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What Changed

Closing the desktop client stopped its managed SSH server and interrupted running agent turns. Tunnel teardown now closes only the local forward; explicit Disconnect/Remove still stops a managed server.

Reconnect also preserves managed ownership when the default runtime file identifies the same PID. Without this check, the launcher mistakes its own surviving server for an external one and sends it SIGTERM.

Why

Fixes #10934. Remote work should survive a client restart. This keeps #9843's correct process ownership and the existing explicit-stop behavior, including stop errors and external-server protection.

Validation: reproduced three failing assertions on unmodified main, then passed all 37 focused tunnel and runner-process tests. The reconnect regression runs the generated shell script against an isolated HTTP process and verifies no SIGTERM, the same live PID, and preserved ownership. SSH package typecheck, targeted lint, and formatting pass. No live SSH host, desktop/Codex session, or personal T3 state was used.

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • No UI changes; screenshots and video are not applicable

Implemented with GPT-6 in Codex.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Remote connections now preserve active remote servers and running agents when the desktop app closes.
    • Reconnecting reuses the existing managed server instead of stopping and restarting it.
    • Tunnel cleanup no longer stops the remote server automatically.
    • Explicit disconnect continues to close the tunnel and stop the remote server.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified desktop-managed SSH behavior when the desktop app is closed.

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Verdict: Approved at 754e64c

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped SSH lifecycle fix: desktop shutdown now leaves remote work running while explicit disconnect still stops managed servers. The production logic is isolated and accompanied by focused process-ownership tests; the other changes are documentation or test-only.

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Walkthrough

The SSH lifecycle now reuses existing remote servers during reconnect. Tunnel cleanup no longer stops the remote server. Explicit disconnect still stops it. Tests cover managed and external servers, and documentation records the behavior.

Changes

Remote server lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Separate tunnel cleanup from remote shutdown
packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts, docs/user/remote-access.md
Reconnect preserves managed server ownership. Tunnel finalization removes the tunnel entry and kills the local SSH process without stopping the remote server. Explicit disconnect still stops the remote server.
Validate reconnect process ownership
packages/ssh/src/runnerProcess.test.ts, packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts
Tests verify reuse and continued execution for managed and external servers. Stop-command expectations reflect the separated shutdown flow.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: High

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to afb52

Managed SSH servers now remain available across desktop-client closure and reconnects while explicit disconnect continues to stop them. The test fixture preserves its parent environment, so no current merge-blocking risk remains.

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Desktop
  participant SshEnvironmentManager
  participant RemoteServer
  Desktop->>SshEnvironmentManager: reconnect
  SshEnvironmentManager->>RemoteServer: reuse existing runtime
  RemoteServer-->>Desktop: return existing port and server kind
  Desktop->>SshEnvironmentManager: close connection
  SshEnvironmentManager->>SshEnvironmentManager: remove tunnel and kill local SSH process
  Note over RemoteServer: Remote server remains running
  Desktop->>SshEnvironmentManager: explicit disconnect
  SshEnvironmentManager->>RemoteServer: stop remote server
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving remote work when the desktop closes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required What Changed, Why, UI Changes, and Checklist sections. It explains the fix, scope, validation, and non-applicability of UI evidence.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address [#10934] by keeping managed remote servers and active work running during tunnel teardown, preserving ownership on reconnect, and retaining explicit stop behavior and external-serv…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The documentation, implementation, and regression tests are directly related to the managed SSH lifecycle fix and its acceptance criteria. No unrelated changes are evident.
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packages/ssh/src/runnerProcess.test.ts (1)

235-235: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Set extendEnv: true on the launch child.

ChildProcess.make defaults extendEnv to false. The child therefore receives only T3_TEST_STATE_DIR, so the launch script may not find node through PATH or a version manager.

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In `@packages/ssh/src/runnerProcess.test.ts` at line 235, Update the
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