fix(claude): serve the Desktop picker over HTTP/2 so SSE streams cannot starve claude.ai (#6511)

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Summary

Refs #6511 (kept open until the reporter retests on Claude Desktop).

Problem. With Claude Desktop picker mode on (the default for first-party Desktop on macOS), claude.ai chat stops loading: "Timed out loading session", signal timed out, and main-process fetches to claude.ai time out. The reporter's same-process A/B on #6511 shows that every request that reaches the picker listener gets headers back, that six GET /v1/code/channels/:id/messages/stream SSE responses stay open, and that the requests that time out never reach the listener. Blind tunnels recover in the same Desktop process, and new intercepted connections re-break it.

Cause (strongly supported, not natively reproduced). picker-listener.ts terminated claude.ai with an HTTP/1.1-only TLS server (ALPNProtocols: ["http/1.1"]). Chromium allows six HTTP/1.1 connections per origin, and each open SSE response holds one. Once Desktop opens six channel streams, every later claude.ai request from that Electron session waits in Chromium's pool. A blind tunnel negotiates HTTP/2 with Anthropic's edge, where all of those streams share one connection. #6551 (header limits) removed the 502s but could not touch this.

Change.

• The picker listener port is now a loopback TCP front. It reads each connection's TLS ClientHello without terminating TLS (src/claude/intercept/client-hello.ts: bounded reassembly across TCP splits and up to 16 records within 64 KiB, GREASE and unknown extensions skipped, and an absolute 10 s deadline). It then splices the untouched bytes to one of two loopback servers:
  • clients offering h2 (Chromium's ordinary requests) go to an HTTP/2-only node:http2 server, so every claude.ai request multiplexes over one connection;
  • everything else goes to the existing, unchanged native node:https HTTP/1.1 relay. That covers no ALPN, HTTP/1.1-only clients, WebSocket connections (Chromium opens these over HTTP/1.1 because extended CONNECT is not enabled), and any ClientHello the front cannot read. Its 431 bytes, upgrade relay, and streaming behaviour are untouched.
• HTTP/2 requests are translated for the HTTP/1.1 upstream: pseudo-headers dropped, :authority replaces any Host (RFC 9113 §8.3.1), and cookie crumbs are joined into one Cookie. Responses go through the compat writeHead without a reason phrase. Cancellation follows the underlying h2 stream's close, because Bun's compat response skips its close for a HEAD reset before end().
• The HTTP/2 header bound is enforced natively by Bun (settings.maxHeaderListSize = 64 KiB, counting name + value + 32 per field, with RST_STREAM ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM on that stream only).
• Shutdown is one shared, forced routine for close() and for a failed start. It destroys front and bridge sockets, h2 sessions and sockets (tracked from accept), upgrades, and the native HTTP/1.1 connections (closeAllConnections() runs before close(), while Bun still holds the native handle).
• New log line picker session h2 (no request data). The reporter can use it to confirm that Desktop actually negotiated HTTP/2.
• Docs: structure/clients/claude-desktop.md describes the relay; the Claude Code guide's picker section explains the HTTP/2 behaviour and the ocx claude desktop picker off recovery.

Why not allowHTTP1. Bun 1.4.0's Http2SecureServer HTTP/1.1 fallback ignores socket write backpressure and req.push() results. Routing existing HTTP/1.1 traffic through it would have regressed slow-peer streaming. The ClientHello front keeps HTTP/1.1 on the native server and preserves backpressure through plain socket pipes.

Limits. No live Claude Desktop, keychain, certificate, or system-proxy contact was made. Chromium's HTTP/2 negotiation with this listener is inferred from standard behaviour and the reporter's evidence. The issue stays open until the reporter confirms. A useful retest needs only this build with the picker on: chat loads, and the picker log shows picker session h2 lines.

Verification

No local tests were run, per owner instruction. Regression evidence comes from hosted CI only: exact-head PR CI plus a lane=all workflow_dispatch at the same head (dispatch run 37254484640, PR run 37254479840; results recorded here when complete).

Static checks run locally at head 83539d9: bun run typecheck (exit 0), bun run structure:check (passed), bun run privacy:scan (passed), bun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts (passed).

Regression cases added to the existing tests/claude-integration/claude-picker-listener.test.ts (no new test files; the existing HTTP/1.1 cases are byte-identical):

• ClientHello parser: h2/http1/no-ALPN, GREASE and unknown extensions in three orders, three-record reassembly with split length bytes (every strict prefix returns null), non-handshake, oversized record, too many records, and real tls.connect ClientHellos captured from the wire;
• ALPN through the front (h2 → picker session h2; http/1.1 stays on HTTP/1.1);
• the fix: one h2 session holds eight open SSE streams while an ordinary GET on the same session completes;
• h2 gzip bootstrap rewrite with duplicate Set-Cookie order; h2 SSE/binary first bytes before upstream end;
• h2 → HTTP/1.1 translation (cookie crumbs, conflicting Host, no pseudo-headers, binary POST);
• h2 cancellation during SSE and HEAD-before-headers closes the upstream response;
• h2 untrusted upstream and upstream header overflow → empty 502 with fixed logs;
• h2 decoded header overflow resets only that stream, upstream sees nothing, and the same session serves the next request;
• h2 HEAD/204/304 empty bodies; a paused reader receives the whole body through the front over HTTP/1.1 and h2;
• close() with an open h2 SSE stream, an upgraded HTTP/1.1 WebSocket, and an incomplete ClientHello; a half-sent ClientHello that ends causes no upstream traffic;
• the h2 target validator; the upstream budget refuses excess streams without dialing and recovers; a //[ target is refused with an empty 400 and the same session keeps working.

Review: four independent gpt-6.1-sol design and code audit rounds (plan ×2, code, delta), each FAIL with blockers, all folded (see devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md). Three security review rounds followed: NEAR-PASS twice, with every finding folded and covered by a regression case, then PASS at 83539d9. The record is in this PR comment.

The change also adds two bounds that the HTTP/2 path needs: at most 100 concurrent streams per connection, and at most 256 in-flight upstream requests across the listener (empty 503 without dialing). An unrelayable h2 target gets an empty 400 with the fixed log line picker request refused <status>.

Checklist

• Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
• Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
• Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Claude Desktop picker mode now supports HTTP/2 connections while retaining support for HTTP/1.1 connections.
• Documentation
  • Updated the Claude Code guide to describe HTTP/2 support and explain what to do if chats stop loading, including disabling picker mode and reporting the issue.

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The Claude Desktop picker routes TLS connections by ClientHello ALPN to an HTTP/2 or HTTP/1.1 server. Both paths relay requests upstream over HTTP/1.1. The changes add request translation, upstream limits and cleanup, regression tests, and updated picker documentation.

Changes

Claude Desktop picker protocol routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
ClientHello parsing and protocol routing src/claude/intercept/client-hello.ts, src/claude/intercept/picker-listener.ts, structure/clients/claude-desktop.md, tests/claude-integration/claude-picker-listener.test.ts, devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md	The parser detects h2 across fragmented TLS records, with limits of 16 records and 64 KiB. A TCP front routes connections to the HTTP/2 or HTTP/1.1 TLS server. Tests cover parsing and ALPN routing.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1 upstream relay src/claude/intercept/picker-listener.ts, tests/claude-integration/claude-picker-listener.test.ts	The shared relay converts HTTP/2 pseudo-headers and joins cookie values for the HTTP/1.1 upstream. It validates targets, limits active upstream requests, and handles stream cancellation. Tests cover multiplexing, translation, streaming, cancellation, upstream failures, and limit recovery.
Shutdown, regression coverage, and picker guidance src/claude/intercept/picker-listener.ts, tests/claude-integration/claude-picker-listener.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md, structure/clients/claude-desktop.md, devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md	Shutdown closes tracked connections, sessions, and servers. Tests cover oversized headers, backpressure, cleanup, and incomplete ClientHellos. The guide describes HTTP/2 picker behavior and troubleshooting.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeDesktop
  participant TcpFront
  participant Http2TlsServer
  participant PickerRelay
  participant UpstreamClaude
  ClaudeDesktop->>TcpFront: Send TLS ClientHello offering h2
  TcpFront->>Http2TlsServer: Splice TLS connection
  Http2TlsServer->>PickerRelay: Deliver HTTP/2 request
  PickerRelay->>UpstreamClaude: Send translated HTTP/1.1 request
  UpstreamClaude->>PickerRelay: Return HTTP/1.1 response
  PickerRelay->>Http2TlsServer: Write HTTP/2 response
  Http2TlsServer->>ClaudeDesktop: Return response

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The documented HTTP/2 behavior matches the ordinary chat-stream path, with HTTP/1.1 retained for compatibility cases. No concrete current-head merge risk remains.

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The change affects 5 systems.

Changed systems: src, devlog, docs-site, structure, tests

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Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md: The plan describes the reported connection starvation after six open picker SSE streams, identifies the listener’s HTTP/1.1-only ALPN as the suspected cause, and states that first-party Desktop picker mode is enabled by default on macOS.
• observed — Modified behavior in devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md: The initial proposal replaces the HTTPS listener with an HTTP/2-capable server and HTTP/1.1 fallback, specifies h2 request translation, response handling, header-budget enforcement, parser-error responses, and connection cleanup, and lists hosted-CI tests and documentation updates. This proposed allowHTTP1 design is later superseded in the plan.
• observed — Modified behavior in devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md: The plan excludes live Desktop and system integration testing, leaves issue #6511 open pending reporter retesting, and specifies picker-default-off plus warnings and documentation as fallback if Bun’s HTTP/2 server fails hosted CI regressions.
• observed — Modified behavior in devlog/_plan/261005_claude_picker_h2/010_plan.md: The first audit replaces the allowHTTP1 proposal with a TCP front that parses ClientHello and splices connections to an HTTP/2-only server or the existing native HTTP/1.1 server; unparseable or fragmented input initially routes to HTTP/1.1. It adds h2 stream-close cancellation handling, adopts native stream rejection for oversized headers instead of an application-level 431, makes :authority replace client Host while keeping the dial target fixed, and revises the proposed tests and cleanup notes.

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Add equivalent picker guidance to all four locale pages.

The new English guidance describes HTTP/2, the earlier “Timed out loading session” symptom, and what to do if chat stops loading. The Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese picker sections omit these details. They already explain how to turn picker mode off in general, but do not connect that step to chat-loading failures or tell users to report the problem. Add equivalent localized guidance to each page.

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Add localized equivalents of the English picker guidance to the Japanese,
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instruct users to turn picker mode off with the existing command and report
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Qualify the HTTP/2 guarantee.

The listener selects HTTP/2 only when the TLS ClientHello offers h2. Describe the benefit conditionally:

Suggested wording

-Picker mode uses HTTP/2 with Claude Desktop so long-lived chat streams no longer use up
-Desktop's connections to claude.ai. Earlier versions could leave chat stuck on
+When Claude Desktop negotiates HTTP/2, long-lived chat streams do not use up its HTTP/1.1
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	Picker mode uses HTTP/2 with Claude Desktop so long-lived chat streams no longer use up
	Desktop's connections to claude.ai. Earlier versions could leave chat stuck on
	"Timed out loading session" while picker mode was on. If chat stops loading with picker mode
	on, turn it off with `ocx claude desktop picker off` and report the problem.
	When Claude Desktop negotiates HTTP/2, long-lived chat streams do not use up its HTTP/1.1
	connections to claude.ai. Earlier versions could leave chat stuck on
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Readiness triage at d4981728b2726c82e391bad89ec6aeb6bdfcef46, base dev e53c8077e40b6f540bf1e5d5791a55282466bfac.

The six-file inventory, description and regression list distinguish the HTTP/2/SSE fixture from native Claude Desktop acceptance. Preserve that distinction: an eight-stream synthetic success would support the new multiplexing path, not prove the historical client-pool cause or close #6511. Keep the reporter's issue open until the proposed behavior is confirmed by the reporter; I have not changed their installation or proxy.

The description says a final-head security review is recorded in a comment, but the fetched current comments/reviews contain only bots and no maintainer review record yet. Please record the required TLS/transport boundary review and exact-head CI receipts before integration. PR CI 37253654030 and dispatched CI 37253665285 are pending, not passing evidence. The no-local-tests exception and untested native/client coverage should remain explicit. This is inventory/readiness coordination, not a technical/security approval of the parser, TLS bridge, cancellation or shutdown implementation. No new scan, live Desktop/certificate/keychain contact, workflow authorization, approval or merge was performed.

Checkpoint — 2026-10-05 02:15 UTC intake: owner comment 5986952136 has now published the final-head independent reviewer report at 83539d9579ec5164b242747b729208bfaa3d9436, after the two reported follow-ups. The earlier missing-record statement above is historical, not the current comment-list state. I read that published report without independently validating the TLS/parser/budget changes or running a scan. New-head PR CI 37254479840 and dispatched CI 37254484640 remain pending; old-head checks do not cover the follow-ups. This coordination update supplies no technical/security approval or native Desktop acceptance and does not close #6511.

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Independent security review (gpt-6.1-sol, static; no local tests per owner instruction), bound to head 83539d9.

• d498172: NEAR-PASS with two P2s. (1) An HTTP/2 :method or :path that the HTTP/1.1 client cannot express threw before cleanup was installed. (2) Unbounded h2 stream fan-out, with each stream dialing its own upstream. Folded in 6e6e105: h2 targets must be a method token plus an origin-form path, and request construction is guarded (empty 400, fixed log line picker request refused 400). maxConcurrentStreams is 100 per session, and the listener caps in-flight upstream requests at 256 (empty 503 without dialing; the slot is released once on upstream, response, or h2-stream close).
• 6e6e105: NEAR-PASS with one P2. new URL() threw on //[ before the refusal boundary. Folded in 83539d9: pathname parsing now sits inside the boundary.
• 83539d9: PASS, no findings. No attacker-controlled synchronous throw path remains before response and cleanup are installed, and the budget cannot leak.

Confirmed unchanged across all rounds: every listener binds loopback only, direct access to the inner ports grants no credential and no arbitrary destination, the upstream destination is fixed, upstream TLS verification is enforced, and the new log lines carry no request data. Regression cases for each fold are in tests/claude-integration/claude-picker-listener.test.ts (hosted CI).

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Security review rebound to head 18bc6c8: PASS, delta from 83539d9 only. Hosted CI at 83539d9 ran the new picker cases on Linux, Windows and macOS. Every case passed except two:

1. HEAD cancellation logged a stray 502 for a client that had already gone. Fixed with a clientGone guard.
2. An ALPN assertion expected Bun's native HTTP/1.1 server to report http/1.1, but it reports false. The test now asserts the contract that matters: an HTTP/1.1 client is never given h2.

The delta review confirms that upstream cancellation, idempotent budget release, and genuine upstream-failure 502s are unchanged.

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• Head: 18bc6c8
• CI at this head: PR CI 37260247140 (25/25); full-matrix dispatch 37260245071 (windows 1-9, macos 1-2 success); enforce-target 37260366468; every executed job passed.
• Review: [Bug]: Claude Desktop picker mode breaks claude.ai chat (sends time out, picker 502s) since the merged chat/Cowork front end; picker off fixes it #6511: picker listener negotiates HTTP/2 via ALPN so Claude Desktop shares one connection (HTTP/1.1 path unchanged for others); stream caps 100/conn and 256 upstream; malformed targets get 400; independent security review NEAR-PASS x2 then PASS, delta PASS bound to this head; not verified against a real Claude Desktop, [Bug]: Claude Desktop picker mode breaks claude.ai chat (sends time out, picker 502s) since the merged chat/Cowork front end; picker off fixes it #6511 stays open.
• Full local suite intentionally not run per maintainer instruction; hosted CI is the evidence.
• scripts/ci/assert-mergeable-review.sh --maintainer-integration: OK.