fix(agentplugins): prewarm locked MCP runtimes before activation

[777genius]

Summary

• Prewarm integrity-locked npm MCP runtimes before client activation so cold downloads do not cause a false first-connection timeout.
• Share the bridge launcher lock protocol, including dead-owner reclamation and atomic retirement, to avoid cross-process races.
• Distinguish preparation errors from managed commit errors; do not claim existing installations vanished on a failed update.
• Add a disposable interactive install preview that builds current source without changing real client profiles.

Refs #346. Depends on Playwright bridge metadata in 777genius/universal-agent-plugins-registry#320.

Verification

• Focused Go provider/usecase/CLI tests and race test
• go vet on affected packages
• shellcheck and bash -n on preview script
• Disposable interactive add, connected Gemini and OpenCode, update, damaged-cache repair, remove, and healthy doctor on 788bf3113
• Resilience suite: 22/22 phases passed on 13ce146f6ba1214ce9b786182f444acea019a4f2
• Final-head provider race, use case, CLI, shellcheck, and lint passed on 788bf3113
• CI checks passed on current PR head

Release Impact

• No new CLI public contract
• No release or publication in this PR
• Release-sensitive runtime lock and client activation paths reviewed

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Locked Node.js-based MCP runtimes are prepared during installation, updates, repairs, and group operations before activation.
  • Added a preview command for trying an agent plugin installation in an isolated profile.
• Bug Fixes
  • Runtime preparation failures now stop changes before activation. Group operations report preparation_failed, identify targets that were not attempted, and provide a retry instruction.

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Walkthrough

Adds locked npm runtime validation, installation, and lock coordination before plugin activation and repair. Lifecycle operations now report group preparation failures separately. The PR also adds an isolated install-preview script and updates Git test fixture identity values.

Changes

Locked MCP runtime preparation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime contract and validation install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_command.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/plugin_data.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/service.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime_test.go	Adds the PrepareRuntime contract and validates selected runtime metadata, package manifests, lockfiles, and paths. Runs bounded npm ci with a curated environment. Tests cover selection, validation, failures, and bounded diagnostics.
Locked runtime materialization and concurrency install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_lock.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime_test.go	Adds digest-keyed runtime installation, readiness checks, lock ownership and reclamation, and concurrent preparation tests.
Lifecycle preparation and failure handling install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/runtime_preparation.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/apply.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/apply_commit.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group_stage.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_native.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_package.go, install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/runtime_preparation_test.go	Prepares runtimes during add, group, apply, and repair flows. Tests assert that preparation failures leave single and group installations unchanged.
Group preparation failure reporting install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group.go, cli/internal/agentpluginscli/add_multi.go, cli/internal/agentpluginscli/add_group_rendering_test.go, cli/tools/authoring-docs/source.go	Adds a distinct group preparation-failure phase and CLI status, renders human and JSON results, and updates the pinned source hash.

Isolated install preview

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Isolated install preview scripts/preview-agentplugins-install.sh	Adds a script that builds the CLI and runs add and doctor in a fresh profile with a restricted environment.

Git test fixture identity

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fixture committer identity cli/internal/agentpluginscli/source_directory_test.go	Changes the configured Git name and email in two test fixture locations.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LifecycleOperation
  participant Service
  participant PluginDataManager
  participant runLockedNPM
  participant npm
  LifecycleOperation->>Service: prepare existing runtime when required
  Service->>PluginDataManager: prepare runtime using receipt locator
  PluginDataManager->>runLockedNPM: install locked package
  runLockedNPM->>npm: execute npm ci
  PluginDataManager-->>Service: return preparation result
  Service-->>LifecycleOperation: return preparation result

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1798a

This change prepares locked npm runtimes before plugins are activated. However, if a prepared runtime is damaged or its settings change, the stored runtime is never replaced. Install, update, and repair for that plugin then keep failing until the directory is removed by hand. The new preview script also fails for Directory installs because of its non-semantic version string, and it mishandles relative local paths. Fix the runtime store key before merging; the script issues are smaller.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 1.92% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 52 functions across 19 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: prewarming locked MCP runtimes before activation.
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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 43.47826% with 299 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 60.66%. Comparing base (c3237b1) to head (788bf31).
⚠️ Report is 5 commits behind head on main.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
...onctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime.go	48.60%	79 Missing and 68 partials ⚠️
...ationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_lock.go	45.04%	39 Missing and 22 partials ⚠️
...onctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_command.go	18.86%	43 Missing ⚠️
...ionctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_target.go	29.03%	14 Missing and 8 partials ⚠️
cli/internal/agentpluginscli/add_multi.go	23.07%	9 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
...ionctl/agentplugins/usecase/runtime_preparation.go	45.45%	3 Missing and 3 partials ⚠️
...integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group_stage.go	62.50%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
...egrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_package.go	25.00%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
...stall/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/apply.go	50.00%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
...tegrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_native.go	33.33%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Inline comments:
In `@install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime.go`:
- Around line 338-339: Update the target-key derivation using
runtimeMarker(config, digest) so the store key represents the complete runtime
marker, including Entrypoint and OmitOptional, rather than only the lock digest.
Keep readyLockedRuntime and installLockedRuntime consistent with the resulting
target identity.

In `@scripts/preview-agentplugins-install.sh`:
- Line 26: Before changing directories in the script, resolve an existing
relative local SOURCE path against the caller’s working directory so the CLI can
still find it from the sandbox. Leave Directory selectors and other source
values unchanged.
- Line 22: Update the main.version linker flag in the agentplugins build command
to use a valid semantic preview version that satisfies the
minimum-installer-version policy enforced by domain.ResolveDirectory; do not use
the unparsable local-preview value.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (19)

• cli/internal/agentpluginscli/add_group_rendering_test.go
• cli/internal/agentpluginscli/add_multi.go
• cli/internal/agentpluginscli/source_directory_test.go
• cli/tools/authoring-docs/source.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_command.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_lock.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/locked_npm_runtime_test.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/providers/plugin_data.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/apply.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/apply_commit.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/group_stage.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_native.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/repair_package.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/runtime_preparation.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/runtime_preparation_test.go
• install/integrationctl/agentplugins/usecase/service.go
• scripts/preview-agentplugins-install.sh

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Final E2E on exact head 788bf31: built current source, used a fresh disposable HOME and local Playwright source, selected Gemini CLI and OpenCode interactively, and confirmed both clients reported the MCP server connected. Reinstalled, ran a no-change update, damaged only the disposable npm runtime entrypoint, repaired it, and confirmed OpenCode connected again. Removed both targets with --purge-data. Doctor then reported 0 installations, 0 recovery operations, and healthy status; both client configs had no Playwright entry. All exact-head PR checks passed. No real client profile or project was modified.