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didericis-claude 6040b20e6e fix(smolmachines): write tar to VM file then machine_cp to host
Replace the Popen/stdout=PIPE approach with a write-then-copy
strategy that avoids binary-stdout piping through the smolvm exec
channel entirely:

1. Probe connectivity with `machine_exec(machine, ["true"])` first.
   If this fails while an interactive session is running, the error
   now says "concurrent exec not available" instead of the opaque
   "<no stderr>".

2. Run `tar --create --gzip --file=/var/tmp/.bot-bottle-commit.tar.gz`
   inside the VM via machine_exec (same mechanism used during
   provisioning). tar writes to a file in the VM, not stdout, so
   smolvm never has to transmit binary data over the exec channel.

3. Copy the compressed archive to the host with machine_cp.

4. Dockerfile switches to ADD rootfs.tar.gz / — Docker decompresses
   gzip tarballs automatically.
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"""SmolmachinesFreezer — snapshot a smolmachines bottle.
`smolvm pack create --from-vm` requires the VM to be stopped, and smolvm
removes VMs when stopped (same issue as Apple Container). Instead, exec
into the running VM as root to write a gzip-compressed tar of the root
filesystem to /var/tmp, then copy it to the host with `smolvm machine cp`,
build a Docker image from the archive, convert it to a smolmachine artifact
via the existing registry pipeline, and record the sidecar path. The VM
stays running throughout."""
from __future__ import annotations
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
from .. import ActiveAgent
from ..freeze import Freezer
from ..docker import util as docker_mod
from .local_registry import crane_push_tarball, ephemeral_registry
from .smolvm import machine_cp, machine_exec, pack_create
from ...bottle_state import bottle_state_dir
from ...log import die, info
# Temp file written inside the VM during commit. Lives in /var/tmp
# (on-disk, unlike tmpfs /tmp) to survive for machine_cp.
_VM_COMMIT_TAR = "/var/tmp/.bot-bottle-commit.tar.gz"
class SmolmachinesFreezer(Freezer):
"""Freezes a smolmachines bottle via exec-tar + Docker image + smolmachine pack.
The VM is NOT stopped. We exec into the running VM to write a compressed
tar of the root filesystem to /var/tmp, copy it to the host with
machine_cp, build a Docker image (Docker's ADD decompresses .tar.gz
automatically), then run the same image→registry→pack_create pipeline
that _ensure_smolmachine uses for fresh builds."""
backend_name = "smolmachines"
def _freeze(self, agent: ActiveAgent) -> str:
machine = f"bot-bottle-{agent.slug}"
image_ref = f"bot-bottle-committed-{agent.slug}:latest"
output_dir = bottle_state_dir(agent.slug)
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
binary = output_dir / "committed-smolmachine"
sidecar = output_dir / "committed-smolmachine.smolmachine"
_snapshot_running_vm(machine, image_ref, binary)
return str(sidecar)
def _export_hint(self, slug: str, image_ref: str) -> None:
info(f"to export for migration: cp {image_ref} {slug}.smolmachine")
def _snapshot_running_vm(machine: str, image_ref: str, binary: Path) -> None:
"""Exec-tar the running VM, build a Docker image, and pack to a smolmachine.
binary: destination for the launcher (sibling .smolmachine is the artifact
that machine_create --from consumes, same convention as pack_create).
"""
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="bot-bottle-vm-commit.") as tmp:
tmp_path = Path(tmp)
# Use .tar.gz — Docker ADD decompresses automatically and the
# compressed archive fits in the VM's /var/tmp more easily.
rootfs_tar_gz = tmp_path / "rootfs.tar.gz"
dockerfile = tmp_path / "Dockerfile"
_exec_tar_to_file(machine, rootfs_tar_gz)
dockerfile.write_text(
"FROM scratch\n"
"ADD rootfs.tar.gz /\n"
"USER node\n"
"WORKDIR /home/node\n"
)
docker_mod.build_image(image_ref, str(tmp_path), dockerfile=str(dockerfile))
image_tarball = binary.parent / "committed.image.tar"
docker_mod.save(image_ref, str(image_tarball))
try:
with ephemeral_registry() as handle:
digest = docker_mod.image_id(image_ref).split(":", 1)[-1][:16]
push_ref = f"{handle.push_endpoint}/bot-bottle-committed:{digest}"
pack_ref = f"{handle.pull_endpoint}/bot-bottle-committed:{digest}"
crane_push_tarball(handle, str(image_tarball), push_ref)
pack_create(pack_ref, binary)
finally:
image_tarball.unlink(missing_ok=True)
def _exec_tar_to_file(machine: str, dest: Path) -> None:
"""Snapshot the running VM's root filesystem to dest (.tar.gz).
Writes a gzip-compressed tar to _VM_COMMIT_TAR inside the VM via
machine_exec (same mechanism as provisioning), then copies it to the
host with machine_cp. This avoids binary-stdout piping through the
smolvm exec channel, which does not reliably handle large binary output.
A connectivity probe (machine_exec true) runs first so a concurrent-exec
limitation (smolvm may reject a second exec while -i -t is active) is
reported clearly rather than as a silent failure."""
# Connectivity probe — if smolvm rejects concurrent exec while an
# interactive session is running, fail clearly here.
probe = machine_exec(machine, ["true"])
if probe.returncode != 0:
die(
f"smolvm exec is not available for {machine!r} "
f"(exit {probe.returncode}: {probe.stderr.strip() or probe.stdout.strip() or '<no output>'}). "
f"If an interactive session is active, smolvm may not support concurrent exec."
)
# Create the compressed tar inside the VM.
# tar exits 1 when files change during archiving (normal for a live
# filesystem); only treat exit > 1 as fatal.
tar_result = machine_exec(
machine,
[
"tar", "--create", "--gzip",
"--exclude=./proc",
"--exclude=./sys",
"--exclude=./dev",
"--exclude=./run",
f"--file={_VM_COMMIT_TAR}",
"--directory=/",
".",
],
)
if tar_result.returncode > 1:
die(
f"smolvm exec tar {machine!r} failed (exit {tar_result.returncode}): "
f"{tar_result.stderr.strip() or tar_result.stdout.strip() or '<no output>'}"
)
# Copy from VM to host, then clean up.
try:
machine_cp(f"{machine}:{_VM_COMMIT_TAR}", str(dest))
finally:
machine_exec(machine, ["rm", "-f", _VM_COMMIT_TAR])