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# Code Runtime
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The code-execution seam — a [capability seam](../rfc/implemented/architecture/2026-06-13-capability-seams.md) whose interface ([dsh-code-runtime](../../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime), `ctx.codeRuntime`) runs one model-written program against host-provided async bindings and reports what it printed and returned. Code execution is **one optional capability**, not part of the agent-loop spine — so its vocabulary lives here, not in [core.md](core.md). Backends differ by execution substrate and source language, both readonly descriptors on the service; the worker-thread backend and the tool-registry consumer (Code Mode) are specified in the [Code Mode RFC](../rfc/implemented/feature/2026-06-15-code-mode.md).
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Source: [`packages/code-runtime/code-runtime/src/types.ts`](../../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime/src/types.ts)
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## The run: request in, result out
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A `CodeRunRequest` carries **everything the runtime acts on** — per the "explicit > implicit at package seams" rule, defaulting (time budgets, output caps) is the implementation's validated config, never a hidden `??` inside `run()`:
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```ts type-equiv
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/**
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* One run: the program source plus everything the runtime acts on. Per the
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* explicit-over-implicit convention, defaulting (time budgets, output caps)
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* is the implementation's validated config — a request carries no optional
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* tuning knobs for a hidden `??` to fill in.
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*/
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interface CodeRunRequest {
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/**
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* The program source, in the runtime's {@link ../index.ts | language}. It
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* runs as the body of an async function: top-level `await` and `return`
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* are available, and the completion value becomes
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* {@link CodeRunResult.value}.
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*/
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program: string
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/** Host functions exposed to the program, one global object per namespace. */
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bindings: CodeBindingNamespace[]
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/**
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* Abort the run: the runtime stops the program (hard, even mid-loop) and
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* resolves with a {@link CodeRunFailure} of kind `'abort'`. In-flight
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* binding calls are the CALLER's to settle — the runtime only stops asking.
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*/
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signal?: AbortSignal
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}
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```
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The result reports an error as a **field**, never a rejection of `run()` — reporting a failed program is the caller's job, not an exception path (mirroring `BashExecutor.run`'s resolve-on-failure contract):
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```ts type-equiv
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/**
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* The outcome of one run. An error is a FIELD on a resolved result, never a
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* rejection of `run()` — reporting a failed program is the caller's job, not
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* an exception path.
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*/
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interface CodeRunResult {
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/**
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* The program's completion value (its top-level `return`), when it ran to
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* completion and the value survived the runtime's serialization boundary;
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* a non-transferable value is replaced by a string rendering, and a failed
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* or value-less run leaves this absent.
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*/
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value?: unknown
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/** Text the program emitted, in order (capped by the implementation). */
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logs: string[]
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/** Present iff the run failed; see {@link CodeRunFailure} for the taxonomy. */
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error?: CodeRunFailure
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}
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```
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## Bindings: host functions as program globals
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Each `CodeBindingNamespace` becomes one global object of async callables inside the program (the Code Mode consumer passes one: `tools`). Arguments and resolutions must be structured-cloneable — a runtime may bridge calls across a serialization boundary — and a runtime treats binding names as hostile input (`__proto__` is an ordinary own property, never a prototype collision):
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```ts type-equiv
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/**
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* A named group of {@link CodeBindingFunction}s the runtime exposes to the
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* program as one global object (e.g. `tools`). Function names are arbitrary
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* strings — a runtime must treat names like `__proto__` or `constructor` as
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* ordinary own properties (null-prototype construction), never as prototype
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* collisions.
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*/
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interface CodeBindingNamespace {
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/** The global identifier the program sees (must be a valid JS identifier). */
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global: string
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/** The callable members, keyed by the exact name the program calls. */
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functions: Record<string, CodeBindingFunction>
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}
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```
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```ts type-equiv
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/**
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* One host-side function exposed to the program as an async callable. The
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* runtime bridges calls to it (possibly across a serialization boundary), so
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* `args` and the resolution value MUST be structured-cloneable; a runtime
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* rejects a non-cloneable value with a descriptive error rather than
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* corrupting the run. A rejection of this function surfaces inside the
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* program as a rejection of the corresponding call.
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*/
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type CodeBindingFunction = (args: unknown) => Promise<unknown>
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```
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## Captured output and the failure taxonomy
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Logs are plain strings in emission order. The runtime captures the program's console and stream output, but channel and console-method metadata are not part of the seam because consumers render only the text. Implementations cap the aggregate output and mark truncation in-band.
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Failure kinds are **orthogonal outcomes reported independently** (per [defensive-patterns](../defensive-patterns.md)): a budget expiry is not an exception, an abort is not a timeout, and a substrate death (e.g. OOM) is neither:
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```ts type-equiv
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/**
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* Why a run failed. The kinds are orthogonal outcomes reported independently
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* (per docs/defensive-patterns.md): a budget expiry is not an exception, an
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* abort is not a timeout, and a substrate death is neither.
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*
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* - `'exception'` — the program threw or failed to parse/transform.
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* - `'timeout'` — an implementation-owned budget expired; the message says which.
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* - `'abort'` — {@link CodeRunRequest.signal} fired.
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* - `'worker-exit'` — the execution substrate died without settling (e.g. OOM).
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*/
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interface CodeRunFailure {
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/** The failure class (see the interface doc for each kind's meaning). */
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kind: 'exception' | 'timeout' | 'abort' | 'worker-exit'
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/** Human-readable detail, suitable for feeding back to a model to self-correct. */
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message: string
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}
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```
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## The service
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`CodeRuntime` (`ctx.codeRuntime`, abstract — defined in [`packages/code-runtime/code-runtime/src/index.ts`](../../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime/src/index.ts)) is `run(request)` plus two readonly descriptors: `language` (what the program must be written in — `'typescript'` is the well-known value; a consumer generating language-specific presentation switches on it and fails loud on one it cannot present) and `isolation` (the execution substrate — `'worker-thread'`, `'process'`, `'container'`; a diagnostic label, **not a security claim**). Implementations must keep runs isolated from each other (no cross-run state) and dispose to quiescence: in-flight runs are terminated and awaited before teardown completes.
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