(MOT-4712) feat(compose): --follow and --stream on the daemon by anthonyiscoding · Pull Request #2158 · iii-hq/iii

anthonyiscoding · 2026-09-09T19:43:11Z

Summary

iii compose --follow / -F echoes every project worker's stdout and stderr to the daemon's terminal while it serves. Valid for a bare daemon and with --up.
--stream stdout|stderr limits the echo to one process stream. Requires --follow. Neither flag combines with build.
Lines come from the same retained log store iii compose logs reads, through the existing Project::logs cursor API, so iii compose logs keeps working alongside.
Each line is prefixed [worker:stdout] or [worker:stderr], colored per worker with the existing palette, stderr in bold. Printed through report::line, so it stays clear of the in-place startup block.
The follower starts after the initial --up tree completes. Its first read of a project shows the last 100 retained lines (the startup output), then only new lines. Projects brought up later through compose::up are picked up on the next poll.

Sample from iii compose --up --follow:

[queue:stdout] 2026-09-09T19:41:21.945912Z  INFO queue: queue worker ready
[state:stdout] 2026-09-09T19:41:22.026268Z  INFO state: iii-state ready adapter=kv

Test plan

cargo test -p iii-compose: plan tests for --follow, -F, --up -F, --stream requires --follow, build conflicts
Manual: iii compose --up --follow -n e2e-follow on the harness template prints prefixed lines for all 13 workers, Ctrl+C stops cleanly
Manual: bare iii compose -F, then iii trigger compose::up from another shell, output appears

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New Features
- Added live worker output streaming with --follow.
- Added --stream filtering for worker standard output or error output.
- Added frozen mode for compose builds and initial startup with --frozen.
- Followed output includes clear stream labels and remains available through compose logs.
Bug Fixes
- Prevented invalid combinations of frozen, follow, or stream options.
Documentation
- Added usage guidance and examples for live worker output.

`iii compose --follow` (`-F`) echoes every project worker's stdout and stderr to the daemon's terminal while it serves. Works for a bare daemon and with `--up`. `--stream stdout|stderr` limits it to one process stream and requires `--follow`. Neither combines with `build`. Lines come from the same retained log store `iii compose logs` reads, so that command keeps working alongside. Each line is prefixed `[worker:stream]`, colored per worker, with stderr in bold. The follower starts after the initial startup tree completes so it cannot tear the in-place block, and its first read of a project shows the recent startup output before switching to new lines only. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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The compose CLI adds --frozen, --follow, and --stream. Serve forwards these options, follows retained worker logs, and prints tagged output. Tests cover validation, engine selection, and late-starting containers. Documentation describes follow output.

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Compose serving

Layer / File(s)	Summary
CLI serving contract `crates/iii-compose/src/cli.rs`, `crates/iii-compose/tests/cli.rs`	The CLI adds frozen, follow, and stream fields. It validates option combinations and forwards settings to build and serve commands.
Serve output following `crates/iii-compose/src/lib.rs`, `crates/iii-compose/src/daemon.rs`	Serve starts a background follower after startup, polls loaded project logs, prints tagged entries, and stops the follower when serving ends.
Log query coverage `crates/iii-compose/src/logs.rs`	`LogStream::as_str` is public. A regression test covers output from a container added after an earlier query.
Validation and documentation `crates/iii-compose/tests/cli.rs`, `docs/next/using-iii/compose.mdx`, `docs/next/cli-reference/index.mdx`	Tests cover frozen behavior, engine selection, follow output, and option conflicts. Documentation describes follow output and stream filtering.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ComposeCli
  participant Serve
  participant Daemon
  participant ProjectLogs
  ComposeCli->>Serve: pass frozen, follow, and stream settings
  Serve->>Daemon: load projects
  Serve->>ProjectLogs: poll retained worker logs
  ProjectLogs-->>Serve: return filtered log entries
  Serve-->>ComposeCli: print tagged worker output

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The compose options are documented and correctly wired through build, startup, and output-following paths, with no merge-blocking risk identified.

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anthonyiscoding · 2026-09-09T19:59:03Z

Known issue, not caused by this PR: the startup progress block tears during iii compose --up. Instead of redrawing in place, Engine Ready (2.0s), Containers Starting (9/16) and web ready (1.3s) print again and again as new lines.

It happens both with plain --up and with --up --follow, so the cause is the startup progress renderer added in #2149, not the follower in this PR. Filed here for later; it does not block this PR.

The follower passed `tail = 0` once a project had any cursor, on the reading that 0 means "no backlog, new lines only". It is a per-container limit, used by both reads: the last N retained lines for a container with no cursor, at most N new lines for one with a cursor. Zero therefore read nothing at all, so `--follow` printed one batch at startup and then went quiet for the rest of the run. The same expression decided the limit from the project-wide cursor map, so a container that started after the first poll was treated as caught up and lost what it printed while starting, which is the part worth following. Passing the limit unconditionally fixes both: a container is read from its own cursor when it has one, from the tail when it does not. A failed read retried immediately, because the `if let Ok` had no other arm. `Project::logs` reports a filesystem error before its own wait, so an unreadable log directory was a hot loop. It now reports once per project and waits out the poll interval. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

`--frozen` landed on main while this branch added `--follow` and `--stream`, and both touch the same three places: the `Serve` variant, the build-conflicts check, and the `serve` signature. All three keep both sets of options, since a frozen startup and following output are independent. The test builders that git merged cleanly still needed the new `frozen` field, and the `serve` call in `frozen_preflight_refuses_without_a_lock` needed the new follow argument. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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🟡 Minor · Document the daemon-only dependency for --stream. · docs/next/using-iii/compose.mdx:35-41

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Document the daemon-only dependency for --stream.

The “Compose logs” section already documents both options, and the startup table is scoped to project-start options. However, the top-level --stream argument in crates/iii-compose/src/cli.rs uses requires = "follow", while iii compose logs --stream does not. Add this distinction near the daemon example:

For the daemon, --stream requires --follow. The logs subcommand can use --stream without --follow.
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