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This makes the Remote workspace flow the one way developers run agents in a staging Sandbox. They need only their Buzz key and the accounts they enroll once, and every commit an agent makes is signed and verified. Remote agents are new, with one user so far, so there is no compatibility path: what the relay flow replaced is removed.

Per-agent settings: Harness, Model, Effort, Fast mode, Instructions, Environment

  • No Runs on, Relay or Manager key. Every agent asks the build's Sandbox manager (config::MANAGER_PUBKEY) on its community. The Kubernetes provider is gone from the type.
  • Model explains itself per harness, for example claude-opus-5-5 for Claude Code, or an OpenRouter model ID for Buzz agent.
  • Effort (Harness default, Low, Medium, High, Extra high, Max) is sent as BUZZ_ACP_EFFORT_LEVEL.
  • Fast mode (Off/On) is sent as BUZZ_ACP_FAST_MODE.
  • Goose is removed: the agent image doesn't have it.

Enroll form, once per developer: GitHub token, Git email, via profile, 1Password token, model credentials

  • Git email is prefilled from git config --global user.email.

  • Enrolling (remote_workspace::enroll::run) does four steps in order:

    1. reads the token's GitHub login and name (GET /user) for github.login and the Git author;
    2. generates an Ed25519 agent signing key with ssh-keygen;
    3. sends the profile, with the private half as git.ssh_signing_key;
    4. once the manager stores it, adds the public half to the account as a signing key:
      • with the developer's local GitHub CLI (gh api --method POST /user/ssh_signing_keys), after checking that gh is signed in to the token's account;
      • otherwise the form says why, and shows the key, a Copy key button, and the three GitHub steps to add it as a Signing Key. Common reasons: gh isn't installed, isn't signed in, or lacks the admin:ssh_signing_key scope.

    The agents' GitHub token, which goes into every Sandbox, needs no account permission. Only gh on the developer's own machine ever changes their signing keys.

  • The developer ID is left empty. The manager fills it in from the signing owner's entry.

Manager (buzz-sandbox-reaper)

  • Fills in an empty developer from the signing owner's developer entry.
  • profile.rs follows profile.py: git is {name, email, ssh_signing_key}, where the key is one OpenSSH private key block.

Agent image

  • Signing: the bootstrap writes the key to .config/buzz-agent/ssh-signing-key (0600, excluded from checkpoints). buzz-agent-account init sets gpg.format ssh with commit.gpgsign and tag.gpgsign. Without the key, Git refuses to commit.
  • Fast mode: buzz-acp applies BUZZ_ACP_FAST_MODE like effort, on each new session through the model's fast-mode option (claude-agent-acp fast, codex-acp fast-mode). Models without the option are skipped.

Removed

  • The Codex device-login setup gate: setup.js, the entrypoint branch, profile.py's setup handling, buzz-backend-kubernetes's setup binding (configure_setup, setup_pending), and test-setup.py.
  • OpenPGP signing through a forwarded GPG agent (gpg.sh/buzz-gpg).
  • The workstation profile.py enroll command, and the interactive buzz-agent-account github|via|via-profile|depot helpers.
  • buzz-backend-kubernetes from the GPUI package. The flake now builds only buzz-backend-relay.
  • The type key changes from voltage.remote-workspace/kubernetes to voltage.remote-workspace/sandbox. Existing agents of the old key change type again once, under Settings → Provider.

Docs

voltage/remote-agents.md is a new guide to share with the team. It covers:

  • how the pieces fit together, with diagrams of the architecture, the enroll flow and a session;
  • where each credential lives;
  • onboarding a developer (admin) and setting up agents (developer), including the 1Password service account;
  • what an agent can reach, and troubleshooting.

Tested

  • buzz-gpui with voltage-sandbox: 1062 passed, 2 ignored. Covers the new enroll fields and profile shape, the GitHub identity parsing, the gh failure reasons, effort and fast mode in the launch, and the manager and relay fixed per community.
  • buzz-sandbox-reaper: 90 passed. Covers the SSH key rule and the developer ID fill-in.
  • buzz-acp: 1092 passed. Covers fast-mode option discovery and values.
  • buzz-backend-kubernetes: 227 passed. buzz-backend-relay: 9 passed.
  • profile.py checked locally against a real ssh-keygen key: accepted with and without a final newline. An OpenPGP fingerprint and the old signing_key field are refused.
  • Image tests run in this PR's CI:
    • test-accounts.py signs a commit with a fresh SSH key, verifies it against the public key, and checks that a missing key refuses the commit;
    • test-profile.py seeds the profile as the manager stores it, and adds mixed-codex and gpg-fingerprint refusals.

Deploy

After merge, the image workflow publishes new agent and reaper images. Then:

  1. repin the gate, reaper, manager and Sandbox images (cd), and agent_image (voltage-terraform);
  2. sync, and rebuild GPUI from the merge commit;
  3. switch the developer's agent type, and enroll once.

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  • .github/workflows/voltage-agent-images.yml
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/config.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/enroll.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/enroll_form.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/enroll_tests.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/mod.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/settings.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/signing.rs
  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/tests.rs
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  • crates/buzz-acp/src/acp.rs
  • crates/buzz-acp/src/pool.rs
  • crates/buzz-backend-kubernetes/src/config.rs
  • crates/buzz-backend-kubernetes/src/pod.rs
  • crates/buzz-backend-kubernetes/src/sandbox.rs
  • crates/buzz-backend-kubernetes/src/sandbox_tests.rs
  • crates/buzz-sandbox-reaper/src/enroll.rs
  • crates/buzz-sandbox-reaper/src/enroll_tests.rs
  • crates/buzz-sandbox-reaper/src/manager_tests.rs
  • crates/buzz-sandbox-reaper/src/profile.rs
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  • voltage/images/README.md
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  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/account.py
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/entrypoint.sh
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  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/profile.example.json
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/profile.py
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/setup.js
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/test-accounts.py
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/test-profile.py
  • voltage/images/buzz-agent/test-restore.py
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  • voltage/remote-agents.md
📝 Walkthrough

Remote workspace settings now use the relay and support effort and fast-mode options. Enrollment creates an SSH signing key and registers its public key with GitHub. The manager validates SSH-key profiles, and the agent configures Git signing. ACP session startup applies configured fast mode when supported.

Changes: Remote workspace configuration and signing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Relay-backed settings and runtime controls
apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/config.rs, .../settings.rs, .../mod.rs, .../tests.rs
Configuration defaults to relay and adds effort and fast-mode values. The settings UI uses the community relay and manager key, exposes those controls, and displays runtime-specific model guidance. Tests cover relay configuration, environment validation, and launch variables.
GitHub-backed SSH key enrollment
apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/enroll.rs, .../enroll_form.rs, .../signing.rs, .../enroll_tests.rs, .../settings.rs
The form collects GitHub token and Git email. Enrollment fetches GitHub identity, creates an Ed25519 key, registers the public key, and submits the profile. It unregisters the key if enrollment fails or returns an outcome other than Enrolled.
SSH profile validation and admission
crates/buzz-sandbox-reaper/src/enroll.rs, .../enroll_tests.rs, .../manager_tests.rs, .../profile.rs, .../profile_tests.rs
Profile validation now requires an OpenSSH private signing key. Admission fills a missing or empty developer ID from the signing developer.
Agent SSH signing setup
voltage/images/buzz-agent/account.py, .../profile.py, .../profile.example.json, .../README.md, .../test-accounts.py, .../test-profile.py, .../test-restore.py
The agent stores the private key in a file and configures Git SSH signing. Account setup accepts openpgp or ssh, and signer status recognizes either a GPG socket or the SSH key file.
ACP fast-mode application
crates/buzz-acp/src/acp.rs, .../pool.rs
ACP recognizes fast-mode option IDs and parses enabled and disabled values. Session startup applies the setting after model selection and updates captured configuration after successful application.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant EnrollForm
  participant EnrollRun as enroll::run
  participant GitHubAPI as GitHub API
  participant SandboxManager
  EnrollForm->>EnrollRun: Submit enrollment values
  EnrollRun->>GitHubAPI: Fetch account identity
  EnrollRun->>EnrollRun: Generate Ed25519 signing key
  EnrollRun->>GitHubAPI: Register public signing key
  EnrollRun->>SandboxManager: Enroll profile
  EnrollRun->>GitHubAPI: Unregister key if enrollment fails or is not Enrolled
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tee8z force-pushed the feat/gpui-remote-workspace-relay-only branch from 7d3ccef to dfc13a2 Compare October 22, 2026 19:06
@tee8z tee8z changed the title feat(gpui): run new Remote workspace agents through the Sandbox manager feat(gpui): run every Remote workspace agent through the Sandbox manager Oct 22, 2026
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@tee8z tee8z changed the title feat(gpui): run every Remote workspace agent through the Sandbox manager feat(agents): signed commits, a simpler per-agent form, effort and fast mode, relay only Oct 22, 2026

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  • apps/buzz-gpui/crates/app/src/agent_plugins/remote_workspace/enroll_form.rs
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tee8z added 7 commits October 22, 2026 16:46
The Runs on picker offered the direct Kubernetes provider, which needs
cluster and AWS access on the developer's device, next to the Sandbox
manager, which needs only their Buzz key, and new agents defaulted to
Kubernetes. Remove the Kubernetes provider from the Remote workspace type:
no picker and no provider config box, the relay and manager key are always
shown with the enroll form, new agents start on the relay, and every saved
config reads as the relay's.
Sandbox commits could not be signed: the image required OpenPGP
signatures from a GPG agent forwarded from the developer's machine, which
nothing forwards through the relay, so every commit failed, and default
branches require signed commits.

The profile's git.signing_key fingerprint becomes git.ssh_signing_key, an
OpenSSH Ed25519 private key generated at enrollment and registered on the
developer's GitHub account as a signing key. The bootstrap writes it to a
private file outside checkpoints, and the account helper configures
gpg.format ssh with commit and tag signing. The manual OpenPGP path stays.

Enrollment also fills in the developer ID from the signing owner's entry
when the profile leaves it empty, so developers need not know it.
BUZZ_ACP_FAST_MODE (on/off) is applied like BUZZ_ACP_EFFORT_LEVEL: on each
new session, through the running model's fast-mode option, claude-agent-
acp's "fast" or codex-acp's "fast-mode", and skipped when the model has
none. Transport errors are fatal as for effort; a rejection keeps the
adapter's default.
Settings drops the Relay and Manager key fields: every agent asks the build's
Sandbox manager on its community. It adds Effort and Fast mode pickers, sent
as BUZZ_ACP_EFFORT_LEVEL and BUZZ_ACP_FAST_MODE, explains the Model field per
harness, and drops Goose, which the agent image does not have.

The enroll form asks only for the GitHub token, Git email (prefilled from
git config), via profile, 1Password token and model credentials. Enrolling
reads the token's GitHub login and name for the profile, creates an Ed25519
agent signing key with ssh-keygen and registers it on that account, and
removes the key again unless the manager stores the profile. The developer
ID is left for the manager to fill in.
Remote agents are new, and the relay flow is their only path, so drop
what it replaced:

- the Codex device-login setup gate: setup.js, its entrypoint branch,
  profile.py's setup handling, buzz-backend-kubernetes's setup binding and
  pod UID, and test-setup.py;
- OpenPGP commit signing through a forwarded GPG agent (buzz-gpg): Git
  signs only with the profile's agent SSH key;
- the workstation profile.py enroll command and the interactive
  buzz-agent-account github, via, via-profile and depot helpers;
- buzz-backend-kubernetes in the GPUI package, and the remote workspace
  type key named after it: it is now voltage.remote-workspace/sandbox.
Registering the key with the GitHub token needed Account permissions →
SSH signing keys: write on a token that every Sandbox holds, so an agent
could add or delete signing keys. Register the key with the developer's
local GitHub CLI instead, after the manager stores the profile and after
checking gh is signed in to the token's account. When gh cannot, the form
shows why, the public key with a Copy key button, and the steps to add it
as a Signing Key. The agents' token needs no account permission.
How Remote workspace agents work, with diagrams of the components, the
enrollment, and a session; where each credential lives; how an admin
onboards a developer and how a developer sets up agents, including the
1Password service account and the agents' signing key; what an agent can
reach; and troubleshooting by the message the developer sees.
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tee8z dismissed thebrandonlucas’s stale review October 22, 2026 20:46

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