node-tools in Go: the node's runtime, launch-only, wire-compatible with the TypeScript (hq ADR 0193)

The runtime knows no language, so nothing ties it to Node.js. This ports its serve mode — the
pinned bus connection and patient connect, following memberships, launching every served bundle
over MCP on stdio with its own environment, a child's emit published as its module, each tool,
the tools verb and seat verbs served where the mesh issued them, and the console on loopback —
to one static binary. Same subjects, request and reply bodies, event headers and MCP answers.
The TypeScript stays: it is still the runtime inside the per-module containers until WP4c.
Tests run against a real bus and share the TypeScript fixtures.
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// Package runtime is the node's tool runtime (novox/hq ADR 0175, ADR 0193), the Go port of
// node-tools' runtime.ts in its launch-only form: it launches every assigned module's bundle,
// serves each module's tools on that module's subjects and each held seat's verbs on the seat's,
// and answers for every module the verb that says what it serves. It imports nothing and knows no
// language.
package runtime
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"sort"
"strings"
"sync"
"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/launch"
)
// ToolsVerb is the verb every module's runtime answers for it (ADR 0152): its tools, from the code
// that answers them.
const ToolsVerb = "tools"
// Words the mesh sets for the runtime (ADR 0175, ADR 0192).
const (
ToolModules = "MESH_TOOL_MODULES"
ToolEnv = "MESH_TOOL_ENV"
OperatorAccount = "MESH_OPERATOR_ACCOUNT"
OperatorHome = "MESH_OPERATOR_HOME"
)
// Served is one module this runtime serves and its entrypoints.
type Served struct {
Module string
Entrypoints []string
}
// ToolsAnswer is what `tools` answers for one module.
type ToolsAnswer struct {
Module string `json:"module"`
Tools []ListedTool `json:"tools"`
Failed string `json:"failed,omitempty"`
}
// ListedTool is one tool as a module's `tools` answer lists it.
type ListedTool struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Description string `json:"description"`
Input json.RawMessage `json:"input"`
Subjects []string `json:"subjects,omitempty"`
}
// ServedModulesFrom reads MESH_TOOL_MODULES: `<module>=<entrypoint>` entries, comma-separated, several
// per module. The one-module form — a bare path, or the runtime's own module — is the per-module
// containers' (to-be 38 WP4c) and refused here: the node's runtime imports nothing.
func ServedModulesFrom(spec, own string) ([]Served, error) {
order := []string{}
by := map[string][]string{}
for _, raw := range strings.Split(spec, ",") {
entry := strings.TrimSpace(raw)
if entry == "" {
continue
}
module, path, ok := strings.Cut(entry, "=")
module, path = strings.TrimSpace(module), strings.TrimSpace(path)
if !ok || module == "" || path == "" || module == own {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %q is not <module>=<entrypoint> of another module; the node's "+
"runtime launches the bundles it is given and imports nothing (novox/hq ADR 0193)", ToolModules, entry)
}
if _, seen := by[module]; !seen {
order = append(order, module)
}
by[module] = append(by[module], path)
}
out := make([]Served, 0, len(order))
for _, m := range order {
out = append(out, Served{Module: m, Entrypoints: by[m]})
}
return out, nil
}
// TakeToolEnvs reads the composed environments (ADR 0192) and removes them from the process's, so no
// bundle finds another's there.
func TakeToolEnvs() (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
raw := os.Getenv(ToolEnv)
os.Unsetenv(ToolEnv)
out := map[string]map[string]string{}
if raw == "" {
return out, nil
}
var parsed map[string]map[string]any
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &parsed); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf(`%s is not JSON of the shape {"<module>": {"<word>": "<value>"}}: %w`, ToolEnv, err)
}
for module, words := range parsed {
own := map[string]string{}
for k, v := range words {
if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
own[k] = s
} else {
b, _ := json.Marshal(v)
own[k] = string(b)
}
}
out[module] = own
}
return out, nil
}
type registration struct {
module string // the module's own name, or a seat's
owner string // the module whose bundle made it
tools []launch.Tool
}
// Run launches, binds and serves. It answers a stop function.
func Run(conn *bus.Conn, served []Served, envs map[string]map[string]string, logf func(string, ...any)) (func(), error) {
if account := os.Getenv(OperatorAccount); account != "" {
home := ""
if h := os.Getenv(OperatorHome); h != "" {
home = " (home " + h + ")"
}
logf("[mesh-tools] the operator's account here is %s%s", account, home)
}
modules := make([]string, 0, len(served))
isServed := map[string]bool{}
for _, s := range served {
modules = append(modules, s.Module)
isServed[s.Module] = true
conn.Follow(s.Module)
}
node := conn.Node()
base := os.Environ()
envFor := func(module string) []string {
words := map[string]string{}
for _, kv := range base {
if k, v, ok := strings.Cut(kv, "="); ok && k != ToolEnv {
words[k] = v
}
}
for k, v := range envs[module] {
words[k] = v
}
words["MESH_SERVED_MODULE"] = module
words["MESH_MODULE"] = module
if node != "" {
words["MESH_NODE"] = node
}
out := make([]string, 0, len(words))
for k, v := range words {
out = append(out, k+"="+v)
}
sort.Strings(out)
return out
}
failed := map[string]string{}
var registrations []registration
var stops []func()
for _, s := range served {
for _, entry := range s.Entrypoints {
path, _ := filepath.Abs(entry)
module := s.Module
fail := func(why string) {
failed[module] = why
logf("[mesh-tools] %s's bundle %s failed to load: %s; its tools are not served here", module, entry, why)
}
if !launch.Executable(path) {
fail(path + " is not executable; a bundle the runtime serves is started, never imported, and its build makes it executable (novox/hq ADR 0193)")
continue
}
child, err := launch.Start(module, path, envFor(module), func(params json.RawMessage) error {
var env bus.Envelope
if err := json.Unmarshal(params, &env); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("not an event envelope: %w", err)
}
return conn.PublishAs(module, env)
}, logf)
if err != nil {
fail(err.Error())
continue
}
stops = append(stops, child.Stop)
for _, r := range child.Registrations {
registrations = append(registrations, registration{module: r.Module, owner: module, tools: r.Tools})
}
}
}
claimed := map[string]bool{}
for _, m := range modules {
if mem := conn.Membership(m); mem != nil {
for _, s := range mem.Seats {
claimed[s.Seat] = true
}
}
}
var own []registration
for _, r := range registrations {
switch {
case isServed[r.module]:
own = append(own, r)
case claimed[r.module]:
default:
logf(`[mesh-tools] %s registers tools under "%s", which is neither a module served here nor a seat one of them claims; not served until the mesh issues the claim`, r.owner, r.module)
}
}
stopAll := func() {
for i := len(stops) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
stops[i]()
}
}
for _, r := range own {
seen := map[string]bool{}
for _, t := range r.tools {
if t.Name == ToolsVerb {
stopAll()
return nil, fmt.Errorf(`%s names a tool "%s", which is the verb the runtime answers for every module with what it serves (novox/hq ADR 0152) — refused, rename it`, r.module, ToolsVerb)
}
if seen[t.Name] {
stopAll()
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s exposes two tools named %s — refused", r.module, t.Name)
}
seen[t.Name] = true
}
}
var names []string
byModule := map[string][]launch.Tool{}
for _, r := range own {
for _, t := range r.tools {
t := t
stop, err := conn.Handle(r.module+"."+t.Name, func(body json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
return t.Run(argsOf(body))
})
if err != nil {
logf("[mesh-tools] cannot serve %s.%s: %v", r.module, t.Name, err)
continue
}
names = append(names, r.module+"."+t.Name)
stops = append(stops, stop)
}
byModule[r.module] = append(byModule[r.module], r.tools...)
}
for _, module := range modules {
module := module
tools := byModule[module]
why := failed[module]
if len(tools) == 0 && why == "" {
continue // a pure-events module: silent, as it always was
}
stop, err := conn.Handle(module+"."+ToolsVerb, func(json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
answer := ToolsAnswer{Module: module, Tools: []ListedTool{}, Failed: why}
for _, t := range tools {
answer.Tools = append(answer.Tools, ListedTool{Name: t.Name, Description: t.Description,
Input: t.Input, Subjects: subjectsOf(conn, module, t.Name)})
}
return answer, nil
})
if err == nil {
stops = append(stops, stop)
}
}
failedNames := make([]string, 0, len(failed))
for _, m := range modules {
if _, f := failed[m]; f {
failedNames = append(failedNames, m)
}
}
line := fmt.Sprintf("[mesh-tools] serving %d tool(s) for %d module(s): %s", len(names), len(modules), orNone(names))
if len(failedNames) > 0 {
line += fmt.Sprintf("; not serving %s, whose bundle(s) failed to load", strings.Join(failedNames, ", "))
}
logf("%s", line)
stops = append(stops, serveSeats(conn, modules, registrations, logf))
conn.Flush()
return stopAll, nil
}
func orNone(names []string) string {
if len(names) == 0 {
return "(none)"
}
return strings.Join(names, ", ")
}
// argsOf is a call's arguments as the tool receives them: an object, `{}` for none.
func argsOf(body json.RawMessage) json.RawMessage {
trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(string(body))
if trimmed == "" || trimmed == "null" {
return json.RawMessage("{}")
}
return body
}
// subjectsOf is where a tool is answered as the mesh issued it: the plain subject first, then this
// machine's; nothing before a membership is issued.
func subjectsOf(conn *bus.Conn, module, tool string) []string {
m := conn.Membership(module)
if m == nil {
return nil
}
var plain, mine []string
for _, s := range m.Serves {
subject := strings.ReplaceAll(s.Subject, "{tool}", tool)
if s.Queue != "" {
plain = append(plain, subject)
} else {
mine = append(mine, subject)
}
}
return append(plain, mine...)
}
// serveSeats serves every verb of every seat a served module holds, where the mesh issued it, by
// the tool of the same name registered under the seat's name (ADR 0159, 0160) — and serves again
// whenever a membership changes. Whether this machine holds the seat is the bus's to decide.
func serveSeats(conn *bus.Conn, modules []string, registrations []registration, logf func(string, ...any)) func() {
impl := map[string]map[string]launch.Tool{}
for _, r := range registrations {
if impl[r.module] == nil {
impl[r.module] = map[string]launch.Tool{}
}
for _, t := range r.tools {
impl[r.module][t.Name] = t
}
}
var mu sync.Mutex
var stops []func()
serve := func() {
mu.Lock()
defer mu.Unlock()
for _, s := range stops {
s()
}
stops = nil
have := map[string]bool{}
for _, module := range modules {
m := conn.Membership(module)
if m == nil {
continue
}
for _, v := range m.Seats {
if have[v.Subject] {
continue
}
have[v.Subject] = true
t, ok := impl[v.Seat][v.Verb]
if !ok {
logf("[mesh-tools] %s claims %s and implements no %s, which that seat promises; not served", module, v.Seat, v.Verb)
continue
}
stop, err := conn.HandleSubject(v.Subject, func(body json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
return t.Run(argsOf(body))
})
if err != nil {
logf("[mesh-tools] cannot serve %s's %s on %s: %v", v.Seat, v.Verb, v.Subject, err)
continue
}
stops = append(stops, stop)
logf("[mesh-tools] serving %s's %s on %s, admitted where %s holds the seat", v.Seat, v.Verb, v.Subject, module)
}
}
}
serve()
conn.OnMembership(func(bus.Membership) { go func() { serve(); conn.Flush() }() })
return func() {
mu.Lock()
defer mu.Unlock()
for _, s := range stops {
s()
}
stops = nil
}
}
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package runtime
import (
"encoding/json"
"os"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
mt "github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/meshtest"
)
func connect(t *testing.T, module, node string) *bus.Conn {
t.Helper()
c, err := bus.Connect(bus.Credential{URL: mt.URL(t), Module: module, Node: node})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
c.Logf = func(string, ...any) {}
t.Cleanup(c.Close)
return c
}
func call(t *testing.T, asker *bus.Conn, key string, args any) (string, error) {
t.Helper()
got, err := asker.Ask(key, args, "")
return string(got.Result), err
}
func same(t *testing.T, got, want string) {
t.Helper()
var a, b any
if json.Unmarshal([]byte(got), &a) != nil || json.Unmarshal([]byte(want), &b) != nil {
t.Fatalf("not JSON: got %s want %s", got, want)
}
ga, _ := json.Marshal(a)
gb, _ := json.Marshal(b)
if string(ga) != string(gb) {
t.Errorf("got %s, want %s", got, want)
}
}
// The node's runtime serves five modules' bundles on one credential — two TypeScript, one broken,
// one Python, one written against the protocol — and follows a re-issued membership (ADR 0175, 0193).
func TestTheNodesRuntimeServesFiveModulesAndFollowsAReissuedMembership(t *testing.T) {
mesh := mt.New(t)
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("alpha", "anchor", true, nil))
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("beta", "anchor", false, map[string][]string{"node-shelf": {"list", "clear"}}))
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("gamma", "anchor", false, nil))
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("delta", "anchor", false, map[string][]string{"node-lamp": {"on"}}))
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("epsilon", "anchor", false, nil))
nodeTools := connect(t, "node-tools", "anchor")
asker := connect(t, "console", "workstation")
logs := &mt.Logs{}
t.Setenv("MESH_OPERATOR_ACCOUNT", "somebody")
t.Setenv("MESH_OPERATOR_HOME", "/home/somebody")
stop, err := Run(nodeTools, []Served{
{"alpha", []string{mt.Fixture("many-alpha.serve.mjs")}},
{"beta", []string{mt.Fixture("many-beta.serve.mjs")}},
{"gamma", []string{mt.Fixture("many-broken.serve.mjs")}},
{"delta", []string{mt.Fixture("many-delta.py")}},
{"epsilon", []string{mt.Fixture("many-epsilon.mjs")}},
}, nil, logs.Logf)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
defer stop()
if !logs.Has("the operator's account here is somebody (home /home/somebody)") {
t.Errorf("the operator was not said:\n%s", logs.All())
}
if !logs.Has("gamma's bundle", "many-broken.serve.mjs failed to load: gamma's bundle exited (1): Error: gamma's bundle cannot find its client; its tools are not served here") {
t.Errorf("the broken bundle was not named with its own words:\n%s", logs.All())
}
if !logs.Has("serving 8 tool(s) for 5 module(s): alpha.one, alpha.two, beta.three, beta.four, beta.five, delta.greet, delta.die, epsilon.seven; not serving gamma") {
t.Errorf("not serving what it should:\n%s", logs.All())
}
for key, want := range map[string]string{
"alpha.one": `{"alpha":1}`, "alpha.one@anchor": `{"alpha":1}`, "beta.three@anchor": `{"beta":3}`,
"beta.four@anchor": `{"beta":4}`, "beta.five@anchor": `{"beta":5}`,
"seat:node-shelf.list@anchor": `{"shelf":["a","b"]}`, "seat:node-shelf.clear@anchor": `{"cleared":true}`,
"seat:node-lamp.on@anchor": `{"on":true,"language":"python"}`, "epsilon.seven@anchor": `{"epsilon":7,"via":"stdio"}`,
} {
got, err := call(t, asker, key, map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Errorf("%s: %v", key, err)
continue
}
same(t, got, want)
}
if _, err := call(t, asker, "beta.three", map[string]any{}); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no responders") {
t.Errorf("beta was not issued the plain subject, and answered on it: %v", err)
}
got, err := call(t, asker, "delta.greet@anchor", map[string]any{"who": "mesh"})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"greeting":"hello mesh","language":"python"}`)
// A launched tool that emits does so as its module, through the runtime.
landed := mesh.NextEvent(t, "mesh.mod.*.event.>")
got, err = call(t, asker, "alpha.two", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"alpha":2}`)
select {
case subject := <-landed:
if subject != "mesh.mod.alpha.event.happened" {
t.Errorf("the event landed on %s", subject)
}
case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
t.Error("the event never landed")
}
// A bundle that dies mid-call is said, and started again on its next call.
if _, err := call(t, asker, "delta.die@anchor", map[string]any{}); err == nil {
t.Error("a bundle that died answered")
}
got, err = call(t, asker, "delta.greet@anchor", map[string]any{"who": "again"})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("not started again: %v", err)
}
same(t, got, `{"greeting":"hello again","language":"python"}`)
// `tools` answers for each, and why gamma serves nothing.
gamma, err := call(t, asker, "gamma.tools@anchor", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, gamma, `{"module":"gamma","tools":[],"failed":"gamma's bundle exited (1): Error: gamma's bundle cannot find its client"}`)
beta, _ := call(t, asker, "beta.tools@anchor", map[string]any{})
var answer ToolsAnswer
_ = json.Unmarshal([]byte(beta), &answer)
if len(answer.Tools) != 3 || answer.Tools[0].Name != "three" || strings.Join(answer.Tools[0].Subjects, ",") != "mesh.mod.beta.tool.three.anchor" {
t.Errorf("beta's tools answer: %s", beta)
}
// Re-issued mid-run, now answering for the module anywhere: served without a restart.
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("beta", "anchor", true, map[string][]string{"node-shelf": {"list", "clear"}}))
mt.Until(t, func() error { _, err := call(t, asker, "beta.three", map[string]any{}); return err })
got, err = call(t, asker, "seat:node-shelf.list@anchor", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"shelf":["a","b"]}`)
}
// Each bundle is given its own environment and none of another's (ADR 0192), and the composed
// environments are not left in the runtime's.
func TestEachBundleIsGivenItsOwnEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
mesh := mt.New(t)
for _, m := range []string{"gamma", "delta", "zeta"} {
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf(m, "anchor", false, nil))
}
nodeTools := connect(t, "node-tools", "anchor")
asker := connect(t, "console", "workstation")
t.Setenv("MESH_OPERATOR_ACCOUNT", "somebody")
t.Setenv(ToolEnv, `{"gamma":{"GAMMA_CONFIG_FILE":"/var/lib/mesh/gamma/config.json"},"delta":{"DELTA_TOKEN_FILE":"/var/lib/mesh/delta/token"},"zeta":{"ZETA_URL":"http://127.0.0.1:3000"}}`)
envs, err := TakeToolEnvs()
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if _, left := os.LookupEnv(ToolEnv); left {
t.Error("the composed environments were left in the runtime's")
}
logs := &mt.Logs{}
stop, err := Run(nodeTools, []Served{
{"gamma", []string{mt.Fixture("env-gamma.serve.mjs")}},
{"delta", []string{mt.Fixture("env-delta.serve.mjs")}},
{"zeta", []string{mt.Fixture("env-zeta.mjs")}},
}, envs, logs.Logf)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
defer stop()
for key, want := range map[string]string{
"gamma.given@anchor": `{"mine":"/var/lib/mesh/gamma/config.json","theirs":null,"runtime":"somebody","composed":null}`,
"delta.given@anchor": `{"mine":"/var/lib/mesh/delta/token","theirs":null}`,
"zeta.given@anchor": `{"mine":"http://127.0.0.1:3000","theirs":null,"composed":null}`,
} {
got, err := call(t, asker, key, map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("%s: %v\n%s", key, err, logs.All())
}
same(t, got, want)
}
}
// An entrypoint that is not executable is refused by name, and the others serve (ADR 0193).
func TestAnEntrypointThatIsNotExecutableIsRefused(t *testing.T) {
mesh := mt.New(t)
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("alpha", "anchor", false, nil))
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("plain", "anchor", false, nil))
nodeTools := connect(t, "node-tools", "anchor")
asker := connect(t, "console", "workstation")
logs := &mt.Logs{}
stop, err := Run(nodeTools, []Served{
{"alpha", []string{mt.Fixture("many-alpha.serve.mjs")}},
{"plain", []string{mt.Fixture("many-alpha.mjs")}},
}, nil, logs.Logf)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
defer stop()
if !logs.Has("plain's bundle", "many-alpha.mjs failed to load:", "is not executable; a bundle the runtime serves is started, never imported") {
t.Errorf("the non-executable entrypoint was not refused by name:\n%s", logs.All())
}
got, err := call(t, asker, "alpha.one@anchor", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"alpha":1}`)
}
// A launched bundle is told the module it serves, so its seat's verbs stay the seat's (ADR 0193).
func TestALaunchedBundleRegisteringItsSeatFirstServesTheSeat(t *testing.T) {
mesh := mt.New(t)
mesh.Issue(t, mt.MembershipOf("theta", "anchor", false, map[string][]string{"node-shelf": {"list"}}))
nodeTools := connect(t, "node-tools", "anchor")
asker := connect(t, "console", "workstation")
stop, err := Run(nodeTools, []Served{{"theta", []string{mt.Fixture("served-seat-first.mjs")}}},
map[string]map[string]string{"theta": {"THETA_WORD": "given"}}, (&mt.Logs{}).Logf)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
defer stop()
got, err := call(t, asker, "theta.own@anchor", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"theta":"given"}`)
got, err = call(t, asker, "seat:node-shelf.list@anchor", map[string]any{})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
same(t, got, `{"shelf":["x"]}`)
}
func TestToolModulesNamesOtherModulesOnly(t *testing.T) {
got, err := ServedModulesFrom(" alpha=/a/tools/index.serve.mjs, beta=/b/one, beta=/b/two ", "node-tools")
if err != nil || len(got) != 2 || got[1].Module != "beta" || len(got[1].Entrypoints) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("%v %v", got, err)
}
for _, bad := range []string{"/mine/index.js", "node-tools=/own.js", "=/x"} {
if _, err := ServedModulesFrom(bad, "node-tools"); err == nil {
t.Errorf("%q was accepted", bad)
}
}
}