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Peter Steinberger 83ebbcb3ac fix(crabbox): retry cold metadata probes so a slow run --help does not block validation (#102159)
The wrapper probes `crabbox --version` and `crabbox run --help` once each with a
snappy 5s timeout to enumerate providers before delegating. A cold Crabbox — the
first call right after a version bump, or one on a loaded machine — can exceed
that timeout while rendering `run --help` (52KB, emitted on stderr in 0.36) or
doing first-run init, and can emit nothing on that first call. When that happens
both guards fire and hard-exit the wrapper ("selected binary failed basic
--version/--help sanity checks" or "could not parse provider list from --help;
refusing to run"), which blocks ALL remote validation (`pnpm check:changed`,
remote `pnpm test` lanes) even though the binary is fine.

Retry each metadata probe once with a generous 20s timeout when the first attempt
is killed or returns empty. The warm path is unchanged (one ~instant probe); only
a slow/empty first probe pays for the retry, after which the sanity/provider-list
guards judge the recovered result. Add a regression test: a fake Crabbox whose
`run --help` is slower than the default probe timeout (and, like 0.36, writes help
to stderr) is now recovered by the retry instead of hard-failing.
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