## Summary
The RDE dashboard was bundled into the `@hexclave/cli` npm tarball
(~165MB). That made the `npx @latest` auto-update re-exec pull a huge
tarball, which tripped download firewalls (Socket Firewall
false-positives on Replit → `Lock compromised`).
This decouples the dashboard from the CLI: it's published as a **GitHub
Release artifact** (a zip + `manifest.json` on a floating
`dashboard-latest` release) and fetched at runtime, cached on disk. The
dashboard now rolls forward **independently of the CLI version**
(assuming newest dashboards stay compatible with older CLIs — no compat
gate yet, by design for now).
## How it works
- **Runtime** (`packages/cli/src/lib/dashboard-release.ts`): on
`hexclave dev`, fetch `manifest.json` (`{version, sha256, url}`) from a
stable, no-API GitHub URL → cache under
`<dirname(devEnvStatePath())>/dashboards/<version>/` → streamed
download, **sha256 verify**, extract via the existing `extract-zip` dep,
atomic publish. Offline → fall back to the newest cached build.
- **Wiring** (`dev.ts`): `startDashboardIfNeeded` resolves/launches the
cached release; the restart decision now compares the **dashboard
release** version (not the CLI version). `HEXCLAVE_DASHBOARD_DIR` runs a
local build with zero network; a custom dev dashboard command bypasses
releases entirely.
- **No more npx self-update**: the `npx @latest` re-exec in `hexclave
dev` is removed entirely (along with `self-update.ts`, the
`--no-auto-update` flag, and the binName plumbing that only built the
npx call). It existed to keep the bundled dashboard fresh; now the
dashboard self-updates from GitHub, so the re-exec only added an npx
download on every run — the firewall surface. Users update the CLI via
npm/npx themselves.
- **Publishing** (`scripts/package-dashboard-release.mjs` +
`.github/workflows/dashboard-release.yaml`): build standalone → zip →
write manifest → publish immutable `dashboard-v<version>` release +
clobber the `dashboard-latest` manifest. **Fails loudly** if an existing
tag's asset sha differs from a fresh build (dashboard changed without a
version bump → would otherwise advertise a hash the served zip doesn't
match).
- **Build**: CLI build is now `tsdown`-only (no bundled dashboard);
`turbo.json` drops the dashboard standalone build from the CLI build
graph.
## Testing
- **Unit**: 135 CLI tests pass (manifest parsing incl. path-safe version
validation, URL resolution, version picking, dir override).
- **End-to-end (no GitHub)**: a localhost HTTP server + fixture zip
exercised the full fetch path — download, sha256 verify, cache-hit,
roll-forward, **corrupt-sha rejection**, offline→cache fallback (9/9).
- **Real dashboard, no GitHub**: built the standalone, served the real
76MB zip over `python -m http.server`, and confirmed `hexclave dev`
downloads → verifies → extracts → **boots** the dashboard and registers
an RDE session against the hosted backend. Also validated
`HEXCLAVE_DASHBOARD_DIR` boot.
## Review
Three review agents (runtime correctness, packaging/workflow, code
quality) ran; valid findings fixed: path-traversal hardening on
`version`, a concurrent cache rm/rename race, the workflow
sha-mismatch/atomicity gap, plus `errorMessage` dedup and added tests.
## Notes / follow-ups
- No CLI↔dashboard compatibility gate yet (assumes always-compatible);
easy to add later via a min-CLI field in the manifest. This matters more
now that the CLI no longer auto-updates.
- The publish workflow has not run yet, so the first push to `main` will
create the `dashboard-latest` release.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Added automated, immutable versioned releases for the standalone
dashboard plus a continuously updated “latest” manifest.
* CLI now fetches, verifies, caches, and supports offline fallback for
the dashboard runtime.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved dashboard restart behavior to update only when a strictly
newer published version is available.
* **Chores**
* Removed the CLI’s automatic update/re-launch behavior for more
predictable startup.
* **Tests**
* Added unit tests for dashboard manifest validation and latest-version
selection.
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## Summary
Replaces `writeConfigObject` (destructive overwrite) with
`updateConfigObject` — an async, AI-aware updater that preserves
user-authored config structure (imports, external file references,
helpers).
**Dual-path approach:**
- **Fast path** (deterministic, no AI): plain static literal configs →
`override()` + in-memory validation + atomic write
- **Agent path** (custom structure): configs with `import x from
"./file.txt" with { type: "text" }` etc. → Claude agent edits the
external files in place, then validates
**Safety guarantees:**
- Snapshot/restore: config + all relative imports are captured before
the agent runs; rolled back on any failure
- In-memory validation on fast path (never write unvalidated bytes)
- Semantic check when config is evaluable; no-op detection + structural
check when it isn't
- Path traversal guard on imports (rejects `../` escapes)
- Agent isolation: `settingSources: []`, `strictMcpConfig: true`,
`CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AUTO_MEMORY`, no Bash tool
- `scheduleSync` only fires after a successful update
- Bounded 120s timeout on agent runs (configurable via env var)
CI failures are preexisting on `dev`
(`ERR_PNPM_LOCKFILE_CONFIG_MISMATCH` from overrides move without
lockfile regen); this branch has zero lockfile changes vs dev.
Link to Devin session:
https://app.devin.ai/sessions/cc7409a357bc472ea19fbed065f1229f
Requested by: @mantrakp04
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Introduced partial configuration update functionality with validation
and automatic rollback on failures.
* Enhanced configuration management with support for more complex file
structures and external references.
* **Chores**
* Added Claude Agent SDK dependency for configuration update operations.
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## Documentation
Docs for this feature were added in this branch:
- **New page**
`docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-development.mdx` — covers
`stack dev`, the development-environment flow, and how dashboard edits
are written back to the local config file (structure-preserving fast
path vs. assistant path, external `import … with { type: "text" }`
templates, validation + rollback). Added to `docs.json` nav; also fixes
the previously-broken `/guides/going-further/local-development` links
from `index.mdx` and `self-host.mdx`.
- **`docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/cli.mdx`** — added a `stack dev`
("Run a development environment") section.
- **Skill-site AI prompts** — filled in the `config-docs` and
`dashboard-instructions` placeholders under
`packages/stack-shared/src/ai/unified-prompts/skill-site-prompt-parts/`,
and added a structure-preserving note to the setup prompt.
- **`CHANGELOG.md`** — user-facing entry.
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Co-authored-by: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: mantra <mantra@stack-auth.com>
