[juliusmarminge]

Offline startup can make Clerk look signed out and delete saved T3 Connect environments. Preserve those routes while Clerk has only an empty or cookie-fallback client; remove them after a real client confirms no session, explicit sign-out, or account switching.

Original description by @otavio

Problem

Launching the desktop app while offline deletes saved T3 Connect environments (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/17917). Clerk finishes loading signed out when the network is down. ManagedRelayAuthProvider (apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.tsx) treated that first observation as a sign-out, because observedAccountRef starts as undefined and the check was previousAccount !== null. It then ran removeRelayEnvironments, which deletes every environment whose only route is T3 Connect. They do not come back when the network returns.

Expected: being offline at launch leaves saved environments alone; the relay session just stays inactive.

Change

Account cleanup now runs only after this session has observed a signed-in account (previousAccount !== undefined && previousAccount !== null). A first signed-out observation only deactivates the relay session, which it already did. A real sign-out (signed in, then signed out) and an account switch (A, then B, unchanged branch) still remove relay environments and reset the token cache.

Scope and approval

Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/17917. This is a very small, focused fix for an obvious data-loss bug: one condition in one file plus a regression test. It follows the fix suggested in the issue and does not change how sign-out or account switching behave.

Verification

• Added three cases to apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.test.ts that render ManagedRelayAuthProvider with useAuth and useAtomCommand mocked:
  • Clerk loading, then loaded signed out (the offline launch state from the issue): removeRelayEnvironments is not called. On main this case fails (expected "vi.fn()" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times); with the fix it passes.
  • Signed in as account-1, then signed out: cleanup runs once.
  • account-1, then account-2: cleanup runs once and the relay session moves to account-2.
• vp test run src/cloud/managedAuth.test.ts: 5/5 pass. vp lint and vp fmt --check on the touched files, plus tsc-rs --noEmit for apps/web: clean.
• A separate Codex review (gpt-6.1-sol, high effort) found no correctness issues. It also checked StrictMode effect replay and isLoaded going back to false.

Not checked: I did not run an end-to-end offline launch. That needs a real Clerk key, a T3 Connect account with a saved relay environment, and network toggling, which would also mean using real credentials in evidence. I also did not verify Clerk's offline behavior myself; I relied on the issue's diagnosis of @clerk/clerk-js. The test reproduces the auth state the issue describes (loaded, signed out, no prior account), so there are no screenshots. One remaining edge: if a user's Clerk session ends while the app is closed, saved relay environments now stay until they sign in again or remove them, instead of being deleted at launch.

Done by Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5) in Claude Code, running inside T3 Code.

Takeover

Rebuilt from #18465 by @otavio / @OSSystems, preserving its intent and credit.
The original guard also retained definitive signed-out launches. The replacement distinguishes Clerk's fallback client from a hydrated client and listens for later resource updates. Cleanup now uses the same atom registry as the rendered client, so confirmed cleanup updates the list immediately.
Rendered tests now use the repository's Chromium test runner; account-switch coverage verifies cleanup completes before activation.

Evidence

Fixture matrix

Chromium 148.0.7778.96 on Xvfb; no device emulation, DPR 1, normal font scale; 1440×1000 and 390×844, light/dark. Actual SDK lanes intercept installed Clerk 6.40.0; deterministic transition lanes are labeled HARNESS AUTH STATE. Synthetic IndexedDB data only.

Fixture	Before	After	Proof scope
A1: unresolved, no client ID	Saved relay routes deleted	Kept across reload	Actual SDK + labeled harness
A2: degraded placeholder client	Saved relay routes deleted	Kept across reload	Actual SDK + labeled harness
A3: real no-session client arrives	Persisted deletion; stale visible rows	Live and persisted removal	Labeled provider transitions
A4: unresolved → signed in	Saved routes already lost	Saved routes retained	Labeled provider transitions
A5: observed sign-out	Persisted removal	Live and persisted removal	Labeled provider transitions
A6: account A → B	Cleanup before activation; stale rows	Live cleanup before activation	Labeled provider transitions
A7: unloaded/repeated/same-account controls	Existing behavior	Existing behavior	Labeled provider transitions
A8: bootstrap 401 / successful no-session response	Unloaded preserves / resolved removes	Same protocol distinction	Intercepted actual SDK
V1: mixed/direct/disabled route controls	Direct routes survive deletion	Direct routes survive; unresolved relay routes retained	Same recorded Connections view

Unchanged signed-in-placeholder and rapid-cancellation controls run in three baseline cells and all four after cells; the duplicate baseline 390-dark supplement is not claimed. These nonvisual controls do not need separate width/theme tours. Affected cleanup and preservation paths cover all eight cells.

Complete recordings, chapter steps and public replay trace · Verified replay bundle · Proof audit: SUFFICIENT

Final-merge visual addendum · Final-merge audit: SUFFICIENT
The addendum compares current main with the final head, including main's new Sign in publishing control. The complete transition matrix below remains pinned to its earlier captured SHA.

Final visuals	Before: eabcfa2fea	After: 44b82a0d96	Diff0	Diff16
1440x1000-light	Before	After	Diff0	Diff16
1440x1000-dark	Before	After	Diff0	Diff16
390x844-light	Before	After	Diff0	Diff16
390x844-dark	Before	After	Diff0	Diff16

Matched unresolved-launch stills after reload; differences amplified ×4, thresholds 0 and 16/255. Each column identifies its source SHA.

Viewport / theme	Before	After	Diff0	Diff16
1440x1000-light	Before 76da264a0c	After 65637ec020	Diff0	Diff16
1440x1000-dark	Before 76da264a0c	After 65637ec020	Diff0	Diff16
390x844-light	Before 76da264a0c	After 65637ec020	Diff0	Diff16
390x844-dark	Before 76da264a0c	After 65637ec020	Diff0	Diff16

Recordings	Before: 76da264a0c	After: 65637ec020
1440x1000-light	Before	After
1440x1000-dark	Before	After
390x844-light	Before	After
390x844-dark	Before	After

What else changed: retained relay rows include their disconnected error details; mixed-route subtitles and route counts differ; card heights, lower control positions and scroll extent follow the retained rows. Confirmed cleanup now updates the visible list immediately because it uses the rendered app's atom registry. No new UI styling or layout rules. The final-merge addendum also records main's publishing control update; this upstream change is common to both final comparison revisions. A preexisting Authorized clients label/action overlap at 390 px is visible on both revisions; environment-list companions remain readable.

Verification log

• Main at 76da264a0c retained the faulty initial cleanup; the regression fails there.
• Five independent Codex/Claude review rounds: fixed definitive cold rejection, offline empty-resource success, and degraded recovery; both round-five reviewers returned MERGE at 65637ec020.
• Six focused Chromium auth-transition tests (including the correct-registry regression) and one existing unit test pass; targeted lint, formatting and web typecheck pass.
• No token storage/sending, sign-in or access-validity rules changed. This is local saved-route cleanup around unresolved auth state.
• Bootstrap HTTP401 leaves Clerk unloaded and preserves routes on both revisions. Refresh401 after an observed account and a successful no-session client response are separate verification cases.
• CI: pending on final merge head 44b82a0d96. Main merged without rebasing; seven scoped tests and targeted lint pass after the merge.
• Unverified: live T3 Connect service, real OAuth/account switching, signed-in SDK refresh401 → sign-out, executed JWT fallback, and hosted deployment. Web is the sole changed client surface; no native surface changes.
• Independent replay: live-cleanup endpoint matches at zero pixels; unresolved retry countdown differs by 89 pixels (64 above 16/255), disclosed as dynamic text rather than antialiasing.
• Clerk's internal fallback ID is version-sensitive; browser runtime can track CDN major 6 separately from Electron's installed SDK.
• Friction and exclusions: see the linked audits and replay indexes for SDK fallback assumptions, browser-test conventions, registry mismatch, capture overload/onboarding, timestamp normalization, stale-manifest repair, and main drift.
• Models/harness: Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Agent for tests/implementation; GPT-6.1 Sol via Codex and Claude Opus 5.5 for review; GPT-6.1 Sol via Codex for evidence/proof audit, orchestrated in T3 Code.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	−7 B (−0.1%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	−7 B (−0.6%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: eabcfa2 · PR result: 44b82a0 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This PR changes production authentication-state handling and cleanup of persisted relay environments, and it also adds the auth file to a static-analysis permission exception. Those sensitive auth and lint-override changes warrant human review despite the focused scope and regression coverage.

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Walkthrough

The provider now distinguishes unresolved Clerk startup state from confirmed sign-out. It runs relay-environment cleanup only for resolved account transitions. Browser tests cover startup, sign-out, and account switching.

Changes: Managed relay auth

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve Clerk client state apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.tsx, apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.browser.test.tsx	The provider subscribes to Clerk client changes and leaves account state unresolved until there is an account or Clerk confirms sign-out. Tests verify that degraded startup and a ready state without a confirmed client do not trigger cleanup or set an active account.
Gate cleanup on account transitions apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.tsx, apps/web/src/cloud/managedAuth.browser.test.tsx, vite.config.ts	For resolved sign-out or account changes, cleanup runs directly against appAtomRegistry. Tests cover confirmed sign-out, clearing the active account, and waiting for cleanup before activating the next account. The Vite override now includes the provider.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Possibly related issues

• Issue 15725: The issue reports Clerk UI load failure and an unavailable saved T3 Connect environment. This change prevents unresolved Clerk state from being treated as confirmed sign-out.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#19358: It changes route removal behavior used when this provider removes relay environments after confirmed sign-out or account switching.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 44b82

Add the required explanation for disabling the test router. No established relay-route cleanup defect currently prevents merging after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(web): preserve Connect environments on unreachable auth at launch" matches the main change. The PR stops saved T3 Connect relay environments from being deleted when Clerk reports a sign…
Linked Issues check		Issue #17917 requires offline startup to preserve saved T3 Connect environments and to retain cleanup for a confirmed sign-out or account change. ManagedRelayAuthProvider keeps the account unresolve…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed files stay connected to issue #17917. managedAuth.tsx changes auth-state resolution and saved-route cleanup. managedAuth.browser.test.tsx verifies the required auth transitions and reg…
Description check		The pull request description includes Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the data-loss issue, implementation, linked issue, test coverage, evidence, limitation…

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Explanation

The title "fix(web): preserve Connect environments on unreachable auth at launch" matches the main change. The PR stops saved T3 Connect relay environments from being deleted when Clerk reports a signed-out state during an offline launch. It follows conventional commit style and names the affected area (web) and the scenario (launch with unreachable auth). The title is specific and does not include file lists or vague terms.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #17917 requires offline startup to preserve saved T3 Connect environments and to retain cleanup for a confirmed sign-out or account change. ManagedRelayAuthProvider keeps the account unresolved while Clerk is loading, has an empty client, or has the client_init fallback. It runs cleanup only after a real client is observed or after an account transition. The browser tests cover degraded startup, ready-without-client startup, confirmed no-session responses, explicit sign-out, and account switching. Cleanup uses appAtomRegistry, and account switching waits for cleanup before activation.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changed files stay connected to issue #17917. managedAuth.tsx changes auth-state resolution and saved-route cleanup. managedAuth.browser.test.tsx verifies the required auth transitions and registry behavior. The vite.config.ts override permits the required RPC access rule for the changed provider. No unrelated product behavior or client surface is shown in the supplied change summary.

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The pull request description includes Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the data-loss issue, implementation, linked issue, test coverage, evidence, limitations, and remaining edge cases. The description is complete and relevant.

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Explain why this test disables the router.

Add a one-line comment beside router: false. The test otherwise gives no reason for bypassing the default router. As per coding guidelines, “Pass router: false only with a one-line comment saying why.”

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