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Connecting and reconnecting to an environment can wait on repeated Tailscale discovery, a full shell snapshot, and route checks. Mobile clients also decode provider catalogs that have not changed.
Change
Cache and warm Tailscale discovery; reuse checked route descriptors on the first route attempt; shorten the route race after a response; and retry stable direct sessions sooner. Same-session shell resubscriptions resume from their cursor; replacement sessions reload authoritative shell snapshots so restored histories cannot reuse stale rows. The config subscription advertises cached provider catalog hashes and restores unchanged catalogs locally. Web, desktop, and mobile use the shared client runtime; the catalog protocol is opt-in for older clients.
Scope and approval
These changes target environment connection latency across the server and clients. They were developed together as a performance pass; there is no linked upstream issue or prior maintainer approval. The retry and route-selection changes alter connection timing and may merit separate review.
Verification
Post-review vp run check:changed HEAD checks cover format, lint, knip, affected-package typechecks, and focused regression tests. All 12 shell synchronization tests pass, including restored histories with matching server versions.
vp run check:changed upstream/main: format, lint, knip, typecheck, and 159 tests passed after rebasing.
On an iOS simulator with seeded data, the earlier connection changes reduced median first-request-to-shell-ready time from 969 ms to 711 ms over eight runs per side. After a server restart, median listening-to-shell-ready time was 3.8 s versus 2.1 s over four runs per side. The ranges were wide and both measurements used dev builds over loopback.
A later five-pair simulator A/B of catalog hash advertising reduced the median serialized config snapshot from 274,579 to 51,148 bytes before compression. The observed connection timing difference was smaller than run-to-run variation. This comparison isolates catalog advertising rather than the full branch against upstream.
These timing measurements predate the review fixes, including the authoritative snapshot reload on replacement sessions. The final combined branch has not been compared end-to-end against upstream in a release build or over a relay. No before/after video was captured.
Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Agent implemented the connection changes preceding the catalog optimization. GPT-6.1 Terra via Codex implemented the provider catalog optimization, measured the final catalog A/B results, and wrote this PR.
GPT-6.1 Sol via Codex addressed the review findings and added regression coverage.
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Walkthrough
The changes update shell cache version tracking and synchronization, provider catalog streaming, route checks and retry timing, and background refresh. They also add mobile device-ID caching, secure-storage span attributes, and development span logging.
Shell cache records now preserve an optional verified server version. Mobile and web stores restore and save that version. The cache stores also share server-config reads.
Shell synchronization tracks snapshot versions and subscription sessions when resuming or reloading. Tests cover matching and changed server versions, plus a predecessor-session race.
Provider catalog streaming
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Catalog metadata and server stream packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts, packages/contracts/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/ws.test.ts
The subscription accepts provider catalog hashes, and provider records can carry a hash or omission marker. The server omits catalog arrays when the remembered hash matches. Tests cover updates and reconnects.
The client sends hashes from cached provider configuration and restores omitted catalogs when the cached hash matches. Tests cover shared reads, cache updates, and restoration.
Connection route selection
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Checked descriptors and route preparation packages/client-runtime/src/environment/descriptor.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/authorization/service.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/authorization/layer.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.ts
Route checks retain matching environment descriptors for resolver preparation. Authorization reuses a checked descriptor when available for the endpoint.
Route timing and retry behavior packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.test.ts
The driver shortens its shared wait after a route answers. The supervisor checks better routes immediately and uses a shorter retry delay for eligible direct routes. Tests cover route choice and retry timing.
Background-refreshed environment data
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Refresh helper and behavior tests apps/server/src/environment/backgroundRefresh.ts, apps/server/src/environment/backgroundRefresh.test.ts
The helper coalesces refreshes and returns cached values while stale values refresh. Tests cover initial reads, stale reads, failures, and warming.
Endpoint and target refresh integrations apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.ts, apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts, apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts
Tailscale served URLs and remote-open targets use background-refreshed results with a 30-second maximum age.
Mobile device ID caching
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Device ID cache and test apps/mobile/src/persistence/mobile-storage.ts, apps/mobile/src/persistence/mobile-storage.test.ts
Device-ID lookups reuse an in-memory value after the first secure-storage read. The test checks repeated calls and the number of reads.
Mobile span logging
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Development span logging and storage annotation apps/mobile/src/features/observability/devSpanLog.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/observability/devSpanLog.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/runtime.ts, apps/mobile/src/persistence/mobile-secure-storage.ts
The runtime provides a span-logging layer when development mode and the environment variable enable it. Secure-storage reads annotate the current span with the requested key.
sequenceDiagram
participant RpcSessionFactory
participant ServerConfigStream
participant CachedProviderCatalog
RpcSessionFactory->>ServerConfigStream: Send provider catalog hashes
ServerConfigStream->>RpcSessionFactory: Receive catalog data or omission marker
RpcSessionFactory->>CachedProviderCatalog: Restore catalog when hashes match
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Possibly related issues
pingdotgg/t3code#24516 — This issue concerns direct-route selection and switching. The changes check alternate routes sooner, but the issue’s make-before-break behavior remains unaddressed.
pingdotgg/t3code#23731 — The changes omit unchanged provider catalogs from config events. The issue’s client processing delay and workspace snapshot duplication are not addressed.
pingdotgg/t3code#24661 — The changes add a shorter retry base for eligible direct and bearer routes after a stable connection. The issue’s server readiness gating and tunnel startup timing are not changed.
The change improves connection and synchronization performance. No merge-blocking issue was identified.
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Link the triaged issue or maintainer approval for the connection-timing changes. If the changes must remain combined, document explicit approval for their scope and direction; otherwise, split the independent retry and route-selection changes into a separate pull request.
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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/features/observability/devSpanLog.ts:
- Line 28: Update the development tracer setup around `Layer.succeed` and
`Tracer.make` so spans created during relay tracing are also recorded by
`LoggedSpan`, while continuing to export them to the relay; ensure
`withRelayClientTracing` composes with or wraps the development logger instead
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/environment/backgroundRefresh.ts:
- Around line 50-54: Update RefreshState and startRefresh to track a Deferred
for each refresh attempt. On a non-success exit when no value is available,
complete that attempt’s Deferred with the exit and clear it so waiting readers
wake and later reads can retry; do not complete the shared first Deferred with
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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/authorization/service.ts:
- Around line 142-145: Update the descriptor reuse in the authorization flow
around CheckedEnvironmentDescriptors and fetchDescriptor so a cached LAN
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Minor · Make session switching atomic with shell writes. · shell.ts:305-318
packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell.ts:305-318 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make session switching atomic with shell writes.
subscribeDynamic can deliver an item from the previous RpcSession after Stream.switchMap changes sessions. makeSubscribeInput updates activeSubscriptionSession without snapshotWriteLock, while applyItems reads that mutable value only after it acquires the lock. An old item can therefore pass through applyItems under the replacement session and record the replacement server version.
A pre-check before applyItems is not sufficient because the session can switch before the lock is acquired. Preserve each item's originating session, validate it inside snapshotWriteLock, and update the active session and server-version state under that same lock. Otherwise the old snapshot can become authoritative for the new session, persist with the new version, and allow a later reconnect to resume its old cursor instead of reloading the snapshot.
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Update makeSubscribeInput and applyItems so each delivered item retains its
originating RpcSession, then validate that session inside snapshotWriteLock
before applying or persisting the item. Move updates to
activeSubscriptionSession and the associated server-version state under the same
lock, ensuring an item from a replaced session cannot become authoritative for
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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell.ts:
- Around line 305-318: Update makeSubscribeInput and applyItems so each
delivered item retains its originating RpcSession, then validate that session
inside snapshotWriteLock before applying or persisting the item. Move updates to
activeSubscriptionSession and the associated server-version state under the same
lock, ensuring an item from a replaced session cannot become authoritative for
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Fixed the outside-diff shell session finding from #26556 (review) in 3dd37be. Shell items retain their originating RpcSession and are checked inside snapshotWriteLock; active-session and server-version updates use that same lock. Batching is preserved. The regression reproduced a replacement session incorrectly resuming cursor 99 from its predecessor instead of loading its own snapshot at cursor 1. All 12 shell synchronization tests and check:changed against the prior head pass.
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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell-sync.test.ts:
- Around line 867-873: In the test around `writeFilledLinks` and the predecessor
consumer, replace the `TestClock.adjust` flushes with test-only `Deferred`
milestones that signal when the snapshot write lock is held and when the
consumer is waiting for it. Await both milestones before calling
`SubscriptionRef.set` so sequence 99 is not rejected after the session switch.
- Around line 859-863: Update the shell-sync test harness to access the existing
snapshotWriteLock through a test-only seam and use that lock in place of
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Major · Require history validation before accepting a resumed snapshot. · shell.ts:422-435
packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell.ts:422-435 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Require history validation before accepting a resumed snapshot.
When a new session matches the cached server version and has an olderSettled snapshot, resumesVerifiedSnapshot sets canResume and skips the authoritative HTTP snapshot. The synchronized marker then sets verifiedResume, but it only confirms that replay reached the marker. It does not validate that the restored store has the same event history. A restored store can therefore pass the sequence gate, replay only events after the cached cursor, and leave stale rows or omit rows that exist only in the restored store.
Require the resume path to validate store history before marking the snapshot authoritative, or force an authoritative snapshot whenever that validation is unavailable.
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Update the resume flow around resumesVerifiedSnapshot and verifiedResume so
replay reaching the synchronized marker alone cannot mark a cached snapshot
authoritative. Validate the restored store’s event history before accepting the
resumed snapshot; when that validation is unavailable or fails, disable
canResume and load the authoritative HTTP snapshot.
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- Around line 422-435: Update the resume flow around resumesVerifiedSnapshot and
verifiedResume so replay reaching the synchronized marker alone cannot mark a
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Addressed the history-validation finding from #26556 (review) in deefd2e. A matching server build and replay completion do not establish shared store history. Replacement sessions now reload an authoritative snapshot; only the same live session can resume its existing cursor. Removed the completion-marker verification shortcut. Both restored-history regressions failed before the fix, and all 12 shell synchronization tests plus check:changed pass afterward. Updated the PR description to reflect the behavior and qualify the earlier timing measurements.
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A latency pass combines independently useful discovery caching, route/retry timing policy, provider-catalog wire caching, shell snapshot caching and mobile instrumentation without prior maintainer direction. A common latency goal does not establish one underlying defect.
Split the independent repairs by underlying defect, and obtain maintainer direction and scope approval for the route/retry timing behavior and any substantial catalog-handshake repair before reconsideration. Preserve the measured environment connection latency problem.
thanks for trying to help improve t3 code. if you think this closure was a mistake, please open a fresh pr addressing the requirement above, and link back to this one.
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Problem
Connecting and reconnecting to an environment can wait on repeated Tailscale discovery, a full shell snapshot, and route checks. Mobile clients also decode provider catalogs that have not changed.
Change
Cache and warm Tailscale discovery; reuse checked route descriptors on the first route attempt; shorten the route race after a response; and retry stable direct sessions sooner. Same-session shell resubscriptions resume from their cursor; replacement sessions reload authoritative shell snapshots so restored histories cannot reuse stale rows. The config subscription advertises cached provider catalog hashes and restores unchanged catalogs locally. Web, desktop, and mobile use the shared client runtime; the catalog protocol is opt-in for older clients.
Scope and approval
These changes target environment connection latency across the server and clients. They were developed together as a performance pass; there is no linked upstream issue or prior maintainer approval. The retry and route-selection changes alter connection timing and may merit separate review.
Verification
Post-review
vp run check:changed HEADchecks cover format, lint, knip, affected-package typechecks, and focused regression tests. All 12 shell synchronization tests pass, including restored histories with matching server versions.vp run check:changed upstream/main: format, lint, knip, typecheck, and 159 tests passed after rebasing.On an iOS simulator with seeded data, the earlier connection changes reduced median first-request-to-shell-ready time from 969 ms to 711 ms over eight runs per side. After a server restart, median listening-to-shell-ready time was 3.8 s versus 2.1 s over four runs per side. The ranges were wide and both measurements used dev builds over loopback.
A later five-pair simulator A/B of catalog hash advertising reduced the median serialized config snapshot from 274,579 to 51,148 bytes before compression. The observed connection timing difference was smaller than run-to-run variation. This comparison isolates catalog advertising rather than the full branch against upstream.
These timing measurements predate the review fixes, including the authoritative snapshot reload on replacement sessions. The final combined branch has not been compared end-to-end against upstream in a release build or over a relay. No before/after video was captured.
Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Agent implemented the connection changes preceding the catalog optimization. GPT-6.1 Terra via Codex implemented the provider catalog optimization, measured the final catalog A/B results, and wrote this PR.
GPT-6.1 Sol via Codex addressed the review findings and added regression coverage.