@agentshouse/kit 0.2.1-cd9cbd8b6428c → 0.2.1-cf110d15f69c8

package/dist/resident.js

@@ -2,47 +2,52 @@ import { once } from 'node:events';
 import { watch } from 'node:fs';
 import { mkdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { createServer } from 'node:http';
-import { extname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { dirname, extname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { killDescendants } from './acp.js';
 import { Agents } from './agents.js';
 import { house } from './api.js';
 import { received } from './bridge.js';
 import { Conversations } from './conversations.js';
 import { LocalCopies } from './copies.js';
-import { agentBase, enrolled, kitHome } from './home.js';
+import { restart } from './end.js';
+import { agentBase, enrolled, forgetRestart, kitHome, restartAsked } from './home.js';
+import { killDescendants } from './scope.js';
+import { quoted } from './shell.js';
 import { SignIns } from './sign-in.js';
 import { placeSkillSet } from './skills.js';
 import { holdStream } from './stream.js';
 import { Updates } from './update.js';
+import { codexLauncher } from './work.js';
 function report(error) {
     process.stderr.write(`kit: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
 }
 function logged(work) {
     work.catch(report);
 }
-function quoted(value) {
-    return `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'\\''`)}'`;
-}
-async function installShim() {
-    const main = fileURLToPath(new URL(`./git-main${extname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))}`, import.meta.url));
-    await mkdir(join(kitHome(), 'shim'), { recursive: true });
-    await writeFile(join(kitHome(), 'shim', 'git'), `#!/bin/sh\nexec ${quoted(process.execPath)} ${quoted(main)} "$@"\n`, {
-        mode: 0o755,
-    });
+async function installShim(path, module) {
+    const main = fileURLToPath(new URL(`./${module}${extname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))}`, import.meta.url));
+    await mkdir(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(path, `#!/bin/sh\nexec ${quoted(process.execPath)} ${quoted(main)} "$@"\n`, { mode: 0o755 });
 }
 async function serveOwner(copies) {
     const socketPath = join(kitHome(), 'owner.sock');
     await rm(socketPath, { force: true });
     const server = createServer(async (request, response) => {
         try {
-            if (request.url !== '/git/push') {
+            const text = await received(request);
+            let answered;
+            if (request.url === '/git/fetch') {
+                answered = await copies.fetch();
+            }
+            else if (request.url === '/git/push') {
+                const { cwd, commit } = JSON.parse(text);
+                answered = await copies.push(cwd, commit, copies.owner);
+            }
+            else {
                 response.writeHead(404).end();
                 return;
             }
-            const { cwd, commit } = JSON.parse(await received(request));
-            const pushed = await copies.push(cwd, commit, copies.owner);
-            response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' }).end(JSON.stringify(pushed));
+            response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' }).end(JSON.stringify(answered));
         }
         catch (error) {
             response.writeHead(502).end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ function connected() {
 }
 export async function resident() {
     await connected();
+    await forgetRestart();
     watch(kitHome(), () => {
         if (enrolled())
             return;
@@ -81,7 +87,8 @@ export async function resident() {
     const agents = new Agents(house);
     const copies = new LocalCopies(house);
     await copies.load();
-    await installShim();
+    await installShim(join(kitHome(), 'shim', 'git'), 'git-main');
+    await installShim(codexLauncher(), 'codex-main');
     await serveOwner(copies);
     let stream = null;
     let reported = false;
@@ -90,6 +97,9 @@ export async function resident() {
         if (!idle()) {
             reported = false;
         }
+        else if (restartAsked() && conversations.quiet()) {
+            restart('restarting for an updated CLI');
+        }
         else if (!reported) {
             reported = true;
             logged(house.deliver('/kit/idle', {}, idle));
@@ -117,16 +127,13 @@ export async function resident() {
         opened: () => {
             conversations.opened();
             changed();
-            logged(copies.select());
+            logged(copies.connected());
         },
         frame: (arrived) => {
+            if (arrived.type === 'watching')
+                conversations.watching(arrived.watching === true);
             if (arrived.type === 'work_available' && arrived.subject === 'agents')
                 logged(agents.refresh());
-            if (arrived.type === 'work_available' && arrived.subject === 'local_copy')
-                logged(copies.select());
-            if (arrived.type === 'entries') {
-                copies.entries(arrived);
-            }
             if (arrived.type === 'input') {
                 reported = false;
                 if (arrived.kind === 'sign_in')

package/dist/scope.js

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmdirSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+const LISTING_BYTES = 1 << 28;
+const CGROUPS = '/sys/fs/cgroup';
+const GONE = new Set(['ENOENT', 'ESRCH']);
+function failure(error) {
+    return error.code ?? '';
+}
+function listed(environment) {
+    const found = new Map();
+    const output = execFileSync('ps', [environment ? '-AEww' : '-Aww', '-o', 'pid=,ppid=,sess=,command='], {
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+        maxBuffer: LISTING_BYTES,
+    });
+    for (const line of output.split('\n')) {
+        const fields = /^\s*(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s?(.*)$/.exec(line);
+        if (fields !== null)
+            found.set(Number(fields[1]), { parent: Number(fields[2]), session: fields[3], command: fields[4] });
+    }
+    return found;
+}
+function read(pid) {
+    try {
+        const stat = readFileSync(`/proc/${pid}/stat`, 'utf8');
+        const fields = stat.slice(stat.lastIndexOf(')') + 2).split(' ');
+        const command = readFileSync(`/proc/${pid}/cmdline`, 'utf8').replaceAll('\0', ' ');
+        return { parent: Number(fields[1]), session: fields[3], command };
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        if (GONE.has(failure(error)))
+            return null;
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+function processes() {
+    if (process.platform === 'darwin')
+        return listed(false);
+    const found = new Map();
+    for (const entry of readdirSync('/proc')) {
+        const running = /^\d+$/.test(entry) ? read(entry) : null;
+        if (running !== null)
+            found.set(Number(entry), running);
+    }
+    return found;
+}
+function descendants(roots, table = processes()) {
+    const children = new Map();
+    for (const [pid, { parent }] of table)
+        children.set(parent, [...(children.get(parent) ?? []), pid]);
+    const tree = [];
+    const pending = roots.flatMap((root) => children.get(root) ?? []);
+    while (pending.length > 0) {
+        const pid = pending.pop();
+        tree.push(pid);
+        pending.push(...(children.get(pid) ?? []));
+    }
+    return tree;
+}
+function marked(marker, doubted) {
+    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+        return [...listed(true)].filter(([, { command }]) => ` ${command} `.includes(` ${marker} `)).map(([pid]) => pid);
+    }
+    return readdirSync('/proc')
+        .filter((entry) => /^\d+$/.test(entry) && carries(entry, marker, doubted))
+        .map(Number);
+}
+function carries(pid, marker, doubted) {
+    try {
+        return readFileSync(`/proc/${pid}/environ`, 'utf8').split('\0').includes(marker);
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        if (GONE.has(failure(error)))
+            return false;
+        if (failure(error) !== 'EACCES')
+            throw error;
+        return doubted && statSync(`/proc/${pid}`, { throwIfNoEntry: false })?.uid === process.getuid();
+    }
+}
+function killAll(pids) {
+    for (const pid of pids) {
+        for (const target of [-pid, pid]) {
+            try {
+                process.kill(target, 'SIGKILL');
+            }
+            catch { }
+        }
+    }
+}
+export function killTree(child) {
+    killAll([child.pid, ...descendants([child.pid])]);
+}
+export function killMarked(marker) {
+    const pids = marked(marker, false);
+    killAll([...pids, ...descendants(pids)]);
+}
+export function killDescendants() {
+    const pids = marked(`HOUSE_KIT_RESIDENT=${process.pid}`, false);
+    killAll([...pids, ...descendants([process.pid, ...pids])]);
+}
+function ownGroup() {
+    if (process.platform !== 'linux')
+        return null;
+    try {
+        const line = readFileSync('/proc/self/cgroup', 'utf8')
+            .split('\n')
+            .find((entry) => entry.startsWith('0::'));
+        return line === undefined ? null : join(CGROUPS, line.slice(3));
+    }
+    catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+function members(group) {
+    const pids = readFileSync(join(group, 'cgroup.procs'), 'utf8').split('\n').filter(Boolean).map(Number);
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(group, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+        if (entry.isDirectory())
+            pids.push(...members(join(group, entry.name)));
+    }
+    return pids;
+}
+export class Scope {
+    marker;
+    cli;
+    group;
+    session = null;
+    recorded = null;
+    constructor(marker, name, cli) {
+        this.marker = marker;
+        this.cli = cli;
+        const own = ownGroup();
+        this.group = own === null ? null : join(own, name);
+        try {
+            if (this.group !== null)
+                mkdirSync(this.group);
+        }
+        catch {
+            this.group = null;
+        }
+    }
+    command(command, args) {
+        if (this.group === null)
+            return [command, args];
+        return ['/bin/sh', ['-c', 'echo $$ > "$0/cgroup.procs" 2>/dev/null; exec "$@"', this.group, command, ...args]];
+    }
+    entered(pid) {
+        this.session = process.platform === 'darwin' ? (listed(false).get(pid)?.session ?? null) : String(pid);
+        if (this.group === null)
+            return;
+        const joined = readFileSync(`/proc/${pid}/cgroup`, 'utf8').split('\n').find((entry) => entry.startsWith('0::'));
+        if (joined !== undefined && join(CGROUPS, joined.slice(3)) === this.group)
+            return;
+        this.close();
+        this.group = null;
+    }
+    record() {
+        const found = this.found();
+        if (found === null)
+            return;
+        this.recorded = new Set([...found].filter(([, { session }]) => session === this.session).map(([pid]) => pid));
+    }
+    working() {
+        const found = this.found();
+        if (found === null)
+            return true;
+        if (this.recorded === null)
+            return found.size > 0;
+        return [...found].some(([pid, { session, command }]) => session !== this.session || !(this.recorded.has(pid) || command.startsWith(`${this.cli}-`)));
+    }
+    empty() {
+        return this.found()?.size === 0;
+    }
+    kill() {
+        killMarked(this.marker);
+        if (this.group === null)
+            return;
+        try {
+            writeFileSync(join(this.group, 'cgroup.kill'), '1');
+        }
+        catch {
+            killAll([...(this.found()?.keys() ?? [])]);
+        }
+    }
+    close() {
+        if (this.group === null)
+            return;
+        try {
+            rmdirSync(this.group);
+        }
+        catch { }
+    }
+    found() {
+        try {
+            const table = processes();
+            const roots = this.group === null ? marked(this.marker, true) : members(this.group);
+            const pids = this.group === null ? [...roots, ...descendants(roots, table)] : roots;
+            return new Map(pids.flatMap((pid) => (table.has(pid) ? [[pid, table.get(pid)]] : [])));
+        }
+        catch {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

package/dist/secret-input.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { retryDelay } from './api.js';
+import { finalRefusal, retryDelay } from './api.js';
 export async function holdSecretInput(house, subject, steps, waiting) {
     for (let failures = 0; waiting();) {
         try {
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ export async function holdSecretInput(house, subject, steps, waiting) {
             failures = 0;
         }
         catch (error) {
+            if (finalRefusal(error))
+                return null;
             process.stderr.write(`kit: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
+            // A wait that did not reach House is held again on the jittered curve for as long as its asker still waits.
             await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryDelay(failures++)));
         }
     }

package/dist/service-main.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { startService } from './service.js';
+try {
+    if (startService())
+        process.stdout.write('started\n');
+}
+catch (error) {
+    process.stderr.write(`kit: ${error.message}\n`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+}

package/dist/service.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+const UNIT = 'house-kit.service';
+// launchctl and systemctl answer at once, so ten seconds only bounds a stuck service manager.
+const MANAGER_MS = 10_000;
+function manage(command, args) {
+    return spawnSync(command, args, { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: MANAGER_MS });
+}
+function start(command, args) {
+    const started = manage(command, args);
+    if (started.status === 0)
+        return;
+    const cause = started.error?.message ?? (started.stderr.trim() || `${command} exited with ${started.status ?? 'a signal'}`);
+    throw new Error(`the House Kit service could not be started: ${cause}`);
+}
+export function startService() {
+    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+        const service = `gui/${process.getuid()}/house-kit`;
+        const printed = manage('launchctl', ['print', service]);
+        if (printed.status !== 0 || /^\tstate = running$/m.test(printed.stdout))
+            return false;
+        start('launchctl', ['kickstart', service]);
+        return true;
+    }
+    for (const scope of [['--user'], []]) {
+        if (manage('systemctl', [...scope, 'is-enabled', '--quiet', UNIT]).status !== 0)
+            continue;
+        if (manage('systemctl', [...scope, 'is-active', '--quiet', UNIT]).status === 0)
+            return false;
+        start('systemctl', [...scope, 'start', UNIT]);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}

package/dist/shell.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function quoted(value) {
+    return `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'\\''`)}'`;
+}

package/dist/sign-in.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
-import { killTree } from './acp.js';
 import { CLIS, withoutProxy } from './clis.js';
+import { killTree } from './scope.js';
 import { holdSecretInput } from './secret-input.js';
 const ESCAPE = /\u001b\[[\d;]*m/g;
 const LINK = /https:\/\/\S+/;
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ function causeOf(error) {
 function logged(error) {
     process.stderr.write(`kit: ${causeOf(error)}\n`);
 }
+function endOf(signal) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => signal.addEventListener('abort', () => resolve(true), { once: true }));
+}
 export class SignIns {
     house;
     agents;
@@ -30,24 +33,43 @@ export class SignIns {
             return;
         this.running.add(input.input_id);
         this.changed();
-        this.login(input)
-            .then(() => this.agents.reread(input.cli))
-            .then(() => this.house.deliver(`/kit/inputs/${input.input_id}/ack`, {}))
+        this.signIn(input)
             .catch(logged)
             .finally(() => {
             this.running.delete(input.input_id);
             this.changed();
         });
     }
-    async login(input) {
+    async signIn(input) {
+        const ending = new AbortController();
+        // House stops waiting for a sign-in ten minutes after it wrote it and sends the seconds left, so its install and login end with the page.
+        const timer = setTimeout(() => ending.abort(), input.ends_in * 1000);
+        const ended = await Promise.race([this.signedIn(input, ending.signal), endOf(ending.signal)]);
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        if (ended)
+            process.stderr.write(`kit: the ${input.cli} sign-in reached the end House set for it\n`);
+        await this.house.deliver(`/kit/inputs/${input.input_id}/ack`, {});
+        if (!ended)
+            await this.agents.reread(input.cli);
+    }
+    async signedIn(input, signal) {
+        await this.login(input, signal);
+        if (!signal.aborted)
+            await this.agents.recheck(input.cli, signal);
+        return false;
+    }
+    async login(input, signal) {
         let cli;
         try {
-            cli = await this.agents.located(input.cli);
+            cli = await this.agents.located(input.cli, signal);
         }
         catch (error) {
-            process.stderr.write(`kit: the ${input.cli} sign-in failed: ${causeOf(error)}\n`);
+            if (!signal.aborted)
+                process.stderr.write(`kit: the ${input.cli} sign-in failed: ${causeOf(error)}\n`);
             return;
         }
+        if (signal.aborted)
+            return;
         const login = CLIS[input.cli].login;
         const child = spawn(cli, login.args, {
             stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
@@ -55,6 +77,8 @@ export class SignIns {
             env: withoutProxy(),
         });
         const running = () => child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null;
+        const stop = () => killTree(child);
+        signal.addEventListener('abort', stop, { once: true });
         let link;
         let code;
         let last = '';
@@ -91,9 +115,10 @@ export class SignIns {
             createInterface({ input: output }).on('line', read);
         const failed = await new Promise((resolve) => {
             child.on('error', (error) => resolve(error.message));
-            child.on('close', (status, signal) => resolve(status === 0 ? null : `exited with ${status ?? signal}${last ? `: ${last}` : ''}`));
+            child.on('close', (status, killed) => resolve(status === 0 ? null : `exited with ${status ?? killed}${last ? `: ${last}` : ''}`));
         });
-        if (failed !== null)
+        signal.removeEventListener('abort', stop);
+        if (failed !== null && !signal.aborted)
             process.stderr.write(`kit: the ${input.cli} sign-in failed: ${failed}\n`);
     }
 }

package/dist/skills.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { KIT_VERSION } from './clis.js';
 import { kitHome, readConfiguration, readHome, writeHome } from './home.js';
 import { refusalOf } from './refusals.js';
-export const HOW_WE_WORK = '/private/how-we-work.md';
+export const HOW_WE_WORK = '/rooms/private/how-we-work.md';
 const SKILL_SET = fileURLToPath(new URL('../skills/', import.meta.url));
 const HOW_WE_WORK_TEXT = readFileSync(new URL('../how-we-work.md', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
 const RECORD = 'skill-set.json';

package/dist/stream.js

@@ -1,17 +1,36 @@
-import { retryDelay } from './api.js';
+import { subscribe } from 'node:diagnostics_channel';
+import { finalRefusal, HouseRefusal, retryDelay } from './api.js';
+import { end, REPLACED, signInAgain } from './end.js';
 import { readEnrolment } from './home.js';
 import { relayed } from './relay.js';
+const PATH = '/kit/stream';
 const SUBPROTOCOL = 'house.kit.stream.1';
+const REFUSAL_HEADER = 'x-house-refusal';
 function streamUrl(house) {
-    const url = new URL('/kit/stream', house);
+    const url = new URL(PATH, house);
     url.protocol = url.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
     return url;
 }
+function header(headers, name) {
+    for (let index = 0; index < headers.length; index += 2) {
+        if (headers[index].toString('latin1').toLowerCase() === name)
+            return headers[index + 1].toString('latin1');
+    }
+    return '';
+}
+let refused = null;
+subscribe('undici:request:headers', (message) => {
+    const { request, response } = message;
+    if (!request.path.endsWith(PATH))
+        return;
+    refused = new HouseRefusal(PATH, response.statusCode, header(response.headers, REFUSAL_HEADER) || response.statusText);
+});
 export function holdStream(handlers) {
     let socket = null;
     let failures = 0;
     const connect = async () => {
         const { house, credential } = (await readEnrolment());
+        refused = null;
         const opening = new WebSocket(relayed(streamUrl(house)), {
             protocols: [SUBPROTOCOL],
             headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${credential}` },
@@ -31,8 +50,16 @@ export function holdStream(handlers) {
             if (socket === opening)
                 socket = null;
             process.stderr.write(`kit: control stream closed ${event.code} ${event.reason}\n`);
-            const delay = opened ? 1000 + Math.random() * 2000 : retryDelay(failures++);
-            setTimeout(() => void connect(), delay);
+            if (event.reason === 'replaced')
+                end(REPLACED);
+            if (event.reason === 'credential_rejected' || refused?.status === 401) {
+                void signInAgain(credential);
+                return;
+            }
+            if (finalRefusal(refused))
+                end(refused.message);
+            // A closed socket reopens in one to three seconds, spread so Kits one restart closed return apart; an opening House refused as retryable or left unanswered backs off on the jittered curve.
+            setTimeout(() => void connect(), opened ? 1000 + Math.random() * 2000 : retryDelay(failures++));
         };
     };
     void connect();

package/dist/transcription.js

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export const ENGINES = {
 };
 const CHUNK_SECONDS = 20;
 let held = Promise.resolve();
+let holding = Promise.resolve();
+let setting = null;
+let downloading = null;
+let readiness = { installed: false, failure: null };
 function directory() {
     return join(kitHome(), 'transcription');
 }
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ function installed(artifact) {
     return join(directory(), artifact.sha256);
 }
 async function executed(command, args, signal) {
+    // A download or a transcription runs as long as its size needs; the setting turning off or the turn's interrupt or end aborts it instead.
     const ran = await run(command, args, 0, false, signal);
     if (ran.status !== 0)
         throw new Error(failureOf(ran, basename(command)));
@@ -54,6 +59,12 @@ async function sha256(path) {
     await pipeline(createReadStream(path), hash);
     return hash.digest('hex');
 }
+function causeOf(error) {
+    return error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+}
+function pinnedHere() {
+    return ENGINES[`${process.platform}-${process.arch}`];
+}
 async function install(artifacts, signal) {
     await mkdir(directory(), { recursive: true });
     const pinned = new Set(artifacts.map((artifact) => artifact.sha256));
@@ -68,6 +79,7 @@ async function install(artifacts, signal) {
     try {
         for (const artifact of missing) {
             const part = `${installed(artifact)}.part`;
+            // Three retries carry a large download past a dropped connection before the download fails.
             await executed('curl', ['-fsSL', '--retry', '3', '-o', part, artifact.url], signal);
             if ((await sha256(part)) !== artifact.sha256)
                 throw new Error(`${artifact.url} does not match its sha256`);
@@ -83,12 +95,46 @@ async function install(artifacts, signal) {
             await rm(`${installed(artifact)}.part`, { force: true });
     }
 }
+function reported(next) {
+    const changed = next.installed !== readiness.installed || next.failure !== readiness.failure;
+    readiness = next;
+    return changed;
+}
+async function settle(transcribe) {
+    if (transcribe === setting)
+        return false;
+    setting = transcribe;
+    if (!transcribe) {
+        await rm(directory(), { recursive: true, force: true });
+        return reported({ installed: false, failure: null });
+    }
+    const download = new AbortController();
+    downloading = download;
+    try {
+        const pinned = pinnedHere();
+        await install([pinned.decoder, pinned.engine, MODEL], download.signal);
+        return reported({ installed: true, failure: null });
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        await rm(directory(), { recursive: true, force: true });
+        return reported({ installed: false, failure: download.signal.aborted ? null : causeOf(error) });
+    }
+    finally {
+        downloading = null;
+    }
+}
+export function holdTranscription(transcribe) {
+    if (!transcribe)
+        downloading?.abort();
+    const settled = holding.then(() => settle(transcribe));
+    holding = settled.catch(() => undefined);
+    return settled;
+}
+export function transcriptionReport() {
+    return readiness;
+}
 async function transcribed(path, signal) {
-    const platform = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`;
-    const pinned = ENGINES[platform];
-    if (pinned === undefined)
-        throw new Error(`no transcription engine is pinned for ${platform}`);
-    await install([pinned.decoder, pinned.engine, MODEL], signal);
+    const pinned = pinnedHere();
     const work = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'kit-transcription-'));
     try {
         await executed(installed(pinned.decoder), ['-nostdin', '-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'error', '-i', path, '-ar', '16000', '-ac', '1', '-c:a', 'pcm_s16le',
@@ -106,6 +152,8 @@ async function transcribed(path, signal) {
     }
 }
 export async function transcribe(path, signal) {
+    if (!readiness.installed)
+        return null;
     const before = held;
     let release;
     const mine = new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -114,7 +162,7 @@ export async function transcribe(path, signal) {
     held = Promise.all([before, mine]);
     try {
         await unlessAborted(before, signal);
-        return await transcribed(path, signal);
+        return readiness.installed ? await transcribed(path, signal) : null;
     }
     finally {
         release();

package/dist/update.js

@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ async function finished(inputId) {
         const ack = await recorded();
         if (ack !== null)
             return ack;
+        // systemctl answers at once, so ten seconds only bounds a stuck service manager.
         if ((await run('systemctl', ['is-active', '--quiet', unit(inputId)], 10_000)).status !== 0) {
             return (await recorded()) ?? { refused: 'the Kit bootstrap did not finish' };
         }
+        // The bootstrap runs for minutes, so checking each second sees its outcome within a second at little cost.
         await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
     }
 }