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Summary

A Native file or process request to a sandbox at rest whose auto_lifecycle.wake.on does not let the request wake it answered a bare conflict:

{"code":"conflict","message":"sandbox is not running","details":[]}

createCommand refuses the same sandbox with details naming the reason (sandbox_not_running), the state, and the wake request, so only commands told the client why and what to send. With the default policy (wake.on: []), every files:* call and process lookup after an idle suspend got the bare refusal.

After this change the substrate's access refusal carries the sandbox and the lifecycle state it rests in (ControllerError::sandbox_not_running, raised by both the Kubernetes and Direct substrates), and the files and processes translators answer it with PublicApiError::sandbox_not_running, the createCommand shape. The refusal messages are unchanged, so the ECW translation, which matches the Kubernetes message, answers as before. The OpenAPI error overview, the process 409 descriptions and the details contract say so.

The refusal is boxed in the controller error's kind so ControllerError stays small. SandboxPortExposureApplyError now boxes its ControllerError, which clippy::result_large_err otherwise refuses at 128 bytes.

Validation

  • New a_disallowed_access_wake_names_the_sandbox_at_rest (Kubernetes substrate, created/stopped/paused/suspended) and an_access_wake_the_sandbox_policy_refuses_names_the_sandbox_at_rest (Direct substrate, Postgres + simulated worker): the refusal names the sandbox and state, and the sandbox stays suspended. Both fail without the substrate change (left: None).
  • New a_sandbox_at_rest_answers_with_the_command_refusal_details for the files translator (both controller_error and unprotected_mutation_error) and the processes translator: each fails without its change.
  • cargo test -p pplx-space-api (--config "profile.test.package.pplx-space-api.opt-level=0" --all-features, Postgres and Redis via testcontainers): 2549 passed, 1 ignored. cargo test -p pplx-space-native-files -p pplx-space-public-api -p pplx-space-data-plane-server, cargo clippy … -D warnings on those crates, cargo fmt --check, cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked: pass.
  • Kind (current guest), raw HTTP after :suspend with the default policy:
    before (main 963a572): files:read, files:stat, files:write, files:list and GET /processes 409 {"code":"conflict","message":"sandbox is not running","details":[]}; createCommand 409 with reason/state/wake.
    after: all five 409 "sandbox is suspended, not running" with [{"key":"reason","value":"sandbox_not_running"},{"key":"state","value":"suspended"},{"key":"wake","value":"POST /v1/sandboxes/sbx_…:wake"}], identical to createCommand.
  • Kind native typed smoke (scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native, SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILE set) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.

Severity and risk

Severity: low. Clients could not tell why a file call on a suspended sandbox was refused, or that :wake fixes it.
Risk: low. Same status and message, more details. Roll back by reverting.

Not covered

The data plane's own Native file routes (behind their feature flag, off by default) read the guest's refusal, which carries the state but not the sandbox's public id at that layer; they keep the bare conflict.

AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.

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Why: File and process requests to a sandbox at rest now return a 409 with structured details and a different message, matching createCommand. The change is tested and documented, but it alters the public API error contract, so API owners should confirm that clients accept it before merge.

Commit: 99cb6e26ceb7.

Walkthrough

The change adds structured sandbox-not-running conflicts with the sandbox ID and lifecycle. Direct and Kubernetes access-recovery paths return these details when implicit wake is disallowed. File and process error mappings expose the details in public API responses. Tests cover refusal responses, and API documentation describes the conflicts.

Merge Risk: High · up to 99cb6

File and process requests to a sandbox at rest now return a 409 with structured details and a different message, matching createCommand. The change is tested and documented, but it alters the public API error contract, so API owners should confirm that clients accept it before merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 5 · Failed 1

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Title check Warning The title uses the conventional-commit form "fix(api): ..." and summarizes the main change: file and process requests to a sandbox at rest now receive the createCommand refusal details. The changeset … Rewrite the title to match the required form, for example: "api: give file and process refusals at rest the createCommand details". Keep the lowercase area and colon, start the summary with a lowercase word, and omit any trailing period or …
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The title uses the conventional-commit form "fix(api): ..." and summarizes the main change: file and process requests to a sandbox at rest now receive the createCommand refusal details. The changeset matches this (sandbox_not_running refusal details added to FileCallFailure, processes controller_error mapping, OpenAPI docs). The title does not follow the configured requirement, which asks for a lowercase area followed by a colon or a bracketed area (e.g. "sbx-mgr: " or "[api] "), then a summary starting with a lowercase word. The configured format here is "fix(api):" with a parenthetical scope, which does not match the "area:" form, so the check fails on format. Content is accurate, so the result is a format failure, not a relevance failure.

Resolution

Rewrite the title to match the required form, for example: "api: give file and process refusals at rest the createCommand details". Keep the lowercase area and colon, start the summary with a lowercase word, and omit any trailing period or ticket ID.

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Review comments at @crates/l40_api/native/files/src/failure.rs:
- Line 194: Update both the Native error mappings that produce
FileCallErrorKind::SandboxNotRunning and PublicApiError::sandbox_not_running to
preserve the controller’s original refusal message when access wake is disabled.
Add a refusal-test assertion verifying that the response message remains
“automatic access wake is disabled.”

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  • crates/l20_domain/public/api/src/lib.rs
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  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/sandbox/mod.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/sandbox/ports.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/direct.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/direct/tests/idle_suspended.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/kubernetes/tests.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/kubernetes/wait_ready.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/files.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/files/tests.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/processes.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public/processes/tests.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs.rs
  • crates/l40_api/api/src/routes/public_docs/path_contract.rs
  • crates/l40_api/native/files/src/failure.rs
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A Native file or process request to a sandbox at rest, whose
`auto_lifecycle.wake.on` does not let the request wake it, answered a bare
409 `{"code": "conflict", "message": "sandbox is not running",
"details": []}`. `createCommand` refuses the same sandbox with `reason`
(`sandbox_not_running`), `state` and `wake` in `details`, so a client could
tell why and what to send only for commands. With the default policy
(`wake.on: []`), every `files:*` call and process lookup after an idle
suspend got the bare refusal.

The substrate's access refusal now carries the sandbox and the state it
rests in (`ControllerError::sandbox_not_running`, on both the Kubernetes
and Direct substrates), and the files and processes translators answer it
with `PublicApiError::sandbox_not_running`, the createCommand shape. The
messages are unchanged, so the ECW translation, which matches the
Kubernetes message, answers as before.

The refusal is boxed in the error kind so `ControllerError` stays small;
`SandboxPortExposureApplyError` now boxes its `ControllerError`, which
`clippy::result_large_err` otherwise refuses at 128 bytes.

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