## Description Removes both third-party CLI context tools — **rtk** and **lean-ctx** — and with them the context-tool selector itself. Headroom no longer downloads, installs or configures either one, and there is no replacement. The previous pass (#2344) gated only three entry points inside `headroom/cli/wrap.py`. That left the feature reachable in practice: | Gap | Effect | |---|---| | `scripts/install.sh:1544`, `install.ps1:1681` | Ran `rtk init --global --auto-patch` from bash/PowerShell, **bypassing the Python gate entirely** — `curl \| sh` still wrote a Claude Code `PreToolUse` hook regardless of `HEADROOM_RTK` | | `wrap.py` `_setup_context_tool_for_agent` | **`wrap openhands` was broken by default**: `rtk_required=True` met a gate returning `None` → `SystemExit(1)`. Invisible because all 8 openhands tests patched `_ensure_rtk_binary` to a fake path | | `proxy/helpers.py`, `subscription/tracker.py` | Proxy shelled out to `rtk gain` from `/stats`, the dashboard and `headroom perf`; the tracker polled it per contribution (`_RTK_WIRING_DEFAULT = "enabled"`) | | No cleanup path | Nothing removed artifacts an earlier default had installed, so a machine that once ran the old default kept rtk in the loop forever (#1669, #1955) | Also worth noting: the rtk binary download had **no SHA or signature verification** — only `rtk --version` as a smoke test. ## Type of Change - [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue) - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality) - [x] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change) - [ ] Documentation update - [ ] Performance improvement - [x] Code refactoring (no functional changes) ## Changes Made **Removed** — `headroom/rtk/` and `headroom/lean_ctx/` packages, `headroom/cli/wrap_rtk_metrics.py`, `_selected_context_tool` / `_setup_context_tool_for_agent` / `_VALID_CONTEXT_TOOLS`, the `--rtk` / `--no-rtk` / `--no-project-rtk` / `--keep-rtk` flags across all 18 wrap subcommands, `HEADROOM_RTK*`, the proxy-side `rtk gain` polling, the dashboard CLI-filtering panel (rows + all 8 `cliFiltering*` Alpine getters), `paths.rtk_path()` / `lean_ctx_path()`, the SDK path helpers, `benchmarks/rtk_loop_learn_eval.py`, and the `headroom/rtk/**` CI path filters. **Fails loudly, not silently** — `--context-tool` / `--no-context-tool` / `HEADROOM_CONTEXT_TOOL` are kept solely to error out. They live in shell profiles, aliases and CI jobs, and accepting them as a no-op would read as Headroom having quietly stopped working. The installers reject them too, which matters more than it looks: their arg parsers forward the first unknown flag **and everything after it** to the wrapped tool, so a leftover `--no-rtk` would have silently swallowed a following `--port` and then been ignored downstream. **New `headroom/context_tool_cleanup.py`** — deleting the code cannot help a machine that already ran the old default, since the hooks, binaries and injected guidance are durable on disk. `purge_context_tool_artifacts()` runs once per `wrap`/`unwrap` and removes the registered hook entries, the generated hook scripts, the Headroom-managed `~/.local/bin` symlinks, the vendored `~/.headroom/bin/{rtk,lean-ctx}` binaries, the `lean-ctx` MCP server entry and the marker-fenced instruction blocks. Deliberately conservative: idempotent, **skips** a malformed config rather than overwriting it, and only unlinks a symlink resolving inside Headroom's own bin dir so a user's own build is untouched. It reports on **stderr**, because `wrap/unwrap openclaw --prepare-only` emit machine-readable JSON on stdout as their entire contract. Skipped for `wrap selfheal` (runs from a SessionStart hook; must not race Claude Code's writer for `~/.claude.json`) and for `--help`, which must stay read-only. **Client-config hardening** (discovered while investigating a "corrupted Serena settings file" report) — `wrap.py` reset a settings file to `{}` when an existing file would not parse, then wrote that back. One hand-edited typo or a transient `EACCES`/`EINTR` on a valid file destroyed the user's `permissions`, `env` and `hooks`, on **every `headroom wrap claude`**. It now refuses to write. Separately, `fsutil.write_text` is now atomic (temp file + `fsync` + `os.replace`), fixing all 14 non-atomic client-config writes at once; it follows symlinks rather than replacing them (dotfile managers) and preserves an existing file's mode. **Deliberately kept** — `rtk` stays in the wrapper-peel list in `transforms/content_router.py`. It sits beside `sudo`/`env`/`timeout` as shell-command grammar, so `rtk cat f` is still classified as a file read for anyone running their own rtk install, which the purge intentionally leaves alone. ## Testing - [x] Unit tests pass (`pytest`) - [x] Linting passes (`ruff check .`) - [x] Type checking passes (`mypy headroom`) - [x] New tests added for new functionality - [x] Manual testing performed ### Test Output ```text $ ruff check headroom/ tests/ e2e/ --exclude headroom/dashboard/templates All checks passed! $ ruff format --check headroom/ tests/ e2e/ --exclude headroom/dashboard/templates 1255 files already formatted $ mypy headroom/ Success: no issues found in 508 source files $ pytest tests/test_context_tool_cleanup.py -q 11 passed $ pytest tests/test_fsutil.py -q 12 passed $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_wrap_codex.py -q # 89 tests 89 passed in 431.68s $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_wrap_opencode.py -q 39 passed in 257.46s $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_wrap_helpers.py -q 45 passed $ pytest tests/test_paths.py -q 75 passed $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_unwrap_claude.py -q 14 passed $ pytest tests/test_proxy_savings_history.py -q 39 passed $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_wrap_copilot.py -q 27 passed $ pytest tests/test_cli/test_wrap_zcode.py -q 20 passed $ pytest tests/test_subscription_tracker.py -q 9 passed $ pytest tests/test_proxy_dashboard_stats_cache.py -q 5 passed, 1 skipped ``` Repo-wide grep for 14 removed symbols (`headroom.rtk`, `headroom.lean_ctx`, `_ensure_rtk_binary`, `_selected_context_tool`, `_get_context_tool_stats`, `rtk_path`, `lean_ctx_path`, `wrap_rtk_metrics`, `HEADROOM_RTK`, `cli_tokens_avoided`, `tokens_saved_rtk`, …) across `*.py`, `*.ts`, `*.sh`, `*.ps1`, `*.yml`, `*.html`: **zero hits**. Notable test changes: `test_wrap_openhands.py` no longer patches `_ensure_rtk_binary` and asserts `wrap openhands --prepare-only` exits 0 unpatched — the regression that was previously masked. `test_wrap_continue.py` and `test_wrap_hintfile_agents.py` were removed (every test drove RTK instruction injection). A new `test_subscription_tracker.py::test_load_state_written_before_cli_context_tools_were_removed` proves a pre-removal `subscription_state.json` still loads. ## Real Behavior Proof - **Environment:** macOS 15.4 (darwin 25.4.0), Python 3.12.6, Headroom @ this branch, real `~/.headroom` and `~/.claude` on the dev machine. - **Exact command / steps and observed result:** ```text # 1. Retired flag fails loudly instead of silently no-op'ing $ headroom wrap codex --prepare-only --context-tool rtk Error: CLI context tools (rtk, lean-ctx) have been removed from Headroom: they rewrote shell commands through a third-party binary Headroom no longer manages. Drop --context-tool / --no-context-tool and unset HEADROOM_CONTEXT_TOOL; `headroom wrap` uninstalls what they left behind on first run. $ HEADROOM_CONTEXT_TOOL=lean-ctx headroom wrap codex --prepare-only Error: CLI context tools (rtk, lean-ctx) have been removed from Headroom: ... # 2. install.sh rejects the retired flags (extracted parse_wrap_args harness) ['--no-rtk', '--port', '9999'] rc=1 ERROR: CLI context tools ... Drop --no-rtk ['--context-tool=rtk'] rc=1 ERROR: CLI context tools ... Drop --context-tool $ bash -n scripts/install.sh # syntax OK # 3. Purge ran against the real machine, which had all the orphaned artifacts $ python -c "from headroom.context_tool_cleanup import purge_context_tool_artifacts; ..." removed ~/.headroom/bin/lean-ctx (51 MB) removed ~/.headroom/bin/rtk (7.7 MB) removed ~/.local/bin/rtk (symlink into ~/.headroom/bin) removed ~/.claude/hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh removed 8 lean-ctx-* hook scripts # ~/.claude.json afterwards: 90 top-level keys, 19 projects, mcpServers unchanged # → ~59 MB reclaimed, no unrelated key touched # 4. stdout stays machine-readable while the purge reports (planted a fake artifact) $ headroom wrap openclaw --prepare-only --gateway-provider-id codex >out 2>err $ cat out {"enabled":true,"config":{"proxyPort":8787,...}} # parses as JSON $ cat err Retired CLI context tool cleanup: removed /Users/tcms/.headroom/bin/rtk # 5. --help is inert (planted artifact survives), a real run purges $ headroom wrap codex --help → artifact survived: CORRECT $ headroom wrap openclaw --prepare-only → purged: CORRECT # 6. MCP purge dry-run against a copy of the real 82 KB ~/.claude.json top-level keys 90 -> 90; projects 19 -> 19; LOST keys: none all content outside mcpServers byte-identical: True ``` Dashboard rendered via the Playwright test after the panel removal: "Token Savings" shows only `Proxy 0 (0.0%)` / `Of total wire: 36.86%`, and "Token Usage" reads Before Compression → Proxy Removed → After Compression with no "Filtered (this session)" row. Nothing below the removed panel broke. - **Not tested:** Windows and Linux (macOS only) — `install.ps1` is verified by brace-balance and inspection, not executed, since no `pwsh` is available locally. The wrap e2e suite (`e2e/wrap/run.py`) was updated but not run; it needs the Docker e2e image. `serena project index` interaction is exercised in the stacked base PR. ## Review Readiness - [x] I have performed a self-review - [x] This PR is ready for human review ## Checklist - [x] My code follows the project's style guidelines - [x] I have performed a self-review of my code - [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas - [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation - [x] My changes generate no new warnings - [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works - [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes - [x] I did **not** edit `CHANGELOG.md` — it is generated by release-please from my Conventional Commit PR title (a CI guard enforces this) ## Additional Notes **Stacked on #2676** (`tejas/serena-config-bootstrap`) — please merge that first; this PR's base should then be retargeted to `main`, or it will read as containing that fix too. **Breaking-change migration for users:** - Drop `--rtk`, `--no-rtk`, `--no-project-rtk`, `--keep-rtk`, `--context-tool`, `--no-context-tool` from any alias, script or CI job, and unset `HEADROOM_RTK*` / `HEADROOM_CONTEXT_TOOL`. They now error rather than being ignored, so the failure is immediate and self-explaining. - Previously-installed artifacts are purged automatically on the next `wrap`/`unwrap`; no manual cleanup needed. - `headroom perf --json` no longer carries a `cli_filtering` key, and `/stats` no longer returns a `context_tool` section. **Docs:** `docs/rtk-architecture.md` deleted; RTK/lean-ctx removed from `README.md`, `docs/content/docs/{configuration,opencode,grok-build,docker-install,filesystem-contract}.mdx`, `docs/observability.md` and the matching `wiki/` pages. `REALIGNMENT/09-phase-G-rtk-observability.md` is marked SUPERSEDED rather than deleted, to keep the planning record. **Follow-ups not in scope:** `_emit_wrap_interrupted` was deleted as dead code — its only caller was the `except KeyboardInterrupt` guarding the binary download, so with no download there is nothing slow left to interrupt. |
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scripts/
Utility scripts bundled with the Headroom repo. Most are one-off operator tools; a few are runnable as part of development workflows.
Reproducing the reconnect storm
repro_codex_replay.py reproduces the multi-agent Codex reconnect/retry storm
against a local Headroom proxy (default http://127.0.0.1:8787). Use it to:
- Regression-check that
/livezstays responsive under a cold-start storm. - Empirically tune the Unit 4 pre-upstream semaphore default
(
HEADROOM_ANTHROPIC_PRE_UPSTREAM_CONCURRENCY). - Exercise the Codex WS lifecycle + Anthropic HTTP path simultaneously without needing to replay captured production traffic.
Run
# Default: 8 WS + 4 HTTP clients, 30s storm, p99 /livez must stay <= 500ms.
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py
# Tighter budget, shorter run:
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py \
--url http://127.0.0.1:8787 \
--ws-clients 16 \
--anthropic-clients 8 \
--duration 60 \
--livez-threshold-ms 100
# Dump the full summary as JSON for downstream tooling:
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py --json
Exit code:
0— warmup succeeded (or was skipped), storm ran for the requested duration, and/livezp99 stayed under--livez-threshold-ms.1— soft assertion failed, proxy unreachable, or unhandled exception. Proxy-unreachable is detected and reported within ~5 seconds.
Fixtures
The script loads two hand-crafted, fully synthetic JSON fixtures:
scripts/fixtures/anthropic_replay_body.json— shape of a large agent reconnect replay/v1/messages?beta=truePOST body.scripts/fixtures/codex_response_create_frame.json— first Codex WS frame with the{"type": "response.create", "response": {...}}envelope.
Override via --ws-frame-fixture / --anthropic-body-fixture if you have
captured traffic to replay instead.
Interpretation
/livez p99under threshold means the event loop is not starved during the storm. If it rises with the semaphore unbounded (HEADROOM_ANTHROPIC_PRE_UPSTREAM_CONCURRENCY=10000) and drops back under the default, Unit 4's backpressure is working.Codex WS: openedshould equal--ws-clients.response.completedtypically stays low when upstream auth isn't configured locally — the goal is handshake + relay wiring, not real upstream traffic.Anthropic HTTP: ok_2xx + non_2xx + timed_out + errorsshould roughly equalattempted. Sustained non-zerotimed_outduring the storm is the failure signal the plan targets.
A smoke test at tests/test_scripts/test_repro_codex_replay_smoke.py
exercises the script against a mock FastAPI server on every PR.
Install scripts
install.sh— POSIX installer.install.ps1— Windows PowerShell installer.
These are generated by the release pipeline; edit with care.
Windows development bootstrap
bootstrap-windows-dev.ps1 prepares a Windows development checkout. It resolves
or creates a repo-local Python virtual environment, checks for Rust, installs
Python build/test tooling, installs npm dependencies for the TypeScript SDK and
OpenClaw plugin, and runs a small smoke set.
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/bootstrap-windows-dev.ps1
Use -CheckOnly to print detected tool versions without installing packages.
Use -SkipSmoke, -SkipDocs, -SkipNode, or -SkipRust when intentionally
debugging one part of the environment.
npm release asset smoke
build_npm_release_assets.mjs locally reproduces the release workflow's npm
asset build. It builds the TypeScript SDK tarball, installs that tarball into
OpenClaw, rewrites OpenClaw's release dependency to the same version,
regenerates dist/package.json, packs OpenClaw, and then runs
verify_npm_release_assets.mjs.
node scripts/build_npm_release_assets.mjs <version>
By default, output goes into a timestamped release-assets-local/<version>-*
directory. Pass an explicit empty directory when you want a predictable path:
node scripts/build_npm_release_assets.mjs <version> release-assets-local/smoke
Expected tarballs:
headroom-ai-<version>.tgzheadroom-openclaw-<version>.tgz
The script restores package metadata after it finishes so the source tree keeps the registry-installable development dependency range.
Python release artifact smoke
build_python_release_smoke.py locally reproduces the Python artifact smoke:
it builds a wheel with maturin, builds an sdist, verifies the sdist
License-File metadata against tarball contents, installs the wheel into a
fresh python -m venv environment, and imports the native headroom._core
extension from that installed wheel.
python scripts/build_python_release_smoke.py
By default, the wheel uses the faster Cargo ci profile and output goes into a
timestamped release-assets-local/python-<version>-* directory. Use --release
when you want the slower shipped-wheel profile:
python scripts/build_python_release_smoke.py --release --out release-assets-local/python-release-smoke
Expected artifacts:
headroom_ai-<version>-*.whlheadroom_ai-<version>.tar.gz
Full local release smoke
release_smoke_all.py is the one-command local release gate. It first runs
scripts/verify-versions.py, then runs the npm release asset smoke and the
Python wheel/sdist smoke into sibling output directories.
python scripts/release_smoke_all.py
By default, output goes into release-assets-local/all-<version>-*/npm and
release-assets-local/all-<version>-*/python. Pass an explicit empty output
directory for a predictable evidence path:
python scripts/release_smoke_all.py --out release-assets-local/full-release-smoke
Use --python-release when the Python smoke should build with maturin's slower
release profile. Use --skip-npm or --skip-python only when intentionally
debugging one side of the artifact pipeline.