fix(sandbox): bound stale sandbox destroy

[rsliter]

Summary

Bound the OpenShell workspace cleanup and sandbox deletion steps in destroy with the repository's 60-second destructive-operation timeout. A stale registered sandbox with no Docker container now returns a clear failure instead of hanging indefinitely, while preserving retry authority when the remote result is unknown.

Related Issue

Fixes #10106

Changes

• Add a 60-second timeout and SIGKILL termination to workspace cleanup and sandbox deletion.
• Stop before provider cleanup or deletion when workspace cleanup times out, roll back prepared MCP changes, and preserve the sandbox registry entry.
• Classify a delete timeout as an unreachable gateway result for shared failure handling, but exclude it from the constrained --force fallback so both --yes and --force preserve the registry when deletion is unconfirmed.
• Add regression coverage for ETIMEDOUT with a registered sandbox that has no matching Docker container. Existing tests covered completed nonzero subprocess results but did not model a null-status timeout, so the unbounded calls escaped detection.
• Prove the destroy-flow regression harness resolves the TypeScript source instead of stale compiled artifacts.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior. Justification:
• Tests not applicable. Justification:
• Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
• Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded. Reviewer/approval link/justification: Completed the repository's nine-category security review. The change uses fixed argv, emits fixed redacted timeout text, changes no credential or authorization boundary, rolls back prepared MCP changes after an ambiguous wipe, and preserves the registry for unconfirmed deletion under both --yes and --force.
• Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer. Check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

• Tested on DGX Station
• Tested commit:
• Station profile/scenario:
• Result:
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Verification

• PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
• Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or unavailable
• Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above. Command/result or justification: the source-path regression failed 1/1 before the repair and passed 1/1 after it; destroy-flow passed 78/78 before and after hooks; npm run test:changed passed growth 32/32 and destroy 78/78; source-import checks passed before and after hooks; CLI typecheck and test-title checks passed. The original timeout change also passed focused CLI 172/172 and relevant integration 27/27.
• Applicable broad gate passed: npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes. Command/result:
• Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

Documentation Writer Review

• Documentation writer subagent reviewed the completed changes
• Result: no-docs-needed
• Evidence: The complete eight-file diff at a61a1aaf8125464e21cb6c0e68dca51b9a8618a2 preserves the documented destroy contract: timeout results retain registry authority for both --yes and --force, while the existing command reference covers failed workspace cleanup, unconfirmed deletion, recovery, and the constrained non-timeout --force fallback. Supplied validation: the source-path regression failed 1/1 before the repair and passed 1/1 after it; destroy-flow passed 78/78 before and after hooks; npm run test:changed passed growth 32/32 and destroy 78/78; import checks passed before and after hooks; CLI typecheck, test-title check, pre-commit, and commit-msg passed.
• Agent: Codex Desktop

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Signed-off-by: Rebecca Sliter 571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved sandbox deletion reliability with enforced timeouts and forced termination.
  • Clearly reports when cleanup or deletion times out and the final state cannot be confirmed.
  • Prevents forced local cleanup when remote deletion times out.
  • Stops destruction when workspace cleanup fails and restores recovery access where possible.
  • Correctly distinguishes unreachable or already-removed sandboxes from other deletion failures.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for timeout handling, cleanup failures, recovery behavior, and preserved sandbox state.

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Code Coverage Overview

Languages: TypeScript

TypeScript / code-coverage/plugin

The overall line coverage in commit a61a1aa in the codex/fix-10106-stal... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit 60110b5 in the main branch.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Sandbox destruction now applies bounded OpenShell cleanup, classifies timeout failures, restores MCP state after workspace cleanup failures, and preserves registry entries when deletion cannot be confirmed. Regression tests cover deletion and workspace cleanup timeouts.

Changes

Sandbox destruction timeout handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Destroy timeout and outcome contracts src/lib/actions/sandbox/destroy-gateway.ts, src/lib/domain/sandbox/destroy.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/wipe-state.ts	The destroy gateway exports SANDBOX_DESTROY_TIMEOUT_MS. Delete results can carry errors. Timeout errors are classified as gateway-unreachable and expose timedOut.
Bounded cleanup and deletion flow src/lib/actions/sandbox/destroy-execution.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/wipe-state.ts	Workspace cleanup and OpenShell deletion use SIGKILL and the shared timeout. Cleanup failures trigger MCP recovery. Unconfirmed deletion preserves registry state and reports an explicit timeout.
Timeout regression coverage test/helpers/destroy-flow-test-harness.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/destroy-flow.test.ts, src/lib/domain/sandbox/destroy.test.ts, src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/runtime-provider-contract.test.ts	Test utilities simulate nullable statuses and execution errors. Tests verify timeout configuration, diagnostics, MCP restoration, process exit, and registry preservation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 01f91

The regression test may validate stale compiled code instead of the changed source, allowing the timeout fix to appear covered without actually testing it. Update the test harness before merging.

Suggested reviewers: ericksoa, senthilr-nv

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: bounding stale sandbox destruction to prevent indefinite hangs.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes add bounded cleanup and deletion, actionable timeout handling, registry preservation, and regression tests for issue #10106.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The implementation, tests, and test harness changes directly support the linked issue and stated sandbox-destroy timeout objectives.

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