fix(fork): keep the client usable while the attached server restarts

[donjor-agent]

🤖 claude/anthropic claude-opus-5-5 (medium)

Problem

A server update restarts the attached backend, and the desktop client drops the environment.
Projects, threads, composer drafts, and the open route vanish until the server returns.

Change

Side	Change
Desktop	Reattach when a restarted server reports the same environment id
Renderer	Keep a recently seen primary registered (offline) for a 5 min grace
Grace clock	Monotonic (performance.now()), immune to NTP steps
Past the grace	Removed as upstream does
Send	Existing offline gate disables it

The renderer logic lives in primaryAbsenceGrace.fork.ts behind two marked hooks in platform.ts.

Why the monotonic clock

The first build still wiped in the VM.
CDP logpoints on the poll showed the cause:

1. Server stops; the poll keeps the primary
2. NTP steps the wall clock +54 min mid-restart
3. Wall-clock grace reads as expired
4. Poll removes the primary; drafts cleared

Scope and approval

Refs #1706, settled in the #1705 profile.
Its nightly proof on a large DB follows merge, so the Task closes after.

Verification

Claim

Type a draft, click Update, wait out the restart: the thread, sidebar, and draft stay.

Build

• Before: official nightly 20261011.1011
• After: this stack at 6150d67, stamped 1011
• VM: isolated QA desktop, large DB copy
• Server: in-app update, 1009 to 1011

Stress trials

Each trial reverts the VM snapshot; its stale guest clock forces an NTP step during the restart.

Build	Trials	Wiped
Official 1011	2	2
First PR build (wall clock)	6	5
This head (monotonic)	7	0

Cut table

Span	Real	Clip
Draft, click Update	10s	1x
Restart wait	36–60s	6–8x
Reconnect	11–14s	1x

Before

before-clip.mp4

After

after-clip.mp4

Checks

Check	Result
Grace, platform, registry, desktop attach tests	pass
tsc --noEmit on apps/web	exit 0
vp run fork:ci	exit 0

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Fork trailers

Fork-Domain: backend-attach
Fork-Tier: bugfix
Fork-Upstreamable: no

[rsi-pr-agent]

🩺 Aftercare 0b005de

• A1 Delayed restart refresh overwrites a newly minted bearer ✅ ebfebe3
• A2 Reappearing primary at the same URL retains the wrong environment ✅ ebfebe3
• A3 Mint completion restores the pre-restart server identity ✅ ebfebe3
• 🔵 A4 Complete the large-DB nightly VM proof 🔁 ×3

• A5 Stale verification failure drops a newer verified attachment ✅ ca8272e
• A6 Transient recovery discovery failure removes the primary before grace ✅ ca8272e

<sub>🕐 11 Oct 11:04 UTC ⏱️ 3 min

💬 Push to fix; reply A4: <reason> to dispute.</sub>

Details

A1 Delayed restart refresh overwrites a newly minted bearer apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopAttachedPrimary.ts:339
reverify publishes the attachment snapshot captured before asynchronous verification. A concurrent mint can publish token-2, then refresh restores token-1 so a late token-1 reject drops the successor. Fix: Update the current attachment with a stale-result guard instead of spreading captured held state. Add a gated refresh/mint test proving that a late old-token reject leaves the successor attached. Note: The original gated refresh/mint replay now preserves token-2 and ignores the late token-1 rejection; the head adds the matching regression test.

A2 Reappearing primary at the same URL retains the wrong environment apps/web/src/connection/platform.ts:623
Grace retention preserves A's endpoint signature. If environment B returns at the same URL, cache reuse skips descriptor discovery and keeps A registered indefinitely; the base correctly discovers B. Fix: Revalidate the descriptor when a grace-retained primary reappears. Retain identity only when its environment ID matches, and add an A-to-absent-to-B same-endpoint polling regression test. Note: Grace retention invalidates the endpoint signature. The actual polling replay rediscovers same-URL environment B instead of retaining A.

A3 Mint completion restores the pre-restart server identity apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopAttachedPrimary.ts:418
A mint spanning a restart writes its old live.value over the refreshed instance. An unauthorized reject then skips the old PID, allowing the same rejected restarted server to auto-attach immediately. Fix: Preserve the latest verified instance when publishing a mint result. Extend the gated restart test to reject the new token immediately and prove the restarted instance remains skipped until another restart. Note: Mint completion preserves the latest verified PID. Immediate unauthorized rejection skips PID 99, and only another restart to PID 100 reattaches.

A4 Complete the large-DB nightly VM proof
#1706 requires a large-DB clip covering retained UI state, cached navigation, Send recovery, and grace expiry. The PR explicitly defers this proof until a nightly contains the fix. Fix: After merge, run the large-DB VM scenario on a nightly containing the fix, attach the clip, and verify all task close conditions before closing the task. Note: Follow-up only: no new large-DB proof was found. The previously explained two-nightly requirement remains consistent with the deferred post-merge verification under #1705. V….

A5 Stale verification failure drops a newer verified attachment apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopAttachedPrimary.ts:336
The verification sequence guard runs after the failure branch calls dropNow. An older descriptor request failing after a newer refresh verifies the restarted server still clears that healthy attachment and its cache. Fix: Apply verification ordering before any failure-driven drop or successful state/cache update. Add a gated test where a newer restart verification succeeds before an older request fails. Note: The sequence/generation guard now runs before failure-driven removal. The gated replay confirms that an older verification failure preserves the newer verified attachment and cache; the head adds its….

A6 Transient recovery discovery failure removes the primary before grace apps/web/src/connection/platform.ts:628
After absence invalidates the signature, a returning target triggers descriptor discovery. If that request fails transiently, the poll emits no primary registration, clearing cached data and drafts before the grace expires. Fix: Retain the prior registration through transient recovery-validation failures until successful identity discovery or the original grace deadline. Keep rediscovery active and test present-to-absent-to-timeout-to-absent polling. Note: The hook now runs after discovery and retains the prior registration through failed recovery validation. Polling replays confirm continued rediscovery, removal at the original deadline, and grace ren….

Head	Result	Time	Check
0b005de	✅ review passed: fixed: none; held: A4; new: none; withdrawn: none; no item resolved; files (3): apps/web/src/connection/platform.ts, …and 2 more	3 min	run
ca8272e	✅ review passed: fixed: A5, A6; held: A4; new: none; withdrawn: none; files (5): apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopAttachedPrimary.fork.test.ts, …and 4 more	5 min	run
ebfebe3	⚠️ 2 open: fixed: A1, A2, A3; held: A4; new: A5, A6; withdrawn: none; files (5): .github/workflows/hyprws-ci.yml, …and 4 more	11 min	run
25aab54	⚠️ 3 open: fixed: none; held: none; new: A1, A2, A3, A4; withdrawn: none; no item resolved; files (6): apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopAttachedPrimary.fork.test.ts, …and 5 more	10 min	run

[donjor-agent]

🤖 claude/anthropic claude-opus-5-5 (medium)

A4: preview builds carry no update feed, so the UI update flow needs two nightlies; the proof follows merge under #1705 (Refs, not Closes).