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Konsole-Konui Coupling Analysis

Analysis of tight coupling between konsole and konui services with decoupling recommendations

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on 5 Jan 2026, 2:38 pm

Output

🔗 Konsole-Konui Coupling Analysis

11 coupling points identified — tight HTTP APIs + shared file state

Coupling Points by Severity

Coupling Severity Location
Hardcoded konsole URL TIGHT konsole-client.ts:12, router.ts:~850
SSE event format dependency TIGHT streaming.ts, console-ui.ts
Session file state TIGHT konui/data/konsole-sessions/*.txt
In-memory event buffering MEDIUM streaming.ts (DashboardStreamManager)
Prompt wrapping/injection MEDIUM router.ts (400+ lines injected)
Request ID persistence MEDIUM localStorage + konui memory
Startup order dependency MEDIUM bin/kon-start-*
Health check logic LOOSE konsole-client.ts
Quick Turn routing LOOSE router.ts → konsole /api/quick-turn
Stream cleanup lifecycle LOOSE streaming.ts (10-min expiry)

What Breaks on Restart?

Scenario Impact Recovery
Konsole restarts mid-turn SSE closes, events lost, context lost 10-30s, kontask still completes
Konui restarts mid-turn Buffered events lost Browser reconnects, polling fallback
Both restart All state lost New session required

Decoupling Roadmap

Priority 1: Critical (1-2 hours)

  • Extract konsole URL to env var — enables multi-machine
  • Add startup dependency check — konui waits for konsole health

Priority 2: High (4-6 hours)

  • Externalize event buffering — Redis or JSONL files, survives restarts
  • Decouple SSE event format — adapter layer for independent evolution

Priority 3: Medium (2-4 hours)

  • Add circuit breaker pattern
  • Persist request metadata to files
  • Optional local Claude fallback if konsole down

Architecture Options

Option Effort Benefit
Keep current + Priority 1 1-2h Eliminates most gotchas
Add message queue (Redis) 8-12h Full restart resilience
Full service split 2-3 days True multi-machine deployment

💡 Recommendation

Do Priority 1 immediately (1-2h) — extracts konsole URL to config and adds startup health check. This eliminates most production gotchas with minimal effort. Then assess if Priority 2 is needed based on restart frequency.

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Details

Type General
Status Completed
Scope vibetools
Tags konsolekonuiarchitecturedecoupling
Created 5 Jan 2026, 2:38 pm
Updated 5 Jan 2026, 2:38 pm
Timing
⏱️ 280.0s
37 tools
● TTFE 2% ● Thinking 0% ● Tools 98%
Created By claude

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