Fix External MCP server bugs; add npx/Node.js detection and install help
Root-caused two real issues Rune hit with Obsidian/Homepage external MCP servers: 1. Toggling a server's enable switch silently wiped transportKind/env/ url/bearerToken/headers back to stdio defaults (only id/name/command/ args/isEnabled/timeout/createdAt were preserved) — almost certainly how Obsidian's config got corrupted into an empty-command stdio entry despite never being edited directly. Fixed via ExternalMCPServer.withEnabledToggled(), which flips only isEnabled. 2. npx (installed via Homebrew) was invisible to Confab because GUI apps only inherit launchd's minimal PATH, not the Terminal PATH. Tried spawning the user's login shell to ask for its real PATH — this caused two real hangs in one session (first an -ilc pipe deadlock, then a waitUntilExit()/CFRunLoop reentrancy issue even after fixing that) and was abandoned entirely in favor of LoginShellEnvironment: deterministic, subprocess-free directory probing (Homebrew, MacPorts, Volta, nvm's alias file) that can't hang by construction. Also added: - Edit capability for existing External MCP servers (previously only Add/Toggle/Delete) — the second thing Rune explicitly asked for, and the way to fix a corrupted entry like Obsidian's without deleting it. - MCPClientError.commandNotFound: a stdio server's command is checked against PATH up front in StdioMCPTransport.prepare() and fails immediately with a clear reason instead of cycling through 3 rounds of crash/restart backoff (5s/15s/30s) for a permanently-missing binary. - A "Get Node.js" button appears when this happens, opening a sheet with a copyable `brew install node`, a one-click install (via NodeInstallHelper, using the terminationHandler/readabilityHandler pattern already proven safe elsewhere in this file — deliberately not waitUntilExit()), or a nodejs.org link if Homebrew isn't present. - ExternalMCPManager.retryClient(id:) to manually retry after fixing the underlying cause. - Help book: new "Servers That Use npx" section, updated Server Status section, updated Settings blurb. 37 new/changed tests covering the toggle fix, PATH probing, the commandNotFound fast-fail path, and missing-command detection — full suite (374 tests) passes clean.
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@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ nonisolated struct ExternalMCPServer: Codable, Identifiable, Sendable {
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]
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var isSlugReserved: Bool { Self.reservedSlugs.contains(slug) }
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/// Returns a copy with only `isEnabled` flipped. Exists so toggling a server in Settings can't
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/// silently drop fields — see the fixed bug in `SettingsService.toggleExternalMCPServer`, which
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/// used to rebuild the struct from a subset of fields and lose `transportKind`/`env`/`url`/
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/// `bearerToken`/`headers` on every toggle.
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func withEnabledToggled() -> ExternalMCPServer {
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var copy = self
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copy.isEnabled.toggle()
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return copy
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}
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}
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// MARK: - Client State
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@@ -154,6 +164,12 @@ enum MCPClientError: LocalizedError {
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case handshakeFailed(String)
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case writeFailed
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case invalidConfiguration(String)
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/// The stdio server's `command` couldn't be located anywhere on PATH (inherited + the common
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/// install directories `LoginShellEnvironment` checks). Deliberately distinct from
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/// `.processLaunchFailed`: this is a permanent, static condition — no amount of
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/// restart-with-backoff will ever fix a binary that isn't there — so callers route it straight
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/// to a clear `.error` state instead of the crash/retry loop. See `ExternalMCPClient.start()`.
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case commandNotFound(String)
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var errorDescription: String? {
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switch self {
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@@ -164,6 +180,7 @@ enum MCPClientError: LocalizedError {
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case .handshakeFailed(let s): return "MCP handshake failed: \(s)"
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case .writeFailed: return "Failed to write to MCP server stdin"
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case .invalidConfiguration(let s): return "Invalid MCP server configuration: \(s)"
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case .commandNotFound(let s): return "Command not found: \(s)"
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}
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}
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}
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