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cmux Socket Policy

cmux-socket-policy

Socket command threading and focus policy for cmux CLI/socket work. Use when adding or changing socket commands, CLI commands, telemetry commands, focus/select/open/close/send-key behavior, or automation that could steal app focus.

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cmux Socket Policy

Threading policy

  • Do not use DispatchQueue.main.sync for high-frequency socket telemetry commands such as report_*, ports_kick, status/​progress updates, or log metadata updates.
  • For telemetry hot paths, parse and validate arguments off-main.
  • Dedupe and coalesce off-main first.
  • Schedule minimal UI/​model mutation with DispatchQueue.main.async only when needed.
  • Commands that directly manipulate AppKit/​Ghostty UI state are allowed to run on the main actor.
  • If adding a new socket command, default to off-main handling and require an explicit reason in code comments when main-thread execution is necessary.

Focus policy

  • Socket/​CLI commands must not steal macOS app focus.
  • Do not activate the app or raise windows unless the command has explicit focus intent.
  • Only explicit focus-intent commands may mutate in-app focus/​selection.
  • Explicit focus-intent commands include window.focus, workspace.select/​next/​previous/​last, surface.focus, pane.focus/​last, browser focus commands, and v1 focus equivalents.
  • All non-focus commands should preserve the current user focus context while still applying data/​model changes.
  • Open commands (vm/cloud shell, tui, open, new, base, workspace new/​open, agent; surface open/new-terminal; cmux open; cmux ssh) focus only when run interactively and stay in the background when run by an agent or script (defaultFocusForUserOpen); --focus opts in, --no-focus opts out. Their socket methods default focus to false, and a pane opened without focus is marked unread.

Remote relay authorization

Every v2 method is a potential cmux ssh relay payload. RemoteRelayCommandPolicy denies by default; allowlisting a method needs the security analysis and policy tests in remote relay authorization.

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