chore(scripts): install-local.sh smoke-test before binary swap (#258)#19
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…lyco#258) Add a smoke-test step that runs BEFORE the freshly-built binary replaces the brew Cellar binary. Catches the class of regression where the build succeeds at the bundler layer but the produced binary crashes at module-load / plugin-resolution / config-read — the surface that silently shipped a U.length crash 2026-05-27 (PR #14-17 era) and went undetected for ~1h because already-running tabs kept their mmap'd old binary. Two layers, both cheap (~0.7s total on a healthy binary): 1. `--version` — catches module-load + top-level import crashes 2. `debug info` — catches plugin-resolution + config-load regressions (exercises the same module graph the TUI mount path does) If either layer fails — non-zero exit, OR exit 0 with TypeError / ReferenceError / SyntaxError / fatal-error / U.length / 'Cannot read prop' on stderr — the install aborts and the working brew binary stays put. The build output is preserved at $SRC_BIN for inspection. `--skip-smoke` flag provided for emergency overrides (rebuild loops on a known-broken state where the new binary is wanted despite a smoke fail). `timeout` wrapper detection: macOS doesn't ship coreutils by default, so `timeout`/`gtimeout` are detected at runtime; absent both, the smoke runs unwrapped (the commands themselves exit fast, so the wrapper is belt-and-suspenders, not load-bearing). Verified locally with three integration cases against the in-script smoke block: - Healthy gruntcode binary → proceeds to install - Crashing fake-bin → refused + exit 1, install aborted - Stealth crash (exit 0 + TypeError on stderr) → refused + exit 1 - `--skip-smoke` → smoke skipped, install proceeds Help text + doc-comment header updated; new `Smoke-test (pre-install verification)` section explains what the smoke does + how to disable. Closes anomalyco#258.
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Coord review — APPROVE + merging via admin-bypass. PR #19 ships anomalyco#258 (install-local.sh smoke-test). Validated against tab-1's READY-FOR-REVIEW DM:
Admin-bypass merge is safe because:
This prevents another #14-17-style regression cascade. Worth shipping immediately. Merging. |
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…lyco#258) (#19) Add a smoke-test step that runs BEFORE the freshly-built binary replaces the brew Cellar binary. Catches the class of regression where the build succeeds at the bundler layer but the produced binary crashes at module-load / plugin-resolution / config-read — the surface that silently shipped a U.length crash 2026-05-27 (PR #14-17 era) and went undetected for ~1h because already-running tabs kept their mmap'd old binary. Two layers, both cheap (~0.7s total on a healthy binary): 1. `--version` — catches module-load + top-level import crashes 2. `debug info` — catches plugin-resolution + config-load regressions (exercises the same module graph the TUI mount path does) If either layer fails — non-zero exit, OR exit 0 with TypeError / ReferenceError / SyntaxError / fatal-error / U.length / 'Cannot read prop' on stderr — the install aborts and the working brew binary stays put. The build output is preserved at $SRC_BIN for inspection. `--skip-smoke` flag provided for emergency overrides (rebuild loops on a known-broken state where the new binary is wanted despite a smoke fail). `timeout` wrapper detection: macOS doesn't ship coreutils by default, so `timeout`/`gtimeout` are detected at runtime; absent both, the smoke runs unwrapped (the commands themselves exit fast, so the wrapper is belt-and-suspenders, not load-bearing). Verified locally with three integration cases against the in-script smoke block: - Healthy gruntcode binary → proceeds to install - Crashing fake-bin → refused + exit 1, install aborted - Stealth crash (exit 0 + TypeError on stderr) → refused + exit 1 - `--skip-smoke` → smoke skipped, install proceeds Help text + doc-comment header updated; new `Smoke-test (pre-install verification)` section explains what the smoke does + how to disable. Closes anomalyco#258.
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Adds a smoke-test step to
scripts/install-local.shthat runs before the freshly-built binary replaces the brew Cellar binary. Closes hivemind anomalyco#258.Why
install-local.shpreviously rebuilt + swapped the brew Cellar binary with zero verification. A JS-level crash regression (e.g.U.length on undefinedfrom PR #14-17 era TUI changes) shipped silently because already-running tabs kept their mmap'd old binary; the regression only surfaced when a NEW tab tried to mount the TUI — by which time the working binary was gone and Nik had no working gruntcode for ~1h of debugging the wrong cause.This PR makes the install fail loud + early on that class of regression.
How
Two cheap layers (~0.7s total on a healthy binary), gated by
SKIP_SMOKE:--versiondebug infoFail conditions for either layer:
TypeError/ReferenceError/SyntaxError/fatal error/Cannot read prop/U.lengthon stderr (catches unhandled rejections that still produce exit 0)On failure: print loud warning + stderr from the failing command, preserve
$SRC_BINfor inspection, abort with exit 1. Brew Cellar binary is not touched.--skip-smokeflag provided for emergency overrides.Cross-platform note
timeoutis a GNU coreutils binary; macOS ships without it. The script detectstimeout/gtimeoutat runtime; absent both, smoke runs unwrapped. The commands themselves exit in <1s on a healthy binary so the wrapper is belt-and-suspenders, not load-bearing — but a hang on linux/CI will still get caught.Verified locally
Four integration cases against the in-script smoke block (extracted + sourced via a test driver, no Cellar binary touched):
/opt/homebrew/bin/gruntcode) → smoke passes both layers, install proceeds--skip-smoke→ smoke bypassed, install proceedsDoc surface
scripts/install-local.shUsage line updated:[--skip-smoke]addedSmoke-test (pre-install verification)section in the doc-comment header explains what runs + how to disable--helpoutput regenerated (sed -n '2,50p'range expanded for the new section)Out of scope
Cross-references
Invalid schema for function 'context7_get-library-docs') anomalyco/opencode#250 (the crash regression that motivated this — install-local smoke would have caught it pre-install)ae10bacac; this is the hardening followup.