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fix(site): OpenCLI on Windows and a run timeout - #408

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Two gaps in #407:

  • Windows: npm is npm.cmd there and Command doesn't apply PATHEXT, so site update silently skipped OpenCLI. It now calls npm.cmd on Windows.
  • An OpenCLI command had no overall limit. It now stops after 300s, or the command's own timeout arg + 60s when larger (login flows), with AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT to override. Stdout is read on a thread so a large result can't block on a full pipe while waiting.

Verified: AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT=1 chrome-use site hackernews/best fails with exit 1 and the timeout message; without it the command returns data. cargo test --release: 1482 passed.

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  • Improvements
    • OpenCLI commands now have a five-minute default time limit, which can be increased through configuration or a command’s timeout setting.
    • Commands that exceed their time limit are stopped and report a timeout error.
    • OpenCLI synchronization now selects the appropriate npm command on Windows and other platforms.

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OpenCLI now selects the npm executable for the current platform and applies a configurable runtime limit to commands. It monitors the Node process while reading stdout concurrently, and removes the request file when spawning fails or a timeout occurs.

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OpenCLI command execution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Command setup and timeout selection
cli/src/opencli.rs
OpenCLI uses npm.cmd on Windows and npm elsewhere, including in the npm availability check. The default timeout is 300 seconds; the environment variable can override it, and a string-valued timeout argument can extend it.
Process monitoring and cleanup
cli/src/opencli.rs
run reads stdout concurrently while monitoring the child process. On timeout, it kills and waits for the process, removes the request file, and returns an error. Spawn failures also remove the request file. Tests cover the default timeout and declared timeout comparisons.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant run
  participant NodeProcess
  participant StdoutReader
  participant RequestFile
  run->>NodeProcess: Start command
  run->>StdoutReader: Read stdout concurrently
  run->>NodeProcess: Monitor runtime limit
  run->>NodeProcess: Kill and wait when limit expires
  run->>RequestFile: Remove request file before returning timeout error
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🟠 Major · Resolve the Windows home directory before declaring OpenCLI available. · opencli.rs:42

cli/src/opencli.rs:42
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve the Windows home directory before declaring OpenCLI available.

On a native Windows PowerShell session, $HOME is a PowerShell variable based on USERPROFILE; it does not establish an environment variable named HOME. If HOME is unset, the new npm.cmd check succeeds but root() returns None. sync() then reports an error, and run() cannot start OpenCLI. Resolve the home directory from a Windows-supported source as well as HOME. (learn.microsoft.com)

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Review comment at @cli/src/opencli.rs at line 42:
Update root() to resolve the home directory from HOME or, when unset, the
Windows-supported USERPROFILE environment variable before building the OpenCLI
path. Ensure this lets sync() and run() find OpenCLI in native Windows
PowerShell sessions.

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Review comments at @cli/src/opencli.rs:
- Line 381: Make the default-timeout assertion independent of
AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT by isolating and restoring that environment
variable during the test, or by testing the default through an
environment-independent helper. Keep the assertion that run_timeout returns
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS when no override is present.
- Line 80: Update the timeout calculation around Duration::from_secs so an
explicitly set environment override is used as the effective limit, even when it
is shorter than the declared timeout; when no override is set, preserve the
existing default-versus-declared timeout calculation and margin.
- Line 331: In the child-process polling branch around try_wait, preserve the
wait error; when try_wait returns Err, kill and reap the child before returning
that error, rather than breaking into reader.join() while Node may still be
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Review comments at @cli/src/opencli.rs:
- Line 42: Update root() to resolve the home directory from HOME or, when unset,
the Windows-supported USERPROFILE environment variable before building the
OpenCLI path. Ensure this lets sync() and run() find OpenCLI in native Windows
PowerShell sessions.

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Comment thread cli/src/opencli.rs
.and_then(|v| v.trim().parse::<u64>().ok())
.map(|t| t + 60)
.unwrap_or(0);
std::time::Duration::from_secs(base.max(declared))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Let the environment override shorten a declared timeout.

If a command declares --timeout 600, AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT=1 still produces a 660-second limit. The max operation prevents the override from stopping a stalled long-timeout command at the requested limit. When the override is set, use it as the effective limit; otherwise, use the greater of the default and the declared timeout plus its margin.

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Review comment at @cli/src/opencli.rs at line 80:
Update the timeout calculation around Duration::from_secs so an explicitly set
environment override is used as the effective limit, even when it is shorter
than the declared timeout; when no override is set, preserve the existing
default-versus-declared timeout calculation and margin.

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Comment thread cli/src/opencli.rs
break true;
}
Ok(None) => std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)),
Err(_) => break false,

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clean up the child when try_wait fails.

If try_wait() returns Err while Node is still running, this branch leaves Node running and proceeds to reader.join(). The reader can then wait for stdout until Node exits, with no deadline or reported wait error. Kill and reap the child on this branch, then return the wait error after cleanup.

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Review comment at @cli/src/opencli.rs at line 331:
In the child-process polling branch around try_wait, preserve the wait error;
when try_wait returns Err, kill and reap the child before returning that error,
rather than breaking into reader.join() while Node may still be running.

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Comment thread cli/src/opencli.rs
#[test]
fn timeout_defaults_and_follows_a_declared_timeout_arg() {
let mut k = serde_json::Map::new();
assert_eq!(run_timeout(&k).as_secs(), DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the default-timeout test independent of the environment.

If AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT is set to a value other than 300, this assertion fails even though run_timeout() follows its configured override. Test the default through an environment-independent helper, or isolate and restore the variable for this test.

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Review comment at @cli/src/opencli.rs at line 381:
Make the default-timeout assertion independent of AGENT_BROWSER_OPENCLI_TIMEOUT
by isolating and restoring that environment variable during the test, or by
testing the default through an environment-independent helper. Keep the
assertion that run_timeout returns DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS when no override is
present.

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