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refactor(compute): move driver-specifics into a dedicated crate #1999
Description
Description
Move driver-specific compute wiring out of openshell-server into a dedicated crate, tentatively openshell-compute-driver.
Context
Follow-up to #1949, but intentionally broader than the current PR. The current branch normalizes selected-driver startup behavior inside openshell-server; this issue tracks a later boundary cleanup so server code no longer owns built-in driver-specific details.
Candidate scope:
- Move selected driver config loading, inheritance, and runtime defaulting out of
openshell-server. - Move VM subprocess/socket launcher plumbing out of
openshell-server. - Hide Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and VM-specific constructor wiring behind a shared crate boundary.
- Keep
ComputeRuntimeand sandbox persistence/reconciliation inopenshell-server. - Preserve selected-driver-only validation and existing local TLS/defaulting behavior.
Definition of Done
- Add a dedicated crate for built-in compute-driver wiring.
- Remove direct built-in driver construction from
openshell-server. - Keep server lifecycle/persistence behavior unchanged.
- Update config and startup tests to cover the new boundary.
- Update architecture docs if crate ownership changes are visible to maintainers.
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github-actions commentedon Jul 9, 2026
This issue has had no activity for 14 days and is now marked stale. It may be closed in 7 days if there is no further activity. Comment or remove the state:stale label to keep it open.
elezar commentedon Jul 9, 2026
This is still valid, but blocked on some of the other driver work.
github-actions commentedon Aug 30, 2026
This issue has had no activity for 14 days and is now marked stale. It may be closed in 7 days if there is no further activity. Comment or remove the state:stale label to keep it open.
drew commentedon Sep 19, 2026
This has largely been done.
drew commentedon Sep 19, 2026
Closure evidence: #2823 introduced the
openshell-gatewaycomposition crate, moved first-party driver construction and VM process ownership out ofopenshell-server, and left the server independent of concrete compute backends through generic registrations and factories.