π File detail
bridge/bridgePointer.ts
π― Use case
This file lives under βbridge/β, which covers the bridge between the UI/shell and the agent (IPC, REPL hooks, permissions, session glue). On the API surface it exposes BRIDGE_POINTER_TTL_MS, BridgePointer, getBridgePointerPath, writeBridgePointer, and readBridgePointer (and more) β mainly functions, hooks, or classes. Dependencies touch Node filesystem, Node path helpers, and schema validation. It composes internal code from utils (relative imports).
Generated from folder role, exports, dependency roots, and inline comments β not hand-reviewed for every path.
π§ Inline summary
import { mkdir, readFile, stat, unlink, writeFile } from 'fs/promises' import { dirname, join } from 'path' import { z } from 'zod/v4' import { logForDebugging } from '../utils/debug.js' import { isENOENT } from '../utils/errors.js'
π€ Exports (heuristic)
BRIDGE_POINTER_TTL_MSBridgePointergetBridgePointerPathwriteBridgePointerreadBridgePointerreadBridgePointerAcrossWorktreesclearBridgePointer
π External import roots
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π₯οΈ Source preview
import { mkdir, readFile, stat, unlink, writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
import { dirname, join } from 'path'
import { z } from 'zod/v4'
import { logForDebugging } from '../utils/debug.js'
import { isENOENT } from '../utils/errors.js'
import { getWorktreePathsPortable } from '../utils/getWorktreePathsPortable.js'
import { lazySchema } from '../utils/lazySchema.js'
import {
getProjectsDir,
sanitizePath,
} from '../utils/sessionStoragePortable.js'
import { jsonParse, jsonStringify } from '../utils/slowOperations.js'
/**
* Upper bound on worktree fanout. git worktree list is naturally bounded
* (50 is a LOT), but this caps the parallel stat() burst and guards against
* pathological setups. Above this, --continue falls back to current-dir-only.
*/
const MAX_WORKTREE_FANOUT = 50
/**
* Crash-recovery pointer for Remote Control sessions.
*
* Written immediately after a bridge session is created, periodically
* refreshed during the session, and cleared on clean shutdown. If the
* process dies unclean (crash, kill -9, terminal closed), the pointer
* persists. On next startup, `claude remote-control` detects it and offers
* to resume via the --session-id flow from #20460.
*
* Staleness is checked against the file's mtime (not an embedded timestamp)
* so that a periodic re-write with the same content serves as a refresh β
* matches the backend's rolling BRIDGE_LAST_POLL_TTL (4h) semantics. A
* bridge that's been polling for 5+ hours and then crashes still has a
* fresh pointer as long as the refresh ran within the window.
*
* Scoped per working directory (alongside transcript JSONL files) so two
* concurrent bridges in different repos don't clobber each other.
*/
export const BRIDGE_POINTER_TTL_MS = 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000
const BridgePointerSchema = lazySchema(() =>
z.object({
sessionId: z.string(),
environmentId: z.string(),
source: z.enum(['standalone', 'repl']),
}),
)
export type BridgePointer = z.infer<ReturnType<typeof BridgePointerSchema>>
export function getBridgePointerPath(dir: string): string {
return join(getProjectsDir(), sanitizePath(dir), 'bridge-pointer.json')
}
/**
* Write the pointer. Also used to refresh mtime during long sessions β
* calling with the same IDs is a cheap no-content-change write that bumps
* the staleness clock. Best-effort β a crash-recovery file must never
* itself cause a crash. Logs and swallows on error.
*/
export async function writeBridgePointer(
dir: string,
pointer: BridgePointer,
): Promise<void> {
const path = getBridgePointerPath(dir)
try {
await mkdir(dirname(path), { recursive: true })
await writeFile(path, jsonStringify(pointer), 'utf8')
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] wrote ${path}`)
} catch (err: unknown) {
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] write failed: ${err}`, { level: 'warn' })
}
}
/**
* Read the pointer and its age (ms since last write). Operates directly
* and handles errors β no existence check (CLAUDE.md TOCTOU rule). Returns
* null on any failure: missing file, corrupted JSON, schema mismatch, or
* stale (mtime > 4h ago). Stale/invalid pointers are deleted so they don't
* keep re-prompting after the backend has already GC'd the env.
*/
export async function readBridgePointer(
dir: string,
): Promise<(BridgePointer & { ageMs: number }) | null> {
const path = getBridgePointerPath(dir)
let raw: string
let mtimeMs: number
try {
// stat for mtime (staleness anchor), then read. Two syscalls, but both
// are needed β mtime IS the data we return, not a TOCTOU guard.
mtimeMs = (await stat(path)).mtimeMs
raw = await readFile(path, 'utf8')
} catch {
return null
}
const parsed = BridgePointerSchema().safeParse(safeJsonParse(raw))
if (!parsed.success) {
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] invalid schema, clearing: ${path}`)
await clearBridgePointer(dir)
return null
}
const ageMs = Math.max(0, Date.now() - mtimeMs)
if (ageMs > BRIDGE_POINTER_TTL_MS) {
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] stale (>4h mtime), clearing: ${path}`)
await clearBridgePointer(dir)
return null
}
return { ...parsed.data, ageMs }
}
/**
* Worktree-aware read for `--continue`. The REPL bridge writes its pointer
* to `getOriginalCwd()` which EnterWorktreeTool/activeWorktreeSession can
* mutate to a worktree path β but `claude remote-control --continue` runs
* with `resolve('.')` = shell CWD. This fans out across git worktree
* siblings to find the freshest pointer, matching /resume's semantics.
*
* Fast path: checks `dir` first. Only shells out to `git worktree list` if
* that misses β the common case (pointer in launch dir) is one stat, zero
* exec. Fanout reads run in parallel; capped at MAX_WORKTREE_FANOUT.
*
* Returns the pointer AND the dir it was found in, so the caller can clear
* the right file on resume failure.
*/
export async function readBridgePointerAcrossWorktrees(
dir: string,
): Promise<{ pointer: BridgePointer & { ageMs: number }; dir: string } | null> {
// Fast path: current dir. Covers standalone bridge (always matches) and
// REPL bridge when no worktree mutation happened.
const here = await readBridgePointer(dir)
if (here) {
return { pointer: here, dir }
}
// Fanout: scan worktree siblings. getWorktreePathsPortable has a 5s
// timeout and returns [] on any error (not a git repo, git not installed).
const worktrees = await getWorktreePathsPortable(dir)
if (worktrees.length <= 1) return null
if (worktrees.length > MAX_WORKTREE_FANOUT) {
logForDebugging(
`[bridge:pointer] ${worktrees.length} worktrees exceeds fanout cap ${MAX_WORKTREE_FANOUT}, skipping`,
)
return null
}
// Dedupe against `dir` so we don't re-stat it. sanitizePath normalizes
// case/separators so worktree-list output matches our fast-path key even
// on Windows where git may emit C:/ vs stored c:/.
const dirKey = sanitizePath(dir)
const candidates = worktrees.filter(wt => sanitizePath(wt) !== dirKey)
// Parallel stat+read. Each readBridgePointer is a stat() that ENOENTs
// for worktrees with no pointer (cheap) plus a ~100-byte read for the
// rare ones that have one. Promise.all β latency β slowest single stat.
const results = await Promise.all(
candidates.map(async wt => {
const p = await readBridgePointer(wt)
return p ? { pointer: p, dir: wt } : null
}),
)
// Pick freshest (lowest ageMs). The pointer stores environmentId so
// resume reconnects to the right env regardless of which worktree
// --continue was invoked from.
let freshest: {
pointer: BridgePointer & { ageMs: number }
dir: string
} | null = null
for (const r of results) {
if (r && (!freshest || r.pointer.ageMs < freshest.pointer.ageMs)) {
freshest = r
}
}
if (freshest) {
logForDebugging(
`[bridge:pointer] fanout found pointer in worktree ${freshest.dir} (ageMs=${freshest.pointer.ageMs})`,
)
}
return freshest
}
/**
* Delete the pointer. Idempotent β ENOENT is expected when the process
* shut down clean previously.
*/
export async function clearBridgePointer(dir: string): Promise<void> {
const path = getBridgePointerPath(dir)
try {
await unlink(path)
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] cleared ${path}`)
} catch (err: unknown) {
if (!isENOENT(err)) {
logForDebugging(`[bridge:pointer] clear failed: ${err}`, {
level: 'warn',
})
}
}
}
function safeJsonParse(raw: string): unknown {
try {
return jsonParse(raw)
} catch {
return null
}
}