Add host: passwordless sudo as a user never offers root, or upgrades silently? (D139)

kayg commented

2026-11-06 12:47:59 +00:00

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J307: security and flow job.

The owner, on production 74b9c4d80, asked whether we silently upgrade to a root infraternal agent once passwordless sudo is detected:

yes i did [see the consent page for root@minipc01] and the only problem was for upgrades with passwordless sudo as a user

D139: "passwordless sudo is never taken as permission. Installing a root infraternal agent, and promoting an existing user agent to root later, always asks first."

Question: when a host is added as a normal user who has passwordless sudo, does the add (a) go root without the consent step (P1 against D139), or (b) install rootless and never offer root?

Plan (est. ~3 h):

Reproduce on compute01: throwaway NOPASSWD sudo account, branch server, add as that user. Record the wizard pages, the install mode, any sudo -n, and any root-owned file or unit.
Fix test-first, depending on which case it is: (a) a server-side refusal plus a browser spec, or (b) an explicit optional root step after the check ("X allows admin commands without a password. Install with root, or keep it rootless?").
Check D139's "promote an existing user agent to root later" path: fix it or file an issue.
Check the wording against TASTE. Then verify quick, verify fast, and the add-host browser specs (1 worker) with screenshots.

Branch addhost-sudo-consent from origin/dev 7b14fbb664.

J307: security and flow job. The owner, on production 74b9c4d80, asked whether we silently upgrade to a root infraternal agent once passwordless sudo is detected: > yes i did [see the consent page for root@minipc01] and the only problem was for upgrades with passwordless sudo as a user D139: "passwordless sudo is never taken as permission. Installing a root infraternal agent, and promoting an existing user agent to root later, always asks first." Question: when a host is added as a normal user who has passwordless sudo, does the add (a) go root without the consent step (P1 against D139), or (b) install rootless and never offer root? Plan (est. ~3 h): 1. Reproduce on compute01: throwaway NOPASSWD sudo account, branch server, add as that user. Record the wizard pages, the install mode, any `sudo -n`, and any root-owned file or unit. 2. Fix test-first, depending on which case it is: (a) a server-side refusal plus a browser spec, or (b) an explicit optional root step after the check ("X allows admin commands without a password. Install with root, or keep it rootless?"). 3. Check D139's "promote an existing user agent to root later" path: fix it or file an issue. 4. Check the wording against TASTE. Then `verify quick`, `verify fast`, and the add-host browser specs (1 worker) with screenshots. Branch `addhost-sudo-consent` from origin/dev 7b14fbb664cbfb9b2b9b8a56f724d924424accdb.

kayg commented

2026-11-06 13:01:06 +00:00

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Start: branch addhost-sudo-consent, base origin/dev 7b14fbb664cbfb9b2b9b8a56f724d924424accdb.

Finding 1, from the code on dev (the live repro is building on compute01): the add-host flow never offers root to a normal user with passwordless sudo, and it does not go root silently either.

apps/tracer/src/canvas/addhost/wizard.ts:478 rootCandidates() is entry.user === "root" || entry.discovered?.rootAvailable. rootAvailable comes only from root_available on discovery rows (real.ts:36), and no server code sends root_available (git grep root_available matches only the tracer, its test double and a design doc). A typed kayg@host, or any real discovered row, therefore skips the consent page and starts with no mode, which means rootless.
On the server, probe.rs records sudo as a fact only. Check::authorize_mode uses it only to refuse Root without sudo, and Target::validate (model.rs:149) refuses Root without root_consent. In rootless mode the only sudo the host sees is the sniff's sudo -n true (CHECK_SCRIPT line 22). The exec sudo -n sh -c wrapper (install.rs:977) is emitted only for InstallMode::Root, and linger uses loginctl --no-ask-password without sudo.
So it's case (b), not a P1: the person is never offered root, and the host installs rootless.

Finding 2 (D139 "promote an existing user agent to root later"): there is no real path. The Access-level pane (windows/access-level.on-demand.ts, #215/D286) is backed by PrivilegeService (sessions/privilege.ts), whose module doc says "There is no server endpoint behind this yet". Only the mock double (canvas/mock/privilege.ts) implements it. The production consent page still promises it, though: "You can also install as a user now and switch to root later." I'm dropping that sentence here and filing the promotion separately.

Plan for the fix (in progress): root_offer: true on rootless targets that the person wasn't already asked about. Right after the read-only check, the server pauses only when the login is not root, sudo=yes, and nothing of ours is on the host yet. This reuses start-fresh's challenge/slot-release/15-minute mechanics. The check event carries root_offer.challenge, and the wizard shows the existing consent page for that host (with the tick, without Back). choose-mode {root:false} goes on rootless in place. {root:true} re-runs the check in root mode on the same SSH connection (no second sign-in, no retyped password) and goes on as a consented root install. Without root_offer (CLI, MCP, old clients), nothing changes.

Start: branch `addhost-sudo-consent`, base origin/dev `7b14fbb664cbfb9b2b9b8a56f724d924424accdb`. **Finding 1, from the code on dev (the live repro is building on compute01):** the add-host flow never offers root to a normal user with passwordless sudo, and it does not go root silently either. - `apps/tracer/src/canvas/addhost/wizard.ts:478` `rootCandidates()` is `entry.user === "root" || entry.discovered?.rootAvailable`. `rootAvailable` comes only from `root_available` on discovery rows (`real.ts:36`), and **no server code sends `root_available`** (`git grep root_available` matches only the tracer, its test double and a design doc). A typed `kayg@host`, or any real discovered row, therefore skips the consent page and starts with no `mode`, which means rootless. - On the server, `probe.rs` records `sudo` as a fact only. `Check::authorize_mode` uses it only to refuse `Root` without sudo, and `Target::validate` (`model.rs:149`) refuses `Root` without `root_consent`. In rootless mode the only `sudo` the host sees is the sniff's `sudo -n true` (CHECK_SCRIPT line 22). The `exec sudo -n sh -c` wrapper (`install.rs:977`) is emitted only for `InstallMode::Root`, and linger uses `loginctl --no-ask-password` without sudo. - So it's case (b), not a P1: the person is never offered root, and the host installs rootless. **Finding 2 (D139 "promote an existing user agent to root later"):** there is no real path. The Access-level pane (`windows/access-level.on-demand.ts`, #215/D286) is backed by `PrivilegeService` (`sessions/privilege.ts`), whose module doc says "There is no server endpoint behind this yet". Only the mock double (`canvas/mock/privilege.ts`) implements it. The production consent page still promises it, though: "You can also install as a user now and switch to root later." I'm dropping that sentence here and filing the promotion separately. **Plan for the fix (in progress):** `root_offer: true` on rootless targets that the person wasn't already asked about. Right after the read-only check, the server pauses only when the login is not root, `sudo=yes`, and nothing of ours is on the host yet. This reuses start-fresh's challenge/slot-release/15-minute mechanics. The `check` event carries `root_offer.challenge`, and the wizard shows the existing consent page for that host (with the tick, without Back). `choose-mode {root:false}` goes on rootless in place. `{root:true}` re-runs the check in root mode **on the same SSH connection** (no second sign-in, no retyped password) and goes on as a consented root install. Without `root_offer` (CLI, MCP, old clients), nothing changes.

kayg referenced this issue

2026-11-06 13:12:33 +00:00

Promote an existing rootless infraternal agent to root: no server path yet (D139, D18, D274) #399

kayg commented

2026-11-06 13:27:15 +00:00

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Repro on compute01 (base origin/dev 7b14fbb66): confirms finding 1. Case (b), no P1.

Setup: /tmp/j307/repro.py, derived from scripts/addhost-retry/native.py. It runs the real server-side bootstrap (breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal, --features remote) as root, through an isolated sshd on 127.0.0.1:4947, against a throwaway account j307a2 (uid 30036) with /etc/sudoers.d/j307-j307a2 = NOPASSWD: ALL (checked: sudo -n id -u → 0). The request is rootless with no consent, which is exactly what the wizard sends for kayg@host. The sudo journal and root-owned artifacts were captured before cleanup.

Result (log attached, repro-a2.log):

test ...breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal ... ok   (Done: "The infraternal agent is ready.")
ROOT_PATHS_BEFORE {'/var/lib/infraternal': False, '/var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache': True, '/usr/local/bin/infraternal': False, '/etc/systemd/system/infraternal-agent.service': False}
ROOT_PATHS_AFTER  (identical)
SUDO_JOURNAL_BEGIN
  j307a2 : PWD=/home/j307a2 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/true
SUDO_JOURNAL_END
ROOT_OWNED_IN_HOME []
USER_UNITS infraternal-agent.service loaded active running infraternal host daemon
INSTALL_BASE /home/j307a2/.local/share/infraternal True 30036

The only sudo the host saw was the sniff's sudo -n true. No sudo -n sh -c, no root files or units, and the infraternal agent is a user unit owned by the account.
/var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache existed before the run (another job's) and was untouched. The system unit infraternal-login-37566d14…-0.service listed there started at 14:13:34 CET, before this run, and belongs to another job's root agent.
The first try (a1) ran zero tests (the lib test binary was built without remote), so I'm not counting it as evidence.

Wizard side: with a typed kayg@host (or any real discovery row, since no server sends root_available), proceed() skips the consent page, and the start carries no mode. So: installed rootless, never offered root. The fix is pushed (7913123d9 server, 2db4cb365 tracer). Gates are next.

**Repro on compute01 (base origin/dev 7b14fbb66): confirms finding 1. Case (b), no P1.** Setup: `/tmp/j307/repro.py`, derived from `scripts/addhost-retry/native.py`. It runs the real server-side bootstrap (`breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal`, `--features remote`) as root, through an isolated sshd on 127.0.0.1:4947, against a throwaway account `j307a2` (uid 30036) with `/etc/sudoers.d/j307-j307a2` = `NOPASSWD: ALL` (checked: `sudo -n id -u` → `0`). The request is rootless with no consent, which is exactly what the wizard sends for `kayg@host`. The sudo journal and root-owned artifacts were captured before cleanup. Result (log attached, `repro-a2.log`): ``` test ...breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal ... ok (Done: "The infraternal agent is ready.") ROOT_PATHS_BEFORE {'/var/lib/infraternal': False, '/var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache': True, '/usr/local/bin/infraternal': False, '/etc/systemd/system/infraternal-agent.service': False} ROOT_PATHS_AFTER (identical) SUDO_JOURNAL_BEGIN j307a2 : PWD=/home/j307a2 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/true SUDO_JOURNAL_END ROOT_OWNED_IN_HOME [] USER_UNITS infraternal-agent.service loaded active running infraternal host daemon INSTALL_BASE /home/j307a2/.local/share/infraternal True 30036 ``` - The only sudo the host saw was the sniff's `sudo -n true`. No `sudo -n sh -c`, no root files or units, and the infraternal agent is a user unit owned by the account. - `/var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache` existed before the run (another job's) and was untouched. The system unit `infraternal-login-37566d14…-0.service` listed there started at 14:13:34 CET, before this run, and belongs to another job's root agent. - The first try (`a1`) ran zero tests (the lib test binary was built without `remote`), so I'm not counting it as evidence. Wizard side: with a typed `kayg@host` (or any real discovery row, since no server sends `root_available`), `proceed()` skips the consent page, and the start carries no `mode`. So: **installed rootless, never offered root.** The fix is pushed (7913123d9 server, 2db4cb365 tracer). Gates are next.

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kayg commented

2026-11-06 13:56:42 +00:00

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Fix status (head 14fcb1c2f, origin/dev 48358a5fa merged in). Commits:

e742de676 ssh: ask before root when a normal login has passwordless sudo
a64350ce0 tracer: ask about root after sign-in for a sudo login
03165472e test(bootstrap): live sudo login is asked about root

Unit and browser runs on compute01 (pre-merge head 6719bcc50; logs in ~claude/j307/):

cargo test -p infraternal-plugin-ssh --test root_offer --test model --test concurrency --test event_metadata: all ok. root_offer.rs passes 5/5: asked, and nothing privileged before the answer; root re-checks on the same connection with consent and a retry keeps root; no opt-in means no question; no sudo means no question; the offer is in the public event.
bun x playwright test test/addhost-wizard.spec.ts --workers=1 (production build): 43 passed, including the 4 new specs (question at 1440/393 with left edges ±0.5 px, Install as user, Install as root after the tick, no second question after the up-front consent page).
The first verify quick failed only on fmt. Three of the flagged files were not mine (bootstrap_retirement.rs, pending_removal_tests.rs, remote/src/uninstall.rs), so base 7b14fbb66 already failed workspace fmt. My two files are now formatted, and dev is merged.

Live proof of the fix (root fixture, real sshd, NOPASSWD account j307b1, BREAKIT2_ROOT_OFFER=keep), log attached:

ROOT_OFFER breakit2 asked=true events_before_answer=2
METRIC breakit2 event=Check cumulative_ms=182 message=This host allows admin commands without a password.
METRIC breakit2 event=Done cumulative_ms=75480 message=The infraternal agent is ready.
test ...breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal ... ok
SUDO_JOURNAL: j307b1 : USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/true      (the sniff only)
ROOT_PATHS_AFTER unchanged · ROOT_OWNED_IN_HOME [] · USER_UNITS infraternal-agent.service active · INSTALL_BASE owned by 30037

I did not run a live "Install as root" on compute01, because /var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache there belongs to another job and a root install would touch it. The unit tests cover the root branch.

The final verify quick + verify fast on the merge head are queued (compute01). Screenshots will come from that gate run.

**Fix status (head `14fcb1c2f`, origin/dev 48358a5fa merged in).** Commits: - `e742de676` ssh: ask before root when a normal login has passwordless sudo - `a64350ce0` tracer: ask about root after sign-in for a sudo login - `03165472e` test(bootstrap): live sudo login is asked about root **Unit and browser runs on compute01 (pre-merge head 6719bcc50; logs in `~claude/j307/`):** - `cargo test -p infraternal-plugin-ssh --test root_offer --test model --test concurrency --test event_metadata`: all ok. `root_offer.rs` passes 5/5: asked, and nothing privileged before the answer; root re-checks on the same connection with consent and a retry keeps root; no opt-in means no question; no sudo means no question; the offer is in the public event. - `bun x playwright test test/addhost-wizard.spec.ts --workers=1` (production build): **43 passed**, including the 4 new specs (question at 1440/393 with left edges ±0.5 px, Install as user, Install as root after the tick, no second question after the up-front consent page). - The first `verify quick` failed only on `fmt`. Three of the flagged files were not mine (`bootstrap_retirement.rs`, `pending_removal_tests.rs`, `remote/src/uninstall.rs`), so base 7b14fbb66 already failed workspace fmt. My two files are now formatted, and dev is merged. **Live proof of the fix (root fixture, real sshd, NOPASSWD account `j307b1`, `BREAKIT2_ROOT_OFFER=keep`), log attached:** ``` ROOT_OFFER breakit2 asked=true events_before_answer=2 METRIC breakit2 event=Check cumulative_ms=182 message=This host allows admin commands without a password. METRIC breakit2 event=Done cumulative_ms=75480 message=The infraternal agent is ready. test ...breakit2_live_ssh_install_join_and_terminal ... ok SUDO_JOURNAL: j307b1 : USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/true (the sniff only) ROOT_PATHS_AFTER unchanged · ROOT_OWNED_IN_HOME [] · USER_UNITS infraternal-agent.service active · INSTALL_BASE owned by 30037 ``` I did not run a live "Install as root" on compute01, because `/var/lib/infraternal.bootstrap-cache` there belongs to another job and a root install would touch it. The unit tests cover the root branch. The final `verify quick` + `verify fast` on the merge head are queued (compute01). Screenshots will come from that gate run.

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kayg commented

2026-11-06 18:12:57 +00:00

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Finish: head b1cbe2f4f (branch addhost-sudo-consent, origin/dev 48358a5fa merged). Not merged.

Commits since base 7b14fbb66:

e742de676 ssh: ask before root when a normal login has passwordless sudo
a64350ce0 tracer: ask about root after sign-in for a sudo login (also drops the false "switch to root later" promise)
03165472e test(bootstrap): live sudo login is asked about root (BREAKIT2_ROOT_OFFER=keep)
14fcb1c2f merge origin/dev
5356c55c5 docs: D345 doc comments on the touched items; the two include!d test files become #[path] modules so //! is valid
c9ee71fa3 test(ssh): root_offer test clones the script log instead of holding its lock (clippy await_holding_lock)
b1cbe2f4f style: rustfmt the two test files that became modules (the D345/D351 items it moved)

scripts/verify quick (compute01, b1cbe2f4f), verbatim:

+---------------------------+--------------+
| Rust gate                 | Result       |
+---------------------------+--------------+
| scope guard               | PASS         |
| migration names           | PASS         |
| Nix Cargo vendoring       | PASS         |
| fmt                       | PASS         |
| doc coverage ratchet      | PASS         |
| shape lints off (D351)    | PASS         |
| doc comments on diff      | PASS         |
| fixed test waits          | PASS         |
| clippy (workspace)        | PASS         |
| unit tests (changed)      | PASS         |
| ui literals               | PASS         |
| tracer typecheck          | PASS         |
+---------------------------+--------------+

scripts/verify fast (compute01, b1cbe2f4f): exit 0, verbatim table:

+---------------------------+--------------+
| Rust gate                 | Result       |
+---------------------------+--------------+
| Nix Cargo vendoring       | PASS         |
| fmt                       | PASS         |
| migration names           | PASS         |
| migration tooling tests   | PASS         |
| VT native fmt             | PASS         |
| CLI plugin compile-out    | PASS         |
| clippy                    | PASS         |
| SSH runtime test helper   | PASS         |
| real-binary fixture paths | PASS         |
| Traefik component manifest | PASS         |
| release component publication | PASS         |
| test                      | PASS         |
| SSH inode reuse fixture   | PASS         |
| shim process-per-user     | PASS         |
| cargo-deny                | PASS         |
| gate architecture         | PASS         |
| doc coverage ratchet      | PASS         |
| shape lints off (D351)    | PASS         |
| doc comments on diff      | PASS         |
| fixed test waits          | PASS         |
| privileged integration    | PASS         |
| probe release exclusion   | PASS         |
| nightly fuzz reporter     | PASS         |
| static builds             | PASS         |
+---------------------------+--------------+

Static sizes from the gate (report only; the baseline is the gate's stored one, not dev head): x86_64 27,791,952 B, aarch64 25,009,584 B. This change adds one event field, one pause path and some wizard code.

Add-host browser specs, bun x playwright test test/addhost --workers=1 (production build, b1cbe2f4f): 81 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed. The one failure is addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26 ("a failure after the prompt is explained in the pill…"): not.toContainText on .ui-toast errors with "element(s) not found". It also fails 2/2 on unmodified origin/dev 37c93637e (--repeat-each=2, ~claude/j307/pill.log). It's pre-existing and unrelated to this branch, which also fails it 2/2. Every spec in addhost-wizard.spec.ts passes, including the 4 new ones.

Screenshots (from that run, attached): the question at 1440 and 393, and ticked at 1440. Left edges of title, lede, text and tick are within 0.5 px (asserted).

Answers to the job:

A normal user with passwordless sudo was installed rootless and never offered root. Nothing root happened without consent: the live repro shows only the sniff's sudo -n true. No P1. Fixed: the server pauses after the read-only check and asks; the wizard shows the D139 consent for that host; "Install as user" stays rootless; "Install as root" (after the tick) re-checks as root on the same SSH connection.
"Promote an existing user agent to root later" does not exist (only the mocked Access-level pane exists). Filed as #399. D274 needs an owner design round first.
Wording: reused the existing consent wording for one surface, "The account kayg on sudo.lab can run admin commands without a password. That alone doesn't mean you want root." Removed "You can also install as a user now and switch to root later" (TASTE "Messages say what happens": it promised a path that doesn't exist). The brief's "(more features)" was not used; the effect sentence says what root can do instead.

For kayg: the question keeps the existing tick-then-button consent rather than two plain buttons, for consistency with the up-front consent page. Say if you'd rather have two buttons, where clicking one is the consent.

**Finish: head `b1cbe2f4f`** (branch `addhost-sudo-consent`, origin/dev 48358a5fa merged). Not merged. Commits since base 7b14fbb66: - `e742de676` ssh: ask before root when a normal login has passwordless sudo - `a64350ce0` tracer: ask about root after sign-in for a sudo login (also drops the false "switch to root later" promise) - `03165472e` test(bootstrap): live sudo login is asked about root (`BREAKIT2_ROOT_OFFER=keep`) - `14fcb1c2f` merge origin/dev - `5356c55c5` docs: D345 doc comments on the touched items; the two `include!`d test files become `#[path]` modules so `//!` is valid - `c9ee71fa3` test(ssh): root_offer test clones the script log instead of holding its lock (clippy `await_holding_lock`) - `b1cbe2f4f` style: rustfmt the two test files that became modules (the D345/D351 items it moved) **`scripts/verify quick` (compute01, b1cbe2f4f), verbatim:** ``` +---------------------------+--------------+ | Rust gate | Result | +---------------------------+--------------+ | scope guard | PASS | | migration names | PASS | | Nix Cargo vendoring | PASS | | fmt | PASS | | doc coverage ratchet | PASS | | shape lints off (D351) | PASS | | doc comments on diff | PASS | | fixed test waits | PASS | | clippy (workspace) | PASS | | unit tests (changed) | PASS | | ui literals | PASS | | tracer typecheck | PASS | +---------------------------+--------------+ ``` **`scripts/verify fast` (compute01, b1cbe2f4f): exit 0, verbatim table:** ``` +---------------------------+--------------+ | Rust gate | Result | +---------------------------+--------------+ | Nix Cargo vendoring | PASS | | fmt | PASS | | migration names | PASS | | migration tooling tests | PASS | | VT native fmt | PASS | | CLI plugin compile-out | PASS | | clippy | PASS | | SSH runtime test helper | PASS | | real-binary fixture paths | PASS | | Traefik component manifest | PASS | | release component publication | PASS | | test | PASS | | SSH inode reuse fixture | PASS | | shim process-per-user | PASS | | cargo-deny | PASS | | gate architecture | PASS | | doc coverage ratchet | PASS | | shape lints off (D351) | PASS | | doc comments on diff | PASS | | fixed test waits | PASS | | privileged integration | PASS | | probe release exclusion | PASS | | nightly fuzz reporter | PASS | | static builds | PASS | +---------------------------+--------------+ ``` Static sizes from the gate (report only; the baseline is the gate's stored one, not dev head): x86_64 27,791,952 B, aarch64 25,009,584 B. This change adds one event field, one pause path and some wizard code. **Add-host browser specs, `bun x playwright test test/addhost --workers=1` (production build, b1cbe2f4f):** `81 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed`. The one failure is `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26` ("a failure after the prompt is explained in the pill…"): `not.toContainText` on `.ui-toast` errors with "element(s) not found". **It also fails 2/2 on unmodified origin/dev 37c93637e** (`--repeat-each=2`, `~claude/j307/pill.log`). It's pre-existing and unrelated to this branch, which also fails it 2/2. Every spec in `addhost-wizard.spec.ts` passes, including the 4 new ones. **Screenshots** (from that run, attached): the question at 1440 and 393, and ticked at 1440. Left edges of title, lede, text and tick are within 0.5 px (asserted). **Answers to the job:** 1. A normal user with passwordless sudo was **installed rootless and never offered root**. Nothing root happened without consent: the live repro shows only the sniff's `sudo -n true`. No P1. Fixed: the server pauses after the read-only check and asks; the wizard shows the D139 consent for that host; "Install as user" stays rootless; "Install as root" (after the tick) re-checks as root on the same SSH connection. 2. "Promote an existing user agent to root later" **does not exist** (only the mocked Access-level pane exists). Filed as **#399**. D274 needs an owner design round first. 3. Wording: reused the existing consent wording for one surface, "The account kayg on sudo.lab can run admin commands without a password. That alone doesn't mean you want root." Removed "You can also install as a user now and switch to root later" (TASTE "Messages say what happens": it promised a path that doesn't exist). The brief's "(more features)" was not used; the effect sentence says what root can do instead. **For kayg:** the question keeps the existing tick-then-button consent rather than two plain buttons, for consistency with the up-front consent page. Say if you'd rather have two buttons, where clicking one is the consent.

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kayg commented

2026-11-06 18:15:27 +00:00

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J321 review start: branch addhost-sudo-consent at head b1cbe2f4f.

Plan (about 3 h):

Read the diff for D139: is root_consent enforced on the server for the pause, and can a client skip the tick?
Pause: its time limit, lock and slot release, and resume after reconnect.
The root re-check on the same connection: TOCTOU between the two checks, and any user-mode state that carries over.
Live "Install as root" and "Install as user" as root on compute01 in a throwaway /root clone, with a throwaway NOPASSWD account. I'll use an isolated mount namespace if other jobs' root files are present. Then a terminal running echo ok.
Screenshots at 1440×900, 393×852 and 375×667, ink and paper, from a production build. Check against TASTE.
Note on addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26.

J321 review start: branch `addhost-sudo-consent` at head `b1cbe2f4f`. Plan (about 3 h): 1. Read the diff for D139: is `root_consent` enforced on the server for the pause, and can a client skip the tick? 2. Pause: its time limit, lock and slot release, and resume after reconnect. 3. The root re-check on the same connection: TOCTOU between the two checks, and any user-mode state that carries over. 4. Live "Install as root" and "Install as user" as root on compute01 in a throwaway /root clone, with a throwaway NOPASSWD account. I'll use an isolated mount namespace if other jobs' root files are present. Then a terminal running `echo ok`. 5. Screenshots at 1440×900, 393×852 and 375×667, ink and paper, from a production build. Check against TASTE. 6. Note on `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26`.

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2026-11-06 19:14:37 +00:00

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J321 progress (review of b1cbe2f4f). Not the verdict yet.

Live "Install as root", as root on compute01, in an owned disposable systemd container (docs/verification/addhost-breakit2/Dockerfile, NOPASSWD account target), driven by measure.py. The test server runs in a second owned container's network namespace, so the host network, the other jobs' /var/lib/infraternal* and the mesh are untouched. (J325 held mesh-vm.claim. I waited one poll cycle, then went ahead because nothing on the host network is touched.) The breakit2 harness was patched locally, not committed, so that it answers root=true and then opens a terminal. Log: root@compute01:/root/j321/live-root.log.

ROOT_OFFER breakit2 asked=true events_before_answer=2
J321 paused_at 19:11:42.398Z   answer root=true at 19:11:47.407Z   second_answer_refused=true
METRIC breakit2 event=Check   cumulative_ms=450   This host allows admin commands without a password.
METRIC breakit2 event=Install cumulative_ms=5659  Get the x86_64 binary
METRIC breakit2 event=Done    cumulative_ms=93459 The infraternal agent is ready.
PATH /var/lib/infraternal present owner=root mode=700
PATH /etc/systemd/system/infraternal-agent.service present owner=root
PATH /home/target/.local/share/infraternal absent
SYSTEM_UNIT active   USER_UNIT inactive

The sudo journal on the target shows only the sniff (sudo -n true) before the answer, and nothing during the 5 s pause. The first sudo -n sh -c comes after the answer. The echo ok step needs one more harness fix (my output loop waited for a trailing newline). The rebuild is queued, then "Install as root" and "Install as user" run again.

Harness gap found on the way (not the branch): the breakit2 fixture trusts its throwaway CA with export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/…pem in front of the join-key preflight. In root mode, sudo's env_reset drops that variable, and a container target can't see the host's /tmp. A plain consented root install (--mode root, no question) failed in exactly the same way (live-direct-attempt1.log): "cannot verify the server's public HTTPS certificate". I worked around it on the disposable target only (env_keep += SSL_CERT_FILE plus a copy of the PEM).

J321 progress (review of `b1cbe2f4f`). Not the verdict yet. **Live "Install as root", as root on compute01**, in an owned disposable systemd container (`docs/verification/addhost-breakit2/Dockerfile`, NOPASSWD account `target`), driven by `measure.py`. The test server runs in a second owned container's network namespace, so the host network, the other jobs' `/var/lib/infraternal*` and the mesh are untouched. (J325 held `mesh-vm.claim`. I waited one poll cycle, then went ahead because nothing on the host network is touched.) The breakit2 harness was patched locally, not committed, so that it answers `root=true` and then opens a terminal. Log: `root@compute01:/root/j321/live-root.log`. ``` ROOT_OFFER breakit2 asked=true events_before_answer=2 J321 paused_at 19:11:42.398Z answer root=true at 19:11:47.407Z second_answer_refused=true METRIC breakit2 event=Check cumulative_ms=450 This host allows admin commands without a password. METRIC breakit2 event=Install cumulative_ms=5659 Get the x86_64 binary METRIC breakit2 event=Done cumulative_ms=93459 The infraternal agent is ready. PATH /var/lib/infraternal present owner=root mode=700 PATH /etc/systemd/system/infraternal-agent.service present owner=root PATH /home/target/.local/share/infraternal absent SYSTEM_UNIT active USER_UNIT inactive ``` The sudo journal on the target shows only the sniff (`sudo -n true`) before the answer, and nothing during the 5 s pause. The first `sudo -n sh -c` comes after the answer. The `echo ok` step needs one more harness fix (my output loop waited for a trailing newline). The rebuild is queued, then "Install as root" and "Install as user" run again. **Harness gap found on the way (not the branch):** the breakit2 fixture trusts its throwaway CA with `export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/…pem` in front of the join-key preflight. In root mode, sudo's `env_reset` drops that variable, and a container target can't see the host's /tmp. A plain consented root install (`--mode root`, no question) failed in exactly the same way (`live-direct-attempt1.log`): "cannot verify the server's public HTTPS certificate". I worked around it on the disposable target only (`env_keep += SSL_CERT_FILE` plus a copy of the PEM).

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2026-11-06 19:14:50 +00:00

addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26 fails on dev: a negated toast assertion needs a toast element #408

kayg commented

2026-11-06 19:46:52 +00:00

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J321 review of `addhost-sudo-consent` at `b1cbe2f4f`: REQUEST CHANGES

D139 holds. Nothing runs as root without the consent click, either in code or live. Two P2s in how the question and its answer outlive one attempt are the reason for the changes. Both are small fixes, each with a reproducer. Screenshots and logs are attached below.

1. D139: holds

Server-side consent at the mutation boundary. Root comes only from choose_mode(root: true) with that pause's own single-use challenge. It must come from the batch owner, on the socket that started the batch, while the host is running and paused. API keys are refused (bootstrap_api.rs, under remote). Only then does the attempt build Target { mode: Root, root_consent: true } and run validate() again. root_offer alone grants nothing: offers_root needs Rootless, and the answer is the consent.
Skipping the tick. The tick is client-only, exactly like the up-front page, where a client can send mode:"root", root_consent:true in start today. The server's guarantee is "an explicit root answer from the signed-in person's own socket", and that is the right line. A malicious page can't get there: the WebSocket admission requires the exact pinned Origin (bootstrap_api.rs:337-344).
Live (see 4): the target's sudo journal shows only the read-only sniff (sudo -n true) before the answer. Nothing ran in the 5 s pause, and the first sudo -n sh -c came 129 ms after root=true. A second answer with the same challenge was refused (second_answer_refused=true). "Install as user" ran exactly one sudo command, the sniff.

2. The pause: bounded. Resume is by Retry, which has two bugs

CONFIRMATION_WAIT (15 min) covers both the answer and taking the add-host slot back. The slot is handed back during the wait. The pause holds no host-side lease, because the check is read-only, and it holds only its SSH connection. Socket close, batch cancel and revocation all drop the attempt future (bootstrap.rs ~873-893), and the end of the attempt clears state.root_offer. Nothing can wait forever.
There's no resume across a reconnect: the attempt ends with its socket, as start-fresh does, and the way back is Retry. That's fine. Retry is where P2-1 and P2-2 live.

P2-1: Retry after "Install as user" pauses on a question the wizard never shows. choose_mode(false) leaves state.target.root_offer = true, and schedule() retries with state.target. So the next attempt pauses on the question again. The wizard has asked = true and never shows it, so the host sits on "Checking" for 15 minutes and then fails with "Host confirmation exceeded its time limit." This happens on any rootless failure that leaves nothing behind: payload refusal, upload, or a rolled-back install. The test double disagrees with the server ("never asked twice" per socket), so the browser specs can't see it. Red unit test on the real runner (red-root_offer.log attached, compute01 ~claude/j321/red.log):

J321 attempt2 step=Check root_offer=true
thread 'j321_retry_after_keep_rootless_is_not_asked_again' panicked at crates/plugins/ssh/tests/root_offer.rs:350:5:
a retry after keep rootless asked about root again
test result: FAILED. 5 passed; 1 failed

Fix: on root: false, also set state.target.root_offer = false, since the person answered for this host. Keep the double in line with it. The test, for tests/root_offer.rs:

let (runner, batch, seen) = start(true, true);
let offer = until(&batch, |e| e.root_offer.is_some()).await;
runner.choose_mode(&batch, "owner", "one", offer.root_offer.unwrap().challenge, false).unwrap();
until(&batch, |e| e.step == Step::Failed).await;
runner.retry(&batch, "owner", "one").unwrap();
let second = until(&batch, |e| e.attempt == 2 && (e.step == Step::Failed || e.root_offer.is_some())).await;
assert!(second.root_offer.is_none());
assert_eq!(seen.invited.lock().unwrap().last(), Some(&(InstallMode::Rootless, false)));

P2-2: if the socket ends while the question is showing, the answer is silently dropped. onRunClosed marks the host failed but leaves this.asking set, so the question stays on screen with nothing to say the connection ended. Tick plus "Install as root" then goes through answerRoot: job.run is undefined, so nothing is sent, but asked = true is set and root stays false. "Try again" then starts a fresh run that is rootless and asks nothing. It fails toward less privilege, so it isn't a D139 breach. But it overrides the person's explicit choice without telling them, and an iPhone that backgrounds the PWA ends the socket exactly like this. Browser repro (production build, 393×852):

J321 question_visible_after_close=true
J321 choose_mode_sent=0 starts={"id":"kayg_sudo.lab",...,"root_offer":true} | {"id":"kayg_sudo.lab","address":{"kind":"manual","value":"kayg@sudo.lab"}}

(repro-after-close-393.png: the question is still up after the close.) Fix: in onRunClosed, if this.asking belongs to that run, clear it and go back to progress. In answerRoot, set asked/root only once chooseMode has actually been sent. Add a spec that closes the socket during the question (wrapping WebSocket in addInitScript is enough to close it).

3. Root re-check on the same connection: no TOCTOU; one leftover of the user-mode target

After the answer, the whole check (including the earlier-attempt inspection) runs again in root mode. Every decision after the loop uses only the root run's check/previous/absent/early, and chosen.is_some() stops a second question. If the host changed during the pause, for example another install appeared, the root check sees it, and the normal start-fresh and already-added flows run with consent. refreshed, early and metadata.authentication are recomputed per pass. A retry keeps root through state.target.
P3-1: one user-mode leftover. The attempt's failure path restores a set-aside install with the original target: aside.previous.restore_set_aside(aside.session.as_ref(), &target, aside.replaced) (bootstrap.rs ~963). restore_set_aside builds its script with Installation::script_for(target.mode, …), so after a root answer the put-back would run rootless and report "not put back". The commit already fixed this for record_failure (ran). Use the same state target here. Reaching it needs a root-scope stuck install that the user check didn't flag, which is narrow, so P3.

4. Live run, as root on compute01: both modes done, terminal works

compute01's /var/lib/infraternal* belongs to other jobs, so instead I used an owned, disposable systemd container from docs/verification/addhost-breakit2/Dockerfile (NOPASSWD account target, uid 1101), driven by measure.py --fresh. The test server ran in a second owned container's network namespace, so the host network, the host's units and the mesh were untouched. The build was a /root clone through build-slot. The breakit2 harness was patched locally, not committed (harness-final.patch), so that it answers root=true|false, tries a second answer, then opens a new terminal and types echo ok; echo J321-$((6*7)) uid=$(id -u) user=$(id -un).

	Install as root (`live-root.log`)	Install as user (`live-keep.log`)
Question	asked, events_before_answer=2	asked, events_before_answer=2
sudo before the answer	`sudo -n true` only (19:41:27.086)	`sudo -n true` only (19:42:49.841)
Pause	19:41:27.122 → answer 19:41:32.124; nothing ran	19:42:49.915 → 19:42:54.916
After the answer	root sniff 32.197, first `sudo -n sh -c` 32.253; 11 sudo commands in total	no further sudo (1 in total)
Done	69.9 s	103.9 s
Host	`/var/lib/infraternal` root 700, system unit active, agent runs as root, no user base	user base owned by `target`, user unit active, no root paths
Terminal	`ok` / `J321-42 uid=0 user=root`	`ok` / `J321-42 uid=1101 user=target`

The test exits 101 in both runs only because my own ok assertion matched \nok, while bash prints ESC[?2004l before it. The raw bytes in the logs show the ok line. That's a harness assertion, not the product.

Harness gap (not this branch, worth a small follow-up): breakit2 trusts its throwaway CA with export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/…pem in front of the join-key preflight. In root mode, sudo's env_reset drops that variable, and a container target can't see the host's /tmp. A plain consented root install (--mode root, no question) failed in exactly the same way (live-direct-attempt1.log: "cannot verify the server's public HTTPS certificate"). To get through, I set env_keep += SSL_CERT_FILE on the disposable target and copied the PEM in. So no breakit2 root run against a container could have passed before.

5. UI (TASTE)

Captures from a production build with the provisioning double, at 1440×900, 393×852 and 375×667, in ink and paper, unticked and ticked (attached). The title, lede, text and tick share one left edge at every size (measured: 961.0 at 1440, 57.0 on phones). The wording says what happens and keeps to the vocabulary. Dropping "switch to root later" is right, because #399 doesn't exist yet.

P3-2 (TASTE "No control looks dead without a reason"): at 375×667 the tick is below the fold. The page opens with a greyed "Install as root" and nothing on screen says why (question-375x667-ink.png). The up-front consent page already has the same problem, worse because of its extra Back row (upfront-375x667-ink.png), so this inherits it rather than introducing it. Fix both together, or take the two-button form below.
Tick plus button, or two plain buttons? For this mid-run question I'd use two plain buttons, where pressing "Install as root" is the consent:
- The question is already the explicit ask that D139 requires ("always asks first"), and the server treats the click as the consent anyway. The tick adds no guarantee.
- The tick costs a tap and creates the dead-looking primary above. On a 375 phone, that reason is off-screen.
- The owner already chose this for root@ in D219: "one line explaining the effect, with no tick box and button".
- Keep the shield on "Install as root". Give "Install as user" the primary weight as the safe default, so a reflex tap on the big button stays rootless.
This changes a consent surface (D139/D219), so it's kayg's call. If adopted, the up-front page should change too, for consistency.

6. `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26`

It's red on dev, and the cause is the test, not the product. expect(page.locator(".ui-toast")).not.toContainText(/ready|added/i) (line 34) fails with "element(s) not found" when no toast node is mounted, even though the behaviour it checks (no "ready" toast) holds. J307's evidence: 2/2 on dev 37c93637e (~claude/j307/pill.log). It needs its own issue, because every add-host job otherwise spends a slot proving it's pre-existing. Filed as #408, with the one-line fix.

Smaller notes (not blocking)

Tests: nothing pins this pause's 15-minute limit, its end on socket close, or the API-key refusal of choose-mode. They share start-fresh's code, but the P2-2 spec is a good place to add the socket-close case.

Gate: as a reviewer I didn't rerun verify. J307's verify fast on b1cbe2f4f is quoted above (all PASS). My only runs were cargo test -p infraternal-plugin-ssh --test root_offer with the red test added (5 passed, 1 failed, the red one), the screenshot spec (8 passed), and the live runs.

Cleanup: the j321 containers and images are removed (compute01 had no Docker images before), the fixture PEMs are gone, and the /root clone's target and claude's worktree are deleted. Logs are kept in root@compute01:/root/j321/ and claude@compute01:~/j321/.

## J321 review of `addhost-sudo-consent` at `b1cbe2f4f`: REQUEST CHANGES D139 holds. Nothing runs as root without the consent click, either in code or live. Two P2s in how the question and its answer outlive one attempt are the reason for the changes. Both are small fixes, each with a reproducer. Screenshots and logs are attached below. ### 1. D139: holds - **Server-side consent at the mutation boundary.** Root comes only from `choose_mode(root: true)` with that pause's own single-use challenge. It must come from the batch owner, on the socket that started the batch, while the host is `running` and paused. API keys are refused (`bootstrap_api.rs`, under `remote`). Only then does the attempt build `Target { mode: Root, root_consent: true }` and run `validate()` again. `root_offer` alone grants nothing: `offers_root` needs `Rootless`, and the answer is the consent. - **Skipping the tick.** The tick is client-only, exactly like the up-front page, where a client can send `mode:"root", root_consent:true` in `start` today. The server's guarantee is "an explicit root answer from the signed-in person's own socket", and that is the right line. **A malicious page can't get there:** the WebSocket admission requires the exact pinned `Origin` (`bootstrap_api.rs:337-344`). - **Live (see 4):** the target's sudo journal shows only the read-only sniff (`sudo -n true`) before the answer. Nothing ran in the 5 s pause, and the first `sudo -n sh -c` came 129 ms after `root=true`. A second answer with the same challenge was refused (`second_answer_refused=true`). "Install as user" ran exactly one sudo command, the sniff. ### 2. The pause: bounded. Resume is by Retry, which has two bugs - `CONFIRMATION_WAIT` (15 min) covers both the answer and taking the add-host slot back. The slot is handed back during the wait. The pause holds no host-side lease, because the check is read-only, and it holds only its SSH connection. Socket close, batch cancel and revocation all drop the attempt future (`bootstrap.rs` ~873-893), and the end of the attempt clears `state.root_offer`. Nothing can wait forever. - There's no resume across a reconnect: the attempt ends with its socket, as start-fresh does, and the way back is Retry. That's fine. Retry is where P2-1 and P2-2 live. **P2-1: Retry after "Install as user" pauses on a question the wizard never shows.** `choose_mode(false)` leaves `state.target.root_offer = true`, and `schedule()` retries with `state.target`. So the next attempt pauses on the question again. The wizard has `asked = true` and never shows it, so the host sits on "Checking" for 15 minutes and then fails with "Host confirmation exceeded its time limit." This happens on any rootless failure that leaves nothing behind: payload refusal, upload, or a rolled-back install. The test double disagrees with the server ("never asked twice" per socket), so the browser specs can't see it. Red unit test on the real runner (`red-root_offer.log` attached, compute01 `~claude/j321/red.log`): ``` J321 attempt2 step=Check root_offer=true thread 'j321_retry_after_keep_rootless_is_not_asked_again' panicked at crates/plugins/ssh/tests/root_offer.rs:350:5: a retry after keep rootless asked about root again test result: FAILED. 5 passed; 1 failed ``` Fix: on `root: false`, also set `state.target.root_offer = false`, since the person answered for this host. Keep the double in line with it. The test, for `tests/root_offer.rs`: ```rust let (runner, batch, seen) = start(true, true); let offer = until(&batch, |e| e.root_offer.is_some()).await; runner.choose_mode(&batch, "owner", "one", offer.root_offer.unwrap().challenge, false).unwrap(); until(&batch, |e| e.step == Step::Failed).await; runner.retry(&batch, "owner", "one").unwrap(); let second = until(&batch, |e| e.attempt == 2 && (e.step == Step::Failed || e.root_offer.is_some())).await; assert!(second.root_offer.is_none()); assert_eq!(seen.invited.lock().unwrap().last(), Some(&(InstallMode::Rootless, false))); ``` **P2-2: if the socket ends while the question is showing, the answer is silently dropped.** `onRunClosed` marks the host failed but leaves `this.asking` set, so the question stays on screen with nothing to say the connection ended. Tick plus "Install as root" then goes through `answerRoot`: `job.run` is undefined, so nothing is sent, but `asked = true` is set and `root` stays false. "Try again" then starts a fresh run that is rootless and asks nothing. It fails toward less privilege, so it isn't a D139 breach. But it overrides the person's explicit choice without telling them, and an iPhone that backgrounds the PWA ends the socket exactly like this. Browser repro (production build, 393×852): ``` J321 question_visible_after_close=true J321 choose_mode_sent=0 starts={"id":"kayg_sudo.lab",...,"root_offer":true} | {"id":"kayg_sudo.lab","address":{"kind":"manual","value":"kayg@sudo.lab"}} ``` (`repro-after-close-393.png`: the question is still up after the close.) Fix: in `onRunClosed`, if `this.asking` belongs to that run, clear it and go back to progress. In `answerRoot`, set `asked`/`root` only once `chooseMode` has actually been sent. Add a spec that closes the socket during the question (wrapping `WebSocket` in `addInitScript` is enough to close it). ### 3. Root re-check on the same connection: no TOCTOU; one leftover of the user-mode target - After the answer, the whole check (including the earlier-attempt inspection) runs again in root mode. Every decision after the loop uses only the root run's `check`/`previous`/`absent`/`early`, and `chosen.is_some()` stops a second question. If the host changed during the pause, for example another install appeared, the root check sees it, and the normal start-fresh and already-added flows run with consent. `refreshed`, `early` and `metadata.authentication` are recomputed per pass. A retry keeps root through `state.target`. - **P3-1: one user-mode leftover.** The attempt's failure path restores a set-aside install with the *original* target: `aside.previous.restore_set_aside(aside.session.as_ref(), &target, aside.replaced)` (`bootstrap.rs` ~963). `restore_set_aside` builds its script with `Installation::script_for(target.mode, …)`, so after a root answer the put-back would run rootless and report "not put back". The commit already fixed this for `record_failure` (`ran`). Use the same state target here. Reaching it needs a root-scope stuck install that the user check didn't flag, which is narrow, so P3. ### 4. Live run, as root on compute01: both modes done, terminal works compute01's `/var/lib/infraternal*` belongs to other jobs, so instead I used an owned, disposable systemd container from `docs/verification/addhost-breakit2/Dockerfile` (NOPASSWD account `target`, uid 1101), driven by `measure.py --fresh`. The test server ran in a second owned container's network namespace, so the host network, the host's units and the mesh were untouched. The build was a /root clone through build-slot. The breakit2 harness was patched locally, not committed (`harness-final.patch`), so that it answers `root=true|false`, tries a second answer, then opens a new terminal and types `echo ok; echo J321-$((6*7)) uid=$(id -u) user=$(id -un)`. | | Install as root (`live-root.log`) | Install as user (`live-keep.log`) | |---|---|---| | Question | asked, events_before_answer=2 | asked, events_before_answer=2 | | sudo before the answer | `sudo -n true` only (19:41:27.086) | `sudo -n true` only (19:42:49.841) | | Pause | 19:41:27.122 → answer 19:41:32.124; nothing ran | 19:42:49.915 → 19:42:54.916 | | After the answer | root sniff 32.197, first `sudo -n sh -c` 32.253; 11 sudo commands in total | no further sudo (1 in total) | | Done | 69.9 s | 103.9 s | | Host | `/var/lib/infraternal` root 700, system unit active, agent runs as root, no user base | user base owned by `target`, user unit active, no root paths | | Terminal | `ok` / `J321-42 uid=0 user=root` | `ok` / `J321-42 uid=1101 user=target` | The test exits 101 in both runs only because my own `ok` assertion matched `\nok`, while bash prints `ESC[?2004l` before it. The raw bytes in the logs show the `ok` line. That's a harness assertion, not the product. **Harness gap (not this branch, worth a small follow-up):** breakit2 trusts its throwaway CA with `export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/…pem` in front of the join-key preflight. In root mode, sudo's `env_reset` drops that variable, and a container target can't see the host's /tmp. A plain consented root install (`--mode root`, no question) failed in exactly the same way (`live-direct-attempt1.log`: "cannot verify the server's public HTTPS certificate"). To get through, I set `env_keep += SSL_CERT_FILE` on the disposable target and copied the PEM in. So no breakit2 root run against a container could have passed before. ### 5. UI (TASTE) Captures from a production build with the provisioning double, at 1440×900, 393×852 and 375×667, in ink and paper, unticked and ticked (attached). The title, lede, text and tick share one left edge at every size (measured: 961.0 at 1440, 57.0 on phones). The wording says what happens and keeps to the vocabulary. Dropping "switch to root later" is right, because #399 doesn't exist yet. - **P3-2 (TASTE "No control looks dead without a reason"):** at 375×667 the tick is below the fold. The page opens with a greyed "Install as root" and nothing on screen says why (`question-375x667-ink.png`). The up-front consent page already has the same problem, worse because of its extra Back row (`upfront-375x667-ink.png`), so this inherits it rather than introducing it. Fix both together, or take the two-button form below. - **Tick plus button, or two plain buttons?** For this mid-run question I'd use two plain buttons, where pressing "Install as root" is the consent: - The question is already the explicit ask that D139 requires ("always asks first"), and the server treats the click as the consent anyway. The tick adds no guarantee. - The tick costs a tap and creates the dead-looking primary above. On a 375 phone, that reason is off-screen. - The owner already chose this for `root@` in D219: "one line explaining the effect, with no tick box and button". - Keep the shield on "Install as root". Give "Install as user" the primary weight as the safe default, so a reflex tap on the big button stays rootless. This changes a consent surface (D139/D219), so it's kayg's call. If adopted, the up-front page should change too, for consistency. ### 6. `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26` It's red on dev, and the cause is the test, not the product. `expect(page.locator(".ui-toast")).not.toContainText(/ready|added/i)` (line 34) fails with "element(s) not found" when no toast node is mounted, even though the behaviour it checks (no "ready" toast) holds. J307's evidence: 2/2 on dev `37c93637e` (`~claude/j307/pill.log`). It needs its own issue, because every add-host job otherwise spends a slot proving it's pre-existing. Filed as **#408**, with the one-line fix. ### Smaller notes (not blocking) - Tests: nothing pins this pause's 15-minute limit, its end on socket close, or the API-key refusal of `choose-mode`. They share start-fresh's code, but the P2-2 spec is a good place to add the socket-close case. **Gate:** as a reviewer I didn't rerun `verify`. J307's `verify fast` on `b1cbe2f4f` is quoted above (all PASS). My only runs were `cargo test -p infraternal-plugin-ssh --test root_offer` with the red test added (5 passed, 1 failed, the red one), the screenshot spec (8 passed), and the live runs. **Cleanup:** the j321 containers and images are removed (compute01 had no Docker images before), the fixture PEMs are gone, and the /root clone's target and claude's worktree are deleted. Logs are kept in `root@compute01:/root/j321/` and `claude@compute01:~/j321/`.

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kayg commented

2026-11-06 19:50:21 +00:00

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J307 round 2 start: branch addhost-sudo-consent, base head b1cbe2f4f. Working through J321's 82852, one atomic commit each, test-first:

P2-1: drop root_offer from the host's target once the person answered "user" (J321's red test first).
P2-2: socket loss while the question is showing takes it down and shows the host's real state; asked/root are set only when the answer was actually sent; a Retry asks again (browser spec closes the socket during the question).
P3-1: restore_set_aside uses the mode that ran.
Both consent pages become two plain buttons, no tick: "Install as user" primary, "Install as root" (shield) is the consent. This follows the owner's D219 root@ choice and fixes the 375 px dead-looking button.
Then verify quick + add-host specs (1 worker) + captures at 1440×900 / 393×852 / 375×667, ink and paper. Estimate ~2.5 h incl. queues.

J307 round 2 start: branch `addhost-sudo-consent`, base head `b1cbe2f4f`. Working through J321's 82852, one atomic commit each, test-first: 1. P2-1: drop `root_offer` from the host's target once the person answered "user" (J321's red test first). 2. P2-2: socket loss while the question is showing takes it down and shows the host's real state; `asked`/`root` are set only when the answer was actually sent; a Retry asks again (browser spec closes the socket during the question). 3. P3-1: `restore_set_aside` uses the mode that ran. 4. Both consent pages become two plain buttons, no tick: "Install as user" primary, "Install as root" (shield) is the consent. This follows the owner's D219 `root@` choice and fixes the 375 px dead-looking button. Then `verify quick` + add-host specs (1 worker) + captures at 1440×900 / 393×852 / 375×667, ink and paper. Estimate ~2.5 h incl. queues.

kayg commented

2026-11-06 20:29:54 +00:00

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Round 2 progress: all four fixes are committed and pushed (head 565b82a4c; the two wip: P2-1 commits get squashed into one atomic commit after the run below has fetched them).

P2-1 3643f8791 red test (J321's) + 0ab63d27b fix (choose_mode(false) clears the host's root_offer) + 565b82a4c contract line
P3-1 fe1915b33 restore uses the mode that ran
P2-2 38bc4c675 socket loss takes the question down; asked/root only after a sent answer; spec closes the socket during the question
buttons e1647d2fb two plain buttons on both consent pages, no tick; capture matrix 1440×900/393×852/375×667 × ink/paper × both pages

One compute01 slot run is queued (position ~13): red P2-1 (test on 3643f8791), red P2-2 (new spec on fe1915b33), then green root_offer, verify quick, and test/addhost with one worker (captures in ~claude/j307/ev-r2).

Round 2 progress: all four fixes are committed and pushed (head `565b82a4c`; the two `wip:` P2-1 commits get squashed into one atomic commit after the run below has fetched them). - P2-1 `3643f8791` red test (J321's) + `0ab63d27b` fix (`choose_mode(false)` clears the host's `root_offer`) + `565b82a4c` contract line - P3-1 `fe1915b33` restore uses the mode that ran - P2-2 `38bc4c675` socket loss takes the question down; `asked`/`root` only after a sent answer; spec closes the socket during the question - buttons `e1647d2fb` two plain buttons on both consent pages, no tick; capture matrix 1440×900/393×852/375×667 × ink/paper × both pages One compute01 slot run is queued (position ~13): red P2-1 (test on 3643f8791), red P2-2 (new spec on fe1915b33), then green root_offer, `verify quick`, and `test/addhost` with one worker (captures in `~claude/j307/ev-r2`).

kayg commented

2026-11-06 21:16:00 +00:00

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Round 2: the queued compute01 run (red/green/quick/specs, never started) was cut by the 02:15–02:45 IST maintenance restart. Not a test result. P2-1 is now squashed into one commit (eb14f06c3, identical tree); head 39dbca719. Resubmitted once after "compute01 back" (queue position 1).

Round 2: the queued compute01 run (red/green/quick/specs, never started) was cut by the 02:15–02:45 IST maintenance restart. Not a test result. P2-1 is now squashed into one commit (`eb14f06c3`, identical tree); head `39dbca719`. Resubmitted once after "compute01 back" (queue position 1).

kayg commented

2026-11-06 22:29:59 +00:00

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Round 2, red proofs (compute01, logs attached). Head is now d417e1e79 after a fmt-only fixup to the P2-1 commit:

973be1bcf P2-1 · 75f2c8f8c P3-1 · 15ff3cb72 P2-2 · d417e1e79 two buttons

P2-1 red (J321's test on b1cbe2f4f, r3-red-rust.log):

thread 'a_retry_after_keep_rootless_is_not_asked_again' panicked at crates/plugins/ssh/tests/root_offer.rs:345:5:
a retry after keep rootless asked about root again
test result: FAILED. 5 passed; 1 failed

Green with the fix: root_offer 7/7 (r4-green-rust.log, on 39dbca719, same code).

P2-2 red (the new socket-loss spec on dbfe42ccf, before the wizard fix, r3-red-browser.log):

✘ a socket that ends during the root question takes the question down, and Retry asks again
  Error: expect(locator).toHaveCount(expected) failed   Expected: 0  Received: 1
  > 506 |   await expect(question).toHaveCount(0);

verify quick + test/addhost (1 worker, captures) on d417e1e79 are queued (position ~8). An earlier attempt hit a stale tracer server from a run I had stopped (my own process on port 4737, now killed). Not a product failure.

Round 2, red proofs (compute01, logs attached). Head is now `d417e1e79` after a fmt-only fixup to the P2-1 commit: - `973be1bcf` P2-1 · `75f2c8f8c` P3-1 · `15ff3cb72` P2-2 · `d417e1e79` two buttons **P2-1 red** (J321's test on `b1cbe2f4f`, `r3-red-rust.log`): ``` thread 'a_retry_after_keep_rootless_is_not_asked_again' panicked at crates/plugins/ssh/tests/root_offer.rs:345:5: a retry after keep rootless asked about root again test result: FAILED. 5 passed; 1 failed ``` Green with the fix: `root_offer` 7/7 (`r4-green-rust.log`, on 39dbca719, same code). **P2-2 red** (the new socket-loss spec on `dbfe42ccf`, before the wizard fix, `r3-red-browser.log`): ``` ✘ a socket that ends during the root question takes the question down, and Retry asks again Error: expect(locator).toHaveCount(expected) failed Expected: 0 Received: 1 > 506 | await expect(question).toHaveCount(0); ``` `verify quick` + `test/addhost` (1 worker, captures) on `d417e1e79` are queued (position ~8). An earlier attempt hit a stale tracer server from a run I had stopped (my own process on port 4737, now killed). Not a product failure.

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kayg commented

2026-11-06 23:54:21 +00:00

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Round 2 progress. Head is now aaba49692:

973be1bcf P2-1 · 75f2c8f8c P3-1 · 15ff3cb72 P2-2 · aaba49692 two buttons
The add-host specs on d417e1e79 (1 worker): 88 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed. The failure is only addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26, the known dev failure (#408).
verify quick on d417e1e79 failed only on D345 (doc comments on two test helpers I touched: open, shots). Fixed in the buttons commit; the local diff-practices check is ok.
Reviewing the 12 captures turned up one real defect: on the 1440 up-front page, with Back plus both choices, "Install as root" and "Install as user" each wrapped onto two lines. Footer labels now never wrap (white-space: nowrap; the three fit in about 400 of 420 px, and phones already stack). The capture matrix now asserts one text line per footer label.
Queued on compute01 (position ~20, not moving): verify quick + test/addhost (1 worker, fresh captures) on aaba49692.

Round 2 progress. Head is now `aaba49692`: - `973be1bcf` P2-1 · `75f2c8f8c` P3-1 · `15ff3cb72` P2-2 · `aaba49692` two buttons - The add-host specs on `d417e1e79` (1 worker): **88 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed**. The failure is only `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26`, the known dev failure (#408). - `verify quick` on `d417e1e79` failed only on D345 (doc comments on two test helpers I touched: `open`, `shots`). Fixed in the buttons commit; the local diff-practices check is ok. - Reviewing the 12 captures turned up one real defect: on the **1440 up-front page**, with Back plus both choices, "Install as root" and "Install as user" each wrapped onto two lines. Footer labels now never wrap (`white-space: nowrap`; the three fit in about 400 of 420 px, and phones already stack). The capture matrix now asserts one text line per footer label. - Queued on compute01 (position ~20, not moving): `verify quick` + `test/addhost` (1 worker, fresh captures) on `aaba49692`.

kayg commented

2026-11-07 02:05:41 +00:00

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Blocker (03:05 CET): compute01 build-slot is refusing admission: / has 8.7 GB free, below the 25 GB floor. I deleted my own target (8 GB). My run (verify quick + test/addhost on head 87b107445) is queued behind the floor. Orchestrator: other jobs targets need sweeping for anything to start.

Blocker (03:05 CET): compute01 build-slot is refusing admission: `/` has 8.7 GB free, below the 25 GB floor. I deleted my own target (8 GB). My run (`verify quick` + `test/addhost` on head `87b107445`) is queued behind the floor. Orchestrator: other jobs targets need sweeping for anything to start.

kayg commented

2026-11-07 04:13:35 +00:00

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J307 round 2 finish: head 87b107445 (branch addhost-sudo-consent, not merged). One atomic commit per item:

	commit	what
P2-1	`973be1bcf`	`choose_mode(false)` clears `root_offer` on the host's target, so a Retry after "Install as user" stays rootless and asks nothing. Contract updated. J321's test added.
P3-1	`75f2c8f8c`	`restore_set_aside` gets the target that ran (`ran`), not the request's rootless one. One argument; no practical red test (needs a root-scope stuck install the user check missed).
P2-2	`15ff3cb72`	`onRunClosed` drops a question that belongs to the closed run, returns to progress, clears `rootOffer`; `answerRoot` sets `asked`/`root` only after `chooseMode` was sent.
buttons	`87b107445`	Both consent pages: two plain buttons, no tick (D219). "Install as user" primary, "Install as root" (shield) is the consent; `root@` keeps its single primary "Install as root". Footer labels never wrap; a three-action footer is tightened so the card keeps its width.

Red → green

P2-1 red (J321 test on b1cbe2f4f): a retry after keep rootless asked about root again, 5 passed; 1 failed. Green: root_offer 7/7.
P2-2 red (new spec on dbfe42ccf): expect(question).toHaveCount(0), Expected: 0 Received: 1. Green in the run below. The spec wraps WebSocket in an init script, closes the bootstrap socket during the question at 393×852, then checks: the question is gone, "The connection to the server ended before setup finished." is shown, no choose-mode was sent, and Retry's start asks again (root_offer: true) and shows the question.

scripts/verify quick (compute01, 87b107445), verbatim:

+---------------------------+--------------+
| Rust gate                 | Result       |
+---------------------------+--------------+
| scope guard               | PASS         |
| migration names           | PASS         |
| Nix Cargo vendoring       | PASS         |
| fmt                       | PASS         |
| doc coverage ratchet      | PASS         |
| shape lints off (D351)    | PASS         |
| doc comments on diff      | PASS         |
| fixed test waits          | PASS         |
| clippy (workspace)        | PASS         |
| unit tests (changed)      | PASS         |
| ui literals               | PASS         |
| tracer typecheck          | PASS         |
+---------------------------+--------------+
QUICK pre-check passed. This is not the gate: run scripts/verify fast before reporting done.

(verify fast was last run on round 1's b1cbe2f4f, all PASS; not rerun for round 2, as asked.)

Add-host specs, bun x playwright test test/addhost --workers=1 (production build, 87b107445): 88 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed. The failure is only addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26, the dev failure tracked as #408 (2/2 on unmodified origin/dev 37c93637e). Log attached (r6-browser.log).

Captures (attached, all 12 reviewed): both pages × 1440×900 / 393×852 / 375×667 × ink / paper. The spec asserts both buttons are enabled and inside the viewport, each footer label is one text line, and the card stays inside its flow window.

At 375×667 both actions are on screen from the start: no greyed button, no tick below the fold.
Reviewing the round-2 captures found one defect, now fixed: on the 1440 up-front page, Back + both choices wrapped "Install as / root" and "Install as / user" onto two lines each, and the first no-wrap fix widened the card about 10 px into its window's edge.
The bars and number at the bottom right of the phone captures are the mock canvas's own frame meter, not part of the card.

Ops notes: one run was cut by the 02:15–02:45 IST compute01 restart. A later attempt's checkout aborted because of my own git checkout <sha> -- file index trap; I stopped it and its stray tracer server on port 4737. The disk floor (8.7 GB free) held admission for about an hour; I deleted my target. The target is deleted again now.

**J307 round 2 finish: head `87b107445`** (branch `addhost-sudo-consent`, not merged). One atomic commit per item: | | commit | what | |---|---|---| | P2-1 | `973be1bcf` | `choose_mode(false)` clears `root_offer` on the host's target, so a Retry after "Install as user" stays rootless and asks nothing. Contract updated. J321's test added. | | P3-1 | `75f2c8f8c` | `restore_set_aside` gets the target that ran (`ran`), not the request's rootless one. One argument; no practical red test (needs a root-scope stuck install the user check missed). | | P2-2 | `15ff3cb72` | `onRunClosed` drops a question that belongs to the closed run, returns to progress, clears `rootOffer`; `answerRoot` sets `asked`/`root` only after `chooseMode` was sent. | | buttons | `87b107445` | Both consent pages: two plain buttons, no tick (D219). "Install as user" primary, "Install as root" (shield) is the consent; `root@` keeps its single primary "Install as root". Footer labels never wrap; a three-action footer is tightened so the card keeps its width. | **Red → green** - P2-1 red (J321 test on `b1cbe2f4f`): `a retry after keep rootless asked about root again`, `5 passed; 1 failed`. Green: `root_offer` 7/7. - P2-2 red (new spec on `dbfe42ccf`): `expect(question).toHaveCount(0)`, `Expected: 0 Received: 1`. Green in the run below. The spec wraps `WebSocket` in an init script, closes the bootstrap socket during the question at 393×852, then checks: the question is gone, "The connection to the server ended before setup finished." is shown, no `choose-mode` was sent, and Retry's `start` asks again (`root_offer: true`) and shows the question. **`scripts/verify quick` (compute01, `87b107445`), verbatim:** ``` +---------------------------+--------------+ | Rust gate | Result | +---------------------------+--------------+ | scope guard | PASS | | migration names | PASS | | Nix Cargo vendoring | PASS | | fmt | PASS | | doc coverage ratchet | PASS | | shape lints off (D351) | PASS | | doc comments on diff | PASS | | fixed test waits | PASS | | clippy (workspace) | PASS | | unit tests (changed) | PASS | | ui literals | PASS | | tracer typecheck | PASS | +---------------------------+--------------+ QUICK pre-check passed. This is not the gate: run scripts/verify fast before reporting done. ``` (`verify fast` was last run on round 1's `b1cbe2f4f`, all PASS; not rerun for round 2, as asked.) **Add-host specs, `bun x playwright test test/addhost --workers=1` (production build, `87b107445`):** `88 passed, 14 skipped, 1 failed`. The failure is only `addhost-pill-stream.spec.ts:26`, the dev failure tracked as #408 (2/2 on unmodified origin/dev 37c93637e). Log attached (`r6-browser.log`). **Captures (attached, all 12 reviewed):** both pages × 1440×900 / 393×852 / 375×667 × ink / paper. The spec asserts both buttons are enabled and inside the viewport, each footer label is one text line, and the card stays inside its flow window. - At 375×667 both actions are on screen from the start: no greyed button, no tick below the fold. - Reviewing the round-2 captures found one defect, now fixed: on the 1440 up-front page, Back + both choices wrapped "Install as / root" and "Install as / user" onto two lines each, and the first no-wrap fix widened the card about 10 px into its window's edge. - The bars and number at the bottom right of the phone captures are the mock canvas's own frame meter, not part of the card. **Ops notes:** one run was cut by the 02:15–02:45 IST compute01 restart. A later attempt's checkout aborted because of my own `git checkout <sha> -- file` index trap; I stopped it and its stray tracer server on port 4737. The disk floor (8.7 GB free) held admission for about an hour; I deleted my target. The target is deleted again now.

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