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fix(server): setup shells keep their colors after the setup script
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fix(server): keep raw setup commands for unknown shells and PowerShel…
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into t3/setup-shell-color-env
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71 changes: 61 additions & 10 deletions apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -46,16 +46,22 @@ const makeHarness = Effect.fn(function* (options: {
readonly history?: string;
readonly opening?: Deferred.Deferred<void>;
readonly shell?: string | null;
readonly observe?: boolean;
}) {
const listeners = new Set<(event: TerminalEvent) => Effect.Effect<void>>();
const writes = yield* Queue.unbounded<string>();
const outputLines = yield* Queue.unbounded<string>();
const openedEnvs: Array<Record<string, string> | undefined> = [];
const terminals = Layer.mock(TerminalManager.TerminalManager)({
open: () =>
(options.opening
? Deferred.succeed(options.opening, undefined).pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.never))
: Effect.void
).pipe(Effect.as(openSnapshot(options.history ?? ""))),
open: (input) =>
Effect.sync(() => openedEnvs.push(input.env)).pipe(
Effect.andThen(
options.opening
? Deferred.succeed(options.opening, undefined).pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.never))
: Effect.void,
),
Effect.as(openSnapshot(options.history ?? "")),
),
getShell: () =>
options.shell === null
? Effect.fail(new TerminalNotRunningError({ threadId, terminalId }))
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -85,7 +91,9 @@ const makeHarness = Effect.fn(function* (options: {
const start = runner.runForThread({
threadId,
worktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature",
observeCompletion: { onOutputLine: (line) => Queue.offer(outputLines, line) },
...(options.observe === false
? {}
: { observeCompletion: { onOutputLine: (line) => Queue.offer(outputLines, line) } }),
project: {
id: ProjectId.make("project-1"),
workspaceRoot: "/repo",
Expand All @@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ const makeHarness = Effect.fn(function* (options: {
});
const emit = (terminalEvent: TerminalEvent) =>
Effect.forEach([...listeners], (listener) => listener(terminalEvent), { discard: true });
return { start, listeners, writes, outputLines, emit };
return { start, listeners, writes, outputLines, openedEnvs, emit };
});

const setup = Effect.fn(function* (
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ describe("ProjectSetupScriptRunner", () => {
` ${[
"$env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 0",
"let __t3f = try { mktemp --tmpdir-path $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH --suffix .nu .t3-setup-XXXXXXXX } catch {|e| print -e $e.msg; null }",
`if $__t3f == null { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } else { try { [$"rm --permanent ($__t3f | to nuon)" "${escaped}"] | str join (char newline) | save --force --raw $__t3f; ^$nu.current-exe --login --commands $"cd $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH; source ($__t3f | to nuon)" } catch {|e| if $e != null and $e.exit_code? == null { print -e $e.msg }; if $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE == 0 { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } } }`,
`if $__t3f == null { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } else { try { [$"rm --permanent ($__t3f | to nuon)" "${escaped}"] | str join (char newline) | save --force --raw $__t3f; ^$nu.current-exe --login --commands $"$env.NO_COLOR = '1'; $env.FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env.COLORTERM = ''; cd $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH; source ($__t3f | to nuon)" } catch {|e| if $e != null and $e.exit_code? == null { print -e $e.msg }; if $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE == 0 { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } } }`,
"let __t3c = $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE",
"try { if $__t3f != null and ($__t3f | path exists) { rm --permanent $__t3f } } catch {|e| print -e $e.msg }",
`print $"\\n${sentinel}($__t3c)"`,
Expand All @@ -155,6 +163,41 @@ describe("ProjectSetupScriptRunner", () => {
}),
);

it.effect.each([
{ shell: "/bin/zsh", scoped: "( export NO_COLOR=1 FORCE_COLOR=0 COLORTERM=; " },
{
shell: "/opt/homebrew/bin/fish",
scoped: "begin\rset -lx NO_COLOR 1; set -lx FORCE_COLOR 0; set -lx COLORTERM ''\rvp i\rend",
},
{ shell: "/opt/homebrew/bin/nu", scoped: "$env.NO_COLOR = '1'; $env.FORCE_COLOR = '0'" },
{
shell: "pwsh",
scoped: "$env:NO_COLOR = '1'; $env:FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env:COLORTERM = $null;",
},
])("disables color for the script but not the shell it leaves ($shell)", ({ shell, scoped }) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { writes, openedEnvs, emit } = yield* setup({ shell });
yield* emit({ ...event, type: "output", data: "\x1b[?2004h" });
expect(yield* Queue.take(writes)).toContain(scoped);
expect(openedEnvs).toHaveLength(1);
expect(openedEnvs[0]).not.toHaveProperty("NO_COLOR");
expect(openedEnvs[0]).not.toHaveProperty("FORCE_COLOR");
expect(openedEnvs[0]).not.toHaveProperty("COLORTERM");
}),
);

it.effect.each([
{ shell: "/bin/zsh", written: /^ \( export NO_COLOR=1 [^\r]*eval [^\r]* \)\r$/ },
{ shell: "/usr/bin/xonsh", written: /^ vp i\r$/ },
])("types an unobserved script without a sentinel ($shell)", ({ shell, written }) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { start, writes } = yield* makeHarness({ shell, observe: false });
yield* start;
yield* TestClock.adjust("3 seconds");
expect(yield* Queue.take(writes)).toMatch(written);
}),
);

it.effect("shows a startup prompt and types only once the line editor starts", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { result, writes, outputLines, emit } = yield* setup();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -232,7 +275,7 @@ describe("ProjectSetupScriptRunner", () => {
);
});

const runObservedSetup = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (command: string) {
const runObservedSetup = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (command: string, after = "") {
const { writes, outputLines, emit, completion } = yield* setup({ command });
yield* emit({ ...event, type: "output", data: "\x1b[?2004h" });
const submitted = yield* Queue.take(writes);
Expand All @@ -246,7 +289,7 @@ const runObservedSetup = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (command: string) {
const handle = yield* spawner.spawn(
ChildProcess.make(
"/bin/bash",
["--noprofile", "--norc", "-c", submitted.replaceAll("\r", "\n")],
["--noprofile", "--norc", "-c", (submitted + after).replaceAll("\r", "\n")],
{
cwd,
env: { PATH: env.PATH },
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -328,6 +371,14 @@ describe.skipIf(HostProcess.Platform.defaultValue() === "win32")("POSIX setup co
}),
);

it.live("scopes the color opt-outs to the script", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const probe = `printf '%s|%s|%s\\n' "\${NO_COLOR-unset}" "\${FORCE_COLOR-unset}" "\${COLORTERM-unset}"`;
const result = yield* runObservedSetup(probe, `\r${probe}`);
assert.deepEqual(result.lines, ["1|0|", "unset|unset|unset"]);
}),
);

it.live.each([
{ name: "an explicit exit", command: "exit 7", exitCode: 7 },
{ name: "a syntax error", command: "if then", exitCode: 2 },
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Expand Up @@ -168,8 +168,15 @@ function lineEditorReading(text: string, previous: boolean): boolean {

type CompletionShell = "posix" | "fish" | "nushell" | "powershell";

function shellName(shell: string): string {
return (shell.split(/[/\\]/).at(-1) ?? shell).toLowerCase().replace(/\.exe$/, "");
}

// Unobserved runs type the raw command into unknown shells, which may not parse the posix wrapper.
const POSIX_SHELL_NAMES = new Set(["sh", "bash", "zsh", "dash", "ksh"]);

function resolveCompletionShell(shell: string): CompletionShell | null {
const name = (shell.split(/[/\\]/).at(-1) ?? shell).toLowerCase().replace(/\.exe$/, "");
const name = shellName(shell);
if (name === "cmd") return null;
if (name === "fish") return "fish";
if (name === "nu") return "nushell";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -198,11 +205,12 @@ function encodePosixScript(text: string): string {
}

// Line editors run each submitted line on its own, so every line must be a complete command.
function wrapPosixCommand(command: string, sentinel: string): string {
function wrapPosixCommand(command: string, sentinel: string | null): string {
const normalized = command.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
// The `_` suffix keeps trailing newlines; the subshell contains exits and syntax errors.
const report = sentinel ? `; printf '\\n${sentinel}%s\\n' "$?"` : "";
// The `_` suffix keeps trailing newlines; the subshell contains exits, syntax errors and the color opt-outs.
const evaluate = (payload: string) =>
`( __t3_command=$(printf '%b_' ${payload}); eval "\${__t3_command%_}" ); printf '\\n${sentinel}%s\\n' "$?"`;
`( export NO_COLOR=1 FORCE_COLOR=0 COLORTERM=; __t3_command=$(printf '%b_' ${payload}); eval "\${__t3_command%_}" )${report}`;
const inline = evaluate(`'${encodePosixScript(normalized)}'`);
if (utf8.encode(` ${inline}\r`).byteLength <= POSIX_MAX_LINE_BYTES) return inline;

Expand All @@ -228,17 +236,26 @@ function wrapPosixCommand(command: string, sentinel: string): string {
return lines.join("\r ");
}

function wrapCommandForCompletion(
// Color probes in tools such as Vite+ wait for terminal replies no client can send before one attaches.
// Each wrapper scopes the opt-outs to the script, so the shell left open for the user keeps its colors.
function wrapScriptCommand(
command: string,
shell: CompletionShell,
sentinel: string,
shell: CompletionShell | null,
sentinel: string | null,
): string {
const body = command.replace(/\r?\n/g, "\r");
switch (shell) {
case "powershell":
return `$global:LASTEXITCODE = $null; & {\r${body}\r}; if ($null -ne $LASTEXITCODE) { $__t3c = $LASTEXITCODE } elseif ($?) { $__t3c = 0 } else { $__t3c = 1 }; Write-Host "${sentinel}$__t3c"`;
case "fish":
return `begin\r${body}\rend; printf '\\n${sentinel}%s\\n' $status`;
case "powershell": {
const exitCode = sentinel
? "; if ($null -ne $LASTEXITCODE) { $__t3c = $LASTEXITCODE } elseif ($?) { $__t3c = 0 } else { $__t3c = 1 }"
: "";
const report = sentinel ? `; Write-Host "${sentinel}$__t3c"` : "";
return `$__t3color = $env:NO_COLOR, $env:FORCE_COLOR, $env:COLORTERM; $env:NO_COLOR = '1'; $env:FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env:COLORTERM = $null; $global:LASTEXITCODE = $null; & {\r${body}\r}${exitCode}; $env:NO_COLOR = $__t3color[0]; $env:FORCE_COLOR = $__t3color[1]; $env:COLORTERM = $__t3color[2]${report}`;
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}
case "fish": {
const report = sentinel ? `; printf '\\n${sentinel}%s\\n' $status` : "";
return `begin\rset -lx NO_COLOR 1; set -lx FORCE_COLOR 0; set -lx COLORTERM ''\r${body}\rend${report}`;
}
case "nushell": {
const escaped = command.replace(/["\\\x00-\x1f]/g, (char) =>
char === '"' || char === "\\" ? `\\${char}` : `\\u{${char.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)}}`,
Expand All @@ -247,14 +264,17 @@ function wrapCommandForCompletion(
return [
"$env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 0",
"let __t3f = try { mktemp --tmpdir-path $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH --suffix .nu .t3-setup-XXXXXXXX } catch {|e| print -e $e.msg; null }",
`if $__t3f == null { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } else { try { [$"rm --permanent ($__t3f | to nuon)" "${escaped}"] | str join (char newline) | save --force --raw $__t3f; ^$nu.current-exe --login --commands $"cd $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH; source ($__t3f | to nuon)" } catch {|e| if $e != null and $e.exit_code? == null { print -e $e.msg }; if $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE == 0 { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } } }`,
`if $__t3f == null { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } else { try { [$"rm --permanent ($__t3f | to nuon)" "${escaped}"] | str join (char newline) | save --force --raw $__t3f; ^$nu.current-exe --login --commands $"$env.NO_COLOR = '1'; $env.FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env.COLORTERM = ''; cd $env.T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH; source ($__t3f | to nuon)" } catch {|e| if $e != null and $e.exit_code? == null { print -e $e.msg }; if $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE == 0 { $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE = 1 } } }`,
"let __t3c = $env.LAST_EXIT_CODE",
"try { if $__t3f != null and ($__t3f | path exists) { rm --permanent $__t3f } } catch {|e| print -e $e.msg }",
`print $"\\n${sentinel}($__t3c)"`,
...(sentinel ? [`print $"\\n${sentinel}($__t3c)"`] : []),
].join("; ");
}
case "posix":
return wrapPosixCommand(command, sentinel);
case null:
// cmd has no block scope, so its opt-outs stay in the shell.
return `set "NO_COLOR=1" & set "FORCE_COLOR=0" & set "COLORTERM="\r${command}`;
}
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -498,14 +518,10 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
? `settle-${script.id}-${(yield* random.uuidV4()).slice(0, 8)}`
: `setup-${script.id}`;
const cwd = input.worktreePath;
const env = {
...projectScriptRuntimeEnv({
project: { cwd: project.workspaceRoot },
worktreePath: input.worktreePath,
}),
// Before client attachment, truecolor probes wait for terminal replies nobody can send.
COLORTERM: "",
};
const env = projectScriptRuntimeEnv({
project: { cwd: project.workspaceRoot },
worktreePath: input.worktreePath,
});
const observe = input.observeCompletion;
const completionToken = observe ? (yield* random.uuidV4()).replaceAll("-", "") : null;
const echoedWrapperLines: string[] = [];
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -534,7 +550,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
stopOnSettle: script.stopOnSettle ?? false,
cwd,
worktreePath: input.worktreePath,
env: { ...env, NO_COLOR: "1", FORCE_COLOR: "0" },
env,
})
.pipe(
Effect.andThen(() =>
Expand All @@ -556,18 +572,15 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
return { completionShell: null, commandLine: null };
}
const completionShell = resolveCompletionShell(shell);
let commandLine = script.command;
if (observe && completionToken) {
if (completionShell === null) {
yield* terminalManager.closeIdle({ threadId: input.threadId, terminalId });
return yield* new ProjectSetupScriptUnsupportedShellError({ shell });
}
commandLine = wrapCommandForCompletion(
script.command,
completionShell,
completionSentinel(completionToken),
);
if (completionToken && completionShell === null) {
yield* terminalManager.closeIdle({ threadId: input.threadId, terminalId });
return yield* new ProjectSetupScriptUnsupportedShellError({ shell });
}
const sentinel = completionToken ? completionSentinel(completionToken) : null;
const commandLine =
sentinel === null && completionShell === "posix" && !POSIX_SHELL_NAMES.has(shellName(shell))
? script.command
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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

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sed -n 160,225p apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts
sed -n 495,540p apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts
git diff c8a601c0dfa5c7626e51e06d727076f6b840a005 78681896a5b724b88d7640fe790949836e708b3b -- apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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Keep the scoped color opt-outs for shells that take the raw command.

Before this change, the setup terminal received NO_COLOR=1, FORCE_COLOR=0, and COLORTERM="" for every shell. Unobserved runs in Nushell, tcsh, csh, and elvish now receive the raw command, and the terminal no longer sets these variables. Color probes in those setup scripts can therefore stall before a client attaches. Add a scoped wrapper for these shells. In Nushell, with-env can set the three variables for the script block only. Keep the raw command only where no scoped form is available.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts around
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Update the command selection around `POSIX_SHELL_NAMES` and `shellName(shell)`
to use a scoped color-variable wrapper for shells that support one, including
Nushell via `with-env` around the script block. Preserve raw commands only for
shells without an available scoped form, and keep the opt-outs limited to the
setup script’s execution.

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Declining for this PR. This only affects shells the runner has no wrapper syntax for (Nushell, csh, elvish) on unobserved runs, which nothing waits on. Observed Nushell setup is already broken on main (#24423), and a Nushell wrapper belongs with that work in #24428 rather than here.

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@5knnbdwm Understood. The raw-command fallback applies only to unobserved runs, so no completion observer waits on those scripts. I accept deferring Nushell wrapper support to #24428 alongside #24423. I will not press for that change in this PR.

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File: apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts:364-368
Timestamp: 2026-09-15T03:29:16.468Z
Learning: For setup terminals in `apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts`, `NO_COLOR="1"` and `FORCE_COLOR="0"` are both required to prevent the reproduced Vite+ color-probe hang. Do not treat the absence of server-side terminal-query replies as a regression unless the final diff changes the main-base behavior. Programs that unconditionally request device attributes without an attached client remain a pre-existing terminal-emulation limitation outside this setup-color fix.

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echoedWrapperLines.push(...commandLine.split("\r").filter((line) => line.length > 0));
return { completionShell, commandLine };
}).pipe(
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