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agy's plan mode is advisory: a plan-mode run writes files. This makes read-only runs actually read-only on macOS.

  • Plan-mode runs execute under sandbox-exec, denying writes beneath every root, renames of every ancestor, and keeping ~/.gemini writable when a root contains it.
  • A startup probe proves a write is refused; otherwise runs are watched, and AGY_READ_ONLY_ENFORCEMENT=require refuses them.
  • Header and agy_status say enforced, watched, or refused. A moved tree under enforcement warns WORKING TREE CHANGED.
  • Warm residents keep their confinement; mismatches drop the resident and run cold.
  • Real agy 1.2.2 error envelopes pinned as fixtures; authentication failed now classifies as unauthenticated.
  • Two adversarial review rounds; every confirmed escape reproduced live, fixed, and covered by a real-sandbox test.

No new dependencies. Linux stays watch-only.

Verification: typecheck, format, build, 402 tests; live end-to-end against agy 1.2.2 (13/13) from the repo build and from the packed tarball.

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  • New Features

    • Read-only execution is enforced on supported macOS systems and monitored on other platforms.
    • Added automatic, required, or disabled read-only enforcement settings.
    • Status and results now show whether execution was enforced, monitored, or refused.
    • Workspace warnings distinguish unexpected changes from read-only violations.
    • Read-only settings persist across warm sessions, with state-directory changes excluded from workspace checks.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved authentication-failure detection.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded guidance on enforcement modes, boundaries, limitations, and configuration.

agy ignores plan mode, so plan-mode runs now execute under sandbox-exec
with writes into their roots denied. Linux and sandboxed bridges fall
back to watching; AGY_READ_ONLY_ENFORCEMENT=require refuses instead.

Also classify agy's real 'authentication failed' error as
unauthenticated, and pin real agy 1.2.2 error envelopes as fixtures.
Renaming a directory above a root moved the tree out from under its rule, and a
root that did not exist yet behind a symlinked parent was never matched. Protect
every ancestor from rename, resolve missing roots through their nearest existing
parent, keep agy's state writable inside a root, and make the probe prove a write
is refused. Drop a stale warm resident on a cwd or confinement mismatch, and say
require refuses rather than watches in agy_status.
A root at or inside ~/.gemini cannot be confined, so it is watched instead of
breaking agy. The fingerprint skips agy's own state, a timed-out probe write no
longer passes for a refusal, and a resident is reused across cwd spellings.
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The change adds configurable read-only enforcement, macOS sandbox confinement, confinement-aware cold and warm execution, status reporting, state-directory fingerprint exclusions, authentication classification coverage, documentation updates, and a version increment.

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Read-only enforcement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and sandbox confinement
src/config.ts, src/confine.ts, test/config.test.ts, test/confine.test.ts
Adds enforcement modes, macOS sandbox profile generation, path handling, confinement probing, unavailable-confinement behavior, and tests.
Delegation policy and status
src/delegation.ts, src/server.ts, test/confine.test.ts, test/server.test.ts
Delegations select enforcement or watch-only behavior, refuse unavailable required enforcement, report read-only state, and produce enforcement-specific warnings.
Confined execution and warm sessions
src/runner.ts, src/warm.ts, test/support.ts, test/confine.test.ts, test/warm.test.ts
Cold and warm runs use confinement-aware commands. Warm sessions compare normalized confinement roots before reuse.
Fingerprinting, compatibility, and documentation
src/worktree.ts, src/failure.ts, test/worktree-state.test.ts, test/failure.test.ts, CLAUDE.md, README.md, skills/*, src/tools.ts, package.json
State-directory changes are excluded from fingerprints, authentication classification is expanded, and documentation describes enforcement modes and limitations. The package version becomes 3.1.0.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant Server
  participant Delegator
  participant runAgy
  participant sandbox-exec
  Client->>Server: submit read-only delegation
  Server->>Delegator: evaluate policy and confinement
  Delegator->>runAgy: run with confinement roots
  runAgy->>sandbox-exec: execute agy command
  sandbox-exec-->>runAgy: return execution result
  runAgy-->>Delegator: return read-only state and tree warnings
  Delegator-->>Server: return delegation result
  Server-->>Client: return status and response
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Relative or Git-root plan runs can incorrectly report a changed working tree or suppress a retry when writable state changes. These bounded issues should be fixed, but they do not indicate data corruption or a broadly blocked workflow.

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src/delegation.ts (2)

394-397: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move the dirsFor documentation above dirsFor.

The “Every workspace root...” block is currently attached to readOnlyFor, while dirsFor has no documentation. Place the block directly above private dirsFor(...).

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In `@src/delegation.ts` around lines 394 - 397, Move the “Every workspace root...”
documentation block from above readOnlyFor to directly above private
dirsFor(...), so it documents dirsFor rather than readOnlyFor. Leave the
surrounding method implementations unchanged.

748-748: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Evaluate confineFor(req) once.

For an applicable cold plan execution, runOnce evaluates this.confineFor(req) twice. Each call reaches rootInsideState, which resolves the roots and AGY_STATE_DIR with synchronous filesystem operations. Hoist the value before const call = () => and reuse it.

♻️ Proposed refactor
+    const confineTo = this.confineFor(req);
     const call = () =>
...
-          ...(this.confineFor(req) ? { confineTo: this.confineFor(req) } : {}),
+          ...(confineTo ? { confineTo } : {}),
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In `@src/delegation.ts` at line 748, In runOnce, evaluate this.confineFor(req)
once before defining const call, store the result, and reuse that value when
conditionally setting confineTo. Preserve the existing behavior for both defined
and absent confinement values.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/worktree.ts`:
- Line 149: Update both snapshot scanning paths, including hashMeta and
hashListed, to exclude AGY_STATE_DIR and every descendant by using one shared
normalized path helper rather than an exact-path comparison. Ensure roots equal
to AGY_STATE_DIR or beneath it are excluded, and add coverage for both cases.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/delegation.ts`:
- Around line 394-397: Move the “Every workspace root...” documentation block
from above readOnlyFor to directly above private dirsFor(...), so it documents
dirsFor rather than readOnlyFor. Leave the surrounding method implementations
unchanged.
- Line 748: In runOnce, evaluate this.confineFor(req) once before defining const
call, store the result, and reuse that value when conditionally setting
confineTo. Preserve the existing behavior for both defined and absent
confinement values.

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src/worktree.ts (1)

248-250: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exclude AGY_STATE_DIR from every Git snapshot input.

When AGY_STATE_DIR is inside a Git root, a tracked or unignored state file changes the raw git diff, git status, or hashContents digest. Snapshot comparison then reports a false working-tree change. This can mark a plan run as changed or suppress a retry, but it does not corrupt data or broadly block the workflow. Exclude state paths from both Git commands and from byContent before calling hashContents. Add a Git-root test with an unignored .gemini file.

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In `@src/worktree.ts` around lines 248 - 250, Update the snapshot hashing flow
around hashGit and hashContents to exclude AGY_STATE_DIR paths from git diff,
git status, and byContent inputs before hashing. Preserve normal repository file
hashing while filtering state files consistently, and add a Git-root test
covering an unignored .gemini file.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/worktree.ts`:
- Line 153: Resolve the working directory once in Delegator before creating the
scan snapshot, then pass that absolute root to both snapshotTree and
scanSnapshot, including the gitSnapshot-undefined path. Preserve the existing
insideState filtering while ensuring walk receives the resolved cwd so state
files remain excluded.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@src/worktree.ts`:
- Around line 248-250: Update the snapshot hashing flow around hashGit and
hashContents to exclude AGY_STATE_DIR paths from git diff, git status, and
byContent inputs before hashing. Preserve normal repository file hashing while
filtering state files consistently, and add a Git-root test covering an
unignored .gemini file.

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