scoped retained-kernel ownership to agent sessions and cleaned it up on session disposal
cleaned up warmed python owners on session startup failure and rejected new direct and tool-based python starts during disposal, including async hook, preflight, and warmup races
- Migrated language classifiers from imperative methods to declarative semantic rule tables with ClassifierTables and StructuralOverrides.
- Extracted node shape analysis into dedicated shape module with field priority constants and helper functions for AST traversal.
- Added schema module with language-aware node metadata and thread-local language context management.
- Centralized environment variable parsing across codebase using $flag(), $envpos(), and isBunTestRuntime() utilities.
- Added PI_CHUNK_AUTOINDENT configuration to control indentation normalization in chunk read/edit operations.
- Enhanced system prompt with instruction priority, output contract, tool persistence, and completeness guidelines.
- Added Auto QA tool (`report_tool_issue`) for automated tracking of unexpected tool behavior with environment variable and setting support.
- Added Python tool environment warmup on first execution to ensure prelude helpers are available before use.
- Fixed Python prelude introspection to respect execution timeout and signal options, preventing hangs.
- Refactored prelude documentation caching and loading logic into reusable helper functions with test environment awareness.
- Enhanced kernel introspection with optional timeout and signal parameters for better execution control.
- Added system prompt guidance to encourage agents to report tool issues via Auto QA when available.
- Refactored logger.time() API to accept function references and arguments separately instead of wrapped callbacks.
- Replaced RingBuffer-based timing with wall-clock markers and async span tracking for improved timing accuracy.
- Updated 20+ call sites across executor, kernel, main, and tools modules to use new logger.time() signature.
- Removed parsePath() helper function and inlined path.split() calls in settings module.
- Added test case verifying model selection without auth validation during startup.
- Added support for rendering markdown output from Python cells with proper formatting and theme styling.
- Updated Python tool to detect and handle markdown display output separately from plain text.
- Extended KernelDisplayOutput type to include markdown output type.
- Modified formatCellOutputLines to render markdown content using Markdown component when detected.
- Migrated timing instrumentation from custom utils/timings module to centralized logger.time() and logger.timeAsync() methods across coding-agent and natives packages.
- Removed PI_DEBUG_STARTUP environment variable and debugStartup() function, consolidating debug output to logger.debug() for conditional logging.
- Replaced custom TextDecoder buffer decoding with native toString('utf-8') method in natives package for simplified string conversion.
- Added RingBuffer<T> circular buffer implementation to pi-utils with comprehensive test coverage for efficient queue operations.
- Enhanced logger interface with time() and timeAsync() methods providing unified operation timing and performance tracking across packages.
- Converted class properties to TypeScript parameter properties across 51 files to reduce boilerplate code.
- Removed explicit field declarations and manual assignments in constructors by using TypeScript's parameter property syntax with access modifiers.
- Applied consistent pattern of declaring private readonly and public readonly properties directly in constructor parameters.
- Migrated all environment variable access from Node.js `process.env` to Bun runtime `Bun.env` API across the entire codebase.
- Updated 71 files including source code, tests, documentation, and configuration to use Bun's native environment variable API.
- Added comprehensive environment variables documentation in `packages/coding-agent/docs/environment-variables.md` covering 100+ environment variables organized by category.
- Updated CHANGELOG entries to reflect migration from `process.env` to `Bun.env` and environment variable prefix changes (PI_* vs OMP_*).
- Maintained identical behavior and logic across all changes - only the environment variable access method was updated.
- Replaced nanoid and randomUUID with Snowflake ID generator across codebase for consistent distributed ID generation.
- Created new Snowflake utility module in packages/utils with support for 64-bit distributed ID generation with configurable epoch, machine ID, and sequence numbers.
- Updated session ID format documentation from nanoid to snowflake hex string format (16 hex characters).
- Removed nanoid dependency from package.json as it is now replaced by internal Snowflake implementation.
- Migrated environment variable access from function-based `getEnv()` API to object property-based `$env` API across 43 files in the monorepo.
- Simplified `packages/utils/src/env.ts` by removing scoped environment variable logic (EnvScope, getEnvMap, getEnv functions) and replacing with direct `process.env` reference exported as `$env`.
- Updated `packages/ai/src/stream.ts` to remove environment parameter from KeyResolver functions and use global `$env` object instead of passed-in env parameter.
- Migrated environment variable access from direct process.env to centralized getEnv() utility function across all packages.
- Renamed environment variable prefix from OMP_ to PI_ throughout codebase (e.g., OMP_CODING_AGENT_DIR -> PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR).
- Removed automatic environment variable migration from PI_ to OMP_ prefixes via migrate-env.ts module.
- Removed env setting from configuration schema and applyEnvironmentVariables() method from settings.
- Updated CI/CD build configuration to use PI_COMPILED flag instead of OMP_COMPILED.
- Changed venvPath property in PythonRuntime from nullable (string | null) to optional (string | undefined).
- Added Python prelude caching to improve startup performance by caching helper functions and module discovery results.
- Added OMP_DEBUG_STARTUP environment variable for detailed startup stage tracing across initialization pipeline.
- Changed Python kernel initialization to require shared gateway mode, removing support for local kernel gateway startup.
- Improved error handling in shared gateway acquisition with automatic retries on 5xx status codes.
- Added repro-stuck.ts script for reproducing and debugging rare CLI hang issues with Chrome DevTools integration.
- Added trace-loader.ts preload script for tracing module resolution during startup diagnostics.
- Added native process tree killing and listing functions via new `ps` module in pi-natives crate with platform-specific implementations (Linux /proc, macOS libproc, Windows CreateToolhelp32Snapshot).
- Refactored process termination logic to prioritize native process tree killing when available, improving reliability of process cleanup across platforms.
- Removed detached process spawning across codebase (bash-executor, shell-session, kernel, lsp client, markitdown conversion) in favor of native process tree management.
- Simplified ptree module by removing managed children tracking and postmortem cleanup hooks, delegating process lifecycle management to native implementations.
- Fixed output handling to prioritize text/markdown over text/plain when both are available, ensuring Markdown content is displayed correctly.
- Added comprehensive benchmark suite for visibleWidth implementations comparing native, Bun.stringWidth, and hybrid approaches across ASCII, ANSI, CJK, emoji, and mixed content scenarios.
- Replaced SettingsManager class with new Settings singleton providing synchronous get/set API and background persistence.
- Introduced settings-schema.ts as single source of truth for all configuration definitions with 100+ settings organized into logical groups.
- Migrated from method-based settings access (getTheme(), setTheme()) to path-based access using dot notation (settings.get('theme'), settings.set('theme', value)).
- Removed 2035-line settings-manager.ts file and replaced with modular settings.ts (693 lines) and settings-schema.ts (836 lines) for improved maintainability.
- Unified settings schema into single source of truth eliminating duplicate definitions across settings-defs.ts and settings-manager.ts.
- Extracted Python runtime resolution logic from kernel and gateway-coordinator modules into a new shared runtime module.
- Centralized environment variable filtering, venv detection, and Python executable resolution into ipy/runtime.ts to eliminate code duplication.
- Moved DEFAULT_ENV_ALLOWLIST, WINDOWS_ENV_ALLOWLIST, DEFAULT_ENV_DENYLIST, and related environment configuration constants to the shared runtime module.
- Consolidated filterEnv(), resolveVenvPath(), and resolvePythonRuntime() functions into the shared runtime module for reuse across kernel and gateway-coordinator.
- Updated gateway-coordinator to use pythonw.exe (windowless Python interpreter) on Windows to prevent console window spawning.
- Added persistent shell session support for bash tool with environment variable preservation across commands.
- Added shellForceBasic setting to force bash/sh even if user's default shell is different (default: true).
- Added OMP_SHELL_PERSIST environment variable to control persistent shell behavior (set to 0 to disable).
- Restructured system prompt with coordinator-specific guidance for parallel task delegation.
- Extracted process management utilities from coding-agent shell module into dedicated procmgr module in utils package.
- Migrated shell configuration retrieval to SettingsManager class with new getGlobalShellConfig() static method.
- Replaced custom killProcessTree() implementation with new terminate() function supporting graceful shutdown with timeout and AbortSignal.
- Updated ptree.ChildProcess to use generic type parameter for input stream masking and delegated process termination to procmgr.terminate().
- Centralized process management across coding-agent modules to use SettingsManager and procmgr utilities instead of standalone shell functions.
- Simplified ptree API by removing spawnGroup and spawnAttached variants, consolidating into single spawn function.
- Replaced AsyncQueue class with simpler pushStream utility function for stream management.
- Refactored ChildProcess class to use AbortController instead of callback-based signal handling.
- Renamed captureText method to wait and execText function to exec for clearer API semantics.
- Removed mode parameter from exec function, eliminating distinction between spawn modes.
- Updated all call sites across coding-agent to use simplified ptree API.
- Added ToolChoice type and toolChoice parameter support across all AI providers (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) enabling fine-grained control over tool/function selection during LLM calls.
- Added toolChoice override capability to Agent.prompt() method and session prompt options allowing callers to control tool selection behavior per request.
- Added provider-specific tool choice mapping functions (mapAnthropicToolChoice, mapGoogleToolChoice, mapOpenAiToolChoice) to normalize tool choice formats across different LLM APIs.
- Removed kernel heartbeat/ping mechanism from PythonKernel, simplifying health monitoring by relying on direct isAlive() checks instead of periodic HTTP requests.
- Removed Prettier configuration files (.prettierignore and .prettierrc) and migrated formatting to Biome.
- Updated Biome configuration from version 2.3.11 to 2.3.12 and changed arrowParentheses rule from 'always' to 'asNeeded'.
- Pinned @biomejs/biome dependency to exact version 2.3.12 in package.json and bun.lock.
- Applied consistent arrow function formatting across 489 files by removing unnecessary parentheses around single parameters.
- Removed blank lines after comment blocks and reorganized imports for consistency across the codebase.
- Fixed autocomplete race condition in editor by tracking request ID to discard stale results.
- Added guard clause in plugin-settings to prevent null reference when settings list is undefined.
- Added branch change callbacks in footer to update state after git head resolution.
- Added timing instrumentation to Python kernel startup and gateway acquisition.
- Improved error logging in settings manager for config file access failures.
- Fixed model discovery to re-check file existence after JSON to YAML migration and improved file access error handling.
- Converted readdirSync, readFileSync, and statSync to async readdir, readFile, stat across skills and agent discovery.
- Made scanDirectoryForSkills async and refactored custom directory scanning to use Promise.all for concurrent processing.
- Updated agent discovery to use fs/promises for async file reading and refactored helper patterns.
- Added AgentParsingError exception class for better error handling during agent parsing.
- Added filesystem error type guards (isEnoent, isEacces, isPerm, etc.) to pi-utils for safe error checking.
- Added color manipulation utilities to pi-utils for accessibility features.
- Added color-blind mode setting to settings manager.
- Migrated plugins, settings, and config modules from sync to async file operations.
- Updated error handling to use new pi-utils type guards for type-safe checking.
- Removed WASM generation script; use Bun `wasm?raw` loader for imports.
- Added bunfig.toml with loaders for `.md`, `.py`, and `.wasm?raw` text imports.
- Added types/assets/index.d.ts for global TypeScript module declarations.
- Unified TypeScript configuration with tsgo-based checking across monorepo.
- Removed build and WASM steps from install and publish pipelines.
- Added tsconfig.publish.json files to all packages with optimized publish-time configuration.
- Updated all package.json scripts with prepublishOnly hooks for correct type checking during publish.
- Added @oh-my-pi/omp-stats path mappings to root tsconfig.json for consistent imports.
- Added WASM generation script for photon module and integrated into install:dev script.
Carl