fix(coding-agent): classify host before auth storage

packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts

@@ -1150,10 +1150,6 @@ export async function runRootCommand(
 
 	const notifs: (InteractiveModeNotify | null)[] = [];
 
-	// Create AuthStorage and ModelRegistry upfront
-	const authStorage = await logger.time("discoverAuthStorage", deps.discoverAuthStorage ?? discoverAuthStorage);
-	const modelRegistry = logger.time("modelRegistry:init", () => new ModelRegistry(authStorage));
-
 	if (parsedArgs.version) {
 		writeStartupNotice(parsedArgs, `${VERSION}\n`);
 		process.exit(0);
@@ -1205,9 +1201,9 @@ export async function runRootCommand(
 	});
 
 	let cwd = getProjectDir();
-	// Declare the interactive-host flag BEFORE Settings.init so the very first
-	// session-critical database opens (agent.db/stats.db during settings load)
-	// can pick the right busy timeout. See getDbBusyTimeoutMs().
+	// Classify the host before opening auth or settings storage so every
+	// session-critical database connection picks the right busy timeout.
+	// See getDbBusyTimeoutMs().
 	const isProtocolMode = mode === "rpc" || mode === "rpc-ui" || mode === "acp";
 	// Protocol modes own stdin; treating it as prompt text would consume JSON-RPC frames before their transports start.
 	const pipedInput = isProtocolMode ? undefined : await logger.time("readPipedInput", readPipedInput);
@@ -1217,6 +1213,9 @@ export async function runRootCommand(
 	// tree; declare it so headless subagent optimizations (e.g. skipping replan
 	// title refresh) can tell a focusable process from a print/RPC/eval one.
 	setInteractiveHost(isInteractive);
+	// Create AuthStorage and ModelRegistry upfront
+	const authStorage = await logger.time("discoverAuthStorage", deps.discoverAuthStorage ?? discoverAuthStorage);
+	const modelRegistry = logger.time("modelRegistry:init", () => new ModelRegistry(authStorage));
 
 	const settingsInstance =
 		deps.settings ?? (await logger.time("settings:init", Settings.init, { cwd, configFiles: parsedArgs.config }));

packages/coding-agent/test/main-host-classification.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { parseArgs } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/cli/args";
+import { runRootCommand } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/main";
+import { getDbBusyTimeoutMs, setInteractiveHost } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
+
+it("classifies an interactive host before opening auth storage", async () => {
+	const previous = setInteractiveHost(false);
+	const stop = new Error("stop after auth classification");
+	let observedTimeout: number | undefined;
+	const parsed = parseArgs([]);
+	parsed.noExtensions = true;
+
+	try {
+		await expect(
+			runRootCommand(parsed, [], {
+				discoverAuthStorage: async () => {
+					observedTimeout = getDbBusyTimeoutMs();
+					throw stop;
+				},
+			}),
+		).rejects.toBe(stop);
+	} finally {
+		setInteractiveHost(previous);
+	}
+
+	expect(observedTimeout).toBe(5000);
+});