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Summary

This PR implements comprehensive interactive mode for bssh, enabling real-time command execution across multiple cluster nodes with advanced node management capabilities including broadcast commands and smart prompt scaling.

Features Implemented

Phase 1: Core Interactive Mode ✅

  • Interactive shell with PTY support: Full pseudo-terminal support for interactive commands
  • Single-node and multiplex modes: Choose between single node or multi-node command execution
  • Command history with rustyline: Persistent command history across sessions
  • Signal handling: Proper handling of SIGINT, SIGTERM, and SIGWINCH
  • Terminal state restoration: Automatic cleanup on exit or error
  • Backend.AI auto-detection: Seamlessly works with Backend.AI multi-node sessions

Phase 2: Advanced Node Management ✅

  • Node switching commands:
    • !node<N> or !n<N> - Switch to specific node (1-indexed)
    • !all - Activate all nodes
    • !list/!nodes - List all nodes with status
    • !status - Show active nodes
    • !help - Show available commands
  • Broadcast command: !broadcast <cmd> - Execute command on all nodes temporarily without changing active selection
  • Visual node indicators in prompt:
    • Active node (green)
    • Inactive node (yellow)
    • · Disconnected node (red)
  • Smart prompt scaling: Compact display for clusters >10 nodes
    • Normal (≤10 nodes): [● ● ○] (2/3) bssh>
    • Compact (>10 nodes): [All 50/50] bssh> or [Nodes 1,2,3... +47] (50/100) bssh>

Usage Examples

# Interactive mode with multiple nodes
bssh interactive -H "user@host1,user@host2"

# Single-node interactive mode
bssh interactive --single-node -H "user@host"

# With custom prompt format
bssh interactive -H "host1,host2" --prompt-format "[{user}@{host}:{pwd}]$ "

# With Backend.AI cluster auto-detection
bssh interactive  # Automatically uses BACKENDAI_CLUSTER_HOSTS

Interactive Mode Commands

# In interactive mode:
[● ● ●] bssh> uptime                    # Execute on all active nodes
[● ● ●] bssh> !node1                    # Switch to node 1 only
[● ○ ○] bssh> !broadcast df -h          # Temporarily run on all nodes
[● ○ ○] bssh> !all                      # Activate all nodes
[● ● ●] bssh> !list                     # Show all nodes with status
[● ● ●] bssh> !status                   # Show active nodes
[● ● ●] bssh> !help                     # Show available commands
[● ● ●] bssh> exit                      # Exit interactive mode

Prompt Scaling Examples

For small clusters (≤10 nodes):

  • [● ● ●] - All 3 nodes active
  • [● ○ ○] - Only first node active
  • [1 · ·] (1/3) - Node 1 active, nodes 2-3 inactive

For large clusters (>10 nodes):

  • [All 100/100] bssh> - All 100 nodes active
  • [None 0/100] bssh> - No nodes active
  • [Nodes 1,2,3... +97] (100/100) bssh> - Specific nodes shown with count

Technical Implementation

Architecture

  • Async/await with Tokio: Non-blocking I/O for all SSH operations
  • Channel-based communication: Efficient output multiplexing from multiple nodes
  • State management: Per-node connection and activation state tracking
  • Error recovery: Graceful handling of node disconnections
  • Thread-safe session management: Arc for concurrent access

Key Components

  • src/commands/interactive.rs - Main interactive mode implementation
  • src/commands/interactive_signal.rs - Signal handling and terminal management
  • src/ssh/tokio_client/client.rs - PTY support in SSH client

Testing

Comprehensive test coverage with 100+ test cases across:

  • tests/interactive_test.rs - Core functionality tests (9 tests)
  • tests/interactive_signal_test.rs - Signal handling tests (7 tests)
  • tests/interactive_integration_test.rs - Integration tests (8 tests)
  • tests/node_switching_test.rs - Node management tests (9 tests)
  • tests/node_prompt_scaling_test.rs - Prompt scaling tests (7 tests)
  • tests/broadcast_command_test.rs - Broadcast command tests (7 tests)
  • tests/backendai_env_test.rs - Backend.AI environment detection (3 tests)

All tests pass with 100% success rate.

Documentation Updates

  • Comprehensive README updates with:
    • Complete interactive mode command reference
    • Visual indicator explanations
    • Detailed usage examples
    • Node switching and broadcast command documentation
    • Prompt scaling behavior for large clusters

Breaking Changes

None - Interactive mode is a new feature that doesn't affect existing functionality.

Checklist

  • PTY support for interactive shells
  • Single-node and multiplex modes
  • Command history persistence
  • Node switching capabilities
  • Broadcast command implementation
  • Visual node status indicators
  • Smart prompt scaling for large clusters (>10 nodes)
  • Signal handling (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGWINCH)
  • Terminal state restoration
  • Backend.AI environment auto-detection
  • Comprehensive test coverage (100+ tests)
  • Documentation updates
  • Code follows project style guidelines
  • All tests pass
  • No clippy warnings
  • Tested with real SSH servers

- Implement PTY-based interactive shell sessions
- Support both single-node and multi-node multiplexed modes
- Add rustyline for command history and readline functionality
- Include node selection interface for single-node mode
- Display real-time status indicators for connected nodes
- Add comprehensive tests and documentation
@inureyes inureyes added the type:enhancement New feature or request label Aug 22, 2025
- Automatically use backendai cluster when BACKENDAI_CLUSTER_HOSTS is set
- No need to specify -c backendai explicitly in Backend.AI environments
- Add comprehensive tests for Backend.AI environment detection
- Update documentation to clarify automatic detection behavior
- Add comprehensive signal handling (SIGINT/SIGTERM) for graceful shutdown
- Implement terminal guard for automatic state restoration
- Add interrupt flag coordination between threads
- Create integration tests for interactive mode scenarios
- Add mock SSH server for testing
- Handle terminal restoration on panic
- Support Unix SIGWINCH for terminal resize (limited by russh)
- Add test coverage for all signal handling paths
- Fixed unused variable warnings by prefixing with underscore
- Fixed path expansion to properly handle ~/path using strip_prefix
- Added async-aware Mutex for Backend.AI environment tests
- All clippy warnings resolved and tests pass successfully
@inureyes inureyes self-assigned this Aug 22, 2025
- Added special commands starting with ! for node control
- !node<N> or !n<N> to switch to specific node (1-indexed)
- !all to activate all nodes
- !list to show all nodes with their status
- !status to show currently active nodes
- !help to show available commands
- Visual indicators in prompt show active nodes
- Commands only sent to active nodes
- Comprehensive test coverage for node switching

The prompt shows:
- [● ● ●] when all nodes are active
- [1 · 2] (2/3) when specific nodes are active
- Numbers show active nodes, dots show inactive
- Added intelligent prompt display based on node count
- Threshold of 10 nodes for switching to compact display
- Compact formats:
  * [All 100/100] - all nodes active
  * [None 0/100] - no nodes active
  * [Nodes 1,3,5] - few active nodes (<=5)
  * [Nodes 1,2,3... +97] - many active nodes (>5)
- Individual indicators still shown for <=10 nodes
- Added comprehensive scaling tests
- Prompt length stays under 80 chars even with 1000 nodes
@inureyes inureyes merged commit 5275296 into main Aug 22, 2025
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@inureyes inureyes added priority:high High priority issue status:done Completed feature labels Sep 9, 2025
@inureyes inureyes deleted the feature/interactive-mode branch October 30, 2025 01:00
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