fix(connections): retry unsupported saved direct connections

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Problem

A saved direct connection can remain stuck on "Client not supported" after its server becomes compatible. A protocol rejection stores an incompatibility reason, switches the connection off, and disables the switch. Direct connections have no discovery refresh to clear that reason, so retrying requires restarting the client.

Change

Keep the switch usable for unsupported saved URL connections in mobile and web, including desktop's web UI. Explicitly switching one on clears the remembered incompatibility and retries the existing handshake. A continued protocol mismatch blocks the connection again. This also works when a relay or SSH route is preferred and the environment has a user-saved URL route. Environments with only relay, SSH, or automatically learned direct routes retain their existing compatibility behavior.

Scope and approval

This is a small, focused recovery fix for an existing connection workflow. It restores an explicit retry using the existing switch and handshake, with no new settings, protocol changes, or automatic reconnect policy.

Related to #15051 and #15052. This addresses the manual retry path for saved direct connections; #15052 addresses preservation of the enabled preference.

Verification

• vp test run packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.test.ts: 44 tests passed. Cases cover compatible and incompatible retries for direct-only environments and relay environments with a saved URL route, including persisted enabled state and stale server-update hints. Relay environments with only learned direct routes remain blocked.
• Typechecks passed for @t3tools/client-runtime, @t3tools/web, and @t3tools/mobile.
• Targeted lint passed on the five changed files, with one existing React Compiler memoization warning outside the changed code. git diff --check passed.
• Earlier T3 Browser evidence for the direct-only path, captured with isolated servers and a sample project: paired a direct connection through a temporary proxy, advertised protocol 1 to trigger rejection, then restored protocol 2 without reloading. On unmodified main, the switch remained disabled despite independently confirmed compatible metadata. With the fix, switching on reconnected. Retrying while protocol 1 remained advertised blocked it again. Both new regression cases also fail against unmodified main and pass with the fix.
• Native Android/iOS and the Electron shell were not exercised. Mobile was typechecked; desktop shares the verified web control.
• Current CI passes, including all six server test shards. Earlier CI evidence also passed. The reported telemetry assertion failures were in unchanged server code; all 7 telemetry tests passed locally.

Before:

After retry:

Recording: retry without restarting the app

Design reviewed with Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.1. Implemented with GPT-6.1-Sol in T3 Code through the Codex harness.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 8cfa582

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused recovery fix that reuses the existing connection handshake and only changes behavior after an explicit user retry for saved direct URLs. Other unsupported route types remain blocked, and the core behavior is covered by targeted regression tests.

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• apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx
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Walkthrough

Unsupported environments with a saved bearer route can be retried through the connection registry. Web and mobile controls allow those environments to be switched on. Tests cover compatible and incompatible retry outcomes.

Changes

Unsupported bearer connection retry

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retry registry behavior and validation packages/client-runtime/src/connection/routes.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.test.ts	hasSavedBearerRoute identifies saved, non-learned bearer routes. setEnabled clears unsupported metadata before retrying an eligible environment. Tests cover successful and failed retries, including relay-route ordering and unsupported discovery.
Unsupported connection controls apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx	The web and mobile switches allow retrying unsupported environments with a saved bearer route. The web tooltip reports “Client not supported” only when the switch is blocked.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8cfa5

Saved direct connections marked "Client not supported" can now be switched on again to retry the handshake. If the server is still incompatible, the connection is blocked again. No merge-blocking risk remains in the supplied evidence.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8cfa5

The change permits an explicit retry of an existing saved connection without adding new credentials or bypassing identity and compatibility checks. Risk is limited, with remaining uncertainty around interrupted retries and persistence failures.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The additional reachability is an explicit connection attempt using an already registered environment's existing routes and credentials. Eligibility applies to the whole entry: a mixed relay or SSH entry with a saved bearer route can retry its existing route list, not necessarily only its direct route. No new cross-environment credential source or authority was identified.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Retry clears cached compatibility metadata, not authoritative connection validation. Route-specific authorization, expected-environment descriptor validation and protocol compatibility remain prerequisites to session creation and readiness. An attacker-controlled rejection or descriptor does not become an accepted session merely because the user retries.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Continued incompatibility returns to a blocked state without a scheduled retry. The registry then records incompatibility, persists disablement and disconnects the supervisor. Regression tests assert that repeated rejection leaves no session, while compatible recovery removes stale compatibility hints.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 5 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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COMMENT FROM gpt-6.1-sol

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Please review the latest commit, 7f2937d. The saved direct-connection retry is unchanged; the retry guard and tooltip are simpler.

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COMMENT FROM gpt-6.1-sol

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Please review commit 7f2937d, including approvability. The saved direct-connection recovery fix now has a simpler retry guard and standard switch tooltip.

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🟡 Minor · Gate unsupported retries on bearer targets. · ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx:134-138

apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx:134-138
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Gate unsupported retries on bearer targets.

The SSH connection uses the shared descriptor compatibility check. An incompatible server produces unsupportedReason, which the registry stores and exposes to the mobile row. Because SSH targets are non-relay, this switch remains enabled. setEnabled then rejects the retry because the target is not a BearerConnectionTarget.

Use the target kind checked by the registry:

Suggested fix

-          disabled={unsupported && props.environment.isRelayManaged}
+          disabled={unsupported && !props.environment.isBearer}

         isRelayManaged: target._tag === "RelayConnectionTarget",
+        isBearer: target._tag === "BearerConnectionTarget",

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Review comment at
@apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx around lines
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Update the ThemedSwitch disabled condition in ConnectionEnvironmentRow to
disable unsupported environments unless props.environment.isBearer is true, and
ensure the environment data exposes isBearer based on the registry’s
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- Around line 134-138: Update the ThemedSwitch disabled condition in
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COMMENT FROM gpt-6.1-sol

The mobile SSH finding does not apply to the supported mobile connection workflow. Mobile registers direct bearer connections through pairing and relay connections through its controller; its migration produces the same two target kinds. Its catalog is local secure storage, and its SSH gateway explicitly reports that SSH environments are desktop-only. Thus the non-relay switch predicate selects bearer connections on mobile today. The shared registry still rejects unsupported SSH retries. Adding a new summary field for a target mobile cannot create would expand this fix unnecessarily.

Relevant source: mobile registration, mobile migration, and desktop-only SSH gateway.

The docstring warning concerns existing functions. This change adds no public API, and the retry behavior has a nearby explanatory comment and focused regression tests. Additional function documentation is unnecessary for this fix.

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COMMENT FROM gpt-6.1-sol

The repeated docstring-coverage warning does not warrant a change here. The new shared route predicate has a doc comment. The remaining coverage warning concerns existing functions touched by the diff; adding documentation solely to satisfy that percentage would expand this focused fix. Current CI, Macroscope checks, and CodeRabbit's completed review pass.