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fix(claude): detect --autocompact from claude --help instead of trusting the version floor #2113

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions server/drivers/claude.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1434,6 +1434,19 @@ describe("ClaudeDriver turns (fake CLI)", () => {
});
});

it("withholds --autocompact from a CLI above the floor whose --help does not list it", async () => {
// 2.1.129 clears the 2.1.122 floor yet rejects the flag ("unknown option")
const dump = join(scratch, "no-autocompact-cli.json");
await create(undefined, { FAKE_CLAUDE_DUMP: dump, FAKE_CLAUDE_VERSION: "2.1.129", FAKE_CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACT: "0" });
await instance.snapshot();
await instance.adapter.sendTurn({ threadId: "t-no-autocompact", text: "hi" });
await recorder.until((e) => e.type === "turn.completed");

const seen = JSON.parse(readFileSync(dump, "utf8"));
expect(seen.argv).not.toContain("--autocompact");
expect(seen.argv).toContain("--strict-mcp-config");
});

it("keeps only the isolation flag a very old CLI accepts", async () => {
// 1.0.100: --strict-mcp-config exists (1.0.60), --setting-sources does
// not yet (1.0.122)
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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion server/drivers/claude.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1182,6 +1182,12 @@ export const ClaudeDriver: ProviderDriver<ClaudeConfig> = {
// other context controls and an unknown flag would reject that request.
let cliVersion: ClaudeCliVersion | null = null;
let cliVersionChecked = false;
// Whether `claude --help` lists --autocompact, read once per CLI version
// by snapshot(). The flag is not in every build above its version floor
// (2.1.129 rejects it), so the listing wins over the floor; null until
// probed, or when the probe fails.
let cliHasAutocompact: boolean | null = null;
let cliHelpVersion: string | null = null;
const readCliVersion = (env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<string | null> =>
new Promise((resolve) => {
execCli(config.cli, ["--version"], { timeout: 8000, env }, (err, stdout) =>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1439,7 +1445,7 @@ export const ClaudeDriver: ProviderDriver<ClaudeConfig> = {
if (claudeCliSupports(cliVersion, "--setting-sources")) args.push("--setting-sources", "project");
}
const compactWindow = autoCompactWindow(turnEnvironment);
if (compactWindow && claudeCliSupports(cliVersion, "--autocompact")) {
if (compactWindow && (cliHasAutocompact ?? claudeCliSupports(cliVersion, "--autocompact"))) {
args.push("--autocompact", compactWindow);
}
// An old pair conversation can still carry its first assignment in
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2431,6 +2437,13 @@ export const ClaudeDriver: ProviderDriver<ClaudeConfig> = {
if (!version) return { state: "unavailable", reason: `\`${config.cli}\` CLI not found` };
cliVersion = parseClaudeCliVersion(version);
cliVersionChecked = true;
if (version !== cliHelpVersion) {
const help = await new Promise<string | null>((resolve) => {
execCli(config.cli, ["--help"], { timeout: 8000, env }, (err, stdout) => resolve(err ? null : stdout));
});
cliHasAutocompact = help === null ? null : /^\s*--autocompact\b/m.test(help);
cliHelpVersion = version;
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clear the cached support state before starting a new CLI help probe.

When snapshot() detects a new CLI version, it sets cliVersionChecked = true before awaiting claude --help. During that await, sendTurn() can read the previous cliHasAutocompact === true and append --autocompact. If the new CLI does not support that option, it can reject the turn.

Reset or atomically replace the cached support value at the probe boundary so sendTurn() cannot use the previous positive result while the probe is pending.

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Review comment at @server/drivers/claude.ts around lines 2438 - 2445:
In the snapshot flow, clear or atomically replace cliHasAutocompact when a new
CLI version is detected, before awaiting the --help probe. Ensure sendTurn
cannot use the previous version’s positive support result while the probe is
pending.

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}
const update = claudeCliUpdate(version, config.cli);
const warning = claudeInheritWarning(env);
if (config.requireApiKey) {
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions server/testing/fake-claude-cli.ts
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Expand Up @@ -237,6 +237,18 @@ if (argv[0] === "--version") {
process.exit(0);
}

if (argv[0] === "--help") {
// Lists --autocompact in the option column like the real CLI, unless the
// fake stands in for a build without it: FAKE_CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACT=0, or a
// version below the 2.1.122 floor.
const [maj = 0, min = 0, pat = 0] = (process.env.FAKE_CLAUDE_VERSION ?? "2.1.232").split(".").map(Number);
const has = process.env.FAKE_CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACT !== "0" && (maj > 2 || (maj === 2 && (min > 1 || (min === 1 && pat >= 122))));
process.stdout.write(
`Usage: claude [options]\n\nOptions:\n --model <model> Model\n${has ? " --autocompact <tokens> Compaction window\n" : ""} -h, --help Display help\n`,
);
process.exit(0);
}

if (argv[0] === "update") {
if (process.env.FAKE_CLAUDE_UPDATE === "fail") {
process.stderr.write("fake-claude: simulated update failure\n");
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