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package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@volter/twin-world",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "World configs for twins: boot named local runtimes, allocate ports, generate world.env/instance.json, and run apps against fake-key twin worlds.",
+  "keywords": [
+    "twin",
+    "world",
+    "local",
+    "fixtures",
+    "testing",
+    "sdk",
+    "api",
+    "localstack"
+  ],
+  "author": "Volter (https://github.com/volter-ai)",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "src",
+    "client",
+    "test-fixtures",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "!test-fixtures/*.SOURCE.md",
+    "!src/host-fault-fixture.ts",
+    "!**/*.test.ts",
+    "!**/*.test.tsx"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/volter-ai/twin.git",
+    "directory": "packages/twin/world-runtime"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/volter-ai/twin/tree/main/packages/twin/world-runtime#readme",
+  "type": "module",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./src/index.ts"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "volter-world": "src/cli.ts",
+    "volter-world-browser-proxy": "src/browser-proxy-cli.ts",
+    "volter-world-host": "src/host-cli.ts"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "bun test src/*.test.ts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@volter/twin": "0.1.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/bun": "^1.2.20",
+    "@types/node": "^24.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "bun": ">=1.2.0"
+  }
+}

package/src/browser-proxy-cli.ts

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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+// @ts-nocheck
+// Browser proxy launcher for fullstack app worlds. This is APP/WORLD orchestration glue
+// (it wires specific app vendors + app URLs from env), so it lives in @volter/twin-world,
+// NOT in the vendor-agnostic kernel — control-plane must never name a vendor (A2). The kernel
+// only exports the vendor-INDEPENDENT `createTwinProxy` utility; choosing which vendors a given
+// app world proxies is the orchestrator's job.
+import { createTwinProxy } from '@volter/twin';
+
+const port = Number(process.env.PORT || 0);
+const target = process.env.TARGET_URL;
+if (!target) throw new Error('TARGET_URL is required');
+
+const map = {};
+if (process.env.CLERK_TWIN_URL) {
+  map.clerk = {
+    origin: process.env.CLERK_TWIN_URL,
+    apiPathPrefix: '/v1/',
+    loaderHost: 'https://api.clerk.com',
+  };
+  map.clerkLoader = {
+    origin: process.env.CLERK_TWIN_URL,
+    apiPathPrefix: '/npm/',
+  };
+}
+if (process.env.RUNHUMAN_API_URL || process.env.API_URL) {
+  map.runhumanApi = {
+    origin: process.env.RUNHUMAN_API_URL || process.env.API_URL,
+    apiPathPrefix: '/api',
+  };
+}
+
+const redirectOrigins = [
+  process.env.RUNHUMAN_WEB_URL,
+  process.env.RUNHUMAN_LEARN_URL,
+  process.env.RUNHUMAN_STATIC_URL,
+  process.env.RUNHUMAN_API_URL,
+  process.env.API_URL,
+].filter(Boolean);
+
+const proxy = createTwinProxy({ target, map, redirectOrigins, port });
+process.stdout.write(`[browser-proxy] http://127.0.0.1:${proxy.port} -> ${target} (${Object.keys(map).join(', ') || 'no browser vendors'})\n`);
+await new Promise(() => {});

package/src/cli.ts

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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+import { activateScript, checkPrerequisites, doctorWorld, downWorld, formatPrerequisiteChecks, listWorlds, runWithWorldEnv, runWorld, shareWorldServices, shellWorld, statusWorld, unshareWorld, upWorld, urlsWorld } from './index.ts';
+import type { PrerequisiteId } from './index.ts';
+
+function optionValue(args: string[], name: string, fallback = ''): string {
+  const index = args.indexOf(name);
+  return index >= 0 && index + 1 < args.length ? args[index + 1]! : fallback;
+}
+
+function printHelp(): void {
+  process.stdout.write(`Usage:
+  volter-world up <config> --env-file <path> [--name <name>] [--mode local|share|sealed] [--isolation process|colocated|worker] [--root <repo>]
+  volter-world down <name> [--grace-ms <ms>] [--purge] [--root <repo>]   # SIGTERM, then SIGKILL survivors after the grace (default 5000ms)
+                                                                          # --purge: after teardown, delete the instance dir (and per-service twin data) too — see docs/DATA_AT_REST.md
+  volter-world status <name> [--json] [--root <repo>]
+  volter-world doctor <name> [--verify-public] [--json] [--root <repo>]
+  volter-world doctor-prereqs --require docker [--json] [--quiet]
+  volter-world urls <name> [--json] [--root <repo>]
+  volter-world list [--root <repo>]
+  volter-world env <name> -- <command...>
+  volter-world activate <name>   # eval "$(volter-world activate <name>)" — a virtualenv for vendor APIs
+  volter-world shell <name>      # drop into a subshell with the world active (any CLI hits the twins)
+  volter-world run <config> --env-file <path> [--name <name>] [--mode local|share|sealed] [--keep] -- <command...>
+  volter-world share <name> [--service app] [--verify /health|--no-verify] [--command <cmd> [-- <args…>]]  # {url} in args = the service's local URL
+  volter-world unshare <name> [--service app]
+
+Configs are stable JSON files, resolved from worlds/configs/<config>.json unless a path is passed.
+`);
+}
+
+function printReady(instance: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof upWorld>>): void {
+  process.stdout.write(`World ${instance.name} is ready (${instance.config})
+
+Services:
+${Object.values(instance.services).map((service) => `  ${service.id}: ${service.url}`).join('\n')}
+
+Env:
+  ${instance.envFile}
+
+Instance:
+  ${instance.dirs.instance}/instance.json
+
+Stop:
+  volter-world down ${instance.name}
+`);
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const [cmd, subject, ...rest] = process.argv.slice(2);
+  const root = optionValue(rest, '--root', process.cwd());
+  if (!cmd || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
+    printHelp();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'up') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world up: missing config');
+    const envFile = optionValue(rest, '--env-file');
+    if (!envFile) throw new Error('volter-world up: missing required --env-file <path>');
+    const name = optionValue(rest, '--name') || undefined;
+    const mode = optionValue(rest, '--mode', 'local') as 'local' | 'share' | 'sealed';
+    const isolationArg = optionValue(rest, '--isolation');
+    if (isolationArg && isolationArg !== 'process' && isolationArg !== 'colocated' && isolationArg !== 'worker') {
+      throw new Error(`volter-world up: invalid --isolation "${isolationArg}" (want process|colocated|worker)`);
+    }
+    const isolation = (isolationArg || undefined) as 'process' | 'colocated' | 'worker' | undefined;
+    const instance = await upWorld(subject, { name, root, mode, envFile, ...(isolation ? { isolation } : {}) });
+    printReady(instance);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'down') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world down: missing world name');
+    const graceArg = optionValue(rest, '--grace-ms');
+    if (graceArg && !(Number(graceArg) >= 0)) throw new Error(`volter-world down: invalid --grace-ms "${graceArg}" (want a non-negative number)`);
+    const purge = rest.includes('--purge');
+    const result = await downWorld(subject, root, {
+      ...(graceArg ? { graceMs: Number(graceArg) } : {}),
+      ...(purge ? { purge: true } : {}),
+    });
+    process.stdout.write(`Stopped world ${result.name}${result.stopped.length ? `: ${result.stopped.join(', ')}` : ''}\n`);
+    if (result.escalated.length) process.stdout.write(`Escalated to SIGKILL (ignored SIGTERM past the grace): ${result.escalated.join(', ')}\n`);
+    if (result.externalErrors.length) {
+      for (const message of result.externalErrors) process.stderr.write(`External teardown failed: ${message}\n`);
+    }
+    if (result.purged) {
+      process.stdout.write(`Purged instance data: ${result.purged}\n`);
+    } else if (purge && result.externalErrors.length) {
+      process.stdout.write(`Refused to purge instance data: an external service's teardown failed (see above) — its down command/discovered env must survive.\n`);
+    }
+    // Honest exit code (TWIN-61): a silent 0 here is exactly the gap a failed `supabase stop` +
+    // `--purge` exploited — a still-running external, a deleted stop recipe, and a green exit.
+    if (result.externalErrors.length) process.exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'status') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world status: missing world name');
+    const status = statusWorld(subject, root);
+    if (rest.includes('--json')) process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(status, null, 2)}\n`);
+    else {
+      process.stdout.write(`World ${status.name}: ${status.running ? 'running' : 'stopped'} (${status.config})\n`);
+      for (const service of Object.values(status.services)) process.stdout.write(`  ${service.id}: ${service.url}\n`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'doctor') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world doctor: missing world name');
+    const report = await doctorWorld(subject, { root, verifyPublic: rest.includes('--verify-public') });
+    if (rest.includes('--json')) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(report, null, 2)}\n`);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(`World ${report.name}: ${report.ok ? 'ok' : 'failed'}\n`);
+      for (const check of report.checks) process.stdout.write(`  ${check.ok ? 'ok' : 'fail'} ${check.id}: ${check.message}\n`);
+    }
+    if (!report.ok) process.exit(1);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'doctor-prereqs') {
+    const required = rest.flatMap((arg, index) => arg === '--require' ? [rest[index + 1]] : [])
+      .filter(Boolean) as PrerequisiteId[];
+    const checks = checkPrerequisites(required.length ? required : ['docker']);
+    const ok = checks.every((check) => check.ok);
+    if (rest.includes('--json')) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ ok, checks }, null, 2)}\n`);
+    } else if (!rest.includes('--quiet')) {
+      const output = formatPrerequisiteChecks(checks);
+      process[ok ? 'stdout' : 'stderr'].write(`${output}\n`);
+    }
+    if (!ok) process.exit(1);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'urls') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world urls: missing world name');
+    const urls = urlsWorld(subject, root);
+    if (rest.includes('--json')) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(urls, null, 2)}\n`);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(`World ${urls.name} (${urls.mode})\n`);
+      for (const [serviceId, service] of Object.entries(urls.services)) {
+        process.stdout.write(`  ${serviceId}: ${service.localUrl}${service.publicUrl ? ` public=${service.publicUrl}` : ''}\n`);
+      }
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'list') {
+    for (const world of listWorlds(root)) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${world.name}\t${world.running ? 'running' : 'stopped'}\t${world.config ?? ''}\n`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'env') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world env: missing world name');
+    const split = rest.indexOf('--');
+    if (split < 0) throw new Error('volter-world env: pass command after --');
+    const exitCode = runWithWorldEnv(subject, rest.slice(split + 1), root);
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'activate') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world activate: missing world name');
+    process.stdout.write(activateScript(subject, root));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'shell') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world shell: missing world name');
+    process.exit(await shellWorld(subject, root));
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'run') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world run: missing config');
+    const split = rest.indexOf('--');
+    if (split < 0) throw new Error('volter-world run: pass command after --');
+    const envFile = optionValue(rest, '--env-file');
+    if (!envFile) throw new Error('volter-world run: missing required --env-file <path>');
+    const name = optionValue(rest, '--name') || undefined;
+    const mode = optionValue(rest, '--mode', 'local') as 'local' | 'share' | 'sealed';
+    const result = await runWorld(subject, rest.slice(split + 1), { root, name, mode, envFile, keep: rest.includes('--keep') });
+    process.exit(result.exitCode);
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'share') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world share: missing world name');
+    const service = optionValue(rest, '--service') || undefined;
+    const verifyPath = rest.includes('--no-verify')
+      ? false
+      : rest.includes('--verify')
+        ? optionValue(rest, '--verify', '/health')
+        : undefined;
+    const split = rest.indexOf('--');
+    const command = optionValue(rest, '--command') || undefined;
+    if (split >= 0 && !command) throw new Error('volter-world share: -- <args> requires --command <cmd>');
+    const args = command && split >= 0 ? rest.slice(split + 1) : undefined;
+    const instance = await shareWorldServices(subject, { root, service, verifyPath, command, args });
+    const serviceIds = service ? [service] : Object.values(instance.services)
+      .filter((candidate) => candidate.publicUrl)
+      .map((candidate) => candidate.id);
+    for (const serviceId of serviceIds) {
+      const shared = instance.services[serviceId];
+      process.stdout.write(`${shared?.publicReady ? 'Shared' : 'Shared (unverified)'} ${subject}/${serviceId}: ${shared?.publicUrl}\n`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (cmd === 'unshare') {
+    if (!subject) throw new Error('volter-world unshare: missing world name');
+    const service = optionValue(rest, '--service') || undefined;
+    const result = unshareWorld(subject, { root, service });
+    process.stdout.write(`Unshared world ${subject}${service ? `/${service}` : ''}\n`);
+    if (result.escalated.length) process.stdout.write(`Escalated to SIGKILL (tunnel ignored SIGTERM past the grace): ${result.escalated.join(', ')}\n`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Unknown command: ${cmd}`);
+}
+
+main().catch((error) => {
+  process.stderr.write(`${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

package/src/configs.ts

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+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { assertWorldConfig, type WorldConfig } from './schema.ts';
+
+export function resolveConfigPath(config: string, root = process.cwd()): string {
+  const candidates = config.includes('/') || config.endsWith('.json')
+    ? [resolve(root, config)]
+    : [
+        resolve(root, 'worlds/configs', `${config}.json`),
+        resolve(root, 'worlds/configs', config, 'world.config.json'),
+        resolve(root, `${config}.world.config.json`),
+      ];
+  const found = candidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate));
+  if (!found) {
+    throw new Error(`World config not found: ${config}\nTried:\n${candidates.map((candidate) => `  ${candidate}`).join('\n')}`);
+  }
+  return found;
+}
+
+export function loadWorldConfig(config: string, root = process.cwd()): { path: string; config: WorldConfig } {
+  const path = resolveConfigPath(config, root);
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, 'utf8')) as unknown;
+  return { path, config: assertWorldConfig(parsed, path) };
+}

package/src/host-cli.ts

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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+// volter-world-host: run a set of twins co-located in this single process. The world
+// runtime spawns ONE of these (instead of one bin per twin) when a world selects
+// 'colocated'/'worker' isolation. Each twin is named by a module specifier + export so
+// this stays vendor-agnostic (no pack imports here — dynamic import() resolves them).
+//
+//   volter-world-host --isolation worker \
+//     --spec stripe|@volter/twin-stripe|createStripeTwinServer|12111|/data/stripe \
+//     --spec github|@volter/twin-github|createGithubTwinServer|12112|/data/github
+//
+// Prints one `ready id=<id> port=<port>` line per twin, then `host ready (<n> twins)`.
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, renameSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { startColocatedHost, type ColocatedTwinSpec, type HostIsolation } from './host.ts';
+
+const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
+const opt = (name: string, fb = ''): string => { const i = argv.indexOf(name); return i >= 0 && argv[i + 1] ? argv[i + 1]! : fb; };
+
+const isolation = (opt('--isolation', 'shared') as HostIsolation);
+if (isolation !== 'shared' && isolation !== 'worker') {
+  process.stderr.write(`invalid --isolation "${isolation}" (want shared|worker)\n`);
+  process.exit(2);
+}
+
+const specs: ColocatedTwinSpec[] = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+  if (argv[i] !== '--spec') continue;
+  const raw = argv[i + 1] ?? '';
+  const [id, module, exportName, port, root, ro] = raw.split('|');
+  if (!id || !module || !exportName || !port || !root) {
+    process.stderr.write(`bad --spec "${raw}" (want id|module|export|port|root[|ro])\n`);
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+  specs.push({ id, module, export: exportName, port: Number(port), root, readOnly: ro === 'ro' });
+}
+if (specs.length === 0) { process.stderr.write('no --spec given\n'); process.exit(2); }
+
+// A worker give-up (host.ts fires it on the first crash — never restarted) must be discoverable
+// AFTER the fact, not just as a
+// stdout line — this process IS the world's `instance.json` host child, but it is a SEPARATE OS
+// process from the runtime that wrote instance.json, so it must not rewrite that file directly
+// (the parent may still be mid-write, or rewrite it later — share/unshare both call
+// saveWorldInstance). Instead it writes a small sidecar (`host-gaveup.json`) next to instance.json
+// in the SAME instance dir (already created by upWorld before this child is spawned); `readWorldInstance`
+// merges the sidecar into `services[<id>].workerGaveUp` so every reader (doctor, status, tests) sees
+// the record as if it were in instance.json, without any cross-process write contention.
+// The instance file path is threaded in via VOLTER_WORLD_INSTANCE (set by upWorld for every co-located
+// child). Absent it (e.g. this CLI driven standalone in a unit test), give-up persistence is a no-op —
+// host.test.ts covers shared mode in-process; the give-up mechanics themselves (worker crash →
+// `gaveup` event, never respawned) are covered by the host-isolation / colocated-world integration
+// tests, which spawn this CLI and observe it from the outside.
+const instanceFile = process.env.VOLTER_WORLD_INSTANCE;
+const gaveUpSidecar = instanceFile ? join(dirname(instanceFile), 'host-gaveup.json') : undefined;
+
+function recordGaveUp(twin: string, exits: number, detail: string): void {
+  if (!gaveUpSidecar) return;
+  let all: Record<string, { at: string; exits: number; detail: string }> = {};
+  try {
+    if (existsSync(gaveUpSidecar)) all = JSON.parse(readFileSync(gaveUpSidecar, 'utf8'));
+  } catch {
+    // A torn/partial read (e.g. we crashed mid-write previously) — start fresh rather than
+    // let a corrupt sidecar wedge future give-ups from ever being recorded.
+  }
+  all[twin] = { at: new Date().toISOString(), exits, detail };
+  // Atomic publish (temp→rename in the SAME dir), the same discipline the kernel/instance.json
+  // writers use — a reader never observes a partially-written sidecar.
+  mkdirSync(dirname(gaveUpSidecar), { recursive: true });
+  const tmp = `${gaveUpSidecar}.${process.pid}.tmp`;
+  writeFileSync(tmp, `${JSON.stringify(all, null, 2)}\n`);
+  renameSync(tmp, gaveUpSidecar);
+}
+
+const host = await startColocatedHost(specs, {
+  isolation,
+  onEvent: (e) => {
+    process.stdout.write(`event twin=${e.twin} kind=${e.kind}${e.detail ? ` detail=${e.detail}` : ''}\n`);
+    if (e.kind === 'gaveup') recordGaveUp(e.twin, e.exits ?? 0, e.detail ?? '');
+  },
+});
+for (const [id, port] of Object.entries(host.ports)) process.stdout.write(`ready id=${id} port=${port}\n`);
+process.stdout.write(`host ready (${specs.length} twins, isolation=${isolation})\n`);
+
+const shutdown = async () => { await host.stop(); process.exit(0); };
+process.on('SIGTERM', shutdown);
+process.on('SIGINT', shutdown);
+await new Promise(() => {});

package/src/host-worker.ts

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+// Worker entry for 'worker' isolation: one Worker thread per twin. It owns its event
+// loop + heap, so a CPU hog / leak / hard crash here is contained to this thread — the
+// host does NOT restart it: it gives up on the worker (fires a `gaveup` event → doctor
+// red) without disturbing sibling twins. Posts {type:'ready'} once listening.
+import { parentPort, workerData } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import type { ColocatedTwinSpec } from './host.ts';
+
+const spec = workerData as ColocatedTwinSpec;
+
+type TwinServer = { port: number; stop: () => void };
+type TwinServerFactory = (opts: { port?: number; root?: string; readOnly?: boolean }) => TwinServer;
+
+const mod = (await import(spec.module)) as Record<string, unknown>;
+const factory = mod[spec.export] as TwinServerFactory | undefined;
+if (typeof factory !== 'function') {
+  throw new Error(`Twin "${spec.id}": ${spec.module} has no factory export "${spec.export}"`);
+}
+
+const server = factory({ port: spec.port, root: spec.root, readOnly: spec.readOnly });
+parentPort?.postMessage({ type: 'ready', port: server.port });
+
+// The Bun.serve listener keeps this worker's event loop alive; nothing else to do.