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Finishes the Windows gaps that remain at main after colab console was removed (googlecolab#205) and after the earlier SSH portability work (googlecolab#181, googlecolab#192). Tested on native Windows 11, Python 3.12.
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colab edit
Closes its NamedTemporaryFile (delete=False) before the download and the external editor reopen it by name — Windows holds an exclusive lock — and unlinks it in a finally. This was the PermissionError: [WinError 32] failure.
colab repl
Falls back to prompt_toolkit's DummyOutput when no console screen buffer exists (headless Windows, CI, redirected stdin), instead of raising NoConsoleScreenBufferError while constructing the session.
colab ssh
Emits the ProxyCommand interpreter path with forward slashes on Windows. Native OpenSSH hands the string to CreateProcessW (no shell) while Git for Windows' ssh runs it through /bin/sh, where C:\... backslashes act as escapes. Also registers SIGBREAK for --rm teardown.
colab drivemount
The "press Enter after granting access" prompt reads CONIN$ on Windows (there is no /dev/tty); it previously fell back to stdin, which is wrong when stdin is piped.
colab update --install
Normalizes sys.executable separators so a C:\...\uv\tools\... install is detected as uv-managed.
tests
Help-output parsing no longer treats wrapped description rows (VM, from run at narrow widths) as command names — that alone failed two tests on an 80-column Windows console.
Evidence
Full suite on Windows: 552 passed, 10 skipped, 0 failed. At main the same command gives 15 failed (2 help-parser, 2 colab edit, 11 repl).
tests/test_windows_ssh.py launches a real ssh.exe with the generated ProxyCommand and asserts the child's argv: 18/18 pass, including session names with spaces, quotes, $(), ;, &, backslashes and CJK.
tests/test_ssh.py::test_proxy_command_windows_quoting pins the slash normalization cross-platform (compared against list2cmdline, so it also passes on Linux CI).
ruff check src tests clean.
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The console.py raw-mode/msvcrt work from the discussion #83 patch and #167: that module no longer exists, and colab ssh now delegates the terminal to ssh.exe.
Ports the Windows gaps still present after the console removal and the
earlier ssh portability work (verified on Windows: 552 passed, 15 failures
before).
- files: `colab edit` closes its temporary file before the download and the
editor reopen it by name, which Windows refuses while the handle is open,
and removes it in a `finally`.
- repl: fall back to prompt_toolkit's `DummyOutput` when there is no console
screen buffer (headless Windows, CI, redirected stdin) instead of raising
`NoConsoleScreenBufferError` while constructing the session.
- ssh: emit the Windows ProxyCommand interpreter path with forward slashes,
so Git for Windows' `/bin/sh` does not eat the backslashes of `C:\...`;
also register `SIGBREAK` for `--rm` teardown where it exists.
- automation: read `CONIN$` for the Drive-auth "press Enter" prompt.
- auto_update: normalize `sys.executable` separators for uv-tool detection.
- tests: help-output parsing no longer mistakes wrapped description rows
(`VM` from `run`) for command names at narrow widths; add a Windows
ProxyCommand quoting test and expect `SIGBREAK`.
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The changes update terminal handling, executable path detection, SSH command and signal handling, temporary-file cleanup, and CLI help-output parsing. The documentation records the REPL, Windows authorization prompt, updater, and SSH changes.
Update command selection and self-install normalize executable path separators before detecting uv tools installations. The log also documents Drive authorization input handling.
Windows SSH handling
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ProxyCommand and teardown signals src/colab_cli/commands/ssh.py, tests/test_ssh.py, tests/test_ssh_autocreate.py, tests/test_windows_ssh.py, docs/06_ssh_access.md
The ProxyCommand normalizes Windows interpreter paths. Teardown registers SIGBREAK when available. Tests cover command quoting and available signals, and the changelog records these updates.
Edit temporary-file lifecycle
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Temporary-file creation and cleanup src/colab_cli/commands/files.py
The edit command closes its temporary file before use and attempts to remove it after processing. It ignores OSError during cleanup.
CLI help command parsing
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Help output row parsing tests/test_cli.py
The command-name extraction helper now filters help rows and stops at closing borders, backticks, or plus-prefixed rows.
The PR claims native Windows support, but colab update still cannot detect or install uv-tool updates on Windows. SSH ProxyCommand can also mishandle backslash paths for config or identity under Git for Windows' ssh. Resolve both before merge or explicitly accept the limits.
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The title "fix: complete native Windows support" matches the main objective of the PR, which addresses Windows-specific gaps across colab edit, repl, ssh, drivemount, update --install, and help-output parsing. The changeset's file-level changes (temp file cleanup, DummyOutput fallback, CONIN$ prompt, ProxyCommand path normalization, SIGBREAK registration, uv path detection, help parsing tests) all fall under Windows support. The title is broad but accurately describes the primary change without being misleading.
A rabbit taps the prompt, then waits, While DummyOutput guards the gates. Slashes turn, and signals chime, A temp file leaves when it is time. The help rows sort themselves in line.
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Review comments at @src/colab_cli/auto_update.py:
- Line 140: Update the self-install detection used by _get_install_command so
Windows uv tool paths can select the uv update branch without enabling the pip
self-install path on Windows. Ensure the --install gate in self_install follows
the same platform-specific behavior, and align its help text and error message
with the supported platforms; preserve the existing Linux and macOS behavior.
Review comments at @src/colab_cli/commands/files.py:
- Around line 188-189: Update the cleanup handling in edit so an os.unlink
failure emits a warning to stderr that includes local_path and the error
details, rather than silently suppressing the failure.
Review comments at @src/colab_cli/commands/ssh.py:
- Line 478: Update the Windows ProxyCommand argument normalization so paths
passed through argv, including --config and --identity values, use forward
slashes rather than only normalizing argv[0]. Preserve the existing
subprocess.list2cmdline handling after normalization.
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- auto_update: pull the uv-tool path check into `_is_uv_managed_install()`
and use it from `_get_install_command()` without the platform gate, so a
uv-managed install on Windows is told to upgrade with `uv` instead of
`pip` (the previous normalization was dead code there). `--install`
itself keeps its Linux/macOS gate, since replacing a running executable
is not something we want to promise on Windows.
- files: report a temp file that cannot be removed, naming the path, rather
than suppressing the error and losing track of the downloaded content.
- ssh: normalize every path argument of the Windows ProxyCommand, not just
the interpreter -- `list2cmdline` leaves `C:\...` unquoted, and Git for
Windows' `/bin/sh` eats those backslashes. Session names stay verbatim,
which the existing literal-argv test pins.
- tests: cover the Windows uv hint, the cleanup warning, and path-argument
normalization; update the Windows literal-argv expectations.
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Finishes the Windows gaps that remain at
mainaftercolab consolewas removed (googlecolab#205) and after the earlier SSH portability work (googlecolab#181, googlecolab#192). Tested on native Windows 11, Python 3.12.What changed
colab editNamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) before the download and the external editor reopen it by name — Windows holds an exclusive lock — and unlinks it in afinally. This was thePermissionError: [WinError 32]failure.colab replprompt_toolkit'sDummyOutputwhen no console screen buffer exists (headless Windows, CI, redirected stdin), instead of raisingNoConsoleScreenBufferErrorwhile constructing the session.colab sshCreateProcessW(no shell) while Git for Windows'sshruns it through/bin/sh, whereC:\...backslashes act as escapes. Also registersSIGBREAKfor--rmteardown.colab drivemountCONIN$on Windows (there is no/dev/tty); it previously fell back to stdin, which is wrong when stdin is piped.colab update --installsys.executableseparators so aC:\...\uv\tools\...install is detected as uv-managed.VM, fromrunat narrow widths) as command names — that alone failed two tests on an 80-column Windows console.Evidence
mainthe same command gives 15 failed (2 help-parser, 2colab edit, 11repl).tests/test_windows_ssh.pylaunches a realssh.exewith the generatedProxyCommandand asserts the child's argv: 18/18 pass, including session names with spaces, quotes,$(),;,&, backslashes and CJK.tests/test_ssh.py::test_proxy_command_windows_quotingpins the slash normalization cross-platform (compared againstlist2cmdline, so it also passes on Linux CI).ruff check src testsclean.Deliberately not included
console.pyraw-mode/msvcrtwork from the discussion #83 patch and #167: that module no longer exists, andcolab sshnow delegates the terminal tossh.exe.auth.pytoken-file chmod /exit(1)→typer.Exitfrom feat: add native Windows support and cross-platform compatibility googlecolab/google-colab-cli#167: the keyring refactor made both moot.client.pyhostname containment from feat: add native Windows support and cross-platform compatibility googlecolab/google-colab-cli#167: not Windows-specific, and the reviewer already questioned the semantics.Known gaps (unchanged)
ssh.exeappears to terminate its ProxyCommand rather than signal it, sossh --rmteardown may not run on Windows (unverified).SIGWINCHon Windows, so terminal resizes are not forwarded during interactivessh.Credit: derived from the analysis and patches by @Aur-Shalev-Merin (discussion googlecolab#83) and @dsadawq3 (PR googlecolab#167).
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--rm.