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//! ORC-13 — the orchestrator's WRITE door, the one every controlled-tier noun
//! goes through when `--harness orchestrator` names it.
//!
//! Hermes's write door is `hermes cron …`; OpenClaw's is `openclaw cron …`
//! through its Gateway. The orchestrator's is its own package: the only writer
//! that keeps the folder's byte-stability and its residue rules is `save()`
//! inside `sdk/orchestrator` (`docs/ORCHESTRATOR-IR.md` §1 rule 2, §6). This
//! module is the uniform client of that writer, and it never touches the
//! folder itself — no file here is opened for writing, ever.
//!
//! Two doors, one protocol, one answer (`docs/ORCHESTRATOR-IR.md` §4.6):
//!
//! * **live** — when `<root>/orchestrator.lock` names a process that is alive
//! AND `<root>/orchestrator.sock` accepts a connection, one JSON line goes
//! over that socket:
//!
//! ```text
//! {"op":"jobs.create","args":{…},"profile":"coder"}
//! {"ok":true,"result":{"ran":"created cron job …","job":{…}}}
//! ```
//!
//! The daemon dispatches the matching operator event on its own queue, so
//! the write is ordered against inbound messages and ticks and the running
//! loop's in-memory state and the folder can never disagree.
//! * **cold** — otherwise the package's own CLI runs the identical verb
//! through the identical `applyOperator`:
//!
//! ```text
//! node <entry> jobs.create --root <home> --profile coder --json '{…}'
//! ```
//!
//! The entry is resolved exactly the way `supercode orchestrator start`
//! resolves it ([`crate::orchestrator::daemon_entry`]), so the cold path and
//! the daemon are always the same build of the same package.
//!
//! Writing through a LIVE daemon's socket rather than its folder is not a
//! nicety: a daemon holds the loaded state in memory and re-saves it on every
//! `save` effect, so a folder edited behind its back would be silently
//! overwritten on the next tick. The lease is what makes that choice
//! mechanical instead of a guess.
//!
//! The answer is the PACKAGE's, never supercode's: `{ok:false, error}` is
//! surfaced verbatim (it carries the reducer's own refusal line), and each
//! caller re-reads its row through the ORCH readers afterwards.
use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use serde_json::Value;
/// Environment variable overriding the `node` used for the cold path (tests).
pub const NODE_BIN_ENV: &str = "SUPERCODE_NODE_BIN";
/// The daemon's local socket inside one orchestrator home.
pub const SOCKET_FILE: &str = "orchestrator.sock";
/// Which door answered.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Door {
/// The running daemon's Unix socket.
Live,
/// The package's own CLI, run as a subprocess.
Cold,
}
impl Door {
/// Uniform spelling used in narrations and outcomes.
pub const fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
match self {
Self::Live => "live",
Self::Cold => "cold",
}
}
}
/// One answered operator call.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct DoorAnswer {
/// The exact door that was driven, narrated.
pub ran: String,
/// Which door it was.
pub door: Door,
/// The package's own `result` object.
pub result: Value,
}
/// Why an operator call could not be answered.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum DoorError {
/// The package refused the verb; the message is ITS words.
Refused(String),
/// The door itself could not be driven (no entry, no node, a crash).
Failed(String),
}
impl std::fmt::Display for DoorError {
fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
match self {
Self::Refused(message) | Self::Failed(message) => formatter.write_str(message),
}
}
}
impl std::error::Error for DoorError {}
type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, DoorError>;
/// The daemon socket path for one home.
pub fn socket_path(root: &Path) -> PathBuf {
root.join(SOCKET_FILE)
}
/// Whether a LIVE daemon is serving this home right now.
///
/// Both halves must hold: a lease naming a process that is alive, and a socket
/// file beside it. A lease whose process is gone is stale and a socket left by
/// a killed daemon is dead, so either alone would send the write into a void.
pub fn daemon_is_live(root: &Path) -> bool {
crate::orchestrator::live_lease(root).is_some() && socket_path(root).exists()
}
/// Perform one operator verb through whichever door this home publishes.
pub fn call(root: &Path, op: &str, args: &Value, profile: &str) -> Result<DoorAnswer> {
if daemon_is_live(root) {
match call_live(root, op, args, profile) {
Ok(answer) => return Ok(answer),
// A refusal is the package's answer and is final. Only a broken
// socket falls through to the cold path — a daemon that died
// between the lease check and the connect must not lose the write.
Err(DoorError::Refused(message)) => return Err(DoorError::Refused(message)),
Err(DoorError::Failed(_)) => {}
}
}
call_cold(root, op, args, profile)
}
/// The narration for the live door: what went over the socket.
fn narrate_live(root: &Path, op: &str, args: &Value, profile: &str) -> String {
format!(
"{} {op} --profile {profile} --json {}",
socket_path(root).display(),
shell_quote(&args.to_string())
)
}
#[cfg(unix)]
fn call_live(root: &Path, op: &str, args: &Value, profile: &str) -> Result<DoorAnswer> {
use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
let ran = narrate_live(root, op, args, profile);
let path = socket_path(root);
let mut stream = UnixStream::connect(&path).map_err(|error| {
DoorError::Failed(format!(
"the orchestrator daemon is leased for `{}` but its socket `{}` did not accept a \
connection: {error}",
root.display(),
path.display()
))
})?;
let line = serde_json::json!({"op": op, "args": args, "profile": profile});
stream
.write_all(format!("{line}\n").as_bytes())
.and_then(|()| stream.flush())
.map_err(|error| DoorError::Failed(format!("`{ran}` could not be sent: {error}")))?;
let mut reader = BufReader::new(stream);
let mut answer = String::new();
reader
.read_line(&mut answer)
.map_err(|error| DoorError::Failed(format!("`{ran}` was not answered: {error}")))?;
if answer.trim().is_empty() {
return Err(DoorError::Failed(format!(
"`{ran}`: the orchestrator closed the connection without answering"
)));
}
interpret(&ran, Door::Live, answer.trim())
}
#[cfg(not(unix))]
fn call_live(root: &Path, op: &str, args: &Value, profile: &str) -> Result<DoorAnswer> {
Err(DoorError::Failed(format!(
"`{}`: the daemon's door is a Unix socket, which this platform has no client for; the \
cold path answers instead",
narrate_live(root, op, args, profile)
)))
}
/// The package's own CLI: `node <entry> <op> --root … --profile … --json …`.
fn call_cold(root: &Path, op: &str, args: &Value, profile: &str) -> Result<DoorAnswer> {
let entry = crate::orchestrator::daemon_entry().map_err(|error| {
DoorError::Failed(format!(
"the orchestrator's write door is its own package, and it could not be located: \
{error}"
))
})?;
let node = std::env::var_os(NODE_BIN_ENV)
.map(|value| value.to_string_lossy().trim().to_string())
.filter(|value| !value.is_empty())
.unwrap_or_else(|| "node".to_string());
let payload = args.to_string();
let arguments = vec![
entry.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
op.to_string(),
"--root".to_string(),
root.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
"--profile".to_string(),
profile.to_string(),
"--json".to_string(),
payload,
];
let ran = std::iter::once(node.clone())
.chain(arguments.iter().cloned())
.map(|part| shell_quote(&part))
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join(" ");
let output = std::process::Command::new(&node)
.args(&arguments)
.stdin(std::process::Stdio::null())
.output()
.map_err(|error| DoorError::Failed(format!("`{ran}` could not be executed: {error}")))?;
let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned();
let last = stdout.lines().rev().find(|line| !line.trim().is_empty());
let Some(last) = last else {
let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim().to_string();
return Err(DoorError::Failed(format!(
"`{ran}` printed nothing ({}){}",
output.status,
if stderr.is_empty() {
String::new()
} else {
format!(": {stderr}")
}
)));
};
interpret(&ran, Door::Cold, last.trim())
}
/// One `{ok, result}` / `{ok:false, error}` line, whichever door printed it.
fn interpret(ran: &str, door: Door, line: &str) -> Result<DoorAnswer> {
let value: Value = serde_json::from_str(line).map_err(|error| {
DoorError::Failed(format!(
"`{ran}` answered something that is not JSON: {error}"
))
})?;
if value.get("ok").and_then(Value::as_bool) == Some(true) {
return Ok(DoorAnswer {
ran: ran.to_string(),
door,
result: value.get("result").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null),
});
}
// The package's own sentence, verbatim: a verb its reducer refused says
// WHY, and that reason is the whole point of the controlled tier.
Err(DoorError::Refused(
value
.get("error")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.map(str::to_string)
.unwrap_or_else(|| format!("`{ran}` answered `{line}`")),
))
}
/// The same narration quoting the rest of the tier uses.
fn shell_quote(value: &str) -> String {
if !value.is_empty()
&& value
.chars()
.all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || "-_./:@=+,".contains(c))
{
return value.to_string();
}
format!("'{}'", value.replace('\'', "'\\''"))
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
fn scratch(label: &str) -> PathBuf {
let root = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
"supercode-orc13-{label}-{}-{}",
std::process::id(),
std::time::SystemTime::now()
.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
.unwrap()
.as_nanos()
));
std::fs::create_dir_all(&root).unwrap();
root
}
/// A home with no lease and no socket is never "live": the door must fall
/// through to the cold path rather than dial a socket that is not there.
#[test]
fn a_home_without_a_live_lease_is_not_live() {
let root = scratch("live");
assert!(!daemon_is_live(&root));
// A lease alone is not enough — the socket has to be there too.
crate::orchestrator::write_lease(
&root,
&crate::orchestrator::Lease {
pid: std::process::id(),
started_at: "2026-09-04T00:00:00Z".into(),
root: root.clone(),
},
)
.unwrap();
assert!(!daemon_is_live(&root), "a lease without a socket is not up");
std::fs::write(socket_path(&root), b"").unwrap();
assert!(daemon_is_live(&root));
std::fs::remove_dir_all(&root).ok();
}
#[test]
fn a_refusal_carries_the_packages_own_sentence() {
let error = interpret(
"node entry jobs.delete",
Door::Cold,
r#"{"ok":false,"error":"jobs_delete: no job job_x"}"#,
)
.unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(
error,
DoorError::Refused("jobs_delete: no job job_x".into())
);
}
#[test]
fn an_ok_line_yields_the_packages_result() {
let answer = interpret(
"node entry jobs.create",
Door::Cold,
r#"{"ok":true,"result":{"ran":"created cron job a","job_id":"a"}}"#,
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(answer.door, Door::Cold);
assert_eq!(
answer.result.pointer("/job_id").and_then(Value::as_str),
Some("a")
);
}
/// The cold path is the package's own CLI, so a home that does not exist
/// fails through the PACKAGE's loader, never through a Rust file write.
#[test]
fn the_cold_path_runs_the_packages_cli_and_refuses_a_home_that_does_not_load() {
let root = scratch("cold").join("not-a-home");
let error = call(
&root,
"jobs.delete",
&serde_json::json!({"id": "x"}),
"default",
)
.unwrap_err();
let message = error.to_string();
assert!(
message.contains("not a directory") || message.contains("could not be executed"),
"{message}"
);
std::fs::remove_dir_all(root.parent().unwrap()).ok();
}
}