feat(providers): check remote compatibility ranges

[juliusmarminge]

Provider CLI upgrades can break released T3 Code builds, and users currently get latest-version update suggestions without a compatibility policy.

This rewrites Julius Marminge's #2642 against main. Compatibility ranges live in the existing hosted model manifest, with its bundled fallback, disk cache, TTL, retry delay and update-check opt-out. The shared registry adds advisories for every provider instance without changing probe health. Matching remote policies replace bundled policies; missing policies retain the bundle, and unlisted versions remain unknown.

Web and desktop put compatibility guidance behind a warning icon, tooltip and version popover in provider settings, with short inline status labels and full health diagnostics available on hover or keyboard focus. Chat and the mobile composer warn for unsupported or broken versions; limited support stays in settings. The compact settings presentation is adapted from #13131. Incompatible latest versions are excluded from update suggestions and rejected by the server. Explicit recommended installs are allowlisted to the current policy and supported package-manager ownership, preserving install prefixes, environment and update locks. Native installers, Homebrew, external OpenCode servers and manual installs keep their existing ownership rules.

The bundle carries only the current public OpenCode adapter floor. The old May version pins were discarded. Policies work for all six providers shipped on main and fork drivers. Antigravity release tags and prereleases remain unverified by these stable-version ranges.

Validation: the original implementation passed 193 focused behavior tests across ten files. The UI follow-up passed 62 focused behavior tests across four files, covering compatibility presentation, banner dismissal, health-error priority and update filtering; scoped server, web and mobile typechecks; targeted lint. On macOS the tests use a canonical /private/tmp temporary directory to avoid existing path-alias expectations. React Doctor reported no errors and existing maintainability warnings. Integrated web verification used isolated synthetic state and a fake OpenCode CLI, with all other providers disabled. Native mobile and Electron UI were not separately exercised.

Before, on main d7819c18813, with the same fixture and viewport:

After:

Compatibility details:

Open and dismiss the warning popover

Health diagnostics stay available without restoring long inline prose:

Original implementation and design credit: Julius Marminge. No private managed integration source or guide was accessed or carried over.

Model: GPT-6. Harness: Codex.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Provider settings now show compatibility status, recommended versions, and supported installation options.
  • Compatibility advisories appear in provider status banners with accessible announcements.
  • Recommended provider versions can be installed directly when supported.

• Improvements

  • Compatibility updates refresh automatically across settings and status displays.
  • Updates now follow compatibility guidance, exclude broken or unsupported versions, and verify targeted installations.

• Documentation

  • Installation guidance explains compatibility warnings, recommended versions, supported installation methods, and unverified versions.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This is a large, cross-client provider compatibility feature that adds remote policy evaluation, new default OpenCode warnings, update gating, and targeted package-manager installation behavior. Its runtime and user-facing impact extends well beyond a small isolated change.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	−24 B (−0.2%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.0 KiB	7.1 KiB	+11 B (+0.2%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.4 KiB	−35 B (−0.5%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	56.3 KiB	56.2 KiB	−44 B (−0.1%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	10	9	−1 (−10.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	−3 B (−0.0%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	−6 B (−0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.4 KiB	6.4 KiB	+3 B (+0.0%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.0 KiB	57.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	9	9	0 (0.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: d7819c1 · PR result: 079b79e · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 113.9 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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Walkthrough

This change adds manifest-backed provider compatibility data. It classifies providers with that data in server state and update flows. Web, mobile, and docs surfaces now show compatibility advisories and recommended-version actions.

Changes

Provider compatibility and updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Compatibility policy and manifest packages/contracts/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.ts, apps/server/src/provider/ModelManifest.ts, apps/server/src/provider/model-manifest.json, apps/server/src/provider/ModelManifest.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.test.ts	Adds compatibility policy and advisory shapes, policy validation and resolution, and a bundled opencode policy. Tests cover classification, policy validation, advisory updates, and manifest persistence.
Registry compatibility classification apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderRegistry.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderRegistry.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.test.ts	Classifies cached and upserted providers using manifest policies. A refresh reclassifies current provider state without persisting it. Tests cover refresh behavior and concurrent provider health updates.
Compatibility-checked provider updates packages/contracts/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenance.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenance.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.ts, apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.test.ts	Adds target-version update inputs and pinned install actions. The runner checks compatibility before updates and verifies targeted versions after updates.
Compatibility status and recommendations apps/web/src/components/ProviderUpdateLaunchNotification.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/ProviderUpdateLaunchNotification.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/ProviderInstanceCard.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/ProviderSettingsPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/providerStatus.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/providerStatus.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx, docs/user/install.md	Displays compatibility advisories in provider banners, settings, and the mobile thread composer. Broken or unsupported latest versions are excluded from update prompts and version advisory presentation. Settings can install a recommended version when supported. Installation documentation describes compatibility warnings.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ProviderSettingsPanel
  participant ProviderMaintenanceRunner
  participant ModelManifest
  participant makeTargetedProviderUpdateAction
  participant ProviderUpdater
  ProviderSettingsPanel->>ProviderMaintenanceRunner: Request update with targetVersion
  ProviderMaintenanceRunner->>ModelManifest: Read current compatibility policies
  ProviderMaintenanceRunner->>makeTargetedProviderUpdateAction: Build pinned action for targetVersion
  ProviderMaintenanceRunner->>ProviderUpdater: Run update after compatibility checks

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 079b7

No actionable compatibility-warning defect remains in the reviewed changes.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 37.50% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 16 functions across 20 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: checking remote provider compatibility ranges.
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/server/src/provider/model-manifest.json`:
- Around line 4-10: Restore the bundled compatibility entry in the
model-manifest compatibility array by updating the manifest data to include the
Pi driver alongside the existing opencode entry. Use the existing compatibility
schema in model-manifest.json and add back the Pi policy with the same
t3CodeRange and the 0.80.5 recommended floor plus its unsupported range so
applyProviderCompatibility can surface the advisory again without changing probe
status or update behavior.

In `@apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.ts`:
- Line 22: Update the VersionRange token validation to accept the optional v
prefix supported by the shared semver range matcher, including comparator
targets such as >=v1.14.19; keep the existing comparator and version formats
valid.

In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx`:
- Line 102: Update the accessibility announcement in ProviderStatusBanner to use
a polite status role when isWarning is true, while retaining alert semantics for
errors. In ThreadComposer, replace the alert role for routine compatibility
guidance with the platform’s polite accessibility update mechanism; preserve
alert announcements for errors and broken compatibility.

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• apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderRegistry.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/ModelManifest.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/ModelManifest.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/model-manifest.json
• apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/providerCompatibility.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenance.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenance.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/providerMaintenanceRunner.ts
• apps/web/src/components/ProviderUpdateLaunchNotification.logic.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/ProviderUpdateLaunchNotification.logic.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ProviderStatusBanner.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/ProviderInstanceCard.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/ProviderSettingsPanel.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/providerStatus.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/settings/providerStatus.ts
• docs/user/install.md
• packages/contracts/src/server.ts

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Review follow-up: the three CodeRabbit findings are accounted for. The v-prefixed comparator and accessibility fixes are in b980569; the Pi-policy request does not apply because main does not ship Pi. The generic 80% docstring-coverage suggestion was not adopted: policy replacement, installer ownership and refresh-race constraints already have nearby explanations, and this repository asks comments to explain usage or hard-to-discover constraints rather than narrate callbacks or add implementation documentation for coverage. No generated blanket comments were added.

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