feat(extensions): install progress tracking with host agent orchestration

[yasinBursali]

What

Add install progress tracking for extensions — the host agent writes stage-by-stage progress during install, dashboard-api serves it via a polling endpoint, and the catalog reflects real-time install status.

Why

When installing an extension, users see only a spinner for up to 5 minutes with no indication of what's happening. If Docker is pulling a large image on slow internet, there's no progress feedback. If it fails, the error is generic. This makes the install experience feel broken even when it's working.

How

• Host agent: New /v1/extension/install endpoint returns 202 immediately, runs setup_hook → pull → start in a background thread. Writes atomic progress files (data/extension-progress/{service_id}.json) at each stage.
• Dashboard-API: New GET /api/extensions/{service_id}/progress endpoint for frontend polling. _compute_extension_status() checks progress files first — returns "installing", "setting_up", or "error" based on active install state.
• Combined install: Replaces the two-call pattern (setup_hook then start) with a single _call_agent_install() that handles the full lifecycle.

Architecture

Frontend → POST /install → Dashboard-API → POST /v1/extension/install → Host Agent
                                                    ↓ 202 (immediate)
                           ← 200 {progress_endpoint} ←
Frontend → GET /progress → Dashboard-API → reads data/extension-progress/{id}.json
                           ← {status: "pulling", phase_label: "Downloading image..."}

Security

Concern	Mitigation
Auth bypass via background thread	Auth + validate_service_id + lock acquired BEFORE 202 response
Bearer token in Docker stderr	_BEARER_RE strips tokens before writing to progress file
Lock leak on client disconnect	try/except around json_response + Thread.start; lock.release() in except
Subprocess injection	List-form subprocess.run, no shell=True, service_id is regex-validated
Setup hook path traversal	_resolve_setup_hook() validates path containment via resolve().relative_to()
Progress file path traversal	service_id validated against ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$ before use in filename

Test Coverage

10 new tests in TestInstallProgress:

• Progress endpoint: idle when no file, returns active data
• Status mapping: pulling→installing, starting→installing, setup_hook→setting_up, error→error
• Staleness: old progress ignored, stale error preserved
• Cleanup: removes old "started" files
• Install response: includes progress_endpoint field

All tests: 80 passed, 0 failed

Three Pillars Impact

• Install Reliability: Improved — users see progress, errors are visible with Docker stderr
• Broad Compatibility: 600s timeout (existing SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_START), atomic file writes, all 3 platforms
• Extension Coherence: Only affects install path. dream enable/disable unchanged.

Platform Impact

• macOS (Apple Silicon): Supported — POSIX atomic rename, same data/ volume
• Linux: Supported — identical code paths
• Windows (WSL2): Supported — atomic rename on ext4

Manual Test Steps (all platforms)

• Install extension → host agent returns 202, progress file created
• Poll progress endpoint during install → see "pulling", "starting" transitions
• Catalog shows "installing" during active install
• Failed install → progress file shows "error" with Docker stderr
• Pull failure (offline) → proceeds to start with cached image
• Concurrent install on same service → 409 rejection
• Stale "started" progress file → cleaned up after 15 min on catalog fetch

Known Tech Debt (follow-up)

• _handle_setup_hook() has its own inline manifest parsing — should be refactored to use _resolve_setup_hook() shared helper
• Bearer regex doesn't cover URL-embedded credentials — edge case for private registries

Sequence

PR 2 of 3 — Extension Lifecycle States

• PR 1: Fix user extension status (fix(extensions): health-based status for user extensions + restart for stopped services #825) — must merge first (this PR's base)
• PR 2: Install progress tracking (this PR)
• PR 3: Frontend progress UI + error display — depends on PR 1 + PR 2

Note: This PR is stacked on #825. Merge #825 first, then this PR will rebase cleanly.

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Audit: REQUEST CHANGES — CI failing + depends on #825 + merge conflict

The architecture is solid — background thread install with atomic progress files, 202 immediate response, stage-by-stage tracking (setup_hook → pull → start). Good UX improvement over the current spinner-only experience.

Security looks good from the description:

• Auth enforced before side effects
• Service IDs regex-validated
• subprocess uses list args (no shell=True)
• Progress files are atomic writes

Blockers:

1. CI failing: Ruff lint + api test failures. Need to fix unused imports and test issues.

2. Depends on #825: Shares user_extensions.py and health-based status code. #825 needs to merge first, but #825 itself has a merge conflict from the liquid metal migration (#829).

3. Merge conflict with main: Extensions.jsx was migrated to theme variables in #829. Any frontend changes need to use bg-theme-card, text-theme-text-muted, text-theme-accent-light, etc. instead of hardcoded zinc/indigo. See the mapping in my comment on #825.

Merge order: #825 (rebased) → #827 (rebased) → #828

Question: The frontend timeout (300s per the description) vs backend subprocess timeout (600s) — if the frontend gives up at 300s but the backend is still pulling a 44GB image, what happens? Does the progress file stay in "pulling" state forever? Is there cleanup?