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Summary

The session detach chord is now configurable and negotiated per attach
channel, retiring the hardcoded ctrl-w default. ctrl-w is
termios-special (VWERASE): the kernel line discipline consumes it
before the app reads the byte, so a leaked or verbatim-forwarded leader
triggers line editing instead of reaching the app. The new default
leader is ctrl-] (0x1d), which is not termios-special and is lightly
bound by editors, tmux, and zellij.

Detach is now a two-key chord: press the leader to enter command mode,
then a subcommand. d detaches; a second leader verbatim-forwards a
leader byte down the PTY (a primitive for nested sessions); any unbound
key cancels command mode, mirroring tmux.

Refs gominimal/inbox#475.

How it works

  • A new sessions::keys module owns the key types, the reject sets
    (termios-special and wrapping-ambiguous), and the env-var contract.
  • The client config gains a [session-keys] section. The leader is
    validated loudly at load; the daemon re-validates it as a silent
    backstop (log and fall back to default, never garble the screen).
  • The daemon matcher derives the full encoding set (plain byte, kitty,
    modifyOtherKeys) from the negotiated leader, so a remapped leader gets
    its CSI forms automatically. No hardcoded key encodings remain.
  • Negotiation reuses the existing per-channel env-var channel: the
    interactive attach path sends MINIMAL_SESSION_LEADER and friends
    alongside MINIMAL_SESSION_ID; exec channels send none. Two clients
    with different configs on the same session each get their own chord.

Changes

Area What
sessions::keys (new) Key, SessionKeys, reject sets, env-var contract, 30 unit tests
sessions::client::config [session-keys] section, loud validation, ConfigError::Validation
minimal-client::attach resolve session keys, send env vars with matching SendEnv
minimal (CLI) session_via_ssh resolves keys for the interactive path; TUI threads config_dir
minimald command-mode state machine, key-aware MOTD, re-validation gate, AcceptEnv doc
minimal-tui DashOptions.config_dir, attach-time key resolution
docs, e2e banner updated to ctrl-] then d, [session-keys] schema docs, spec F1 note

Breaking change

The default detach chord changes from ctrl-w to ctrl-] then d. The
daemon no longer intercepts ctrl-w (0x17 and its CSI encodings)
anywhere. It is forwarded to the shell like any ordinary key.

Verification

  • just fix (fmt, clippy with -D warnings) is clean.
  • cargo test on sessions, minimal, minimald, minimal-client,
    minimal-tui is green. 398 sessions tests, 259 minimal tests, 21
    minimal-client tests including two new attach-negotiation tests.
  • Doctests pass.
  • VM/daemon path: the session e2e banner assertion is updated. The full
    just e2e run should be confirmed on a KVM/HVF host before merge.

Notes for reviewers

  • The leader is always swallowed on match, never forwarded, so a leaked
    leader does not trigger the app ctrl-] binding. ctrl-] is not
    termios-special, so a stray leader past the deepest nesting layer is
    non-destructive.
  • The daemon re-validation failure mode is load-bearing: a bad chord
    must never garble the screen. It logs and falls back to the default
    rather than rejecting the attach or writing to the channel.

Note

Replace hardcoded ctrl-w detach with a configurable leader chord defaulting to ctrl-] then d

  • Introduces a new [session-keys] config section in config.toml allowing users to remap the session leader key, detach subcommand, forward-leader subcommand, and an optional bell-on-leader flag via crates/sessions/src/keys.rs.
  • Adds a streaming ChordMatcher that scans stdin byte-by-byte across chunk boundaries, supporting plain, kitty, and modifyOtherKeys encodings, replacing the old single-byte ctrl-w check in the host mainloop.
  • Session keys are negotiated per-channel via SSH env vars (MINIMAL_LEADER, MINIMAL_DETACH_KEY, etc.) set by the client at attach time and validated server-side, with unsafe or ambiguous leaders silently falling back to defaults.
  • The MOTD detach hint is now driven by MINIMAL_DETACH_HINT (injected per-channel) with a fallback of ctrl-] then d, replacing the hardcoded ctrl-w string.
  • Behavioral Change: ctrl-w is no longer the detach key and is forwarded to the shell as a normal byte; the new default detach chord is ctrl-] then d.

Macroscope summarized d1ae5e3.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable session keys for leader, detach, forwarding, and terminal bell behavior.
    • Interactive attachments now negotiate and apply key bindings per connection.
    • Added customizable detach hints, defaulting to Ctrl-], then d.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Rejected unsafe or conflicting key bindings.
    • Improved handling of split, combined, stale, and renegotiated session-control input.
    • Configuration errors are reported before starting an attachment.
  • Documentation

    • Documented session-key configuration, validation, defaults, and detach behavior.

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The change adds configurable session keys across the client, TUI, daemon, and shared sessions code. It also updates config-directory resolution, attach handling, banners, tests, and documentation to use the new default detach chord.

Changes

Configurable session keys

Layer / File(s) Summary
Key model and configuration
crates/sessions/src/keys.rs, crates/sessions/src/client/config.rs, crates/sessions/src/lib.rs, crates/paths/src/lib.rs, crates/minimal/src/config.rs
The sessions crate adds key parsing, validation, environment negotiation, ChordMatcher, and [session-keys] configuration. The shared config-path helper and minimal config resolver now use the override-aware config directory path.
Client resolution and SSH negotiation
crates/minimal-client/src/attach.rs, crates/minimal-tui/src/app.rs, crates/minimal/src/lib.rs
Interactive attaches resolve session keys from the selected config directory and pass them into SSH. Non-interactive execution does not send session-key negotiation. The TUI forwards the config directory into attach handling.
Daemon negotiation and channel handling
crates/minimald/src/session.rs, crates/minimald/src/session_host.rs
The daemon validates negotiated keys, passes them into session hosts, resets per-channel matchers on attach, and handles detach, forwarding, swallowing, bells, and ordered PTY buffering with binding generations.
Validation, banners, and references
crates/minimald/src/test_harness.rs, crates/minimal/src/loadouts.rs, docs/reference/cli-min.md, docs/reference/loadouts.md, docs/specs/07-spec-min-dash-tui/07-spec-min-dash-tui.md, scripts/session-e2e.sh
Tests, banners, reference docs, the spec, and the end-to-end script now use the configurable ctrl-] then d detach sequence and negotiated detach hints.

Normalization documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
normalize_within_root documentation
crates/common/fuzz/fuzz_targets/normalize_within_root.rs
The module documentation now names common::archive and op::materialize as the remaining consumers and removes the minimald reference.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 32e21

The configurable detach behavior can misinterpret queued or split key input and may pass session-key settings into non-interactive channels, causing incorrect detaches or unexpected shell input. The PR is not merge-ready until these bounded channel-handling risks are addressed or explicitly accepted.

Poem

I’m a rabbit with keys in a neat little row,
Ctrl-] starts the path, then the subcommand can go.
Split bytes reunite, while plain bytes pass through,
The daemon keeps watch on each channel anew.
Config blooms softly; the old chord hops away. 🐇

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docs/reference/loadouts.md (1)

399-404: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the accepted key-name grammar.

The table shows example names but not the accepted grammar. crates/sessions/src/keys.rs accepts only two forms: ctrl-<glyph> where the glyph is a single ASCII character in @..~, and a single printable ASCII glyph. It rejects alt-, shift-, meta-, and super- with UnsupportedModifier, and rejects ctrl-<digit> and ctrl-? with UnknownKey. A user who writes alt-x or ctrl-2 currently gets a load error with no documented rule to consult.

📝 Suggested addition after the table
 | `subcommands.forward` | `ctrl-]` | The command-mode key that verbatim-forwards a leader byte down the PTY (for nested sessions). Defaults to the resolved `leader`, so a double-press forwards |
+
+Key names take one of two forms: `ctrl-<glyph>`, where the glyph is a single
+ASCII character in `@`..`~` (so `ctrl-2` and `ctrl-?` are rejected), or a
+single printable ASCII glyph such as `d`. Only `ctrl-` is configurable;
+`alt-`, `shift-`, `meta-`, and `super-` are rejected. The `ctrl-` prefix is
+case-insensitive and `ctrl-` letters normalise to lowercase, since `Ctrl+a`
+and `Ctrl+A` send the same control code. Plain glyphs are case-sensitive.
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In `@docs/reference/loadouts.md` around lines 399 - 404, Update the loadouts key
documentation near the leader table to state the accepted grammar: either ctrl-
followed by one ASCII glyph in @–~, or one printable ASCII glyph. Document that
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In `@crates/minimald/src/session.rs`:
- Around line 1672-1697: Update the reattach path in Host::attach and its caller
so attach_env, including MINIMAL_DETACH_HINT, is applied for every attachment
rather than only when mint_session_host creates a host. Preserve the existing
SessionKeys forwarding and ensure remapped-key attachments refresh the detach
hint before the shell banner is rendered.

In `@crates/sessions/src/keys.rs`:
- Around line 713-720: Update ChordMatcher’s candidate handling in the feed
paths, including AwaitingSubcommand, so a solitary trailing ESC is forwarded
immediately unless it can still form a negotiated multi-byte kitty form;
preserve split-CSI matching for valid partial candidates. Add a public flush
method on ChordMatcher that releases pending bytes as Forward outcomes, and have
the daemon invoke it after a short idle timeout and before channel teardown.

In `@docs/specs/07-spec-min-dash-tui/07-spec-min-dash-tui.md`:
- Around line 444-456: Update the F5 conflict-risk reference from Ctrl-W to the
negotiated attach/detach leader described in F1, using the default Ctrl-] only
as appropriate while preserving the configurable-leader behavior and surrounding
F5 wording.

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In `@docs/reference/loadouts.md`:
- Around line 399-404: Update the loadouts key documentation near the leader
table to state the accepted grammar: either ctrl- followed by one ASCII glyph in
@–~, or one printable ASCII glyph. Document that alt-, shift-, meta-, and super-
prefixes are unsupported, while ctrl-digit and ctrl-? names are rejected as
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2691-2719: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Discard input from the superseded binding before applying new keys.

remote_rx receives messages from all Binding instances through the shared remote_tx. Line 2691 installs the new matcher before Lines 2713-2719 stop the old binding. If Message::Attach wins the select! while the old binding already has queued StdinMsg::Bytes, the host later interprets that old input with the new channel’s SessionKeys.

Add a per-binding generation to StdinMsg and discard messages that do not match the active binding. This also avoids relying on timing while replacing a channel.

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generation identifier for each Binding and include it in every StdinMsg sent
through the shared remote_tx. Update the session host’s message handling to
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In `@crates/minimald/src/session_host.rs`:
- Around line 2596-2608: Update the chord-candidate flush path around
self.stdin_buf so flushed bytes are appended after any already queued, unwritten
PTY input instead of replacing it. Preserve the existing suffix and ordering for
inputs such as forwarded data followed by an ESC candidate, using the current
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- Around line 2691-2719: Track a generation identifier for each Binding and
include it in every StdinMsg sent through the shared remote_tx. Update the
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LGTM, I think the main thing to nail down is if the source-of-truth for the keys config comes from the loadout at the time of activate, or if it comes from the representation on disk at the time of attach (as currently implemented).

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/// override is given, else the platform default
/// ([`paths::minimal_config_dir`]). The base under which `config.toml`,
/// `loadouts/`, etc. live.
pub fn minimal_config_dir(config_dir: Option<&Path>) -> PathBuf {
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Surely we already have logic for this somewhere in the loadouts code, can we share the method?

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so, we had minimal::config::resolve_minimal_config_dir but we couldn't access it from minimal-client. That's why we had to move it here but you're right, it's better to put in the minimal-client::paths module not here.

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If i understand correctly, for session keys we always read the current state of your loadout config, but for the rest of your session we use the state of your loadout at activate time? that behavior seems surprising?

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The keybinds come from config.toml under the [session-keys] section, not from loadouts. My thought process is that if we're connecting to some remote session that we didn't create, we'd still want our own predictable detach binding to be respected. So it's handled on a per-channel basis rather than a per-session basis.

// chord, and a reattach never inherits a stale awaiting-subcommand state
// or half a split candidate); defaults to `ctrl-]` / `d` when a client
// sends no keys.
chord_matcher: ChordMatcher,
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Newtype YAY

/// `forward = ctrl-]` (forward defaults to the leader, so a double-press
/// verbatim-forwards), `bell_on_leader = false`.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct SessionKeys {
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This is very cool

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< 10000 a title="fix(minimald): discard superseded-binding stdin, order idle-flush bytes Address two input-handling findings from the review of #1202: - Tag every StdinMsg from a binding with the host's binding generation (bumped on every attach) and drop queued messages from a superseded binding, so input typed at the old channel is never interpreted under the new channel's negotiated session keys. - Append idle-flushed chord-candidate bytes after any input still queued for the pty instead of replacing the buffer, preserving forwarded keystrokes written ahead of the flush." data-pjax="true" class="Link--secondary markdown-title" href="/gominimal/minimal/commit/48f5a64eb31d0b2cae02738b2996e1de87d2205a">fix(minimald): discard superseded-binding stdin, order idle-flush bytes
Address two input-handling findings from the review of #1202:

- Tag every StdinMsg from a binding with the host's binding generation
  (bumped on every attach) and drop queued messages from a superseded
  binding, so input typed at the old channel is never interpreted under
  the new channel's negotiated session keys.
- Append idle-flushed chord-candidate bytes after any input still queued
  for the pty instead of replacing the buffer, preserving forwarded
  keystrokes written ahead of the flush.
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2606-2680: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Process a pending chord before the PTY queue drains.

Line 2606 blocks remote_rx while stdin_buf contains older forwarded bytes. If b"x\x1b" leaves ESC pending and the next bytes of a negotiated terminal-protocol key are already queued, the matcher cannot consume them before CHORD_FLUSH_IDLE expires. The flush then forwards the prefix to the PTY, and the continuation is processed in idle mode.

Allow stdin processing while self.chord_matcher.has_pending(), even when stdin_buf is populated. Continue to append any resulting forwarded bytes through queue_stdin. Add a regression test with queued PTY data, a split key form, and PTY backpressure longer than 50 ms.

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-            Some(msg) = self.remote_rx.recv(), if self.stdin_buf.is_none() => {
+            Some(msg) = self.remote_rx.recv(),
+                if self.stdin_buf.is_none() || self.chord_matcher.has_pending() => {
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In `@crates/minimald/src/session_host.rs` around lines 2606 - 2680, Update the
remote stdin receive guard in the session event loop to process messages when
stdin_buf is populated if chord_matcher.has_pending() is true, while preserving
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In `@crates/minimald/src/session_host.rs`:
- Around line 2606-2680: Update the remote stdin receive guard in the session
event loop to process messages when stdin_buf is populated if
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86-90: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Enforce interactive-only session-key negotiation.

attach_command sends the session-key environment variables whenever session_keys is Some, even when command is non-empty. This allows an exec channel to receive interactive session-key settings. If command is non-empty and session_keys is Some, reject the combination before building the command.

Proposed fix
+    if !command.is_empty() && session_keys.is_some() {
+        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "session keys are only valid for interactive attach"
+        ));
+    }
+
     if let Some(keys) = session_keys {

Add a regression test for an exec command with Some(session_keys).

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In `@crates/minimal-client/src/attach.rs` around lines 86 - 90, Update
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In `@crates/minimal-client/src/attach.rs`:
- Around line 86-90: Update attach_command to reject non-empty command values
when session_keys is Some, before constructing or sending the command; allow
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@twitchyliquid64 ready for rereview!

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hoping this change can be merged soon @0chroma @twitchyliquid64

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Sorry this slipped off my radar, approved

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The detach chord is now configurable and negotiated per attach channel,
retiring the hardcoded ctrl-w default. ctrl-w is termios-special
(VWERASE): the line discipline consumes it before the app reads the
byte, a latent footgun. The new default leader is ctrl-] (0x1d), which
is not termios-special and lightly bound by editors, tmux, and zellij.

A new sessions::keys module owns the key types, the reject sets
(termios-special and wrapping-ambiguous), and the env-var contract. The
client config gains a [session-keys] section; the leader is validated
loudly at load and re-validated at the daemon as a silent backstop (log
and fall back to default, never garble the screen). The daemon matcher
derives the full encoding set (plain byte, kitty, modifyOtherKeys) from
the negotiated leader and runs a command-mode state machine: the leader
is swallowed and awaits a subcommand. d detaches, a second leader
verbatim-forwards (a nested-session primitive), and an unbound key
cancels command mode, mirroring tmux.

Negotiation reuses the existing per-channel env-var channel: the
interactive attach path sends MINIMAL_SESSION_LEADER and friends
alongside MINIMAL_SESSION_ID; exec channels send none. Two clients with
different configs on the same session each get their own chord.

BREAKING CHANGE: the default detach chord changes from ctrl-w to ctrl-]
then d. The daemon no longer intercepts ctrl-w (0x17 and its CSI
encodings) anywhere; it is forwarded to the shell like any ordinary key.

Refs: gominimal/inbox#475
matches_chunk previously did whole-chunk exact matching, so leader+key
bytes coalesced into a single SSH message (or a CSI split across two)
silently failed to match. Introduce ChordMatcher/FeedOutcome in
sessions::keys: feed() maintains the window-2 command-mode state, an
incremental prefix buffer for partial wire forms, and returns ordered
outcomes carrying verbatim leader bytes. session_host now consumes
outcomes from the matcher instead of per-chunk exact matching.

Also harden wire forms and validation in keys.rs:

- Emit the kitty no-modifier form (\x1b[<code>u) for plain keys; kitty
  omits ";1" and previously went unmatched.
- render encodings via a 32-byte stack Scratch instead of allocating
  per call; encodings() derives from for_each_form() as the single
  source of truth (eliminates KeyAction::Forward; ForwardLeader carries
  the data).
- validated_or_default falls back per field, preserving valid remaps
  when only the leader or only the detach key is invalid.
- Reject ctrl-h (0x08, BSD VERASE) as a leader alias; KeyError::
  Ambiguous now names the colliding alias instead of hardcoding
  "ctrl-i = TAB"; drop the unreachable 0x7f TERMIOS_SPECIAL entry.
- validate_detach_unaliased rejects detach==leader/forward shadowing.

Add daemon-boundary tests covering rejected-leader fallback with
preserved detach remap, coalesced-chord reattach renegotiation, and
swallow-and-cancel of unbound subcommands.
to_session_keys now runs validate_detach_unaliased, so a config whose
detach_key shadows the leader or forward binding is rejected instead of
silently shadowing one side at runtime.
resolve_minimal_config_dir duplicated the lookup already exported as
minimal_client::attach::minimal_config_dir; call through instead of
keeping two copies in sync.
loadouts.md gains the banner mint-scoping caveat, the field-scoped
validated_or_default fallback behavior, and the binding-collision
rejection. Fix the stale Ctrl-W reference in the min-dash TUI spec to
 negotiated-chord language.
A lone ESC is a strict prefix of every kitty wire form, so the streaming
chord matcher held it in its pending buffer for the next chunk to resolve.
When the next chunk never came (a bare ESC leaving vim insert mode), the
byte was held indefinitely and never reached the PTY.

Add ChordMatcher::has_pending() and ChordMatcher::flush(), and an
idle-flush timer in the daemon stdin loop: a chunk that leaves a split
candidate held arms a 50 ms deadline, and once the stream goes quiet the
candidate is flushed to the PTY as data (command mode cancelled).
The F5 section referenced the retired Ctrl-W attach/detach default. The
leader chord is now negotiated per channel (default ctrl-]).
Address two input-handling findings from the review of #1202:

- Tag every StdinMsg from a binding with the host's binding generation
  (bumped on every attach) and drop queued messages from a superseded
  binding, so input typed at the old channel is never interpreted under
  the new channel's negotiated session keys.
- Append idle-flushed chord-candidate bytes after any input still queued
  for the pty instead of replacing the buffer, preserving forwarded
  keystrokes written ahead of the flush.
Document the accepted key-name grammar in the loadouts reference and make
explicit that [session-keys] is client config read fresh per attach, not
loadout state composed at activation.
Move the override-aware config-dir resolution out of
minimal-client::attach (the wrong home for a layout question) into
paths::minimal_config_dir_with_override, so the layout crate owns the
shape. The attach path and the CLI's GlobalArgs adapter now delegate to
it; attach::minimal_config_dir is gone.
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0chroma force-pushed the feat/session-detach-config branch from 32e21c6 to c1cd829 Compare September 1, 2026 18:23
Main's #1250 taught scripts/e2e-attach-pty.py an E2E_PTY_DETACH exit path
that writes a bare ctrl-w (0x17) — correct on main, where ctrl-w is still
the detach chord. This branch retires ctrl-w: the byte now reaches the
session shell, readline eats it as delete-previous-word, and the attach
never ends, wedging the lifecycle-hooks proof until the driver's 240s
deadline SIGKILLs it (all three target lanes red).

Send the shipped default chord instead: leader ctrl-] (0x1d) then the
detach subcommand d, in one coalesced chunk — the shape ChordMatcher
accepts within a single stdin chunk (sessions::keys
feed_data_before_leader_still_fires_chord).
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0chroma merged commit c864e61 into main Sep 2, 2026
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0chroma deleted the feat/session-detach-config branch September 2, 2026 05:25
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