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Bundle static Linux wr-agents in Release and Nightly builds - #233

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Part of #227 (Phase 3 of #154, first milestone). It does not close #227: that issue's notarization criterion can only be confirmed by a real Nightly, which runs after merge.

What changes

Phase 3 pushes the agent to a remote box on first connect, so Workroom.app has to carry a Linux agent. The design doc's Distribution Plan names one thing to confirm before that is load-bearing: does codesign and notarization accept a Linux ELF sealed as a resource inside a notarized .app? This PR ships the ELFs so the next Nightly answers it.

  • build-agent.sh cross-builds wr-agent for aarch64-unknown-linux-musl and x86_64-unknown-linux-musl with cargo-zigbuild and the terminal-state feature, and copies them to Contents/Resources/wr-agent-linux-{aarch64,x86_64}, named by what uname -m prints on the far side.
    • Both arches always ship. A remote box's arch has nothing to do with the Mac's, so these do not follow ARCHS.
    • They are not codesigned. codesign treats an ELF as data, and the app's own signature seals it as a resource.
    • Release and Nightly only. Debug skips them and deletes stale copies unless WR_AGENT_LINUX=1 (owner's decision, so make app-build stays fast).
    • Zig is the version libghostty-vt is pinned to, found through mise when present and version-checked either way. The Rust toolchain's own bin directory goes first on PATH, because cargo-zigbuild re-invokes cargo from PATH and a Homebrew cargo there cannot build for musl (the trap test-linux.sh documents).
  • release.sh fails a release whose Linux ELFs are missing, not static, or the wrong arch.
  • CI: a new agent-linux job builds each target on ubuntu and runs wr-agent protocol on it (aarch64 under qemu-user-static), requiring terminal-state yes. The app job now installs the musl targets and cargo-zigbuild, so build-agent_test.sh's Linux cases run on every PR rather than skipping silently. Without that, the script's Linux branch would first run on a Nightly, which is the same gap the darwin cross targets once had.
  • Release and Nightly workflows install the musl targets and cargo-zigbuild 0.23.4.
  • Docs: macapp/AGENTS.md (Linux agents), and the design doc (Current Status corrected: Phase 2 is merged and Phase 3's sub-issues are Linux wr-agent as a published build artifact #227–Stop-and-reboot screen restoration #232; the Distribution Plan's ELF question is marked in progress, with sizes).

Cost

10.9 MB (aarch64) plus 12.3 MB (x86_64) in the installed app, and about 11 MB in the DMG. A cold cross-build is about 2 minutes per arch locally. build-agent_test.sh now takes about 8.5 minutes locally, because its Release case builds both Linux targets. On CI, each agent-linux leg took about 6.5 minutes and the app job 27 minutes.

Validation

  • sh macapp/Scripts/build-agent_test.sh passes. New cases: a Debug build removes a stale Linux agent; a Release build ships both ELFs, static and the right arch; the Debug opt-in (WR_AGENT_LINUX=1) ships both.
  • WR_AGENT_LINUX=1 make app-build ran the real Xcode phase. The bundle has both ELFs and passes codesign --verify --strict.
  • Both bundled ELFs run protocol in a Linux container (linux/arm64 and linux/amd64) and report protocol 5 … terminal-state yes.
  • CI is green. The app job's build-agent_test.sh printed no SKIP line, so the Linux and universal cases ran. Both agent-linux legs pass, and the aarch64 one printed terminal-state yes under qemu.
  • shellcheck reports no new warnings on the three changed scripts. The workflow YAML parses.
  • An independent review found one gap (the Linux branch had no coverage on PRs). It is fixed above.

Notarization: confirmed locally

A local make app-release of this branch (Developer ID, the same release.sh path the workflows run) notarized Workroom.app with both ELFs inside: status: Accepted. The stapled app passes codesign --verify --deep --strict and spctl --assess (accepted, source=Notarized Developer ID), and release.sh's new check printed both ELFs as static.

That run stopped at the DMG step, for an unrelated reason: create-dmg's Finder AppleScript timed out (-1712) in a non-interactive session. So the first Nightly after merge is still the end-to-end check for the DMG.

Follow-ups in this PR

  • 72479a8, from Greptile's review: the Mac and Linux builds now share one feature list, so the build test's terminal-state yes check on the Mac agent also covers the Linux ELFs, which the Mac cannot run.

Not checked

  • No negative control run for the new test cases against master's build-agent.sh. Master never touches Resources, so both new cases would fail against it (a full run costs about 8 minutes).

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  • New Features
    • Release and Nightly app packages include static Linux remote-host agents for x86_64 and ARM64 systems.
    • Debug builds omit Linux agents by default; they can include them when explicitly enabled.
  • Build Improvements
    • Release packaging checks that both Linux agents are included and meet architecture and static-linking requirements.
    • Linux agent builds are checked for both architectures before release.

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Phase 3 of #154 pushes the agent to a remote box on first connect, which
depends on Workroom.app carrying a Linux agent. build-agent.sh now
cross-builds wr-agent for aarch64 and x86_64 musl with cargo-zigbuild and
the terminal-state feature, and puts them at
Contents/Resources/wr-agent-linux-<arch>, unsigned, sealed by the app's
own signature. Both arches ship regardless of ARCHS. Debug builds skip
them and remove stale ones unless WR_AGENT_LINUX=1.

release.sh fails a release whose ELFs are missing or not static, the new
agent-linux CI job runs `protocol` on each under Linux, and the release
workflows install the musl targets and cargo-zigbuild. Whether notarization
accepts the ELFs is answered by the first Nightly built with them.

Part of #227.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The change adds static Linux wr-agent binaries for aarch64 and x86_64 to Release and Nightly app builds. Debug builds omit them unless WR_AGENT_LINUX=1. CI builds and checks both binaries, and release packaging verifies their architecture and static linkage.

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Linux Agent Artifacts

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build and package Linux agents
macapp/Scripts/build-agent.sh, macapp/Scripts/build-agent_test.sh, macapp/AGENTS.md
The build script creates Linux agents for both architectures in Release and Nightly builds. Debug builds remove stale agents and omit them unless WR_AGENT_LINUX=1. Tests cover these cases, and the build documentation records toolchain requirements and packaging rules.
Cross-build and check Linux agents
.github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/nightly.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml
CI builds Linux agents for both architectures and checks static linkage and protocol support. The Nightly and release workflows install the Linux targets and cargo-zigbuild.
Verify bundles and record distribution status
macapp/Scripts/release.sh, docs/designs/remote-workrooms.md
The release script checks that both bundled agents are static 64-bit ELF binaries of the expected architectures. The design document records Linux artifact status, project phase updates, and milestone ordering.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BuildAgent as build-agent.sh
  participant Zigbuild as cargo-zigbuild
  participant Resources as App Resources
  participant ReleaseScript as release.sh
  BuildAgent->>Zigbuild: Build static musl agents for both architectures
  Zigbuild->>BuildAgent: Return agent binaries
  BuildAgent->>Resources: Copy agent binaries
  ReleaseScript->>Resources: Inspect bundled agent files
  Resources->>ReleaseScript: Return file descriptions
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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning PR #233 implements the coding requirements in #227 for static musl wr-agent binaries with terminal-state, both Linux architectures independent of ARCHS, Release/Nightly packaging, Debug opt-in, … Run a real Nightly containing both Linux ELFs through notarization and stapling. Verify it with spctl --assess and codesign --verify --deep --strict. Record the Nightly result in the design document. If verification fails, correct the p…
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The workflow, build-script, test, release-check, and documentation changes support the Linux wr-agent artifact requirements in #227. The related design-status updates provide project context for thi…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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PR #233 implements the coding requirements in #227 for static musl wr-agent binaries with terminal-state, both Linux architectures independent of ARCHS, Release/Nightly packaging, Debug opt-in, release checks, build-script tests, Linux protocol checks, and size documentation. The #227 notarization criterion remains unmet. The design document records a notarized local make app-release, but it states that a real Nightly with the DMG is still pending. The required notarized, stapled Nightly has not been shown to pass spctl --assess and codesign --verify --deep --strict.

Resolution

Run a real Nightly containing both Linux ELFs through notarization and stapling. Verify it with spctl --assess and codesign --verify --deep --strict. Record the Nightly result in the design document. If verification fails, correct the packaging or signing configuration and repeat the check.

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The PR appears safe to merge; the remaining end-to-end Nightly check is explicitly identified.

Summary

The PR bundles static Linux agents for both supported architectures in Release and Nightly apps, verifies the artifacts during packaging, and adds cross-build and runtime CI coverage.

  • The latest change records a local app-notarization result while retaining the first Nightly as the end-to-end DMG check.

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…uilds

Only the Mac agent can be run on the build host, and the build test asserts
terminal-state on it. Building the Linux ELFs from the same feature list
extends that check to them, so dropping terminal-state from the Linux
build alone is no longer possible. Found by Greptile on #233.

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🟠 Major · Gate publication on stapled-app validation. · release.sh:218-232

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Gate publication on stapled-app validation.

spctl --assess failures are ignored, and the existing codesign check runs before stapling without --deep. The script then copies the app into the DMG and preserves that DMG for publication. A Release or Nightly can therefore proceed without establishing the required post-staple acceptance.

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 xcrun stapler staple "$APP"
-spctl --assess --type execute --verbose=2 "$APP" || true
+if ! spctl --assess --type execute --verbose=2 "$APP"; then
+  echo "error: stapled app failed Gatekeeper assessment." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if ! codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2 "$APP"; then
+  echo "error: stapled app failed deep signature verification." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
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In `@macapp/Scripts/release.sh` around lines 218 - 232, Update the release
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…uilds

Only the Mac agent can be run on the build host, and the build test asserts
terminal-state on it. Building the Linux ELFs from the same feature list
extends that check to them, so dropping terminal-state from the Linux
build alone is no longer possible. Found by Greptile on #233.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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