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Fixes #4522

Problem

ocx restart delegates to the live proxy through POST /api/system/restart. For an unsupervised proxy, the replacement is spawned with selfLaunchArgv(), which reuses the live process's own process.execPath and argv[1]. A restart accepted from a different-version CLI therefore respawns the old installation while reporting success:

  • 2.49.0 proxy started from a versioned Mise install
  • ocx restart invoked through the 2.53.0 CLI
  • proxy PID changed, but /healthz still reported 2.49.0 and the replacement command line still referenced the 2.49.0 package tree

This contradicts restart's documented stop-plus-ensure semantics: a user who just upgraded and runs the newly selected ocx restart expects the replacement to use that installation.

Fix

The invoking CLI already learns the proxy's app version from the attested /healthz body, and doctor/status already compare it against the invoking bundle via computeVersionSkew() (src/cli/version-skew.ts, introduced for #2701/#3464). This PR reuses that exact comparison in requestBoundSystemRestart instead of reimplementing it, so restart enforcement and the existing skew diagnostics can never disagree:

  • If the invoking CLI's version differs from the attested proxy version (either direction), the restart is refused before POST with a new restart_version_skew outcome, and reportRestartFailure prints the documented ocx stop + ocx start transaction as the workaround.
  • Placeholder versions (unknown, 0.0.0) remain "cannot compare", not mismatch: dev bundles and version-less proxies keep the existing behavior, matching the doctrine already encoded in version-skew.ts ("a false stale-CLI warning would send an operator to reinstall a healthy setup").
  • BoundSystemRestartDeps gains an optional cliVersion so tests pin both sides explicitly instead of reading the real package.json.

Deliberate scope

Server-side enforcement would require carrying the client version inside the HMAC capability payload — a SYSTEM_RESTART_CAPABILITY_VERSION contract change (v1v2) that also affects the tray and any pre-update proxies. That is maintainers' call; this change closes the reported CLI hole without touching the wire contract. Supervised services are unaffected either way: their supervisor respawns from the service definition, which #3464/#2898 already made stable-launcher-based.

Testing

  • bun test tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts tests/cli/cli-version-skew.test.ts43 pass, 0 fail
    • new: refuses restart when CLI ≠ attested proxy version (older proxy / newer proxy / non-semver proxy), with no POST attempted
    • new: allows restart on an exact version match
    • new: placeholder proxy version (0.0.0) keeps the restart path
    • existing suite updated to pin cliVersion: "test" so the guard stays out of the way
  • bun run typecheck (tsc --noEmit) → clean
  • bun run privacy:scan → passed

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Restart requests now detect version mismatches between the CLI and running proxy before proceeding.
    • When versions differ, users receive a specific error and a recovery command.
    • Restarts continue when versions match or when the proxy version cannot be reliably compared.

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The restart command delegates to the live proxy via POST /api/system/restart. For an unsupervised proxy, the replacement is spawned with selfLaunchArgv(), which reuses the live process's own runtime and entry point. A restart accepted from a different-version CLI therefore respawns the OLD installation while reporting success: the observed 2.49.0 proxy restarted through the 2.53.0 CLI kept /healthz on 2.49.0 with a replacement command line still inside the 2.49.0 package tree.

The CLI already learns the proxy's app version from the attested /healthz body, and doctor/status already compare it against the invoking bundle via computeVersionSkew(). Reuse that exact comparison in requestBoundSystemRestart: refuse before POST when the versions differ (either direction), and surface the documented stop/start transaction instead. Placeholder versions (unknown/0.0.0) stay incomparable rather than mismatched, so dev bundles and version-less proxies keep the existing behavior.

Server-side enforcement would require extending the restart capability payload with the client version (a v1 contract change) and is left to maintainers; this closes the reported CLI hole without touching the wire contract.
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The restart client now compares the invoking CLI version with the proxy version from /healthz. It rejects mismatches before POST /api/system/restart, while matching and placeholder versions continue. The CLI reports ocx stop followed by ocx start for rejected restarts.

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Restart Version Skew Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Version comparison and restart gating
src/cli/system-restart-client.ts, tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts
requestBoundSystemRestart compares the CLI version with the proxy’s reported version before posting. Mismatches return restart_version_skew without a POST. Matching and placeholder versions continue the restart path.
Restart error and recovery message
src/cli/index.ts
The CLI explains that an in-place restart is refused and directs the recovery command to ocx stop followed by ocx start.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d743c

An unknown proxy version should permit restart, but this case is not protected by the new tests. Add the focused coverage before merging.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed For #4522, src/cli/system-restart-client.ts compares the invoking CLI version with the attested /healthz proxy version through computeVersionSkew(). It returns restart_version_skew before the …
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리뷰 · 우선순위 73 / 80

이 PR은 이슈 #4522를 고칩니다. 문제는 이렇습니다. 버전 매니저로 OpenCodex를 올린 뒤, 새 CLI에서 ocx restart를 치면 이미 떠 있던 무감독(standalone) 프록시가 자기 옛 설치로 다시 살아납니다. PID만 바뀌고 /healthz 버전과 실행 트리는 옛 것입니다. 사용자는 restart를 stop+ensure와 같다고 읽는데, 실제로는 “옛 바이너리 자기복제”가 성공으로 보고됩니다.

지금 dev(HEAD df7dc1be5, package.json 2.54.0) 코드도 그 설명과 맞습니다. CLI restart는 라이브 프록시에 POST /api/system/restart를 맡깁니다(src/cli/system-restart-client.tssrc/server/management/system-restart.ts). 무감독 교체는 selfLaunchArgv요청을 받은 프로세스 자신execPath/argv[1]을 다시 씁니다. 그래서 호출 CLI가 2.53/2.54여도, 프록시가 2.49면 교체도 2.49입니다. src/cli/version-skew.tscomputeVersionSkew는 이미 doctor/status가 CLI↔프록시 버전을 비교할 때 쓰는 함수입니다. 이 PR은 그 비교를 restart 경로에 그대로 가져와, 버전이 다르면 POST 전에 restart_version_skew로 거절하고 ocx stopocx start를 안내합니다. placeholder(unknown/0.0.0)는 “비교 불가”로 두어 기존 동작을 유지합니다. 서버 capability를 v2로 올려 client version을 HMAC에 실는 큰 계약 변경은 일부러 하지 않았습니다. supervised 서비스는 서비스 정의 launcher를 쓰므로(#3464/#2898) 이 구멍과 무관합니다.

왜 지금 점수인가. #4522 리뷰에서 말한 최소 수정(skew면 조용한 self-spawn 성공을 막고 워크어라운드를 문구로 돌리기)을 정확히 구현했습니다. 재사용이 좋고, 테스트가 거절/허용/placeholder를 나눕니다. 다만 근본 원인인 selfLaunchArgv self-spawn은 그대로라 “새 설치로 갈아타기”까지는 가지 않습니다. 또 아직 draft이고 readiness checklist가 비어 있습니다. 그래서 이슈(74)보다 한 단계 낮게 73으로 둡니다. 최근 dev#4510/#4520 desktop-app restart와는 축이 다릅니다. 여기는 프록시 프로세스 lifecycle입니다.

라인 - src/cli/system-restart-client.ts (신규 가드) - /healthz attestation과 restartCapability 확인 뒤에 computeVersionSkew를 넣고, skewed면 POST 없이 restart_version_skew를 반환한다. 위치는 맞다. 증명된 body.version을 쓴다.
라인 - src/cli/index.ts reportRestartFailure - restart_version_skew 분기에서 stop+start를 안내한다. error.message로 코드를 읽는 기존 관례와 맞다.
라인 - tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts - 옛 프록시/새 CLI, 새 프록시/옛 CLI, non-semver 불일치에서 POST 0회를 고정하고, 버전 일치·0.0.0은 기존 경로를 유지한다. 기존 스위트에 cliVersion: "test"를 넣어 가드가 끼어들지 않게 한 것도 맞다.
경로/심볼 - src/cli/version-skew.ts computeVersionSkew - doctor/status와 같은 비교라 진단과 restart 거절이 어긋나지 않는다. 재구현하지 않은 선택이 좋다.
경로/심볼 - src/server/management/system-restart.ts / src/lib/self-launch-argv.ts - 이 PR이 건드리지 않는다. 거절만 하므로, 같은 버전끼리 restart하면 여전히 self-spawn이다(의도된 범위).
경로/심볼 - docs/ocx restart 도움말 - 본문에 문서 diff는 없다. lifecycle 문서는 아직 “in place restart”만 말하고 버전 skew 거절을 적지 않는다. 머지 전에 한 문장 보강이 있으면 운영자가 덜 헷갈린다.
경로/심볼 - PR 상태 - draft, checklist 미체크, CI hygiene/label/enforce-target은 통과·전체 제품 suite는 작성자 로컬 43+typecheck 주장. ready 표시 전이다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • 이번 PR처럼 거절 + stop/start 안내만으로 #4522를 닫을지, 아니면 호출 CLI launcher를 identity-verified로 실어 새 설치로 교체하는 follow-up을 열지
  • HMAC restart capability에 client version을 넣는 서버측 v2를 별도 이슈로 받을지(작성자가 범위 밖으로 둔 선택)
  • draft를 ready로 올리기 전에 docs-site lifecycle의 ocx restart 절에 skew 거절 문장을 넣을지

너의 추천
방향은 #4522 최소 수정과 일치하니 유지·리베이스 부담 없음(이미 dev tip 기준 ahead 1). checklist와 필요하면 docs 한 줄 보강한 뒤 draft 해제하고, focused test+typecheck 그린 확인 후 dev에 머지하라. 서버 v2와 “caller launcher로 교체”는 이 PR에 억지로 넣지 말고 후속으로 남겨라. #4510 desktop restart와 혼동하지 말고 #4522만 닫으면 된다.

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In `@tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts`:
- Around line 203-223: Add a parallel restart-client test case using health
response version "unknown", while keeping the CLI version and successful
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test("treats a placeholder proxy version as incomparable and keeps the restart path", async () => {
const setup = successfulDeps();
setup.deps.cliVersion = "2.53.0";
setup.deps.fetchImpl = (async (input: string | URL | Request, init?: RequestInit) => {
const url = String(input);
setup.requests.push({ url, init });
if (url.endsWith("/healthz")) {
const response = successfulDepsResponse(setup.secret, setup.challenge);
const body = await response.json() as Record<string, unknown>;
body.version = "0.0.0";
return new Response(JSON.stringify(body), {
status: 200,
headers: response.headers,
});
}
return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }), { status: 202 });
}) as typeof fetch;

expect(await requestBoundSystemRestart(target, 10_000, setup.deps)).toEqual({ accepted: true });
expect(setup.requests).toHaveLength(2);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add an unknown proxy-version case

src/cli/version-skew.ts:14-15 defines both "unknown" and "0.0.0" as placeholders. computeVersionSkew suppresses skew for either value at lines 59-62. The restart client passes the attested body.version unchanged to this helper. The current test covers only "0.0.0" at tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts:212, so it would not detect a regression that treats "unknown" as skewed and blocks the POST. Add an "unknown" health-version case and assert that the POST occurs.

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In `@tests/cli/system-restart-client.test.ts` around lines 203 - 223, Add a
parallel restart-client test case using health response version "unknown", while
keeping the CLI version and successful dependency setup unchanged. Invoke
requestBoundSystemRestart and assert it returns { accepted: true } and that
setup.requests contains both the health check and POST, verifying the
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lidge-jun added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 13, 2026
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Refuses an in-place restart when the CLI version differs from the running proxy, so a newer CLI no longer hands restart to an older server that then respawns its own binary and reports success. Adds the unknown-health-version regression alongside the placeholder case.

Carries #4529 by Voyagerroc-Lab.

Verification: local product suite, typecheck, build and install NOT RUN. Hosted Cross-platform CI run 34775280313 succeeded at a523f0f. Merged through maintainer self-integration per MAINTAINERS.md.

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Landed via #4545 at e30f1d2

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Superseded by maintainer landing #4545 (merged at e30f1d2). Closing leftover original.

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