fix(claude): retain configured model metadata before a turn

Rebuilding an idle session cleared its observed model and published null despite retaining an explicit model in its configuration. Fall back to that configuration until the next turn supplies an observed model.

docs/connected-hosts.md

@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ registrations remain inspectable; a changed destination requires explicit identi
 
 Both daemons advertise `connectedHosts`; the shared link additionally requires `hostMultiplexing`.
 A completes capability and pinned-identity checks on each physical recovery before admitting channels. There is no local fallback. An older daemon continues to serve existing local
-operations; requesting this feature gives update guidance.
+operations; requesting this feature gives update guidance. The registry retries an older destination
+with capped backoff, so it comes online once updated. Self, duplicate, changed-identity, and
+authentication failures stay in `error` until an update changes the connection, `enabled`, or
+`replaceIdentity`, or A restarts.
 
 Disposing a routed API releases its observations and session. It does not remove the saved host or
 affect sibling API scopes. Disposing the origin cascades to its derived scopes. Observations restore

nix/desktop-package.nix

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ buildNpmPackage {
         # The Nix output is not a distributable DMG, so leave it unsigned and
         # disable the hardened runtime that requires a matching signature.
         CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY=false \
-          ../../node_modules/.bin/electron-builder \
+          npm exec --offline -- electron-builder \
             --config electron-builder.yml \
             --dir \
             --mac \

nix/npm-deps.hash

@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256-CeT2PtYIAFwvBC9LIku8VkTl0pvKxYzSCn0QW2ManfU=
+sha256-KN/AVZV/o0TleLLpmggSrdJqjFDJ/NJYVHiC54xb4jQ=

packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.browser.test.ts

@@ -717,11 +717,13 @@ describe("terminal emulator runtime in a real browser", () => {
     { name: "DA1-zero", bytes: "\x1b[0c" },
     { name: "DA2", bytes: "\x1b[>c" },
     { name: "DA3", bytes: "\x1b[=c" },
+    { name: "XTVERSION", bytes: "\x1b[>q" },
     { name: "DSR-5", bytes: "\x1b[5n" },
     { name: "DSR-6", bytes: "\x1b[6n" },
     { name: "DSR-?6", bytes: "\x1b[?6n" },
     { name: "DECRQM", bytes: "\x1b[1$p" },
     { name: "DECRQM-?", bytes: "\x1b[?1$p" },
+    { name: "DECRQSS", bytes: "\x1bP$qm\x1b\\" },
     { name: "OSC-10-foreground-color", bytes: "\x1b]10;?\x07" },
     { name: "OSC-11-background-color", bytes: "\x1b]11;?\x07" },
     { name: "OSC-12-cursor-color", bytes: "\x1b]12;?\x07" },

packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.ts

@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ final: "c" }, () => true);
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ prefix: ">", final: "c" }, () => true);
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ prefix: "=", final: "c" }, () => true);
+      terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ prefix: ">", final: "q" }, () => true);
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ final: "n" }, () => true);
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ prefix: "?", final: "n" }, () => true);
       terminal.parser.registerCsiHandler({ final: "R" }, () => true);
@@ -655,6 +656,7 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
         { prefix: "?", intermediates: "$", final: "p" },
         () => true,
       );
+      terminal.parser.registerDcsHandler({ intermediates: "$", final: "q" }, () => true);
       for (const code of [10, 11, 12]) {
         terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(code, (data) => data.trim() === "?");
       }

packages/client/src/node/index.ts

@@ -204,15 +204,16 @@ export function createHostTransportFactory(
 }
 export function createHostClient(
   connection: string,
-  config: Omit<DaemonClientConfig, "url" | "transportFactory"> & HostTransportOptions,
+  config: Omit<DaemonClientConfig, "url"> & HostTransportOptions,
   budget?: HostTransportBudget,
 ): DaemonClient {
   const target = parseHostTarget(connection);
-  const { webSocketAgent, ...clientConfig } = config;
+  const { webSocketAgent, transportFactory, ...clientConfig } = config;
   return new DaemonClient({
     ...clientConfig,
     url: "ws://host-connector/ws",
     ...(target.password ? { password: target.password } : {}),
-    transportFactory: createHostTransportFactory(connection, budget, { webSocketAgent }),
+    transportFactory:
+      transportFactory ?? createHostTransportFactory(connection, budget, { webSocketAgent }),
   });
 }

packages/desktop/package.json

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "@types/node": "24.6.0",
     "@types/ws": "^8.5.14",
     "electron": "44.2.0",
-    "electron-builder": "26.8.1",
+    "electron-builder": "26.18.0",
     "typescript": "5.9.3",
     "unzip-crx-3": "^0.2.0",
     "vitest": "^4.1.6",

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.ts

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ import {
 } from "../provider-launch-config.js";
 import { renderPromptAttachmentAsText } from "../prompt-attachments.js";
 import { appendOrReplaceGrowingAssistantMessage, runProviderTurn } from "./provider-runner.js";
+import { resolveResumeProcessCwd } from "./resume-process-cwd.js";
 import {
   buildStringCommandShellInvocation,
   createStringCommandShellEnvOverlay,
@@ -165,18 +166,6 @@ function rejectOnProcessFailure(child: ChildProcess, stderrChunks: string[]): Pr
   });
 }
 
-async function isDirectory(target: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  try {
-    return (await fs.stat(target)).isDirectory();
-  } catch (error) {
-    const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
-    if (code === "ENOENT" || code === "ENOTDIR") {
-      return false;
-    }
-    throw error;
-  }
-}
-
 function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return value != null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
@@ -2883,11 +2872,8 @@ export class ACPAgentSession implements AgentSession, ACPClient {
   // Loading an archived agent's history runs nothing in its working directory, which
   // may have been removed with its worktree. session/load still names the original
   // directory; only the process starts from the home directory.
-  private async resolveProcessCwd(): Promise<string> {
-    if (this.resumePurpose !== "history" || (await isDirectory(this.config.cwd))) {
-      return this.config.cwd;
-    }
-    return homedir();
+  private resolveProcessCwd(): Promise<string> {
+    return resolveResumeProcessCwd(this.config.cwd, this.resumePurpose);
   }
 
   private async spawnProcess(): Promise<SpawnedACPProcess> {

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.runtime-info.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import pino from "pino";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import { ClaudeAgentClient } from "./agent.js";
+
+describe("Claude runtime info before a turn", () => {
+  const client = new ClaudeAgentClient({ logger: pino({ level: "silent" }) });
+
+  test("reports the explicitly configured model before the first turn", async () => {
+    const session = await client.createSession({
+      provider: "claude",
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+      model: "claude-haiku-5-5",
+    });
+    try {
+      expect(await session.getRuntimeInfo()).toMatchObject({ model: "claude-haiku-5-5" });
+    } finally {
+      await session.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("reports the persisted configured model after rebuilding an idle session", async () => {
+    const session = await client.resumeSession({
+      provider: "claude",
+      sessionId: "runtime-model-before-turn",
+      metadata: { cwd: process.cwd(), model: "claude-haiku-5-5" },
+    });
+    try {
+      expect(await session.getRuntimeInfo()).toMatchObject({
+        sessionId: "runtime-model-before-turn",
+        model: "claude-haiku-5-5",
+      });
+      expect((await session.getRuntimeInfo()).model).toBe("claude-haiku-5-5");
+      expect((await session.getRuntimeInfo()).extra?.runtimeModel).toBeUndefined();
+    } finally {
+      await session.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("leaves the model unknown when Claude will choose its default", async () => {
+    const session = await client.createSession({ provider: "claude", cwd: process.cwd() });
+    try {
+      expect((await session.getRuntimeInfo()).model).toBeNull();
+    } finally {
+      await session.close();
+    }
+  });
+});

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts

@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ class ClaudeAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     const info: AgentRuntimeInfo = {
       provider: "claude",
       sessionId: this.claudeSessionId,
-      model: this.lastOptionsModel,
+      model: this.lastOptionsModel ?? this.config.model ?? null,
       modeId: this.currentMode ?? null,
       ...(this.lastRuntimeModel
         ? {

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/agent.test.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import {
   mkdirSync,
   mkdtempSync,
   openSync,
+  readFileSync,
   readSync,
+  realpathSync,
   rmSync,
   writeFileSync,
 } from "node:fs";
-import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import pino from "pino";
 import { setImmediate as waitForImmediate } from "node:timers/promises";
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   PiRpcAgentSession,
   transformPiModels,
 } from "./agent.js";
+import { PiCliRuntime } from "./cli-runtime.js";
 import { FakePi } from "./test-utils/fake-pi.js";
 import { createPiExtensionHost } from "./extensions/index.js";
 import { PiExtensionHost } from "./extensions/host.js";
@@ -2719,6 +2722,7 @@ describe("PiRpcAgentClient", () => {
     const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-import-config-"));
     const cwd = path.join(root, "workspace");
     const sessionsDir = path.join(root, "sessions");
+    mkdirSync(cwd, { recursive: true });
     mkdirSync(sessionsDir, { recursive: true });
     const sessionFile = path.join(sessionsDir, "20260103_session.jsonl");
     writeFileSync(
@@ -3532,6 +3536,320 @@ describe("PiRpcAgentClient", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("PiRpcAgentClient history resume", () => {
+  const BUILTIN_MCP_COMMAND = {
+    name: "mcp",
+    source: "extension",
+    sourceInfo: { path: "builtin:mcp" },
+  } as const;
+  const PASEO_MCP_SERVERS = {
+    paseo: { type: "http", url: "http://127.0.0.1:6767/mcp/agents" },
+  } as const;
+
+  interface ArchivedPiSession {
+    handle: {
+      provider: string;
+      sessionId: string;
+      nativeHandle: string;
+      metadata: { cwd: string; model?: string };
+    };
+    sessionFile: string;
+    header: Record<string, unknown>;
+    body: string;
+    originalBytes: Buffer;
+  }
+
+  function createDeletedFolder(): string {
+    const folder = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-deleted-cwd-"));
+    rmSync(folder, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    return folder;
+  }
+
+  function createFileWhereFolderWas(): string {
+    const folder = createDeletedFolder();
+    writeFileSync(folder, "not a directory");
+    onTestFinished(() => rmSync(folder, { force: true }));
+    return folder;
+  }
+
+  function createExistingFolder(): string {
+    const folder = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-existing-cwd-"));
+    onTestFinished(() => rmSync(folder, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    return folder;
+  }
+
+  function writeArchivedSession(cwd: string, metadata: { model?: string } = {}): ArchivedPiSession {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-archived-session-"));
+    onTestFinished(() => rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    const sessionFile = path.join(dir, "2026-01-01_pi-session-1.jsonl");
+    const header = {
+      type: "session",
+      version: 3,
+      id: "pi-session-1",
+      timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      cwd,
+    };
+    const body = [
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "message",
+        id: "entry-1",
+        parentId: null,
+        message: { role: "user", content: "Où est le café ☕ ?" },
+      }),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "message",
+        id: "entry-2",
+        parentId: "entry-1",
+        message: { role: "assistant", content: [{ type: "text", text: "Dans la cuisine." }] },
+      }),
+    ]
+      .map((line) => `${line}\n`)
+      .join("");
+    writeFileSync(sessionFile, `${JSON.stringify(header)}\n${body}`);
+    return {
+      handle: {
+        provider: "pi",
+        sessionId: "pi-session-1",
+        nativeHandle: sessionFile,
+        metadata: { cwd, ...metadata },
+      },
+      sessionFile,
+      header,
+      body,
+      originalBytes: readFileSync(sessionFile),
+    };
+  }
+
+  function readSessionCopy(sessionFile: string): { header: unknown; body: string } {
+    const content = readUtf8File(sessionFile);
+    const headerEnd = content.indexOf("\n");
+    return {
+      header: JSON.parse(content.slice(0, headerEnd)),
+      body: content.slice(headerEnd + 1),
+    };
+  }
+
+  function resumeArchived(
+    client: PiRpcAgentClient,
+    archived: ArchivedPiSession,
+    purpose: "history" | "interactive",
+    overrides: Partial<AgentSessionConfig> = {},
+  ): Promise<AgentSession> {
+    return client.resumeSession(archived.handle, overrides, undefined, { purpose });
+  }
+
+  function writeFakePiProcess(): {
+    command: [string, ...string[]];
+    readLaunches: () => Array<{ cwd: string; session: string | null }>;
+  } {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-process-"));
+    onTestFinished(() => rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    const scriptPath = path.join(dir, "fake-pi.cjs");
+    const launchesPath = path.join(dir, "launches.jsonl");
+    writeFileSync(
+      scriptPath,
+      `
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const readline = require("node:readline");
+const [launchesPath, ...piArgs] = process.argv.slice(2);
+const sessionFlag = piArgs.indexOf("--session");
+const sessionFile = sessionFlag === -1 ? null : piArgs[sessionFlag + 1];
+fs.appendFileSync(launchesPath, JSON.stringify({ cwd: process.cwd(), session: sessionFile }) + "\\n");
+if (sessionFile) {
+  const header = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(sessionFile, "utf8").split("\\n", 1)[0]);
+  if (header.cwd && !fs.existsSync(header.cwd)) {
+    fs.writeSync(
+      2,
+      "Stored session working directory does not exist: " + header.cwd + "\\nSession file: " + sessionFile + "\\nCurrent working directory: " + process.cwd() + "\\n",
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+const models = [
+  { provider: "openrouter", id: "a" },
+  { provider: "openrouter", id: "b" },
+];
+const state = {
+  sessionId: "pi-session-1",
+  sessionFile,
+  model: models[0],
+  thinkingLevel: "medium",
+  isStreaming: false,
+  isCompacting: false,
+  messageCount: 0,
+  pendingMessageCount: 0,
+};
+const commands = [${JSON.stringify(BUILTIN_MCP_COMMAND)}];
+function handle(request) {
+  switch (request.type) {
+    case "get_state":
+      return state;
+    case "get_commands":
+      return { commands };
+    case "get_available_models":
+      return { models };
+    case "set_model":
+      fs.appendFileSync(
+        sessionFile,
+        JSON.stringify({ type: "model_change", id: "model-1", provider: request.provider, modelId: request.modelId }) + "\\n",
+      );
+      state.model = models.find((model) => model.id === request.modelId);
+      return state.model;
+    default:
+      return {};
+  }
+}
+readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin }).on("line", (line) => {
+  const request = JSON.parse(line);
+  process.stdout.write(
+    JSON.stringify({ id: request.id, type: "response", command: request.type, success: true, data: handle(request) }) + "\\n",
+  );
+});
+`,
+    );
+    return {
+      command: [process.execPath, scriptPath, launchesPath],
+      readLaunches: () =>
+        readUtf8File(launchesPath)
+          .trim()
+          .split("\n")
+          .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as { cwd: string; session: string | null }),
+    };
+  }
+
+  test.each([
+    ["is gone", createDeletedFolder],
+    ["is now a file", createFileWhereFolderWas],
+  ])(
+    "a history resume of an agent whose folder %s starts Pi from the home directory on a copy of its session",
+    async (_folderState, createFolder) => {
+      const archived = writeArchivedSession(createFolder());
+      const pi = new FakePi();
+
+      const session = await resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history");
+      onTestFinished(() => session.close());
+
+      expect(pi.recordedLaunches).toHaveLength(1);
+      const launch = pi.recordedLaunches[0]!;
+      expect(launch.cwd).toBe(homedir());
+      expect(launch.session).not.toBe(archived.sessionFile);
+      expect(readSessionCopy(launch.session!)).toEqual({
+        header: { ...archived.header, cwd: homedir() },
+        body: archived.body,
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder is gone removes its session copy on close and leaves the original unchanged", async () => {
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(createDeletedFolder());
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+
+    const session = await resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history");
+    const sessionCopy = pi.recordedLaunches[0]!.session!;
+    expect(existsSync(sessionCopy)).toBe(true);
+    await session.close();
+
+    expect(existsSync(path.dirname(sessionCopy))).toBe(false);
+    expect(readFileSync(archived.sessionFile)).toEqual(archived.originalBytes);
+  });
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder is gone persists the original session file while Pi reports the copy", async () => {
+    const storedCwd = createDeletedFolder();
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(storedCwd);
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+
+    const session = await resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history");
+    onTestFinished(() => session.close());
+    await session.getRuntimeInfo();
+
+    expect(pi.latestSession().state.sessionFile).toBe(pi.recordedLaunches[0]!.session);
+    expect(session.describePersistence()).toMatchObject({
+      nativeHandle: archived.sessionFile,
+      metadata: { cwd: storedCwd },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder is gone removes its session copy when Pi fails to start", async () => {
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(createDeletedFolder());
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+    pi.queueSessionSetup((session) => {
+      session.getStateError = new Error("Pi RPC process exited with code 1 and signal null");
+    });
+
+    await expect(resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history")).rejects.toThrow(
+      "Pi RPC process exited with code 1",
+    );
+
+    expect(pi.recordedLaunches).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(pi.recordedLaunches[0]!.session).not.toBe(archived.sessionFile);
+    expect(existsSync(path.dirname(pi.recordedLaunches[0]!.session!))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder is gone checks MCP support from the home directory", async () => {
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(createDeletedFolder());
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+    pi.queueCommands([BUILTIN_MCP_COMMAND]);
+
+    const session = await resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history", {
+      mcpServers: PASEO_MCP_SERVERS,
+    });
+    onTestFinished(() => session.close());
+
+    expect(pi.recordedLaunches.map((launch) => launch.cwd)).toEqual([homedir(), homedir()]);
+    expect(session.capabilities.supportsMcpServers).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("an interactive resume of an agent whose folder is gone still fails in its stored folder", async () => {
+    const storedCwd = createDeletedFolder();
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(storedCwd);
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+
+    await expect(resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "interactive")).rejects.toThrow(
+      `Stored session working directory does not exist: ${storedCwd}`,
+    );
+
+    expect(pi.recordedLaunches).toMatchObject([{ cwd: storedCwd, session: archived.sessionFile }]);
+  });
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder exists keeps the stored folder and session file", async () => {
+    const storedCwd = createExistingFolder();
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(storedCwd);
+    const pi = new FakePi();
+
+    const session = await resumeArchived(createClient(pi), archived, "history");
+    onTestFinished(() => session.close());
+
+    expect(pi.recordedLaunches).toMatchObject([{ cwd: storedCwd, session: archived.sessionFile }]);
+  });
+
+  test("a history resume of an agent whose folder is gone opens its session in a real Pi process started from the home directory", async () => {
+    const archived = writeArchivedSession(createDeletedFolder(), { model: "openrouter/b" });
+    const fakePiProcess = writeFakePiProcess();
+    const logger = pino({ level: "silent" });
+    const client = new PiRpcAgentClient({
+      logger,
+      runtime: new PiCliRuntime({ logger, command: fakePiProcess.command }),
+    });
+
+    const session = await resumeArchived(client, archived, "history", {
+      mcpServers: PASEO_MCP_SERVERS,
+    });
+    onTestFinished(() => session.close());
+
+    const launches = fakePiProcess.readLaunches();
+    const home = realpathSync.native(homedir());
+    expect(launches.map((launch) => realpathSync.native(launch.cwd))).toEqual([home, home]);
+    expect(session.capabilities.supportsMcpServers).toBe(true);
+    const sessionCopy = launches[1]!.session!;
+    expect(readUtf8File(sessionCopy)).toContain('"type":"model_change"');
+    expect(session.describePersistence()?.nativeHandle).toBe(archived.sessionFile);
+
+    await session.close();
+    expect(existsSync(path.dirname(sessionCopy))).toBe(false);
+    expect(readFileSync(archived.sessionFile)).toEqual(archived.originalBytes);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("transformPiModels", () => {
   test("normalizes labels that include the upstream provider prefix", () => {
     expect(

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/agent.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { mapCustomMessageToToolCall } from "../custom-message.js";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import { join, resolve as resolvePath } from "node:path";
+import { basename, join, resolve as resolvePath } from "node:path";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   type AgentPersistenceHandle,
   type AgentPromptInput,
   type AgentProvider,
+  type AgentResumeSessionOptions,
   type AgentRunOptions,
   type AgentRunResult,
   type AgentRuntimeInfo,
@@ -75,8 +76,13 @@ import {
   piExtensionRuntimeBridge,
   type PiExtensionEventOutput,
 } from "./extensions/index.js";
+import { resolveResumeProcessCwd } from "../resume-process-cwd.js";
 import { revertPiConversation } from "./rewind.js";
-import { listPiImportableSessions, readPiImportSessionConfig } from "./session-descriptor.js";
+import {
+  copyPiSessionFileWithCwd,
+  listPiImportableSessions,
+  readPiImportSessionConfig,
+} from "./session-descriptor.js";
 import type { PiRuntime, PiRuntimeSession, PiStartSessionInput } from "./runtime.js";
 import type {
   PiAgentSessionEvent,
@@ -245,6 +251,7 @@ interface PiRpcAgentSessionOptions {
   initialState: PiSessionState;
   capabilities: AgentCapabilityFlags;
   currentModeId?: string | null;
+  persistedSessionFile?: string;
   cleanup?: () => void;
   extensionTimeoutMs?: number;
   logger: Logger;
@@ -492,13 +499,14 @@ function buildResumeConfig(
 
 function buildResumeStartInput(input: {
   resumeConfig: PiResumeConfig;
+  processCwd: string;
   sessionFile: string;
   launchContext: AgentLaunchContext | undefined;
   mcpConfigFile: PiTempFile | null;
   paseoExtension: PiTempFile | null;
 }): PiStartSessionInput {
   return {
-    cwd: input.resumeConfig.cwd,
+    cwd: input.processCwd,
     env: input.launchContext?.env,
     session: input.sessionFile,
     thinkingOptionId: normalizePiThinkingOption(input.resumeConfig.thinkingOptionId) ?? undefined,
@@ -618,6 +626,19 @@ function createPiMcpConfigFile(
   };
 }
 
+async function createPiSessionCopy(sessionFile: string, cwd: string): Promise<PiTempFile> {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-session-"));
+  const cleanup = () => rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  const filePath = join(dir, basename(sessionFile));
+  try {
+    await copyPiSessionFileWithCwd({ sourceFile: sessionFile, targetFile: filePath, cwd });
+  } catch (error) {
+    cleanup();
+    throw error;
+  }
+  return { path: filePath, cleanup };
+}
+
 function createPiPaseoExtensionFile({
   systemPrompt,
   mcpServers = {},
@@ -1232,6 +1253,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     this.capabilities = options.capabilities;
     this.provider = PI_PROVIDER;
     this.currentModeId = options.currentModeId ?? null;
+    this.persistedSessionFile = options.persistedSessionFile;
     this.cleanup = options.cleanup;
     this.extensionTimeoutMs = options.extensionTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_PI_EXTENSION_RESULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
     this.logger = options.logger;
@@ -1262,6 +1284,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentSession implements AgentSession {
 
   private readonly runtimeSession: PiRuntimeSession;
   private readonly config: AgentSessionConfig;
+  private readonly persistedSessionFile?: string;
   private readonly cleanup?: () => void;
   private readonly extensionTimeoutMs: number;
 
@@ -1496,7 +1519,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     return {
       provider: this.provider,
       sessionId: this.state.sessionId,
-      nativeHandle: this.state.sessionFile,
+      nativeHandle: this.persistedSessionFile ?? this.state.sessionFile,
       metadata: {
         cwd: this.config.cwd,
         ...(this.config.model ? { model: this.config.model } : {}),
@@ -2645,6 +2668,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentClient implements AgentClient {
     handle: AgentPersistenceHandle,
     overrides?: Partial<AgentSessionConfig>,
     launchContext?: AgentLaunchContext,
+    options?: AgentResumeSessionOptions,
   ): Promise<AgentSession> {
     const sessionFile = handle.nativeHandle;
     if (!sessionFile) {
@@ -2653,6 +2677,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentClient implements AgentClient {
 
     const persistenceMetadata = parsePersistenceMetadata(handle.metadata);
     const resumeConfig = buildResumeConfig(persistenceMetadata, overrides, this.provider);
+    const processCwd = await resolveResumeProcessCwd(resumeConfig.cwd, options?.purpose);
 
     const providerOptions = PiProviderOptionsSchema.parse(
       resumeConfig.config.providerOptions ?? {},
@@ -2663,7 +2688,7 @@ export class PiRpcAgentClient implements AgentClient {
       ...launchContext?.env,
     };
     const mcp = await this.prepareMcpInjection(
-      resumeConfig.cwd,
+      processCwd,
       resumeConfig.config.mcpServers,
       mcpEnv,
       runtime,
@@ -2676,20 +2701,29 @@ export class PiRpcAgentClient implements AgentClient {
       ),
       mcpServers: mcp?.kind === "builtin" ? mcp.servers : undefined,
     });
+    const tempFiles = mcpConfigFile ? [mcpConfigFile, paseoExtension] : [paseoExtension];
+    const cleanupTempFiles = () => {
+      for (const tempFile of tempFiles) tempFile.cleanup();
+    };
+    let sessionCopy: PiTempFile | null = null;
     let runtimeSession: PiRuntimeSession;
     try {
+      if (processCwd !== resumeConfig.cwd) {
+        sessionCopy = await createPiSessionCopy(sessionFile, processCwd);
+        tempFiles.push(sessionCopy);
+      }
       runtimeSession = await runtime.startSession(
         buildResumeStartInput({
           resumeConfig,
-          sessionFile,
+          processCwd,
+          sessionFile: sessionCopy?.path ?? sessionFile,
           launchContext,
           mcpConfigFile,
           paseoExtension,
         }),
       );
     } catch (error) {
-      mcpConfigFile?.cleanup();
-      paseoExtension?.cleanup();
+      cleanupTempFiles();
       throw error;
     }
     try {
@@ -2702,15 +2736,15 @@ export class PiRpcAgentClient implements AgentClient {
         },
         initialState,
         capabilities: capabilitiesForSession(mcp !== null),
-        cleanup: combineCleanup([mcpConfigFile?.cleanup, paseoExtension?.cleanup]),
+        persistedSessionFile: sessionCopy ? sessionFile : undefined,
+        cleanup: cleanupTempFiles,
         extensionTimeoutMs: providerOptions.extensionTimeoutMs,
         logger: this.logger,
         usagePollScheduler: this.usagePollScheduler,
       });
     } catch (error) {
       await runtimeSession.close().catch(() => undefined);
-      mcpConfigFile?.cleanup();
-      paseoExtension?.cleanup();
+      cleanupTempFiles();
       throw error;
     }
   }

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/session-descriptor.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import { mkdtemp, mkdir, utimes, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdtemp, mkdir, readFile, rm, utimes, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { expect, onTestFinished, test } from "vitest";
 
-import { listPiImportableSessions, readPiImportSessionConfig } from "./session-descriptor.js";
+import {
+  copyPiSessionFileWithCwd,
+  listPiImportableSessions,
+  readPiImportSessionConfig,
+} from "./session-descriptor.js";
 
 async function writeSession(root: string, lines: unknown[]): Promise<string> {
   const sessionsDir = path.join(root, "sessions", "project");
@@ -216,3 +220,97 @@ test("Pi import config preserves thinking before a later model in large sessions
     thinkingOptionId: "low",
   });
 });
+
+test("a Pi session copy names the new cwd in its header and keeps every later byte", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-session-copy-"));
+  onTestFinished(() => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const header = {
+    type: "session",
+    version: 3,
+    id: "pi-session-1",
+    timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    cwd: path.join(root, "removed-worktree"),
+  };
+  const body = Buffer.from(
+    Array.from(
+      { length: 2_000 },
+      (_, index) =>
+        `${JSON.stringify({ type: "message", id: `entry-${index}`, message: { role: "user", content: `café ☕ ${index}` } })}\n`,
+    ).join(""),
+  );
+  expect(body.length).toBeGreaterThan(64 * 1024);
+  const sourceFile = path.join(root, "source.jsonl");
+  const targetFile = path.join(root, "copy.jsonl");
+  await writeFile(sourceFile, Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(`${JSON.stringify(header)}\n`), body]));
+
+  await copyPiSessionFileWithCwd({ sourceFile, targetFile, cwd: "/home/user" });
+
+  const copy = await readFile(targetFile);
+  const headerEnd = copy.indexOf(0x0a);
+  expect(JSON.parse(copy.subarray(0, headerEnd).toString("utf8"))).toEqual({
+    ...header,
+    cwd: "/home/user",
+  });
+  expect(copy.subarray(headerEnd + 1).equals(body)).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a Pi session copy refuses a file without a session header", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-session-copy-"));
+  onTestFinished(() => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const sourceFile = path.join(root, "source.jsonl");
+  await writeFile(sourceFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "message", id: "entry-1" })}\n`);
+
+  await expect(
+    copyPiSessionFileWithCwd({ sourceFile, targetFile: path.join(root, "copy.jsonl"), cwd: "/" }),
+  ).rejects.toThrow(`Pi session file has no session header: ${sourceFile}`);
+});
+
+const COPY_BODY = [
+  { type: "message", id: "entry-1", message: { role: "user", content: "café ☕" } },
+  { type: "message", id: "entry-2", message: { role: "assistant", content: "Dans la cuisine." } },
+]
+  .map((entry) => `${JSON.stringify(entry)}\n`)
+  .join("");
+
+const COPY_HEADER = {
+  type: "session",
+  version: 3,
+  id: "pi-session-1",
+  timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  cwd: "/removed-worktree",
+};
+
+async function copySessionContent(content: string): Promise<Buffer> {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-session-copy-"));
+  onTestFinished(() => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const sourceFile = path.join(root, "source.jsonl");
+  const targetFile = path.join(root, "copy.jsonl");
+  await writeFile(sourceFile, content);
+  await copyPiSessionFileWithCwd({ sourceFile, targetFile, cwd: "/home/user" });
+  return readFile(targetFile);
+}
+
+test.each([
+  ["a header line longer than 64 KiB", "", { ...COPY_HEADER, padding: "x".repeat(70 * 1024) }],
+  ["a header with an empty cwd", "", { ...COPY_HEADER, cwd: "" }],
+  ["blank lines before the header", "\n\r\n", COPY_HEADER],
+])("a Pi session copy accepts %s", async (_headerShape, prefix, header) => {
+  const copy = await copySessionContent(`${prefix}${JSON.stringify(header)}\n${COPY_BODY}`);
+
+  const headerEnd = copy.indexOf(0x0a);
+  expect(JSON.parse(copy.subarray(0, headerEnd).toString("utf8"))).toEqual({
+    ...header,
+    cwd: "/home/user",
+  });
+  expect(copy.subarray(headerEnd + 1).equals(Buffer.from(COPY_BODY))).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a Pi session copy reports a missing session file", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-pi-session-copy-"));
+  onTestFinished(() => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const sourceFile = path.join(root, "missing.jsonl");
+
+  await expect(
+    copyPiSessionFileWithCwd({ sourceFile, targetFile: path.join(root, "copy.jsonl"), cwd: "/" }),
+  ).rejects.toThrow(`Pi session file is missing: ${sourceFile}`);
+});

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/session-descriptor.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import type { Dirent } from "node:fs";
-import { open, readdir, readFile, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createReadStream, createWriteStream, type Dirent } from "node:fs";
+import { open, readdir, readFile, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { pipeline } from "node:stream/promises";
 
 import type {
   ImportableProviderSession,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const PI_SESSION_DIR_ENV = "PI_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR";
 const HEAD_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
 const TAIL_BYTES = 256 * 1024;
 const FULL_SCAN_LINE_LIMIT = 2_000;
+const PI_SESSION_HEADER_SCAN_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 // Rank all discovered files cheaply, then parse only a bounded recent window.
 const IMPORT_CANDIDATE_OVERSCAN = 40;
 const IMPORT_CANDIDATE_MIN = 400;
@@ -100,6 +102,59 @@ export async function listPiImportableSessions(
   );
 }
 
+export async function copyPiSessionFileWithCwd(input: {
+  sourceFile: string;
+  targetFile: string;
+  cwd: string;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const found = findSessionHeaderLine(
+    await readSessionFileStart(input.sourceFile, PI_SESSION_HEADER_SCAN_BYTES),
+  );
+  if (!found) {
+    throw new Error(`Pi session file has no session header: ${input.sourceFile}`);
+  }
+  await writeFile(input.targetFile, `${JSON.stringify({ ...found.header, cwd: input.cwd })}\n`, {
+    mode: 0o600,
+  });
+  await pipeline(
+    createReadStream(input.sourceFile, { start: found.bodyStart }),
+    createWriteStream(input.targetFile, { flags: "a" }),
+  );
+}
+
+function findSessionHeaderLine(
+  scanned: Buffer,
+): { header: Record<string, unknown>; bodyStart: number } | null {
+  let lineStart = 0;
+  while (lineStart < scanned.length) {
+    const newline = scanned.indexOf(0x0a, lineStart);
+    const bodyStart = newline === -1 ? scanned.length : newline + 1;
+    const line = scanned.subarray(lineStart, bodyStart).toString("utf8").trim();
+    if (line) {
+      const header = parseJsonRecord(line);
+      return header?.type === "session" ? { header, bodyStart } : null;
+    }
+    lineStart = bodyStart;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function readSessionFileStart(filePath: string, maxBytes: number): Promise<Buffer> {
+  const handle = await open(filePath, "r").catch((error: unknown) => {
+    if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT") {
+      throw new Error(`Pi session file is missing: ${filePath}`);
+    }
+    throw error;
+  });
+  try {
+    const buffer = Buffer.alloc(maxBytes);
+    const { bytesRead } = await handle.read(buffer, 0, maxBytes, 0);
+    return buffer.subarray(0, bytesRead);
+  } finally {
+    await handle.close().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+}
+
 export async function readPiImportSessionConfig(filePath: string): Promise<PiImportSessionConfig> {
   const descriptor = await readPiSessionDescriptor(filePath);
   if (!descriptor) return {};

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/test-utils/fake-pi.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
 import type {
   PiRuntime,
   PiRuntimeLaunch,
@@ -75,6 +77,12 @@ export class FakePi implements PiRuntime {
     const session = new FakePiSession(launch, this.removedModels);
     session.commands = this.queuedCommands.shift() ?? [];
     this.queuedSessionSetups.shift()?.(session);
+    const missingSessionCwd = launch.noSession ? null : readMissingSessionCwd(launch.session);
+    if (missingSessionCwd !== null) {
+      session.getStateError = new Error(
+        `Pi RPC process exited with code 1 and signal null\nStored session working directory does not exist: ${missingSessionCwd}\nSession file: ${launch.session}\nCurrent working directory: ${launch.cwd}`,
+      );
+    }
     this.sessions.push(session);
     return session;
   }
@@ -101,6 +109,27 @@ export class FakePi implements PiRuntime {
   }
 }
 
+function readMissingSessionCwd(sessionFile: string | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!sessionFile || !existsSync(sessionFile)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const [headerLine = ""] = readFileSync(sessionFile, "utf8").split("\n", 1);
+  let header: unknown;
+  try {
+    header = JSON.parse(headerLine);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (typeof header !== "object" || header === null || !("cwd" in header)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const { type, cwd } = header as { type?: unknown; cwd?: unknown };
+  if (type !== "session" || typeof cwd !== "string" || !cwd || existsSync(cwd)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return cwd;
+}
+
 export class FakePiSession implements PiRuntimeSession {
   readonly environment: Record<string, string>;
   readonly prompts: Array<{ message: string; imageCount: number }> = [];

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/resume-process-cwd.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+
+import type { AgentResumePurpose } from "../agent-sdk-types.js";
+
+export async function resolveResumeProcessCwd(
+  cwd: string,
+  purpose: AgentResumePurpose | undefined,
+): Promise<string> {
+  if (purpose !== "history" || (await isDirectory(cwd))) {
+    return cwd;
+  }
+  return homedir();
+}
+
+async function isDirectory(target: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    return (await stat(target)).isDirectory();
+  } catch (error) {
+    const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
+    if (code === "ENOENT" || code === "ENOTDIR") {
+      return false;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}

packages/server/src/server/connected-hosts/hosts.e2e.test.ts

@@ -784,6 +784,211 @@ test("old capabilities fail before execution and authentication errors recover t
   expect((await online(paseo)).hosts[0]!.serverId).toBe(b.daemon.getServerId());
 });
 
+async function updatableDestination() {
+  let features: { connectedHosts: boolean; hostMultiplexing: boolean } | undefined;
+  let holding = false;
+  const held: (() => void)[] = [];
+  let connections = 0;
+  const http = createServer();
+  const ws = new WebSocketServer({ server: http });
+  ws.on("connection", (socket) => {
+    connections++;
+    socket.on("message", (data) => {
+      const frame = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+      if (frame.type === "ping") socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "pong" }));
+      if (frame.type !== "hello") return;
+      const reply = () =>
+        socket.send(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            type: "session",
+            message: {
+              type: "status",
+              payload: {
+                status: "server_info",
+                serverId: "srv_updated",
+                hostname: "updated",
+                version: "0.12.0",
+                ...(features ? { features } : {}),
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        );
+      if (holding) held.push(reply);
+      else reply();
+    });
+  });
+  http.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+  await once(http, "listening");
+  cleanup.push(async () => {
+    for (const socket of ws.clients) socket.terminate();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => ws.close(() => resolve()));
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => http.close(() => resolve()));
+  });
+  const address = http.address();
+  if (!address || typeof address === "string") throw new Error("Missing destination port");
+  return {
+    port: address.port,
+    connections: () => connections,
+    hold: () => {
+      holding = true;
+    },
+    update: () => {
+      features = { connectedHosts: true, hostMultiplexing: true };
+      holding = false;
+      for (const reply of held.splice(0)) reply();
+    },
+  };
+}
+async function capabilityRetry(paseo: ReturnType<typeof createPaseoApi>): Promise<number> {
+  let retryAt = "";
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      async () => {
+        const row = (await paseo.hosts.list()).hosts[0];
+        retryAt = row?.nextRetryAt ?? "";
+        return row;
+      },
+      { timeout: 5000 },
+    )
+    .toMatchObject({
+      status: "offline",
+      nextRetryAt: expect.any(String),
+      error: { code: "unsupported_capability" },
+    });
+  return Date.parse(retryAt);
+}
+
+test("a destination updated past unsupported_capability keeps its guidance while retrying and comes online, while duplicate_host stays terminal", async () => {
+  const destination = await updatableDestination();
+  const a = await daemon();
+  const { paseo } = await api(a);
+  const host = await paseo.hosts.add({ connection: `127.0.0.1:${destination.port}` });
+  await capabilityRetry(paseo);
+  destination.hold();
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await paseo.hosts.list()).hosts[0], { timeout: 5000 })
+    .toMatchObject({ status: "connecting", error: { code: "unsupported_capability" } });
+  await expect(paseo.hosts.client("srv_updated")).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    code: "unsupported_capability",
+  });
+  destination.update();
+  expect((await online(paseo)).hosts[0]).toMatchObject({
+    registrationId: host.registrationId,
+    serverId: "srv_updated",
+    nextRetryAt: null,
+    error: null,
+  });
+  await paseo.hosts.add({ connection: `ws://127.0.0.1:${destination.port}/ws` });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await paseo.hosts.list()).hosts[1], { timeout: 5000 })
+    .toMatchObject({ status: "error", nextRetryAt: null, error: { code: "duplicate_host" } });
+});
+
+test("disabling or removing a host cancels its pending capability retry", async () => {
+  const destination = await updatableDestination();
+  const a = await daemon();
+  const { paseo } = await api(a);
+  const host = await paseo.hosts.add({ connection: `127.0.0.1:${destination.port}` });
+  let retryAt = await capabilityRetry(paseo);
+  let connections = destination.connections();
+  await paseo.hosts.update(host.registrationId, { enabled: false });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryAt - Date.now() + 500));
+  expect(destination.connections()).toBe(connections);
+  await paseo.hosts.update(host.registrationId, { enabled: true });
+  retryAt = await capabilityRetry(paseo);
+  connections = destination.connections();
+  await paseo.hosts.remove(host.registrationId);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryAt - Date.now() + 500));
+  expect(destination.connections()).toBe(connections);
+});
+
+import {
+  createDaemonChannel,
+  exportPublicKey,
+  generateKeyPair,
+  openDaemonSecureChannel,
+  type Transport,
+} from "@getpaseo/relay/e2ee";
+test("a capability retry over a relay keeps the protected endpoint security it negotiated", async () => {
+  const keys = generateKeyPair();
+  const legacyReceived: unknown[] = [];
+  let connections = 0;
+  let retryClosed = false;
+  const http = createServer();
+  const ws = new WebSocketServer({ server: http });
+  ws.on("connection", (socket) => {
+    connections++;
+    const wire: Transport = {
+      send: (data) => socket.send(data),
+      close: (code, reason) => socket.close(code, reason),
+      onmessage: null,
+      onclose: null,
+      onerror: null,
+    };
+    socket.on("message", (data, isBinary) => {
+      const bytes = Buffer.from(data as Buffer);
+      wire.onmessage?.({
+        data: isBinary
+          ? bytes.buffer.slice(bytes.byteOffset, bytes.byteOffset + bytes.byteLength)
+          : bytes.toString(),
+        isBinary,
+      });
+    });
+    socket.on("close", (code, reason) => wire.onclose?.(code, reason.toString()));
+    if (connections > 1) {
+      socket.on("close", () => {
+        retryClosed = true;
+      });
+      void createDaemonChannel(wire, keys, {
+        onmessage: (data) => legacyReceived.push(data),
+      }).catch(() => {});
+      return;
+    }
+    const channel = openDaemonSecureChannel(wire, {
+      daemonKeyPair: keys,
+      events: {
+        onmessage: (data) => {
+          if (typeof data !== "string" || JSON.parse(data).type !== "hello") return;
+          void channel.then((secure) =>
+            secure.send(
+              JSON.stringify({
+                type: "session",
+                message: {
+                  type: "status",
+                  payload: {
+                    status: "server_info",
+                    serverId: "srv_relayed",
+                    hostname: "relayed",
+                    version: "0.12.0",
+                  },
+                },
+              }),
+            ),
+          );
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    void channel.catch(() => {});
+  });
+  http.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+  await once(http, "listening");
+  cleanup.push(async () => {
+    for (const socket of ws.clients) socket.terminate();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => ws.close(() => resolve()));
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => http.close(() => resolve()));
+  });
+  const address = http.address();
+  if (!address || typeof address === "string") throw new Error("Missing relay port");
+  const a = await daemon();
+  const { paseo } = await api(a);
+  await paseo.hosts.add({
+    connection: `relay://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/srv_relayed?key=${encodeURIComponent(exportPublicKey(keys.publicKey))}`,
+  });
+  await capabilityRetry(paseo);
+  await expect.poll(() => retryClosed, { timeout: 15000 }).toBe(true);
+  expect(legacyReceived).toEqual([]);
+});
+
 test("an unreachable saved target becomes online after its daemon starts without being added again", async () => {
   const reservation = createServer();
   reservation.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");

packages/server/src/server/connected-hosts/index.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import {
   createHostClient,
   createHostChannelTransport,
+  createHostTransportFactory,
   parseHostTarget,
   HostTransportBudget,
 } from "@getpaseo/client/node";
 import type { DaemonClient } from "@getpaseo/client/internal/daemon-client";
+import type { DaemonTransportFactory } from "@getpaseo/client/internal/daemon-client-transport-types";
 import {
   HostSummarySchema,
   HostAddSchema,
@@ -235,23 +237,30 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
       if (route.registrationId === id)
         route.close(code, "Host access was disabled, replaced or removed");
   }
-  private start(row: Saved): void {
+  private start(
+    row: Saved,
+    resume?: { failures: number; transports: DaemonTransportFactory },
+  ): void {
     if (!row.enabled || this.closed) return;
-    let stopped = false;
-    const client = createHostClient(
-      row.connection,
-      {
-        clientId: `host-link-${this.self.serverId}-${row.registrationId}`,
-        connectTimeoutMs: 10000,
+    const transports =
+      resume?.transports ??
+      createHostTransportFactory(row.connection, this.budget, {
         webSocketAgent: webSocketProxyAgent,
-      },
-      this.budget,
-    );
+      });
+    let stopped = false;
+    let attempts = resume?.failures ?? 0;
+    let retry: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+    const client = createHostClient(row.connection, {
+      clientId: `host-link-${this.self.serverId}-${row.registrationId}`,
+      connectTimeoutMs: 10000,
+      transportFactory: transports,
+    });
     const live: Live = {
       client,
       accepted: false,
       stop: () => {
         stopped = true;
+        clearTimeout(retry);
         void client.close();
       },
     };
@@ -285,7 +294,7 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
         if (info.features?.connectedHosts !== true || info.features?.hostMultiplexing !== true)
           throw new HostError(
             "unsupported_capability",
-            "Update the destination daemon to use connected hosts.",
+            "Update the destination daemon to use connected hosts; retrying automatically.",
           );
         // Pin and persist under the same writer as management to prevent discovery races.
         await this.mutate(async () => {
@@ -304,16 +313,22 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
           if (stopped || client.getLastServerInfoMessage() !== info || !client.isConnected) return;
           Object.assign(row, next);
           live.accepted = true;
+          attempts = 0;
           this.changed();
         });
       } catch (error) {
         if (stopped) return;
-        row.status = "error";
         row.error = connectionFailure(error, client.authFailureReason !== null) ?? {
           code: "host_offline",
           message: "Host connection failed",
         };
-        row.nextRetryAt = null;
+        if (terminalFailures.has(row.error.code)) {
+          row.status = "error";
+          row.nextRetryAt = null;
+        } else {
+          stopped = true;
+          retry = this.scheduleAcceptanceRetry(row, attempts, transports);
+        }
         this.changed();
         await client.close();
       }
@@ -329,18 +344,17 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
         if (route.registrationId === row.registrationId) route.close();
       row.status = state.status === "connecting" ? "connecting" : "offline";
       row.nextRetryAt = state.status === "disconnected" ? (state.nextRetryAt ?? null) : null;
-      row.error =
-        state.status === "disconnected"
-          ? (connectionFailure(
-              Object.assign(new Error("Check the SSH configuration and daemon credentials"), {
-                code: state.failureCode,
-              }),
-              client.authFailureReason !== null,
-            ) ?? {
-              code: "host_offline",
-              message: "Cannot reach host. Check the connection; retrying automatically.",
-            })
-          : null;
+      if (state.status === "disconnected")
+        row.error = connectionFailure(
+          Object.assign(new Error("Check the SSH configuration and daemon credentials"), {
+            code: state.failureCode,
+          }),
+          client.authFailureReason !== null,
+        ) ?? {
+          code: "host_offline",
+          message: "Cannot reach host. Check the connection; retrying automatically.",
+        };
+      else if (row.error?.code !== "unsupported_capability") row.error = null;
       if (row.error?.code === "authentication_failed") {
         row.status = "error";
         row.nextRetryAt = null;
@@ -351,6 +365,18 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
     });
     void client.connect().catch(() => {});
   }
+  private scheduleAcceptanceRetry(
+    row: Saved,
+    failures: number,
+    transports: DaemonTransportFactory,
+  ): ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> {
+    const delay = acceptanceRetryDelayMs(failures);
+    row.status = "offline";
+    row.nextRetryAt = new Date(Date.now() + delay).toISOString();
+    const retry = setTimeout(() => this.start(row, { failures: failures + 1, transports }), delay);
+    retry.unref();
+    return retry;
+  }
   async openRoute(input: {
     serverId: string;
     scopeId: string;
@@ -531,6 +557,20 @@ export class ConnectedHosts {
   }
 }
 
+const ACCEPTANCE_RETRY_BASE_MS = 1500;
+const ACCEPTANCE_RETRY_MAX_MS = 30_000;
+
+function acceptanceRetryDelayMs(failures: number): number {
+  return Math.min(ACCEPTANCE_RETRY_BASE_MS * 2 ** failures, ACCEPTANCE_RETRY_MAX_MS);
+}
+
+const terminalFailures = new Set([
+  "server_id_mismatch",
+  "self_host",
+  "duplicate_host",
+  "authentication_failed",
+]);
+
 function connectionFailure(error: unknown, authenticationFailed: boolean): HostSummary["error"] {
   if (error instanceof HostError) return { code: error.code, message: error.message };
   if (error instanceof Error && "code" in error && error.code === "authentication_failed")

packages/server/src/terminal/terminal.test.ts

@@ -410,7 +410,12 @@ describe("createTerminal", () => {
           cwd: realpathSync(tmpdir()),
           cols: 500,
           command: process.execPath,
-          args: ["-e", "process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(process.argv.slice(1)))", nastyPrompt],
+          // Keep the PTY alive until the screen assertion; exit disposes its parser.
+          args: [
+            "-e",
+            "process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(process.argv.slice(1))); setInterval(() => {}, 100000)",
+            nastyPrompt,
+          ],
         }),
       );
 

plugins/antigravity-provider/server/internal/prompt.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export class PromptFiles {
     )
       throw new AntigravityError("Antigravity supports messages only");
     const parts = prompt.input.content.map((part) => {
-      if (part.type === "text" || part.type === "uploaded_file") return part;
+      if (part.type === "text") return part;
       if (part.type === "image") return { ...part, extension: imageExtension(part.mimeType) };
-      throw new AntigravityError("Antigravity supports text, image and uploaded file content only");
+      throw new AntigravityError("Antigravity supports text and image content only");
     });
     const text: string[] = [];
     const native: string[] = [];
@@ -41,19 +41,6 @@ export class PromptFiles {
         await writeFile(file, Buffer.from(part.data, "base64"), { flag: "wx", mode: 0o600 });
         await chmod(file, 0o600);
         native.push(`Attached image: ${file}`);
-      } else if (part.type === "uploaded_file") {
-        if (part.mimeType.startsWith("image/")) {
-          native.push(`Attached image: ${part.path}`);
-        } else {
-          const reference = [
-            `Uploaded file: ${part.fileName}`,
-            `Path: ${part.path}`,
-            `MIME: ${part.mimeType}`,
-            `Size: ${part.size} bytes`,
-          ].join("\n");
-          text.push(reference);
-          native.push(reference);
-        }
       }
     }
     return { text: text.join("\n"), nativeText: native.join("\n") };

plugins/antigravity-provider/server/provider.test.ts

@@ -774,54 +774,6 @@ describe("image prompts", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("uploaded file prompts", () => {
-  it("references uploaded text, images and large files without changing their bytes", async () => {
-    const h = await harness();
-    await h.open();
-    const txtFile = path.join(h.cwd, "notes.txt");
-    await writeFile(txtFile, "export const meaning = 42;");
-    const imgFile = path.join(h.cwd, "photo.png");
-    await writeFile(imgFile, "png bytes");
-
-    await h.completed(
-      await h.message([
-        { type: "text", text: "Please review these attachments:" },
-        {
-          type: "uploaded_file",
-          id: "upload-txt-1",
-          fileName: "notes.txt",
-          mimeType: "text/plain",
-          size: 26,
-          path: txtFile,
-        },
-        {
-          type: "uploaded_file",
-          id: "upload-img-1",
-          fileName: "photo.png",
-          mimeType: "image/png",
-          size: 9,
-          path: imgFile,
-        },
-        {
-          type: "uploaded_file",
-          id: "upload-big-1",
-          fileName: "dataset.bin",
-          mimeType: "application/octet-stream",
-          size: 3 * 1024 * 1024,
-          path: "/tmp/dataset.bin",
-        },
-      ]),
-    );
-
-    const sent = (await h.records()).find((entry) => entry.input).input.message.content;
-    expect(sent).toBe(
-      `SYSTEM PREFIX\n\nPlease review these attachments:\nUploaded file: notes.txt\nPath: ${txtFile}\nMIME: text/plain\nSize: 26 bytes\nAttached image: ${imgFile}\nUploaded file: dataset.bin\nPath: /tmp/dataset.bin\nMIME: application/octet-stream\nSize: 3145728 bytes`,
-    );
-    expect(await readFile(txtFile, "utf8")).toBe("export const meaning = 42;");
-    expect(await readFile(imgFile, "utf8")).toBe("png bytes");
-  });
-});
-
 it.runIf(process.platform === "win32")(
   "launches an Antigravity command shim for probes and conversation startup",
   async () => {
@@ -837,29 +789,3 @@ it.runIf(process.platform === "win32")(
     });
   },
 );
-
-it("preserves a usable reference for an uploaded binary file", async () => {
-  const h = await harness();
-  await h.open();
-  const file = path.join(h.cwd, "document.pdf");
-  const bytes = Buffer.from([0x25, 0x50, 0x44, 0x46, 0x00, 0xff, 0xfe]);
-  await writeFile(file, bytes);
-  await h.completed(
-    await h.message([
-      { type: "text", text: "Read the attachment" },
-      {
-        type: "uploaded_file",
-        id: "pdf-upload",
-        fileName: "document.pdf",
-        mimeType: "application/pdf",
-        size: 7,
-        path: file,
-      },
-    ]),
-  );
-  const sent = (await h.records()).find((entry) => entry.input).input.message.content;
-  expect(sent).toContain(file);
-  expect(sent).not.toContain("\u0000");
-  expect(sent).not.toContain("\ufffd");
-  expect(await readFile(file)).toEqual(bytes);
-});

scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { readFileSync, readdirSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { readFileSync, readdirSync, mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
@@ -679,3 +679,48 @@ test("macOS jobs use latest runners while preserving release architectures", ()
   // GitHub has no standard macos-latest-intel alias; use the newest Intel image.
   assert.match(release, /runner: macos-26-intel\n\s+electron_arch: x64/);
 });
+
+test("Nix desktop packaging resolves the workspace-local builder", () => {
+  const source = readFileSync(new URL("nix/desktop-package.nix", repoRoot), "utf8");
+  const invocation = source.match(/^\s+([^\n]*electron-builder) \\\n/m)?.[1];
+  assert.ok(invocation, "Nix invokes the desktop packaging tool");
+  const directory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "nix-builder-resolution-"));
+  try {
+    const desktop = join(directory, "packages/desktop");
+    mkdirSync(join(desktop, "node_modules/.bin"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(desktop, "node_modules/electron-builder"));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(desktop, "node_modules/electron-builder/package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        name: "electron-builder",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        bin: { "electron-builder": "../.bin/electron-builder" },
+      }),
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(directory, "package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ private: true, workspaces: ["packages/desktop"] }),
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(desktop, "package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        name: "desktop-fixture",
+        private: true,
+        devDependencies: { "electron-builder": "1.0.0" },
+      }),
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(desktop, "node_modules/.bin/electron-builder"),
+      '#!/bin/sh\nprintf "workspace-builder\\n"\n',
+      { mode: 0o755 },
+    );
+    const result = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", `${invocation} --version`], {
+      cwd: desktop,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+    });
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+    assert.equal(result.stdout.trim(), "workspace-builder");
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});