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Change

Part of #1617. This adds scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts to the browser lane. The script follows synchronized output (CSI ? 2026 h … CSI ? 2026 l) from a real pane to the rendered rows. No product behaviour changes; the only other change is that server/attach-output.ts exports its startup-probe list for the script.

How it works:

• A step-by-step producer runs in a real pane of the isolated herdr test session. It draws whole frames inside 2026 blocks, split over several writes. Each step is a file the script writes and each answer is a file the producer writes, both renamed into place, so there are no sleeps.
• Plain ASCII, truecolor-per-cell and Korean frames are drawn, 20 of each.
• Bytes are recorded at each hop:
  • A: herdr's attach reads (each PtySession read on the server).
  • B: the browser WebSocket's pty-data frames.
  • C: the client's pty-acks, sent from xterm's write callback.
  • D: every render of .xterm-rows, decoded back to the frame each row belongs to.

It asserts what the bridge owns:

• Hop B's bytes are exactly hop A's, minus herdr's startup probes, which the server answers.
• Every open has its close, with at least one block per frame and at least one block split over frames.
• Every frame is acked and finally rendered whole.
• A block the pane leaves open recovers at the next whole frame.

It records, without asserting:

• What herdr does with a block left open. herdr 0.9.5 sends nothing of it, measured over a 1 s window marked // fixed wait:.
• Mixed renders and renders drawn inside an open block. The upgrade to xterm 6, whose mode 2026 support should hold those renders back, will assert zero.

Results

Local runs at a 162x53 grid, Chromium headless, current patched xterm 5.5.0, about 20 s per run:

run	herdr blocks intact	split over WS frames	mixed renders
5	62 / 62	58	46 of 128
6	62 / 62	62	26 of 108
7	62 / 62	62	28 of 110

In every run, each mixed render was drawn while xterm had parsed a block's open but not its close. The full numbers, including real Claude Code and Codex Korean answers, are in #1617 (comment).

Reviews

• omo-native-code-reviewer: APPROVE; no CRITICAL or HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 7 LOW. The MEDIUMs are fixed:
  • The herdr-policy check is recorded, not asserted.
  • The startup probes are imported from server/attach-output.ts instead of copied.
  • Unused exports are dropped.
• LOWs:
  • Fixed: exact byte equality instead of endsWith; the hop B window is chosen by message count, not by comparing Bun's and Chromium's clocks; the ack comment is softened; the hard-coded recovery flag is gone; a failed send no longer leaves a rejection unhandled.
  • Left as is: the PtySession.pump wrap is private, but a change there fails loudly. Run time is about 20 s.
• Codex (gpt-6.1-sol, fast, xhigh): REQUEST CHANGES with 4 MEDIUM, all fixed:
  • The wait decodes the rows on screen, so a frame drawn before decoding was switched on no longer times out.
  • Exact byte equality.
  • Blocks and at least one split are required, so the run cannot pass without testing anything.
  • The open-block check got a bounded observation window, and is recorded rather than asserted.

Checks

• bun run check fast: green (8,527 unit tests pass).
• bun scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts: PASS (run 7 above).
• HERDR_TEST_MODE=unit bun test scripts/conventions.test.ts scripts/ci-browser.test.ts server/attach-output.test.ts: 32 pass.

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  • Added browser-based coverage for synchronized terminal output across split frames, including Korean text and output blocks that remain open across updates. The checks verify that output is preserved through browser delivery, rendered correctly, and acknowledged, helping catch display regressions.

The change adds an end-to-end browser regression for synchronized-output frames. It captures pane output at the attach and browser paths, checks xterm renders and acknowledgements, and adds the regression to browser CI.

Changes: Synchronized-output regression

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Frame generation and hop statistics scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts	A step-driven producer emits whole, split, and open synchronized-output frames. The script records chunk boundaries, byte counts, and frame statistics.
Capture and regression scenarios scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts	The script captures attach reads and browser messages, tracks xterm rows and acknowledgements, and runs plain, heavy, and Korean frame scenarios, including open frames.
Validation, reporting, and CI wiring server/attach-output.ts, scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts, scripts/ci-browser.sh, changelog.d/terminal-sync-output-regression.md	The script checks attach and browser data, frame closure, and acknowledgements. It supports optional JSON reports and cleans up resources. Browser CI runs the regression. STARTUP_PROBES is exported, and the changelog records the regression.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: Low · up to 9fa5b

The regression could miss a per-frame acknowledgement error. This is a bounded test-coverage gap, so the change remains mergeable with a follow-up to compare frame identities.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title clearly identifies the terminal synchronized-output regression test and its path from a real pane to rendered rows. It is specific and related to the main change.
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Nitpick comments: 1

scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts: 1

405-414: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Compare acknowledgement identities, not only counts.

The tap records each frame’s stream and offset, but the final assertion checks only array lengths. One offset can therefore be acknowledged twice while another is omitted. The production path and server accept valid duplicate or older cumulative offsets, so no other check catches this case.

Suggested fix

-    assert.equal(tap.acks.length, tap.messages.length, "a frame was not parsed");
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      tap.acks.map(({ stream, offset }) => JSON.stringify([stream, offset])).sort(),
+      tap.messages.map(({ stream, offset }) => JSON.stringify([stream, offset])).sort(),
+      "each frame was acknowledged by its flow identity",
+    );

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Review comment at @scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts around lines 405 -
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Replace the acknowledgement-count assertion in the regression test with a
comparison of the sorted stream-and-offset identities in tap.acks and
tap.messages, ensuring each frame is acknowledged exactly once rather than
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- Around line 405-414: Replace the acknowledgement-count assertion in the
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Merging 9fa5b25 (refs #1617; test-only). scripts/terminal-sync-output-regression.ts measures synchronized-output tearing on a real herdr pane: with xterm 5.5, 46 of 128 frames showed mixed half-frames while all 62 of herdr's synchronized blocks arrived intact, so the tearing is on the xterm side; it is the baseline for the xterm 6.0 upgrade that follows as its own PR. The lane's evidence: check fast green; omo APPROVE; Codex's four MEDIUMs fixed. Test-only, so omo alone suffices per policy; the merge pass checked the diff touches only the script (and its wiring). One unrelated Integration failure on the first run (server/copilot.contract.test.ts:503, a Copilot resume test) passed on its rerun.