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What this is

lifecycleConformanceVersion was "", which compatibility.ts treats as expired rather than absent — so every platform refused with conformance-missing no matter how many packs were built, signed or digested. This is the last code-level refusal in the chain.

The stamp comes from conformance run 33707770702 on main:

Leg Result
foundation unit tests pass
linux-x64 scenarios pass
darwin-arm64 scenarios pass
conformance version local-1f3f53f38f40
windows-latest (not gating) fail, as designed

Real pack, real supervisor, real bridge, real vendor CLI — mock upstream standing in only for Anthropic. The value names that run, not this commit: it is evidence, and evidence is traceable or it is decoration.

Windows is not in that evidence and does not need to be — summarize deliberately does not wait for its leg, since nativePlatforms refuses win32 regardless. Codex stays "": native nowhere, and the suite does not run for it.

⚠️ What merging this changes

Every PR before this was plumbing that no user could reach. This one removes the last refusal that lives in code. After it, what stands between a user and a local turn is entirely operational:

  • MCPJAM_LOCAL_HARNESS_ENABLED — default off, forced off when HOSTED_MODE
  • local-harness-enabled PostHog flag — fail-closed (=== true)
  • an installed, digest-verified pack (explicit install step)
  • a workspace grant
  • an unexpired consent capability

All five still have to line up, and two of them are off by default. Nothing ships enabled. But the gating is now configuration rather than structure, so this is the point to be deliberate about who gets the flag.

Tests

Third time in this series a test pinned the pre-launch repo state instead of the behaviour, and it moves the same way. "Enables nothing until conformance evidence is recorded" queried LOCAL_HARNESS_MANIFEST directly and leaned on every entry being empty; it now passes a manifest with the version explicitly cleared, so it keeps testing the resolver's property after the repository stops being empty.

Its neighbour two tests down already had this instinct — "written this way rather than 'the map is empty' so it keeps meaning something after a release fills it" — which is the standard the others should have been held to.

Plus the inverse invariant, which is what actually guards the launch now:

a harness the manifest calls native must carry evidence

A non-empty nativePlatforms claims a platform can run this locally; an empty conformance version says nobody proved it. Both at once is exactly what conformance-missing catches at runtime, and it should never get that far. Verified with teeth — removing the stamp fails that test.

Verification

  • local/__tests__ — 519 passed, 29 skipped
  • compatibility.test.ts — 29/29
  • server/tsconfig.json — clean
  • runtime-install.test.ts still fails locally on its tar helper, identically on clean main (macOS bsdtar); green in CI

Remaining on the launch checklist

Not this PR: the PostHog flag created employees-only and verified by evaluation, MCPJAM_LOCAL_HARNESS_ENABLED confirmed off in every deployed environment, the backend PR deployed to prod, and the dogfood pass — install from a real release asset, then pwd / read / edit-with-approval / MCP tool through the proxy / abort / resume / stop.

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Note

Medium Risk
This removes a structural code gate for claude-code local native resolution; operational flags, packs, and consent still apply, but mis-stamped or stale evidence could admit local execution paths reviewers relied on being blocked.

Overview
Stamps claude-code local-harness conformance so resolveLocalCompatibility no longer always returns conformance-missing for that harness. The manifest’s lifecycleConformanceVersion moves from empty to local-1f3f53f38f40, naming CI run evidence for darwin/linux native legs; codex stays empty (not native anywhere).

Tests no longer assume every shipped entry lacks evidence: the “no conformance” case clears the version via overrides, and a new invariant requires any harness with non-empty nativePlatforms to carry non-empty conformance. A patch changeset documents the release note.

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Summary by cubic

Stamps claude-code's lifecycle conformance evidence in the local-harness manifest, so platforms no longer refuse with conformance-missing. Previously the empty conformance version was treated as expired, blocking every platform regardless of built packs or flags. The stamp points to the passing conformance run; codex stays empty because it's native nowhere.

Tests now verify the no-evidence case explicitly and assert that any harness listed as native must carry evidence.

Written for commit 7c80ee8. Summary will update on new commits.

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`lifecycleConformanceVersion` was `""`, which `compatibility.ts` treats as
expired rather than absent — so every platform refused with
`conformance-missing` no matter how many packs were built, signed or digested.
It is the last code-level refusal in the chain.

The stamp comes from conformance run 33707770702 on main, where linux-x64 and
darwin-arm64 scenarios both passed against a real pack, a real supervisor, a
real bridge and the real vendor CLI, with a mock upstream standing in only for
Anthropic. The value names that RUN rather than this commit, because it is
evidence and evidence is traceable or it is decoration.

Windows is not in that evidence and does not need to be: `summarize`
deliberately does not wait for its leg, since `nativePlatforms` refuses win32
regardless. Codex stays `""` — native nowhere, and the suite does not run for
it.

The test moves for the third time in this series, and the same way. "Enables
nothing until conformance evidence is recorded" queried the SHIPPED manifest
and leaned on every entry being empty; it now passes a manifest with the
version explicitly cleared, so it keeps testing the resolver's property after
the repository stops being empty. Its neighbour two tests down already had this
instinct — "written this way rather than 'the map is empty' so it keeps meaning
something after a release fills it" — which is the standard the rest should
have been held to.

And the inverse invariant, which is what actually guards the launch now: a
harness the manifest calls native must carry evidence. A non-empty
`nativePlatforms` claims a platform can run this locally; an empty conformance
version says nobody proved it. Both at once is precisely what
`conformance-missing` catches at runtime, and it should never get that far.
Verified with teeth: removing the stamp fails that test.

Verified: `local/__tests__` 519 passed, 29 skipped; compatibility.test.ts 29/29;
`server/tsconfig.json` clean. `runtime-install.test.ts` still fails locally on
its `tar` helper, identically on clean main — macOS bsdtar, green in CI.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The Claude Code local-harness manifest now includes lifecycle conformance evidence for Linux and macOS. The changeset records this evidence and Codex’s empty conformance status. Compatibility tests explicitly verify the no-evidence case and enforce that manifests with native platforms have a lifecycle conformance version.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7c80e

This enables the Claude Code local harness on Linux and macOS by recording conformance evidence, but it may also allow untested Linux ARM64 and macOS x64 pack targets. Scope or enforce the evidence by runtime target before merging.


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In `@mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts`:
- Line 251: Update resolveLocalCompatibility and the lifecycleConformanceVersion
handling so native conformance is evaluated for the current LocalPackTarget,
including its OS and architecture, rather than only LocalPlatform. Ensure the
conformance gate cannot accept linux-arm64 or darwin-x64 packs without matching
lifecycle evidence, or enforce an equivalent architecture constraint
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// suite on every PR, and an adapter bump already fails the version check
// above it. If this value ever outlives the code it vouched for, that is
// the bug — clear it rather than leave it standing.
lifecycleConformanceVersion: "local-1f3f53f38f40",

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -C 8 \
  'LocalPlatform|LocalCompatibilityQuery|LocalPackTarget|resolveLocalCompatibility' \
  mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local

rg -n -C 8 \
  'process\.arch|architecture|arch|platform' \
  mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local || true

Repository: MCPJam/inspector

Length of output: 50373


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- compatibility.ts ---'
sed -n '1,330p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- local symbol definitions and usages ---'
rg -n \
  '(^|[^[:alnum:]_])(LocalPlatform|LocalCompatibilityQuery|LocalPackTarget|resolveLocalCompatibility|bundleDigest|lifecycleConformanceVersion|nativePlatforms|process\.arch)([^[:alnum:]_]|$)' \
  mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local \
  -g '!**/__tests__/**' \
  -g '*.ts' \
  | head -n 240

Repository: MCPJam/inspector

Length of output: 26890


🤖 get_repo_knowledge executed:

get_repo_knowledge MCPJam/inspector /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/mcpjam-inspector-1d2d9454/architecture /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/mcpjam-inspector-1d2d9454/learnings

Length of output: 47747


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- compatibility resolver ---'
sed -n '330,475p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- target definitions ---'
sed -n '1,230p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/targets.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- runtime target and digest verification ---'
sed -n '450,530p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/runtime-identity.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- availability launch path ---'
sed -n '180,235p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/availability.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- digest invariants ---'
sed -n '130,180p' mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/__tests__/pack-digests.test.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- conformance workflow matrix ---'
rg -n -C 8 'linux-x64|darwin-arm64|matrix|process\.arch|PACK_TARGET|native' \
  .github/workflows/local-harness-conformance.yml \
  mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/conformance \
  | head -n 260

Repository: MCPJam/inspector

Length of output: 50372


Scope native conformance to the runtime target.

resolveLocalCompatibility checks only LocalPlatform, while resolveManagedBundle verifies the current <os>-<arch> pack digest. Because linux-arm64 and darwin-x64 are valid pack targets, those packs can pass the global conformance gate without lifecycle evidence for their architecture. Scope conformance to each LocalPackTarget, or document and enforce architecture equivalence.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts` at line 251,
Update resolveLocalCompatibility and the lifecycleConformanceVersion handling so
native conformance is evaluated for the current LocalPackTarget, including its
OS and architecture, rather than only LocalPlatform. Ensure the conformance gate
cannot accept linux-arm64 or darwin-x64 packs without matching lifecycle
evidence, or enforce an equivalent architecture constraint consistently with
resolveManagedBundle.

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1 issue found across 3 files

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<file name="mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts">

<violation number="1" location="mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts:251">
P1: Scope lifecycle conformance to the runtime pack target instead of storing one global stamp. This evidence covers only `linux-x64` and `darwin-arm64`, so `linux-arm64` and `darwin-x64` can otherwise pass the conformance gate without architecture-specific lifecycle evidence.</violation>
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// suite on every PR, and an adapter bump already fails the version check
// above it. If this value ever outlives the code it vouched for, that is
// the bug — clear it rather than leave it standing.
lifecycleConformanceVersion: "local-1f3f53f38f40",

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P1: Scope lifecycle conformance to the runtime pack target instead of storing one global stamp. This evidence covers only linux-x64 and darwin-arm64, so linux-arm64 and darwin-x64 can otherwise pass the conformance gate without architecture-specific lifecycle evidence.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At mcpjam-inspector/server/utils/harness/local/compatibility.ts, line 251:

<comment>Scope lifecycle conformance to the runtime pack target instead of storing one global stamp. This evidence covers only `linux-x64` and `darwin-arm64`, so `linux-arm64` and `darwin-x64` can otherwise pass the conformance gate without architecture-specific lifecycle evidence.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -233,7 +233,22 @@ export const LOCAL_HARNESS_MANIFEST: Readonly<
+    // suite on every PR, and an adapter bump already fails the version check
+    // above it. If this value ever outlives the code it vouched for, that is
+    // the bug — clear it rather than leave it standing.
+    lifecycleConformanceVersion: "local-1f3f53f38f40",
     adapterBootstrapDir: ".harness-bootstrap/claude-code",
     adapterBootstrapFiles: [
</file context>

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