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Summary

Bursty cloud-terminal output can fill the four-frame AsyncStream queue and close the attachment even when those frames contain only a few hundred bytes. The resulting reconnect/replay cycle introduces pauses while using a remote terminal.

Make event delivery demand-driven: each iterator next() requests one decoded frame, and the read dispatch source pauses while the consumer processes it. Remaining bytes stay in the bounded socket/framing buffers, preserving output order and keeping the independent input-write path usable. Retain the 16 MiB line limit and balance suspended-source cancellation. Track the newline scan offset so an unfinished large line is scanned once as it arrives.

Testing

  • Separate regression commit: the original connection delivers only 5/100 chunks and fails the input round trip while consumption is paused.
  • Fixed connection: seven Swift Testing tests pass in both Debug and Release, compiling the actual six transport source files in an isolated Swift 6 package. Covers burst ordering with an input round trip, large frames across reads, cancellation before and during a partial read, close while output is buffered, malformed lines, and oversized-line rejection.
  • Replayed the captured Codex startup stream as one burst: all 106 output frames / 3,888 bytes arrive with both an immediate consumer and a 5 ms-per-frame consumer.
  • Xcode test wiring lint passes; the suite is included in the existing cmuxTests target.
  • Full tagged macOS app build passed from c7b64be70 with Xcode 26.2, after installing the pinned Zig/Rust dependencies and verified GhosttyKit. ./scripts/reload.sh --tag cloud-terminal-backpressure completed successfully.

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No GUI recording yet. This change is verified at the socket/event-stream boundary; it does not claim to fix a specific graphical artifact. The regression fixture provides a deterministic executable reproduction without a cloud account.

Checklist

  • Tested the transport change locally
  • Added behavior regression coverage
  • Audited localization: no user-facing strings changed
  • Full tagged app build

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Medium Risk
Changes core cloud terminal socket read/backpressure semantics; incorrect suspension or continuation handling could drop frames or hang attachments, though regression tests cover the main edge cases.

Overview
Replaces the cloud TUI manual I/O connection’s four-frame buffered AsyncStream with demand-driven delivery: each next() on events registers interest via nextFrame(), and the read dispatch source only runs while a consumer is waiting for a decoded frame.

While the renderer is busy, complete JSON lines stay in the socket/kernel buffers instead of filling an in-memory queue that previously forced attachment teardown and reconnect during small bursty output. The read path suspends between frames, keeps the 16 MiB line cap, tracks a newline scan offset for partial large lines, and resumes suspended read sources on close. Input send behavior is unchanged.

Adds CloudTuiManualIOConnectionTests (burst + paused consumer with input round-trip, large frames, cancellation, oversized lines, close, malformed lines) and wires the suite into cmuxTests.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements

    • Manual I/O connections now deliver frames on demand, improving responsiveness and reducing unnecessary buffering.
    • Improved handling of burst traffic, large or oversized frames, consumer cancellation, malformed input, and socket closures.
    • Subsequent valid frames continue to be processed after malformed input.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for manual I/O connection behavior across normal and error scenarios.

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Walkthrough

CloudTuiManualIOConnection now uses demand-driven, single-consumer frame delivery. Read-source activity follows pending frame requests. New Unix-socket integration tests cover buffering, cancellation, malformed input, oversized lines, and closure.

Changes

Manual I/O stream

Layer / File(s) Summary
Demand-driven frame delivery
Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift
The connection creates an AsyncStream that requests one frame at a time. It suspends reads when no consumer waits, scans newly received bytes, and resumes the pending continuation with one decoded frame.
Connection cleanup
Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift
Closure handling resets line-search state, resumes the read source before cancellation, and completes pending frame requests with nil.
Socket integration validation and test wiring
cmuxTests/CloudTuiManualIOConnectionTests.swift, cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
The test target registers Unix-socket integration tests for buffering, large frames, cancellation, malformed and oversized lines, closure, and subsequent valid frames.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AsyncStreamConsumer
  participant CloudTuiManualIOConnection
  participant ReadSource
  AsyncStreamConsumer->>CloudTuiManualIOConnection: request next frame
  CloudTuiManualIOConnection->>ReadSource: resume read source
  ReadSource->>CloudTuiManualIOConnection: deliver socket bytes
  CloudTuiManualIOConnection->>AsyncStreamConsumer: return decoded frame
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c7b64

Frequent terminal output can incur unnecessary per-frame allocation work. The issue is localized and does not block normal operation, but reusing a queue-owned buffer would reduce overhead.


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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ❌ Error The PR keeps a materially changed, independently testable socket transport in the app target. Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift is documented as a transport primitive and the diff adds … Extract the transport boundary into a small SwiftPM package target named CmuxCloudTuiTransport. Move the connection's protocol-owned types with it: CloudTuiManualIOConnection, CloudTuiManualIOFrame, CloudTuiManualIOFrameDecoder, `Cl…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 9.09% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS: The only production Swift change is CloudTuiManualIOConnection, which remains an @unchecked Sendable transport class with an explicit queue-isolation explanation. The new mutable `nextFrameC…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed The production diff adds no semaphore, blocking wait, sleep, delayed dispatch, polling loop, main-queue sync, or manual lock. CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift uses CheckedContinuation and `Dispatc…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed PASS: The authoritative pull-request diff changes only Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift, cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, and cmuxTests/CloudTuiManualIOConnectionTests.swift. The br…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request adds no agent-history loader, transcript/trajectory/workstream file read, directory scan, per-record syscall loop, or large JSON/JSONL file load. The existing `CloudTuiManualIOF…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS: The production diff changes socket event buffering and demand-driven frame delivery. It does not replace an authoritative read with a cache or opportunistic value. CloudTuiManualIOConnection s…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes Swift production code, Swift tests, and Xcode project wiring. It does not add TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or build/runtime-script sleep or delayed-dispatch logic. The…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed PASS: The production diff does not add a nested scan over a scalable record collection, sorting, filtering, or an in-memory join. readAvailableLocked() scans from pendingLineSearchOffset, advances…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS: The production diff keeps the existing com.cmux.cloud-manual-io dispatch queue and dispatch-source socket I/O. It does not add DispatchQueue.global, a new background queue, Combine state, co…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed No explicit Swift concurrency failure is introduced. The new nextFrame() async method performs only cancellation checks and enqueues a continuation on the dedicated DispatchQueue; socket reads and…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative PR diff changes only Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift, cmuxTests/CloudTuiManualIOConnectionTests.swift, and test-file entries in `cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxpr…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS. The changed production file, Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift, adds no print, debugPrint, dump, NSLog, Logger, os_log, stdout/stderr, or file-logging calls. The added…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes transport backpressure and adds test-only socket fixtures. It does not add or materially change user-facing error, alert, command-output, API-error, or recovery text. The only pro…
Cmux Full Internationalization ✅ Passed PASS — The PR changes transport logic and adds transport tests only. The production diff adds no user-facing Swift text or localization keys; its added prose is developer comments, and the existing so…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout ✅ Passed PASS. The reviewed range changes only CloudTuiManualIOConnection transport logic, Xcode test wiring, and socket integration tests. The changed Swift files import Darwin/Foundation/Testing and contain …
Cmux Architecture Rethink ✅ Passed PASS. The production diff is a local transport correctness fix. CloudTuiManualIOConnection keeps nextFrameContinuation, readSourceSuspended, and pendingLineSearchOffset on its existing serial …
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only CloudTuiManualIOConnection transport logic, project test wiring, and a socket test fixture. The authoritative diff contains no NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed The authoritative diff changes only three regular text files: hand-written transport source, the Xcode test-target configuration, and a 191-line socket regression test. The added test contains runtime…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source ✅ Passed PASS. The only changed production Swift file is Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift. Its added members are transport behavior (events, nextFrame(), read-source suspension, and line-sc…
Cmux No Ambient Global State ✅ Passed PASS. The production diff adds no ambient global state. All new mutable storage and behavior remain instance members of CloudTuiManualIOConnection; the new helpers are private func methods. The on…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: fixing cloud terminal reconnect stalls during bursty output.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes a clear summary, rationale, detailed testing results, behavior-change coverage, and checklist information. The Demo Video section explains that no recording is available, and …
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Docstring coverage is 9.09% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

Full details: Cmux Swift Package Boundaries

Explanation

The PR keeps a materially changed, independently testable socket transport in the app target. Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift is documented as a transport primitive and the diff adds demand-driven frame continuations, read-source backpressure, framing-offset tracking, and cancellation handling. The implementation uses Darwin, Foundation, DispatchSource, JSON framing, and CloudTuiManualIOFrameDecoder; it does not depend on AppKit, SwiftUI, Ghostty state, or app lifecycle. The project file places this transport cluster in the app target's Sources phase, and the new socket tests use @testable import cmux rather than a SwiftPM target. The authoritative diff changes no Package.swift file.

Resolution

Extract the transport boundary into a small SwiftPM package target named CmuxCloudTuiTransport. Move the connection's protocol-owned types with it: CloudTuiManualIOConnection, CloudTuiManualIOFrame, CloudTuiManualIOFrameDecoder, CloudTuiManualIOCommand, CloudTuiManualIODescriptorLease, and CloudTuiRemoteColors. Expose CloudTuiManualIOConnection as the first public type, with CloudTuiManualIOFrame as its event value API. Keep CloudTuiManualIOInputRouter and CloudTuiManualMirrorSession in the app target as app/Ghostty composition glue, and move the integration tests to the package test target.

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In `@cmuxTests/CloudTuiManualIOConnectionTests.swift`:
- Around line 76-77: Extend the cancellation test around consumer.value so it
also awaits and asserts peer EOF after cancellation, proving that the consumer
cancellation closes the socket. Keep the existing nil assertion and use the
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- Line 250: Update readAvailableLocked to reuse a queue-owned read buffer
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#expect(await consumer.value == nil)
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that consumer cancellation closes the socket.

nextFrame() returns nil when cancelled and also calls close(). AsyncStream’s onCancel closure calls the same method. Therefore, the nil assertion does not prove which path ran, but peer EOF still verifies the required socket-closure invariant.

💚 Proposed fix to assert the observable effect of cancellation
             consumer.cancel()
             `#expect`(await consumer.value == nil)
+            let remaining = try await Self.blocking { try Self.readLine(peer) }
+            `#expect`(remaining.isEmpty)
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#expect(await consumer.value == nil)
}
consumer.cancel()
#expect(await consumer.value == nil)
let remaining = try await Self.blocking { try Self.readLine(peer) }
#expect(remaining.isEmpty)
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guard !closed, isConnected, descriptor >= 0 else { return }
var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: 16 * 1024)
guard !closed, isConnected, descriptor >= 0, nextFrameContinuation != nil else { return }
var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: Self.readChunkBytes)

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse the queue-owned read buffer in readAvailableLocked.

readAvailableLocked() allocates and zero-fills 16 KiB before scanning pendingLine. Each requested frame or read event can therefore repeat this work, even when a complete frame is already pending. Reuse one buffer on the queue.

Pass its element storage through withUnsafeMutableBytes. Do not pass &readBuffer, because that passes the Array value’s address rather than its element storage.

♻️ Proposed fix to reuse one read buffer safely
     private var pendingLine = Data()
     private var pendingLineSearchOffset = 0
+    private var readBuffer = [UInt8](
+        repeating: 0,
+        count: CloudTuiManualIOConnection.readChunkBytes
+    )
     private var pendingWrites: [Data] = []
     private func readAvailableLocked() {
         guard !closed, isConnected, descriptor >= 0, nextFrameContinuation != nil else { return }
-        var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: Self.readChunkBytes)
         while !closed {
-            let count = Darwin.read(descriptor, &bytes, bytes.count)
+            let count = readBuffer.withUnsafeMutableBytes { buffer in
+                Darwin.read(descriptor, buffer.baseAddress, buffer.count)
+            }
             if count > 0 {
-                pendingLine.append(bytes, count: count)
+                pendingLine.append(readBuffer, count: count)
                 continue
             }
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var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: Self.readChunkBytes)
private var pendingLine = Data()
private var pendingLineSearchOffset = 0
private var readBuffer = [UInt8](
repeating: 0,
count: CloudTuiManualIOConnection.readChunkBytes
)
private var pendingWrites: [Data] = []
private func readAvailableLocked() {
guard !closed, isConnected, descriptor >= 0, nextFrameContinuation != nil else { return }
while !closed {
let count = readBuffer.withUnsafeMutableBytes { buffer in
Darwin.read(descriptor, buffer.baseAddress, buffer.count)
}
if count > 0 {
pendingLine.append(readBuffer, count: count)
continue
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In `@Sources/Cloud/CloudTuiManualIOConnection.swift` at line 250, Update
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zero-filling a new [UInt8] array for each read. Pass the buffer’s element
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