Add the plugin's Stop hook so a written-down wait is never left unwatched (issue 1743)

A session could end its turn while a wait it wrote down with
claude_code_wait had nothing following it. The plugin's Stop hook
(claude-code stop <waits-dir>) refuses the stop while a wait is within
its bound and unwatched, or past its bound and not said, reading the
waits file directly with no network and a 5s bound; it fails open on a
missing or malformed file or a panic, and lets a wait through after
three refusals in a row rather than holding the session forever.
Renames TestThePluginsOnlyHookIsTheGuard to cover the session-start and
Stop hooks too.
This commit is contained in:
jochen
2026-10-21 18:08:13 +02:00
parent 37628f4bce
commit 0fa427dad3
4 changed files with 315 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ func main() {
if len(os.Args) == 3 && os.Args[1] == "session-start" {
os.Exit(runSessionStart(os.Args[2], os.Stdin, os.Stdout))
}
// The plugin's Stop hook (novox/hq ADR 0489 §3-§6, issue 1743): keeps the turn open while a wait is unwatched
// or untold.
if len(os.Args) == 3 && os.Args[1] == "stop" {
os.Exit(runStop(os.Args[2], os.Stdin, os.Stderr))
}
// The helper that touches the agent's home as the agent's account (novox/hq ADR 0266), started by this
// module through sudo: one answer per request on stdin, until it ends.
if len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == HelperArg {
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@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
package main
// The plugin's Stop hook (novox/hq ADR 0489 §3-§6, issue 1743): `claude-code stop <waits-dir>`, run by the
// agent's own account before a session's turn is let end. It reads the session's mirrored waits file
// directly (readWaitsFile, waits.go) — never the bus, never calling back into this module — so the decision
// is local, under 5 s, and needs no network.
//
// Within its bound, a wait needs a watcher: refused while one is open and nothing follows it yet. Past its
// bound, a wait needs a word to the operator, watched or not: refused until it is marked said. Refused at
// most three times running for the same wait (a counter file beside the waits file, reset once the blocking
// wait changes or clears); the fourth time it is let through, saying the wait was left unwatched. A missing,
// unreadable or malformed waits file, or a panic, always allows.
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"time"
)
// StopInput is what the hook is given on stdin.
type StopInput struct {
SessionID string `json:"session_id"`
TranscriptPath string `json:"transcript_path"`
StopHookActive bool `json:"stop_hook_active"`
}
// MostStopRefusals is how many times in a row the Stop hook refuses for the same wait before it lets the
// turn end anyway (1743/AC5).
const MostStopRefusals = 3
// StopDecision is the Stop hook's verdict, and the refusal counters it leaves behind for the next call.
type StopDecision struct {
Refuse bool
Reason string
Counters map[string]int
}
// waitBlocksStop says whether w, on its own, keeps the turn from ending, and why (ADR 0489 §3-§4).
func waitBlocksStop(session string, w Wait, now time.Time) (bool, string) {
if w.Said {
return false, ""
}
if !w.PastBound(now) {
if w.Watcher != "" {
return false, ""
}
return true, fmt.Sprintf("wait %s (%s) is open and nothing follows it yet. Read where it stands with %s, then "+
"either mesh_wait on %s or start a watcher that rereads it, and mark it watched: claude_code_wait "+
"{\"op\":\"watched\",\"session\":%q,\"id\":%q,\"watcher\":\"...\"}.", w.ID, w.What, w.Read.Address, familyOrAddress(w),
session, w.ID)
}
return true, fmt.Sprintf("wait %s (%s) is past its bound and the operator has not been told. Tell the operator what "+
"waits, since when, and what you are doing about it, then mark it: claude_code_wait "+
"{\"op\":\"said\",\"session\":%q,\"id\":%q}.", w.ID, w.What, session, w.ID)
}
func familyOrAddress(w Wait) string {
if w.Family != "" {
return w.Family
}
return w.Read.Address
}
// DecideStop is the Stop hook's decision, pure of IO: f and readErr are what reading the session's waits
// file gave, previous the refusal counters read beside it, and now the time. Only the first wait that still
// blocks the stop is named; the others are read again next time.
func DecideStop(session string, f WaitsFile, readErr error, previous map[string]int, now time.Time) StopDecision {
if readErr != nil {
return StopDecision{Reason: fmt.Sprintf("the wait list could not be read (%v); allowed", readErr), Counters: map[string]int{}}
}
for _, w := range f.Waits {
blocks, reason := waitBlocksStop(session, w, now)
if !blocks {
continue
}
count := previous[w.ID] + 1
if count > MostStopRefusals {
return StopDecision{Reason: fmt.Sprintf("wait %s was refused %d times running and is let through: it was left "+
"unwatched (%s)", w.ID, MostStopRefusals, reason), Counters: map[string]int{}}
}
return StopDecision{Refuse: true, Reason: reason, Counters: map[string]int{w.ID: count}}
}
return StopDecision{Counters: map[string]int{}}
}
func refusalCountersPath(waitsDir, session string) string {
return filepath.Join(waitsDir, session+".refusals.json")
}
func readRefusalCounters(waitsDir, session string) map[string]int {
raw, err := os.ReadFile(refusalCountersPath(waitsDir, session))
if err != nil {
return map[string]int{}
}
var m map[string]int
if json.Unmarshal(raw, &m) != nil {
return map[string]int{}
}
return m
}
// writeRefusalCounters is best-effort: a counter file that cannot be written only means the three-strikes
// cap may be judged again from zero, never that the hook fails.
func writeRefusalCounters(waitsDir, session string, m map[string]int) {
raw, err := json.Marshal(m)
if err != nil {
return
}
_ = os.WriteFile(refusalCountersPath(waitsDir, session), raw, 0o600)
}
// runStop is the hook: exit 2 with the reason on stderr refuses the stop, exit 0 allows (1743).
func runStop(waitsDir string, stdin io.Reader, stderr io.Writer) (code int) {
defer func() {
if recover() != nil {
code = 0 // a panic always allows (1743/AC6)
}
}()
var in StopInput
if err := json.NewDecoder(stdin).Decode(&in); err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(in.SessionID) == "" {
return 0
}
f, err := readWaitsFile(waitsFileIn(waitsDir, in.SessionID))
d := DecideStop(in.SessionID, f, err, readRefusalCounters(waitsDir, in.SessionID), time.Now())
writeRefusalCounters(waitsDir, in.SessionID, d.Counters)
if d.Reason != "" {
fmt.Fprintln(stderr, d.Reason)
}
if d.Refuse {
return 2
}
return 0
}
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
package main
// The plugin's Stop hook (novox/hq ADR 0489 §3-§6, issue 1743).
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"
)
var stopT0 = time.Date(2026, 10, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
func openWait(id string, bound int) Wait {
return Wait{ID: id, What: "the operator's Approve", Bound: bound, At: stopT0}
}
// 1743/AC1: a wait within its bound and unwatched refuses the stop, naming the wait, its read address and
// what the session does about it.
func TestStopRefusesAnUnwatchedWaitWithinItsBound(t *testing.T) {
w := openWait("w-1", 10)
w.Read = WaitRead{Address: "mesh-delivery.recheck"}
d := DecideStop("sess-1", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{w}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0.Add(time.Minute))
if !d.Refuse || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "w-1") || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "mesh-delivery.recheck") ||
!strings.Contains(d.Reason, "mesh_wait") || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "watcher") {
t.Fatalf("%+v", d)
}
}
// 1743/AC2: a watched wait within its bound, a done wait (absent from the file), or no file entry: allowed.
func TestStopAllowsAWatchedOrDoneOrAbsentWait(t *testing.T) {
watched := openWait("w-2", 10)
watched.Watcher = "mesh_wait on mesh-delivery.decided"
if d := DecideStop("sess-2", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{watched}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0.Add(time.Minute)); d.Refuse {
t.Fatalf("a watched wait within its bound was refused: %+v", d)
}
if d := DecideStop("sess-2", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0); d.Refuse {
t.Fatalf("no open waits was refused: %+v", d)
}
}
// 1743/AC3: a wait past its bound, watched or not, is refused until said, then allowed.
func TestStopRefusesPastBoundUntilSaidWatchedOrNot(t *testing.T) {
unwatched := openWait("w-3", 5)
if d := DecideStop("sess-3", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{unwatched}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0.Add(10*time.Minute)); !d.Refuse ||
!strings.Contains(d.Reason, "w-3") || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "said") {
t.Fatalf("unwatched past bound: %+v", d)
}
watched := unwatched
watched.Watcher = "mesh_wait on mesh-delivery.decided"
if d := DecideStop("sess-3", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{watched}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0.Add(10*time.Minute)); !d.Refuse {
t.Fatalf("watched past bound was allowed: %+v", d)
}
said := watched
said.Said = true
if d := DecideStop("sess-3", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{said}}, nil, map[string]int{}, stopT0.Add(10*time.Minute)); d.Refuse {
t.Fatalf("said past bound was still refused: %+v", d)
}
}
// 1743/AC4: a missing, unreadable or malformed waits file is allowed, saying so on stderr; the decision does
// not touch the network and answers at once.
func TestStopAllowsWhenTheWaitsFileCannotBeRead(t *testing.T) {
d := DecideStop("sess-4", WaitsFile{}, errors.New("no such file"), map[string]int{}, stopT0)
if d.Refuse || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "could not be read") {
t.Fatalf("%+v", d)
}
waitsDir := t.TempDir() // no file at all for sess-4b
var stderr bytes.Buffer
stdin := strings.NewReader(`{"session_id":"sess-4b","stop_hook_active":false}`)
start := time.Now()
code := runStop(waitsDir, stdin, &stderr)
if code != 0 || !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "could not be read") {
t.Fatalf("code %d, stderr %s", code, stderr.String())
}
if took := time.Since(start); took > 5*time.Second {
t.Fatalf("took %s; the Stop hook has no network and is bounded under 5s", took)
}
}
// 1743/AC5: the same stop refused three times running for the same wait is allowed the fourth time, saying
// it was left unwatched; the counter resets when the wait changes.
func TestStopAllowsTheFourthRefusalInARow(t *testing.T) {
w := openWait("w-5", 10)
counters := map[string]int{}
for i := 1; i <= MostStopRefusals; i++ {
d := DecideStop("sess-5", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{w}}, nil, counters, stopT0.Add(time.Minute))
if !d.Refuse {
t.Fatalf("refusal %d was allowed: %+v", i, d)
}
counters = d.Counters
}
d := DecideStop("sess-5", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{w}}, nil, counters, stopT0.Add(time.Minute))
if d.Refuse || !strings.Contains(d.Reason, "unwatched") {
t.Fatalf("the fourth refusal was not let through: %+v", d)
}
if len(d.Counters) != 0 {
t.Fatalf("the counter was not reset once let through: %+v", d.Counters)
}
// A different wait starts its own count from zero.
w2 := openWait("w-5b", 10)
d2 := DecideStop("sess-5", WaitsFile{Waits: []Wait{w2}}, nil, counters, stopT0.Add(time.Minute))
if !d2.Refuse || d2.Counters["w-5b"] != 1 {
t.Fatalf("a different wait did not start its own count: %+v", d2)
}
}
// 1743/AC6: a panic answers allow.
func TestStopAPanicAllows(t *testing.T) {
waitsDir := t.TempDir()
var stderr bytes.Buffer
if code := runStop(waitsDir, panicReader{}, &stderr); code != 0 {
t.Fatalf("a panic was not recovered: code %d", code)
}
}
// runStop through its counter file: three refusals in a row for the one open wait, then let through.
func TestRunStopKeepsItsCounterBesideTheWaitsFile(t *testing.T) {
waitsDir := t.TempDir()
f := WaitsFile{Session: "sess-6", At: stopT0, Waits: []Wait{openWait("w-6", 10)}}
writeWaitsFixture(t, filepath.Join(waitsDir, "sess-6.json"), f)
stdin := func() *strings.Reader { return strings.NewReader(`{"session_id":"sess-6","stop_hook_active":false}`) }
for i := 1; i <= MostStopRefusals; i++ {
var stderr bytes.Buffer
if code := runStop(waitsDir, stdin(), &stderr); code != 2 {
t.Fatalf("refusal %d: code %d, stderr %s", i, code, stderr.String())
}
}
var stderr bytes.Buffer
if code := runStop(waitsDir, stdin(), &stderr); code != 0 || !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "unwatched") {
t.Fatalf("the fourth call: code %d, stderr %s", code, stderr.String())
}
raw, err := os.ReadFile(refusalCountersPath(waitsDir, "sess-6"))
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
var counters map[string]int
if json.Unmarshal(raw, &counters) != nil || len(counters) != 0 {
t.Fatalf("the counter file was not reset: %s", raw)
}
}
// 1743/AC7's rendering half (hooks.json holds the guard's PreToolUse entry and the Stop entry) is checked
// together with 1744/AC4 in terminal_only_test.go's
// TestThePluginsOnlyHooksAreTheGuardTheSessionStartHookAndTheStopHook. claude_code_hook_register still
// refuses a Stop hook (or any other) at every scope.
func TestHookRegisterStillRefusesEveryHook(t *testing.T) {
p, _ := node(t, "laptop")
s := serve(t, p, &bus{kept: map[string]map[string]any{}}, memConfig{})
text, isError := s.call(t, "claude_code_hook_register", map[string]any{"name": "x", "event": "Stop", "command": "true"})
if !isError || !strings.Contains(text, "issue 340") {
t.Fatalf("a Stop hook was not refused: %v %s", isError, text)
}
}
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ func TestTheOperatorsManagedSettingsAreWhatSessionsObey(t *testing.T) {
}
}
// The plugin's hooks are the mesh's own guard on the shell (novox/hq ADR 0245) and nothing else, whatever the
// configuration given holds (novox/hq issue 340).
func TestThePluginsOnlyHookIsTheGuard(t *testing.T) {
// The plugin's only hooks are the guard, the session-start hook and the Stop hook (novox/hq ADR 0245, ADR
// 0489) — never a hook a registration named, whatever the configuration given holds (novox/hq issue 340).
func TestThePluginsOnlyHooksAreTheGuardTheSessionStartHookAndTheStopHook(t *testing.T) {
c := Config{Mesh: []Item{{Kind: KindHook, Name: "planted", Scope: ScopeMesh, Event: "PreToolUse", Matcher: "Bash",
Command: "${HOOK_DIR}/x.sh", Files: map[string]string{"x.sh": "#!/bin/sh\n"}}}}
plugin := MarketplaceWith(c, &GuardFiles{Exe: "/bin/true"})
plugin := MarketplaceWith(c, &GuardFiles{Exe: "/bin/true", WaitsDir: "/home/agent/.claude/nox-mesh/waits"})
root := "plugins/" + Plugin + "/"
var hooks struct {
Hooks map[string][]struct {
@@ -279,9 +279,16 @@ func TestThePluginsOnlyHookIsTheGuard(t *testing.T) {
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(plugin[root+"hooks/hooks.json"].Content), &hooks); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if len(hooks.Hooks) != 1 || len(hooks.Hooks["PreToolUse"]) != 1 || hooks.Hooks["PreToolUse"][0].Matcher != GuardMatcher ||
if len(hooks.Hooks) != 3 || len(hooks.Hooks["PreToolUse"]) != 1 || hooks.Hooks["PreToolUse"][0].Matcher != GuardMatcher ||
hooks.Hooks["PreToolUse"][0].Hooks[0].Command != GuardCommand() {
t.Fatalf("the plugin's hooks: %s", plugin[root+"hooks/hooks.json"].Content)
t.Fatalf("the guard's hook: %s", plugin[root+"hooks/hooks.json"].Content)
}
if len(hooks.Hooks["SessionStart"]) != 1 || hooks.Hooks["SessionStart"][0].Matcher != "startup|resume|clear|compact" ||
hooks.Hooks["SessionStart"][0].Hooks[0].Command != SessionStartCommand("/home/agent/.claude/nox-mesh/waits") {
t.Fatalf("the session-start hook: %s", plugin[root+"hooks/hooks.json"].Content)
}
if len(hooks.Hooks["Stop"]) != 1 || hooks.Hooks["Stop"][0].Hooks[0].Command != StopCommand("/home/agent/.claude/nox-mesh/waits") {
t.Fatalf("the Stop hook: %s", plugin[root+"hooks/hooks.json"].Content)
}
for path := range plugin {
if strings.HasPrefix(path, root+"hooks/planted") {