pi-crew 0.9.42 → 0.9.46

package/src/runtime/async-runner.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { WINDOWS_ESSENTIAL_ENV_VARS } from "../utils/env-allowlist.ts";
 import { sanitizeEnvSecrets } from "../utils/env-filter.ts";
 import { logInternalError } from "../utils/internal-error.ts";
 import { packageRoot } from "../utils/paths.ts";
+import { redactSecretString } from "../utils/redaction.ts";
 import { registerWorker, unregisterWorker } from "./orphan-worker-registry.ts";
 import { PEER_DEP_DIR_ENV, resolvePeerDepDir } from "./peer-dep.ts";
 
@@ -318,7 +319,14 @@ export async function spawnBackgroundTeamRun(manifest: TeamRunManifest): Promise
 		}
 		stderrChunks.length = 0;
 		try {
-			fs.appendFileSync(logPath, `[child stderr] ${body}${body.endsWith("\n") ? "" : "\n"}`, "utf-8");
+			// FIND-14: route child stderr through redactSecretString before writing
+			// to the log so API keys / bearer tokens / inline secrets emitted by the
+			// child are scrubbed. Without this, a child crash trace containing
+			// `Authorization: Bearer ...` or a stack trace with `MINIMAX_API_KEY=...`
+			// would land in background.log unredacted and ship to disk (and to the
+			// V8 fatal-error report which writes environmentVariables unredacted).
+			const redacted = redactSecretString(body);
+			fs.appendFileSync(logPath, `[child stderr] ${redacted}${redacted.endsWith("\n") ? "" : "\n"}`, "utf-8");
 		} catch {
 			/* best-effort */
 		}

package/src/runtime/child-pi-constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * child-pi-constants.ts — Shared timing and capture constants for child-pi runtime.
+ *
+ * Extracted from child-pi.ts (H-7 decomposition, step 3). Zero behavior change.
+ *
+ * These constants are shared between runChildPi (in child-pi.ts) and the kill
+ * helpers (in child-pi-kill.ts). Centralizing them here avoids circular imports
+ * and makes the timing budget configurable from one place.
+ */
+
+import { DEFAULT_CHILD_PI } from "../config/defaults.ts";
+
+/** Post-exit window during which stdio is guarded against late writes. */
+export const POST_EXIT_STDIO_GUARD_MS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.postExitStdioGuardMs;
+
+/** Maximum time to wait for a final assistant event after the last stdout byte. */
+export const FINAL_DRAIN_MS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.finalDrainMs;
+
+/** Time after SIGTERM to escalate to SIGKILL. */
+export const HARD_KILL_MS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.hardKillMs;
+
+/** Maximum time with no output before the child is considered unresponsive. */
+export const RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.responseTimeoutMs;
+
+/**
+ * Maximum size (bytes) for the ChildPiLineObserver's line accumulation buffer.
+ * When exceeded, the buffer is force-flushed to prevent unbounded memory growth
+ * from chatty child processes that produce output without newlines.
+ */
+export const MAX_LINE_BUFFER_BYTES = 1024 * 1024; // 1 MB
+
+/** Maximum characters for assistant text fragments in compacted events. */
+export const MAX_ASSISTANT_TEXT_CHARS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.maxAssistantTextChars;
+
+/** Maximum characters for tool-result fragments in compacted events. */
+export const MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.maxToolResultChars;
+
+/** Maximum characters for tool-input fragments in compacted events. */
+export const MAX_TOOL_INPUT_CHARS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.maxToolInputChars;
+
+/** Maximum characters for general compactable content (used by TruncationStage). */
+export const MAX_COMPACT_CONTENT_CHARS = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.maxCompactContentChars;

package/src/runtime/child-pi-kill.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/**
+ * child-pi-kill.ts — Kill/escape path for child Pi worker processes.
+ *
+ * Extracted from child-pi.ts (H-7 decomposition, step 2). Zero behavior change.
+ *
+ * Responsibilities:
+ *   - appendBoundedTail(): bounded concatenation with truncation marker.
+ *   - killProcessPid(): send SIGTERM → SIGKILL escalation, with Windows taskkill fallback.
+ *   - killProcessTree(): log+kill a child by pid, optionally attach exit listener to clear timer.
+ *   - terminateActiveChildPiProcesses(): kill all known active children.
+ *   - registerActiveChild()/unregisterActiveChild(): book-keeping for the active-children Map.
+ *   - Periodic zombie reaper (setInterval) that drops dead entries.
+ *
+ * The activeChildrenMap and hardKillTimers Map are kept here (not re-exported)
+ * because they are tightly coupled to the kill lifecycle.
+ */
+
+import type { ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { DEFAULT_CHILD_PI } from "../config/defaults.ts";
+import { logInternalError } from "../utils/internal-error.ts";
+import { HARD_KILL_MS } from "./child-pi-constants.ts";
+import { TailCaptureStage } from "./compact-stages/tail-capture-stage.ts";
+
+const MAX_CAPTURE_BYTES = DEFAULT_CHILD_PI.maxCaptureBytes;
+
+// Active children bookkeeping. Mutated by registerActiveChild/unregisterActiveChild.
+const activeChildProcesses = new Map<number, ChildProcess>();
+const childHardKillTimers = new Map<number, NodeJS.Timeout>();
+
+// Periodic cleanup of dead child process entries to prevent memory leaks.
+// If a child process never emits exit/close (zombie), the entry would leak.
+setInterval(() => {
+	for (const [pid, child] of activeChildProcesses) {
+		try {
+			process.kill(pid, 0); // Throws ESRCH if dead
+		} catch {
+			activeChildProcesses.delete(pid);
+		}
+	}
+}, 60_000).unref();
+
+/** Register a newly-spawned child so it can be tracked + killed on shutdown. */
+export function registerActiveChild(pid: number, child: ChildProcess): void {
+	activeChildProcesses.set(pid, child);
+}
+
+/** Remove a child from the active set once it has exited (or before kill). */
+export function unregisterActiveChild(pid: number): void {
+	activeChildProcesses.delete(pid);
+}
+
+/** Clear the SIGKILL escalation timer for a pid (called on early exit). */
+export function clearHardKillTimer(pid: number | undefined): void {
+	if (pid === undefined) return;
+	const timer = childHardKillTimers.get(pid);
+	if (timer) {
+		clearTimeout(timer);
+		childHardKillTimers.delete(pid);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Append `chunk` to `current`, keeping the result within `maxBytes`. When the
+ * cap is exceeded, returns the tail (most recent bytes) prefixed with a marker
+ * showing how much was dropped. Delegates to TailCaptureStage so the logic
+ * stays consistent with the rest of the compaction pipeline.
+ */
+export function appendBoundedTail(current: string, chunk: string, maxBytes = MAX_CAPTURE_BYTES): string {
+	return new TailCaptureStage({
+		maxBytes,
+		marker: `[pi-crew captured output truncated to last ${Math.round(maxBytes / 1024)} KiB]`,
+	}).apply(current + chunk);
+}
+
+function spawnTaskkillSafe(pid: number): void {
+	// B6: spawn taskkill and attach an 'error' listener. spawn() emits ENOENT/EACCES
+	// via the 'error' event — unhandled these would become uncaughtException and
+	// can crash the parent as an uncaught exception. taskkill is a standard Windows
+	// utility and rarely fails to spawn, but be defensive.
+	try {
+		const taskkillChild = spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", String(pid), "/t", "/f"], {
+			stdio: "ignore",
+			detached: false,
+		});
+		taskkillChild.on("error", (err) => {
+			logInternalError("child-pi.taskkill-spawn-error", err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)), `pid=${pid}`);
+		});
+		taskkillChild.unref();
+	} catch (error) {
+		logInternalError("child-pi.taskkill-sync-error", error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)), `pid=${pid}`);
+	}
+}
+
+export function killProcessPid(pid: number): void {
+	if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return;
+	try {
+		if (process.platform === "win32") {
+			// 3.8: Windows path uses taskkill /T /F (force kill the entire tree).
+			// taskkill itself can silently fail (PID gone, permission denied, etc.)
+			// so verify after 2s and log a warning if the process is still alive.
+			spawnTaskkillSafe(pid);
+			const verifyTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+				try {
+					process.kill(pid, 0); // throws ESRCH when dead
+					// Still alive — log and retry once.
+					logInternalError(
+						"child-pi.taskkill-stuck",
+						new Error(`process ${pid} still alive 2s after taskkill /T /F; retrying`),
+						`pid=${pid}`,
+						"error",
+					);
+					try {
+						spawnTaskkillSafe(pid);
+					} catch {
+						/* best-effort */
+					}
+				} catch {
+					// ESRCH or EPERM — process is gone. OK.
+				}
+			}, 2000);
+			verifyTimer.unref();
+			return;
+		}
+		try {
+			process.kill(-pid, "SIGTERM");
+		} catch (error) {
+			logInternalError("child-pi.sigterm", error, `pid=${pid}`);
+			try {
+				process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM");
+			} catch (fallbackError) {
+				logInternalError("child-pi.sigterm-absolute", fallbackError, `pid=${pid}`);
+			}
+		}
+		clearHardKillTimer(pid);
+		const hardKillTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+			try {
+				process.kill(-pid, "SIGKILL");
+			} catch (error) {
+				logInternalError("child-pi.sigkill", error, `pid=${pid}`);
+				try {
+					process.kill(pid, "SIGKILL");
+				} catch (fallbackError) {
+					logInternalError("child-pi.sigkill-absolute", fallbackError, `pid=${pid}`);
+				}
+			}
+			childHardKillTimers.delete(pid);
+		}, HARD_KILL_MS);
+		hardKillTimer.unref();
+		childHardKillTimers.set(pid, hardKillTimer);
+	} catch (error) {
+		logInternalError("child-pi.kill-process-pid", error, `pid=${pid}`);
+	}
+}
+
+export function killProcessTree(pid: number | undefined, child?: ChildProcess): void {
+	// Phase-0 diagnostic (HB-003a): capture who invoked killProcessTree so the
+	// exit-null race has a provenance trail. .stack is best-effort (may be undefined
+	// under deep async), so we take a snapshot lazily.
+	try {
+		const callerStack = new Error("killProcessTree caller").stack ?? "(no stack)";
+		logInternalError(
+			"child-pi.kill-process-tree-invoked",
+			new Error(`pid=${pid} called from:\n${callerStack.split("\n").slice(0, 8).join("\n")}`),
+			`pid=${pid}`,
+		);
+	} catch {
+		/* diagnostic best-effort */
+	}
+	if (!pid || !Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return;
+	if (child && child.exitCode !== null) return;
+	killProcessPid(pid);
+	child?.once("exit", () => clearHardKillTimer(pid));
+}
+
+export function terminateActiveChildPiProcesses(): number {
+	const entries = [...activeChildProcesses.entries()];
+	for (const [pid, child] of entries) killProcessTree(pid, child);
+	return entries.length;
+}

package/src/runtime/child-pi-spawn.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+/**
+ * child-pi-spawn.ts — Spawn options + env filtering for child Pi worker processes.
+ *
+ * Extracted from child-pi.ts (H-7 decomposition, step 6). Zero behavior change.
+ *
+ * Responsibilities:
+ *   - BASE_ALLOWLIST: env var names always passed to child workers.
+ *   - buildChildPiSpawnOptions(): pure function that builds SpawnOptions from
+ *     (cwd, env, model). Validates cwd, filters env via allowlist, validates
+ *     NODE_PATH against safe prefixes.
+ *   - assertOnlyControlEnvKeys(): runtime canary that verifies the caller only
+ *     put PI_CREW (prefix) or PI_TEAMS (prefix) keys into the per-call built.env (defense in
+ *     depth against accidental secret leakage).
+ *   - prepareSpawnContext(): pre-spawn helper that builds the spawn command spec
+ *     from buildPiWorkerArgs output, handles the pre-spawn abort check, and
+ *     returns either an immediate-abort result or the spawn context.
+ */
+
+import type { SpawnOptions } from "node:child_process";
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import { WINDOWS_ESSENTIAL_ENV_VARS } from "../utils/env-allowlist.ts";
+import { buildScopedAllowList, sanitizeEnvSecrets } from "../utils/env-filter.ts";
+import { logInternalError } from "../utils/internal-error.ts";
+import type { ChildPiRunInput, ChildPiRunResult } from "./child-pi.ts";
+import { buildPiWorkerArgs } from "./pi-args.ts";
+import { getPiSpawnCommand } from "./pi-spawn.ts";
+
+// ── Env allowlist (base set always passed to children) ──────────────────
+// Provider API keys are injected dynamically via buildScopedAllowList() only
+// when a model is assigned to the task (per-task key scoping).
+export const BASE_ALLOWLIST: string[] = [
+	"PATH",
+	"HOME",
+	"USER",
+	"SHELL",
+	"TERM",
+	"LANG",
+	"LC_ALL",
+	"LC_COLLATE",
+	"LC_CTYPE",
+	"LC_MESSAGES",
+	"LC_MONETARY",
+	"LC_NUMERIC",
+	"LC_TIME",
+	"XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
+	"XDG_DATA_HOME",
+	"XDG_CACHE_HOME",
+	"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR",
+	// Windows essentials — see WINDOWS_ESSENTIAL_ENV_VARS (src/utils/env-allowlist.ts).
+	...WINDOWS_ESSENTIAL_ENV_VARS,
+	"NVM_BIN",
+	"NVM_DIR",
+	"NVM_INC",
+	"NODE_DISABLE_COLORS",
+	"NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS",
+	"NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY",
+	"NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG",
+	"NPM_CONFIG_GLOBALCONFIG",
+	"PI_CREW_DEPTH",
+];
+
+/**
+ * Build the SpawnOptions for a child Pi worker process. Pure function — does
+ * not call spawn() itself; the caller does that.
+ *
+ * Responsibilities:
+ *   1. Validate cwd (realpath + isDirectory) — fall back to lexical path on ENOENT.
+ *   2. Filter env vars to the allowlist (model-aware provider key scoping).
+ *   3. Validate NODE_PATH against safe prefixes (/opt, /lib, /usr, /home).
+ *   4. Add PI_CREW_PARENT_PID for the child-side parent-guard.
+ */
+export function buildChildPiSpawnOptions(cwd: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, model?: string): SpawnOptions {
+	// SECURITY FIX (Issue #1): Validate cwd before passing to spawn.
+	// If cwd comes from an untrusted source (user input, workspace config), a malicious cwd
+	// could cause the child process to operate in an attacker-controlled directory,
+	// enabling path traversal attacks, unintended file access, or exposure of sensitive paths.
+	// Use realpathSync to resolve any symlinks and verify the path exists and is a directory.
+	let validatedCwd: string;
+	try {
+		validatedCwd = fs.realpathSync(cwd);
+		const stats = fs.statSync(validatedCwd);
+		if (!stats.isDirectory()) {
+			throw new Error(`cwd is not a directory: ${cwd}`);
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		// If cwd doesn't exist (ENOENT) and isn't a security concern, fall back
+		// to the lexical path. The child process will create the directory if
+		// needed. Throwing would break tests/callers that pass not-yet-existing
+		// paths and isn't a security issue for the env-filtering behavior this
+		// function is primarily about.
+		if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT" && error instanceof Error && error.message.includes("ENOENT")) {
+			validatedCwd = path.resolve(cwd);
+		} else {
+			throw new Error(`Invalid cwd: ${cwd} — ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Filter out env vars whose keys match secret patterns to avoid leaking credentials to child processes.
+	// IMPORTANT: preserve model provider API keys — they are needed by the child Pi to call the LLM.
+	// Also preserve essential non-secret vars (PATH, HOME, USER, etc.) so the child process can function.
+	// Bug #12 fix: essential env vars (PATH, HOME, etc.) are always preserved so child can find npm/node.
+	//
+	// PER-TASK KEY SCOPING: when a model is provided, only the env keys for that
+	// provider are injected (via buildScopedAllowList). When no model is given,
+	// only BASE_ALLOWLIST system vars pass through — no provider keys leak.
+	const allowList = model ? buildScopedAllowList(BASE_ALLOWLIST, [model]) : BASE_ALLOWLIST;
+	const filteredEnv = sanitizeEnvSecrets(env, { allowList });
+	// FIX: Removed delete workarounds — with explicit allowlist, these vars
+	// are no longer auto-leaked. The wildcard approach was fragile.
+
+	// SECURITY FIX (Issue #1): Validate NODE_PATH to ensure it only contains standard
+	// system locations or legitimate user paths (NVM). NODE_PATH can reveal user
+	// environment information and could theoretically be exploited if it contains
+	// untrusted entries. Only allow paths under standard system directories
+	// (/opt, /lib, /usr) or NVM paths under /home/<user>/.nvm/... which are legitimate
+	// for Node.js module loading in user environments.
+	if (filteredEnv.NODE_PATH) {
+		const validPrefixes = ["/opt/", "/lib/", "/usr/local/", "/usr/", "/home/"];
+		const validPaths = filteredEnv.NODE_PATH.split(":").filter((p) => {
+			return validPrefixes.some((prefix) => p.startsWith(prefix));
+		});
+		if (validPaths.length > 0) {
+			filteredEnv.NODE_PATH = validPaths.join(":");
+		} else {
+			// No standard paths found — remove NODE_PATH entirely to avoid
+			// passing user-specific paths that could reveal environment info.
+			delete filteredEnv.NODE_PATH;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		cwd: validatedCwd,
+		env: { ...filteredEnv, PI_CREW_PARENT_PID: String(process.pid) },
+		stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"], // stdin=ignore: child doesn't wait for input; task comes via CLI args
+		detached: process.platform !== "win32",
+		setsid: true,
+		// NOTE: setsid creates a new session; the child process becomes the session leader
+		// and its parent becomes that session leader (still the team-runner in the same
+		// process group). PI_CREW_PARENT_PID is set before spawn using process.pid (team-runner).
+		// The parent-guard in the child checks direct parent liveness via process.kill(pid, 0) —
+		// it does NOT follow the lineage beyond the direct parent. If the team-runner's parent
+		// (the original pi session) dies, the team-runner becomes an orphan but the child still
+		// sees its direct parent (team-runner) as alive. This is correct for the parent-guard model.
+		windowsHide: true,
+	} as SpawnOptions;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Throw if `built.env` contains keys outside the PI_CREW_ (prefix) / PI_TEAMS_ (prefix) namespaces.
+ * Called right before spawn() as a runtime canary — protects against future
+ * regressions where someone accidentally adds a secret key to built.env.
+ */
+export function assertOnlyControlEnvKeys(builtEnv: Record<string, string | undefined>): void {
+	// Verifies built.env (the per-call env we add on top of process.env) only
+	// contains PI_CREW_*/PI_TEAMS_* control keys. built.env does NOT include
+	// process.env values — those are merged separately via spread and filtered
+	// by the allowlist in buildChildPiSpawnOptions. This assertion guards
+	// against accidental additions to built.env leaking secrets to children.
+	for (const key of Object.keys(builtEnv)) {
+		if (!key.startsWith("PI_CREW_") && !key.startsWith("PI_TEAMS_")) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`SECURITY: built.env contains unexpected key "${key}"; expected only PI_CREW_* or PI_TEAMS_* execution-control vars`,
+			);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/** What the spawn site needs to start the child process. */
+export interface SpawnContext {
+	/** The command + args returned by getPiSpawnCommand. */
+	spawnSpec: ReturnType<typeof getPiSpawnCommand>;
+	/** The merged env (process.env + built.env) to pass to spawn(). */
+	mergedEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+	/** Temp dir created by buildPiWorkerArgs (caller must clean up after spawn). */
+	tempDir: string | undefined;
+	/** The per-call built.env (control vars only) — for security canary assertions. */
+	builtEnv: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the spawn context for a child Pi run: calls buildPiWorkerArgs,
+ * attaches PI_CREW_STEERING_FILE if a steering file is configured, then returns
+ * the spawn command spec + merged env. Does NOT spawn.
+ *
+ * If the parent AbortSignal has already fired, returns an immediate-abort
+ * ChildPiRunResult instead — spawn is then skipped entirely (saves resources).
+ */
+export function prepareSpawnContext(
+	input: ChildPiRunInput,
+	effectiveTask: string,
+): { kind: "ready"; ctx: SpawnContext } | { kind: "aborted"; result: ChildPiRunResult } {
+	const built = buildPiWorkerArgs({
+		task: effectiveTask,
+		agent: input.agent,
+		model: input.model,
+		sessionEnabled: true,
+		maxDepth: input.maxDepth,
+		skillPaths: input.skillPaths,
+		role: input.role,
+	});
+	// Pass steering file path to child for real-time steer injection
+	if (input.steeringFile) built.env.PI_CREW_STEERING_FILE = input.steeringFile;
+	// B5: if the parent already aborted before we spawn, do not start the child
+	// at all. Spawning a doomed process wastes resources, and the abort listener
+	// registered below will not re-fire for an already-aborted signal (so the
+	// child would only be killed later by the response-timeout path). Return a
+	// cancelled-style result immediately.
+	if (input.signal?.aborted) {
+		return {
+			kind: "aborted",
+			result: {
+				exitCode: null,
+				stdout: "",
+				stderr: "",
+				error: "Aborted before spawn (parent AbortSignal already aborted)",
+				aborted: true,
+			},
+		};
+	}
+	const spawnSpec = getPiSpawnCommand(built.args);
+	return {
+		kind: "ready",
+		ctx: {
+			spawnSpec,
+			mergedEnv: { ...process.env, ...built.env },
+			tempDir: built.tempDir,
+			builtEnv: built.env,
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+// Silence unused-import warning for logInternalError if not consumed by future helpers.
+void logInternalError;

package/src/runtime/child-pi-steering.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ * child-pi-steering.ts — Turn-count-based steering controller for child Pi.
+ *
+ * Extracted from child-pi.ts (H-7 decomposition, step 5). Zero behavior change.
+ *
+ * The controller encapsulates the steering state machine:
+ *   - Tracks turn count from `turn_end` events.
+ *   - At `maxTurns`: triggers soft-limit steer (append advisory to steering file).
+ *   - At `maxTurns + graceTurns`: triggers hard abort via killProcessTree.
+ *
+ * The hardAbortInitiated flag prevents the no-response timer from being
+ * restarted after the hard-abort fires (CP-1 fix — see UPGRADE_REVIEW.md).
+ */
+
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import { logInternalError } from "../utils/internal-error.ts";
+import { killProcessTree } from "./child-pi-kill.ts";
+
+/** Action emitted by the controller when a `turn_end` event is processed. */
+export type SteeringAction =
+	| { kind: "steer" }
+	| { kind: "hardAbort"; pid: number; child: import("node:child_process").ChildProcess }
+	| { kind: "none" };
+
+/**
+ * State machine for turn-count-based steering.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   const controller = new ChildPiSteeringController(maxTurns, graceTurns);
+ *   // In onJsonEvent, when event.type === "turn_end":
+ *   const action = controller.onTurnEnd(child.pid, child, input.steeringFile);
+ *   if (action.kind === "hardAbort") killProcessTree(action.pid, action.child);
+ *   // In all restartNoResponseTimer sites:
+ *   if (!controller.isHardAbortInitiated()) restartNoResponseTimer();
+ */
+export class ChildPiSteeringController {
+	private turnCount = 0;
+	private softLimitReached = false;
+	private hardAbortInitiatedFlag = false;
+	private readonly maxTurns: number | undefined;
+	private readonly graceTurns: number | undefined;
+
+	constructor(maxTurns: number | undefined, graceTurns: number | undefined) {
+		this.maxTurns = maxTurns;
+		// FIX (Issue #1): Bound graceTurns to prevent the hard abort condition from
+		// never triggering when an arbitrarily large value is passed.
+		this.graceTurns = graceTurns !== undefined && graceTurns > 1000 ? 1000 : graceTurns;
+	}
+
+	/** Called on each `turn_end` event. Returns the action to take (if any). */
+	onTurnEnd(
+		pid: number | undefined,
+		child: import("node:child_process").ChildProcess | undefined,
+		steeringFile: string | undefined,
+	): SteeringAction {
+		this.turnCount += 1;
+		// Soft limit: first turn at or beyond maxTurns → deliver "wrap up" advisory.
+		if (this.maxTurns !== undefined && !this.softLimitReached && this.turnCount >= this.maxTurns) {
+			this.softLimitReached = true;
+			// C8: deliver the "wrap up" advisory by appending to the steering JSONL
+			// file the child polls (PI_CREW_STEERING_FILE). The child is spawned with
+			// stdio:["ignore",...], so child.stdin is null and the old stdin branch was
+			// dead code that only spammed logs on every soft-limit hit. Advisory only —
+			// the hard-abort below at maxTurns + graceTurns is the real enforcement, so
+			// a failed write must NOT kill the worker.
+			if (steeringFile) {
+				try {
+					fs.appendFileSync(
+						steeringFile,
+						JSON.stringify({
+							type: "steer",
+							message: "You have reached your turn limit. Wrap up immediately — provide your final answer now.",
+						}) + "\n",
+						"utf-8",
+					);
+				} catch (err) {
+					logInternalError("child-pi.steer-write-failed", err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)), `pid=${pid}`);
+				}
+			}
+			return { kind: "steer" };
+		}
+		// Hard abort: turn count reached maxTurns + graceTurns after soft limit was hit.
+		if (this.maxTurns !== undefined && this.softLimitReached && this.turnCount >= this.maxTurns + (this.graceTurns ?? 5)) {
+			// CP-1: escalate to killProcessTree (same as abort/noResponseTimer paths) and
+			// set flag so onJsonEvent stops restarting the no-response timer.
+			this.hardAbortInitiatedFlag = true;
+			if (pid !== undefined && child) {
+				killProcessTree(pid, child);
+				return { kind: "hardAbort", pid, child };
+			}
+			return { kind: "none" };
+		}
+		return { kind: "none" };
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true once the hard-abort has been initiated. Callers (onJsonEvent,
+	 * onStdoutLine, stdout/stderr data handlers) should skip restartNoResponseTimer
+	 * when this returns true to avoid masking a SIGTERM-ignoring child.
+	 */
+	isHardAbortInitiated(): boolean {
+		return this.hardAbortInitiatedFlag;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true once the soft-limit steer has been delivered (the worker has
+	 * been notified to wrap up). Used by runChildPi's settle path to distinguish
+	 * a graceful-abort from a parent-abort.
+	 */
+	isSoftLimitReached(): boolean {
+		return this.softLimitReached;
+	}
+
+	/** Current turn count (incremented on each `turn_end` event). */
+	getTurnCount(): number {
+		return this.turnCount;
+	}
+
+	/** Max turns configured (undefined = no limit). */
+	getMaxTurns(): number | undefined {
+		return this.maxTurns;
+	}
+
+	/** Grace turns configured (after soft limit before hard abort). */
+	getGraceTurns(): number | undefined {
+		return this.graceTurns;
+	}
+}