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Part of cross-environment orchestration. #16653 caps the modes of work that a linked environment starts here. Within those modes, though, the link could still steer the user's own threads or change this environment's projects and settings. This fences work that a link starts to that link, following the peerOrigin idea from #15966.

How a session is known to be a link

  • feat(server): link to another environment #16655's linking side now registers its OAuth client with the t3code-peer-link software id.
  • The receiving side carries that marker through the signed client id and the authorization code into the session's signed claims (plk), then into the MCP caller (client.linked).
  • An ordinary outside agent, such as Claude Code, is not a link and is not fenced. Claiming the marker only ever adds limits.

Stamping

  • OrchestrationV2AppThread and the thread shell gain an optional, immutable linkOrigin: {sessionId, label}.
  • What carries it:
    • Threads a link session launches (t3_thread_launch, via startsThreads handing the handler linkOrigin).
    • Subagents and forks, which already spread their source thread.
    • create_threads, which copies its parent's stamp.
  • What can't set it: a client's own thread.create over the WebSocket has linkOrigin stripped in withCreationProvenance.

Rules (mcp/linkOrigin.ts, applied in the shared declarations in McpToolAccess, not tool by tool)

  • writesThreads: a linked caller may change only threads with the same linkOrigin session. That rules out the user's own threads and another link's.
  • writesEnvironment: projects and settings are refused for a linked caller.
  • writes: refused for linked callers, except attachment uploads and discards, which their own sends need.
  • startsThreads: each tool now has to say whether linked work is stamped or refused. t3_thread_launch is stamped. schedule_task is refused, because a scheduled run starts later with nothing to carry the link.
  • Reads are not fenced.
  • Setup scripts: ProjectSetupScriptRunner.runForThread skips stamped threads, so the launch, worktree-handoff and PR-checkout paths all obey it. The worktree handoff reports it as skipped. Opting in at pairing is left for later; the default is off.
  • Docs: docs/internals/remote.md gets the trust model, and says this is a routing rule, not OS isolation.

Verification

  • mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts runs a real orchestrator (replay harness, in-memory SQLite) behind the production orchestrator, thread and project toolkits. Two tests:
    • Stamping. A launch by a linked session is stamped with that session. The real subagent builder (makeSubagentChildThread) and the real fork planner (ThreadForkService.plan) carry the stamp to child and fork. An ordinary outside agent's launch is not stamped.
    • Fencing. The link can rename its own thread. It is refused (capability_denied) on the user's own thread, and another link is refused on it; the user's thread keeps its title. An ordinary outside agent can still rename the user's thread. t3_project_update and delete_scheduled_task are refused for the link. t3_thread_read on the user's thread still works.
  • project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts: the real runner skips a stamped thread and opens no terminal.
  • orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts: a client thread.create carrying a forged linkOrigin loses it.
  • peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts (feat(server): agents use linked environments #16684): B's fixture thread is now one the laptop's real link session started, so forwarded sends still land. That's the fence passing end to end over HTTP.
  • Mutation-checked: each of these fails its test when removed:
    • the decider's stamp;
    • the launch handler's stamp;
    • the same-link check;
    • comparing by session rather than "any stamp";
    • the environment-write fence;
    • the scheduled-task fence;
    • the setup-script skip;
    • subagents keeping the stamp;
    • the client strip.
  • Also ran all of mcp, peer, auth, project and cli, plus ThreadManagementService, ThreadLaunchService, ThreadForkService, ProjectionStore and GitManager: 74 files, 924 tests, all passing. Server, contracts, client-runtime and web typecheck clean.

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  • No third environment. Work a link started here can't use this environment's own links: PeerForwarding refuses before anything leaves, since the next environment would see this one's session, not the link the work came from. Tested for read, send and launch; no bearer reaches the box.
  • Own id is still here. A linked caller naming this environment's own id is fenced like any local target (layer 4's fix, tested here).
  • Only fenced peers. A new linkFence capability; linking requires the peer to advertise it, so a peer running only the earlier layers is refused.
  • Setup scripts fail closed. If the thread's origin can't be read, nothing runs.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex Total thread wire — 5.0 KiB — 6.8 KiB ✅
Codex Thread snapshot wire — 3.8 KiB — 4.9 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire — 1.2 KiB — 2.0 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded — 20.9 KiB — 29.3 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn messages — 2 — 8 ✅
Claude Total thread wire — 5.0 KiB — 6.8 KiB ✅
Claude Thread snapshot wire — 3.8 KiB — 4.9 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire — 1.2 KiB — 2.0 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded — 21.2 KiB — 29.3 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn messages — 2 — 8 ✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 0467fef · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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End-to-end run, two real servers

Two t3 serve processes from the top of this stack, each with its own data directory, on one machine. A laptop (port 3971) and a box (port 3972). Their projects are clones of one bare origin, so they share a repository. An outside agent (OAuth with a pairing code) drives the laptop's /mcp, and real Claude Sonnet 5.5 turns run on both sides. The last part repeats the run over Tailscale HTTPS (a *.ts.net HTTPS address).

On the box, every thread the laptop started carried linkOrigin: {"sessionId":"a7d58672-…","label":"T3 Code · cups"}, read straight from the box's projection. A thread imported by a handoff carries the stamp of the session that imported it.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces a cross-cutting authorization boundary for linked environments across OAuth sessions, MCP mutations, orchestration state, setup scripts, and peer forwarding. A stored-link resolution path still appears to bypass the new capability check, leaving a substantive security concern for human review.

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The changes identify peer-link MCP clients, attach link origins to threads and derived work, and restrict linked callers’ write operations. Linked threads skip project setup scripts. Peer linking now requires the linkFence capability.

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Peer-link MCP behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Identify peer-link clients and sessions
packages/contracts/src/auth.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts, apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/SessionStore.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.testkit.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.test.ts
Peer registration supplies a software identifier. OAuth and signed sessions carry peer-link status into authenticated MCP scope. Peer descriptors advertise linkFence, and linking rejects peers without it.
Propagate link origins to threads
packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/{Orchestrator,ProjectionStore,ThreadManagementService}.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts
Thread launches and derived threads carry link origins through orchestration and projections. Creation provenance removes client-supplied origins. Tests cover origin inheritance.
Enforce linked-caller write boundaries
apps/server/src/mcp/{McpInvocationContext,McpToolAccess,linkOrigin}.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/{attachment,orchestrator}/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/{McpHttpServer,McpToolAccess}.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts
MCP access checks restrict linked callers’ thread changes to matching origins and reject environment writes. Attachment operations allow linked callers; scheduling and peer forwarding are refused.
Skip setup scripts for linked threads
apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/WorktreeMcpService.ts, docs/internals/remote.md
The setup-script runner returns skipped-for-link for threads with a link origin. MCP reporting maps the result to skipped. The documentation describes the link-origin restrictions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PeerLinks
  participant McpOAuth
  participant SessionStore
  participant EnvironmentAuth
  participant McpProjectTools
  participant ThreadLaunchService
  participant Orchestrator
  PeerLinks->>McpOAuth: Register with peer-link software ID
  McpOAuth->>SessionStore: Issue session with peer-link marker
  SessionStore->>EnvironmentAuth: Verify signed session
  EnvironmentAuth->>McpProjectTools: Set client.linked
  McpProjectTools->>ThreadLaunchService: Pass caller link origin
  ThreadLaunchService->>Orchestrator: Create thread with link origin
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New links require a peer that fences linked work, but links stored before this change can still forward work to peers that don't. Check linkFence when stored links are resolved before merging. A failed thread read during setup now stops the script instead of running it.

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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rg -n 'linkFence|mcpModeLimitHeader|capabilities' apps/server/src/peer
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Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 1368


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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- PeerLinks declarations and resolve path ---'
sed -n '1,120p' apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts
sed -n '260,490p' apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- PeerForwarding ---'
sed -n '1,280p' apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- resolve/forward references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -- 'PeerLinks' apps/server/src/peer apps/server/src | head -120
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -- '.resolve(' apps/server/src/peer
printf '%s\n' '--- peer-link history and tags ---'
git log --oneline --decorate --all -- apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinks.ts | head -30
git tag --contains 6a0375ba15d400a996932ecfdd2e9fa9c37c35f5 || true
git tag --contains 8b5d3822632f54b7691b9f928a38ef5c9b6def7f || true
git show --stat --oneline 6a0375ba15d400a996932ecfdd2e9fa9c37c35f5

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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printf '%s\n' '--- PeerForwarding ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- call sites ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -- 'peerLinks.resolve' apps/server/src || true
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Re-check linkFence when resolving stored links.

resolve validates the peer identity but not peer.capabilities.linkFence. PeerMcpClient then uses the returned token to open or reuse an MCP session. A link created by the preceding peer-links version can therefore remain usable without the new fence requirement.

Require linkFence === true during resolve, and reject the link when the peer does not advertise it so the link must be renewed.

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A link's T3-Mode-Limit caps the modes of what it starts, but within those
modes it could still steer the user's own threads or change this
environment's projects and settings. Work a link starts is now fenced to
that link.

The linking side registers its OAuth client with the t3code-peer-link
software id; the receiving side signs that into the session's claims. Every
thread such a session launches carries an immutable linkOrigin, and so do
the subagents, forks and create_threads it derives. A client's own
thread.create cannot set one.

In the shared access declarations, a linked caller may change only threads
of the same link, and may not use writesEnvironment tools (projects,
settings), schedule tasks, or change scheduled tasks. Reads are not fenced.
Setup scripts are skipped for stamped threads in ProjectSetupScriptRunner,
which every path that runs them goes through.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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