Neil 696a5107f0 fix(ssh): stop a failed lsof from proving a relay endpoint exited
The incumbent probe printed `HOLDERS_SOURCE=lsof` before running `lsof`, then
discarded its exit status and stderr. Any `lsof` that ended with empty stdout for
a reason other than "nobody holds it" therefore parsed as verdict `exited`,
evidence `no-holder`, `holdersEnumerable: true` — a positive claim of absence the
host never made. `classifySupersededRelay` turns that claim into `rm -f` on the
socket inode, so it can unlink a path a live relay is still holding.

Measured on Debian 12 against a real NFS mount whose server is blackholed:

  condition                    wall      exit  stdout  stderr        holder found
  no network mounts            141ms     0     pid     -             yes
  NFS healthy                  143ms     0     pid     -             yes
  NFS wedged (hard)            >120s     KILL  -       -             no (blocked)
  NFS wedged, -w               >120s     KILL  -       -             no (blocked)
  NFS wedged, -S 2             >120s     KILL  -       -             no (blocked)
  any host, -b                 2ms       1     -       status error  no (WRONG)
  nothing holds it             fast      1     -       -             n/a (correct)

Two things follow. `-w` and `-S` do not address the blocking, and `-b` reports no
holder for a socket a live process is holding even on a host with no network
mounts, so neither is a fix. And because `-t` exits 1 both for "nobody holds it"
and for "could not answer", only the diagnostics separate the two.

Today the block is what protects us: the probe dies before `PROBE_END`, the
sentinel check fails, and the verdict is `unverifiable`. That safety is
accidental, and it is spent the moment anyone bounds the probe — a `timeout`
around the wedged case yields empty stdout and empty stderr, which the old script
read as `exited`.

So the script now decides `HOLDERS_SOURCE` after `lsof` has run: it merges stderr
into stdout, treats any non-numeric word or any exit outside lsof's own 0/1 as a
failure to answer, and emits `HOLDERS_SOURCE=error` — which the parser already
reads as not enumerable, hence `unverifiable`. Pids lsof did report are still
honoured, and an absent path stays exempt, so healthy hosts are unchanged and the
reap never becomes more permissive. Per docs/reference/ssh-execution-boundary.md,
a probe that could not answer is `unverifiable`, never `exited`.

This does not make husks reapable on a host with a wedged mount — lsof still
blocks there and the verdict stays `unverifiable`. Leaking husks is the correct
failure mode; unlinking a held socket is not. A `/proc/net/unix` + `/proc/*/fd`
enumeration answered that host correctly in 45ms and is the Linux-only follow-up.
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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.

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Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

iOS App Store · TestFlight · Android APK 0.0.48 · Docs →

Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

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Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

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Terminal splits

Design Mode

Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

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Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

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GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

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Remote worktrees over SSH

Annotate AI Diffs

Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

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Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

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Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

Docs →

Script Orca from the CLI

Also in the box:

  • Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
  • Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
  • Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
  • Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
  • Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

Supported Agents

Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.

Claude Code logo Claude Code   Codex logo Codex   Grok logo Grok   Cursor logo Cursor   GitHub Copilot logo GitHub Copilot   OpenCode logo OpenCode   MiMo Code logo MiMo Code   Amp logo Amp   OpenClaude logo OpenClaude   Antigravity logo Antigravity   Pi logo Pi   oh-my-pi logo oh-my-pi   Hermes Agent logo Hermes Agent   Devin logo Devin   Goose logo Goose   Auggie logo Auggie   Autohand Code logo Autohand Code   Charm logo Charm   Cline logo Cline   Codebuff logo Codebuff   Command Code logo Command Code   Continue logo Continue   Droid logo Droid   Kilocode logo Kilocode   Kimi logo Kimi   Kiro logo Kiro   Mistral Vibe logo Mistral Vibe   Qwen Code logo Qwen Code   Rovo Dev logo Rovo Dev   + any CLI agent


Install

Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

Or via a package manager:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca

# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin

Mobile Companion — iOS, Android

Pair with your desktop app to monitor and steer your agents from your phone.


Community & Support

  • Discord: Join the community on Discord.

  • Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.

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  • Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.

  • Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.

  • Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.


Developing

Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

The relay that pairs the mobile app with a desktop host is also in this repository under cloud/, with a separate pnpm workspace and setup guide.

Orca contributors

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License

Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.

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