[chaitanyaprem]

Pi shows only its default model when the T3 server's working directory has a project MCP config. For me that is ~, because of ~/.mcp.json.

The status check starts pi --mode rpc in the server's working directory and asks for models and commands. With pi-mcp-adapter installed, Pi's session_start handler finds the project MCP server and opens an "Allow project MCP server?" select dialog. In RPC mode, Pi 1.1.0 awaits the session_start handlers (rebindSession, rpc-mode.js:289) before it attaches its stdin reader (rpc-mode.js:644). Nobody can answer the dialog, so Pi exits 0 without replying, and the picker falls back to default. Answering the dialog with cancelled: true does not help either, since stdin is not read yet.

Fix

The machine probe adds --no-approve unless the configured launch args already pick a trust mode (--approve, -a, --no-approve, -na). That keeps project-local files out of the probe, so no startup dialog can block it. Per-workspace command discovery and real turns are unchanged, and launch args that set a trust mode are passed through as before.

The failure log now includes the error message, which would have made this quicker to find.

Fits the small-fix exception

It is a focused fix for an obvious bug: the probe fails silently whenever an extension asks a question at startup. It changes one argument list for the probe and nothing a user sees except the correct model list.

Evidence

• packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts: the existing piDiscoverySpawner fake gains a startupDialog option that prints the adapter's dialog and exits 0 unless --no-approve is present. A new two-row case covers empty launch args and --approve.
  • On main the empty launch args row fails: expected [ 'default' ] to deeply equal [ 'default', 'anthropic/claude-opus' ].
  • With the fix, vp test run packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts passes, 14 of 14.
• vp run check:changed passes.
• Manual: macOS, Pi 1.1.0, pi-mcp-adapter 5.0.0, server started from ~ with a ~/.mcp.json. Before, the status probe got no reply and the picker showed only default. After, the same probe returned 435 models and 55 commands, the same as running it from a folder without an MCP config.

Not checked: Pi versions other than 1.1.0, or MCP extensions other than pi-mcp-adapter.

Written by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code.

[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The status probe now defaults to skipping project-local files to prevent startup dialogs from blocking model discovery, while preserving explicit trust settings and live-session behavior. Human review is needed for this default change and its effect on the discovered catalog.

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Walkthrough

Pi status discovery now reads inventories through a shared helper and retries selected RPC failures with --no-approve when launch arguments do not specify a trust mode. Failure logs include an operation only when it is allowlisted. Tests cover startup-dialog and model-inventory cases.

Changes: Pi status discovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Trust-mode inventory discovery packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.ts, packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts	Discovery reads Pi state and models, and treats command retrieval as optional. It retries read or exit RPC failures with --no-approve when launch arguments contain none of the recognized trust-mode options. Tests model the startup dialog and check discovered model slugs.
Discovery error operation packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.ts	Failure logging includes an error operation only when it is in the RPC operation allowlist.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 7a8b9

This change makes Pi model discovery recover when a project MCP config triggers the startup approval dialog. It keeps the saved project trust on successful discovery and avoids logging raw error text. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the change correctly. It uses the conventional commit form with a scope, and it names the symptom (model list fails to load) and the trigger (a project MCP config in the server's folde…
Description check		The description follows the repository template. It has a Problem section that gives the trigger, the Pi 1.1.0 startup sequence, and the observed fallback to default. It has a Change section that ex…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

The title names the change correctly. It uses the conventional commit form with a scope, and it names the symptom (model list fails to load) and the trigger (a project MCP config in the server's folder). The changeset adds a --no-approve retry and discovery logging in status.ts and matching test fixtures in status.test.ts, which fits the title.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the repository template. It has a Problem section that gives the trigger, the Pi 1.1.0 startup sequence, and the observed fallback to default. It has a Change section that explains the --no-approve rule and the logging change. It has a Scope section that explains why no issue is linked and claims the small-fix exception. It has a Verification section with the focused test command, the failing-then-passing result on main and the PR, a vp run check:changed run, and a manual macOS test. It states what was not checked. The description does not link an issue, which the Scope section asks for. It also does not attribute a maintainer request. The author's claim that the fix needs no issue is stated, but the reason is only partly convincing because the bug affects users, and the template asks for a linked issue or a clear reason. The trailing model attribution line is present.

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- Line 491: Update the failure detail in the status response to avoid including
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- Line 178: Update the probe argument selection in the status discovery flow so
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Verified unchanged head d1ec9313267ccad203f659542f4c03eb4f2dcb83 on Linux with the real dev web client, repository Playwright, and /usr/bin/google-chrome. Main and PR servers ran sequentially with isolated state. No mocks, fixtures, or replay provider were used.

• Reproduced on github/main at 8df455c09bf153433f65e45eb548a478c39655f8: Pi 1.1.0 plus pi-mcp-adapter 5.0.0, a trusted server working directory containing a project .mcp.json, and no adapter approval saved. The real RPC process emitted the project MCP approval dialog and exited without answering model discovery. Settings showed only Pi default.
• On this PR, the same Pi installation, agent configuration, launch arguments, project MCP definition, and proxy-backed model discover successfully. Settings shows Pi default and cliproxyapi/gpt-6.1-sol, with authenticated status. The custom Pi provider points at this VM's actual OpenAI-compatible proxy; it is not a fabricated inventory.
• Explicit --approve still reaches the original discovery failure, confirming it is passed through. Explicit --no-approve succeeds. Removing the explicit trust flag also succeeds. Failed refresh retained the previously discovered catalog.
• Added a project pointing at a real git repository through the app. Selected Codex gpt-6.1-sol and completed a real turn. Selected the discovered Pi gpt-6.1-sol model in a new thread and completed a real turn plus a follow-up. Workspace command discovery still lists /mcp, /mcp-auth, and /mcp-adapter.
• Ran vp test run packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts through blacksmith-check: 17/17 passed. The existing head has 31 successful CI checks, zero failing or pending. No source changes or pushes were needed.

Short real-process transcript, with generated request IDs omitted:

main, no explicit trust flag:
extension_ui_request: select "Allow project MCP server context7?"
exit 0; no get_available_models response
web settings: Pi default only; could not refresh models and commands

PR probe behavior, --no-approve:
notify: project server context7 blocked by project trust
response: get_available_models, success=true, models=[gpt-6.1-sol]
web settings: authenticated; default + cliproxyapi/gpt-6.1-sol

web client -> Codex gpt-6.1-sol -> "codex verification passed"
web client -> Pi gpt-6.1-sol -> "pi verification passed."
same Pi thread follow-up -> "pi follow-up passed."

Before, main:

After, exact PR head:

Inspected the captures and verified uploaded video playback and seeking in T3's browser.

Not verified

Native iOS/Android clients and Electron, macOS, and Windows were not exercised on this Linux VM. Other Pi or MCP adapter versions, external MCP tool execution, project-extension-registered models, and other model providers were not exercised. The startup dialog is intentionally still possible with explicit --approve; this PR does not change live-session trust behavior.

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Evidence

Reproduced with real Pi 1.1.0 and pi-mcp-adapter 5.0.0. Each commit ran its own server and web client against a fresh database. Same synthetic project, credentials, light theme, and Chromium viewport (1440×1400 CSS pixels). Machine label and local binary path are redacted.

1. Install the adapter into an isolated Pi agent directory with working model credentials.
2. Create a project .mcp.json containing an echo stdio server (command cat); trust the project but leave the adapter's server approval unsaved.
3. Start T3 with that project as the provider working directory and no cached Pi catalog.
4. Enable Pi with empty launch arguments; open Settings > Providers > Pi and click Refresh provider status.

Before	After
13a6782a6c	7a8b95ca41
Discovery warning; 1 model	Authenticated; 66 models; no discovery warning
Before Refresh recording	After Refresh recording

Synthetic seed script. Manual proof was used because replay scenarios cannot reproduce Pi-specific startup behavior.

Not shown:

• Explicit --approve, -a, --no-approve and -na launch arguments were not exercised; this proof covers the reported empty-launch-arguments case.
• Preservation of models registered by trusted project-local extensions was not exercised; the fixture uses the MCP adapter's unapproved project-server dialog.
• Pi versions other than 1.1.0 and MCP extensions other than pi-mcp-adapter 5.0.0 were not exercised.