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fix(remote): retry session refresh failures and support AC-only sleep prevention - #829

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After a temporary network failure during the 45-minute manual session refresh, Remote can continue using an expiring JWT until the next scheduled refresh. This can leave the device offline while its process remains alive.

This PR retries temporary refresh failures after 5s, 15s, and 60s, then caps subsequent retry delays at 5 minutes. Concurrent manual refreshes share one request, successful refresh resets the backoff, and shutdown/session loss cancels retries. Explicit terminal auth errors use the existing one-shot restore/offline path. The normal successful refresh cadence remains unchanged.

Fixes #747.

A separate commit adds the opt-in macOS --no-sleep-ac-only flag. It passes caffeinate -s -w <PID>, keeping the system awake on AC power while allowing battery sleep. The default policy is preserved, and --disable-no-sleep takes precedence. CLI help and the Remote README document the option.

Validation on Node 22.21.1:

  • npm run build — passed.
  • test-remote-token-refresh-retry.js — 14 cases passed.
  • test-remote-sleep-policy.js — 4 cases passed, including the actual caffeinate argument adapter, default behavior, flag precedence, and non-macOS behavior.
  • Existing token rotation persistence, signed-out, reconnect, and clock-skew-before-session suites — 34 cases passed.
  • git diff --check — passed.

Installation note: the current upstream lockfile is rejected by npm ci because several transitive js-yaml records are missing. Validation used npm install --ignore-scripts; the original lockfile was restored, and this PR contains no dependency changes. The full test suite was not run.

The corresponding v0.2.52 local runtime also passed a live device Online/pong check and verified the macOS AC-only caffeinate helper. Forced sleep/wake and a real 45-minute refresh cycle have not been observed, so those are not claimed as live validation. Server-side connection-pool failures remain outside this change.

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  • New Features
    • Added a macOS option to prevent system sleep only while connected to AC power; sleep remains enabled on battery. The display may still sleep.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved remote sign-in reliability by retrying temporary authentication refresh failures and handling expired or missing sessions. Stopping the remote connection cancels pending refresh attempts.
  • Documentation
    • Documented the AC-only sleep option and how it interacts with other sleep settings.

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The remote CLI adds an AC-only sleep-prevention option for macOS. Remote token refresh now coalesces concurrent requests, retries selected failures with backoff, and handles terminal refresh errors.

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Remote sleep policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
AC-only sleep option
src/npm-scripts/remote.ts, src/types/caffeinate.d.ts, test/test-remote-sleep-policy.js, src/remote-device/README.md
The CLI adds --no-sleep-ac-only and passes -s to caffeinate when enabled on macOS. Tests cover AC-only mode, default mode, disabled sleep prevention, and Linux. The README documents the option and its behavior.

Remote token refresh

Layer / File(s) Summary
Refresh retry and lifecycle
src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts, test/test-remote-token-refresh-retry.js
Token refresh coalesces concurrent calls, retries retryable failures with delays up to five minutes, and routes terminal errors through handleSignedOut(). Stopping refresh clears pending retries and invalidates in-flight work. Tests cover retry timing, recovery, cancellation, and terminal errors.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RemoteChannel
  participant SupabaseAuth
  participant RetryTimer
  RemoteChannel->>SupabaseAuth: refreshSession()
  SupabaseAuth-->>RemoteChannel: refresh result
  RemoteChannel->>RetryTimer: schedule retry for retryable failure
  RetryTimer->>RemoteChannel: invoke refreshTokenNow()
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Suggested reviewers: edgarsskore

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 723ed

Remote session refresh is meant to retry through temporary server errors. For HTTP 429 and 500 responses, however, the auth library may sign the device out before the retry runs. A brief server hiccup could then leave a remote device offline and require re-authentication. Please resolve this before merging. The macOS AC-only sleep option looks fine.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning #747 scopes the RemoteChannel manual session-refresh path. The PR also changes src/npm-scripts/remote.ts, src/types/caffeinate.d.ts, src/remote-device/README.md, and adds `test/test-remote-sleep… Move the AC-only sleep implementation, documentation, type change, and tests to a separate pull request, or link a separate active coding issue that explicitly requires this feature.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: 1 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes both main changes: retrying session refresh failures and adding AC-only sleep prevention.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed For #747, src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts adds single-flight refreshes with tokenRefreshPromise, classifies retryable fetch and HTTP 429/5xx errors, and schedules 5s, 15s, 60s, then 300s retri…
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#747 scopes the RemoteChannel manual session-refresh path. The PR also changes src/npm-scripts/remote.ts, src/types/caffeinate.d.ts, src/remote-device/README.md, and adds test/test-remote-sleep-policy.js for the unrelated macOS --no-sleep-ac-only feature. These changes do not implement or support #747.

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- Around line 1458-1465: Update refreshTokenNow and its retry handling so HTTP
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Comment on lines +1458 to +1465
if (isAuthRetryableFetchError(error)
|| (isAuthApiError(error) && (error.status === 429 || error.status >= 500))) {
const delay = TOKEN_REFRESH_RETRY_MS[Math.min(this.tokenRefreshRetryAttempt++, TOKEN_REFRESH_RETRY_MS.length - 1)];
console.warn(`Remote auth refresh will retry in ${delay / 1000}s`);
this.tokenRefreshRetry = setTimeout(() => {
this.tokenRefreshRetry = null;
this.refreshTokenNow().catch(() => { /* logged inside */ });
}, delay);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep HTTP 429 and 500 refresh failures out of the sign-out path.

With the pinned auth-js 2.90.0, refreshSession() removes its stored session and emits SIGNED_OUT for these AuthApiError responses before this branch schedules a retry. handleSignedOut() then makes one restore attempt. If the service still returns 429 or 500, it marks the session lost, so the scheduled retry cannot recover it. Make these responses retryable before the SDK removes the session, or use a refresh path that preserves the session until a terminal error occurs. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

As per the retrieved learning, transient refresh failures must retain the existing tokens rather than downgrade the user state.

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Review comment at @src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts around lines 1458 - 1465:
Update refreshTokenNow and its retry handling so HTTP 429 and 500+ refresh
failures are intercepted before the auth SDK removes the stored session or emits
SIGNED_OUT. Use a refresh path that preserves existing tokens until a terminal
error, allowing the scheduled retry to recover.

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Remote 0.2.51: failed 45-minute token refresh has no near-term retry, leading to expired Realtime JWT

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