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GET /api/agent-catalog no longer reads a version out of a broken agent's error, and the setup flow never offers such an agent as ready.

The bug. On the maintainer's PC, ~/.local/bin/opencode was a wrapper that ran a removed ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/opencode. opencode --version failed with .../node/v22.17.1/bin/opencode: No such file or directory, and detection, which parsed stdout and stderr together whatever the exit code, showed OpenCode at version 22.17.1. The onboarding guide's "Found on this PC" list showed it like that.

• Detection (server/agent-catalog-detect.ts)
  • runVersion returns stdout and stderr separately.
  • The version is read from stdout only, and only when the flag exits 0.
  • A flag that exits with an error or does not start is version_error: "failed"; one that hangs stays "timeout"; exit 0 with no version on stdout stays "unreadable". None of these ever carries a parsed version.
  • A failure is asked again after a minute, as a timeout already was, so an install repaired behind an unchanged wrapper file shows without a server restart. Only one probe per agent runs at a time, at most four at once, and the 3 s polling is answered from the cache in between.
• agentRuns(state) (shared/agent-catalog.ts): the agent is found, and its flag neither failed nor hung. An unreadable version still counts as running. The onboarding guide and the Settings agent list (stacked PRs) should use it before calling an agent ready.
• Setup flow (src/lib/agentSetup.ts, AgentSetupCard)
  • A row that is there but does not run never becomes installed or ready.
  • While an install is under way, the card keeps waiting, since the install may repair it.
  • From the idle step, the row becomes a failed step with no message. The card shows "{agent} does not start / It is on this PC, but it does not start. Install it again.", and Try again reinstalls. Translations are in ko, ja and zh.
  • Today the card only reads the catalog while installing, so the idle path is reached once a screen feeds it a row: setupStep({ kind: "idle" }, { type: "detected", row }) gives the right starting step for any row.
• Docs (docs/agent-catalog.md, the shared/protocol.ts note) and a changelog fragment.

Validation

• Fail-first: a stub wrapper that execs a missing .../node/v22.17.1/bin/opencode was detected as version 22.17.1 before this change. Now it is version null, "failed".
• A stub that prints its version only on stderr and exits 0 is "unreadable".
• A failed flag is asked again after the minute (injected clock) and then reads the repaired target's version.
• Reducer and card tests cover a broken row: idle gives "install it again", installing keeps waiting, and an unreadable version still installs.
• Run on this PC against the real agents, the fixed detector reads OpenCode 2.2.2, Claude Code 2.1.311 and Codex 0.163.0. The wrapper has since been repaired by another lane, so the broken case is covered by the stub. The reviewer ran --version for all 14 catalog agents installed here: each exits 0 with its version on stdout.
• bun run check fast is green.
• An omo code review approved it with no blockers. Its MEDIUM point (the idle path has no live caller yet) is noted above.

Trade-offs

• An agent whose first --version takes over 5 s (a first-run macOS Gatekeeper check, for example) counts as not running until a later probe answers in time.
• Not verified on Windows: a .cmd shim whose target is missing should exit non-zero through cmd.exe /d /s /c. The native Windows CI job runs the unit tests there.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Agents that fail to start are now shown as not running, rather than appearing ready or displaying a version inferred from an error message.
  • Setup now offers a retry or reinstallation when an installed agent does not start. If installation is already underway, its status remains installing.
  • Setup errors with no details now explain that the agent is present on the PC but does not start.
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  • Clarified how version-check failures and timeouts affect agent status.

Version detection now uses successful stdout only and classifies failed or timed-out checks separately. Setup state and the setup card distinguish installed agents that do not run from agents that are ready.

Changes: Agent catalog and setup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Version detection and retry behavior server/agent-catalog-detect.ts, server/agent-catalog-detect.test.ts, docs/agent-catalog.md, shared/protocol.ts	Version checks return stdout and stderr separately. Failed and timed-out checks receive error states and are retried; only stdout from a successful check is parsed. Tests and documentation cover the outcomes.
Setup state for non-running agents shared/agent-catalog.ts, src/lib/agentSetup.ts, src/lib/agentSetup.test.ts	agentRuns excludes failed and timed-out checks. Setup remains in progress during an active install or reports a failure when the installed agent does not run.
Setup-card failure display src/components/AgentSetupCard.tsx, src/components/AgentSetupCard.test.tsx, src/lib/i18n/setup.*.ts, changelog.d/catalog-broken-version.md	A failed step with no message displays a not-starting message and reinstall fallback. Tests, translations, and the changelog describe the updated display and actions.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• devswha/ovis#2332: Embeds AgentSetupCard in the first-run guide, which uses the setup behavior changed here.
• devswha/ovis#2328: Introduces the setup and catalog detection flow that this change updates.
• devswha/ovis#2326: Introduces AgentDetector and runVersion, whose output and failure handling this change modifies.

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 28c5c

Agents that depend on a login-shell-only PATH, such as Node-based wrappers, may be reported as not running and fail setup. Pass the lookup PATH to the version probe before merging. Also correct the changelog, which describes a reinstall prompt the setup card does not currently show.

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Title check		The title "fix(agents): never read a version out of a broken agent's error" matches the main change. Version detection now reads stdout only on exit 0, and failed probes no longer produce a parsed ver…
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Pass the effective lookup PATH to version probes.

catalogLocator can find an agent through the login-shell PATH, but runVersion starts it with the server environment. If a wrapper uses #!/usr/bin/env node and Node exists only in the login-shell PATH, the probe can fail and the detector records version_error: "failed".

Carry the effective lookup PATH into runVersion and pass it as env.PATH to Bun.spawn.

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Review comment at @server/agent-catalog-detect.ts at line 137:
Pass the effective lookup PATH from catalogLocator into runVersion, then set it
as env.PATH in the Bun.spawn options so version probes use the same PATH used to
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Review comments at @changelog.d/catalog-broken-version.md:
- Around line 3-4: Update the changelog description to state that the catalog
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff comment for server/agent-catalog-detect.ts:137 (pass the effective lookup PATH to version probes): this is fixed in 86118d2. catalogLocator now exposes searchPath(), which is the service PATH plus the login shell's once it has been read. The detector runs each version flag with the agent's own folder first (npm's global folder holds its node), then that PATH. runVersion takes it as an optional path and sets env.PATH, except on Windows. A new test locates a #!/usr/bin/env script whose interpreter is only on the login PATH, and an interpreter that sits beside the agent. It reported failed before the change and reads the version now.

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@devswha Confirmed by source inspection in 86118d2a. The version probe now uses the agent’s folder first, followed by the service PATH and the cached login-shell PATH. runVersion preserves the Windows exception.

The regression test covers interpreters on the login-shell PATH and beside the agent. This addresses the PATH mismatch I flagged. I did not run the tests.

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Merging 86118d2. GET /api/agent-catalog no longer reads a version out of a broken agent's error: the version comes from the flag's stdout only, and only when it exits 0; a flag that exits with an error or does not start is version_error "failed" (asked again after a while, since a wrapper's target can be repaired), and the setup flow never offers such an agent as ready (agentRuns in shared/agent-catalog.ts). Found on the maintainer's PC, where a broken OpenCode wrapper's "No such file" error carried Node's path and showed OpenCode as 22.17.1. Response shape unchanged (only when version/version_error take each value); the protocol and docs comments say so. Checked against the real agents: all 14 catalog agents installed here exit 0 with their version on stdout. The version flag now runs with the PATH the agent was found on (its own folder first, then the service and login-shell PATH), so an npm agent whose #!/usr/bin/env node needs nvm's node still answers instead of counting as failed. Reviewed by the merge pass, including that delta. Trade-off from the PR body: an agent whose first --version takes over 5 s counts as not running until it is asked again.