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fix(server): Antigravity install on Windows survives a briefly locked runtime folder - #29279
On Windows, installing the managed Antigravity runtime fails at the last step. Download, checksum, extraction and validation succeed, then renaming the staging directory into versions/<sha256> fails with EPERM and T3 shows "Could not publish the Antigravity runtime. The previous release is unchanged. Try again." Windows refuses to rename a directory while a file inside it still has an open handle. Just before the rename, validation runs the new exe from that directory and kills its process tree, and Defender may still be scanning the freshly written exe. Both release the handle within moments, but the rename was attempted only once.
Change
The publish rename now retries on Windows for up to 10 seconds (40 × 250 ms, through Effect's clock) while the error is PermissionDenied, Busy or Unknown. Node's EPERM arrives as Unknown, EACCES as PermissionDenied, EBUSY as Busy. If the lock outlasts that, the existing fallback and error message run unchanged. Other platforms still try once.
The validation-profile cleanup already retried on Windows for the same reason. It now uses the same helper, so its Windows budget grows from 1 s to 10 s, still inside the 90 s validation timeout. The active.json pointer rename is unchanged and still not retried.
New test in apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.test.ts: "publishes a Windows release once a transient EPERM on the release rename clears". It runs a win32 install whose first three renames into versions/ fail with EPERM (reason Unknown), then succeed.
With main's implementation it fails:
FAIL src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.test.ts > Antigravity installation > publishes a Windows release once a transient EPERM on the release rename clears
- "installedVersion": "fixture-new",
- "phase": "succeeded",
+ "installedVersion": null,
+ "phase": "failed",
Tests 1 failed | 27 passed (28)
With this change: Tests 28 passed (28).
Reviewers also checked that a permanent EPERM stops after 41 attempts with the existing "Could not publish…" message and leaves the previous release active, and that cancelling during the retry still works.
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.
No visible surface, so no captures.
cannot-verify windows: no Windows machine was available. Whether 10 s covers a real Defender scan of the 430 MB exe or the leftover process handles is unverified.
Claude Opus 5.5 (implementation and review B) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review A) via T3 Code.
The managed Antigravity install publishes the staged runtime with a single
rename. On Windows a transient handle on the fresh executable makes that
rename fail with EPERM, and the install fails instead of retrying. This
test reproduces #29273: it denies the release rename three times with
EPERM and expects the install to succeed once the handle clears.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
On Windows the staged runtime directory can stay locked for a moment after
validation kills the probe process, or while antivirus scans the new
executable. The rename that publishes the release failed on the first
EPERM, so the install failed.
The release rename now shares the validation cleanup's Windows retry:
up to 40 retries 250 ms apart (10 s worst case) on PermissionDenied, Busy
or Unknown, before the existing already-published check. Other platforms
do not retry, and the active.json pointer rename still runs once.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Windows runtime installation now tolerates temporary folder locks for up to 10 seconds, with the same retry window used for validation cleanup. Verification, activation, and existing failure handling remain unchanged, keeping the added exposure limited to bounded waiting.
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Walkthrough
The installation code adds a shared Windows filesystem retry policy and applies it to validation-directory cleanup and runtime publication. A new test checks that installation succeeds after transient EPERM failures during a rename into versions.
Changes: Antigravity installation retries
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Summary
Shared retry policy and installation coverage apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.ts, apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.test.ts
A shared helper retries PermissionDenied, Busy, and Unknown filesystem errors up to 40 times at 250 ms intervals on Windows. Validation-directory cleanup and runtime publication use the helper. The Windows test injects three EPERM rename failures, advances the test clock by 30 seconds, and checks that installation resolves to fixture-new.
pingdotgg/t3code#32462: Changes validation-process finalization in the same Antigravity installation flow.
pingdotgg/t3code#24167: Changes creation and cleanup of Antigravity validation profiles.
pingdotgg/t3code#21249: Changes managed-release downloading, validation, and activation in the same installation flow.
Suggested reviewers:t3dotgg, maria-rcks
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to d16b7
The Windows publication retry addresses transient rename failures. No actionable merge-blocking risk is established beyond normal validation.
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The title clearly summarizes the main change: Windows Antigravity installs now survive a briefly locked runtime folder.
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The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the issue, the retry behavior, links the related issue, and reports test results and t…
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Issue [#29273] requires recovery from transient Windows failures when the staged runtime is renamed into versions/. AntigravityInstallation.ts retries that rename up to 40 times at 250 ms interval…
Out of Scope Changes check
The publish retry and its test directly implement issue [#29273]. Reusing the retry helper for validation-profile cleanup addresses the same Windows handle-release problem. The diff shows no unrelated…
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The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the issue, the retry behavior, links the related issue, and reports test results and the Windows verification limitation.
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Issue [#29273] requires recovery from transient Windows failures when the staged runtime is renamed into versions/. AntigravityInstallation.ts retries that rename up to 40 times at 250 ms intervals for PermissionDenied, Busy, and Unknown errors on Windows. The existing publish fallback remains after retries. The added test injects transient EPERM failures and checks that installation succeeds. The validation-profile cleanup also uses the retry helper, consistent with the issue's concern about lingering Windows file handles.
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The publish retry and its test directly implement issue [#29273]. Reusing the retry helper for validation-profile cleanup addresses the same Windows handle-release problem. The diff shows no unrelated changes.
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The new Windows test uses the harness’s injected validate function, so it does not execute profile-directory cleanup. Add a focused service test that enables default validation, makes profile removal fail more than ten times, and then succeeds.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.ts at line
374:
Add a focused service test for profile-directory cleanup that uses default
validation rather than the harness-injected validate function, configures
removal to fail more than ten times before succeeding, and verifies cleanup
retries through eventual success. Locate the cleanup behavior in the service
flow containing retryWhileWindowsHoldsHandles.
The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:
the proof has no capture anyone can open:
Permanent blocker: the available environment is Linux, while the changed retry behavior requires Windows filesystem locking.
Permanent blocker: Antigravity is explicitly unavailable in this environment.
Transient-lock recovery, retry-window exhaustion, and preservation of the previous active release were not demonstrated.
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Problem
On Windows, installing the managed Antigravity runtime fails at the last step. Download, checksum, extraction and validation succeed, then renaming the staging directory into
versions/<sha256>fails withEPERMand T3 shows "Could not publish the Antigravity runtime. The previous release is unchanged. Try again." Windows refuses to rename a directory while a file inside it still has an open handle. Just before the rename, validation runs the new exe from that directory and kills its process tree, and Defender may still be scanning the freshly written exe. Both release the handle within moments, but the rename was attempted only once.Change
The publish rename now retries on Windows for up to 10 seconds (40 × 250 ms, through Effect's clock) while the error is
PermissionDenied,BusyorUnknown. Node'sEPERMarrives asUnknown,EACCESasPermissionDenied,EBUSYasBusy. If the lock outlasts that, the existing fallback and error message run unchanged. Other platforms still try once.The validation-profile cleanup already retried on Windows for the same reason. It now uses the same helper, so its Windows budget grows from 1 s to 10 s, still inside the 90 s validation timeout. The
active.jsonpointer rename is unchanged and still not retried.Scope and approval
Fixes #29273
Verification
apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityInstallation.test.ts: "publishes a Windows release once a transient EPERM on the release rename clears". It runs a win32 install whose first three renames intoversions/fail withEPERM(reasonUnknown), then succeed.Tests 28 passed (28).EPERMstops after 41 attempts with the existing "Could not publish…" message and leaves the previous release active, and that cancelling during the retry still works.vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.Claude Opus 5.5 (implementation and review B) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review A) via T3 Code.
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