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Every binary that reads MOQ_* variables (moq-relay, moq, moq-bench, moq-boy) now exits at startup, naming the variable, when the environment holds a MOQ_* name the binary does not read. A deployment that sets a stale or misspelled name fails loudly instead of running on defaults.

Changes

• moq_tokio::cli::check_env(specs, direct) collects every env name the binary's usage specs declare (flattened sections, subcommands, clauses, hidden released spellings, fallbacks), plus direct names read outside the spec, and refuses any other MOQ_* entry. It scans std::env::vars_os(), so a non-UTF-8 entry neither panics nor slips past, and compares case-insensitively on Windows.

• Each binary calls it after parsing, so --help and --version still answer: moq-relay/moq-bench in Config::load, moq in Invocation::parse (both Cli and Stage specs), moq-boy after its deprecated check.

• moq_video::ENV lists the variables moq-video reads directly (MOQ_VAAPI_DEVICE, MOQ_V4L2_ENCODER, MOQ_V4L2_DECODER, each only in builds that read it); moq passes it when it links moq-video.

• MOQ_* now belongs to the binaries. Repo variables that a harness, the dev shell, or CI exports into a process tree that runs one of these binaries would trip the check, so they move out of the namespace:

  Old	New
  MOQ_STRICT	CI_STRICT
  MOQ_DEV_SHELL (flake dev shell)	IN_MOQ_DEV_SHELL
  MOQ_ALLOW_HOST	ALLOW_HOST_TOOLCHAIN
  MOQ_CHECK_JOBS (just check lanes)	CHECK_JOBS
  MOQ_TEST_RUN	HARNESS_RUN_DIR
  MOQ_TEST_RUNS, _KEEP, _PORT_BASE, _RESULTS	HARNESS_RUNS, HARNESS_KEEP, HARNESS_PORT_BASE, HARNESS_RESULTS
  MOQ_TEST_PORTS	HARNESS_PORT_ROOT (HARNESS_PORTS is an internal array)
  MOQ_BIN, MOQ_RELAY_BIN (moxygen/cloudflare)	CLI_BIN, RELAY_BIN
  MOQ_RELAY_CONTAINER, MOQ_RELAY_IMAGE, MOQ_CLI_IMAGE, MOQ_GST_PLUGIN_DIR, MOQ_FLAKE	SMOKE_*
  MOQ_WASM_UNIFFI, MOQ_WASM_BASELINE_SMOKE	WASM_*
  MOQ_NO_OPEN (demo/web)	DEMO_NO_OPEN
  MOQ_BENCH_{BASE,ARTIFACTS,RUNS,LABEL,RESULTS,RUNTIME_*,SHARD_*,PROFILE_WORKLOAD,PROFILE_WORKERS}	BENCH_*
  MOQ_BENCH_PROFILE	BENCH_PROFILE_MODES (BENCH_PROFILE is bench/browser's cargo profile)

  Each was found by dumping every binary's declared names and diffing them against every MOQ_* name in the repo, then following the unknown ones to where they are exported. For example, test/lib/harness.sh exported MOQ_TEST_RUN into every harness that launches the relay, nightly's test drain runs the relay under MOQ_STRICT=1, and bench/run.sh runs moq-relay and moq-bench under the MOQ_BENCH_* harness knobs.

• Deployments are clean: the NixOS module, fly.toml, the smoke Dockerfile, and the relay/CLI doc examples only use names their binary reads. The NixOS module test from moq-dev/moq#6474 stays, since it catches a stale name in CI before a deployment hits the startup error; its comment is updated.

• Docs: doc/bin/relay/index.md (and the embed paragraph), doc/bin/cli.md, and doc/setup/upgrade.md, which said removed MOQ_HOP is ignored; it is now refused. MIGRATE entries for moq-relay, moq-cli, moq-boy.

• Quest: deletes quest/m1/env-unknown.md; quest/m2/usage-unknown-env.md loses its now-finished blocker and notes that an upstream option must also accept names read outside the spec.

Public API and CLI impact

• New: moq_tokio::cli::check_env, moq_tokio::cli::UnknownEnv, moq_video::ENV.
• Behavior (breaking for deployments): the four binaries refuse unknown MOQ_* variables at startup. A shell holding one binary's variables while running another trips it, as decided in the quest.
• Developer-facing: the harness, dev-shell, and CI variables above are renamed. No wire impact.

Left in MOQ_* on purpose

These never reach a refusing binary: in-process test knobs (MOQ_JSON_*, MOQ_QUIC_SEED/_CASES, MOQ_SHAPER_SEED, MOQ_GPU_VENDOR, MOQ_AUDIO_DEVICE, MOQ_WGC_WINDOW, MOQ_X11_BENCH_LOG, the *_CHILD re-exec markers), the FFI bench and build knobs (MOQ_BENCH_DIR, MOQ_BENCH_SECONDS, MOQ_BENCH_ROUNDS, MOQ_FFI_*, MOQ_GEN_*), bench/run.sh's awk-scoped MOQ_CASE_*, CMake -DMOQ_* options, the CARLA worker's MOQ_URL (Python only), and install.sh's MOQ_RELEASES_URL (it only runs moq --version, answered before the check).

Decisions

1. ✅ Rename the harness variables out of MOQ_* rather than allowlisting harness names in check_env, which would couple a library to test plumbing and let those names slip past in production. Decided by the maintainer.
2. ✅ Leave the in-process MOQ_* knobs alone in this PR. They never reach a refusing binary, so renaming them is churn without a behavior change; a follow-up quest can do it if one rule ("MOQ_* configures a binary") is wanted. Decided by the maintainer.

Checks

• just check (after merging main at 3a402c9): every module passes except check flake, whose VM image build needs unshare, which this sandbox denies (environment, not this diff). The same run with only flake dropped from the module list passed every other module, tests included (rs, py, js, gh, kt, go, cpp, dart, drafts, markdown, shell, quest).
• By hand: MOQ_TYPO=1 moq-relay exits naming MOQ_TYPO, while main's new MOQ_LISTEN_IMPLEMENTATION is accepted; --version still answers.
• Not run: just ci, just test interop --all, smoke, nightly suites; the harness renames are exercised only by CI on this PR.

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Walkthrough

The change adds startup checks that reject unread MOQ_* environment variables in several binaries. It also renames environment variables used by CI, test harnesses, benchmark tooling, local execution scripts, smoke tests, browser demos, and WASM tests. Documentation and migration notes reflect the new names and startup checks.

Priority: Normal

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Users following the migration guide may be surprised when MOQ_EPOCH stops startup. Correct the instruction before merging; the remaining risk is localized.

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Failed checks: 1 inconclusive

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: refusing unread MOQ_* environment variables in CLI binaries.
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Landing summary:

• Merged origin/main (no rebase) and resolved conflicts in rs/moq-boy/src/main.rs (main moved the openh264 check to required-features; check_env stays), rs/moq-cli/MIGRATE.md, quest/m1/README.md, quest/m1/ietf-lazy-discovery.md, sh/dispatch-query.test.py, and test/interop/clients/js/harness.ts.
• Re-diffed every MOQ_* name against the PR head: main added MOQ_CHECK_JOBS (renamed to CHECK_JOBS, since just check exports it into tests that run the binaries) plus MOQ_LISTEN_IMPLEMENTATION and MOQ_CONNECT_BACKOFF_HEALTHY, which are declared in the usage spec and accepted.
• Fixed Codex's finding: bench/metadata.py now records BENCH_*, so nightly Criterion reports find BENCH_LABEL again.
• Decisions (maintainer): keep the harness rename rather than an allowlist in check_env; leave the in-process MOQ_* knobs for a possible follow-up.
• Local just check passes every module except check flake (sandbox denies unshare); CI is green and Codex found no major issues on 4865246.

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Merged main (through b9259fc) into the branch after the merge queue dropped it for merge_conflict. Head is now ab198dc.

Conflicts and resolution:

• quest/m0/ci/local-gate.md: main deleted the finished quest; this PR had only renamed MOQ_CHECK_JOBS in it. Kept the deletion.
• README.md and sh/dispatch-query.test.py: took main's new local-gate text and test setup, applying this PR's renames (CHECK_JOBS, CI_STRICT, IN_MOQ_DEV_SHELL, ALLOW_HOST_TOOLCHAIN).
• The local check gate from moq-dev/moq#6256 adds MOQ_LOCAL_SUPERVISED=1, which sh/local.ts exports into every locally launched suite, including ones that run moq-relay (for example test/drain). Under this PR that would trip the startup check, so it is renamed to LOCAL_SUPERVISED everywhere it appears (sh/local.{sh,ts}, the language and fixture launchers, bench/local.py, and the tests). bench/local.py's MOQ_CHECK_JOBS also becomes CHECK_JOBS. After the merge, no MOQ_* name in the tree is missing from the PR head.

Checks: just check passes every module except check flake, whose VM build needs unshare, which this host refuses. test gh and check dart were run on their own after the full run, and both pass. quest check --base origin/main passes. The 11 commits that landed on main since then merge cleanly and add no MOQ_* names.

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Reviewed commit: ab198dc

No new actionable bugs found. The main-merge integration consistently renames the supervisor’s exported marker and its launcher/test consumers to LOCAL_SUPERVISED, avoiding rejection by the binaries’ MOQ_* check while preserving nested admission. CHECK_JOBS and CI_STRICT integration also remains consistent. The earlier independent benchmark-metadata finding is fixed: BENCH_* values are recorded alongside retained MOQ_BENCH_* knobs.

Direction: keeping harness configuration outside the binaries’ reserved namespace is simpler than expanding the production allowlist with development-only exceptions.

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Minor · Correct the MOQ_EPOCH migration instruction. · MIGRATE.md:50

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the MOQ_EPOCH migration instruction.

The new environment check rejects MOQ_EPOCH, but Line 50 still says it is ignored. Tell users that MOQ_EPOCH now stops startup and must be removed. As per coding guidelines, “Fix any outdated docs and comments inline; don't add a separate PR for it.”

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