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fix(main-channel): install a moved main Shell when the Gentle AI step fails - #2358
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… fails When the Gentle AI step of gentle-shell upgrade --channel main fails, the main Shell that moved is still packed and installed, no channel is recorded, and the command exits with the original error plus the retry advice, so the retry runs the new Shell's code. An error without a main-channel code becomes main-upgrade-incomplete, so neither the advice nor either error is lost. A current Shell keeps the previous behavior. Closes Gentleman-Programming#2356
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Issue [#2356] is open and directly linked. runUpgrade catches Gentle AI and Go-step failures when the main Shell moved, installs the new Shell, leaves channel and binary registration unchanged, and … |
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The implementation changes in scripts/main-channel.mjs directly implement [#2356]. The tests validate the required failure, retry, error-reporting, and state-preservation behavior. The README and in… |
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#2356] is open and directly linked.runUpgradecatches Gentle AI and Go-step failures when the main Shell moved, installs the new Shell, leaves channel and binary registration unchanged, and reports retry guidance. It preserves the originalMainChannelErrorcode and cause, and wraps other thrown values asmain-upgrade-incomplete. It reports both failures when Shell installation also fails. It rethrows the original error when the Shell is current. The added tests cover these cases and verify fail-closed state preservation.
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Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 582: Clarify that retrying can recover but does not guarantee Gentle AI
completion. In README.md lines 582-582, state that the retry uses the new Gentle
Shell’s code and can finish the Gentle AI build once the underlying error is
fixed. In docs/install-wizard.md lines 827-829, make completion conditional on
resolving the original failure; at lines 819-819, clarify that a failed download
stops the Gentle AI build but does not necessarily stop Shell packaging.
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- Line 512: Update the Gentle AI error handling around aiError to track whether
the adapter failed with a separate boolean, and use that flag in both the
failure check and the combined-error check so falsy rejection values still count
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A falsy rejection (undefined, null, 0, false) from the Gentle AI step was read as success: the upgrade recorded both commits without building Gentle AI. A separate failure flag decides the fail-forward path, and a thrown value is described by its message when it has one. The docs now make finishing Gentle AI on retry depend on resolving the original cause. Refs Gentleman-Programming#2356
…rade After a failed Gentle AI step installed the moved Shell, the retry from that Shell rebuilds Gentle AI, registers it, records both commits, and a further run is a no-op. Refs Gentleman-Programming#2356
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Closes #2356
Problem
gentle-shell upgrade --channel mainruns entirely with the installed Shell:runUpgrade(scripts/main-channel.mjs) builds and verifies Gentle AI first, and only then packs and installs the new Shell. When the installed Gentle AI step has a bug (#2301), it fails before the Shell that fixes it is installed, so every retry fails the same way.What
Fail forward, as proposed in the issue:
buildMainGentleAi, including getting Go throughmainGo) fails and the main Shell moved, the Shell is still packed and installed. The command printsUpdated Gentle Shell to the latest main (<sha12>); Gentle AI was not updated.and exits 1 with the original error (same code and cause) followed by; Gentle Shell was updated to main <sha12> but Gentle AI was not: run gentle-shell upgrade --channel main to finish.; Gentle AI was not updated either (<Gentle AI error>).EACCES, for example) becomesmain-upgrade-incompletewith its own message and the same suffix, so neither the advice nor either error is lost.scripts/main-channel.mjsrunUpgrade,withDetailhelpertests/main-channel-upgrade.test.tsEACCES) errors in each combination;channel.jsonanddev-binary.jsonasserted unchangeddocs/install-wizard.md,README.mdLeaves alone: the installer wizard runner, which is bundled with the downloaded installer and does not get this from a newer main; reordering or re-exec (the issue's second direction); already published versions.
Test plan
node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/main-channel-upgrade.test.ts tests/main-channel.test.ts tests/installer-runner.test.ts tests/install-wizard.test.ts tests/gentle-shell-uninstall.test.ts tests/pi-update.test.ts tests/installer-server.test.ts tests/installer-windows-bootstrap.test.ts: 411 pass, 0 fail. The new cases failed before the change (RED observed).abc4b2786baseline, including a wrong-commit verification rejection followed by a successful retry.git diff --check: clean.node scripts/check-types.mjs: not run (TypeScript not installed locally).gentle-shell upgrade --channel mainrun against the network.Summary by CodeRabbit
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