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Problem

t3 auth session revoke <id> doesn't disconnect a client that is already connected with that session. The CLI writes the revocation to the database and signals only its own in-process session store. The running server's open WebSockets wait on the server's in-memory signal, which never fires, so the socket keeps its scopes until the session expires. Settings → Connections on another device keeps listing the revoked client too.

Change

When server-runtime.json names a live server process, t3 auth session revoke now calls the server's existing POST /api/auth/clients/revoke, the endpoint Settings → Connections uses. The server revokes the row and fires the signal that closes the session's sockets. The CLI authenticates with a one-minute access:write helper session that it revokes when the call returns, the same pattern t3 connect and t3 project use. The checks it makes first and the fallback are in the details below.

Scope

Refs #21236, the revocation half (labelled bug, accepted).
GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/21236

For maintainers: a CLI revoke now reaches the running server with one authenticated call and keeps the database write as the fallback. The alternative is a server-side periodic re-read, as #14355 tried.

This awaits maintainer review.

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts -t "auth session revoke" fails all six revoke tests on main 6790f85f53; the two that wait for the running server to report the session removed reach the test time limit, because main's CLI never contacts the server. On ddb44e660e the whole file passes (32/32), and so does vp run check:changed.
• Re-checked on 2026-11-13 with a real server from source and a WebSocket probe holding two sockets on one session and one on another, revoking the first session from the CLI: on main 6790f85f53 both of its sockets are still open 5 and 15 seconds later; on ddb44e660e both close with code 1000 before the command returns, and the other session's socket stays open.
• This head merges main 6790f85f53; in the one conflict (serverOwnership.ts, where fix(server): restart the service after T3 home ownership clears #25237 moved the same start-time check) main's version is kept.

Not checked: macOS, Windows and physical phones. The mobile app has no client list, so only the revoked phone is shown there.

The checks before contacting the server, the fallback, the server-side change, how this PR relates to #23277, and earlier runs

This is the second half of #21236. Julius said the revocation report is outside #23277. The remote-access guide points headless users to this command for removing a device's access. Revoking from Settings → Connections already works, because that goes through the server.

Before it creates that session, it reads the origin's public /.well-known/t3/environment descriptor and goes on only when the descriptor's environment id matches this T3 home's environment-id. A live PID does not prove that the recorded origin still belongs to the server that wrote the record: after an unclean exit the PID can be reused, and another process can be listening on that port. So the CLI only contacts the server instance for this home. Before any request, it also checks that the recorded PID's process started no later than the record's startedAt (within the one second ps rounds to); if not, or if the start time can't be read, it sends nothing and takes the fallback below.

With no live server, the CLI revokes in the database as before. If the descriptor names another environment, or the call to the live server fails, it sends no credential, still revokes in the database and says on stderr that connections already open with the session stay open until they close.

On the server, revoking an already-revoked session now still clears its connected state and fires the removal signal. Without that, rerunning the CLI once the server was reachable found no row to update and left those sockets open. That rerun still prints "No active session found", because the session was already revoked, but its open connections now close. An unknown id is unchanged.

runWithEnvironmentAuth now also provides ServerConfig and an HTTP client. #23277 makes the same change to that helper and adds the same timeout and helper-session constants and the same test server setup, so the two PRs conflict in both files. This PR is meant to land after #23277. The rebase then keeps #23277's helper, constants and test setup and drops this PR's copies. It keeps this PR's environment check in front of the helper session. #21434 (mine) changed the same helper and was closed without merging.

The captures and bullets below are from earlier runs on this branch, before the 2026-11-13 merge of main.

• vp test run apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts -t "auth session revoke" fails on main. Each serves the auth routes with its own session store, as a separate server would, and waits for the clientRemoved event that closes a session's sockets: one revoke, a revoke while the server is unreachable and again once it is reachable, and the fallback warning. One records a live PID whose origin serves another home's descriptor through a listener that records headers. On the previous head it received POST /api/auth/clients/revoke with an Authorization header. Now it receives only GET /.well-known/t3/environment with none, and the session is revoked in the database with the warning.
• On this branch, merged with current main, the whole file passes (30/30), and so does vp run check:changed.
• Real clients at main and this branch, each revoked from the CLI against a running server: web and the desktop app on Linux, an iOS 26.5 simulator and an Android 16 emulator.
• A real server with a WebSocket probe: on main the socket is still open 5 seconds after the CLI revoke. With this change it closes with code 1000.

Settings → Connections on the base: Laptop browser is still listed 5 seconds after the CLI revoke.

Settings → Connections on this branch: the list drops to 1 client without a reload.

Revoked client on the base: it still shows server data and itself as connected.

Revoked client on this branch: its connection closes and the server data goes away.

Linux desktop app: main keeps a revoked other client (top) and its own revoked session (bottom) listed. This branch drops both.

iOS simulator, 8 seconds after revoking the phone: main still says Connected, this branch shows the server refusing it.

Android emulator: the same result.

Test output on the base: the three new revoke tests fail.

Test output on this branch: the three new revoke tests pass.

Prior PRs

• fix(server): close live websockets when a session is revoked #8418 by Adolanium and fix(server): revoking a session closes its live connection #13844 by BearHuddleston closed a session's open sockets when the server itself revoked it. Neither was merged. fix(server): close open connections when a session is revoked #14355 by Derpedyea did the same and caught CLI revokes with a 30-second database re-read. Its author closed it. fix(auth): show connection permissions and enforce session lifetime #17370 by juliusmarminge later added the server-side invalidation this change relies on.
• fix(cli): report live connections in auth session list #23277 by juliusmarminge fixes the connected column from the same issue by reading the running server's state the same way.
• fix(cli): report live auth-session connection state accurately #21434 by only21mil also addresses the connected column and points to this revoke gap as follow-up work.

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Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This changes production authentication behavior: CLI revocation now creates a temporary write-scoped session and calls the live server, while server-side revocation changes connection invalidation. Because auth/session code is affected, the change warrants human review.

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Walkthrough

The CLI now attempts to revoke sessions through a live server when persisted runtime state identifies a live process. If that request fails, it falls back to database revocation. SessionStore also updates local connection tracking when a session remains stored after revocation reports no change.

Changes: Session Revocation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Session revocation cleanup apps/server/src/auth/SessionStore.ts	When the repository reports no new revocation, SessionStore.revoke checks whether the session remains stored. If it does, the method clears local connection tracking and publishes a removal event.
CLI revocation through the running server apps/server/src/cli/auth.ts, apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts	The CLI checks persisted runtime state and, when a server process is live, issues a short-lived helper session to request revocation through the server. If the request fails, it logs the failure, warns that open connections may remain active, and falls back to database revocation. Tests cover server-side revocation, retry, and fallback behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant RuntimeState
  participant AuthHttpApi
  participant SessionStore
  CLI->>RuntimeState: Read persisted server state
  CLI->>AuthHttpApi: Request target session revocation
  AuthHttpApi->>SessionStore: Revoke target session
  alt Server request fails
    CLI->>SessionStore: Fall back to database revocation
  end

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#21236: The issue reports that database-only revocation leaves a live connection open. This change routes revocation through the running server when available.
• pingdotgg/t3code#21235: The issue identifies manual session revocation as cleanup for accumulated sessions. This change routes revocation through the running server to signal removal of live connections.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 0d1dc

The CLI can attempt live-server revocation and retain database fallback if that attempt fails. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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The title names the main change: the CLI auth session revoke command now closes the session's open connections. It matches the changeset, which routes revocation through the live server's revoke endpoint and emits a removal signal. The title follows conventional commit form and is 67 characters, within a reasonable length. It omits the fallback and the server-side already-revoked handling, which is acceptable.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has the Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it includes a clear problem statement, a precise change explanation, a linked issue (#21236 revocation half, with the GitCafe link), and detailed verification. Verification lists focused test commands, observed before/after results, manual checks on web, desktop, iOS, and Android, and a WebSocket probe. It also states what was not checked (macOS, Windows, physical phones). Screenshots are embedded for the UI changes, as the template requires. The author also named the model and harness at the end, as the template asks. The description is long, and some detail sits in a collapsed section. Still, every required section is substantively filled in, so the check passes.

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apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts: 1

556-574: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Assert the WebSocket close, not only the revocation event.

The test named "ends the running server's open connections for the revoked session" passes when clientRemoved is emitted. It never opens a WebSocket or reads socket state. A regression that drops the socket-close path in ws.ts can leave this test passing.

The close path lives in the WebSocket route. It races rpcWebSocketHttpEffect against sessions.awaitInvalidation(...). Other tests do not cover this route. Add a test that opens a WebSocket to the running server's RPC route, runs the CLI revoke, and asserts that the socket closes. Keep the event assertion. If the test still checks only the event, rename it to match what it asserts. The same gap applies to the retry test.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts around lines 556 - 574:
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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

update at af86ec4638: merged current main with a merge commit (no rebase). the only conflict was the formatHostForUrl/isWildcardHost import in serverRuntimeState.ts, which main moved to @t3tools/shared/hostClassification; kept main's import plus this branch's ProcessRunner import. no other changes. blacksmith vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages) and 70 tests, including pair.test.ts (30). the earlier coderabbit finding stays addressed; no open bot findings remain.

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earlier update:
updated this original branch at 545874cc49d61f32f773ef5c311e91e1b094c95a, preserving both contributor commits. kept the server-mediated revoke, database fallback warning, and retry signaling. merged main, preserved its pairing-url tests, shortened comments, cleaned up temporary test directories, and verified helper-session cleanup. addressed the bot finding by awaiting both positive removal milestones; the negative check stays immediate. no production behavior was dropped. the diff remains three files, +222/-15 against the integrated main.

verification:

• the three revoke regression tests fail against main's auth code.
• blacksmith: 38 focused tests pass. vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, graphql, and all 39 selected tests.
• real chrome and rpc sockets: main leaves a revoked socket open; this branch closes it with code 1000 and removes the client from another browser without a reload.
• retry after database-only fallback closes both target sockets with code 1000, leaves an unrelated socket open, and rejects the revoked credential with 401. an unknown session id leaves the unrelated socket open.
• both independent reviewers approve the production change at 75818d1613; the final commit only replaces two test assertions with event waits.

all 29 ci checks are green at this head, including coderabbit. upstream fixed the unrelated main failures in da8cc591dadd75819ae62961da4a882767efb145. blacksmith also passes the complete vp run check:changed against a temporary merge with that repaired main: format, lint, knip, graphql, three package typechecks, and 39 tests.

@only21mil: one known low display issue remains. a client subscribing during the temporary helper's lifetime can retain its revoked "t3 auth cli" row until resubscription. the credential is revoked immediately and opens no sockets; this does not retain target-session access. hiding internal helpers can be handled with the other cli auth work. https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/23277 remains a separate live-listing fix; no pending auth branch was pulled into this pr.

unverified this run: native desktop/mobile, macos/windows, and remote/tunnel clients. all clients use the server-side invalidation path exercised above.

main, three seconds after cli revoke, still lists the live revoked client:

this branch removes it without reloading:

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Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head 545874cc49d61f32f773ef5c311e91e1b094c95a on a disposable linux boat vm. reproduced first on github/main at 32ecd71726, using separate fresh data directories and one background dev server at a time. drove the web app with repository playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome. created a real git project and threads through the ui, selected codex gpt-6.1-sol, and completed real provider turns. no mocks, fixtures, demo data, or replay provider.

• main: cli revocation left the target browser's rpc socket open. that revoked browser submitted another turn and received MAIN_REVOKED_CLIENT_STILL_WORKS. the observer still counted two authorized clients.
• pr: the same cli command closed the target socket, rejected reconnect, and made /api/auth/session return authenticated:false. the observer dropped from two clients to one without reloading.
• nearby behavior: the unrelated browser stayed authenticated and completed another codex turn, returning UNRELATED_CLIENT_STILL_WORKS.
• fallback and retry: isolated only the cli in a linux network namespace. it warned, revoked in the database, and left the existing socket open. rerunning normally closed that socket, while correctly printing No active session found. the observer remained connected.
• an unknown session id left the observer authenticated. the final session list contained one active browser and zero active t3 auth cli helpers.

short command transcript:

main $ t3 auth session revoke <target>
Revoked session <target>.
existing socket: open; subsequent real codex turn: completed

pr $ t3 auth session revoke <target>
Revoked session <target>.
existing socket: closed; authenticated:false; observer: 1 client

pr, cli network isolated $ t3 auth session revoke <retry-target>
Could not reach the T3 Code server at http://127.0.0.1:13773. Connections already open with this session stay open until they close.
Revoked session <retry-target>.

pr, normal network $ t3 auth session revoke <retry-target>
No active session found for <retry-target>.
existing socket: closed; unrelated browser: authenticated

blacksmith ran vp test run apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts -t "auth session revoke": all three selected tests passed. the exact head has 29 successful ci checks, zero failing and zero pending. no code changes or pushes were needed.

full command transcript

main after revocation, still completing a provider turn:

pr after revocation, with the same baseline conversation:

recording of a live browser losing access after cli revocation, exported as a gif for github playback. the original mp4 playback and seeking were checked in t3's browser:

Not verified

native electron, ios/android, macos/windows, and remote/relay/tunnel access. this run used the linux web client and its real server/provider path. no native clients or external tunnel were exercised.

current-main merge verification

merged github/main at 071660e0bab80af5453b66ac7c335059ce10193a into this branch without rebasing. resolved the pairing-test import conflict by keeping both main's NodeCrypto and this change's NodeHttpServer. production code merged automatically. the change remains three files, +222/-15 against that main.

blacksmith passes vp test run apps/server/src/cli/pair.test.ts (27 tests) and vp run check:changed 071660e0bab80af5453b66ac7c335059ce10193a: format, lint, knip, graphql, three package typechecks, and 50 selected tests. the testbox snapshot needed an explicit comparison parent because its source snapshot starts shallow. both independent read-only reviewers approve 576d1536549793aa5fd465965dcde83d2810046b with no findings.

browser/provider runtime was not repeated in this pass; the captures and runtime transcript above describe the prior head. this pass changes only the main integration and import resolution.

ci failure triage: Test on this head fails scripts/check-changed.test.ts:417, "lints an Astro component and runs knip when only it changed", because actual lint arguments include --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern. main at 30b9c4a956a6c595fda5c8b2c439a6aaebc861b0 fails the identical assertion: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/actions/runs/41561598417/job/125673311456 . neither script differs in this pr. left that unrelated main failure unchanged to preserve scope. github reports the new head mergeable with no conflicts.

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@maria-rcks we merged current main into the branch (0d1dc87). The only conflict was the import block in pair.test.ts; both imports are kept and no production code changed. The earlier red Test/Check came from scripts/check-changed.test.ts, which main fixed in #29839. On the merge, pair.test.ts passes 27/27 and vp run check:changed passes.

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I merged main to clear the conflict with #25237 in one function. The merge keeps main's version of that function and my helper for t3 auth session revoke, and drops one import of mine that it no longer needs.

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Evidence

Pair two Chromium clients on a fresh synthetic database, open Authorized clients, identify the target through the host CLI, revoke its session, and observe for five seconds without refreshing either client. Both runs use 1280×800, with a light observer and dark target.

Evidence	Before: 9e180e5569	After: 70b4bf796e
Result	Target RPC socket stays open; observer retains target	Target RPC socket closes; observer removes target and stays connected
After CLI revoke
Observer recording	Before video	After video
Target recording	Before video	After video

Scenario · CLI and socket observations

The runner exited 0: failsOnBase=true, passesOnHead=true. Its automatic base failure screenshot occurs after target-browser teardown; the paired after-revoke captures above show the live result.

Not shown:

• Offline CLI revocation and non-web transports were not exercised.
• The later target action and full-reload refusal from the original triage were not repeated; this proof directly observes closure of the existing RPC socket.