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Summary

  • Capture the tmux server socket in the launch context.
  • Add tmux -S <socket> to pane-close commands when the template does not already select a server, so repeated pane IDs resolve in the server that owns the instance.

Reproduction

  1. Start two tmux servers on separate sockets, each with a pane whose ID is %0.
  2. Run hcom kill from server A for an instance recorded in server B.
  3. Before the fix, the inherited caller socket closes server A's unrelated %0 pane and leaves B's pane open. With this change, A remains alive and B's target pane closes.

Changed files

  • src/instance_binding.rs — retain TMUX in the launch environment snapshot.
  • src/pidtrack.rs — default the added terminal metadata for orphan records.
  • src/terminal.rs — resolve the owning socket and add it to tmux close commands, with focused tests.

Verification

  • cargo fmt --check — passed.
  • cargo test --bin hcom terminal::tests:: — 109 passed.
  • instance_binding::tests::test_capture_and_store_launch_context_preserves_terminal_metadata — passed.
  • Focused tmux socket-resolution and command-construction tests — passed in a macOS sandbox that denies access to credential directories.
  • Isolated hcom kill end-to-end test with duplicate %0 pane IDs — caller server remained alive; target server closed.

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Tmux server socket identity now flows from launch context through PID tracking and terminal metadata. Pane close commands require a socket or explicit server selector and use the stored socket when needed.

Changes: Tmux socket tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Capture and preserve launch socket metadata
src/instance_binding.rs
Launch context captures TMUX, restores missing fields, and preserves verified tmux values for matching processes. Tests verify socket and environment retention.
Persist and recover PID socket metadata
src/pidtrack.rs
PID records store resolved tmux sockets. Validated lookup requires matching instance identity and PID. Recording and orphan recovery fill missing socket values without replacing populated values.
Resolve socket metadata and close panes
src/terminal.rs
TerminalInfo stores the tmux socket path. Resolution uses launch metadata or TMUX. Tmux close commands require an owner socket or explicit server selector. Tests cover parsing, validation, and selector handling.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant LaunchContext
  participant PidTracker
  participant TerminalInfo
  participant Tmux
  LaunchContext->>PidTracker: Provide TMUX and process identity
  PidTracker->>PidTracker: Resolve and persist verified socket
  PidTracker->>TerminalInfo: Provide tmux_socket_path
  TerminalInfo->>Tmux: Close pane with owner socket or explicit selector
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Pane cleanup for orphaned tmux processes now closes panes on the server that owns them, and skips the close if the owner cannot be determined. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Review comments at @src/instance_binding.rs:
- Line 204: Update capture_and_store_launch_context to retain the previously
saved env.TMUX value when a later capture lacks TMUX, while still accepting a
newly captured socket when present. Preserve the existing pane ID and ensure the
saved nested env retains the original owner socket for subsequent close
operations.

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- Line 83: Persist the owning tmux socket path in the orphan record and copy it
into the TerminalInfo construction using the default TerminalInfo update near
TerminalInfo::default(). Ensure close_terminal_pane receives the owner socket so
its close command includes the correct -S value and cannot target another tmux
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zellij_session_name: self.zellij_session_name.clone(),
herdr_socket_path: self.herdr_socket_path.clone(),
wezterm_unix_socket: self.wezterm_unix_socket.clone(),
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P1 Badge Preserve the tmux socket for orphaned PTYs

When hcom stop leaves an interactive PTY alive, hooks/common.rs resolves its terminal metadata but PidRecord/PidEntry and OrphanProcess retain every server identifier except the new tmux_socket_path; this default therefore reconstructs TerminalInfo with an empty socket. The orphan kill paths in commands/kill.rs then skip the new socket splice, so killing that orphan from another tmux server can still send kill-pane to the caller's same-numbered pane. Carry the socket through pidtrack and restore it here.

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[Medium impact] The changes affect tmux pane closing and split launches.

Not ready to merge because missing or inherited TMUX can still close an unrelated pane.

Findings

  1. P1 Missing ownership closes unrelated panes ▶
  2. P1 Startup kills lack the socket ▶
  3. P1 Parent socket overrides pane owner ▶
  4. P2 Failed cleanup looks successful ▶

Summary

The PR saves tmux ownership with launch context and stopped-process records, then checks the saved server PID before closing a pane.

  • hcom closes each tmux pane on its recorded server.
  • The tmux split preset runs its launch script through bash.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A["Saved launch or stopped-process record"] --> B{"TMUX saved?"}
  B -->|Yes| C["Query pane and server PID"]
  C -->|Match| D["Close with saved TMUX"]
  C -->|Failure or mismatch| E["Skip pane close"]
  B -->|No| F["Close with caller environment"]
  D --> G["Signal process group"]
  E --> G
  F --> G
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"WT_SESSION",
"ConEmuHWND",
"TMUX_PANE",
"TMUX",

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P1 Startup kills lack the socket

Capturing TMUX only in the start hook leaves startup kills unfixed. Proxy::spawn saves the PID and pane ID before the tool runs its start hook, and hcom kill accepts those records. If startup is slow or stuck, killing the instance from another server still runs tmux kill-pane without -S and can close that server's matching pane.

Capture the socket in build_early_launch_context too.

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Comment thread src/terminal.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +3121 to +3123
lc_env
.and_then(|e| e.get("TMUX").and_then(|v| v.as_str()))
.and_then(|v| v.split(',').next())

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P1 Parent socket overrides pane owner

If a custom preset opens a pane on server B from server A, the new-pane runner can replace B's fresh TMUX with A's saved value. The runner excludes TMUX_PANE from the parent's environment, but not TMUX. This pairs B's pane ID with A's socket, so the close command forces -S to A even when kill runs from B.

Exclude TMUX from the environment replayed inside new panes, or capture the socket directly from the owning server.

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- Around line 85-100: Preserve the resolved tmux socket on OrphanProcess by
adding a tmux_socket_path field and copying entry.tmux_socket_path when
get_orphan_processes constructs each orphan. Update OrphanProcess::from to use
self.tmux_socket_path.clone() instead of rereading hcom_dir, and update all test
struct literals accordingly; keep the existing scan-time database fallback in
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- Around line 108-111: Update has_tmux_server_selector to scan only tmux global
options before the subcommand, starting after the command name; stop at the
first non-option, detect -S and -L selectors only in that region, and skip the
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} else if let Some(env) = ctx.get_mut("env").and_then(|v| v.as_object_mut()) {
// This process has no previously verified socket, so a
// later hook's TMUX may belong to its caller. Refuse to
// infer a pane owner from that value.
env.remove("TMUX");

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P1 Badge Capture the first same-process tmux socket

When the launcher persists process_id before the first SessionStart hook (for example, launch_pty does so in launcher.rs:1424-1430), the old row has the current process ID but no TMUX metadata. The hook then enters this same-ID/old_socket == None branch and deletes the valid TMUX value it just captured from the pane; subsequent hooks repeat the deletion, so the new close guard sees an empty socket and refuses to close the tmux pane. Store this first socket for tmux launches (or capture it in the early launch context) instead of treating it as a caller value.

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tmux_socket_path: read_raw(&crate::paths::hcom_dir())
.get(&self.pid.to_string())
.map(|entry| entry.tmux_socket_path.clone())
.filter(|socket| !socket.is_empty())

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P2 Badge Retain the socket when adopting an orphan

When hcom start --orphan or claim_orphans reattaches a stopped PTY, attach_runtime_state can copy only fields on OrphanProcess, after which pidtrack.rs:504 or commands/start.rs:303 removes the pidfile entry. This implementation exposes the socket only through a lazy lookup in terminal_info() and never places it on OrphanProcess, so the recovered row's launch_context has no socket and a subsequent kill leaves the tmux pane open. Carry the field through From<PidEntry> and restore it during attachment.

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Comment thread src/terminal.rs Outdated
Record the pane's TMUX and close through it, and skip the close unless
that server still has the pane under the same server pid (pane ids
restart at %0 when a server restarts on the same socket). The check
times out so a hung server can't block the kill. Also run the
tmux-split script via bash, like the tmux preset.
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} else if is_tmux_argv(&argv) && !tmux.is_empty() {
if !tmux_pane_on_server(&argv[0], tmux, effective_pane_id) {
return failed_without_command();
}
vec![("TMUX", tmux.as_str())]
} else {
Vec::new()

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P1 Missing ownership closes unrelated panes

Instances saved before this change lack env.TMUX. Their empty tmux now skips the server check and runs the close command with the caller’s environment. If both servers contain %0, killing an older instance can close the caller’s unrelated pane.

Refuse to close without a saved owner unless the close command explicitly selects a server.

Knowledge Base Used: Runtime environment and process setup

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if !tmux_pane_on_server(&argv[0], tmux, effective_pane_id) {
return failed_without_command();

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P2 Failed cleanup looks successful

If the caller cannot reach the tmux socket, the query fails and returns failed_without_command(), which has no retry command. Pane cleanup is skipped, but hcom kill reports success after signalling the process. The user gets neither a warning nor a command to retry.

Keep an error or retry command for query failures instead of treating them like a confirmed stale owner.

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orgoj added a commit to orgoj/hcom that referenced this pull request Oct 20, 2026
Brings aannoo#164 (Codex approval latch clears on a negative scrape timer),
aannoo#165 (Claude leftover <hcom> wake submitted with Enter), aannoo#163/aannoo#169
(Grok mail recovery and steer ack) and aannoo#171 (tmux panes closed on
their owning server).

Fork deltas in conflicted files:
- src/pty/screen.rs: re-applied 362b479 Claude suggestion heuristic
  (is_claude_placeholder_or_suggestion) inside upstream's new
  ClaudeInputBox return; fork and upstream tests both kept.
- src/pidtrack.rs: fork-only test_recovered_orphan_keeps_catalog_agent_name
  gets upstream's new tmux field.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Hcom-Agent: hcom_dev
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