feat(connect): tell users when an idle tunnel was removed

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Once #13565 removes a legacy host's tunnel, an older web- or mobile-linked host stays offline until it's updated. The relay only said "offline", so the user couldn't know an update was the fix.

Relay:

• A new nullable tunnel_released_at allocation column is set by the claim that deletes the tunnel, and cleared whenever a tunnel is recorded again. The migration was generated with drizzle-kit, chained after managed_endpoint_recovery; it only adds that column.
• The status response has a new optional offlineReason: "tunnel_released".

Clients: a shared message in client-runtime, "Offline for a while, so its T3 Connect tunnel was removed. Start T3 Code on that computer and update it to the latest version to reconnect." It's shown in the web T3 Connect list (row text and dot tooltip) and on mobile in place of the raw relay error. Older clients ignore the new field.

docs/user/remote-access.md gets one paragraph on this.

Verification: relay, contracts, client-runtime, web and mobile all typecheck. Tests: relay 158, web 16, mobile 27, client-runtime 37. New tests cover:

• relay: the reason is set only when the tunnel was released;
• allocations: only the deleting claim marks the release, and recording a tunnel clears it;
• mobile: the presentation;
• web: a rendered row switching from "Relay offline" to the update message (fails if the reason is dropped).

Not verified: how it looks in a real client. No screenshots.

Stack 5/6. Merging deploys the migration (one nullable column).

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• New Features
  • When an environment running an older T3 Code version has its tunnel released after 30 days offline, its status explains that an update is needed.
  • Updating T3 Code on the environment’s computer restores the connection at the same address without pairing again.
  • Relay offline messages appear in the mobile environment view and web connection list, identifying when a tunnel was released.
• Documentation
  • Updated the remote-access guide with details on tunnel release and reconnection.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	20.9 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.2 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	1	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 6593f72 · 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: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change adds a user-facing offline explanation, but it is backed by new persistent relay state and modified automatic tunnel cleanup and deletion-confirmation behavior across relay, web, and mobile components. The cross-component production impact warrants human review.

No code changes detected at 6593f72. Prior analysis still applies.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The relay now records when cleanup releases a managed tunnel and can report that condition as an offline reason. Mobile and web cloud views display a specific message for that reason. The remote-access documentation describes the 30-day idle-tunnel release and reconnection process.

Changes

Released Tunnel Status

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record tunnel release infra/relay/src/persistence/schema.ts, infra/relay/migrations/postgres/*, infra/relay/src/environments/ManagedEndpointAllocations.ts, infra/relay/src/environments/ManagedEndpointProvider.ts, infra/relay/src/environments/ManagedEndpointReaper.ts, infra/relay/src/environments/*test.ts, infra/relay/src/http/Api.test.ts	Managed endpoint allocations now store tunnelReleasedAt. The final release claim records a timestamp before tunnel deletion, and recording a tunnel clears the timestamp. Tests cover the timestamp behavior, tunnel-delete error confirmation, and allocation fixtures.
Report released-tunnel offline reason packages/contracts/src/relay.ts, infra/relay/src/environments/EnvironmentConnector.ts, infra/relay/src/environments/EnvironmentConnector.test.ts	The status contract accepts the tunnel_released reason. EnvironmentConnector includes it in offline health-timeout and health-failure responses when the allocation has a release timestamp. Tests cover this reason and generic failures without a reason.
Present offline reason packages/client-runtime/src/relay/errorPresentation.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/cloud/cloudEnvironmentPresentation*, apps/web/src/components/cloud/CloudEnvironmentConnectList*, docs/user/remote-access.md	The client runtime maps the reason to a message. Mobile and web cloud views show that message for offline relay status. The documentation describes the idle-tunnel release and reconnection process.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ManagedEndpointReaper
  participant ManagedEndpointProvider
  participant ManagedEndpointAllocations
  participant EnvironmentConnector
  participant CloudViews
  ManagedEndpointReaper->>ManagedEndpointProvider: release legacy tunnel with markReleased
  ManagedEndpointProvider->>ManagedEndpointAllocations: claim release with markReleased
  ManagedEndpointAllocations-->>ManagedEndpointProvider: allocation with tunnelReleasedAt
  EnvironmentConnector->>EnvironmentConnector: derive offlineReason from allocation
  EnvironmentConnector-->>CloudViews: offline status with offlineReason

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5111f

An affected host can remain offline without the message explaining that its tunnel was removed. Resolve the remaining uncertain-delete case before merging, or explicitly accept that gap.

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1567-1569: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Assert tunnelReleasedAt after both timed-out delete outcomes.

makeAllocations.claimRelease does not update tunnelReleasedAt, and withClaimedTunnel does not roll back mutations. The success assertion can therefore pass without proving that the marker was persisted. The failure assertion can also pass without proving that the marker remains unset.

Make the fixture persist tunnelReleasedAt for markReleased: true and restore the allocation when the claimed effect fails. Then assert a timestamp after confirmed deletion and null when the tunnel remains. The lower-level allocation tests cover the SQL update, but not this timeout path. Transaction behavior is needed for the failure assertion because the final claim runs inside withClaimedTunnel before deletion.

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In `@infra/relay/src/environments/ManagedEndpointProvider.test.ts` around lines
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