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Follows #6816 (Desktop-owned ocx command, merged as b89bbfb). Retargeted to dev and rebased onto it, so the diff is this PR's own commits.

When a package launcher still runs (an older shell, an explicit path, a PATH that puts npm first), it now hands off to the Desktop-bundled CLI recorded by Desktop in ~/.opencodex-desktop/cli.json, so the command still talks to the Desktop sidecar.

  • bin/ocx.mjs reads the record right after the internal-inspection branch and before the npm/pnpm/mise update branches, boot repair and Bun selection. A valid enabled record spawns the recorded ocx with the original arguments, stdin, exit code and signals, and a freshly generated launch proof so ocx claude keeps shell-exported Anthropic settings.
  • Not handed off: update, uninstall/remove, internal inspection and the internal version probe (managing-cli sets OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF=1). Users can set OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF=1 too.
  • No record or an off switch keeps today's path. Only a recorded target that is really gone (ENOENT confirmed by lstat) falls back to the package path; any other failure is an error, never a silent switch to npm. An unreadable, invalid, oversized or enabled-pending record stops with a message that names the Desktop repair action and the env bypass.
  • ocx status (cliCommand in JSON) and ocx doctor ("ocx command selection") list every ocx on PATH without running them and warn when the first one is not the Desktop command while Desktop has one configured.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed. (installation page, CLI reference, structure docs)
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. (independent security review PASS)

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  • New Features
    • On macOS and Linux, eligible terminal commands can now hand off to the configured OpenCodex Desktop command. Update, removal, and internal commands continue through the package launcher; set OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF=1 to skip handoff for one invocation.
    • ocx status now reports command selection and PATH candidates, while ocx doctor flags selection problems and provides recovery guidance.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for configuring, inspecting, repairing, disabling, and removing the Desktop terminal command, including platform-specific behavior.

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The change adds validated Desktop CLI handoff to the package launcher on eligible POSIX systems. It also adds PATH and record diagnostics to ocx status and ocx doctor, with platform-specific reporting, tests, and documentation.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Desktop command record validation
src/lib/desktop-cli-record.mjs, src/lib/desktop-cli-record.d.mts, tests/cli/ocx-launcher-desktop-handoff.test.ts
The record reader validates record format, platform and executable paths, file ownership and permissions, symlinks, descriptor identity, and macOS ACLs. It returns separate outcomes for missing, disabled, ready, invalid, or unreadable records.
Record validation and package-launcher handoff
src/lib/desktop-cli-handoff.mjs, src/lib/desktop-cli-handoff.d.mts, bin/ocx.mjs, src/service/managing-cli.ts, tests/cli/ocx-launcher-desktop-handoff.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/getting-started/installation.md, structure/runtime.md, devlog/_plan/261009_desktop_owned_path_cli/*
The launcher plans and runs handoff for eligible commands, forwards launch proof and context, and propagates child exit results. It resumes the package path after ENOENT only when a second check confirms the target is absent. Service version probes set OCX_NO_DESKTOP_HANDOFF=1.
Command-selection status and doctor checks
src/cli/cli-path-diagnostics.ts, src/cli/status.ts, src/cli/doctor.ts, tests/cli/cli-path-diagnostics.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/cli.md, structure/cli-management.md
Diagnostics observe PATH candidates and Desktop record state without executing candidates. status reports the diagnostics, and doctor classifies checks as failures, warnings, or OK.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Launcher as bin/ocx.mjs
  participant Planner as planDesktopCliHandoff
  participant Reader as readDesktopCliRecord
  participant Runner as runDesktopCliHandoff
  participant DesktopCLI as Recorded Desktop CLI
  Launcher->>Planner: Plan handoff for arguments and environment
  Planner->>Reader: Read and validate Desktop command record
  Reader-->>Planner: Return record state and executable path
  Planner-->>Launcher: Return handoff, continue, or error
  Launcher->>Runner: Run handoff with launch proof and context
  Runner->>DesktopCLI: Spawn target with forwarded arguments
  DesktopCLI-->>Runner: Return exit code or signal
  Runner-->>Launcher: Return exit result
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sequenceDiagram
  participant Cli as status or doctor
  participant Diagnostics as collectCliPathDiagnostics
  participant Reader as readDesktopCliRecord
  participant Filesystem as PATH filesystem observations
  Cli->>Diagnostics: Collect command-selection diagnostics
  Diagnostics->>Reader: Read Desktop command record
  Reader-->>Diagnostics: Return record state and target
  Diagnostics->>Filesystem: Observe PATH candidates and target usability
  Filesystem-->>Diagnostics: Return candidate observations
  Diagnostics-->>Cli: Return diagnostics for status or doctor output
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Comment thread tests/cli/cli-path-diagnostics.test.ts Outdated
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const read = readDesktopCliRecord({ platform: "darwin", home: root });
if (issue === "cleanup-pending") expect(read).toEqual({ state: "disabled", path, cleanupPending: true });
else expect(read).toEqual({ state: "invalid", path, issue });
const row = collectCliPathDiagnostics({ platform: "darwin", home: root, cwd: root, env: { PATH: "" }, observe: () => ({ kind: "missing" }) });

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P1 Badge Inject the macOS ACL seam in this cross-platform test

On every non-macOS runner, both calls here force platform: "darwin" but still use the real macOS ACL probe, which executes /bin/ls -lde; GNU ls rejects -e, so the reader returns record-unsafe instead of the expected disabled/pending states. I reproduced this with bun test tests/cli/cli-path-diagnostics.test.ts on Linux. Inject checkAcl: () => true into the reader and pass that result through recordRead to the diagnostics call so this schema test does not depend on host-specific ls behavior.

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if (result.signal) {
process.kill(process.pid, result.signal);
} else {
process.exit(result.code);
}
// Signal delivery is asynchronous; never resume package repair or Bun lookup.
await new Promise(() => {});

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P2 Badge Handle Node-ignored child signals explicitly

When the Desktop CLI terminates from a signal Node ignores by default, notably SIGPIPE when output is piped to a consumer that closes early, process.kill(process.pid, result.signal) does not terminate this launcher. The unresolved top-level await then makes Node exit normally with status 13 and an unsettled top-level await warning rather than mirroring the child's signal. Special-case signals that cannot be re-raised reliably, for example by mapping them to the conventional 128 + signum exit status or using a helper with default signal dispositions.

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- Line 90: Update the child exit handling in the `child.once("exit")` callback
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let done = false;
const finish = result => { if (done) return; done = true; clear(); resolveExit(result); };
child.once("error", error => finish(spawnFailure(error)));
child.once("exit", (code, signal) => finish({ kind: "exit", code: code ?? 1, signal }));

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Report a numeric exit code only when the child exited without a signal.

When the child dies from a signal, exit reports code === null and a non-null signal. Line 90 maps code to 1, so DesktopCliHandoffExit returns { code: 1, signal: "SIGTERM" }. bin/ocx.mjs Lines 1042-1046 check signal first and then re-raise it, so the launcher behaves correctly today. The problem is that the reported shape does not distinguish a real exit 1 from a signal death. A second gap: if the parent ignores the re-raised signal (for example, SIGHUP is ignored under nohup), process.kill returns and Line 1048 waits forever. The launcher then hangs instead of exiting.

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     if (result.signal) {
       process.kill(process.pid, result.signal);
+      // If the signal is ignored or handled, still terminate with the conventional code.
+      setTimeout(() => process.exit(128 + (os.constants.signals[result.signal] ?? 0)), 1000).unref?.();
     } else {

Do not call unref() on this timer. The pending await keeps nothing else alive, so the timer must keep the process alive until it fires.

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Review comment at @src/lib/desktop-cli-handoff.mjs at line 90:
Update the child exit handling in the `child.once("exit")` callback to preserve
a null exit code when the child exits due to a signal. In the
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* docs(devlog): record the cross-OS probe of the desktop-owned CLI path

Plan, per-host execution notes and outcomes for probing #6802, #6807, #6809, #6812, #6816 and #6818 on Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows 11. Follow-ups: #6851, #6852, #6853, #6854.

* docs(devlog): tighten evidence citations and the F1 hypothesis

* docs(devlog): qualify unretained evidence in the probe outcome

* docs(devlog): record exact-head CI for the probe follow-ups

* docs(devlog): close the cross-OS probe unit and fold review fixes

* docs(devlog): align the P2 escape note and guard the probe cleanup paths
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