Previously, launching a sandbox on a machine without the backend binary
died with a raw "not installed" error and no path forward. Now the
missing backend can be installed in-line, gated on explicit consent, so
a fresh checkout can go from zero to a running sandbox without leaving
the TUI.
Folded into the existing `/sbx launch` verb rather than a new command
(menu is already dense): `/sbx launch docker|multipass [image] install`.
The `install` token opts in; without it the user gets an actionable
error naming the exact retry. The token is filtered out of positional
image parsing so it never shadows a custom image.
The install runs off-thread inside the existing spawn_launch task,
before provisioning, so the TUI never blocks and the *launching guard is
cleared via BrokerMsg on failure. A fresh Docker install also leaves its
daemon up, so launch proceeds straight through.
Scripts (detect-first, never silent, --plan dry-run, idempotent if
already present):
- ensure-multipass.sh (new): Linux→snap (clear failure if snapd absent),
macOS→brew cask, Windows→winget.
- ensure-docker.sh: new --install mode using Docker's OFFICIAL,
GPG-verified apt repo (docker-ce) on Debian/Ubuntu, with dnf
(Fedora/RHEL) and pacman (Arch) fallbacks. Deliberately avoids piping
get.docker.com into a root shell. Existing daemon-start path intact.
sbx.rs: docker_installed()/multipass_installed() detectors and
ensure_docker_install()/ensure_multipass_install() wrappers; ENSURE_MULTIPASS const.
ui.rs: help text documents the [install] option on both backends.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The existing vbox paths only open pre-made images; there was no way to
build one from scratch. Add `/sbx launch vbox new [name]` backed by
scripts/vbox-new.sh: download an Ubuntu cloud image, convert it to a VDI,
build a cloud-init NoCloud seed that creates a sudo login user and installs
the sandbox-tools.json toolchain on first boot, then create + boot the VM.
VirtualBox guests can't be exec'd into like docker/multipass, so cloud-init
is the provisioning channel. Generates a one-time login password (or takes
--pass) and authorizes a local SSH key if present. Runs off-thread; rolls
back a half-built VM on failure.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reorganize the help menu into one VIRTUAL MACHINES cluster covering all
backends, and bring docker/multipass/vbox to save+load parity:
- Launch-time dev toolchain: sandbox-bootstrap.sh + editable
sandbox-tools.json (vim/curl guaranteed), installed in docker AND
multipass sandboxes at provision time.
- Vbox load: vm_restore + `/sbx vmload <vm> [label]` (restore snapshot
then boot the GUI).
- Multipass load: `/sbx load` is now backend-aware (locate_snapshot +
SnapKind), mp_restore re-attaches the shared shell; teardown stops
(not purges) an instance that still has snapshots so they survive
`/sbx stop`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- app.rs: F1 now closes the help overlay (toggle), not just opens it
- host-house.sh: add --user/--name flag to override the $USER default seat
- connect.sh: incremental cargo build before launch so the UI is never a
stale release binary; --no-build escape hatch for toolchain-less joiners
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add a BRANCH guard (default: main) so launching the house never demos a
stale checkout. ensure_branch() switches to $BRANCH before the cargo build,
refuses when the tree is dirty (won't clobber uncommitted work), and no-ops
when already on-branch or when BRANCH= is passed to keep the current checkout.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- host-house.sh: one tmux session hosting a room (server window) plus your own
GUI client window — builds, frees the port, waits for /health, then attaches.
- host-room.sh: free_port() kills any stale LISTENer squatting on the port so
the bind can't fail with "address already in use".
- join.sh: cap each remote pull with `timeout` + GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 so an
unreachable remote fails fast instead of hanging.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Move the 14 hack-house scripts (bootstrap, lets-hack, host-room, smoke,
demo/film harnesses, connect/join, ensure-docker/vbox) into hh/scripts/
and fix their path resolution for the deeper location. Update cross-refs:
sbx.rs script consts, app.rs hints, CI, direnv .envrc, README, and docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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