fix(manifest): OR nested_containers across composed bottles

merge_bottles_runtime sees resolved bottles, where a bottle that never
mentioned the key is indistinguishable from one that set it false. With
"later replaces" semantics, `--bottle with-containers --bottle claude-dev`
silently dropped the capability — the second bottle's default clobbered
it. OR instead: composing bottles adds capabilities, it does not remove
them. The file-based extends path still sees raw keys, so an explicit
`nested_containers: false` in a child continues to turn it back off.

Also surface the flag in the launch summary, where its absence was the
only reason the clobber went unnoticed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

bot_bottle/cli/start.py

@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ def _manifest_to_yaml(manifest: Manifest) -> str:
                 lines.append(f"          scheme: {r.AuthScheme}")
 
     lines.append(f"  supervise: {'true' if bottle.supervise else 'false'}")
+    if bottle.nested_containers:
+        lines.append("  nested_containers: true")
 
     return "\n".join(lines)
 

bot_bottle/manifest.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Bottle schema (frontmatter):
   egress: { routes: [ <egress-route>, ... ] }
     # route keys: host, matches, auth, role, dlp
   supervise:    <bool>                          # optional (default true)
+  nested_containers: <bool>                     # optional (default false)
 
 Agent schema (frontmatter):
   bottle:        <bottle-name>          # required

bot_bottle/manifest_extends.py

@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ def merge_bottles_runtime(bottles: "list[ManifestBottle]") -> "ManifestBottle":
     the same field-merge rules as the file-based extends machinery:
       env: dict merge, later wins; git_user: per-field overlay, later
       wins on non-empty; git (repos): union by name, later wins; egress
-      routes: concatenate; agent_provider, supervise,
+      routes: concatenate; agent_provider, supervise: later
-      nested_containers: later replaces.
+      replaces; nested_containers: OR (see below).
+
+    nested_containers is OR'd rather than replaced because these objects
+    are already resolved: a bottle that never mentions the key is
+    indistinguishable from one that sets it false, so "later replaces"
+    would let any bottle composed after a container-enabled one silently
+    drop the capability. The file-based `extends:` path still sees the
+    raw keys, so there an explicit `nested_containers: false` in a child
+    turns it back off.
     """
     if not bottles:
         raise ValueError("merge_bottles_runtime requires at least one bottle")
@@ -55,7 +63,7 @@ def _merge_two_bottles_runtime(base: "ManifestBottle", override: "ManifestBottle
         git_user=merged_git_user,
         egress=merged_egress,
         supervise=override.supervise,
-        nested_containers=override.nested_containers,
+        nested_containers=base.nested_containers or override.nested_containers,
     )
 
 
@@ -208,7 +216,7 @@ def _fold_two_bottles(
         git_user=merged_git_user,
         egress=merged_egress,
         supervise=later.supervise,
-        nested_containers=later.nested_containers,
+        nested_containers=earlier.nested_containers or later.nested_containers,
     ), merged_repos_raw
 
 

tests/unit/test_manifest_bottle_merge.py

@@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ class TestMergeBottlesRuntime(unittest.TestCase):
         result = merge_bottles_runtime([base, override])
         self.assertFalse(result.supervise)
 
-    def test_nested_containers_later_wins(self):
+    def test_nested_containers_survives_a_later_bottle(self):
-        base = _bottle(nested_containers=True)
+        """OR, not replace: a resolved bottle that never mentioned the key is
-        override = _bottle(nested_containers=False)
+        indistinguishable from one that set it false, so `--bottle with-docker
-        self.assertFalse(merge_bottles_runtime([base, override]).nested_containers)
+        --bottle claude-dev` must not silently drop the capability."""
-        self.assertTrue(merge_bottles_runtime([override, base]).nested_containers)
+        enabled = _bottle(nested_containers=True)
+        quiet = _bottle(env={"X": "1"})
+        self.assertTrue(merge_bottles_runtime([enabled, quiet]).nested_containers)
+        self.assertTrue(merge_bottles_runtime([quiet, enabled]).nested_containers)
+        self.assertFalse(merge_bottles_runtime([quiet, quiet]).nested_containers)
 
     def test_three_bottles_merged_left_to_right(self):
         b1 = _bottle(env={"A": "1", "B": "1", "C": "1"})