fix(macos-container): commit via exec-tar instead of stop→export

Apple Container removes containers when they stop, making the
stop-then-export flow impossible regardless of the --rm flag.

Replace `container export` (requires stopped container) with
`container exec --user root <name> tar --create ... --file=- --directory=/ .`
streamed to a temp file, then build the committed image from that archive
as before. The bottle stays running after commit, which is better UX.

Drop the stop-confirm prompt from MacosContainerFreezer since we no longer
need to stop the container at all.

bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/freezer.py

@@ -1,37 +1,26 @@
 """MacosContainerFreezer — snapshot a macOS container bottle.
 
-Apple's `container export` requires the container to be stopped first.
+Apple Container removes containers when they stop, making stop-then-export
-When the container is running the freezer prompts the user to confirm
+impossible. Instead, commit_container execs into the running container and
-the stop before proceeding."""
+streams the root filesystem via tar. The bottle continues running after commit.
+"""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
-
 from .. import ActiveAgent
-from ..freeze import CommitCancelled, Freezer
+from ..freeze import Freezer
-from .util import commit_container, container_is_running, stop_container
+from .util import commit_container
 from ...log import info
 
 
 class MacosContainerFreezer(Freezer):
-    """Freezes a macOS-container bottle via `container export` + image rebuild."""
+    """Freezes a macOS-container bottle via exec-tar + image rebuild."""
 
     backend_name = "macos-container"
 
     def _freeze(self, agent: ActiveAgent) -> str:
         container = f"bot-bottle-{agent.slug}"
         image_tag = f"bot-bottle-committed-{agent.slug}:latest"
-        if container_is_running(container):
-            sys.stderr.write(
-                f"bot-bottle: bottle {agent.slug!r} is running; "
-                "commit will stop it. Continue? [y/N] "
-            )
-            sys.stderr.flush()
-            reply = _read_tty_line().strip().lower()
-            if reply not in ("y", "yes"):
-                raise CommitCancelled
-            stop_container(container)
         commit_container(container, image_tag)
         return image_tag
 
@@ -40,12 +29,3 @@ class MacosContainerFreezer(Freezer):
             f"to export for migration:      "
             f"container image save {image_ref} -o {slug}.tar"
         )
-
-
-def _read_tty_line() -> str:
-    """Read one line from /dev/tty, falling back to stdin."""
-    try:
-        with open("/dev/tty", "r", encoding="utf-8") as tty:
-            return tty.readline().rstrip("\n")
-    except OSError:
-        return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\n")

bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/util.py

@@ -76,24 +76,38 @@ def build_image(ref: str, context: str, *, dockerfile: str = "") -> None:
 def commit_container(container_name: str, image_tag: str) -> None:
     """Snapshot a running Apple Container as a local image.
 
-    Apple Container exposes filesystem export rather than Docker's
+    `container export` requires a stopped container, but Apple Container
-    `commit` verb. Bot-bottle supplies command and environment at
+    removes containers when they stop, making stop-then-export impossible.
-    launch time, so preserving the root filesystem is sufficient for a
+    Instead, exec into the running container as root and stream the root
-    resumable committed bottle image.
+    filesystem out via tar, then build a new image from that archive.
+    The bottle continues running after commit.
     """
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="bot-bottle-container-commit.") as tmp:
         rootfs_tar = os.path.join(tmp, "rootfs.tar")
         dockerfile = os.path.join(tmp, "Dockerfile")
-        result = subprocess.run(
+        with open(rootfs_tar, "wb") as tar_out:
-            [_CONTAINER, "export", "-o", rootfs_tar, container_name],
+            result = subprocess.run(
-            capture_output=True,
+                [
-            text=True,
+                    _CONTAINER, "exec",
-            check=False,
+                    "--user", "root",
-        )
+                    container_name,
+                    "tar", "--create",
+                    "--exclude=./proc",
+                    "--exclude=./sys",
+                    "--exclude=./dev",
+                    "--exclude=./run",
+                    "--file=-",
+                    "--directory=/",
+                    ".",
+                ],
+                stdout=tar_out,
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                check=False,
+            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             die(
-                f"container export {container_name!r} failed: "
+                f"container exec tar {container_name!r} failed: "
-                f"{(result.stderr or '').strip() or '<no stderr>'}"
+                f"{(result.stderr or b'').decode().strip() or '<no stderr>'}"
             )
         with open(dockerfile, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(

tests/unit/test_backend_freezer.py

@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from bot_bottle import supervise, bottle_state
 from bot_bottle.backend import ActiveAgent
-from bot_bottle.backend.freeze import (
+from bot_bottle.backend.freeze import get_freezer
-    CommitCancelled,
-    Freezer,
-    get_freezer,
-)
 from bot_bottle.backend.docker.freezer import DockerFreezer
 from bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer import MacosContainerFreezer
 from bot_bottle.backend.smolmachines.freezer import SmolmachinesFreezer
@@ -157,15 +153,14 @@ class TestMacosContainerFreezer(_FakeHomeMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             started_at="t", backend="macos-container",
         ))
 
-    def test_commits_stopped_container(self):
+    def test_commits_running_container_without_stopping(self):
+        """Commit should exec-tar the running container, not stop it."""
         slug = "dev-abc12"
         self._write_meta(slug)
         freezer = MacosContainerFreezer()
         agent = _make_agent(slug, "macos-container")
 
-        with patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.container_is_running",
+        with patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.commit_container") as mock_commit, \
-                   return_value=False), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.commit_container") as mock_commit, \
              patch("bot_bottle.backend.freeze.info"), \
              patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.info"):
             freezer.commit(agent)
@@ -174,43 +169,11 @@ class TestMacosContainerFreezer(_FakeHomeMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             f"bot-bottle-{slug}",
             f"bot-bottle-committed-{slug}:latest",
         )
-
+        self.assertEqual(
-    def test_stops_running_container_on_yes(self):
+            f"bot-bottle-committed-{slug}:latest",
-        slug = "dev-abc12"
+            bottle_state.read_committed_image(slug),
-        self._write_meta(slug)
+        )
-        freezer = MacosContainerFreezer()
+        self.assertTrue(bottle_state.is_preserved(slug))
-        agent = _make_agent(slug, "macos-container")
-
-        with patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.container_is_running",
-                   return_value=True), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer._read_tty_line",
-                   return_value="y"), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.stop_container") as mock_stop, \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.commit_container") as mock_commit, \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.freeze.info"), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.info"):
-            freezer.commit(agent)
-
-        mock_stop.assert_called_once_with(f"bot-bottle-{slug}")
-        mock_commit.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_raises_commit_cancelled_on_no(self):
-        slug = "dev-abc12"
-        self._write_meta(slug)
-        freezer = MacosContainerFreezer()
-        agent = _make_agent(slug, "macos-container")
-
-        with patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.container_is_running",
-                   return_value=True), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer._read_tty_line",
-                   return_value="n"), \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.stop_container") as mock_stop, \
-             patch("bot_bottle.backend.macos_container.freezer.commit_container") as mock_commit:
-            with self.assertRaises(CommitCancelled):
-                freezer.commit(agent)
-
-        mock_stop.assert_not_called()
-        mock_commit.assert_not_called()
 
 
 class TestSmolmachinesFreezer(_FakeHomeMixin, unittest.TestCase):