Make the Windows Claude /usage PTY probe robust (retries, cross-process lock, child-tree kill) - #641
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Interactive CLIs such as Claude Code drop keystrokes that arrive before their input widget is mounted, and that readiness delay varies between machines (1-5 s observed on Windows 10). Allow callers to re-type the script at fixed offsets while none of the configured done markers is visible in the output.
- re-send /usage at 5.5/8.5/13 s while the usage view is not visible yet - accept plan-limit percentages even when Claude appends its local activity stats (cost/duration/cache) to the same output - remove the probe session transcript under ~/.claude/projects so the fixed --session-id does not fail with 'already in use' on the next run - trace-log the raw probe output for diagnosis
- tty_runner: drain output during the initial delay and answer ConPTY cursor-position queries there; reset the idle timer when the script is sent so startup silence does not count as idle; optional shorter idle once a done marker is visible; taskkill the child tree on Windows - claude: file lock around the PTY probe (serve daemon and one-off usage calls share one Claude session id); echo markers so a half-processed /usage is confirmed with Enter instead of typed twice; share a parseable probe result across processes for 45 s
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe TTY runner now supports configurable script retries and completion-aware idle timeouts. Claude usage probes use shared cached output and cross-process coordination. The usage parser retains labeled plan-limit percentages when activity statistics are present. ChangesClaude usage probe
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant UsageFetch
participant ProbeCache
participant ProbeLock
participant TtyRunner
participant ClaudeCLI
participant UsageParser
UsageFetch->>ProbeCache: Read cached probe output
ProbeCache-->>UsageFetch: Return output on cache hit
UsageFetch->>ProbeLock: Acquire lock after cache miss
UsageFetch->>TtyRunner: Start probe with retry settings
TtyRunner->>ClaudeCLI: Send usage command and retries
ClaudeCLI-->>TtyRunner: Return probe output
TtyRunner-->>UsageFetch: Return captured output
UsageFetch->>UsageParser: Parse usage output
UsageParser-->>UsageFetch: Return parsed usage data
UsageFetch->>ProbeCache: Store output after successful parse
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The Windows Claude usage probe can still fail intermittently. Probes can conflict over the shared session, and cleanup can delete unrelated Claude transcripts in the probe directory. Resolve these issues before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change makes the local Claude usage probe more reliable. It does not add any new network-facing or untrusted input path. The main design gap: switching Claude accounts clears the in-memory usage cache but not the new usage cache on disk. For up to 45 seconds after a switch, the previous account's usage figures can be shown for the new account and then kept as the new account's fallback result. Deleting transcripts and killing the child process tree are best-effort local operations limited to the probe's own directory and child process. Retained concerns
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Review comments at @rust/src/cli/tty_runner.rs:
- Around line 464-468: The idle check using effective_idle and last_output_time
can stop the session before scheduled Claude probe retries run. Update this
stopping logic to defer idle termination while retries remain pending, or reset
the idle window whenever a retry is sent, so retries scheduled at 9.5 and 14
seconds remain reachable.
- Around line 619-622: Update the Windows cleanup in TtyCommandRunner to track
and terminate the launched process tree independently of whether child.try_wait
reports the launcher has exited; ensure surviving descendants are cleaned up
even when child.process_id is no longer available after exit.
Review comments at @rust/src/providers/claude/mod.rs:
- Line 563: Update the Claude probe flow around ClaudeProbeLock::acquire so a
process rechecks for usable cached output after acquiring the lock and returns
it when available. Keep the cache write within the lock’s lifetime so the
recheck, probe, and cache commit are coordinated, allowing waiting processes to
reuse the completed result.
- Around line 249-251: Update the lock-expiry path in the Claude probe so
returning None cannot lead to launching a probe with the same fixed session ID
without a lock. On expiry, return a probe error or use an independently
generated session ID; preserve the locked-session path when the lock is
acquired.
- Around line 216-219: Update the Claude probe cache persistence block using
CLAUDE_PROBE_CACHE_FILE to write serialized JSON to a temporary file in
probe_dir, then atomically replace the cache file so readers never observe a
partial write.
- Around line 330-335: Update cleanup_probe_transcript to resolve the persisted
probe session ID and remove only the matching transcript instead of deleting
every .jsonl file in the project directory; preserve the existing best-effort
behavior when removing that file.
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| if let Some(idle) = effective_idle | ||
| && last_output_time.elapsed() > idle | ||
| { | ||
| stopped_early = true; | ||
| break; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Keep pending retries reachable when the script has not completed.
If startup produced output but the first /usage input was dropped, this idle check can stop the session about six seconds after the initial write. The Claude probe still has retries scheduled for 9.5 and 14 seconds. Defer idle stopping until those retries run, or reset the idle window when a retry is sent.
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Review comment at @rust/src/cli/tty_runner.rs around lines 464 - 468:
The idle check using effective_idle and last_output_time can stop the session
before scheduled Claude probe retries run. Update this stopping logic to defer
idle termination while retries remain pending, or reset the idle window whenever
a retry is sent, so retries scheduled at 9.5 and 14 seconds remain reachable.
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| #[cfg(windows)] | ||
| if let Some(pid) = child.process_id() { | ||
| kill_process_tree(pid); | ||
| } |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Clean up the Windows process tree after the launcher exits.
locate_claude_binary can select an npm claude.cmd shim, and TtyCommandRunner launches that resolved path directly. The code documents that Windows launchers can leave the real Claude process as a child. If the launcher exits first, child.try_wait() returns Some, so the tree-kill call is skipped. The surviving child can retain the PTY and fixed Claude session ID, causing the next probe to fail with “already in use.” Track and clean up descendants independently of the launcher's exit state.
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Review comment at @rust/src/cli/tty_runner.rs around lines 619 - 622:
Update the Windows cleanup in TtyCommandRunner to track and terminate the
launched process tree independently of whether child.try_wait reports the
launcher has exited; ensure surviving descendants are cleaned up even when
child.process_id is no longer available after exit.
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| if let Ok(json) = serde_json::to_string(&cache) | ||
| && let Err(err) = std::fs::write(probe_dir.join(CLAUDE_PROBE_CACHE_FILE), json) | ||
| { | ||
| tracing::debug!(error = %err, "failed to persist Claude probe cache"); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Replace the shared cache file atomically.
std::fs::write replaces the file through a create-and-write operation. Another process reads this path without holding the probe lock, so it can read truncated JSON, treat the entry as a cache miss, and start an unnecessary probe. Write a temporary file in the same directory, then replace the cache file. (doc.rust-lang.org)
Based on learnings: “When code writes shared state files … flag non-atomic writes as a race-condition risk” and prefer a temporary file followed by an atomic replace.
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Review comment at @rust/src/providers/claude/mod.rs around lines 216 - 219:
Update the Claude probe cache persistence block using CLAUDE_PROBE_CACHE_FILE to
write serialized JSON to a temporary file in probe_dir, then atomically replace
the cache file so readers never observe a partial write.
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| if Instant::now() >= deadline { | ||
| tracing::debug!("Claude probe lock wait expired; continuing unlocked"); | ||
| return None; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Do not launch the fixed session ID after lock expiry.
If a probe runs longer than 30 seconds, a second process returns None here and proceeds to launch the same --session-id without a lock. A trust-preflight rerun can keep the first operation active beyond that deadline. On expiry, return a probe error or use an independently generated session ID instead of starting a conflicting probe.
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Review comment at @rust/src/providers/claude/mod.rs around lines 249 - 251:
Update the lock-expiry path in the Claude probe so returning None cannot lead to
launching a probe with the same fixed session ID without a lock. On expiry,
return a probe error or use an independently generated session ID; preserve the
locked-session path when the lock is acquired.
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| for entry in entries.flatten() { | ||
| let path = entry.path(); | ||
| if path.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) == Some("jsonl") { | ||
| // Best-effort cleanup: a locked transcript just stays. | ||
| let _removed = std::fs::remove_file(&path); | ||
| } |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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Delete only the probe session transcript.
cleanup_probe_transcript removes every .jsonl file in the Claude project directory derived from the probe working directory. The directory is dedicated by CodexBar, but a separate Claude session started with that working directory can still create a transcript there. The cleanup does not compare filenames with the persisted probe session ID, so it can delete that session's history. Resolve the probe session ID before cleanup and remove only its matching transcript.
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Review comment at @rust/src/providers/claude/mod.rs around lines 330 - 335:
Update cleanup_probe_transcript to resolve the persisted probe session ID and
remove only the matching transcript instead of deleting every .jsonl file in the
project directory; preserve the existing best-effort behavior when removing that
file.
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| // Keep ownership in the worker: cancelling the async refresh does not | ||
| // stop spawn_blocking or its CLI process from rotating credentials. | ||
| let _account_operation = accounts::CREDENTIAL_OPERATION.blocking_lock(); | ||
| let _probe_lock = ClaudeProbeLock::acquire(&working_directory); |
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Recheck and commit the cache within the probe lock.
Two processes can both miss the cache at Line 462. The second waits here, but it starts another probe when it acquires the lock; it never checks whether the first process produced usable output. The first worker also releases this guard before its caller writes the cache at Line 473. Keep the cache recheck, probe, and cache commit in one coordinated operation so a waiting process can reuse the first result.
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Review comment at @rust/src/providers/claude/mod.rs at line 563:
Update the Claude probe flow around ClaudeProbeLock::acquire so a process
rechecks for usable cached output after acquiring the lock and returns it when
available. Keep the cache write within the lock’s lifetime so the recheck,
probe, and cache commit are coordinated, allowing waiting processes to reuse the
completed result.
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Review and integration (v0.70.0)Thank you for this. I reviewed head Review. The direction is sound: retries, a cross-process lock, a cache and a process-tree kill make the Windows Claude probe much more reliable. The review also found gaps, each now fixed in its own commit. Merge ( Follow-ups (separate commits):
Verified: 211 Claude tests and 8 TTY tests pass. |
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Summary
Makes the Windows Claude
/usagePTY probe reliable on machines where Claude Code mounts its input widget late.ESC[6n) get answered. The idle timer now starts after the script is sent. An optional shorter idle timeout applies once the answer is on screen. On Windows the whole child tree is killed viataskkill /T /F:claude.exeand npm shims are launchers, and a surviving child keeps the fixed--session-idbusy./usageis re-sent at 6 / 9.5 / 14 s; overall timeout 24 s. A file lock in the probe directory makes theservedaemon and a one-offusagecall take turns instead of colliding on the same session id. A parseable probe result is shared across processes for 45 s. The probe session transcript under~/.claude/projects/<sanitized cwd>/is removed, so the next run does not fail with "already in use". Plan-limit percentages are accepted when Claude appends its local activity stats (cost/duration/cache) to the same output.Related issue
Part of #640 (item 6).
Affected areas
Validation
cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean.cargo clippy --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all-targets -- -D warnings(cross-compiled forx86_64-pc-windows-msvc): no findings in the changed files. The 6 remaining findings are the same onesmain(b585d488) already has (cost_scanner, alibabatokenplan, kiro, minimax, openai/subscription, opencode).providers::claude:: cli::tty_runner::→ 172 passed, 0 failed, 1 ignored.v0.60.3-vibetv.3) against real Claude Code installs.scripts\local-check.ps1: not run on a native Windows host with the full toolchain; the hosted PR check covers it.UI / tray proof
Notes for reviewers
claude/mod.rs. Both touchfetch_via_cliand the activity-stats check. The two changes complement each other: Port upstream 0.65.0: replay Claude CLI cursor redraws onto a virtual screen #633 fixes how output is rendered, this PR fixes how input and process lifetime are handled. Whichever merges second needs a small conflict resolution; happy to rebase onto Port upstream 0.65.0: replay Claude CLI cursor redraws onto a virtual screen #633 if you merge that first.std::fs::File::try_lock(stable since Rust 1.89).Summary by CodeRabbit