feat(cli): launch --request-access — let the host's operator admit this device

Request access is not a second pairing ceremony, it is a LAUNCH: an ordinary identified
connect with the advertised fingerprint pinned and the handshake budget stretched past
the host's approval window. The host parks the connection until somebody approves the
device in its console or web UI, then admits the same connection and the stream starts
by itself. The desktop shells and the console home have had this for a while
(`SpawnOpts::persist_paired`, `screens/pair.rs`); headless callers had no door to it.

  punktfunk launch <host-ref> --request-access

Two behaviours, both small:

* `connect_timeout_secs = 185`, matching the host's PENDING_APPROVAL_WAIT. Anything
  shorter gives up while the approval prompt is still on the operator's screen.
* `run_plan` records the host as paired on SessionEvent::Ready. That event IS the
  approval arriving, and it records the pin the session actually connected WITH rather
  than re-reading the store — the handshake completed against that identity, which is
  what makes the record true. Every other launch still records nothing: a plain connect
  proves reachability, not a new trust decision.

Refused under `--exec` (exit 5) rather than silently downgraded. Under --exec the CLI
BECOMES the session, so no process survives to observe Ready — a quiet downgrade would
leave hosts reading "trusted" forever with nobody able to explain why.
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2026-08-04 20:28:34 +02:00
parent aec02b9d26
commit f84c5b8114
2 changed files with 68 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ mod cli {
const PROBE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(2500);
/// The handshake budget `--request-access` runs on. Matches the host's `PENDING_APPROVAL_WAIT`
/// — the connect is PARKED for that long while an operator decides, so anything shorter would
/// give up while the approval prompt is still on their screen.
const REQUEST_ACCESS_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 185;
const USAGE: &str = "\
punktfunk — the Punktfunk client, headless
@@ -51,7 +56,8 @@ punktfunk — the Punktfunk client, headless
punktfunk hosts forget <host-ref>
punktfunk wake <host-ref> [--wait]
punktfunk library <host-ref> [--json]
punktfunk launch <host-ref> [--game ID] [--profile REF] [--exec] [--fullscreen]
punktfunk launch <host-ref> [--game ID] [--profile REF] [--request-access]
[--exec] [--fullscreen]
punktfunk open <punktfunk://…>
punktfunk reachable <host-ref>
punktfunk speed-test <host-ref>
@@ -138,7 +144,8 @@ this. Needs a paired host (exit 6 otherwise)."
}
"launch" => {
"\
punktfunk launch <host-ref> [--game ID] [--profile REF] [--exec] [--fullscreen]
punktfunk launch <host-ref> [--game ID] [--profile REF] [--request-access]
[--exec] [--fullscreen]
Start a stream — waking the host first if it is asleep and its MAC is known.
The stream runs in the punktfunk-session renderer; this command supervises it
@@ -151,6 +158,16 @@ and relays its lifecycle to stderr.
--exec become the session process instead of supervising it — the
gamescope-wrapper mode, where the launched process must BE
the streaming one for focus and lifecycle to work
--request-access
ask the host's operator to let this device in instead of
typing a PIN. The host PARKS the connect until somebody
approves it in its console or web UI (up to ~185 s), then
admits it and the stream starts by itself; the host is
recorded as paired once that happens, so later streams are
silent. Needs the host's fingerprint pinned already
(`punktfunk hosts add <addr> --fp <hex>`), and cannot be
combined with --exec — under --exec there is no process
left to record the approval.
Exit 0 when the stream ends cleanly, 2 connect failed, 3 the host no longer
trusts this device (re-pair), 4 the renderer could not start."
@@ -776,6 +793,19 @@ from the config directory for a true factory reset."
eprintln!("usage: punktfunk launch <host-ref> [--game ID] [--profile REF] [--exec]");
return UNRESOLVED;
};
let exec = has(args, "--exec");
let request_access = has(args, "--request-access");
// Refused rather than silently downgraded: under `--exec` this process BECOMES the
// session, so nothing survives to see `Ready` and record the approval. A launch that
// quietly dropped the persistence would leave hosts reading "trusted" forever with
// nobody able to say why.
if request_access && exec {
eprintln!(
"--request-access can't be combined with --exec: under --exec there is no \
process left to record the host's approval"
);
return UNRESOLVED;
}
let (known, i) = match resolve(&reference) {
Ok(v) => v,
Err(code) => return code,
@@ -788,7 +818,10 @@ from the config directory for a true factory reset."
if has(args, "--fullscreen") {
plan.settings.fullscreen_on_stream = true;
}
run_plan(plan, has(args, "--exec"))
if request_access {
plan.connect_timeout_secs = Some(REQUEST_ACCESS_TIMEOUT_SECS);
}
run_plan(plan, exec, request_access)
}
/// `open <url>` — the `punktfunk://` grammar, headless. Same parser, same refusal rules and
@@ -813,7 +846,7 @@ from the config directory for a true factory reset."
&trust::Settings::load(),
);
match outcome {
Ok(PlanOutcome::Connect(plan)) => run_plan(*plan, has(args, "--exec")),
Ok(PlanOutcome::Connect(plan)) => run_plan(*plan, has(args, "--exec"), false),
// A URL may never pair or trust on its own — that is a decision for a person, at a
// surface that can show them the fingerprint.
Ok(PlanOutcome::ConfirmUnknown(u)) => {
@@ -837,7 +870,13 @@ from the config directory for a true factory reset."
}
/// Wake if needed, then run the session — supervising it, or becoming it under `--exec`.
fn run_plan(plan: ConnectPlan, exec: bool) -> u8 {
///
/// `persist_paired` records the host as *paired* when the child reports ready. Only
/// `launch --request-access` passes true: there, the host parked the connect until an
/// operator approved this device, so `Ready` IS the approval arriving — the same thing
/// `SpawnOpts::persist_paired` means in the GTK shell. Every other launch records nothing,
/// which is correct: a plain connect proves reachability, not a new trust decision.
fn run_plan(plan: ConnectPlan, exec: bool, persist_paired: bool) -> u8 {
if plan.host.fp_hex.is_none() {
eprintln!(
"{} has no pinned fingerprint — punktfunk pair {}",
@@ -899,7 +938,24 @@ from the config directory for a true factory reset."
let mut failure: Option<(String, bool)> = None;
while let Ok(ev) = rx.recv() {
match ev {
SessionEvent::Ready => eprintln!("streaming"),
SessionEvent::Ready => {
eprintln!("streaming");
// The pin we connected WITH, not one re-derived from the store: the record
// is what we are about to rewrite, and the session proved the host holds
// exactly this identity by completing a pinned handshake against it.
if persist_paired {
if let Some(fp_hex) = &plan.host.fp_hex {
trust::persist_host(
&plan.host.name,
&plan.host.addr,
plan.host.port,
fp_hex,
true,
);
trust::forget_placeholder(&plan.host.addr, plan.host.port);
}
}
}
SessionEvent::Error {
msg,
trust_rejected,
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@@ -68,17 +68,20 @@ fn unknown_verbs_refuse_with_the_not_found_code() {
assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(5), "unknown help topic exits 5");
}
/// `discover` documents itself. Help only — the verb itself browses the LAN, which no runner
/// may be asked to do.
/// `discover` and `launch --request-access` document themselves. Help only — the verbs
/// themselves browse the LAN and dial a host, which no runner may be asked to do.
///
/// The Decky panel detects a too-old client by exactly the signature the test above pins
/// (exit 5 + `unknown command`), so this is the other half of that contract: on a client new
/// enough, `discover` is a verb with help rather than an unknown word.
#[test]
fn discover_documents_itself() {
fn the_request_access_surfaces_document_themselves() {
let out = punktfunk(&["help", "discover"]);
assert!(out.status.success(), "discover has its own help topic");
let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
assert!(stdout.contains("--timeout"), "discover documents --timeout");
assert!(stdout.contains("--json"), "discover documents --json");
let out = punktfunk(&["launch", "--help"]);
assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).contains("--request-access"));
}