fix(runtime): stop the readiness probe from stealing the guest exposure port (#11788)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The workspace runtime starts guest processes and exposes their
ports.
> - The readiness wait bound the guest port to test whether it was
ready.
> - That bind could take the port before the guest process used it.
> - This pull request reads listener state without a competing bind and
recovers from a real port collision.
> - The benefit is stable runtime exposure and a clear recovery path for
a genuine collision.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

The managed HTTPS exposure test failed intermittently with `listen
EADDRINUSE` on `127.0.0.1:42000`. The readiness wait bound the guest
port before the guest process could bind it.

**Expected behavior**

The readiness wait must not hold the guest port. The runtime must
recover when an external process owns the assigned port.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run `npx vitest run
server/src/services/workspace-runtime-exposure.test.ts` from the
repository root.
2. Inject a delayed guest bind and a widened readiness-probe hold.
3. Observe the port collision before this fix and the successful retry
after this fix.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`b375bbd913cb2edc8e077f4339ce0745e53bd462`

**Deployment mode**

Built from source with the server test suite.

**Installation method**

Built from source with pnpm.

**Agent adapter(s) involved**

Not adapter-specific. This is a core runtime test.

**Database mode**

Not database-related.

**Relevant logs or output**

Before this fix, the test reported `listen EADDRINUSE: address already
in use 127.0.0.1:42000`.

## What Changed

- Read listener presence from `/proc` on Linux instead of binding the
guest port.
- Keep the bind probe as the fallback on non-Linux hosts.
- Capture the current port owner when an exposed guest exits with
`EADDRINUSE`.
- Quarantine the app and HMR pair, then allocate the next free port pair
within the existing range.
- Add a deterministic regression test for quarantine, re-allocation, and
self-diagnosis logging.

## Verification

- Run `npx vitest run
server/src/services/workspace-runtime-exposure.test.ts` from the
repository root.
- The target suite passes 19 tests locally.
- The related runtime suites pass 105, 128, and 21 tests locally.
- Run `tsc -p server/tsconfig.json` to check the changed server files.
- CI must pass the general server shard and all required checks.
- Greptile must report 5/5 with no open P2 comments, recommendations, or
follow-ups.

## Risks

The Linux readiness path now depends on `/proc` listener data. Non-Linux
hosts retain the existing bind-probe fallback. The port range and
allocation limit do not change.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-5. This agent used tool calls for repository checks and
GitHub PR management. Priya Raman authored the code change.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` /
`Closes: #` / `Refs: #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the
relevant issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import {
readListenerBindFacts,
} from "./runtime-exposure/loopback-listener.js";
import {
classifyExposureHostCollisions,
type ExposurePortHostState,
resetRuntimeServicesForTests,
setWorkspaceRuntimeExposureDepsForTests,
startRuntimeServicesForWorkspaceControl,
@ -121,6 +123,58 @@ for (const q of [p, p + 10000]) {
setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
`;
/**
* A guest that prints a synthetic `EADDRINUSE` line for its assigned port with no
* host listener behind it, then exits. It models guest-controlled output that
* claims a collision the host cannot confirm. The runtime must not quarantine the
* pair on the printed line alone. Otherwise repeated starts drain the shared
* exposure-port pool. The start must surface the failure terminally after a single
* allocation.
*/
const SYNTHETIC_EADDRINUSE_ON_BASE_PORT_GUEST = `
import http from "node:http";
const p = Number(process.env.PORT);
if (p === 42000) {
process.stderr.write("node:events:497\\nError: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:" + p + "\\n");
process.exit(1);
}
const health = (rq, r) => { if (rq.url === "/api/health") { r.setHeader("content-type", "application/json"); r.end(JSON.stringify({ status: "ok" })); return true; } return false; };
for (const q of [p, p + 10000]) {
http.createServer((rq, r) => { if (health(rq, r)) return; r.statusCode = 200; r.end("ok"); }).listen(q, "127.0.0.1");
}
setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
`;
/**
* A guest that exits with `EADDRINUSE` on an unrelated auxiliary port, never on
* its assigned app or HMR port. It models a fixed helper listener (for example an
* inspector or metrics port) that an external process already holds. The managed
* start must not quarantine the valid exposure pair; it must surface the failure
* terminally after a single allocation.
*/
const EADDRINUSE_ON_AUXILIARY_PORT_GUEST = `
import http from "node:http";
process.stderr.write("node:events:497\\nError: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:39999\\n");
process.exit(1);
`;
/**
* A guest that fails with `EADDRINUSE` on an unrelated auxiliary port, and also
* prints the assigned app port on a separate, benign line. It models mixed
* startup output: one line names the assigned port for an informational reason,
* a different line reports the auxiliary-port conflict. The parser must match the
* error and the port on the same line, so the benign mention of the assigned port
* must not trigger a wrong quarantine. The managed start must surface the failure
* terminally after a single allocation.
*/
const EADDRINUSE_ON_AUXILIARY_PORT_WITH_ASSIGNED_MENTION_GUEST = `
import http from "node:http";
const p = Number(process.env.PORT);
process.stderr.write("[dev] server ready on http://127.0.0.1:" + p + "/\\n");
process.stderr.write("node:events:497\\nError: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:39999\\n");
process.exit(1);
`;
beforeAll(async () => {
guestDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "pap-17256-guest-"));
await fs.writeFile(path.join(guestDir, "dev-runner.mjs"), PRE_MANAGED_EXPOSURE_GUEST);
@ -130,6 +184,28 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
path.join(guestDir, "dev-runner-bind-conflict.mjs"),
'process.stderr.write("local_trusted requires server.bind=loopback\\n"); process.exit(1);\n',
);
// A guest that prints a synthetic EADDRINUSE line for its assigned port with no
// host listener behind it. It models guest-controlled output that claims a
// collision the host cannot confirm. The start must not quarantine the pair.
await fs.writeFile(
path.join(guestDir, "dev-runner-eaddrinuse-synthetic.mjs"),
SYNTHETIC_EADDRINUSE_ON_BASE_PORT_GUEST,
);
// A guest that fails on a fixed auxiliary port, not on its assigned app or HMR
// port. It models an unrelated helper listener that an external process holds.
// The assigned exposure pair stays valid, so the start must not quarantine it.
await fs.writeFile(
path.join(guestDir, "dev-runner-eaddrinuse-auxiliary.mjs"),
EADDRINUSE_ON_AUXILIARY_PORT_GUEST,
);
// A guest that fails on an auxiliary port and also prints the assigned app port
// on a separate, benign line. It models mixed output where the assigned port
// appears for an unrelated reason. The parser must match the error and the port
// on the same line, so the start must not quarantine the valid exposure pair.
await fs.writeFile(
path.join(guestDir, "dev-runner-eaddrinuse-auxiliary-mixed.mjs"),
EADDRINUSE_ON_AUXILIARY_PORT_WITH_ASSIGNED_MENTION_GUEST,
);
});
afterAll(async () => {
@ -671,3 +747,222 @@ describe("the deployed failure shape: loopback app port, wildcard HMR (PAP-17256
expect(calls).toEqual(["reserve", "remove"]);
}, 20_000);
});
describe("recovers when a guest loses its assigned exposure port during startup (PAP-17256)", () => {
// The quarantine decision itself is unit-tested through
// `classifyExposureHostCollisions` below. A deterministic end-to-end quarantine
// test is not reachable here: a real host listener that holds the assigned port
// is intercepted earlier, either by the pre-spawn ownership guard or by the
// allocated-port bind wait, before the EADDRINUSE-text quarantine branch runs.
it("does not quarantine the pair when the guest fabricates an assigned-port EADDRINUSE with no host listener", async () => {
const { broker } = createBroker();
const reservedAppPorts: number[] = [];
const recordingBroker: BrokerClient = {
...broker,
async reserve(runtimeId, requested) {
reservedAppPorts.push(requested[0]!.port);
return broker.reserve(runtimeId, requested);
},
};
installDeps({ broker: recordingBroker });
const logs: string[] = [];
const error = await startRuntimeServicesForWorkspaceControl({
...startInput({
serviceName: "paperclip-dev",
command: `${guestCommand("dev-runner-eaddrinuse-synthetic.mjs")} --bind lan`,
expose: LEGACY_HTTP_EXPOSE,
port: { type: "auto", envKey: "PORT" },
}),
onLog: async (_stream, chunk) => {
logs.push(chunk);
},
}).then(() => null, (err: unknown) => err as Error);
// No host listener owns 42000, so the printed EADDRINUSE line is unverified.
// The start fails terminally after ONE allocation and never burns the pool.
expect(error).not.toBeNull();
expect(error!.message).toContain("42000");
expect(error!.message).toContain("not verified");
expect(reservedAppPorts).toEqual([42_000]);
// No quarantine and no re-allocation happened for the unverified claim.
const diagnosis = logs.join("");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("Quarantined pair");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("collided during startup");
}, 25_000);
it("does not quarantine the pair for an EADDRINUSE on an unrelated auxiliary port", async () => {
const { broker } = createBroker();
const reservedAppPorts: number[] = [];
const recordingBroker: BrokerClient = {
...broker,
async reserve(runtimeId, requested) {
reservedAppPorts.push(requested[0]!.port);
return broker.reserve(runtimeId, requested);
},
};
installDeps({ broker: recordingBroker });
const logs: string[] = [];
const error = await startRuntimeServicesForWorkspaceControl({
...startInput({
serviceName: "paperclip-dev",
command: `${guestCommand("dev-runner-eaddrinuse-auxiliary.mjs")} --bind lan`,
expose: LEGACY_HTTP_EXPOSE,
port: { type: "auto", envKey: "PORT" },
}),
onLog: async (_stream, chunk) => {
logs.push(chunk);
},
}).then(() => null, (err: unknown) => err as Error);
// The failure names an unrelated port, so the assigned pair is not a
// collision. The start fails terminally after ONE allocation, and never
// burns the bounded retries on a valid pair.
expect(error).not.toBeNull();
expect(error!.message).toContain("39999");
expect(reservedAppPorts).toEqual([42_000]);
// No quarantine and no re-allocation happened for the auxiliary conflict.
const diagnosis = logs.join("");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("Quarantined pair");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("collided during startup");
}, 25_000);
it("does not quarantine when an auxiliary EADDRINUSE mixes with a benign assigned-port line", async () => {
const { broker } = createBroker();
const reservedAppPorts: number[] = [];
const recordingBroker: BrokerClient = {
...broker,
async reserve(runtimeId, requested) {
reservedAppPorts.push(requested[0]!.port);
return broker.reserve(runtimeId, requested);
},
};
installDeps({ broker: recordingBroker });
const logs: string[] = [];
const error = await startRuntimeServicesForWorkspaceControl({
...startInput({
serviceName: "paperclip-dev",
command: `${guestCommand("dev-runner-eaddrinuse-auxiliary-mixed.mjs")} --bind lan`,
expose: LEGACY_HTTP_EXPOSE,
port: { type: "auto", envKey: "PORT" },
}),
onLog: async (_stream, chunk) => {
logs.push(chunk);
},
}).then(() => null, (err: unknown) => err as Error);
// The assigned port 42000 appears on a benign line, but EADDRINUSE names only
// the auxiliary port 39999. The parser matches the error and the port on the
// same line, so the assigned pair is not a collision. The start fails
// terminally after ONE allocation and never quarantines the valid pair.
expect(error).not.toBeNull();
expect(error!.message).toContain("39999");
expect(reservedAppPorts).toEqual([42_000]);
const diagnosis = logs.join("");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("Quarantined pair");
expect(diagnosis).not.toContain("collided during startup");
}, 25_000);
});
describe("classifyExposureHostCollisions gates quarantine on verified host state", () => {
const state = (over: Partial<ExposurePortHostState> & { port: number }): ExposurePortHostState => ({
named: false,
listenerPresent: false,
ownerPid: null,
ownerProcessGroupId: null,
...over,
});
it("reports a host collision when a named port has a present listener owned by another process", () => {
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [
state({ port: 42_000, named: true, listenerPresent: true, ownerPid: 9999 }),
state({ port: 52_000, named: false, listenerPresent: false, ownerPid: null }),
],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [42_000], hostCollision: true });
});
it("treats a present listener with an unknown owner as a host collision", () => {
// /proc proves a listener, and a guest that lost its assigned port does not
// hold it, so an unknown owner still counts as the host.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [state({ port: 42_000, named: true, listenerPresent: true, ownerPid: null })],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [42_000], hostCollision: true });
});
it("does not report a collision when the named port has no listener", () => {
// A synthetic EADDRINUSE line with no host listener behind it. Quarantine here
// would drain the shared exposure-port pool across repeated starts.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [state({ port: 42_000, named: true, listenerPresent: false, ownerPid: null })],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [], hostCollision: false });
});
it("does not report a collision when the guest itself owns the present listener", () => {
// The guest bound and holds its own port, so this is not a host collision.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [state({ port: 42_000, named: true, listenerPresent: true, ownerPid: 4242 })],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [], hostCollision: false });
});
it("does not report a collision when a guest descendant owns the present listener", () => {
// The runtime launches the guest as a shell process group leader (pid 4242).
// The real dev server binds the port from a descendant (pid 9999) that shares
// the shell process group. The owner pid differs from the shell pid, but the
// owner process group id matches it, so this is the guest, not the host. A raw
// pid equality would quarantine this valid pair until the shared pool drains.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [
state({
port: 42_000,
named: true,
listenerPresent: true,
ownerPid: 9999,
ownerProcessGroupId: 4242,
}),
],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [], hostCollision: false });
});
it("reports a host collision when the owner and its process group are both external", () => {
// A different process group holds the port, so neither the shell pid nor the
// process group matches. This is a real external owner and quarantine is right.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [
state({
port: 42_000,
named: true,
listenerPresent: true,
ownerPid: 9999,
ownerProcessGroupId: 8888,
}),
],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [42_000], hostCollision: true });
});
it("ignores a present listener on a port the failure text did not name", () => {
// An auxiliary-port conflict leaves the assigned pair valid.
const result = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: 4242,
ports: [state({ port: 42_000, named: false, listenerPresent: true, ownerPid: 9999 })],
});
expect(result).toEqual({ hostCollisionPorts: [], hostCollision: false });
});
});

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@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import {
isLocalServiceProcessInWorkspace,
openLocalServiceLogFile,
readLocalServiceProcessCwd,
readLocalServiceProcessGroupId,
readLocalServicePortOwner,
removeLocalServiceRegistryRecord,
terminateLocalService,
@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ import {
reserveExposure,
type ExposureManagerDeps,
} from "./runtime-exposure/exposure-manager.js";
import { diagnoseRuntimeListenerBinds } from "./runtime-exposure/loopback-listener.js";
import { diagnoseRuntimeListenerBinds, readListenerBindFacts } from "./runtime-exposure/loopback-listener.js";
import { allocateExposurePortPair } from "./runtime-exposure/port-pair.js";
import {
buildExposureReservationLedger,
@ -266,11 +267,28 @@ const DEFAULT_TAILSCALE_BROKER_SOCKET = "/run/paperclip-tailscale-broker/broker.
class RuntimeServicePortBindCollision extends Error {
readonly port: number;
/**
* Who held the port when the collision was seen, captured at failure time.
* Null when no owner remained (a transient racer that already released it).
*/
readonly diagnosis: string | null;
constructor(port: number) {
super(`Runtime service could not bind allocated port ${port}`);
/**
* True when the port is only a preference and the caller may re-allocate a
* different one. Exposed runtimes always draw from the dedicated broker range,
* so a collision on the assigned port is recoverable by taking the next pair.
*/
readonly exposureReallocatable: boolean;
constructor(port: number, diagnosis: string | null = null, exposureReallocatable = false) {
super(
`Runtime service could not bind allocated port ${port}` +
(diagnosis ? ` (${diagnosis})` : ""),
);
this.name = "RuntimeServicePortBindCollision";
this.port = port;
this.diagnosis = diagnosis;
this.exposureReallocatable = exposureReallocatable;
}
}
@ -4241,6 +4259,102 @@ async function canBindRuntimePort(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
});
}
/**
* True when a loopback listener is present on the port, read WITHOUT binding it.
*
* The readiness wait must never bind the exact port the guest is about to bind.
* A probe `listen()` holds the port for the length of one bind/close, and if the
* guest's own `listen()` lands in that window the guest fails with EADDRINUSE on
* its assigned port. That self-inflicted race is the runtime exposure port flake
* (a slow guest under load loses the race to the parent probe). A `/proc` read
* carries the same "a listener appeared" signal with no bind. Where `/proc` is
* absent (non-Linux dev hosts), fall back to the bind probe; those hosts do not
* run the concurrent managed lanes that expose the race.
*/
async function hasLoopbackPortListener(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
const facts = await readListenerBindFacts(port).catch(() => null);
if (facts) return facts.present;
return !(await canBindRuntimePort(port));
}
/**
* True when one line of the failure text reports an EADDRINUSE bind conflict on
* the given port.
*
* Node prints the failing bind on a single line, for example
* `Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:42000`. The match
* requires the EADDRINUSE marker and the port on the SAME line. So an
* auxiliary-port conflict on one line cannot combine with an unrelated
* assigned-port mention on a different, benign line and trigger a wrong
* quarantine.
*
* Node formats a bind address as `host:port`, so the failing port always
* follows a colon (for example `127.0.0.1:42000` or `:::42000`). The match
* requires that colon and a full-number boundary. So a different port in the
* same line cannot look like the assigned app or HMR port, and port 4200 never
* matches `:42000`.
*/
function eaddrinuseTextNamesPort(text: string, port: number): boolean {
const eaddrinusePattern = /EADDRINUSE|address already in use/i;
const portPattern = new RegExp(`:${port}(?![0-9])`);
return text
.split(/\r?\n/)
.some((line) => eaddrinusePattern.test(line) && portPattern.test(line));
}
/** Live host listener state for one assigned exposure port, read after a failure. */
export interface ExposurePortHostState {
port: number;
/** True when the failure text reports EADDRINUSE for this port on one line. */
named: boolean;
/** True when a real listener holds the port now (from /proc or lsof). */
listenerPresent: boolean;
/** The listener pid, or null when unknown. */
ownerPid: number | null;
/** The process group id of the listener owner, or null when unknown. */
ownerProcessGroupId: number | null;
}
/**
* Decide which assigned exposure ports a real host listener owns after a guest
* start failure.
*
* The guest owns its own output, so an assigned-port EADDRINUSE line is a claim,
* not proof. A managed guest can print a synthetic EADDRINUSE line for its
* assigned port with no host listener behind it. A quarantine on that text alone
* would drain the shared exposure-port pool across repeated starts. So a port
* counts as a host collision only when all of the following hold:
* - the failure text names the port with EADDRINUSE, and
* - a real listener is present on the port now, and
* - the listener owner is not the guest process the runtime just launched, nor a
* descendant of it.
*
* The runtime launches the guest as a shell process group leader, so the real dev
* server usually binds the port from a descendant, not the shell pid itself. The
* ownership test therefore matches the shell pid against both the owner pid and
* the owner process group id. This is the same process-group attribution that
* `isLocalServiceProcessOwnedBy` applies on the host platform. A raw pid equality
* would treat a guest descendant as an external owner and quarantine a valid pair.
*
* An unknown owner with a present listener counts as a host owner: the /proc read
* proves a listener, and a guest that lost its assigned port does not hold it.
*/
export function classifyExposureHostCollisions(input: {
childPid: number | null;
ports: ExposurePortHostState[];
}): { hostCollisionPorts: number[]; hostCollision: boolean } {
const hostCollisionPorts: number[] = [];
for (const state of input.ports) {
const guestOwnsPort =
input.childPid != null &&
(state.ownerPid === input.childPid || state.ownerProcessGroupId === input.childPid);
if (state.named && state.listenerPresent && !guestOwnsPort) {
hostCollisionPorts.push(state.port);
}
}
return { hostCollisionPorts, hostCollision: hostCollisionPorts.length > 0 };
}
async function readReservedRuntimePorts(input: {
db?: Db;
ports: number[];
@ -4717,9 +4831,10 @@ async function waitForAllocatedPortBind(input: {
return;
}
// A failed bind probe proves only that some listener appeared. If listener ownership cannot
// A present listener proves only that some listener appeared. If listener ownership cannot
// be attributed to this child after a stability delay, retry instead of accepting a sibling.
if (!(await canBindRuntimePort(input.port))) {
// The presence read never binds the port, so it cannot steal the port from the child.
if (await hasLoopbackPortListener(input.port)) {
await delay(250);
if (input.child.exitCode !== null || input.child.signalCode !== null) {
throw new Error("service process exited after losing its allocated port");
@ -5950,6 +6065,67 @@ async function spawnLocalRuntimeService(input: StartLocalRuntimeServiceInput): P
&& /(?:EADDRINUSE|address already in use)/i.test(`${failureMessage}\n${serviceOutputExcerpt}`),
)
);
// An exposed guest that exits with EADDRINUSE on its ASSIGNED port lost the
// port after allocation. Only the assigned app or HMR port is re-allocatable
// from the dedicated broker range, so quarantine and re-allocation apply only
// when the failure names one of those ports. An unrelated auxiliary-port
// conflict (a different port the guest also bound) leaves the valid pair
// intact and surfaces as a terminal error, not a quarantine that burns the
// bounded retries.
const exposureAssignedPorts: number[] =
exposureConfig && port
? [port, ...(exposureConfig.includePaperclipViteHmr ? [deriveViteHmrPort(port)] : [])]
: [];
const collisionText = `${failureMessage}\n${serviceOutputExcerpt}`;
const exposureNamedPorts = exposureAssignedPorts.filter((candidate) =>
eaddrinuseTextNamesPort(collisionText, candidate),
);
// The guest owns its own output, so an assigned-port EADDRINUSE line is a
// claim, not proof. A managed guest can print a synthetic EADDRINUSE line for
// its assigned port with no host listener behind it. A quarantine on that text
// alone would burn the shared exposure-port pool across repeated starts. So the
// runtime reads live host listener state and quarantines only after it confirms
// that a real host listener owns the port.
const exposureTextNamesAssignedPort = Boolean(
exposureConfig && port && exposureNamedPorts.length > 0,
);
let exposureCollisionDiagnosis: string | null = null;
let exposureHostCollision = false;
if (exposureTextNamesAssignedPort) {
const facts: string[] = [];
const hostStates: ExposurePortHostState[] = [];
for (const collisionPort of exposureAssignedPorts) {
// `readLocalServicePortOwner` reads lsof and returns the listener pid, so a
// non-null pid also proves a present listener. `readListenerBindFacts` reads
// /proc for the same presence signal and the bound addresses.
const ownerPid = await readLocalServicePortOwner(collisionPort).catch(() => null);
const bind = await readListenerBindFacts(collisionPort).catch(() => null);
// Read the owner process group id too. The guest runs as a shell process
// group leader, so the real dev server usually binds the port from a
// descendant. The classify step matches the shell pid against the owner pgid
// to keep a guest descendant from looking like an external owner.
const ownerProcessGroupId =
ownerPid != null ? await readLocalServiceProcessGroupId(ownerPid).catch(() => null) : null;
hostStates.push({
port: collisionPort,
named: exposureNamedPorts.includes(collisionPort),
listenerPresent: Boolean(bind?.present) || ownerPid != null,
ownerPid,
ownerProcessGroupId,
});
const boundTo = bind?.present ? bind.addresses.join(", ") : "no listener";
facts.push(`port ${collisionPort} bound to ${boundTo}, owner pid ${ownerPid ?? "none"}`);
}
exposureHostCollision = classifyExposureHostCollisions({
childPid: child.pid ?? null,
ports: hostStates,
}).hostCollision;
exposureCollisionDiagnosis = facts.join("; ");
}
// Quarantine the whole assigned pair, not only the named port. The broker
// allocates the app and HMR ports as one unit, so a re-allocation must skip
// both to land on the next free pair.
const exposureCollisionPorts: number[] = exposureHostCollision ? exposureAssignedPorts : [];
if (child.pid) {
await terminateLocalService({
pid: child.pid,
@ -5967,12 +6143,37 @@ async function spawnLocalRuntimeService(input: StartLocalRuntimeServiceInput): P
await persistRuntimeServiceRecord(record.db, record).catch(() => undefined);
}
if (bindCollision && port) throw new RuntimeServicePortBindCollision(port);
if (exposureHostCollision && port) {
// A verified host listener holds the assigned exposure port. Quarantine the
// pair so the bounded re-allocation never re-offers it, then throw a retryable
// collision. `startLocalRuntimeService` re-runs allocation, which skips the
// quarantined pair and takes the next free pair inside the dedicated range.
// This hardens a real host that races an external process for a range port.
for (const collisionPort of exposureCollisionPorts) {
quarantinedRuntimeExposurePorts.add(collisionPort);
}
if (input.onLog) {
await input.onLog(
"stderr",
`[service:${serviceName}] exposure port ${port} collided during startup (EADDRINUSE); `
+ `${exposureCollisionDiagnosis ?? "owner unavailable"}. `
+ `Quarantined pair ${exposureCollisionPorts.join("/")} and reallocating.\n`,
).catch(() => undefined);
}
throw new RuntimeServicePortBindCollision(port, exposureCollisionDiagnosis, true);
}
const deploymentBindConflict = /local_trusted requires server\.bind=loopback/i.test(
`${failureMessage}\n${serviceOutputExcerpt}`,
);
// The guest reported an assigned-port EADDRINUSE, but no host listener owned
// the port. Explain that the runtime did not quarantine the pair, so a future
// occurrence needs no diagnostic cycle and the pool stays intact.
const unverifiedExposureCollision = exposureTextNamesAssignedPort && !exposureHostCollision;
const actionableFailure = deploymentBindConflict
? `${failureMessage} | deployment/bind conflict: local_trusted requires server.bind=loopback; the managed runtime requested an incompatible bind mode`
: failureMessage;
: unverifiedExposureCollision
? `${failureMessage} | exposure port collision not verified: the guest reported EADDRINUSE on assigned port ${exposureNamedPorts.join("/")}, but no host listener owns it (${exposureCollisionDiagnosis ?? "owner unavailable"}); the runtime did not quarantine the pair`
: failureMessage;
throw new Error(
`Failed to start runtime service "${serviceName}": ${actionableFailure}${serviceOutputExcerpt ? ` | output: ${serviceOutputExcerpt.trim()}` : ""}`,
);
@ -6075,7 +6276,12 @@ async function startLocalRuntimeService(
}
return started;
} catch (error) {
if (!(error instanceof RuntimeServicePortBindCollision) || !retryBindCollisions) throw error;
if (
!(error instanceof RuntimeServicePortBindCollision)
|| !(retryBindCollisions || error.exposureReallocatable)
) {
throw error;
}
excludedPorts.add(error.port);
started = null;
}