Item 47: PowerShell capability preflight beyond bare presence - #446
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The line-ending self-check only proves powershell.exe exists on PATH, not that it can decode embedded data, write files, or prepare to launch a process -- all of which a locked-down corporate image (AppLocker/WDAC/ Constrained Language Mode) can block even with PowerShell itself present. Add a preflight probe right after the CWD-writable check that exercises Convert.FromBase64String, IO.File.WriteAllBytes, and System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo together, failing with one clear, named diagnostic instead of letting the failure surface piecemeal as several later opaque "Could not write ~x" messages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017SQ1rvJxDbE71pTXJ4QvLV
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WalkthroughThe setup script adds an early PowerShell capability preflight. It validates decoding, file I/O, and process-start operations. The test harness covers forced failures and records the new NDJSON result. ChangesPowerShell capability preflight
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds an early PowerShell capability check, but concurrent setup runs can interfere through a shared probe file, and certain stale or special-character probe paths can cause valid installations to be rejected. These bounded correctness and availability risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Possibly related PRs
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In `@run_setup.bat`:
- Around line 216-225: Make the capability probe around HP_PS_PROBE_FILE safe
for concurrent bootstrap instances by using a unique per-process temporary path,
or by moving the probe block after :acquire_lock. Preserve the existing
forced-failure behavior and PowerShell write/cleanup flow without allowing
processes to share or delete the same probe file.
- Around line 224-225: Update the PowerShell probe cleanup around
HP_PS_PROBE_FILE to remove stale artifacts whether the path is a file or
directory, both before probing and during cleanup. Mirror the existing
~wtest.tmp handling, while preserving the current probe and capability-check
behavior.
Apply the same fix in `@run_setup.bat` at line 225.
Apply the same fix in `@run_setup.bat` around lines 225 - 240.
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**/*.ps1
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**/*.ps1: Prepend the TLS 1.2SecurityProtocolassignment and retain-UseBasicParsingon every PowerShell 5.1Invoke-WebRequestcall.
Before system-wide installation, silently check elevation withfsutil dirty query %systemdrive% >nul 2>&1; on failure, use the per-user fallback.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
**/*.{ps1,psm1,psd1}
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Validate modified PowerShell files with the .NET AST parser or
tools/ps-compileall.ps1; do not skip validation on Linux, and directly invoke modified scripts after installingpwshwhere practical.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
**/*.{bat,cmd,ps1,py,yml,yaml,json}
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Run
tools/check_delimiters.pyto validate paired delimiters and quotes while respecting language-specific comments and escaping.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1run_setup.bat
**/*.{yml,yaml,bat,ps1,py}
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Enforce conda-forge only: add conda-forge and remove defaults before updates or installs, and always install with
--override-channels -c conda-forge.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1run_setup.bat
**/*.{md,bat,cmd,ps1,py,sh,yml,yaml,json}
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Keep text ASCII-only and do not manually change line endings; follow
.gitattributes.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1docs/agent-ndjson.mdrun_setup.batdocs/agent-closed-backlog.md
**/*.{bat,cmd,ps1,py,yml,json}
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ASCII only -- no emojis, curly quotes, em-dashes
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1run_setup.bat
**/*.{bat,cmd,yml,ps1}
📄 CodeRabbit inference engine (CLAUDE.md)
No PSGallery downloads in CI | Proxy blocks it; use syntax-only validation
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1run_setup.bat
tests/**/*.ps1
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PowerShell scenario tests:
tests/selfapps_<scenario>.ps1
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
**/*.md
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Cite
run_setup.batlocations by stable label or subroutine name rather than exact line number in documentation.
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docs/agent-ndjson.mddocs/agent-closed-backlog.md
run_setup.bat
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run_setup.bat:run_setup.batmust function as a single bootstrapper when dropped beside the application, without requiring committed helper files.
Every branch added torun_setup.bator its related helpers must have a CI test, including feature flags, fallbacks, recovery paths, and fast/full paths.
Keep bootstrapper log messages synchronized with CI parsers; update workflow checks whenever messages or status summaries change.
All embedded helpers must remain base64-encoded under:define_helper_payloads; changing one requires synchronizing the matchingHP_*line and rerunning delimiter checks.
Do not remove tilde prefixes from runtime artifact paths such as~bootstrap.status.json,~setup.log,~environment.lock.txt, and~env.state.json.
run_setup.bat:call "%CONDA_BAT%" ...for all conda invocations
--override-channels -c conda-forgeon all installs
AvoidEnableDelayedExpansion; if needed, wrap tightly
pipreqs is invoked viapython -m pipreqs.pipreqs, NOT the console script.
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run_setup.bat
**/*.{bat,cmd}
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**/*.{bat,cmd}: For batch assignments, useset "VAR=value"; do not useset VAR="value". Quote variables at every filesystem command call site, except NSIS/D=parameters, which must remain unquoted.
Avoid unscopedEnableDelayedExpansion, preserve correct escaping of special characters, and use ASCII plain text.
Runtools/check_delimiters.pyand apply its batch heuristics, including caret escaping, quoted filesystem variables, escaped pipes, PowerShell operator placement, and spacing afterrem.
Usetools/sync_payload.pyas the only sanctioned method for re-encoding embeddedHP_*payloads inrun_setup.bat; never hand-roll the splice process.
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run_setup.bat
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Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 0
File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-09T04:21:52.930Z
Learning: Applies to **/*.{ps1,psm1,psd1} : Validate modified PowerShell files with the .NET AST parser or `tools/ps-compileall.ps1`; do not skip validation on Linux, and directly invoke modified scripts after installing `pwsh` where practical.
Learnt from: CR
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows
Timestamp: 2026-08-18T21:08:58.663Z
Learning: Freeze scope for the current loop -- new requirements go to backlog.
📚 Learning: 2026-08-17T11:41:19.374Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-17T11:41:19.374Z
Learning: Applies to tests/*.ps1 : - PowerShell scenario tests: `tests/selfapps_<scenario>.ps1`
Applied to files:
tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
📚 Learning: 2026-08-09T04:42:17.730Z
Learnt from: mixmansoundude
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 426
File: tests/selftest.ps1:79-124
Timestamp: 2026-08-09T04:42:17.730Z
Learning: For PowerShell scenario tests in tests/, use tests/selfapps_<scenario>.ps1 with tests/harness.ps1 and CI registration for standalone full-bootstrap scenarios. Keep closely related extensions of flows already covered by tests/selftest.ps1—including empty-folder and shared stub-flow scenarios—in tests/selftest.ps1, reusing its Invoke-Setup helper and scratch-directory infrastructure instead of adding separate harness or CI wiring.
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
📚 Learning: 2026-08-14T16:04:24.941Z
Learnt from: mixmansoundude
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 434
File: tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-14T16:04:24.941Z
Learning: PowerShell scripts named selfapps_*.ps1 that must remain compatible with Windows PowerShell 5.1 should not rely on the automatic $IsWindows variable, which is unavailable there. Use a compatible operating-system check such as [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Platform instead. CI invokes these scripts with pwsh, where $IsWindows is available, so ensure the chosen check works across both environments.
Applied to files:
tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1
📚 Learning: 2026-08-09T04:21:52.930Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 0
File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-09T04:21:52.930Z
Learning: Applies to **/*.{bat,cmd} : Run `tools/check_delimiters.py` and apply its batch heuristics, including caret escaping, quoted filesystem variables, escaped pipes, PowerShell operator placement, and spacing after `rem`.
Applied to files:
run_setup.bat
📚 Learning: 2026-08-09T04:21:52.930Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 0
File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-09T04:21:52.930Z
Learning: Applies to run_setup.bat : Every branch added to `run_setup.bat` or its related helpers must have a CI test, including feature flags, fallbacks, recovery paths, and fast/full paths.
Applied to files:
run_setup.bat
📚 Learning: 2026-08-18T18:18:50.063Z
Learnt from: mixmansoundude
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 0
File: :0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-18T18:18:50.063Z
Learning: For `run_setup.bat`, do not treat a same-line balanced `(`/`)` pair in `echo` or `rem` text inside an open `if (...)` or `for (...)` block as safe. Live Windows CI showed that a nested redirected `echo` containing `(exit 3)` caused `cmd.exe` parse corruption. Prefer text without literal parentheses in nested batch blocks.
Applied to files:
run_setup.bat
📚 Learning: 2026-08-01T02:27:53.952Z
Learnt from: mixmansoundude
Repo: mixmansoundude/Python_vs_Windows PR: 408
File: docs/agent-closed-backlog.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-01T02:27:53.952Z
Learning: In the documentation files describing the removed UNC warning check in `run_setup.bat`, state only verified behavior: the check emitted `[WARN] UNC paths not supported` for an ordinary local path and was removed because the separate UNC-prefix guard already handles UNC detection. Do not assert the exact `findstr` or cmd.exe backslash-parsing mechanism, since it was not independently verified.
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docs/agent-closed-backlog.md
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run_setup.bat
[warning] 240-240: Missing error handling. Explanation: Command may produce errors that should be checked. Recommendation: Add error checking: IF ERRORLEVEL 1 to handle failures. Only use 2>nul if you genuinely want to ignore expected errors. Context: DEL command without error checking
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tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1 (1)
25-36: LGTM!Also applies to: 66-66, 223-229
docs/agent-ndjson.md (1)
58-58: LGTM!Also applies to: 955-974
docs/agent-closed-backlog.md (1)
2565-2613: LGTM!
…hecks Two real bugs in the PS capability preflight, both confirmed by direct reproduction: 1. The probe's fixed filename had no protection against two genuinely concurrent run_setup.bat instances in the same folder -- this preflight runs before :acquire_lock, so a second process could delete/overwrite the first's probe file mid-check and produce a false failure. Fixed with a %RANDOM%%RANDOM% suffix, shared between the real and forced-failure paths. 2. Test-Path/Remove-Item treat "[" and "]" as wildcard syntax, so an app folder path containing literal brackets made Test-Path report a genuinely-written file as missing -- misclassifying a perfectly capable PowerShell as CLM-restricted. Reproduced directly against a real Test[1] directory. Fixed by switching to [IO.File]::Exists/Delete, which never glob-expand, matching the probe's existing [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes call. Also added the same file-or-directory stale-artifact pre-clear ~wtest.tmp already uses, at all three cleanup sites. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017SQ1rvJxDbE71pTXJ4QvLV
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where powershellpresence guard,but that only proves
powershell.exeexists on PATH -- not that it can actually do what thisbootstrapper needs.
:emit_from_base64(used to write every embedded~*.py/~*.ps1helperto disk) needs
[Convert]::FromBase64String+[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes, and~failfast_probe.ps1/~exe_smokerun.ps1needNew-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo-- all of which a locked-down corporate image (AppLocker/WDAC/Constrained Language Mode) can
block even with PowerShell itself present and on PATH.
run_setup.bat, placed right after the CWD-writable check (Item 48) --deliberately after it, not before, so a real folder-permission failure is diagnosed by that
check first rather than misattributed to this one. Probes all three capabilities together in
one PowerShell command (decode a small base64 literal, write the bytes to a probe file, verify
and delete it, then construct a
ProcessStartInfo). Any exception anywhere in that sequencefails with one clear, named diagnostic naming Constrained Language Mode/AppLocker/WDAC
specifically, instead of letting the failure surface piecemeal as several later opaque
"Could not write ~x" messages.
$env:VARNAMEindirection the line-ending check already established (never%VAR%substituted directly into the PowerShell-Commandtext), avoiding the cmd.exe/-Commandinteraction hazard documented indocs/agent-lessons-learned.md.Test plan
HP_TEST_FORCE_PS_CAPABILITY_FAILhook redirects the probe's write target at anonexistent directory so the real
WriteAllBytescall genuinely throws and hits its owncatch{exit 1}branch -- same "exercise the real failure path" techniqueHP_TEST_FORCE_PS_CHECK_FAILalready established, not a faked exit code.tests/selfapps_lineending_check.ps1scenario,self.preflight.ps_capability_fail,reusing the file's existing
Test-PreflightScenariohelper -- wired intoreal/conda-fulllanes, gating from first landing (same reasoning asself.preflight.cwd_not_writable's own precedent: cheap, provider-agnostic, noenvironment/dependency work reached).
against a real PowerShell binary before being wired into
run_setup.bat.docs/agent-ndjson.mdanddocs/agent-closed-backlog.mdupdated with the new row and afull Item 47 closure entry; removed from CLAUDE.md's Active Backlog.
python tools/check_delimiters.py run_setup.bat-- clean (no literal parens introduced inany echo/rem text, per the lessons from Item 52's own PR).
tools/run_sanity_sweep.sh): compileall, pyflakes, delimitercheck, CRLF check, markdownlint, yamllint, actionlint, ASCII sweep, PowerShell AST parse
sweep, and the full pytest suite (530 passed, 3 skipped) -- all green.
python tools/check_ndjson_registry.py-- PASS, no doc/code registry mismatches.real/conda-fullgating lanes) to confirm on real Windows runners.Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5
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