fix(acp): decode standards-compliant JSON-RPC errors instead of crashing

[JonahSimon]

Summary

Fixes "Internal error at decodeJsonError" when a standards-compliant ACP agent (e.g. OpenHands) returns a plain JSON-RPC error.

Root cause

@effect/rpc's ndjson codec (RpcSerialization.js) only recognizes its own _tag: "Cause" marker on a JSON-RPC error as a typed failure. Any other standards-compliant agent's plain {code, message, data} error gets boxed as an opaque Die. Native Agent RPC responses (no pendingRequest tracked in extPending) skip this module's own request/response handling, so that Die reaches @effect/rpc's generic Schema.Defect() decoder and crashes instead of surfacing as the RPC's typed error schema.

Fix

repairJsonRpcErrorExit in packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.ts rewrites a Die whose defect is a protocol error into a Fail while the defect is still the untouched raw object, letting it decode against the RPC's error schema like any other typed failure.

Also registers the OpenHands provider in the settings UI (icon + provider meta) so it can be enabled from Settings > Providers.

Verification

Verified end-to-end through the real UI: enabled the OpenHands provider in Settings > Providers, selected it in the composer agent picker, sent a prompt, and received a clean response with no decode error.

Note: OpenHands' own ACP implementation has a separate bug where MCP server headers (array of {name, value} per ACP spec) are not converted to the dict format its MCPConfig expects. That requires a local patch to the installed OpenHands package (openhands_cli/acp_impl/utils/mcp.py) and is tracked separately.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of standard JSON-RPC error responses.
  • Errors containing only a code and message now follow the expected typed error path instead of being treated as unexpected defects.

• Tests

  • Added regression coverage to verify correct handling of standards-compliant JSON-RPC failures.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change adds a full OpenHands ACP provider and headless text-generation integration across contracts, server runtime, shared ACP infrastructure, and the product UI, rather than only decoding JSON-RPC errors. It also changes product defaults and adds static-analysis suppressions, while unresolved runtime findings concern permissions, turn concurrency, and session lifecycle state.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The protocol now repairs protocol-shaped JSON-RPC Die defects into typed Fail causes before queuing responses. A regression test covers an error containing only code and message.

Changes

JSON-RPC error repair

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Repair and validation packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.ts, packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.test.ts	repairJsonRpcErrorExit converts matching Die defects into typed Fail causes. Unknown extension responses use the repair before queueing. Tests verify standard JSON-RPC error fields.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c346c

The narrowed change correctly handles standard JSON-RPC errors, and the previously identified OpenHands-related risks are no longer present. The PR is ready to merge.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 23.81% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 21 functions across 21 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: fixing decoding of standards-compliant JSON-RPC errors that previously caused crashes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, root cause, fix, and verification. It is mostly complete, but it uses headings different from the repository template, omits the checklist, and still mentions Ope…
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenHandsProvider.ts`:
- Line 210: Update the probe error messages in the OpenHands provider to display
the configured executable, using openHandsSettings.binaryPath || "openhands"
instead of hardcoded “openhands” and PATH references. Apply this consistently to
both affected error branches near the probe handling.

In `@apps/server/src/textGeneration/OpenHandsTextGeneration.ts`:
- Around line 210-213: Update the buildBranchNamePrompt call in
OpenHandsTextGeneration to pass input.policy alongside message and attachments,
so the prompt can use policy.branchInstructions.

In `@packages/contracts/src/settings.ts`:
- Around line 724-726: Remove the OpenHands provider’s selectable customModels
configuration until selection is applied by the adapter. Update the
OpenHandsProvider settings definition associated with customModels; do not rely
on resolveOpenHandsAcpBaseModelId, and leave buildOpenHandsAcpSpawnInput
unchanged unless it is needed to prevent exposing unsupported model selection.

In `@SUMMARY.md`:
- Line 52: Update the fenced code block in the documentation around the error
output to specify the text language, using the existing error content unchanged.
Ensure the Markdown remains formatter-clean.

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• apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenHandsAdapter.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenHandsProvider.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/Layers/OpenHandsProvider.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderRegistry.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/Services/OpenHandsAdapter.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/acp/AcpSessionRuntime.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/acp/OpenHandsAcpSupport.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/acp/OpenHandsAcpSupport.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/builtInDrivers.ts
• apps/server/src/textGeneration/OpenHandsTextGeneration.test.ts
• apps/server/src/textGeneration/OpenHandsTextGeneration.ts
• apps/web/src/components/Icons.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/providerIconUtils.ts
• apps/web/src/components/settings/providerDriverMeta.ts
• packages/contracts/src/model.ts
• packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
• packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.ts

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[JonahSimon]

Note on scope: the OpenHands driver half of this PR is secondary. The primary value is the repairJsonRpcErrorExit fix in effect-acp — it's a general ACP bug that affects every standards-compliant ACP agent (Grok, Cursor, Antigravity, OpenHands), where a plain JSON-RPC error crashes as an opaque Die instead of decoding cleanly. If the OpenHands driver doesn't fit the project's direction, the bug fix is worth taking on its own.

[JonahSimon]

Scoped this PR down to just the JSON-RPC decode fix (packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.ts + a new regression test in protocol.test.ts). Pulled out the OpenHands provider/adapter/driver/text-generation code and all its registrations — that's where every Macroscope and CodeRabbit finding lives, and it's a separate feature from the bug fix. The full OpenHands integration will come back as its own PR with those issues addressed.