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saddlepaddle · 2026-09-19T01:47:27Z

Problem

On a Mac where gh on the login-shell PATH is a binary with no slice this Mac can execute (errno 86 says only that the CPU type is wrong; an Intel-only build without Rosetta is the likely case), every host-service git procedure for a workspace with an https://github.com remote fails with an internal error. That includes local reads like git.getStatus and git.getBaseBranch, not only calls that need the network. It fails on every poll, and Sentry sees only 3 events an hour because of the host's repeat throttle.

Root cause

createGitEnvResolver asks the credential provider for a token before every git call. When git credential fill has nothing, LocalGitCredentialProvider falls back to gh auth token. That fallback is optional, and the code already resolves null for any failure execFile reports through its callback (gh missing, logged out, timed out).

Node sends only ENOENT, EACCES, EAGAIN, EMFILE and ENFILE through the callback. Any other spawn errno is thrown synchronously from ChildProcess.spawn. macOS errno 86 (EBADARCH, "Bad CPU type in executable") is one of those. The throw happened inside the new Promise executor, so the lookup rejected, and that rejection failed the env resolution for every git call.

The Sentry stack ends in ChildProcess.spawn called synchronously from the execFile inside fetchTokenViaGhCli. No onErrorNT tick appears in it, which confirms the synchronous path.

Fix

fetchTokenViaGhCli now uses promisify(execFile) inside a try, the same way the rest of host-service runs gh (see getGitHubUsernameViaGh in runtime/git/identity.ts). Both failure channels now land in one catch, so a gh that cannot start counts as "no token from gh", like a gh that is not installed. The result:

local git reads work again;
ctx.github() raises its existing PRECONDITION_FAILED remedy instead of an internal error.

fetchTokenViaGitCredential is left alone on purpose. If git itself cannot spawn, the git call that follows fails the same way, so turning that lookup into null would only move where the error is reported.

Verification

Repro: a PATH holding a git that finds no credential, and a gh that is a Mach-O file with a CPU type this Mac cannot run. Spawning it gives errno 86, the same as the field error.

Under the production runtime (Electron 41.10.3, ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE, Node v24.18.0):

callback shape REJECTED: spawn Unknown system error -86
promisified shape -> null (caught: spawn Unknown system error -86)
promisified success shape: {"stdout":"hi\n","stderr":""}

The last line checks that util.promisify.custom survives Electron's asar wrapper around execFile, so a success still resolves { stdout, stderr }.

Against LocalGitCredentialProvider itself (bun), before:

getCredentials REJECTED: EBADARCH: unknown error, posix_spawn '<tmp>/gh'
getToken REJECTED: EBADARCH: unknown error, posix_spawn '<tmp>/gh'

after:

getCredentials resolved; GIT_ASKPASS set: false
getToken resolved: null

bunx biome check packages/host-service/src/providers/git/LocalGitCredentialProvider/LocalGitCredentialProvider.ts

Checked 1 file in 12ms. No fixes applied.

cd packages/host-service && bun run typecheck

$ tsc --noEmit --emitDeclarationOnly false
(exit 0)

cd packages/host-service && bun test src/providers/git/, which includes the existing tests that resolve tokens through a stub gh:

 6 pass
 0 fail
 15 expect() calls
Ran 6 tests across 1 file.

No test added. The only portable way to make gh fail a spawn synchronously is a bad-architecture Mach-O stub, which only works on macOS, so a Linux CI run would skip it.

Refs HOST-SERVICE-6Q

The gh CLI is an optional fallback in the GitHub token lookup, and the lookup already falls back to "no token" when gh is missing or fails. Node reports only ENOENT, EACCES, EAGAIN, EMFILE and ENFILE through the execFile callback; every other spawn errno is thrown synchronously. On a Mac whose gh is an Intel-only binary with no Rosetta, spawn fails with errno 86 (EBADARCH), the throw escaped the callback-based wrapper, and the rejected lookup failed every git call's env resolution, local reads like git status included. Use the promisified execFile the rest of host-service uses, so both failure channels land in one catch. Refs HOST-SERVICE-6Q

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The GitHub CLI token lookup now uses a promisified execFile call. It preserves the 10-second timeout and returns a trimmed token or null when the command fails or produces no output.

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Git credential retrieval

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Promisified GitHub CLI token command `packages/host-service/src/providers/git/LocalGitCredentialProvider/LocalGitCredentialProvider.ts`	The provider promisifies `execFile` and uses it to run `gh auth token`. The call keeps the 10-second timeout, trims `stdout`, and returns `null` for errors or empty output.

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* docs: update weekly product documentation for September 23 Source of truth: live Notion SOP https://www.notion.so/3b3b9d5bf616810dbacaca7dd2305259 Window: GitHub merged:>=2026-09-16, through this run on 2026-09-23. gh returned 103 PRs (limit 1000, avoiding the SOP example’s 50-PR truncation). Workspace baseline: 2158895. Prior session stopped at a usage limit; the checkout was clean. ## Changes - Pages, CLI, and MCP: public sharing, workspace menus, origin labels, pagination, first-publish opening, version previews, mobile comments, and link handling: #7570, #7658, #7726, #7472, #7532, #7718. Files: pages.mdx; cli/cli-reference.mdx; mcp-server.mdx. - iPhone launch, requirements, setup, host states, and Pro checklist: #7703, #7686, #7697, #7661, #7642, #7494. Files: install.mdx; faq.mdx; overview.mdx; remote-access.mdx. - Editor save conflicts and Markdown link actions: #7711, #7621. Files: editor.mdx. - Terminal locations, copying, and ended-session recovery: #7712, #7709, #7618. Files: terminal-integration.mdx. - Model catalog, embedded sign-in, and leaderboard history: #7741, #7740, #7651. Files: agent-integration.mdx; usage.mdx; cli/cli-reference.mdx. - Repository picker, cloud working branches and attachments, mobile sessions, sidebar naming and ordering: #7694, #7620, #7622, #7633, #7604, #7650, #7575. Files: first-workspace.mdx; workspaces.mdx. - Slack plugin tools and gated thread follow-ups, queuing, mute and stop controls: #7583, #7585, #7586, #7588, #7592, #7594. Files: use-with-slack.mdx. - New CLI transcript, environment, and page deletion commands; connected-service plugins and MCP CLI migration: #7602, #7317. Files: cli/cli-reference.mdx; skills.mdx. - Startup recovery and pre-account workspace migration: #7764, #7649. Files: troubleshooting.mdx. Current source wins over PR descriptions: page ordering is newest-created first, search includes description, default CLI output remains a bare array, and the leaderboard automatically backfills since launch (there is no history-range picker). Slack thread commands and Mobile settings retain their availability qualifications. No assumption that every merged fix is already in the latest download. ## Deliberately skipped - [#7765](#7765) fix(host-service): report GitHub being unreachable as unavailable, not a 500: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7756](#7756) fix(pages): restore page.list's bare-array contract for released clients: Restores compatibility for released clients; checked the current listPaginated implementation when documenting #7726. - [#7749](#7749) fix(build): build every dist-types a filtered mobile typecheck needs: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7748](#7748) feat(mobile): refresh the App Store listing and load review creds from .env: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7747](#7747) feat(mobile): ask for a rating on returning Home after real use: App Store rating timing needs no setup or reference instructions. - [#7746](#7746) feat(mobile): start Sentry natively so launch crashes carry native context: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7744](#7744) fix(email): make the welcome email unsubscribable via a Resend automation: Welcome email unsubscribe delivery is not a product workflow needing docs. - [#7734](#7734) fix(desktop): restore locale provider test mocks: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7733](#7733) fix(marketing): hide leaderboard vertical guide lines: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7732](#7732) chore(desktop): bump version to 1.30.2: Version bump only. - [#7723](#7723) fix(desktop): preserve sidebar order and missing group members: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7717](#7717) fix(desktop): keep terminal links within URL boundaries: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7715](#7715) fix(ci): unblock CLI publishing and retry macOS installs: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7714](#7714) fix(desktop): prevent tab close clicks from starting a drag: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7710](#7710) feat(marketing): add Vladimir mobile testimonial and rank quotes: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7704](#7704) feat(marketing): add App Store icon to footer: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7701](#7701) chore(desktop): bump version to 1.30.1: Version bump only. - [#7700](#7700) fix(marketing): refine hero copy and demo details: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7698](#7698) feat(marketing): replace mobile feature cards with customer testimonials: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7696](#7696) fix: write managed configs and workspace files through symlinks: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7695](#7695) fix(marketing): isolate and scale the mobile phone demo: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7691](#7691) fix(terminal): preserve agent paste mode across host restarts: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7690](#7690) feat(marketing): showcase mobile workflows and simplify the homepage: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7689](#7689) chore(mobile): bump version to 1.1.1 for TestFlight: Version bump only. - [#7688](#7688) fix(desktop): resolve dev Dock names across workspace path aliases: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7685](#7685) docs(marketing): add September 20 weekly changelog: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7684](#7684) docs(skills): share mobile demo recording and film tooling: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7683](#7683) fix(ui): truncate the page title instead of running it under the header actions: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7680](#7680) fix(host-service): treat a socket torn down mid-request as the cloud being unreachable: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7678](#7678) fix(desktop): keep markdown link and image attributes as strings so a paste can't stop the editor saving: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7676](#7676) docs(db): migration safety checklist and deploy workflow pitfalls from the 17 September outage: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7675](#7675) fix(integrations): backfill existing connections into the table #7317 reads: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7672](#7672) fix(ci): a failed production migration can no longer pass as a success: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7671](#7671) fix(db,ci): make migration 0119 online-safe and bound production migrations: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7670](#7670) fix(desktop): send text to running terminals as a bracketed paste, not raw keystrokes: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7669](#7669) feat(skills): audit page usage in the 10x skill: Existing skills page already describes the 10x audit; page-usage audit is an internal skill refinement. - [#7668](#7668) fix(mobile): scroll-to-bottom button drives Claude Code's fullscreen view: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7666](#7666) fix(host-service): treat a gh that cannot start as no token: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7665](#7665) chore(desktop): bump version to 1.30.0: Version bump only. - [#7664](#7664) refactor(marketing): share the store badges with the mobile launch post: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7662](#7662) chore(mobile): simulator verification skill, stand-in host, and host-state flows: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7659](#7659) fix(host-service): stop the Linux file watcher from taking the host down, and make superset start recover: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7655](#7655) feat(marketing): add /mobile landing page behind the mobile-launch flag: Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7647](#7647) fix(agent-setup): restore Codex working status: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7644](#7644) fix(desktop): refresh commits after external changes: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7643](#7643) fix(mobile): a long press lifts the whole session tab, not its text: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7641](#7641) fix(desktop): harden renderer error boundaries and recovery: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7639](#7639) fix(desktop): keep the editor selection valid when external content replaces the document: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7638](#7638) fix(desktop): stop the file tree throwing when a lookup walks through a file: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7636](#7636) fix(host-service): classify an index its storage cannot deliver as environmental: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7615](#7615) fix(cli-framework,i18n): `bun run dev` runs the CLI instead of dying: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7613](#7613) fix(host-service): a terminal in a cloud workspace knows it is in one: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7611](#7611) feat(marketing): Superset Mobile launch post (hidden until launch): Marketing/store copy, layout, or launch assets; no separate product-doc change. The released iPhone workflow is covered by #7686 and #7703. - [#7608](#7608) fix(sandbox): the release probe checks the display from inside the box: Internal build, tests, migration, developer tooling, or recovery plumbing; no new user-facing instructions. - [#7606](#7606) fix(relay): tolerate slow connections with coordinated deadlines: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7605](#7605) fix(desktop): drop duplicate create-workspace submits while one is in flight: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7603](#7603) fix(desktop): preserve translation context for route errors: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7601](#7601) feat(mobile): let the workspace list scroll under a transparent header: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7598](#7598) fix(desktop): keep viewport emulation on a crashed browser pane from crashing the app: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7597](#7597) fix(host-service): pin git's diff prefixes so the Changes pane can parse every patch: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7593](#7593) fix(api): post the Slack agent's reply after its run budget is spent: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7587](#7587) fix(desktop): keep new sidebar group orders on the integer lane: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7582](#7582) fix(api): bound every Slack agent call by the run budget: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7581](#7581) feat(api): Slack agent foundation — shared handler, execution guard, thread window, model and output fixes: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. - [#7573](#7573) feat(pages): publish without a workspace: Standalone publishing is already documented in pages.mdx; preserved that guidance and included its contract in the new CLI/MCP reference. - [#7255](#7255) fix(host-service): preserve consumed Claude prompts in handoffs: Reliability or visual fix restores expected behavior; no new workflow or necessary workaround to document. ## Validation - bun install: passed; no tracked dependency changes. - bun run lint:fix: passed, no code fixes. - bun run lint: passed. - bun run --cwd apps/docs typecheck: passed. - Vale on all 16 changed docs: zero errors and warnings. Small pre-existing prose violations in touched pages were corrected to satisfy the SOP. - git diff --check: passed. Only apps/docs/content/docs/ and the required append-only root TODO log are included. No push or PR. 37 PRs drove changes; 66 were deliberately skipped as separate documentation work. * docs: correct stale claims and consolidate weekly updates Replace outdated remote-port and privacy claims, correct the 90-day leaderboard backfill cap and link settings location, and describe credential use and comment-watch registration accurately. Consolidate iPhone requirements and troubleshooting, trim repeated Pages prose, and keep launch effort details in the CLI reference. Remove the #7764 startup entry because it does not identify a fixed release and its upgrade instructions are too vague. This supersedes that item in the original PR audit. Validate with docs typecheck, lint:fix, lint, Vale (zero errors or warnings), and git diff --check. * docs: trim repeated explanations across user guides * docs: clarify iPhone cloud workspace requirements

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