[Alb11747]

Problem

A thread holds only one T3 tool (MCP) credential. Opening a second provider instance on the same thread revokes that credential and replaces it. The first provider's process keeps the old token. When the thread switches back (A → B → A), that provider's T3 tool calls fail with 401 Authentication required or read a token scoped to the other instance (parent_not_active).

Change

Credentials are kept per thread and provider instance:

• McpProviderSessions stores one config per thread and provider instance. read takes the instance id, and clear can remove a single credential.
• Every adapter that reads the credential passes its own instance id: Claude, Codex, ACP, Cursor, Muse, OpenCode (v1 and v2) and Pi. Codex reads every call site through its existing readMcpSession helper. Grok, Kiro, fx, Antigravity and ACP Registry go through the ACP adapter and need no change.
• ProviderSessionManager revokes only the credential it is replacing. On release, it defers revocation only to other live sessions of the same instance. Archive and delete still revoke every credential on the thread.
• Kept html_render references are dropped only when the thread's last credential goes. Otherwise, releasing one instance would discard pages that another instance had not yet consumed.

Scope

This replaces #35331. The open-PR limit closed that PR, and GitHub would not reopen it ("Could not open the pull request"). Its branch was also 754 commits behind main and conflicted, so this is the same change ported to current main.

What changed in the port: three read sites conflicted with code that landed on main since then (Claude openQuery gained a queryPolicy parameter, Codex turn start now reads models, and ACP's credential read moved into resolvePromptParts). Each now keeps main's code and passes the instance id. A Cursor adapter test added on main since then also reads the credential, so it now passes its instance id. Nothing else changed.

#35331 replaced #19413. It was built from @juliusmarminge's maintainer takeover of #19413.

Fixes #36453. Refs #16565, #18852.

Verification

The regression test is ProviderSessionManagerV2 preserves MCP access through A → B → A and isolates cleanup in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts. It follows the orchestrator's real switch flow:

1. Open instance A, then detach it with "Provider or model selection changed."
2. Open instance B, then detach it the same way.
3. Reopen A.

It checks that both instances' tokens still resolve to the thread, that A gets back its original credential on the existing runtime, and that closing B revokes only B's credential and keeps a render that A recorded. Reopening B issues a fresh token.

• Base (main at 60e4be4, with only the test file applied): vp test run src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts gives 1 failed, 70 passed. The new test fails at the first access check after B opens (expected undefined to equal 'thread-provider-session-manager-switch-back'), because opening B revoked A's token. This is the same failure as in the MCP credential is still revoked when a thread switches provider instance #36453 thread.
• Head: 71 passed.
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (27 packages) and tests beside the change (8 files, 972 tests) all pass.

What I could not check: authenticated Claude/Codex turns that switch providers in the UI were not run live. The test drives the session manager and credential registry with fake adapters. There is no UI change.

Port and verification: Claude Opus 5.5 (high) in Claude Code, through T3 Code. #35331's implementation was by Claude Opus 5.5, with a rebase draft by GPT-6.1 Sol and review by a fresh-context Claude Opus 5.5 subagent. It builds on the original fix by Alb11747 and Julius Marminge's takeover.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at aef588b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — MCP credentials are now tracked per provider instance, so switching providers does not revoke another provider's tool access. Existing credential scopes and lifecycle cleanup remain intact, keeping the change bounded to session isolation.

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Walkthrough

MCP session configurations are now scoped by thread and provider instance. Credential cleanup can target a provider session, and provider adapters pass instance IDs when reading MCP sessions. Tests cover provider-instance switching and session cleanup.

Changes: Provider-scoped MCP sessions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Per-instance session storage packages/provider-core/src/server/McpProviderSessions.ts	McpProviderSessions stores configurations by thread and provider instance. Reads select an instance, while clearing can target a provider session and retain HTML render references when another session remains.
Credential lifecycle and regression coverage apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts	ProviderSessionManager reads instance-specific sessions and targets credential cleanup by provider session. Tests cover switching between provider instances, credential isolation, cleanup, and related session cases.
Provider adapter lookups apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts, packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/adapter.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/adapter.test.ts, packages/provider-muse/src/server/adapter.ts, packages/provider-opencode/src/server/adapter.ts, packages/provider-opencode/src/server/v2/adapter.ts, packages/provider-pi/src/server/adapter.ts	MCP session lookups in these adapters now include the provider instance ID. The Cursor adapter test also supplies the instance ID.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to aef58

Switching a thread between provider instances now keeps each instance's MCP credential, but it can drop kept HTML render references when another instance is added. It can also leave an older instance's browser or device grants valid after the user turns that access off. Resolve both before merging, or explicitly accept them.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: switching providers no longer revokes the other provider's T3 tool (MCP) access. The changeset keys MCP credentials per thread and provider instance, stops revocation …
Description check		The description follows the template's sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. The Problem section gives the failure mode and reproduction path (A → B → A switch, 401 and parent_not_active…
Linked Issues check		The only directly linked issue, #36453, is closed and marked completed. It supplies background only. No active directly linked targets remain, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply. The PR obje…
Out of Scope Changes check		Every changed file in the whole-PR summary (merge base 60e4be4 to head aef588b) relates to per-instance MCP credential handling. The files are: McpProviderSessions (per-instance storage and clear sema…

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Explanation

The title names the main change: switching providers no longer revokes the other provider's T3 tool (MCP) access. The changeset keys MCP credentials per thread and provider instance, stops revocation on replacement, and clears only the replaced credential. The title follows a conventional commit format, is one sentence, and is specific.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the template's sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. The Problem section gives the failure mode and reproduction path (A → B → A switch, 401 and parent_not_active errors). The Change section explains the per-instance credential design and lists each adapter touched. The Scope section links #36453, explains why this replaces #35331, and links the prior PR chain. The Verification section names the regression test, gives base and head results, and states what was not checked (live authenticated UI turns). The template's Scope section asks for a bug issue link and a reason for no issue if none exists; here an issue is linked. The description also contains an optional model/harness attribution line, which the template requests.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The only directly linked issue, #36453, is closed and marked completed. It supplies background only. No active directly linked targets remain, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply. The PR objectives state the same. The change set is also consistent with the issue's described cause: MCP credentials are stored per thread, and opening another instance revokes them. The PR now stores credentials per thread and provider instance. The regression test named in the issue is present and is reported to pass at the head.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

Every changed file in the whole-PR summary (merge base 60e4be4 to head aef588b) relates to per-instance MCP credential handling. The files are: McpProviderSessions (per-instance storage and clear semantics), ProviderSessionManager (scoped revocation and retention of html_render references), and the adapters that read the credential (Claude, Codex, ACP, Cursor, Muse, OpenCode v1 and v2, Pi). The Cursor test change updates a read to pass the instance ID, which the PR describes as required by the new read signature. The ProviderSessionManager test additions cover the A → B → A regression. The PR states that no other changes were made. This verdict rests on the summary. I did not inspect the hunks directly.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts:
- Line 601: Update the agent-access opt-out flow so disabling browser or device
access invalidates those capabilities for every retained credential belonging to
the thread, not only the matching provider session handled by
ProviderSessionManager’s existing revokeProviderSession call. Revoke all
affected thread credentials when settings change, or enforce the effective
settings during requireMcpCapability authorization; preserve unrelated
capabilities and establish which path covers every retained credential.

Review comments at @packages/provider-core/src/server/McpProviderSessions.ts:
- Line 114: The `set` condition in `McpProviderSessions` clears thread renders
when adding an instance or replacing its credential, even if another instance
still has a credential. Apply the thread-level retention rule used by `clear` so
renders are removed only when no credential remains for the thread, and extend
the existing regression case to record a render before opening or reopening B
and verify the reference remains available.

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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts
• packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts
• packages/provider-core/src/server/McpProviderSessions.ts
• packages/provider-cursor/src/server/adapter.test.ts
• packages/provider-cursor/src/server/adapter.ts
• packages/provider-muse/src/server/adapter.ts
• packages/provider-opencode/src/server/adapter.ts
• packages/provider-opencode/src/server/v2/adapter.ts
• packages/provider-pi/src/server/adapter.ts

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Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift

Revoke retained preview and device grants when agent access is turned off.

Switching from A to B with browser or device access disabled does not invalidate A's retained credential. The replacement revocation at ProviderSessionManager.ts:601 runs only for the entry of the same provider instance. MCP authorization trusts the grants stored at issuance (McpSessionRegistry.ts:138-142, 166-181), and requireMcpCapability checks only that stored set. A's credential therefore keeps preview or device until it is next replaced or revoked, or the thread is archived or deleted. The user's opt-out does not apply to that session in the meantime.

Ensure the opt-out takes effect for every retained credential of the thread. Either revoke the thread's credentials that hold preview or device when those settings change, or check the effective settings when a tool call is authorized.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts at line 601:
Update the agent-access opt-out flow so disabling browser or device access invalidates those capabilities for every retained credential belonging to the thread, not only the matching provider session handled by ProviderSessionManager’s existing revokeProviderSession call. Revoke all affected thread credentials when settings change, or enforce the effective settings during requireMcpCapability authorization; preserve unrelated capabilities and establish which path covers every retained credential.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve thread renders when adding another instance.

If A has a credential and a recorded render, adding B makes previous undefined. This condition then deletes every render for the thread, although A's credential remains. Replacing B's credential has the same effect.

Make set follow the thread-level retention rule used by clear. Extend the existing regression case to record a render before opening or reopening B and verify that the reference remains available.

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Review comment at @packages/provider-core/src/server/McpProviderSessions.ts at line 114:
The `set` condition in `McpProviderSessions` clears thread renders when adding an instance or replacing its credential, even if another instance still has a credential. Apply the thread-level retention rule used by `clear` so renders are removed only when no credential remains for the thread, and extend the existing regression case to record a render before opening or reopening B and verify the reference remains available.

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[juliusmarminge]

Thanks for this. Before a bug fix is taken further, the bug is reproduced on current main, and here it did not appear.

I ran the steps from this PR against current main (1e9f93a) in the web app with a fresh database and real providers. In one thread I switched between Claude Haiku 5.5 and Codex GPT-6-Luna seven times, calling list_thread_pull_requests on every turn and orchestrator_capabilities on two of them. Every call succeeded. After a return to Claude and later a return to Codex, delegate_task also ran a child task that finished normally. The server returned no 401s on the MCP endpoint, and nothing reported Authentication required or parent_not_active.

On main, every provider switch attaches a new session for the target provider, which issues a credential scoped to it. The old Claude process is released when the thread switches away. The reported failure needs the old provider process to stay alive across a switch, which is what the unit test sets up. I tried to get that in the app by leaving a background command running in Claude before switching, and main refused the switch with "The previous provider is still running background agents or commands…". So I couldn't reach the failing state by switching providers in the app.

If you have a sequence that still fails on current main, for example a scheduled task or a usage-limit failover that keeps the earlier provider's process running, please share it and we'll look again.

Closing this pull request. If it still happens for you, please open an issue with the exact steps, what you see, and the version and platform you are on; a fix is picked up from there.