runtime/

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runtime/ — cross-cutting machinery for the agent runner

Status: Wave 6 / Phase F.2.5 (REN-1456). Public package; importable by rensei-tui without depending on the rest of agentfactory-tui. Spec: ../../../runs/2026-05-01-wave-6-fleet-iteration/F1.1-runner-contract.md §1 (layout) + §5 (failure modes). Legacy reference: ../../../agentfactory/packages/core/src/orchestrator/{state-recovery,heartbeat-writer}.ts, ../../../agentfactory/packages/core/src/workarea/git-worktree.ts, ../../../agentfactory/packages/cli/src/lib/worker-runner.ts.

runtime/ owns stateful machinery shared across sessions. The runner consumes these sub-packages; provider implementations do not import them.

Sub-packages

Sub-package	Responsibility
runtime/worktree	Provision (clone or git worktree add) + teardown with MAX_SPAWN_RETRIES=3 / 15s delay. Probes platform-side session ownership before each retry.
runtime/env	Compose KEY=VALUE env slice from base + spec; strips AGENT_ENV_BLOCKLIST keys (verbatim port from legacy TS).
runtime/mcp	Per-session MCP stdio config tmpfile; cleanup tied to session lifecycle. Wire shape consistent with provider/claude and provider/codex.
runtime/state	.agent/state.json persistence per-worktree. Atomic tmpfile + rename, per-worktree mutex, cross-issue recovery guard, malformed-recovery.
runtime/heartbeat	Per-session heartbeat to platform POST /api/sessions/<id>/lock-refresh. 3-strike rule emits LostOwnership event the runner consumes. Distinct from worker-level heartbeat in daemon/heartbeat.go.

Layered consumption

runner.Run(ctx, RunSpec)
  │
  ├─ runtime/worktree.Manager.Provision(...)        // clone+retry, ownership probe
  ├─ runtime/state.Store.Update(...)                // .agent/state.json (initialized)
  ├─ runtime/env.Composer.Compose(...)              // env for provider subprocess
  ├─ runtime/mcp.Builder.Build(...)                 // tmpfile path + cleanup closure
  ├─ runtime/heartbeat.Pulser.Start(ctx)            // begins lock-refresh loop
  │
  ├─ provider.Spawn(ctx, agent.Spec{Env:..., MCPServers:...})
  ├─ ... event loop ...
  │
  ├─ runtime/heartbeat.Pulser.Stop()
  ├─ runtime/state.Store.Update(... finalStatus ...)
  └─ runtime/worktree.Manager.Teardown(ctx, sessionID)

Failure modes (per F.1.1 §5)

Surface	Behavior
Worktree retry	3 attempts, 15s between. Ownership probe before each retry; ErrLostOwnership short-circuits.
Heartbeat HTTP retry	3-attempt exponential backoff (1s, 2s, 4s) inside one tick.
Heartbeat 3-strike	Three consecutive failed ticks (after inner retries) close Pulser.LostOwnership() channel.
State concurrency	Per-worktree mutex serializes Update. Different worktrees proceed in parallel.
State malformed	Read returns ErrMalformed; Update recovers by overwriting with a fresh document.
Cross-issue recovery	ReadExpect returns ErrIdentifierMismatch when on-disk state belongs to a different issue.

Tests

# Unit tests (default)
go test -race ./runtime/...

# Integration tests (gated by build tag — exercises real git binary + httptest)
go test -race -tags=runtime_integration ./runtime/...

The top-level runtime/integration_test.go exercises Provision → Compose → Build → Write state → Pulse heartbeat → Teardown end-to-end.

What this package does NOT own

• Provider event mapping → provider/{claude,codex,stub}/.
• Per-session orchestration loop → runner/ (F.2.6).
• Result posting to platform → result/ (F.2.7).
• Prompt rendering → prompt/ (F.2.7).
• Daemon worker-level heartbeat → daemon/heartbeat.go (already shipped).