CODEXSYNC IS A LOCAL CLI UTILITY FOR COLD-SYNCING CODEX STATE BETWEEN TWO PERSONAL MACHINES THROUGH A SYNCHRONIZED FOLDER.
ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE WORK ON A SECOND MACHINE WITHOUT LOSING CODEX LOCAL CONTEXT.
- SYNC RUNS ONLY WHEN CODEX IS FULLY CLOSED.
- ONLY ONE ACTIVE MACHINE IS USED AT A TIME.
- THE USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOUD SYNC READINESS AND AVAILABLE STORAGE CAPACITY.
- THE PROJECT DOES NOT USE CODEX APIS AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH CODEX RUNTIME INTERNALS.
- PYTHON:
3.11+(MINIMUM SUPPORTED VERSION, MATCHESpyproject.toml). - WINDOWS:
WINDOWS 10+. - MACOS:
- OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: CODEX APP IS AVAILABLE ON
MACOS (APPLE SILICON). - ARCHITECTURE CONSTRAINT: INTEL MAC IS NOT TREATED AS A TARGET PLATFORM.
- MINIMUM MACOS VERSION IS NOT EXPLICITLY FIXED IN PUBLIC DOCS; UNTIL SEPARATE VALIDATION, TARGET
MACOS 14+ON APPLE SILICON (WORKING ASSUMPTION).
- OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: CODEX APP IS AVAILABLE ON
- LINUX: FUTURE SUPPORT IS POSSIBLE, BUT VERSIONS ARE NOT FIXED UNTIL OFFICIAL CODEX LINUX AVAILABILITY.
- CI RUNNERS:
WINDOWS-LATEST,MACOS-LATEST. - LINUX CI IS INTENTIONALLY DISABLED IN MVP.
- DIRECT RUN: MANUAL (
PYTHON ...OR PACKAGED BINARY). - CONFIG BOOTSTRAP:
INIT-CONFIGGENERATESconfig.tomlFROM THE TEMPLATE BUNDLED INSIDE THE PYPI PACKAGE. - DIAGNOSTIC RUN:
DOCTOR/PREFLIGHTTO VALIDATE ENVIRONMENT READINESS BEFORE SYNC. - SCHEDULED RUN:
- WINDOWS: TASK SCHEDULER.
- MACOS:
LAUNCHD(LAUNCHAGENT) OR EQUIVALENT SCHEDULED JOB.
- FOR WINDOWS, PACKAGING THE PYTHON SCRIPT INTO
.EXE(FOR EXAMPLE VIA PYINSTALLER) IS ALLOWED TO SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENT.
- DETECT CODEX PROCESS (WINDOWS AT MINIMUM, WITH MACOS EXTENSION).
- DETECT CODEX STATE DIRECTORY.
- COMPARE LOCAL AND CLOUD COPIES.
- SYNC CHANGES.
- ENFORCE BACKUP BEFORE OVERWRITE.
- EXCLUDE TEMP/LOCK/CACHE FILES.
- NEVER WRITE TO STATE WHILE CODEX IS RUNNING.
- ALWAYS CREATE A BACKUP BEFORE OVERWRITE.
- ON UNCERTAINTY, FAIL-SAFE (ABORT WITHOUT WRITES).
- CONFLICT POLICY: IF BOTH SIDES CHANGED, TREAT AS CONFLICT, DO NOT SYNC, PRINT CONFLICT FILE LIST, AND EXIT.
- CONFLICT RESOLUTION: MANUAL BY USER; RERUN REQUIRED AFTER MANUAL RESOLUTION.
- LOGGING:
- LEVELS:
DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR. - FORMATS:
TEXT|JSON|LOGFMT(CONFIGURABLE). - ROTATION: RETENTION-BASED, DEFAULT
7DAYS.
- LEVELS:
- FILE-TIME NORMALIZATION: NO DEDICATED NORMALIZATION/CLOCK COMPENSATION IN MVP; RELY ON OS/FILESYSTEM TIMESTAMPS.
- PREFLIGHT/DOCTOR CHECKS:
- CONFIG + RUNTIME PATH READINESS.
- WRITE ACCESS PROBES FOR LOCAL/CLOUD/BACKUP/TEMP ROOTS.
- CODEX PROCESS SAFETY PRECONDITION.
- MANIFEST DATA-VERSION COMPATIBILITY.
- SUSPICIOUS LOCAL/CLOUD PROBE MTIME DRIFT (WARNING SIGNAL).
- ORPHAN TEMP FILE DETECTION.
- CLI EXIT CODES (FOR CI/AUTOMATION):
0SUCCESS (INCLUDING NO-OP).1RUNTIME ERROR.2CONFLICTS DETECTED, MANUAL RESOLUTION REQUIRED.3CODEX IS RUNNING, SYNC BLOCKED.4CONFIG OR ARGUMENT ERROR.5SAFE ABORT (FAIL-SAFE) DUE TO UNCERTAIN STATE.