feat(backend): remove smolmachines; firecracker is the Linux default
Delete the smolmachines backend (the whole bot_bottle/backend/smolmachines package and its tests). It had fatal Linux issues (TSI networking under sustained use, exec-channel contention, no SIGWINCH) and is superseded by the Firecracker backend (issue #342). Backend selection now: - default is macos-container on macOS, firecracker on KVM-capable Linux hosts, and docker as the last resort (was smolmachines). - firecracker is selected on a KVM host even when the `firecracker` binary isn't installed, so start routes through its preflight and prints an install pointer (same UX as require_container), instead of silently falling back. Split is_host_capable() (Linux + KVM) out of is_available() (adds the binary check) to drive this. Retarget the cross-backend tests (parity, print-parity, prepare, workspace, freezer, selection) from smolmachines to firecracker rather than dropping the coverage. Remove docker.util.image_id/save, which only smolmachines used. Update README/AGENTS/example bottles and stale comments; historical docs/prds are left as a point-in-time record. BREAKING: BOT_BOTTLE_BACKEND=smolmachines now errors as unknown. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WBMWTEtQdJ4W5UrWuLHCck
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the runtime lifecycle and the copying of skills and env vars into it.
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The default backend on compatible macOS hosts is macos-container:
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agents and sidecar bundles run through Apple's `container` CLI without
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requiring Docker. The smolmachines backend remains available with
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`BOT_BOTTLE_BACKEND=smolmachines` or `--backend=smolmachines`; agents
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run in a libkrun micro-VM, while the sidecar bundle still uses Docker.
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The legacy Docker backend remains available with `BOT_BOTTLE_BACKEND=docker`
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or `--backend=docker`.
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requiring Docker. On KVM-capable Linux hosts the default is firecracker:
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agents run in a Firecracker microVM reached over SSH on a point-to-point
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TAP, while the sidecar bundle still uses Docker. The legacy Docker
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backend remains available with `BOT_BOTTLE_BACKEND=docker` or
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`--backend=docker`.
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## Goals
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