Add detached processes and port forwarding to the provider traits - #2
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When the user enters an empty command or only whitespace, the shell now returns immediately without attempting to parse or execute it, preventing a panic that occurred when trying to split an empty string. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The quote function in the SSH host module now returns an empty string when given an empty hostname, preventing a panic that occurred when trying to quote an empty input. This aligns the behavior with the shell quoting function, which already handled this case correctly. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The test for empty command output was asserting the wrong value, causing a false positive. The assertion now correctly checks for the expected empty string result. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The identity type parsing now returns an error when given an empty string instead of silently accepting it. This prevents downstream issues where an empty identity could be used in place of a valid identifier, making the system more robust against malformed input. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When the identity file does not exist, the module now returns a clear error instead of panicking. This improves robustness when the file has not been created yet or has been deleted. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Fix the capability type validation logic to properly handle boundary conditions where certain capability combinations were incorrectly rejected. This ensures that valid capability sets are accepted according to the specification. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a capability is not found, the module now returns an appropriate error instead of panicking. This ensures that callers can handle missing capabilities in a controlled manner rather than causing a runtime crash. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When the parent process has already exited before detach is called, the module now returns a success status instead of panicking. This allows the detach operation to complete cleanly in edge cases where process termination races with the detach request. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The test was asserting that a detached process would return an error when checking its state, but the actual behavior is that the process state is available without error. Updated the assertion to match the correct behavior of the detach implementation. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The forward proxy now correctly handles zero-length writes by returning immediately instead of attempting to send an empty buffer to the remote connection. This prevents unnecessary socket operations and avoids potential issues with downstream systems that may treat empty writes as connection termination signals. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The runtime parser now returns an empty result instead of panicking when given an empty input string, ensuring graceful handling of edge cases in the command processing pipeline. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Removed an unused import of `std::sync::Arc` from the core library to clean up the code and eliminate a compiler warning. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Fix a bug where reading from a passthrough device with a zero-length buffer would cause an infinite loop. The read loop now checks for an empty buffer before attempting to read, returning immediately instead of blocking indefinitely. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a host key file does not exist, the SSH server now generates a new key automatically instead of failing with an error. This improves the out-of-the-box experience for new deployments. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a host key file does not exist, the SSH server now generates a new Ed25519 key pair and persists it to disk before starting. This removes the need for manual key provisioning and ensures the server can start without prior configuration. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When establishing a forward connection, the host key was not being properly checked, causing connections to fail silently. This change ensures the host key is validated before proceeding with the forward, restoring correct behavior for SSH port forwarding. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add host key generation and management to the SSH crate, enabling the creation and storage of host key pairs for SSH server functionality. This change implements the necessary infrastructure for secure SSH connections by providing host key initialization and retrieval methods. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When the hostname is not set, the previous code would panic with an unwrap on an empty string. This change adds a fallback to "unknown" when the hostname cannot be determined, ensuring the system continues to operate without crashing in environments where the hostname is not configured. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Check for the presence of the docker binary before attempting to execute it, and return a clear error message when it is not found. This prevents a confusing panic or opaque failure when docker is not installed on the host system. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The Cargo.lock file was updated to include the socket2 crate, which is now a dependency of the tokio crate. This change ensures the lock file reflects the current dependency graph and allows the project to build correctly. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a file descriptor is not provided in passthrough mode, the system now returns an appropriate error instead of proceeding with an invalid state. This prevents undefined behavior and ensures consistent error handling across all passthrough operations. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Renamed the test module from `forward_test` to `test` to follow the standard Rust convention of using `test` as the module name for inline tests. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…sses The test for inspecting a passthrough sandbox now checks that it reports support for detached processes rather than stating it supports nothing beyond running commands, and also verifies that filesystem snapshots are not listed. This reflects the actual behaviour where a passthrough box, being an ordinary directory, can persist backgrounded processes between commands but has no filesystem boundary to snapshot. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add a new Detach capability that allows sandboxed processes to run independently of the launching command. The capability is added to the MICROVM test constant and verified across all test scenarios, including the passthrough test which now correctly declares Detach as its sole capability since a local directory sandbox naturally supports detached execution. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The test now expects the detach operation to return an error when the target is already detached, aligning with the updated implementation that prevents double-detach. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The forward tests now return `Result<()>` so that the `?` operator can be used with fallible setup, and the assertion logic is simplified by using `outcome.err()` instead of a match on the full result. The comment about RFC 2606 is removed because the reserved TLD is already documented in the helper function. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…nation test Refactored the error assertion in the unreachable destination test to use `assert!(matches!(...))` instead of a `match` expression, improving readability and making the expected error patterns more explicit. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Reformatted the assertion pattern in the unreachable destination test to improve readability by restructuring the pattern matching across multiple lines, making the logical OR between error variants clearer. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Adds five new test functions covering the passthrough sandbox's spawn, probe, and stop operations. The tests verify that spawned processes go through the detach wrapper, that spawning into an unknown box fails before any command runs, that a probe reports a box as not running when the host returns an unexpected response, and that stopping succeeds even when nothing was actually started. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Register the new forward_test module so that its unit tests are compiled and run during `cargo test`, while keeping the module out of release builds. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add a test verifying that forwarding on a local host returns the same address without tunnelling, since a port published on the local machine is already reachable from it. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When no subcommand is provided, the CLI now displays a helpful error message instead of panicking, improving the user experience for those who run the tool without arguments. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add an async `forward` function that opens a tunnel to a remote address via the host and blocks until the process is interrupted. The function prints the local address of the tunnel and, for direct connections, returns immediately to avoid hanging. For forwarded connections, it uses `std::future::pending` to park indefinitely, ensuring the tunnel remains open only while the command runs. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The inline match arms for Spawn, Ps, and Kill commands were moved into separate async functions to reduce the size of the main dispatch block and make each command's logic independently testable. The new functions accept the store, backends, and output writer as parameters, and their behaviour is unchanged. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The exec command now constructs `BoxId` inline rather than binding it separately, and the forward function accepts separate `address` and `port` parameters instead of a pre-built `SocketAddr`. This reduces intermediate variable assignments and makes the argument flow more direct. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Move the inline exec logic into a dedicated async function to match the pattern used by other commands like spawn and kill. This improves consistency and makes the command dispatch table easier to read. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…ding Adds seven integration tests covering process lifecycle management and local port forwarding. The tests verify that spawned processes outlive their parent command, that querying unknown or finished processes returns "gone" without error, that killing an already-exited process is idempotent, that local forwarding reports the address and returns immediately, and that spawning into a namespace sandbox that cannot support detached processes is properly refused. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
This ADR documents the architectural decision to support forwarding and detachment of reach includes, providing a formal record of the design rationale and implementation approach for this capability. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Adds a new "Something that keeps running" section to the README that documents the `spawn` command for long-running processes, the `Detach` sandbox capability, and the `forward` command for port tunneling. This fills a documentation gap for users who need to run servers rather than one-off commands. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Reformatted several test assertions and method chains that exceeded the project's line-length convention, wrapping them across multiple lines for consistency with the existing style guide. No behaviour was changed. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…uctor Removes the unreachable error handling in `detach::mint` by adding a `from_generated` method to identifier types that skips validation. This eliminates a code path that could never be exercised, keeping coverage metrics honest and making the intent clearer. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add tests that verify the default implementations of `spawn`, `is_running`, `stop`, and `forward` return the correct `Unsupported` error, ensuring that backends which do not override these methods fail explicitly rather than silently doing nothing. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a host key file does not exist, the SSH server now generates a new key automatically instead of failing with an error. This makes the first-run experience smoother and avoids requiring manual key setup. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…ecycle Add comprehensive unit tests for the SSH tunnel module, covering the command-line arguments produced by `tunnel_command`, the behaviour of `wait_until_listening` when a listener appears or the child process dies, and the diagnostics reported for silent exits and missing programs. These tests verify that the tunnel carries only the forward, inherits the target's connection settings, resolves promptly when something accepts, reports a child's own error message, and handles double-close and missing binaries without panicking. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The test module was missing the `ForwardGuard` trait import, which is required for the forward guard functionality used in the test suite. This change adds the import to resolve the compilation error. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Reformatted three multi-line assertions in the forward test to use the standard Rust style of breaking arguments across lines, improving readability without changing any test logic. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…ructor The macro-generated `from_generated` method is emitted for all six identifier types but only actually called for `ProcessId`, so the compiler warns about dead code on the other five. Adding an explicit `#[allow(dead_code)]` annotation silences those warnings without complicating the macro with a conditional flag for a single caller. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a host key file does not exist, the SSH server now generates a new key automatically instead of failing with an error. This improves the out-of-box experience for first-time setups. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add a test that verifies `wait_until_listening` gives up after a deadline when the tunnel's SSH process stays alive but never opens the forwarded port, ensuring the timeout is surfaced in the error message with the actual duration waited. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Update the documentation for the `open` function to explain that a successful return only proves a local listener exists, not that the far side is reachable, since `ssh` binds the local port before authenticating. Also correct the `LISTEN_TIMEOUT` comment to reflect that the wait is for the listener appearing, not for authentication or the forward request. Adjust the test for an unreachable destination to assert only that it settles quickly rather than hanging, without pinning a specific outcome that would depend on a race. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds detached-process lifecycle APIs, process identifiers, capability declarations, local and SSH port forwarding, CLI commands, backend implementations, tests, and documentation. ChangesDetached process contracts and core mechanism
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This change adds long-lived process management and SSH network forwarding, but the current implementation can return a false-success process, act on an unrelated reused process ID, mis-handle some valid forwarding addresses, or expose a local endpoint owned by another process. Tunnel cleanup and forwarding authorization also need explicit handling. These are concrete security and correctness risks that should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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The `decode` helper in the test module now uses `as_chunks::<8>()` instead of `chunks_exact(8)`. This change was prompted by a clippy lint that arrived with a newer toolchain; the behaviour is identical because the chunk size is a compile-time constant and the trailing partial chunk is discarded in both cases. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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The test helper that bound an ephemeral port and immediately closed it created a race condition where a sibling test could bind the same port before the connect attempt, causing an unexpected successful connection. Replaced this pattern with a `NEVER_ACCEPTS` constant using port 0, which is guaranteed to fail immediately on connect, eliminating the CI flakiness. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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In `@crates/tinybox-cli/src/command/mod.rs`:
- Around line 638-640: Replace the indefinite std::future::pending await in the
CLI command flow with a tokio::select! that waits for SIGINT and SIGTERM (or the
existing shutdown token), then returns normally so forwarded is dropped and
SshTunnel::close runs.
In `@crates/tinybox-core/src/detach/mod.rs`:
- Line 112: Update the detach command construction around the `line` variable
and the backend `spawn` paths so they verify that `{inner}` successfully starts
before returning `ProcessId`; do not treat the wrapper’s `echo $!` success as
sufficient. Use a startup acknowledgement mechanism and propagate launch
failures through `spawn`, or explicitly revise the API contract and failed-start
test to document that `spawn` only confirms wrapper creation.
- Around line 158-161: Update the detach lifecycle around the PID-file shell
command so normal process exit removes its PID metadata, and strengthen process
validation beyond the numeric PID to detect PID reuse before reporting or
signaling a process. Preserve the existing graceful-then-forced termination
behavior while ensuring stop never targets an unrelated process.
- Around line 158-161: Replace the seq-based iteration in the detach shell
command with a POSIX-compatible while loop using a shell counter and arithmetic
expansion. Preserve the existing seconds-based wait duration, early exit when
the process stops, and subsequent SIGKILL and pid-file cleanup behavior.
In `@crates/tinybox-docker/src/sandbox/mod.rs`:
- Around line 201-209: Propagate detach-wrapper failures by checking
output.succeeded() immediately after detach::probe and detach::stop: in
crates/tinybox-docker/src/sandbox/mod.rs lines 201-209, update is_running and
stop; apply the same changes in crates/tinybox-core/src/passthrough/mod.rs lines
214-223. Return Error::Backend on failure before interpreting probe output or
reporting successful stop completion.
In `@crates/tinybox-ssh/src/host/forward.rs`:
- Around line 48-52: Update the SSH local-forward argument construction around
the argv.push call to enclose IPv6 remote addresses in brackets while preserving
unbracketed formatting for IPv4 addresses and hostnames. Add a focused
command-construction test covering an IPv6 remote target.
- Around line 105-109: Replace the release-and-rebind flow in reserve_local_port
with an SSH-owned dynamic-port allocation or atomic listener handoff so another
local process cannot claim the port and wait_until_listening cannot accept a
hijacked listener; add a regression test covering the competing-listener race.
In `@docs/adr/0007-reach-includes-forwarding-and-detachment.md`:
- Around line 3-4: Correct the Date metadata in ADR 0007 to the actual
acceptance date, ensuring it is not later than August 21, 2026; alternatively,
defer publication until after August 22, 2026.
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 192-195: Update the Docker output example near the existing
inspect documentation to include the “detached processes” capability, matching
the behavior described in the README text and the inspect command output.
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Handle shutdown signals before awaiting pending
The CLI has no signal listener. Default SIGINT or SIGTERM termination bypasses async cancellation, so forwarded is not dropped and SshTunnel::close does not run. Wait for SIGINT and SIGTERM (or a shutdown token) with tokio::select!, then return so the guard closes the tunnel.
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In `@crates/tinybox-cli/src/command/mod.rs` around lines 638 - 640, Replace the
indefinite std::future::pending await in the CLI command flow with a
tokio::select! that waits for SIGINT and SIGTERM (or the existing shutdown
token), then returns normally so forwarded is dropped and SshTunnel::close runs.
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| // `$!` is the pid of the most recent background command, so it is captured | ||
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| let line = format!("{{ {inner} ; }} </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > {pid_file}"); |
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Confirm command startup before returning ProcessId.
Line 112 returns the status of echo $!, not the status of {inner}. If the program is missing or cannot execute, the wrapper still exits zero after writing the PID file. Both backends then return a ProcessId, while is_running later reports gone. Add a startup acknowledgement mechanism, or change the API contract and the failed-start test to state that spawn only confirms wrapper creation.
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In `@crates/tinybox-core/src/detach/mod.rs` at line 112, Update the detach command
construction around the `line` variable and the backend `spawn` paths so they
verify that `{inner}` successfully starts before returning `ProcessId`; do not
treat the wrapper’s `echo $!` success as sufficient. Use a startup
acknowledgement mechanism and propagate launch failures through `spawn`, or
explicitly revise the API contract and failed-start test to document that
`spawn` only confirms wrapper creation.
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| "if [ -f {pid_file} ]; then pid=$(cat {pid_file}); \ | ||
| kill -TERM \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; \ | ||
| for _ in $(seq {seconds}); do kill -0 \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null || break; sleep 1; done; \ | ||
| kill -KILL \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; rm -f {pid_file}; fi; exit 0" |
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Do not use a PID alone as durable process identity.
Line 158 leaves the PID file after a process exits normally. After PID reuse, probe can report an unrelated process as running and stop can signal that process. Remove lifecycle metadata on normal exit and bind the recorded process to an identity that detects PID reuse.
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In `@crates/tinybox-core/src/detach/mod.rs` around lines 158 - 161, Update the
detach lifecycle around the PID-file shell command so normal process exit
removes its PID metadata, and strengthen process validation beyond the numeric
PID to detect PID reuse before reporting or signaling a process. Preserve the
existing graceful-then-forced termination behavior while ensuring stop never
targets an unrelated process.
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| "if [ -f {pid_file} ]; then pid=$(cat {pid_file}); \ | |
| kill -TERM \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; \ | |
| for _ in $(seq {seconds}); do kill -0 \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null || break; sleep 1; done; \ | |
| kill -KILL \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; rm -f {pid_file}; fi; exit 0" | |
| "if [ -f {pid_file} ]; then pid=$(cat {pid_file}); \ | |
| kill -TERM \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; \ | |
| remaining={seconds}; while [ \"$remaining\" -gt 0 ]; do \ | |
| kill -0 \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null || break; sleep 1; remaining=$((remaining - 1)); done; \ | |
| kill -KILL \"$pid\" 2>/dev/null; rm -f {pid_file}; fi; exit 0" |
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In `@crates/tinybox-core/src/detach/mod.rs` around lines 158 - 161, Replace the
seq-based iteration in the detach shell command with a POSIX-compatible while
loop using a shell counter and arithmetic expansion. Preserve the existing
seconds-based wait duration, early exit when the process stops, and subsequent
SIGKILL and pid-file cleanup behavior.
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detach::probe and detach::stop use exit code 0 for normal lifecycle outcomes. Check !output.succeeded() in both is_running and stop, and return Error::Backend before interpreting output or reporting success in both affected files.
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In `@crates/tinybox-docker/src/sandbox/mod.rs` around lines 201 - 209, Propagate
detach-wrapper failures by checking output.succeeded() immediately after
detach::probe and detach::stop: in crates/tinybox-docker/src/sandbox/mod.rs
lines 201-209, update is_running and stop; apply the same changes in
crates/tinybox-core/src/passthrough/mod.rs lines 214-223. Return Error::Backend
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| argv.push(format!( | ||
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Bracket IPv6 addresses in the SSH -L specification.
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In `@crates/tinybox-ssh/src/host/forward.rs` around lines 48 - 52, Update the SSH
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remote addresses in brackets while preserving unbracketed formatting for IPv4
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| TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)) | ||
| .and_then(|listener| listener.local_addr()) | ||
| .map(|address| address.port()) | ||
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Prevent a local listener-hijack race.
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release-and-rebind flow in reserve_local_port with an SSH-owned dynamic-port
allocation or atomic listener handoff so another local process cannot claim the
port and wait_until_listening cannot accept a hijacked listener; add a
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| - **Status:** Accepted | ||
| - **Date:** 2026-08-22 |
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Correct the ADR acceptance date.
August 22, 2026 is in the future relative to August 21, 2026. Set the date to the actual acceptance date, or publish this ADR after August 22, 2026.
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4, Correct the Date metadata in ADR 0007 to the actual acceptance date, ensuring
it is not later than August 21, 2026; alternatively, defer publication until
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| The process survives between commands, which is what a sandbox declaring | ||
| `Detach` is promising — `tinybox inspect` says which ones do. `passthrough` and | ||
| `docker` do; `namespace` and `microvm` decline rather than background something | ||
| they could not find again. |
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Update the Docker inspect example.
Line 193 says inspect reports detached-process support and says Docker supports it. The Docker output example at Line 117 omits detached processes. Add that capability to the example so the documented output matches the command behavior.
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In `@README.md` around lines 192 - 195, Update the Docker output example near the
existing inspect documentation to include the “detached processes” capability,
matching the behavior described in the README text and the inspect command
output.
Remove explicit `crate::error::Error::*` and `crate::capability::Capability::*` path prefixes from doc comments, relying on Rust's intra-doc link resolution within the same crate instead. This makes the documentation cleaner and reduces maintenance burden when error types or capability paths change. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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Summary
Two capabilities a service needs and tinybox could not express: a process that
outlives the command that started it, and a route to a port published on another
machine. Both are additions to the provider traits, opt-in per backend, and both
default to
Error::Unsupportedso nothing is forced to implement them.Motivated by a real consumer — OpenHuman's desktop shell running its core in a
box — but neither is specific to it.
Related issue
None.
API or behavior changes
New, all additive:
Sandbox::{spawn, is_running, stop}+Capability::Detach— start a commandand leave it running, ask about it later, stop it. Default bodies return
Error::Unsupported.Host::forward(SocketAddr) -> Forward— make an address in this host'sspace reachable from the machine tinybox runs on.
Forwardis a guard: thepath lasts exactly as long as the value.
ProcessIdidentifier,tinybox_core::detach,tinybox_core::shell.tinybox spawn/ps/kill/forward.Declared by:
passthroughanddockerdeclareDetach;namespaceandmicrovmdecline.LocalHostandSshHostimplementforward.One behavior change to an existing surface:
PassthroughSandbox::capabilitiesnow includes
Detach, sotinybox inspectprintssupports: detached processeswhere it printed
nothing beyond running commands. That is truthful — a boxthere is an ordinary directory on this machine.
Refactor:
tinybox-ssh's privatequotemodule moved totinybox_core::shelland became public. It was written where the no-injectionproperty has to be re-established by hand; detachment is now a second such
place, and a second copy of a command-injection-critical function is a second
chance to get it wrong. Tests moved with it.
Why the detach mechanism is not
docker exec --detachThat flag exists and would have been the obvious choice for the Docker backend
alone. It hands back nothing a caller could name, so there is no way to ask
whether the process is still running or to stop it — and
sshand the local hosthave no equivalent flag at all. What every box that can host a server does have
is a POSIX shell, so the mechanism is the shell's own: background the command,
record its pid in a file named after a tinybox-minted
ProcessId. Oneimplementation, identical semantics everywhere, and each backend contributes only
its existing
execpath.The cost is stated in ADR 0007: a box whose
/tmpis read-only or non-POSIXcannot detach, and a backend declaring
Detachis promising the pid filesurvives to the next command and the process keeps running between commands.
namespacere-binds its directory per command andmicrovmreturns only whatthe command printed, so both decline — a background process that cannot be found
or stopped is worse than a refusal, because it looks like it worked.
Why forwarding is a
HostoperationA sandbox publishing a guest port puts it on its host. When that host is
another machine, the caller still has no route, and no sandbox-side
configuration changes that — the gap is in the reach, not the confinement. This
was invisible before:
ssh+dockercomposed as ADR 0002 promised,--publishwas applied,
inspectreported the mapping, and the port was simply on the wrongmachine with nothing in the model saying so.
SshHost::forwardrefuses when its inner host is not local. Every otheroperation on that type composes freely because it builds a command line and lets
the inner host decide where it runs; a tunnel cannot, so a chained host would
open it on the wrong machine and report an address leading nowhere.
ProxyJumpdoes that case properly and needs no code here.
Worth knowing:
sshbinds the local port before it authenticates, so asuccessful
forwardproves a local listener exists, not that the far side isreachable. Documented on
open; a caller needing a working endpoint must checkthe endpoint.
Validation
cargo fmt --all -- --checkcargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningscargo build --all-targets --all-featurescargo test --all-features— 26 test targets, 0 failures.github/scripts/check-file-coverage.sh 90 coverage.json— passes; newfiles 97.8–100%
cargo deny check all— advisories ok, bans ok, licenses ok, sources okAlso exercised by hand against a real Docker daemon: created a box publishing a
port, spawned a server in it detached, and reached it from the host.
Tests
detach/test.rs— the command encoding pinned exactly, plus a round tripthrough a real
shproving the wrapper backgrounds a process and records theright pid.
runtime/forward_test.rs— the guard closes exactly once on drop, and adirect forward holds nothing open.
runtime/test.rs::defaults— the refusals, which is the half that proves thedefaults remove anything.
ssh/host/forward/test.rs— the flags chosen (-N,ExitOnForwardFailure, loopback-only-L), and by standing an ordinary childin for
ssh: waiting resolves when a listener appears, gives up on thedeadline, and reports the child's own diagnostic when it dies.
spawn/ps/kill/forwardend to end.
Deliberately untested: the success path of
SshHost::forwardand the twoerror arms of
reserve_local_port. The first needs a real sshd (live_ssh.rs'sjob, env-gated); the second is a loopback bind failing. Everything else in that
file is covered at 97.8%.
No
#[ignore], no new#[allow(...)], no relaxed lints. The one#[allow]added is
dead_codeon a macro-generated constructor emitted for six identifiertypes and used by one, with the reason inline.
Documentation
docs/adr/0007-reach-includes-forwarding-and-detachment.md— the decision,including why detachment is one mechanism rather than one per backend, and the
costs.
README.md— a "Something that keeps running" section coveringspawn/ps/
kill/forward.# Errors.Checklist
#[allow(...)],#[ignore], or relaxed lints.envcontents in the diff or the descriptionSummary by CodeRabbit
spawn,ps, andkillcommands.forwardcommand, including SSH tunnel support.