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Coding agents already batch shell commands, but composing workspace reads, patches, and process sessions still requires repeated MCP round trips. This experimental surface lets the model run JavaScript against existing DevSpace tool handlers, with generated signatures supplied by open_workspace and automatic workspace binding. An isolated QuickJS worker executes the script while normal validation and workspace restrictions remain in place.

Enable with DEVSPACE_EXPERIMENTAL_CODE_MODE=1 at server startup. It exposes execute, poll_execution, and cancel_execution alongside open_workspace and the native show_changes review card; with the flag unset, existing tool modes are unchanged. Long scripts return an execution ID rather than holding the MCP call open. Scripts are bounded by a five-minute deadline, 32 nested calls, and four concurrent nested calls.

This is intentionally a server-local experiment: executions do not survive a restart, and completed tool operations are not rolled back on failure or cancellation. Native artifact download remains available separately when enabled.

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  • New Features
    • Added an experimental Code Mode that lets you run JavaScript against workspace tools, check execution progress, and cancel running scripts.
    • Code Mode reports execution status, results, output, and tool-call details. Existing artifact downloads remain available when enabled.
  • Documentation
    • Documented how to enable Code Mode, its execution limits and behavior, and how to restore the configured tool set.

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Walkthrough

The change adds an environment-gated Code Mode surface to the MCP server. It provides workspace-scoped sandboxed execution, polling, and cancellation, with execution results and tool signatures returned through the server. Tests and configuration documentation cover the new mode.

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Experimental Code Mode

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and tool registry
package.json, src/config.ts, src/config.test.ts, src/code-mode-registry.ts
The configuration enables Code Mode only when DEVSPACE_EXPERIMENTAL_CODE_MODE equals "1". The new registry captures tool definitions and exposes workspace-bound tools and signatures.
Execution lifecycle
src/code-mode-executions.ts
The execution manager starts and polls workspace-scoped runs, reports snapshots, and handles cancellation, cleanup, and shutdown.
Server tools and validation
src/server.ts, src/server.test.ts, docs/configuration.md
The server conditionally exposes Code Mode signatures and execution tools. Tests cover in-memory and stateless HTTP use. Documentation describes configuration and execution behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant MCPServer
  participant CodeModeExecutions
  participant Sandbox
  participant CodeModeRegistry
  Client->>MCPServer: Open workspace and receive tool signatures
  Client->>MCPServer: Submit code with execute
  MCPServer->>CodeModeExecutions: Start workspace execution
  CodeModeExecutions->>Sandbox: Run code with configured limits
  Sandbox->>CodeModeRegistry: Invoke workspace-bound tool
  CodeModeRegistry-->>Sandbox: Return tool result
  CodeModeExecutions-->>MCPServer: Return execution snapshot
  MCPServer-->>Client: Return status, result, output, and calls
  Client->>MCPServer: Poll execution when needed
  MCPServer->>CodeModeExecutions: Poll workspace execution
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 716fc

Code Mode can occasionally exceed its advertised four-call concurrency limit. The issue is bounded, but the limiter should be corrected before relying on that limit.

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- Around line 153-160: Update the concurrency limiter around tool.execute so a
call that waits reuses the slot handed off to it instead of incrementing active
again. In the finally block, wake a queued waiter without decrementing active;
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Comment on lines +153 to +160
if (active >= MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiters.push(resolve));
active++;
try {
if (execution.controller.signal.aborted) throw new Error("Code execution cancelled.");
return await tool.execute(args, context);
} finally {
active--;
waiters.shift()?.();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the concurrency limiter so it holds four calls at most.

The finally block runs active-- and then wakes a waiter with waiters.shift()?.(). The waiter does not run active++ at once, because it resumes later as a microtask. During that gap, a new call can find active < MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS and run active++ directly. The woken waiter then also runs active++. The result is five or more concurrent nested calls. The docs and PR description promise four at most. Fix this by handing the slot to the waiter: when a waiter exists, do not decrement active.

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--- "a/src/code-mode-executions.ts"
+++ "b/src/code-mode-executions.ts"
@@ -150,15 +150,16 @@
           ...tool,
           execute: async (args: unknown, context: Parameters<typeof tool.execute>[1]) => {
             if (++calls > MAX_CALLS) throw new Error(`Code Mode limit exceeded: ${MAX_CALLS} tool calls.`);
-            if (active >= MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiters.push(resolve));
-            active++;
+            if (active >= MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiters.push(resolve));
+            else active++;
             try {
               if (execution.controller.signal.aborted) throw new Error("Code execution cancelled.");
               return await tool.execute(args, context);
             } finally {
-              active--;
-              waiters.shift()?.();
+              const next = waiters.shift();
+              if (next) next(); // transfer the slot
+              else active--;
             }
           },
         }));
       const sandbox = new CodemodeSandbox({
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if (active >= MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiters.push(resolve));
active++;
try {
if (execution.controller.signal.aborted) throw new Error("Code execution cancelled.");
return await tool.execute(args, context);
} finally {
active--;
waiters.shift()?.();
if (active >= MAX_CONCURRENT_CALLS) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiters.push(resolve));
else active++;
try {
if (execution.controller.signal.aborted) throw new Error("Code execution cancelled.");
return await tool.execute(args, context);
} finally {
const next = waiters.shift();
if (next) next(); // transfer the slot
else active--;
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Review comment at @src/code-mode-executions.ts around lines 153 - 160:
Update the concurrency limiter around tool.execute so a call that waits reuses
the slot handed off to it instead of incrementing active again. In the finally
block, wake a queued waiter without decrementing active; decrement active only
when no waiter is available.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 3/5

[High impact] Adds new scripted tool execution runtime with external dependency.

Not safe to merge as-is: cancellation and standalone server closure both allow workspace changes after the caller expects execution to have stopped. Both defects must be fixed before merging; the shared execution-cap improvement is non-blocking.

Findings

  1. P1 Cancelled commands keep running ▶
  2. P1 Scripts outlive server closure ▶
  3. P2 Too many workers at once ▶

T-Rex evidence

Evidence from the check

  • The executed script uses unchanged production managers and tool handlers to compare cancellation timing and assert post-cancellation writes, reproducing the claimed race.

Evidence from the check

  • The executed runner captures each integration command, working directory, exit code, stdout, and stderr, making both runs reproducible.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run cancelled an already registered command and observed child termination without filesystem writes, establishing the control.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run observed completed cancellation followed by late session registration and continuing timestamped writes, confirming the defect.

Evidence from the check

  • The authored TypeScript harness runs the real in-memory MCP fixture with a post-close release gate and an optional shutdown connection, demonstrating the precise lifecycle claim without production edits.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the harness against unmodified PR399 head and captured full MCP responses plus two mutations after server.close() resolved, confirming that both the command and script outlive closure.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the same fixture with shutdown awaited during closure and captured both markers remaining absent after the gate was released, showing that connecting execution shutdown prevents the reproduced effects.

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed TypeScript harness invokes the real manager start path, observes real workers, holds bounded tool calls, asserts concurrency and configuration, and shuts everything down.

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed Python script runs the four-script and six-script cases and captures their actual output with command, working directory, and exit code.

Command output from the check

  • The executed control held four scripts in four real workers and observed sixteen nested calls before successful completion and cleanup, establishing the comparison baseline.

Command output from the check

  • The executed challenge held six scripts in six real workers with individual 256 MiB configured allowances and twenty-four nested calls, confirming no shared four-worker admission limit.

Evidence from the check

  • The executed script uses unchanged production managers and tool handlers to compare cancellation timing and assert post-cancellation writes, reproducing the claimed race.

Evidence from the check

  • The executed runner captures each integration command, working directory, exit code, stdout, and stderr, making both runs reproducible.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run cancelled an already registered command and observed child termination without filesystem writes, establishing the control.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run observed completed cancellation followed by late session registration and continuing timestamped writes, confirming the defect.

Evidence from the check

  • The authored TypeScript harness runs the real in-memory MCP fixture with a post-close release gate and an optional shutdown connection, demonstrating the precise lifecycle claim without production edits.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the harness against unmodified PR399 head and captured full MCP responses plus two mutations after server.close() resolved, confirming that both the command and script outlive closure.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the same fixture with shutdown awaited during closure and captured both markers remaining absent after the gate was released, showing that connecting execution shutdown prevents the reproduced effects.

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed TypeScript harness invokes the real manager start path, observes real workers, holds bounded tool calls, asserts concurrency and configuration, and shuts everything down.

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed Python script runs the four-script and six-script cases and captures their actual output with command, working directory, and exit code.

Command output from the check

  • The executed control held four scripts in four real workers and observed sixteen nested calls before successful completion and cleanup, establishing the comparison baseline.

Command output from the check

  • The executed challenge held six scripts in six real workers with individual 256 MiB configured allowances and twenty-four nested calls, confirming no shared four-worker admission limit.

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Summary

Adds opt-in JavaScript tool composition through DEVSPACE_EXPERIMENTAL_CODE_MODE.

  • Agents can combine workspace tools in bounded JavaScript scripts.

The cancellation and server-closure defects must be fixed before merging.

Reviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: "test(codemode): exercise stateless HTTP ..." · Reviewed by Greptile

let calls = 0;
let active = 0;
const waiters: Array<() => void> = [];
const tools = this.registry.tools(execution.workspaceId, (id) => execution.processSessionIds.add(id))

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P1 Cancelled commands keep running

Cancelling while tools.exec_command waits for its first result can leave the command running. Its session ID is recorded only after the handler returns. The worker stops without waiting for that handler, so both cleanup passes can finish before the ID arrives. The callback then adds the ID without stopping the process, allowing it to keep changing files after cancellation.

Track the process when it starts, or stop late-arriving sessions when the execution has already ended. This cancellation defect must be fixed before merging.

Knowledge Base Used: CLI and host process management

Artifacts

Evidence from the check

  • The executed script uses unchanged production managers and tool handlers to compare cancellation timing and assert post-cancellation writes, reproducing the claimed race.

Evidence from the check

  • The executed runner captures each integration command, working directory, exit code, stdout, and stderr, making both runs reproducible.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run cancelled an already registered command and observed child termination without filesystem writes, establishing the control.

Command output from the check

  • The real integration run observed completed cancellation followed by late session registration and continuing timestamped writes, confirming the defect.

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Comment thread src/server.ts
Comment on lines +330 to +331
const codeModeRegistry = config.experimentalCodeMode ? new CodeModeRegistry() : undefined;
const codeModeExecutions = codeModeRegistry ? new CodeModeExecutions(codeModeRegistry, processSessions) : undefined;

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P1 Scripts outlive server closure

createMcpServer creates a private CodeModeExecutions but never connects its shutdown() to server.close(). Once execute returns a running execution_id, closing this server only closes the MCP connection. The worker can continue until its five-minute deadline, and started commands can remain alive after the caller closes the workspace store.

Add execution cleanup to this server’s close path, as the HTTP server already does. This shutdown defect must be fixed before merging.

Knowledge Base Used: MCP server and workspace API

Artifacts

Evidence from the check

  • The authored TypeScript harness runs the real in-memory MCP fixture with a post-close release gate and an optional shutdown connection, demonstrating the precise lifecycle claim without production edits.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the harness against unmodified PR399 head and captured full MCP responses plus two mutations after server.close() resolved, confirming that both the command and script outlive closure.

Command output from the check

  • Ran the same fixture with shutdown awaited during closure and captured both markers remaining absent after the gate was released, showing that connecting execution shutdown prevents the reproduced effects.

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Comment on lines +63 to +64
this.executions.set(id, execution);
execution.done = this.run(execution, code);

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P2 Too many workers at once

start() accepts unlimited simultaneous executions. Each gets a separate worker with a 256 MiB memory allowance; the four-call limit applies only within one script. A burst of execute calls with yield_time_ms: 0 can keep creating workers for five minutes, slowing or exhausting the local server.

As a non-blocking improvement, add a server-wide or workspace-wide execution cap and reject or queue excess starts.

Knowledge Base Used: Bound stale MCP session memory

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Artifacts

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed TypeScript harness invokes the real manager start path, observes real workers, holds bounded tool calls, asserts concurrency and configuration, and shuts everything down.

Evidence from the check

  • This authored and executed Python script runs the four-script and six-script cases and captures their actual output with command, working directory, and exit code.

Command output from the check

  • The executed control held four scripts in four real workers and observed sixteen nested calls before successful completion and cleanup, establishing the comparison baseline.

Command output from the check

  • The executed challenge held six scripts in six real workers with individual 256 MiB configured allowances and twenty-four nested calls, confirming no shared four-worker admission limit.

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