Remove unnecessary existing session check

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[claude]

PR Review: Remove unnecessary existing session check

Summary

This PR simplifies the error message check in the session reuse logic by removing the redundant check for "Session" in the error message. The change is from:

if (error?.message?.includes('already exists') || error?.message?.includes('Session'))

to:

if (error?.message?.includes('already exists'))

Code Quality ✅

• Clean and focused: The change is minimal and targeted
• Better specificity: The simplified check is more precise - the actual error message from session-manager.ts:33 is Session '${options.id}' already exists, which already contains "already exists"
• Reduces ambiguity: Removing the generic "Session" check eliminates potential false positives from other error messages that might contain the word "Session"

Analysis 🔍

Evidence from codebase

Looking at packages/sandbox-container/src/services/session-manager.ts:28-40, the actual error message returned when a session already exists is:

message: `Session '${options.id}' already exists`

This confirms that:

1. The error message always contains "already exists" when a session exists
2. The additional || error?.message?.includes('Session') check is redundant
3. The word "Session" appears in the error message anyway, but checking for it alone is too broad

Potential concerns addressed

The original code may have included the "Session" check as a safety net, but this could cause issues:

• False positives: Other errors containing the word "Session" (e.g., "Session not found", "Session timeout") would incorrectly trigger the reuse logic
• Maintenance: The more specific check makes the code easier to understand and maintain

Performance ✅

• Negligible impact (one fewer string check)
• Actually slightly better performance by avoiding a second condition check

Security ✅

• No security implications
• Actually improves error handling by being more precise about which errors to catch

Best Practices ✅

• Error handling specificity: The change follows best practices by matching specific error conditions rather than overly broad patterns
• Clear intent: The code now clearly shows it's catching "already exists" errors specifically
• Changeset included: Proper versioning documentation with .changeset/odd-beds-glow.md

Test Coverage 📋

Recommendation: While the change is safe, consider adding a specific test case for the hot reload scenario in packages/sandbox/tests/sandbox.test.ts. Currently, line 378 tests session creation failure, but there's no explicit test for the "already exists" error handling path.

Suggested test:

it('should reuse existing session after hot reload', async () => {
  vi.mocked(sandbox.client.utils.createSession).mockRejectedValueOnce(
    new Error("Session 'sandbox-default' already exists")
  );
  
  const result = await sandbox.exec('echo test');
  
  expect(result.success).toBe(true);
  expect(sandbox.client.utils.createSession).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
});

Verdict ✅ LGTM

This is a good cleanup that:

• Removes redundant code
• Makes the intent clearer
• Reduces risk of false positives
• Maintains the same functionality

Minor suggestion: Consider adding a test case specifically for the hot reload scenario to ensure this edge case remains covered.

[claude]

Code Review for PR #143: Remove unnecessary existing session check

Summary

This PR removes an overly broad error message check in the session initialization error handler, making the error matching more specific and precise.

Code Quality & Best Practices ✅

Positive aspects:

• The change improves code precision by removing the redundant || error?.message?.includes('Session') check
• The changeset is properly documented with clear description
• The code change is minimal and focused on a single concern

Analysis:
The original condition was:

if (error?.message?.includes('already exists') || error?.message?.includes('Session'))

The new condition is:

if (error?.message?.includes('already exists'))

This is a good improvement because:

1. The first check includes('already exists') already catches the specific error from session-manager.ts:33 which says "Session '${options.id}' already exists"
2. The second check includes('Session') was too broad and could match unrelated errors containing the word "Session"
3. Removing the overly permissive check reduces the risk of silently catching and mishandling unexpected errors

Potential Issues ⚠️

Consider edge cases:
Looking at packages/sandbox-container/src/services/session-manager.ts:28-40, the error message is:

message: `Session '${options.id}' already exists`

This message contains both "Session" and "already exists", so the first check alone is sufficient. However, consider:

1. Error message consistency: If the error message in session-manager.ts ever changes to something like "Session ID xyz exists" (without "already exists"), this catch block would fail. Consider using error codes instead of string matching for better reliability.

2. Error type specificity: The current implementation uses string matching on error messages, which is fragile. A more robust approach would be to check error codes (e.g., error?.code === ErrorCode.SESSION_EXISTS or similar).

Security Concerns ✅

No security concerns identified. The change reduces the attack surface by making error handling more specific.

Performance Considerations ✅

No performance impact. The change actually makes the condition slightly faster by removing one string check.

Test Coverage ⚠️

Current state:

• The packages/sandbox/tests/sandbox.test.ts file has tests for session management
• However, I couldn't find specific tests that verify the "session already exists" error handling behavior during hot reload scenarios

Recommendation:
Consider adding a test case to verify that when a session creation fails with the "already exists" error, the code correctly reuses the existing session. For example:

it('should reuse session when already exists error occurs', async () => {
  vi.mocked(sandbox.client.utils.createSession).mockRejectedValueOnce(
    new Error("Session 'sandbox-default' already exists")
  );
  
  await sandbox.exec('echo test');
  
  expect(sandbox.client.commands.execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
    'echo test',
    'sandbox-default'
  );
});

Recommendations

1. Short term: The current change is good and should be merged as-is.

2. Long term improvement: Consider refactoring error handling to use error codes instead of string matching:

   if (error?.code === ErrorCode.SESSION_EXISTS) {
     // reuse session
   }

   This would be more maintainable and less prone to breakage from error message changes.

3. Test coverage: Add specific test coverage for the hot reload scenario to prevent regressions.

Conclusion

This is a solid improvement that makes the code more precise and maintainable. The change is safe and improves code quality. I recommend merging this PR.

Overall Assessment: LGTM ✅ with suggestions for future improvements.