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spacedandy-agents-simplex 5cd3a2575d ci: say in the iOS and desktop READMEs who the backend state lets someone impersonate, and what keeps the token out of the session's reach
The accepted risk named only the test directory and relay, but the state also holds `ci_admin`, which owns the seeded groups and channels and can post in those the session joins, and on iOS the contacts cialice and Robert. And "no token in reach of its tools" read as structural: the session's Bash inherits the token, and only the guard and the ui helper keep it out of reach.
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App tests on GitHub's runners

Three workflows build the apps from a branch's own code and test them, only when asked: ios-sim (the iOS app in a simulator on a macOS runner), desktop-linux (the desktop app on a Linux runner) and android-emu (the Android app in an emulator on a Linux runner). Each runs a scripted smoke test and, on request, a Claude session that follows a test plan, and a test backend (relay, directory, names server, peers). Details: iOS, desktop, Android.

Starting a run

Pushes start nothing: a run is started by hand, on any branch, with inputs that are off by default and combine.

Input iOS Desktop Android
no input scripted test scripted test scripted test
claude scripted test, then Claude scripted test, then Claude scripted test, then Claude
backend also the test backend also the test backend also the test backend
release — also the latest release's onboarding, to tell a branch's failure from the runner's also the latest release's onboarding, to tell a branch's failure from the runner's

In the Actions tab: ios-sim, desktop-linux or android-emu → Run workflow, choose the branch and tick the inputs. With the GitHub CLI, each input is a field:

gh workflow run ios-sim.yml --ref <branch>
gh workflow run ios-sim.yml --ref <branch> -f claude=true
gh workflow run desktop-linux.yml --ref <branch> -f claude=true -f backend=true -f release=true
gh workflow run android-emu.yml --ref <branch> -f claude=true

A newer run of a workflow on the same branch cancels the older one.

How long a run takes

Run iOS Desktop Android
Scripted test, builds reused about 25 min, plus the wait for a macOS runner, which the team's builds share (minutes to an hour) about 10 min about 15 min
The core rebuilt, after Haskell changes 30–45 min more about 25 min more about 27 min more
With the test backend 20–45 min more when it is rebuilt, then about 10 min to start about 30 min more when it is rebuilt, then a few minutes to start as desktop, whose backend it shares
With Claude on the smoke plan 10–15 min more about 4 min more about 5 min more

The Claude job

It needs the GitHub environment app-sim-claude with the secret CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN, a Claude subscription token. The environment's branch rule alone decides which branches may use it: on a branch it doesn't allow, a run that asks for Claude fails at the Claude job's environment check, and the scripted test runs as usual. Each run spends the subscription's usage limits; the job summary gives its tokens and cost estimated at API prices.