Screenshot helper can target the wrong iTerm Codex session

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Summary

The existing screenshot helper can capture the wrong iTerm/Codex session when multiple iTerm windows or sessions are present.

Reproduction

1. Start an active Codex session in iTerm.
2. Open a second iTerm window intended only for PR proof capture.
3. Run a proof command from /Users/iraoliverfernando/Desktop/Dioscuri/GengarToolkit, for example:
   • codex exec "Summarize the configured agents in one sentence."
4. Use the current screenshot helper flow to list iTerm windows and capture the intended session.

Observed

The helper repeatedly captured the currently active Codex thread instead of the dedicated proof session, even after narrowing to a newly created iTerm window and its reported bounds.

Expected

A minimal iTerm-based proof flow should be able to:

• open one dedicated iTerm proof session
• identify that exact session reliably
• capture only that proof session with the existing Python screenshot helper

Notes

This issue should stay narrow. Do not add new screenshot abstractions or multi-app workflows. Fix iTerm session discrimination only.

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Issue intake checklist:

• Run agent/skills/read_issue.md.
• Classify the issue as Feature, Bug, Documentation, or Refactor.
• Record priority and affected components.
• Keep the lead agent focused on orchestration and choose bounded sub-agents from skills.md for non-trivial work.
• Route feature work to agent/skills/plan_feature.md.
• Route bug work to agent/skills/triage_bug.md.
• For frontend-facing work, plan browser debugging and screenshot validation before PR prep.

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Automation run on 2026-03-16: selected this as the top validated bug. Root-cause hypothesis is non-deterministic iTerm window/session selection in the screenshot helper when multiple windows are present. Planned fix is a narrow iTerm session discrimination update only. Validation attempts were blocked by filesystem EPERM in this runtime and no PR could be produced in this run.

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Status

Blocked in this automation runtime; fix branch and code patch could not be created.

Bug Summary

take_screenshot.py can select/capture the wrong iTerm session when multiple iTerm windows exist.

Root Cause

The macOS window selector path in ~/.codex/skills/screenshot/scripts/take_screenshot.py resolves multiple window IDs for --app / --window-name flows and ranks by generic layer/area in ~/.codex/skills/screenshot/scripts/macos_window_info.swift, which is not a reliable discriminator for the intended Codex proof session in multi-window iTerm usage.

Fix Summary

Planned narrow fix remains unchanged: tighten iTerm session/window discrimination in the existing macOS helper path only (no new screenshot abstractions), then keep one issue branch/PR for #13.

Validation

• Backlog intake run: npm run backlog:scan -- --format markdown
• Issue triage: gh issue view 13 --json ...
• Runtime capability checks failed with EPERM:
  • file write probe: touch .../.codex_write_probe -> Operation not permitted
  • branch create: git checkout -b codex/GENGARVIS-013-iterm-session-discrimination -> unable to create lock file (Operation not permitted)
• Because the environment is read-only, code changes/tests/changelog updates could not be executed in this run.

Pull Request

No PR yet (blocked by filesystem write restrictions in this runtime).

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Weekly fix sweep update (2026-03-20)

Root cause:

• Behavior appears to come from the external screenshot skill helper path under ~/.codex/skills/screenshot/scripts, not code tracked in this repository.
• This repo currently has no in-repo iTerm window-selection helper implementation to patch for this issue.

Fix summary:

• No repository code change landed in this sweep because the reproducible selection logic is outside this repo scope.
• Keeping this issue open and blocked on either: (a) moving the helper into tracked repo code, or (b) approving out-of-repo helper maintenance flow.

Validation:

• Backlog scan and issue triage completed.
• Verified open-issue queue and issue body for Screenshot helper can target the wrong iTerm Codex session #13.
• Confirmed no matching in-repo implementation path to patch.

PR link:

• N/A (blocked: no in-repo code target for the requested fix).

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Automated bug fix update for #13.

Root cause

• The proof-capture workflow had no deterministic iTerm session identity requirement, so captures could target whichever Codex/iTerm context was active.

Fix summary

• Added agent/scripts/capture_iterm_proof.mjs to list iTerm sessions and capture only after explicit selector matching.
• Added agent/lib/itermSessionTargeting.mjs selection logic that:
  • refuses active-session fallback when no selectors are provided
  • throws on ambiguous matches
  • supports explicit selectors (--session-id, --window-id, --title-contains, --text-contains, --tty)
• Added regression coverage in tests/itermSessionTargeting.test.ts.
• Updated CHANGELOG.md.

Validation

• npm run test:ci -- tests/itermSessionTargeting.test.ts ✅
• npm run test:ci -- tests/agentScaffold.test.ts ✅
• npm run lint ✅

Visual evidence

• Terminal/app capture skipped in this runtime because iTerm is unavailable (Application can't be found. (-2700)).

PR

• GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52

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Status

Validated existing in-flight fix branch; no new patch required in this sweep.

Bug Summary

Issue #13 tracks non-deterministic iTerm proof-session targeting when multiple iTerm windows/sessions are present.

Root Cause

Session/window selection can drift when capture calls are not constrained to a deterministic target in multi-window iTerm usage.

Fix Summary

An existing fix is already in progress on PR #52 (codex/GENGARVIS-013-iterm-session-targeting) with deterministic targeting logic and regression tests. This run did not add new code changes to avoid duplicating the same issue scope.

Validation

• npm run lint ✅
• npm run test:ci ✅ (includes tests/itermSessionTargeting.test.ts)
• npm run build ✅
• No additional regressions observed in this worktree.

Pull Request

• GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52 (open)
• Current blocker: PR check validate is shown as failed in GitHub UI; detailed failed-run logs could not be fetched consistently in this runtime due intermittent GitHub API connectivity.

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Weekly fix sweep update (2026-04-06):

• Root cause: screenshot proof capture could resolve the wrong iTerm/Codex session when multiple windows/sessions existed and targeting logic allowed ambiguous selection.
• Fix summary: PR GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52 keeps targeting deterministic by requiring explicit selectors and removing active-session fallback behavior (agent/lib/itermSessionTargeting.mjs, agent/scripts/capture_iterm_proof.mjs).
• Validation (this run): npm run test:ci passed locally (29 files, 102 tests). This includes the iTerm targeting coverage and confirms no new regression is reproducible from the current open queue.
• PR link: GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52
• Status: no additional narrow bug patch identified in this sweep; waiting on PR GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52 CI stability/review.

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Weekly fix sweep update (2026-04-08):

Status

Implemented one narrow bug-fix slice on issue #13 and pushed it to the existing issue PR.

Root Cause

The open #13 branch/PR had malformed merge artifacts in Social Card files that broke CI before the iTerm-targeting fix could be validated cleanly:

• duplicate activeSection declarations and a malformed handleSectionChange block in apps/social-card-toolkit/src/SocialCardToolkitPage.tsx
• duplicated/invalid test module content in tests/socialCardToolkitPage.test.tsx

Fix Summary

• Removed duplicated state/type/function artifacts in SocialCardToolkitPage.tsx so the file parses again.
• Restored tests/socialCardToolkitPage.test.tsx to a valid baseline and aligned the chart-section test to current single-active accordion behavior (close Template & Output before opening Chart).
• Updated CHANGELOG.md with this CI repair note.

Validation

• npm run test:ci ✅ (31 files, 112 tests passing)
• npm run lint ✅

Pull Request

• Existing PR: GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52
• New commit pushed to PR branch: 285d069

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Weekly fix sweep update (2026-04-10):

Status

Implemented one narrow bug-fix hardening slice for issue #13 and pushed to the linked PR branch.

Root Cause

buildSessionSelectors parsed --window-id with parseInt but did not validate non-numeric input, so invalid selector values silently degraded matching behavior instead of failing fast.

Fix Summary

• Added strict windowId parsing/validation in agent/lib/itermSessionTargeting.mjs.
• Now throws: Invalid --window-id value. Provide a numeric window id. when selector input is invalid.
• Added regression coverage in tests/itermSessionTargeting.test.ts for non-numeric windowId input.
• Updated CHANGELOG.md (Unreleased → Fixed).

Validation

• npm run test:ci -- tests/itermSessionTargeting.test.ts ✅ (6 tests passing)
• npm run lint ✅
• Terminal/app screenshot evidence attempt: node agent/scripts/capture_iterm_proof.mjs --list ❌ skipped in this runtime (Application can't be found. (-2700) for iTerm).

Pull Request

• Existing PR: GENGARVIS-013 deterministic iTerm proof session targeting #52
• New commit pushed: 95c1e28