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fix(preview): restore native browser tabs in WSL-only mode - #36530
Nothing needed changing; the head is unchanged at a344ae5. All 37 checks on PR #36530 passed, including the 8 required ones. Macroscope approved and left no line comments. CodeRabbit left one finding, rated Minor and marked unverified: CdpRelay.test.ts uses settle() (one setImmediate turn) instead of waiting for the reply to the command. That is below the high-or-above bar, so it stays. Its failed 'Description check' items are about the PR body, which the pipeline writes: it wants before/after evidence (the proof step's job), the issue linked (#32940; the original PR also fixed#17009), and the merge notes and attribution trimmed. It also asks whether path conversion should be a separate PR. It should not: without wslpath -w conversion, DOM.setFileInputFiles and Browser.setDownloadBehavior from a WSL server would hand Electron Linux paths that Windows cannot open, so native tabs would break uploads and downloads that this change makes reachable. The change itself is as described in the previous step: an authenticated WebSocket browser channel for WSL-only primary backends, rendering server tabs natively only when the primary advertises the channel (servers that do not advertise it keep native tabs), and WSL-to-Windows path conversion run through wsl.exe --exec so the distro shell does not expand the path.
Supersedes #35896. The change is @Kaizer303's; their commits are kept.
Started the desktop app in WSL-only mode; the backend came up on the WSL address. Chose 'Start without an agent', added the local folder /root/demo (inside WSL) as a project, and opened a new thread (it stays a draft because no provider is installed in WSL). 2. Opened Browser from the right panel. Main sends this tab to the Linux server browser, which first reported missing libraries and showed t3 browser setup; I ran that in WSL. The distro runs as root, so I restarted the app with T3CODE_SERVER_BROWSER_SANDBOX=0 passed to WSL via WSLENV, as the setup output says. 3. In a new thread's Browser tab, with no headless Chrome running yet, typed https://example.com and pressed Enter. Result, seen on two separate cold starts: the pane stayed on the new-tab page, the URL bar stayed empty, and the stream canvas stayed visibility:hidden for 30+ seconds, while 'Recently used' listed Example Domain / example.com 'just now'. This is the [Bug]: WSL-only mode: Browser panel stays on the new-tab page although the page loads #32940 symptom the PR describes ('reset the address bar and leave the new-tab page visible'). Headless Chrome in WSL started during that first navigation, but the navigation never reached the pane. 4. Pressing Enter again in the same tab loaded the page through the stream (URL bar https://example.com/, page rendered). A fresh tab opened while Chrome was warm also navigated (example.org). So fix(preview): Browser pane navigates when the desktop backend has no browser channel #35424's streamed fallback works once warm, but the first navigation of a session is lost. Steps 3-5 of the brief (agent inspecting navigator.platform, directory upload/download through agent tools) were not run: no coding agent was installed inside WSL on the Windows box.
Evidence
Evidence from the real Windows Server 2025 desktop app with an Ubuntu 24.04 WSL-only backend, fresh state, light theme, and a 1440×900 window.
Steps: start without an agent, add the WSL project, open Browser, enter https://example.com once, and observe for 35 seconds. Then use real agent preview tools on the same tab to inspect navigator.platform, upload a nested WSL directory, download a file, and read its bytes inside WSL.
Base reported Linux x86_64; head reported Win32. The agent visibly modified the same page on both sides. On head, a nested 9-byte file uploaded from WSL and the 27-byte download was readable inside WSL. Base tool results · Head tool results.
Driver and seed bundle. The base's URL and title updated despite the blank first-navigation pane; the older empty-address-bar variant was not reproduced.
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The exact historical address-bar-reset variant was not reproduced: base updated its URL and title while the first-navigation pane remained blank. The absence of native Windows tabs on base and their restoration on head were directly verified.
Tests
No new commands this round; the code did not change. CI on a344ae5: all 37 checks passed (Build and Typecheck, Lint, Test Server 1-8, Test Web 1-2, Test, Release Smoke, Native fingerprint diff, CodeRabbit, Macroscope). The previous round ran vp run check:changed: all passed.
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Fresh packaged Windows/WSL verification (native navigation, agent-driven browser tools, end-to-end uploads/downloads, NAT vs mirrored networking) was not run on this head; it belongs to the proof step.
The socket route removes sec-websocket-extensions from the IncomingMessage to skip deflate; it works but reaches into the Node request, and I left it as the author wrote it.
CodeRabbit's Minor, unverified finding that the CdpRelay tests wait on setImmediate instead of the command's reply; below the high bar.
CodeRabbit's notes on the PR description (evidence, issue link, wording, attribution); the pipeline owns the PR body.
Fresh packaged Windows/WSL verification of native navigation, agent browser tools, uploads and downloads; left to the proof step.
Who did the work
Written by Claude Opus 5.5, in Claude Code
Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5
wslToWindowsPath now runs wslpath through `--exec`, matching
windowsToWslPathImpl on main, so `$`, `&` or `;` in an upload or
download path is not expanded by the distro shell. Trims redundant
test rows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Restores native previews for WSL-only desktops through an authenticated browser channel, including Windows/WSL file-path translation. The change preserves existing transport support and limits the new channel to the primary desktop backend.
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This change adds an authenticated WebSocket channel between the desktop and server for browser events and commands. It adds WSL path conversion for browser file operations and publishes desktop-browser capability data used by the web client to select native server tabs.
Changes: WSL desktop browser channel
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Summary
Bootstrap configuration and channel capability packages/contracts/src/desktopBootstrap.ts, packages/contracts/src/desktopBrowser.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendConfiguration.ts, apps/server/src/cli/config.ts, apps/server/src/config.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts and tests
The bootstrap schema accepts an optional socket secret. The desktop generates and includes it for WSL primary configuration. Server configuration uses it to determine and advertise desktop-browser channel availability.
Authenticated server socket channel apps/server/src/preview/DesktopBrowserChannel.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts, apps/server/src/preview/DesktopBrowserChannel.test.ts
The server adds an authenticated WebSocket route and handles browser events and commands through socket or pipe connections. Tests cover authorization, event state, reconnection, and stale connections.
Desktop bridge and WSL path conversion apps/desktop/src/wsl/DesktopWslEnvironment.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendManager.ts, related tests
The desktop adds WSL-to-Windows path conversion and a reconnecting WebSocket bridge that sends events, receives commands, and limits concurrent path conversions.
CDP path translation and download ordering apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts
The CDP relay maps download and file-input paths. Download behavior updates are serialized, and tests cover conversion failures and request ordering.
Capability-based native server tabs apps/web/src/state/entities.ts, apps/web/src/browser/previewRuntime.ts, apps/web/src/browser/ElectronBrowserHost.tsx, apps/web/src/components/preview/ThreadPreviewMiniPlayer.tsx and tests
The web client reads desktop-browser capability from environment configuration and checks it when selecting native server tabs, including in the mini player.
This change restores native browser tabs for WSL-only setups through an authenticated WebSocket channel, with path conversion for uploads and downloads. No concrete merge-blocking defect was established. A packaged Windows/WSL run has not been done on this head, so a quick manual check of native navigation and file transfer is still worthwhile.
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The title "fix(preview): restore native browser tabs in WSL-only mode" matches the main change. The PR gives a WSL primary a bootstrap secret and a WebSocket transport so the desktop can deliver browser events, and the web client renders server tabs natively again. The title is a conventional commit that names the affected area (preview) and the symptom (native browser tabs in WSL-only mode). It does not mention the WebSocket transport or path conversion, which are supporting parts of the change.
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The description does not follow the required template. It has no 'Problem', 'Change', 'Scope', or 'Verification' headings in the template form. The title is not a conventional commit in the template's style. Substantive content is present: the reproduction on main, the evidence tables, and the tests run. The body also includes merge notes, attribution, and CI status that the template does not ask for. The Scope section does not link a bug issue in the body. The author cites #32940 only in passing, and the template asks for the linked issue in the Scope section. The description still explains the problem and the change, so it is not largely incomplete. Several required items are missing or only partial.
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Restructure the description to follow the repository template with these sections: Problem, Change, Scope, Verification. Under Problem, state the expected behavior and reproduction steps in a sentence or two. Under Change, explain how the WSL browser channel fixes the problem and why the path conversion belongs in the same PR. Under Scope, link the bug issue (#32940) and state the reason for any extra fix (#17009). Under Verification, list the focused tests and manual checks with observed results. Keep the existing reproduction and before/after evidence. For the UI change, embed or link the before/after screenshots and recordings in the Verification section. Remove the merge notes, CI status list, and attribution text, or move them out of the PR body. Add a note on what was not verified: fresh packaged Windows/WSL verification, agent-driven browser tools, and uploads and downloads.
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Await command replies instead of an event-loop turn.
These tests call settle(), which waits for setImmediate. That does not identify completion of the CDP command. Resolve a promise from the relay's write callback for the expected command ID, then await that promise before asserting. The new ordering test already uses this approach.
As per coding guidelines, “Tests must await milestones,” and the path instructions require milestone-based waits rather than sleeps or polling.
Also applies to: 258-258, 293-293
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Nothing needed changing; the head is unchanged at a344ae5. All 37 checks on PR #36530 passed, including the 8 required ones. Macroscope approved and left no line comments. CodeRabbit left one finding, rated Minor and marked unverified: CdpRelay.test.ts uses settle() (one setImmediate turn) instead of waiting for the reply to the command. That is below the high-or-above bar, so it stays. Its failed 'Description check' items are about the PR body, which the pipeline writes: it wants before/after evidence (the proof step's job), the issue linked (#32940; the original PR also fixed #17009), and the merge notes and attribution trimmed. It also asks whether path conversion should be a separate PR. It should not: without wslpath -w conversion, DOM.setFileInputFiles and Browser.setDownloadBehavior from a WSL server would hand Electron Linux paths that Windows cannot open, so native tabs would break uploads and downloads that this change makes reachable. The change itself is as described in the previous step: an authenticated WebSocket browser channel for WSL-only primary backends, rendering server tabs natively only when the primary advertises the channel (servers that do not advertise it keep native tabs), and WSL-to-Windows path conversion run through
wsl.exe --execso the distro shell does not expand the path.Supersedes #35896. The change is @Kaizer303's; their commits are kept.
Reproduction on main
Reproduced on main at bd9ff7e:
t3 browser setup; I ran that in WSL. The distro runs as root, so I restarted the app with T3CODE_SERVER_BROWSER_SANDBOX=0 passed to WSL via WSLENV, as the setup output says. 3. In a new thread's Browser tab, with no headless Chrome running yet, typed https://example.com and pressed Enter. Result, seen on two separate cold starts: the pane stayed on the new-tab page, the URL bar stayed empty, and the stream canvas stayed visibility:hidden for 30+ seconds, while 'Recently used' listed Example Domain / example.com 'just now'. This is the [Bug]: WSL-only mode: Browser panel stays on the new-tab page although the page loads #32940 symptom the PR describes ('reset the address bar and leave the new-tab page visible'). Headless Chrome in WSL started during that first navigation, but the navigation never reached the pane. 4. Pressing Enter again in the same tab loaded the page through the stream (URL bar https://example.com/, page rendered). A fresh tab opened while Chrome was warm also navigated (example.org). So fix(preview): Browser pane navigates when the desktop backend has no browser channel #35424's streamed fallback works once warm, but the first navigation of a session is lost. Steps 3-5 of the brief (agent inspecting navigator.platform, directory upload/download through agent tools) were not run: no coding agent was installed inside WSL on the Windows box.Evidence
Evidence from the real Windows Server 2025 desktop app with an Ubuntu 24.04 WSL-only backend, fresh state, light theme, and a 1440×900 window.
Steps: start without an agent, add the WSL project, open Browser, enter https://example.com once, and observe for 35 seconds. Then use real agent preview tools on the same tab to inspect navigator.platform, upload a nested WSL directory, download a file, and read its bytes inside WSL.
Base reported Linux x86_64; head reported Win32. The agent visibly modified the same page on both sides. On head, a nested 9-byte file uploaded from WSL and the 27-byte download was readable inside WSL. Base tool results · Head tool results.
Driver and seed bundle. The base's URL and title updated despite the blank first-navigation pane; the older empty-address-bar variant was not reproduced.
Not shown:
Tests
No new commands this round; the code did not change. CI on a344ae5: all 37 checks passed (Build and Typecheck, Lint, Test Server 1-8, Test Web 1-2, Test, Release Smoke, Native fingerprint diff, CodeRabbit, Macroscope). The previous round ran
vp run check:changed: all passed.Not in this change
sec-websocket-extensionsfrom the IncomingMessage to skip deflate; it works but reaches into the Node request, and I left it as the author wrote it.Who did the work
Run by the t3code factory in T3 Code.