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reload: let a build-only run keep the tagged app running #12962

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reload: let a build-only run keep the tagged app running
teamleaderleo Sep 18, 2026
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reload: skip the socket-lock wait when the tagged app is kept
teamleaderleo Sep 18, 2026
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reload: keep the tagged cmuxd too, and say why tag state was skipped
teamleaderleo Sep 18, 2026
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reload: polish keep-running review fixes
austinywang Sep 19, 2026
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion CLAUDE.md
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Expand Up @@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ cmux Cloud uses PlanetScale PostgreSQL, organization `cmux`, database `cmux-prod
Always build with a tag. **Never run bare `xcodebuild` or `open` an untagged `cmux DEV.app`**: untagged builds share the default debug socket and bundle ID with other agents, causing conflicts and stealing focus.

```bash
./scripts/reload.sh --tag <branch-slug> # build Debug, kill same-tag app, do not launch
./scripts/reload.sh --tag <branch-slug> # build Debug, terminate same-tag app, do not launch
./scripts/reload.sh --tag <branch-slug> --launch # also open it
```

A tag gives the app its own name, bundle ID, socket, and derived data path, so it runs side-by-side with the user's main app. Report the build to the user as a markdown link to `http://127.0.0.1:17320/<tag>`. Never put a `file://` URL, a raw `.app` path, or `/tmp/cmux-<tag>/...` in chat output.

Successful tagged builds terminate the existing same-tag app and `cmuxd` by default so the next launch uses the new binary. For a build-only run that should leave the live tagged session in place, set `CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING=1`; `--launch` ignores that setting and performs the normal replacement flow.

Other variants: `reloadp.sh` (Release), `reloads.sh` (Release as isolated "cmux STAGING"), `reload2.sh --tag <tag>` (both).

## Shared Mac fleet capacity
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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions scripts/lib/reload-shim.test.mjs
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Expand Up @@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ function socketProbeSource() {
return source.slice(start, end + 2);
}

function keepRunningDecisionSource() {
const source = fs.readFileSync(reloadScript, "utf8");
const start = source.indexOf("reload_should_keep_running_tag_app() {");
const end = source.indexOf("\n}\n", start);
assert.notEqual(start, -1, "reload.sh must define the keep-running decision");
assert.notEqual(end, -1, "reload.sh keep-running decision must be a complete function");
return source.slice(start, end + 2);
}

function markerDerivationSource() {
const source = fs.readFileSync(reloadScript, "utf8");
const start = source.indexOf("derive_socket_marker_names() {");
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -133,6 +142,27 @@ printf '%s\\n%s\\n' "$CMUX_RELOAD_MARKER_NAME" "$CMUX_RELOAD_TMP_MARKER"
assert.equal(result.stdout, "last-socket-path\n/tmp/cmux-last-socket-path\n");
});

test("keep-running applies only to tagged build-only reloads", () => {
const script = `${keepRunningDecisionSource()}
if reload_should_keep_running_tag_app; then printf 'keep\\n'; else printf 'replace\\n'; fi
`;
const cases = [
[{ TAG: "feature", LAUNCH: "0", CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING: "1" }, "keep"],
[{ TAG: "feature", LAUNCH: "0", CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING: "0" }, "replace"],
[{ TAG: "feature", LAUNCH: "1", CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING: "1" }, "replace"],
[{ TAG: "", LAUNCH: "0", CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING: "1" }, "replace"],
];
for (const [values, expected] of cases) {
const result = spawnSync("bash", ["-c", script], {
cwd: repoRoot,
encoding: "utf8",
env: { PATH: "/usr/bin:/bin", ...values },
});
assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr || result.stdout);
assert.equal(result.stdout.trim(), expected);
}
});

test("reload pointer publication waits for the shared ownership lock", async () => {
const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "cmux-reload-pointer-lock-"));
const pointer = path.join(root, "last-cli-path");
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32 changes: 28 additions & 4 deletions scripts/reload.sh
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Expand Up @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ XCODEBUILD_OUTPUT_VALID=0
XCODEBUILD_CLEANED_OUTPUTS=0
CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE=1
RELOAD_PUBLICATION_SKIP_REASON=""
KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP=0

reload_should_keep_running_tag_app() {
[[ -n "${TAG:-}" && "${LAUNCH:-0}" -ne 1 && "${CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING:-0}" == "1" ]]
}

reload_socket_is_live() {
local socket_path="$1"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -891,6 +896,9 @@ Options:
Sets app name, bundle id, and derived data path unless overridden.
After a successful build, terminates any running app with this tag
so macOS launches the freshly-built binary on cmd-click or --launch.
Set CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING=1 to skip that termination when the
build is not meant to replace a session you are still using.
Ignored with --launch.
--launch Launch the app after building. Without this flag, the script
builds and prints the app path but does not open it.
--prod-auth Point this tagged Debug build at production Stack auth,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1379,6 +1387,9 @@ reload_finalize() {
echo "CLI helpers:"
if [[ "$NO_GLOBAL_CLI_LINKS" == "1" ]]; then
echo " preserved existing global cmux CLI links (--no-global-cli-links)"
if [[ "$KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP" -eq 1 && "${CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE:-1}" -ne 1 ]]; then
echo " tag state not republished: ${RELOAD_PUBLICATION_SKIP_REASON}"
fi
elif [[ "${CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE:-1}" -ne 1 ]]; then
echo " not published: ${RELOAD_PUBLICATION_SKIP_REASON:-tag discovery ownership could not be verified}"
else
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1694,6 +1705,13 @@ if [[ -n "${TAG_SLUG:-}" ]]; then
fi
fi

# CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING=1 opts a build-only tagged run out of tearing down the
# running same-tag instance (its cmuxd below, then the app itself). --launch needs
# the new binary, so it ignores the variable.
if reload_should_keep_running_tag_app; then
KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP=1
fi

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add harness coverage for the keep-running mode boundary. scripts/lib/reload-shim.test.mjs does not set CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING, so no committed test reaches the new tagged non---launch branch in scripts/reload.sh. Add one focused harness test that uses a live same-tag app/cmuxd and asserts that keep-running preserves both processes, skips socket-lock waiting, and suppresses reload-state publication. Include default and --launch cases to confirm their existing behavior remains unchanged.

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In `@scripts/reload.sh` around lines 1704 - 1710, Add focused coverage in the
reload shim harness for CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING=1 with a live same-tag app and
cmuxd, asserting both remain running, socket-lock waiting is skipped, and
reload-state publication is suppressed. Include cases without the variable and
with --launch to preserve their existing behavior, using the existing harness
helpers and assertions.

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if [[ -n "$TAG" && "$APP_NAME" != "$SEARCH_APP_NAME" ]]; then
TAG_APP_FINAL_PATH="$(dirname "$APP_PATH")/${APP_NAME}.app"
TAG_APP_STAGING_PATH="$(dirname "$APP_PATH")/.${APP_NAME}.reload-$$.app"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1764,7 +1782,7 @@ if [[ -n "$TAG" && "$APP_NAME" != "$SEARCH_APP_NAME" ]]; then
set_plist_env "$INFO_PLIST" CMUX_DEV_AUTH_PROFILE "$AUTH_PROFILE"
set_plist_env "$INFO_PLIST" CMUX_DEV_AUTH_REPLACE_SESSION "1"
fi
if [[ -S "$CMUXD_SOCKET" ]]; then
if [[ "$KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP" -ne 1 && -S "$CMUXD_SOCKET" ]]; then
for PID in $(lsof -t "$CMUXD_SOCKET" 2>/dev/null); do
kill "$PID" 2>/dev/null || true
done
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TAG_LAUNCHD_DOMAIN="gui/$(id -u)"
fi

# Tag mode: always terminate the existing same-tag instance after a successful build,
# Tag mode: terminate the existing same-tag instance after a successful build,
# even without --launch. A stale tagged app pinned to this bundle id would otherwise
# keep running against freshly-overwritten resources, and macOS would foreground it
# instead of launching the newly built binary when the user cmd-clicks the .app.
if [[ -n "$TAG" ]]; then
# KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP (decided above) opts out of that and accepts the stale instance.
if [[ -n "$TAG" && "$KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP" -ne 1 ]]; then
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application id \"${BUNDLE_ID}\" to quit" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
sleep 0.3
pkill -f "${APP_NAME}.app/Contents/MacOS/${BASE_APP_NAME}" || true
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/bin/launchctl remove "$TAG_LAUNCHD_LABEL" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
fi

if [[ -n "$TAG" ]] && ! wait_for_tag_socket_lock_release "/tmp/cmux-debug-${TAG_SLUG}.sock"; then
if [[ "$KEEP_RUNNING_TAG_APP" -eq 1 ]] && reload_socket_is_live "/tmp/cmux-debug-${TAG_SLUG}.sock"; then
# The kept instance still owns this tag's socket lock, marker and CLI pointer.
# Waiting for a release that will not come would only time out.
CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE=0
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RELOAD_PUBLICATION_SKIP_REASON="the running tagged app was kept in place"
elif [[ -n "$TAG" ]] && ! wait_for_tag_socket_lock_release "/tmp/cmux-debug-${TAG_SLUG}.sock"; then
CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE=0
fi
if [[ "$CAN_PUBLISH_RELOAD_STATE" -eq 1 && -n "${TAG_SLUG:-}" ]]; then
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion skills/cmux-dev-workflow/references/tagged-builds.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Tagged builds isolate app name, bundle ID, debug socket, and DerivedData path so
./scripts/reload.sh --tag <tag> --launch # build, then open
```

After a successful build `reload.sh` terminates any running app with the same tag, so opening the printed app path launches the fresh binary.
After a successful build `reload.sh` terminates the same-tag app and its `cmuxd` by default, so opening the printed app path launches the fresh binary. For a build-only run that should leave the live tagged session in place, set `CMUX_RELOAD_KEEP_RUNNING=1`; `--launch` ignores that setting and performs the normal replacement flow.

## App path links

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