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Homebrew that manages games from inside the PS5 (copying them in, deleting
them) is itself the running game while it works, so ShadowMountPlus holds its
requests until it exits. This adds an optional requester_title_id so such a
title can ask for a scan, a delete or an uninstall while it runs, without
loosening anything for other callers.

Refs #166

What changes

  • POST /api/v1/scan accepts requester_title_id. When that title is the
    only running game, the only runtime ShellCore holds, and a managed folder
    source, the scan runs immediately instead of waiting for it to exit. The
    scan never remounts, re-registers, cleans up or uninstalls the requester.
    Capability: rescan_requester_title.
  • POST /api/v1/games/delete and POST /api/v1/games/uninstall
    accept requester_title_id. For an eligible requester (as above) naming
    another title, the operation goes ahead instead of being refused with
    game_active or runtime_prepared, and its follow-up scan runs on the
    requester's behalf. Capabilities: delete_requester_title,
    uninstall_requester_title.
  • Uninstall releases the target's runtime mount while the requester runs.
    Releasing /system_ex/app/<title> had its own "a game is running" check,
    which the requester itself tripped. A folder game still attached since it
    was installed was refused with title_unmount_busy until it had been
    launched once or the console restarted. The release now skips that check
    for an allowed requester only, exactly as when no game runs.

Safety

  • A requester can never target itself; a delete whose source the requester
    shares is refused too (game_active).
  • Eligibility is checked when the request arrives, and again when a scan starts
    or a delete job releases the source.
  • Without requester_title_id every route behaves exactly as before.

Docs and tests

  • docs/api.md and docs/openapi.yaml describe the field, the eligibility
    rules and the capabilities.
  • tools/api_test.py covers the new fields.

Tested

On a PS5 (FW 13.60), from a homebrew app as the requester: requester scans,
and deleting and uninstalling folder and image games while it runs. The
runtime-mount release for freshly installed folder games is new in the last
commit [update once tested on the console].

Refs #166

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Eligible running games can request an immediate library scan without interruption; the requesting game remains untouched.
    • Eligible games can request deletion or uninstallation of another title while running. Requests targeting the requester remain blocked.
    • Scan, delete, and uninstall requests support an optional requester title ID, with invalid IDs rejected.
    • API capability information now identifies support for requester-aware scan, delete, and uninstall requests.
    • Cleanup and automatic installation or uninstallation defer actions that could modify a protected requesting title.

POST /api/v1/scan accepts an optional requester_title_id. When that title is the only running game, the only runtime ShellCore holds, and a managed folder source, the requested scan runs immediately instead of waiting for the title to exit. The scan leaves the requester untouched. Advertised as the rescan_requester_title capability.

Refs drakmor#166
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📝 Walkthrough

The API accepts optional requester title IDs for scans, deletes, and uninstalls. Eligible active titles can request scans while active or mutate other titles. Scan paths skip protected titles, and storage jobs retain requester IDs for runtime checks and recovery scans.

Changes: Requester-Aware Operations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Active-title eligibility
include/sm_game_lifecycle.h, src/sm_game_lifecycle.c, include/sm_shellcore_service.h, src/sm_shellcore_service.c, include/sm_scanner.h, src/sm_scanner.c
The lifecycle exposes the active title when its process state is valid. ShellCore and scanner checks determine whether the title is the only prepared runtime and uses a managed-folder source.
Requester-aware scan requests
include/sm_runtime.h, src/main.c, src/sm_api_service.c, docs/api.md, docs/openapi.yaml, tools/api_test.py
The scan endpoint validates and queues optional requester title IDs and reports requester-aware deferred status. The API advertises requester-aware scan support.
Protected scan execution
src/main.c, src/sm_scanner.c, src/sm_filesystem.c, src/sm_game_cache.c, src/sm_install.c, src/sm_scan.c
The scanner can consume an eligible requester’s scan while a game mount is busy. Cleanup and title-removal paths skip protected titles. The scanner clears protection after the scan returns.
Requester-authorized delete and uninstall
src/sm_api_service.c, src/sm_shellcore_service.c, docs/api.md, docs/openapi.yaml, tools/api_test.py
Delete and uninstall requests accept requester IDs and apply requester-aware runtime checks. Storage jobs retain requester IDs for runtime release and recovery scans. Documentation and tests cover the request fields and validation.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant API
  participant ScannerLoop
  participant EligibilityCheck
  participant ScanCleanup
  API->>ScannerLoop: Queue scan with requester title ID
  ScannerLoop->>EligibilityCheck: Check active requester eligibility
  EligibilityCheck-->>ScannerLoop: Return eligibility
  ScannerLoop->>ScanCleanup: Run scan with requester protected
  ScanCleanup-->>ScannerLoop: Skip protected titles
  ScannerLoop->>ScannerLoop: Clear requester protection after scan
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Two narrow delete paths remain problematic: a refused shared-source delete can leave other titles unmounted until recovery, and missing-source reconciliation may wait until the requester closes. These warrant owner awareness or follow-up, but do not establish a broad release failure.

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- Around line 275-280: Update the requester handling in
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POST /api/v1/games/delete and /api/v1/games/uninstall accept an optional requester_title_id. When that title is an eligible requester (as for a requester scan) and names another title, the delete or uninstall goes ahead while it runs instead of being refused with game_active or runtime_prepared, and the follow-up scan runs on its behalf. A requester can never target itself. Advertised as the delete_requester_title and uninstall_requester_title capabilities.
@J7mbo J7mbo changed the title Let a running title request a scan for itself Let a running homebrew app scan, delete and uninstall while it's open (requester_title_id) Oct 19, 2026

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if (requester_title_id && requester_title_id[0] != '\0' &&
strcmp(snapshot[i].title_id, requester_title_id) == 0) {
status = EBUSY;
*error_out = "game_active";
break;
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '\n--- delete-related declarations and callers ---\n'
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printf '%s\n' '--- requester eligibility implementation ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.c' -e 'sm_scanner_requester_may_scan_while_active' -e 'snapshot' src/sm_scanner.c src/sm_game_cache.c src || test "$?" -eq 1

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Pre-scan for the requester before unmounting any shared-source title.

An eligible requester can submit a delete for a different title that shares its managed-folder source. release_storage_source_runtime can unmount earlier matching titles, then return EBUSY when it reaches the requester. The job fails after those runtime layers were released. The recovery scan may reconcile them later, but there is no rollback for the earlier releases.

Suggested fix
   int status = 0;
   runtime_mount_state_lock();
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+    game_source_info_t info;
+    if (resolve_game_source(&snapshot[i], &info) &&
+        strcmp(info.physical_path, physical_path) == 0 &&
+        requester_title_id && requester_title_id[0] != '\0' &&
+        strcmp(snapshot[i].title_id, requester_title_id) == 0) {
+      status = EBUSY;
+      *error_out = "game_active";
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (status == 0) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
     game_source_info_t info;
     if (!resolve_game_source(&snapshot[i], &info) ||
         strcmp(info.physical_path, physical_path) != 0) {
       continue;
     }
-    // The requester itself is never released (it runs from this source).
-    if (requester_title_id && requester_title_id[0] != '\0' &&
-        strcmp(snapshot[i].title_id, requester_title_id) == 0) {
-      status = EBUSY;
-      *error_out = "game_active";
-      break;
-    }
     (*affected_out)++;
     if (is_data_mounted(snapshot[i].title_id) &&
         !unmount_title_runtime_layers(snapshot[i].title_id)) {
       status = errno == EBUSY ? EBUSY : EIO;
       if (status == EBUSY)
         *error_out = "title_unmount_busy";
       break;
     }
+    }
   }
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Tested and working fully on 13.60. Can install and remove apps whilst this 'manager' is open.

An uninstall from an eligible requester (requester_title_id) was let past the game_active check, but releasing the target's runtime mount still refused because a game was running: the requester itself. A folder game attached since it was installed was then refused with title_unmount_busy until it had been launched once or the console restarted. The release now skips that check for an allowed requester, exactly as when no game runs; every other caller is unchanged.

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🟡 Minor · Pass the requester to missing-source reconciliation. · sm_api_service.c:3429

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Pass the requester to missing-source reconciliation.

If an active requester deletes a title whose source is already missing, this branch calls send_missing_source_response instead of starting a storage job. That helper uses request_scan_now, so the reconciliation scan remains deferred until the requester exits. Pass requester_title_id to the helper and queue its scan with request_scan_now_for_title.

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Update the missing-source branch around send_missing_source_response to pass
requester_title_id, and modify that helper’s reconciliation path to queue the
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- Around line 539-540: Update the runtime unmount flow around
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A requester scan protects the requester and any title ShellCore prepares while it runs, but its stale image cleanup unmounted any cached image whose source had gone, without asking who uses it. If ShellCore prepared an image-backed title meanwhile, it could lose its image before launch. Requester scans now skip that cleanup; the next ordinary scan does it, as every scan did while a game ran before requester scans existed.

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🟡 Minor · Use the effective requester for scan response fields. · sm_api_service.c:1729-1732

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Use the effective requester for scan response fields.

A plain scan can preserve a previously queued requester. The scanner can then run that merged request immediately while the active game remains mounted. The current response still passes NULL to add_scan_queue_fields_for_requester, so it can return scan_deferred=true and scan_deferred_reason="game_active".

Read the pending requester before building the response and pass it to the helper. This keeps the response aligned with the merged scan request.

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   if (!request_scan_now_for_title("HTTP API request", reset_attempts,
                                   requester_title_id)) {
     send_operation_error_response(fd, EBUSY, "rest_mode");
     return;
   }
 
+  char effective_requester_title_id[MAX_TITLE_ID];
+  const char *response_requester_title_id = requester_title_id;
+  if (!response_requester_title_id &&
+      peek_scan_now_requester(effective_requester_title_id))
+    response_requester_title_id = effective_requester_title_id;
+
   struct json_object *response = new_status_response(0);
   if (!response) {
     send_out_of_memory_response(fd);
     return;
   }
   if (!add_json_bool(response, "queued", true) ||
       !add_scan_queue_fields_for_requester(response, true,
-                                           requester_title_id) ||
+                                           response_requester_title_id) ||
       !add_json_bool(response, "reset_attempts", reset_attempts)) {
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Before constructing the response after request_scan_now_for_title, resolve the
effective requester by preserving requester_title_id or reading the pending
requester via peek_scan_now_requester when it is absent. Pass this resolved
value to add_scan_queue_fields_for_requester instead of the original
requester_title_id, while preserving the existing response and error flow.
🟡 Minor · Reject an ineligible requester before queueing the delete. · sm_api_service.c:3162-3223

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Reject an ineligible requester before queueing the delete.

handle_game_storage_operation passes any syntactically valid requester directly to start_storage_job. The job is accepted without requester_may_mutate. If the active game exits before the worker releases the source, the worker check can pass and delete the target even though the requester was ineligible when the request arrived.

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   if (operation != GAME_STORAGE_DELETE) {
     int destination_status = operation == GAME_STORAGE_UNPACK
                                  ? build_unpack_destination(
                                        destination_dir, title_id, destination)
                                  : build_storage_destination(
                                        destination_dir,
                                        source_info.physical_path, destination);
     if (destination_status != 0)
       return destination_status;
   }
 
+  if (requester_title_id && requester_title_id[0] != '\0' &&
+      !requester_may_mutate(requester_title_id, title_id)) {
+    *error_out = "game_active";
+    return EBUSY;
+  }
+
   pthread_mutex_lock(&g_storage_job.mutex);
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Review comment at @src/sm_api_service.c around lines 3162 - 3223:
Update start_storage_job to validate a non-empty requester_title_id with
requester_may_mutate(requester_title_id, title_id) before acquiring the job
mutex or queueing the operation. Reject ineligible requesters with the existing
“game_active” error and EBUSY result, while preserving behavior for absent or
eligible requesters.

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Review comments at @src/sm_api_service.c:
- Around line 1729-1732: Before constructing the response after
request_scan_now_for_title, resolve the effective requester by preserving
requester_title_id or reading the pending requester via peek_scan_now_requester
when it is absent. Pass this resolved value to
add_scan_queue_fields_for_requester instead of the original requester_title_id,
while preserving the existing response and error flow.
- Around line 3162-3223: Update start_storage_job to validate a non-empty
requester_title_id with requester_may_mutate(requester_title_id, title_id)
before acquiring the job mutex or queueing the operation. Reject ineligible
requesters with the existing “game_active” error and EBUSY result, while
preserving behavior for absent or eligible requesters.

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af7e6ff let an allowed requester's uninstall past the "a game is running" check, but beginning the release refused it twice more with the same EBUSY: the requester is the title ShellCore holds, so the target counted as a different title, and the uninstall holds the external mutation itself, which a public release waits on. For an allowed requester only, neither now blocks; every other check, and every other caller, is unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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drakmor commented Oct 20, 2026

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Use FAKE* or LAPY* app prefix

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J7mbo commented Oct 21, 2026

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Great, I read your version of it and of course fits the current design better, much nicer 👍 Thanks for takin the request seriously!

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