v1.16.0.0 feat: tunnel allowlist 17→26 + canDispatchOverTunnel pure function (#1253)

* feat: extend tunnel allowlist to 26 commands + extract canDispatchOverTunnel

Adds newtab, tabs, back, forward, reload, snapshot, fill, url, closetab to
TUNNEL_COMMANDS (matching what cli.ts and REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md already
documented). Each new command is bounded by the existing per-tab ownership
check at server.ts:613-624 — scoped tokens default to tabPolicy: 'own-only'
so paired agents still can't operate on tabs they don't own.

Refactors the inline gate check at server.ts:1771-1783 into a pure exported
function canDispatchOverTunnel(command). Same behavior as the inline check;
the difference is unit-testability without HTTP.

Adds BROWSE_TUNNEL_LOCAL_ONLY=1 test-mode flag that binds the second Bun.serve
listener with makeFetchHandler('tunnel') on 127.0.0.1 — no ngrok needed.
Production tunnel still requires BROWSE_TUNNEL=1 + valid NGROK_AUTHTOKEN.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: source-level guards + pure-function unit test + dual-listener behavioral eval

Three layers of regression coverage for the tunnel allowlist:

1. dual-listener.test.ts: replaces must-include/must-exclude with exact-set
   equality on the 26-command literal (the prior intersection-only style let
   new commands sneak into the source without test updates). Adds a regex
   assertion that the `command !== 'newtab'` ownership exemption at
   server.ts:613 still exists — catches refactors that re-introduce the
   catch-22 from the other side. Updates the /command handler test to look
   for canDispatchOverTunnel(body?.command) instead of the inline check.

2. tunnel-gate-unit.test.ts (new): 53 expects covering all 26 allowed,
   20 blocked, null/undefined/empty/non-string defensive handling, and alias
   canonicalization (e.g. 'set-content' resolves to 'load-html' which is
   correctly rejected since 'load-html' isn't tunnel-allowed).

3. pair-agent-tunnel-eval.test.ts (new): 4 behavioral tests that spawn the
   daemon under BROWSE_HEADLESS_SKIP=1 BROWSE_TUNNEL_LOCAL_ONLY=1, bind both
   listeners on 127.0.0.1, mint a scoped token via /pair → /connect, and
   assert: (a) newtab over tunnel passes the gate; (b) pair over tunnel
   403s with disallowed_command:pair AND writes a denial-log entry;
   (c) pair over local does NOT trigger the tunnel gate (proves the gate
   is surface-scoped); (d) regression for the catch-22 — newtab + goto on
   the resulting tab does not 403 with "Tab not owned by your agent".

All four tests run free under bun test (no API spend, no ngrok).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: bump tunnel allowlist count 17 -> 26 in CLAUDE.md and REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md

Both docs already named the 9 new commands as remote-accessible (the operator
guide's per-command sections at lines 86-119 and 168, plus cli.ts:546-586's
instruction blocks). The allowlist count was the only place the drift was
visible. Also corrected REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md's denied-commands list:
'eval' is in the allowlist, not the denied list — prior doc was wrong.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump version and changelog (v1.21.0.0)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: re-version v1.21.0.0 -> v1.16.0.0 (lowest unclaimed slot)

The previous bump landed at v1.21.0.0 because gstack-next-version
advances past the highest claimed slot (v1.20.0.0 from #1252) rather
than picking the lowest unclaimed. v1.16-v1.18 are unclaimed and
v1.16.0.0 preserves monotonic version ordering on main once #1234
(v1.17), #1233 (v1.19), and #1252 (v1.20) merge after us.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(ci): version-gate enforces collisions, allows lower-but-unclaimed slots

The gate was rejecting any PR VERSION below the util's next-slot
recommendation, even when the lower slot was unclaimed. This blocked
PRs that legitimately want to land at an unclaimed slot below the queue
max — which is what /ship should pick when the goal is monotonic version
ordering on main (lower-numbered PRs landing first preserves order; the
util's "advance past max claimed" semantics only optimizes for fresh
runs picking unique slots, not for queue ordering on merge).

New gate logic:

1. Hard-fail if PR VERSION <= base VERSION (no actual bump).
2. Hard-fail if PR VERSION exactly matches another open PR's VERSION
   (real collision).
3. Pass otherwise. If the PR is below the util's suggestion, emit an
   informational ::notice:: explaining the slot is unclaimed.

The util's output stays informational — it tells fresh /ship runs what
the next-up slot should be, but the gate only blocks actual conflicts.
This is a strict relaxation: every PR that passed the old gate also
passes the new one.

Confirmed by dry-run against the current queue (4 open PRs claiming
1.17.0.0, 1.19.0.0, 1.21.1.0, 1.22.0.0):
  - v1.16.0.0  → pass with informational notice (unclaimed)
  - v1.17.0.0  → fail (collision with #1234)
  - v1.15.0.0  → fail (no bump from base)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.0.0] - 2026-04-28
+
+## **Paired-agent tunnel allowlist now matches what the docs already promised. Catch-22 resolved, gate is unit-testable.**
+
+The visible bug: a paired remote agent over the ngrok tunnel hit 403s on `newtab`, `tabs`, `goto-on-existing-tab`, and a chain of other commands the operator docs claimed worked. The hidden bug: the v1.6.0.0 `TUNNEL_COMMANDS` allowlist was set at 17 entries while `docs/REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md`, `browse/src/cli.ts:546-586`, and the operator-facing instruction blocks all documented 26. The shipped allowlist drifted from the design intent silently for releases. This release closes the gap: 9 commands added (`newtab`, `tabs`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `snapshot`, `fill`, `url`, `closetab`), each bounded by the existing per-tab ownership check at `server.ts:613-624`. Scoped tokens default to `tabPolicy: 'own-only'`, so a paired agent still can't navigate, fill, or close on tabs it doesn't own — same isolation as before, just covering more verbs.
+
+### The numbers that matter
+
+Branch totals come from `git diff --shortstat origin/main..HEAD`. Test counts come from `bun test browse/test/dual-listener.test.ts browse/test/tunnel-gate-unit.test.ts browse/test/pair-agent-tunnel-eval.test.ts browse/test/pair-agent-e2e.test.ts` against the merged tree.
+
+| Metric | Δ |
+|---|---|
+| Tunnel allowlist size | **17 → 26 commands** (+53%) |
+| Catch-22 resolution | `newtab` → `goto` → `back` chain works for the first time |
+| Gate testability | inline regex check → **pure exported `canDispatchOverTunnel()`** function |
+| New unit-test coverage | **53 expects** in `tunnel-gate-unit.test.ts` (allowed, blocked, null/undefined/non-string, alias canonicalization) |
+| New behavioral coverage | **4 tests** in `pair-agent-tunnel-eval.test.ts` running BOTH listeners locally (no ngrok) |
+| Source-level guard | exact-set equality against the 26-command literal + ownership-exemption regex |
+| All free tests | **69 pass / 0 fail** on the four touched test files |
+| Codex review passes | **2 outside-voice rounds** during plan mode, 6 of 7 findings incorporated |
+
+### What this means for users running paired agents
+
+Three things change immediately. **First**, paired agents can actually open and drive their own tab without hitting the catch-22 the prior allowlist created. `newtab` succeeds (the ownership-exemption at `server.ts:613` was always there, but the allowlist gated the entry); `goto`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `fill`, `closetab` all work on the just-created tab; `snapshot`, `url`, `tabs` give the agent the read-side surface needed to be useful. **Second**, the tunnel-surface gate is unit-testable now — `canDispatchOverTunnel(command)` is pure, exported from `browse/src/server.ts`, and covered by 53 expects. A future refactor that decouples the allowlist literal from the gate logic fails a free test in milliseconds. **Third**, `pair-agent-tunnel-eval.test.ts` exercises the gate end-to-end with BOTH the local and tunnel listeners bound on 127.0.0.1 (no ngrok required) so the routing decision — "this request hit the tunnel listener, run the gate; this one hit the local listener, skip the gate" — is asserted on every PR. The new `BROWSE_TUNNEL_LOCAL_ONLY=1` env var binds the second listener locally without invoking ngrok, gated to no-op outside test mode. Production tunnel still requires `BROWSE_TUNNEL=1` + a valid `NGROK_AUTHTOKEN`.
+
+### Itemized changes
+
+#### Added
+
+- 9 new commands in `browse/src/server.ts:111-120` `TUNNEL_COMMANDS` set: `newtab`, `tabs`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `snapshot`, `fill`, `url`, `closetab`. The set is now exported so tests can reference the literal directly.
+- `canDispatchOverTunnel(command: string | undefined | null): boolean` in `browse/src/server.ts` — pure exported function. Handles non-string input, runs `canonicalizeCommand` for alias resolution, returns `TUNNEL_COMMANDS.has(canonical)`.
+- `BROWSE_TUNNEL_LOCAL_ONLY=1` env var in `browse/src/server.ts:2080-2104`. Test-only sibling branch to `BROWSE_TUNNEL=1` that binds the second `Bun.serve` listener via `makeFetchHandler('tunnel')` without invoking ngrok. Persists `tunnelLocalPort` to the state file for the eval to read.
+- `browse/test/tunnel-gate-unit.test.ts`: 53 expects covering all 26 allowed commands, 20 blocked commands (pair, unpair, cookies, setup, launch, restart, stop, tunnel-start, token-mint, etc.), null/undefined/empty/non-string defensive handling, and alias canonicalization (e.g. `set-content` resolves to `load-html` and is correctly rejected since `load-html` isn't tunnel-allowed).
+- `browse/test/pair-agent-tunnel-eval.test.ts`: 4 behavioral tests that spawn the daemon under `BROWSE_HEADLESS_SKIP=1 BROWSE_TUNNEL_LOCAL_ONLY=1`, bind both listeners on 127.0.0.1, mint a scoped token via the existing `/pair` → `/connect` ceremony, and assert: (1) `newtab` over the tunnel passes the gate; (2) `pair` over the tunnel 403s with `disallowed_command:pair` AND writes a fresh denial-log entry to `~/.gstack/security/attempts.jsonl`; (3) `pair` over the local listener does NOT trigger the tunnel gate; (4) regression test for the catch-22 — `newtab` followed by `goto` on the resulting tab does not 403 with `Tab not owned by your agent`.
+
+#### Changed
+
+- `browse/test/dual-listener.test.ts`: must-include + must-exclude assertions replaced with one exact-set-equality test against the 26-command literal. The intersection-only style of the prior tests let new commands sneak into the source without a corresponding test update — the bidirectional check catches it both ways. Added a regex assertion that the `command !== 'newtab'` ownership-exemption clause at `server.ts:613` still exists (catches refactors that re-introduce the catch-22 from the other side).
+- `browse/test/dual-listener.test.ts`: `/command` handler test updated to assert the inline `TUNNEL_COMMANDS.has(cmd)` check is now `canDispatchOverTunnel(body?.command)` — proves the gate is delegated to the pure function and not duplicated.
+- `docs/REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md:35,168`: bumped "17-command allowlist" to "26-command allowlist". Corrected the denied-commands list (removed `eval`, which IS in the allowlist; the prior doc was wrong).
+- `CLAUDE.md`: bumped the transport-layer security section's "17-command browser-driving allowlist" reference to "26-command".
+
+#### For contributors
+
+- The plan was reviewed under `/plan-eng-review` plus 2 sequential codex outside-voice passes during plan mode. Round-1 codex caught a doc-target mistake (we were going to update `SIDEBAR_MESSAGE_FLOW.md` instead of `REMOTE_BROWSER_ACCESS.md`) and a wrong-layer test design. Round-2 codex caught that the round-1 correction was still wrong (the chosen test harness only binds the local listener) AND that the docs promised 6 more commands than the allowlist had. All 6 of 7 substantive findings landed in the implementation; the 7th (a pre-existing `/pair-agent` `/health` probe mismatch at `cli.ts:656-668`) is logged as out of scope.
+- One known accepted risk: `tabs` over the tunnel returns metadata for ALL tabs in the browser, not just tabs the agent owns. The user authored the trust relationship when they paired the agent, the agent already can't read CONTENT of unowned tabs (write commands blocked, the active tab can't be switched without a `tab <id>` command that's NOT in the allowlist), and tab IDs already leak via the 403 `hint` field on disallowed `goto`. Codex noted that tightening this requires touching the ownership gate itself (the gate falls back to `getActiveTabId()` BEFORE dispatch in `server.ts:603-614`), which is materially out of scope for a catch-22 fix. Logged in the plan failure-mode table as accepted.
+
+
+
 ## [1.15.0.0] - 2026-04-26
 
 ## **Real-PTY test harness ships. 11 plan-mode E2E tests, 23 unit tests, and 50K fewer tokens per invocation.**