The grand tunnel restructuring removed the CLI's auto-generated UI
password, so `openchamber -d --ui-password` (no value) silently started
an unauthenticated server instead of creating a password as in 1.8.1.
Restore generation for an explicit --ui-password flag without a value:
the password is generated before either launch path, passed to the
daemon/foreground process via OPENCHAMBER_UI_PASSWORD, persisted in the
instance state file, and surfaced once in human/quiet/json output.
Refs OPE-216
Add a shared OpenChamber control service with two thin adapters — a native
`openchamber` tool injected into managed OpenCode, and new CLI commands — so
users can manage parallel sessions, worktrees, and scheduled tasks
conversationally through agents or from the terminal.
Control plane:
- New openchamber-control service owning a fixed action contract:
projects.list, models.list, session list/create/send/fork/status/messages,
and schedule list/create/run/delete/toggle. Session and worktree deletion
and project registration are deliberately not exposed.
- New openchamber-sessions module owning create/worktree/prompt orchestration,
Goal Mode dispatch, wait semantics (initial idle never counts as completion;
timeout and cancellation are failures), and explicit partial-failure results.
- Scheduled-task logic extracted into a service shared by routes, CLI, and the
agent tool.
Agent tool:
- Managed OpenCode gets a materialized plugin registering one typed tool with
a loopback-only callback, per-child ephemeral bearer (timing-safe, never
persisted or logged), and abort propagation into the service.
- The ~1.5k-token schema applies progressive disclosure: short descriptions,
server-side validation returning actionable usage errors, and intent
guardrails — created sessions/tasks are user-facing work (not age
self-delegation); worktree/goal/agent/variant/wait are omit-by-default;
dispatches produce no completion notification, and later result r
to session.messages, which now returns the authoritative sessionStatus.
- session.create without a user-named model picks from favorites/re
send/fork omit the selection and the service reuses the target session's
last user-message model, agent, and variant before falling back t
- An "Agent control tool" setting (default on, Save + Reload to apply)
disables plugin injection entirely.
CLI:
- New `openchamber session`, `schedule`, `projects`, and `models` commands
with automatic instance targeting, --wait/--timeout/--last-assist
worktree flags, and Goal Mode, preserving interactive, non-TTY, --quiet,
and --json contracts. The control HTTP timeout derives from the w
instead of the 4-second default.
UI:
- New built-in "Schedule a Task" starter (/schedule-task) running a
dialogue that defines a task and offers to create it via the tool after
explicit confirmation; Craft a Goal and Feature Planning gain the
handoff offer, and guided starters reserve the question tool for concrete
option choices. Localized in all 10 locales, migrated into custom
starter lists, hidden on VS Code.
- Sidebar shows CLI/agent-created sessions live via the control eve
- openchamber tool calls render with per-action titles and metadata.
- --relay links now carry both routes: direct LAN plus relay fallback,
matching the UI's Anywhere pairing; devices prefer the direct route
- pairing sessions created by the CLI are marked with usesRelay, and the
server reconciles relay demand on a timer, so a headless instance
brings the relay up on its own after connect-url --relay
- warn with LAN_UNREACHABLE when the link's direct route points at
loopback and other devices cannot use it
- document the --relay flow and the --lan binding caveat in Connect a
Device and Remote Instances across all locales
Adds OpenChamber Relay — an opt-in way to reach an instance from a phone,
browser, or another desktop from anywhere, with no open inbound ports, no
tunnel, and no shared LAN. The instance dials outbound to a relay; all app
traffic (HTTP, the event stream, terminal, dictation) is multiplexed and
encrypted through a single connection per client, so the relay only ever
forwards opaque ciphertext.
Transport
- End-to-end-encrypted channel over WebCrypto (ECDH P-256 -> HKDF ->
AES-256-GCM) with a capability-negotiated handshake and a small
HTTP/SSE/WebSocket multiplexing protocol. A byte-compatible JS host mirror
is cross-checked by tests.
- Host: outbound connection manager, per-client tunnel dispatcher to the local
server over loopback, reuse of the existing instance identity key, and
management routes. Disabled by default; explicit opt-in.
- Client: plugs into the existing runtime layer (runtime-fetch/-url/-switch/
-auth, event pipeline, terminal, dictation) so features work over the relay
unchanged; direct-URL and Electron realtime-proxy paths are untouched.
Pairing & UX
- Relay section in Settings -> Remote Instances (live status, QR/link pairing,
revocation via the existing client-token list) and the mobile connect flow.
- Frame batching and idle-gated keepalive keep tunnel message volume low
without affecting streaming smoothness.
Security
- The tunnel is transport only; the server authenticates every tunneled
request exactly as for a direct remote client.
fragments only. The relay stores no keys, tokens, or payloads.
Operability
- The endpoint can be pinned to a self-hosted rel
paired clients inherit it from the offer automatically.
- Relay module DOCUMENTATION.md and a relay-trans
invariants that future WebSocket/streaming changes must follow.
The relay transport is complete and tested; the UI for enabling and pairing
is gated behind openchamber_relay_gate and stays
Serhii Dziupin