy fallback), so existing installs keep working untouched.

require() was not taken. I verified it does work under Bun. But it binds an ESM package ("type": "module") to the Bun runtime in a way a registration slot does not, and the same lazy effect is achievable without that coupling. For the synchronous router path specifically, routeModelInternal is sync and so is the subagent-fallback chain that calls routeModel, so #1681 used a nullable provider slot filled at activation rather than a require at the call site.

One thing worth knowing

An independent review of my version proved, by executing the modules, that a deferred activation window lets a policy alias be silently dropped from a subagent fallback chain — the subagent then runs on a different model than the operator configured, with no error and no log. That is why activation in #1681 is synchronous and completes inside the same turn as Bun.serve. If you revisit this area, that invariant is now written into AGENTS.md and devlog/_plan/260814_lab_core_decoupling/080_activation_is_synchronous.md.

Nothing here is lost: the branch stays, the two ideas I took are attributed, and the CLI gap you covered is still open work if you want it.

Sorry for the collision. That one is on me.

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…pace (#1682)

Cherry-picked from @Wibias's PR #1676, which solved this before the boundary work
reached it. #1681 left management-api.ts eagerly importing the Lab and
routing-profile handlers, so every dashboard request still pulled ~70 src/lab
modules into the graph -- including on installs that never opted into Lab. My own
audit flagged it (B6) and I deferred it; Wibias had already implemented it.

The handlers now load per namespace, preserving the eager chain's ordering:
/api/lab/automation is matched before the general /api/lab handler, and
pathInManagementNamespace requires an exact hit or a child path so /api/labfoo
cannot collide with /api/lab.

  src/server/management-api.ts   70 -> 0 reachable src/lab modules

management-api.ts joins the protected set in tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts.

That addition required refining the guard, and the distinction is worth stating:
a dynamic import() is a DEFERRED edge, entered only if the branch runs, so the
graph walk no longer follows it -- lazy loading is the remedy this guard exists
to encourage, not a defect. Guard 1 still forbids a protected file from naming
Lab dynamically, so the coverage moved rather than disappeared, and the attack
suite now pins that split explicitly.

Not taken from #1676: the labIntegrationEnabled config flag. It gates Lab behind
a new setting with no migration from an existing automation-config.json, so an
operator already running Lab automation would silently stop after upgrading. The
merged approach reads the automation config that is already on disk instead.
Also avoided its require() calls -- they work under Bun, verified, but bind an
ESM package to the Bun runtime where a registration slot does not.

Verification: bun x tsc --noEmit exit 0; 93 tests pass across 7 files, including
162 management-API tests green before commit.
lidge-jun added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 14, 2026
…sers who never opted in

Lands the Lab/core boundary (#1681) and the management-API namespace loading
cherry-picked from @Wibias's #1676 (#1682).

A user with no routing profile now executes zero Lab code:

  src/router.ts                 24 -> 0 reachable src/lab modules
  src/server/lifecycle.ts       69 -> 0
  src/server/responses/core.ts  24 -> 0
  src/server/management-api.ts  70 -> 0

Optional subsystems now register into core-owned slots at activation instead of
being imported by the core. Enforced by tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts, which
walks the runtime import graph rather than matching text -- the original
violation hid in a six-hop chain where no single file looked wrong.
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